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Get a lorry of water in a jiffy

Chennaiites, particularly hotels and restaurants, no longer have to obey the diktat of water mafia.

They don’t have to wait painstakingly to get ‘untreated’ groundwater from private suppliers who ex

Chennai turns city of ‘aging hearts’, says survey

Chennai has become a city of ageing hearts, according to a nationwide survey released on Friday.

Grappling with high levels of ‘bad cholesterol’, the people of Chennai are among the most overweight i

Visa services to be resumed from Monday at US consulate

The United States Consulate General here will resume visa services from Monday, it was announced.

The services were suspended since September 14 after Muslim outfits targeted the mission in violent

VCK demo derails Chennai traffic

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A demonstration by VCK cadres against the India visit of Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa derailed traffic in busy Nungambakkam and the surrounding areas Friday.

The police arrested over 150 cadres, in

US consulate denies closure rumours

Jolted by violent demonstrations by Muslim outfits over the last few days, the US consulate general here denied reports popping up all through Wednesday that the American government was contemplating

Team to check on corrupt cops

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With a view to check corruption among city traffic police personnel, a 50-plus strong internal vigilance/ intelligence team is working round the clock to ensure that traffic cops don’t fill their pock

Cops get smarter, save US mission

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Embarrassed by the violent demonstration by a Muslim outfit outside the US consulate general the previous day, the Chennai police gathered its wits and enough forces on Saturday to halt another angry

Tirupati bound trains from Chennai doubled

Pilgrims going to Tirupati from Chennai can now hope for coaches that are not as crowded as before with the Railways doubling the carrying capacity of trains bound to the pilgrimage centre that is thr

LTTE gold sneaking into India

Spurt in gold smuggling from Colombo after the ethnic war got over in Sri Lanka has forced some officials in Indian customs intelligence to believe that a lot of illegally-held gold is being smuggled

Protest outside US consulate in Chennai over anti-Islam film

Activists of a Muslim party today pelted stones at the US consulate here protesting against a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam, police said.

Around 300 protesters belonging to the Tamil N

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