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Chennai is in for more rain

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With weather models showing low-pressure area moving towards northeast and northwest, there could be some respite from continuous rain in Tamil Nadu starting Thursday.

While heavy rains are expected

East Zone struggle at 64 for 3 against Central Zone on Day 1 of Duleep Trophy final

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East Zone lost their top order batsmen after a cautious start, managing to reach 64 for 3 at stumps against Central Zone on the curtailed second day of the Duleep Trophy final here.

After the first d

Poor marks not barrier for loan

A poor academic record at the school level is not a barrier to getting educati­onal loans, the Madras high co­urt has held and di­rected Punjab National Bank, Am­bur branch, to sanction educational lo

Docs caution against over-counter pills

Doctors in the city are worried about the rise in the number of people who get renal failure following ove­r­dose of painkillers, and the lead-rich medication pre­scribed as part of alternative medici

Monsoon fury claims 20 lives in Tamil Nadu

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Twenty persons have been killed during the two-day rains that lashed various parts of Tamil Nadu. Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, who reviewed the arrangements to tackle the northeast monsoon on Satur

Duleep Trophy final: First day match washed out

Persistent rain has washed out the opening day's play of the Duleep Trophy final match between Central Zone and East Zone without a ball being bowled on Sunday.

The conditions were so bad that even t

People panic as cop drops severed head on road

The last thing that anybody expects to see on a road is a severed human head. Seeing a head lying on busy Wall Tax road in Chennai on Saturday, locals and passers-by were petrified. While most people

The Curious case of missing No.13 F1 car

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Starting with Sebastian Vettel’s No.1 Red Bull car to Charles Pic’s No.25 Marussia, ardent fans may have noticed the jump in the sequence of the 2012 Formula One entry list.

It may sound strange, bu

Vaishali emerges champ

Top seed R. Vaishali of Tamil Nadu has emerged champion of the Ramco 26th national U-13 chess championship with a round to spare.

Vaishali’s win over S.Ananya of Karnataka in the 10th and penultimate

Monsoon eases Tamil Nadu-Karnataka tension

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The monsoon is flooding the Chennai roads and thr­owing life out of gear but on the ex­plosive political canvas, the heavy showers have cooled down the tempers — albeit temporarily — for the warring n

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