Just two days before President Pranab Mukherjee is to attend his first function in the city on Saturday, the Chennai police on Wednesday night conducted a security drill, where armed decoys were sent

A 49-year-old man from Mannadi in the city was arrested by police in suburban Tambaram on charges of carrying Rs 7.8 lakh hawala money to Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram on Wednesday night.

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Tension prevailed at the Presidency College campus on Kamarajar Salai after two students suffered stab injuries in a clash over the college election and bus route rivalry on Thursday.

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Title contenders BPCL were forced to swallow their pride as they were held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited Punjab National Bank in the opening fixture of the 87th all-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey t

The rough ride for Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) seems to continue. After a spate of mishaps in the recent times including that of bizarre ‘Gemini flyover incident’, when an MTC bus jumped

Presidency College in the city, which produced two Nobel laureates — Sir C.V. Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, has now made news for the wrong reasons and students and faculty point to gang rival

Several students in Chennai have said that they will not buy crackers this Deepavali and instead use the money to purchase clothes, sweets and gifts for the less privileged.

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Originally established to serve Scottish soldiers stationed in erstwhile Madras about 200 years ago, the towering and magnificent edifice of the St. Andrew’s church is still a sight to behold.

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Barely 73 MW of power is being generated from waste material against a potential of 3000 MW annually in the country.

This is just about 2.4 per cent of the total potential, point out industry expert

The historic Chennai Central, the hub of the Southern Railways since 1873, today is a shadow of its former self. While the restrooms and the pay-and-use toilets are filthy, passengers complain about t