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CM opposes CET for medical courses

Chief minister Jayalalithaa has stoutly opposed an All-India Common Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in medical colleges, saying it would interfere with the state’

DMK to hold human chain protest in Chennai Oct. 5

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DMK leaders and cadres will form a human chain wearing black shirts on October 5 to ‘condemn’ the failure of the AIADMK government on all fronts.

Accusing the ruling AIADMK of making the state a “da

Draft roll for 2014 LS polls released

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Chennai Corporation commissioner and district election officer D. Karthikeyan on Monday released the draft electoral roll at the Ripon buildings for all the sixteen assembly constituencies here.

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Cable operators confused over STB

With only a few weeks left for the TRAI-set deadline to end, switching over to digitised cable TV services, under which set top boxes (STBs) would become mandatory for all households in Chennai, cable

Councillor hacked to death

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A panchayat councillor of Sriperumbudur was killed after country-made bombs were hurled at his car on Monday.

This is the third such incident in a week where panchayat councillors have been targette

Ketamine worth Rs 1.8 crore siezed

Customs officials at the city airport seized 18 kg of ketamine worth Rs 1.8 crore from a passenger’s bag, who was scheduled to board a Malaysian Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

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Heist drama to loot 6.5 kg gold busted, manager held

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A manager of a private finance company was arrested for staging a robbery drama after he burgled 6.5 kg gold worth over Rs 1.5 crore from his office in Poonamalee on Sunday night. He had hidden the lo

Signages not on track in Central

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No matter how familiar you are with the railway system, if you are at Chennai Central, you ought to take the help of a RPF constable or vendor.

For, signages kept to help passengers reach the right

Chennai gears up for the Joy of Giving week

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A saree of actor Suhasini Maniratnam was auctioned for a price higher than a fancy saree of Aishwarya Rai here last year. The money generated went to charity. Perhaps, the rich in Chennai have valued

MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy pilots flight to Chennai

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“FLY 281 request descend.” The line may have been a routine communication between a pilot and the air traffic controller that takes place everyday but the person who said it this time was no ordinary

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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