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Rly yet to resume supply of blankets, linen on all trains; passengers irked

CHENNAI: P Ramakrishan*, who boarded the second AC coach of Charminar Express at Tambaram was in for a shock. There were no blankets or linen onboard. He did not bring any and there was hardly any time to buy from the station. Similar experiences have been faced by several passengers.…

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Krishna water to reach Tamil Nadu by May

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has asked Andhra Pradesh to rlease Krishna water only from May as the city’s reservoirs have good storage.

The Times of India

Chennai: Besant Nagar footpaths encroached

CHENNAI: The visitors to Besant Nagar, home to the famous Elliot’s beach, keep growing, but encroachments on the avenues have completely taken over the footpaths, forcing for pedestrians on to the road.

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Tamil Nadu: 2 youths go to Puzhal lake to beat heat after soccer match, drown

CHENNAI: Two college students who came to attend a football tournament from Tiruvallur drowned at Puzhal lake while taking a bath to beat the summer heat on Sunday .

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu seeks Krishna water to be released by May

Andhra Pradesh has agreed to T.N.’s request, say officials; storage in reservoirs supplying water to Chennai has dipped to 73.8% of the combined capacity

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Many ecorestoration projects shelved

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Do not implead state chief secretary in unwarranted cases: Madras HC directs registry

CHENNAI: In a bid to stop the practice of arraying the chief secretary of the state government indiscriminately in all the cases filed against the state and its departments, the Madras high court directed the registry not to permit impleading of chief secretary unless it is warranted.

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National Basketball Championship: Tamil Nadu teams have their task cut out

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu men will open their campaign against Delhi in the senior National basketball championships which kicks off at the Nehru Indoor stadium here on Sunday. While TN men will have an edge over their counterparts, the task appears tough for the state women’s team as they face the…

The Times of India

India marching ahead to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of Ramrajya: Tamil Nadu Governor

Inaugurating the 69th Ram Navami festival in Chennai, he described Sri Ram as the icon of India’s shared cultural spirituality

The Hindu

After taking over a mall in Chennai, giant puppets by France-based Les Grandes Personnes will now perform in Puducherry

As part of Bonjour India 2022, life-sized puppets put up shows across the country

The Hindu

Wowed by govt school and mohalla clinics, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin keen on replicating them in his state

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin visited a Delhi government school and mohalla clinic on Friday and expressed his willingness to develop a world-class model school in Chennai on the same lines and invite CM Arvind Kejriwal to see it once it was built.

The Times of India

ED seizes Rs 194 crore assets from Chennai firm under FEMA

CHENNAI: The enforcement directorate has seized assets worth Rs194 crore from a Chennai-based private company under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999.

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Chennai: 65% of Tondiarpet has no footpaths

CHENNAI: About 65 % of the corporation’s Tondiarpet zone in North Chennai has no walking space, while 35% has poor natural surveillance, an audit report by an organisation working on women safety studies has found.

The Times of India

Air fares from Chennai to major metros cross 10,000 mark

CHENNAI: Air fares from Chennai to other metros, especially to Mumbai and Delhi, have shot up and are close to 10,000 for travel till the middle of April as domestic and international travel volume picks up pace for summer holidays.

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Yung Raja to join leading indie rappers and DJs at Chennai’s Block Party

Singapore-based global rap name Yung Raja will be performing along with a mix of leading and budding indie talent

The Hindu

Pannur, Parandur shortlisted for second airport for Chennai

The two sites have been shortlisted based on cost and availability of land

The Hindu

U.S. extends help to State’s health sector

U.S. Consul General, Chennai, Judith Ravin met Health Minister Veena George here on Wednesday to follow up on the discussions regarding the setting up of an institution on the lines of the U.S. Centres for Disease Control (CDC) in Kerala.

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Chennai: 12,000 Olive Ridleys hatch, sent back to sea

CHENNAI: Wildlife officials in Chennai have collected more than 52,000 Olive Ridley turtle eggs in the last three months from four locations — Besant Nagar, Injambakkam, Neelankarai and Pulicat. The forest department had set up hatcheries at these locations, where the eggs were safely housed.

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Chennai: Police fine traffic offenders, but none’s checking if they pay up

CHENNAI: The law mandates punishment for repeat traffic offenders, but government data shows this is not being done in Chennai. Police book violators, but transport department red tapism allows them to go scot-free.

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Annamalai university distance degree from 2014-15 invalid, says University Grants Commission

CHENNAI/COIMBATORE: Thousands of students who had graduated from the distance mode programmes of Annamalai University were in for a shock as the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday declared that the degrees awarded by the university after 2014-15 were invalid.

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AICTE: No nod for new engineering colleges till 2024

CHENNAI: Based on the recommendations of the committee set up to overhaul engineering education, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Tuesday extended the moratorium for setting up new engineering colleges till 2024 with some exceptions.

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Chennai: 4 women trapped on 3rd floor rescued as blaze guts salon

CHENNAI: A fire broke out at a salon in Mylapore in the wee hours of Tuesday, leaving four women employees trapped in their room. They were rescued by fire and rescue services personnel and taken to a private hospital where they were treated as out-patients.

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Three killed in separate road accidents

CHENNAI: Three people were killed in road accidents at Red Hills, Tiruttani and RK Pet on Monday.

The Times of India

4 held for racing

CHENNAI: In a continued crackdown on bike racing, police arrested four more men in Nungambakkam and Rajaji Salai. They arrested three people for racing on Rajaji Salai in the wee hours of Monday.

The Times of India

To put brakes on bike racing, Chennai police to warn mechanics

CHENNAI: As part of a crackdown against bike racers, the Greater Chennai Traffic Police have decided to warn mechanics against modifying bikes.

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