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2 held for taking pic on Dreamliner

Two men from Kerala, who took pictures sitting in the business class seats of Air India Dreamliner and de-boarded the aircraft bound for New Delhi, were interrogated by security agencies at the city a

Student injured in clash near Anna arch

A student of Presidency College suffered head injury and has been admitted to a private hospital on Wednesday after a group clash between students of two colleges took place in Aminjikarai near Anna a

Why no check on buildings violating rules, ask activists

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While commenting about Wednesday’s fatal building collapse in Triplicane and unauthorised constructions, former IAS official and member of the monitoring committee that decides on unauthorised constru

Two killed as 50-year-old building collapses in city

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A 65-year-old, retired bank employee and his wife were killed while a woman and her son were rescued after a 50-year- old building that housed seven families collapsed at Triplicane on Wednesday. The

Chastened Customs target strong comeback

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Three matches, three defeats. The ongoing Vollys Club state level volleyball tournament has been disastrous for Chennai Customs.

It was at the Vollys Club event three years ago — before the Coimbato

Suburb with glorious past in shambles

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The historic ‘Colletpet’, named after Joseph Collet (1707), late governor of Madras, and now transformed into Kaaladipettai by the locals, is crying for attention.

People are left to negotiate batte

Work on exclusive corridor for buses gathers speed

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Soon, travelling in MTC buses on a few stretches in Chennai city would be a delight for commuters, as the bus carrying them would zoom past SUVs and sedans plying on other lanes with ease.

The state

Thieves flee with copper wires

With copper wires in mobile phone signal towers on the terraces of buildings in the city being targeted by thieves, service providers have now begun fitting the towers with burglar alarms.

As many as

Crane lifting wharf crashes on fisherman in Kasimedu

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A 44-year-old fisherman died after a crane lifting a piece of old wharf from sea crashed on him on Tuesday evening at Kasimedu fishing harbour.

The deceased was identified as M. Selvamani, a residen

Dhanapal set to be Speaker

Deputy Speaker P. Dhanapal is all set to get elected as Speaker and fill the vacancy caused by the recent resignation of D. Jayakumar. Governor K. Rosaiah has summoned the House to meet on October 10,

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