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So, next time any of you travel to Chennai and your preferred mode of travel is auto, make sure to carry loads of cash, like the villains in old movies used to carry in suitcases.

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Roche and ZS partner to set up dedicated centre in Chennai

Roche, a biopharmaceutical company and ZS a global management consulting and technology firm, on Friday announced the inauguration of a Business Operations Center for Advanced Analytics and Business Insights in Chennai.

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Makkal Needhi Maiam to fill ward-level party positions in Coimbatore, South Chennai and Madurai Parliamentary Constituencies

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan chaired a meeting with the party’s Executive Committee members on Friday, which called for party members to apply for ward-wise party positions in South Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai Parliamentary Constituencies in preparations for the Lok Sabha elections next year.

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Chennai sees another big-ticket real estate deal at ₹300 crore

Equitas Small Finance bank has bought over a prime property on Anna Salai from Arihant Foundations and Housing Limited.

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T.N. Higher Education Minister Ponmudy acquitted in land grab case

A special court for trial of cases against MLAs and MPs acquitted Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy and six others in a case registered against them by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in 2004 for allegedly illegally acquiring government land at Saidapet in Chennai

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Hawker Chan brings Singapore street food to Chennai

Singapore Tourism Board in collaboration with The Soul Company hosts Singaporean street food festival by Michelin Star-winning chef Hawker Chan at The Leela Palace, Chennai

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Now, try ‘auto biryani’ in Chennai

Active till 2 a.m., Akash Auto Biryani has been serving biryani to the people of South Chennai in a unique way, through the back seat of an auto. Read more on The Hindu

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Spogomi World Cup 2023 | Chennai hosts the preliminary stage for the trash collection contest at the India stage

Before Japan’s Spogomi World Cup 2023, Chennai aims to compete by cleaning Besant Nagar beach and creating art from junk

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Chennai Anime Club | ‘Power of friendship’ brings anime community together

People of Chennai with diverse interests around topics like cosplay, karaoke, and even the game Dungeons and Dragons have joined the Chennai Anime Club over the years. The community is now hosting a number of in-person meetings too.

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Nalini, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, files plea at Madras High Court for release of husband Murugan from refugee camp

The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notices, returnable in six weeks, to the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) in Chennai, the Public Secretary and the Tiruchi Collector on a writ petition filed by a former convict in the PM Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, S. Nalini, who wants her husband…

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Want to learn how to swim in the sea? Chennai now has instructors who specialise in open water swimming

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Trials on for Chennai’s first batch of piped natural gas connections to an apartment

Trial has begun at 55 houses at an apartment in Anna Nagar in Chennai for the supply of piped natural gas (PNG).

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Chennai residential market witness a 3% year-on-year growth during first half of 2023

The Chennai residential market has registered a 3% year-on-year growth during the first half of 2023. The city recorded sales of 7,150 housing units during the first six months of 2023 compared to 6,951 housing units sold in H1 2022, according to Knight Frank India’s latest report, India Real Estate: H1…

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Madras High Court dismisses writ petition filed by Agri-Horticultural Society claiming title over property on Chennai’s Cathedral Road

The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by the Agri-Horticultural Society claiming title over four cawnies (each cawny measures 1.322 acres approximately), 18 grounds and 1,683 square feet of land next to Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai. The property is believed to be worth…

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Toddler loses limb, parents blame Chennai’s RGGGH for neglect

Parents of one-and-a-half year old pre-term boy blame Chennai GH for not taking care of the child properly and as a result his limb had to be amputated. The doctors, however, say the surgery was an emergency appropriate intervention.

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Data | A June with extremes: Maximum temperature hits the lowest mark in Chennai, highest in Thiruvananthapuram

The maximum temperature hit the lowest mark in Chennai and the highest in Thiruvananthapuram

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Ashwin should lead India in Asian Games, says Dinesh Karthik

Veteran India cricketer Dinesh Karthik said that R. Ashwin should be made captain if India sends a team to the Asian Games 2023 in China later this year. It’ll be the first time that the BCCI has agreed to send both men’s and women’s teams to the Asian Games, which…

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Anna Flyover, Chennai’s pride, turns 50

Chennai’s important landmark — Anna Flyover or Gemini Flyover — which has withstood the test of time and changes in the city, turns 50 on July 1

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Plays from South Korea and Chennai feature in this international children’s theatre fest

The 12th edition of The Little Festival will feature clowning, and Korean puppetry as two productions and a panel discussion comes to stage

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Senthilbalaji issue | Stalin ‘disregards’ Governor’s letter dismissing Minister

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to “disregard” the communication of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi dismissing Minister V. Senthilbalaji from the Council of Ministers (the communication has since been kept in abeyance), Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said in Chennai on Friday. The Governor’s action was untenable in law, he…

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Shankar Jiwal appointed as Tamil Nadu’s new Director General of Police

The Tamil Nadu Government has issued orders appointing incumbent Commissioner of Police, Chennai, Shankar Jiwal, as the Director-General of Police/Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu, in the place of C. Sylendra Babu who will retire from service on June 30, 2023.

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India’s first ‘Police Drone Unit’ launched in Chennai

The Greater Chennai City Police (GCP) on Thursday, June 29, 2023 launched a new ‘Police Drone Unit’ for aerial surveillance over vast areas and quick detection of criminal activities.

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Ministry of Aviation okays flights from Shivamogga to Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad

The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has cleared operation of flights connecting Shivamogga with Delhi, Chennai, New Goa, Tirupati, and Hyderabad

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Chennai to see a play adaption of Oscar-winning, Anthony Hopkins-starring ‘The Father’

Chennai thespians Denver Anthony Nicholas and TM Karthik present an adaptation of The Father, based on dementia and its effects on the patient and caregiver

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Data | Uneven progress: Stark inter-district disparities in Tamil Nadu

While Tamil Nadu leads in most socio-economic indicators compared to other States, development is confined to certain pockets

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