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Express trains to Jaipur, Delhi rescheduled due to heavy rain

Southern Railway has rescheduled two Express trains from Chennai Central bound to New Delhi and Jaipur owing to heavy rains and breaches on Vijayawada-Kazipet section’s track.

According to an offici

Train waits as gatekeeper sleeps

An express train on the Egmore-Chengalpet route was halted midway for about 20 minutes after the gatekeeper reportedly dozed off without clearing the signal.

Several commuters were stranded at the le

1,000 vehicles to join STC fleet

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Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa will flag off 1000 new buses to significantly augment the fleet strength of the State Transport Corporation and improve the availability of seats for the travelling publ

Funds released to improve roads

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered the upgradation of roads and bridges in the state including bridges for the electricity board as part of the state government’s efforts to improve the infras

2 labourers die, 40 ill with diarrheoa

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Two migrant labourers have died, and at least 40 were taken ill with diarrheoa and vomiting, sickened by the contaminated drinking water their employers were providing them with.

Around 600 labourer

Fishermen displeased with oil pipeline plan

Fishermen of Tiruvallur opposed the plan for a 17-km-long pipeline to transport crude oil from Chennai port to the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) refinery in Manali.

The fisher folks h

AIADMK councillor hacked to death

The Kattankulathur Panchayat Union councillor, Kumaravel, of the AIADMK, was hacked to death allegedly by a 10-member gang while he was going home after visiting a temple in Singaperumalkovil 20 km so

Parties sympathise with Lankan pilgrims’ plight

With the pro-Tamil outfits attacking Sri Lankan pilgrims in the state, the DMK on Tuesday said it was only opposed to India’s training defence personnel from the island nation while the CPI(M) express

Winged menace takes over

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The mosquitoes are back in full-form, bringing with them vector-borne diseases. While dengue has turned out to be the deadliest of the season—two children have already succumbed to the disease in the

Churchill is an Amman devotee

Winston Churchill is a diehard ‘Amman’ devotee. His neighbour Edward is the temple priest. Their friend George does not fail to travel regularly to major Hindu pilgrim centres in TN.

And then there i

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