Thursday, June 30, 2011

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Rs 1700 crore allocated for development works
IBNLive.com
CHENNAI: The Southern Railway has allocated Rs 1700 crore for development works and has introduced 19 new Mail and Express trains. The running time of many trains has also been modified. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Southern Railway ...
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Chennai: youth turning to robbery?
IBNLive.com
Chennai: Two young boys snatch a gold chain to take their girlfriends out for a new year's party. It is not just the story of films anymore - young professionals and college students are resorting to this in alarming numbers in Chennai. ...
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Names fill up coffers
Times of India
CHENNAI: What is in a name, you may ask. But, many in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu are changing their names hoping to alter their fortune and take a short cut to success. For the government, this is good news for its near-empty coffers. ...
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37 minutes for 'visa power'
Deccan Herald
A ''queue flow'' system introduced by the US consulate general's office in Chennai recently, besides certain other new facilities have greatly eased the waiting time for visa applicants from South. People applying for various types of visas, ...
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Sports quota topper takes engg, not med
Times of India
CHENNAI: Anaka Alangamani, the first candidate to be called for the single window counselling for BE/ B Tech courses under the sports quota on Thursday, chose engineering over medicine. She settled for a computer science seat in SSN College of ...
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Who will pull Peugeot?
Times of India
A day after Tamil Nadu government issued a release saying French auto major Peugeot will set up a Rs 4000 crore manufacturing unit in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, the Gujarat government sent media communiqué claiming the car-maker has shown interest in ...
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Rlys tweaks maintenance schedule of coaches to tide over shortage
Times of India
CHENNAI: Southern Railway is tweaking the maintenance schedules of coaches to tide over shortage of coaches to run long-distance trains including special trains, said Deepak Krishen, general manager of the zone. Releasing the new time table, ...
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Fortune seekers go extra mile
Times of India
CHENNAI: Diligence and brilliance are not the only requisites for success and fame.Many are queuing up before the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Printing and Publishing in Chennai hoping a name change would bring them fortunes. Celebs who hit a plateau in ...
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Down river of words with Amitav Ghosh
Times of India
CHENNAI: He's been making stops in all the major cities, promoting his new book, 'River of Smoke', and on Thursday author Amitav Ghosh launched his book in Chennai, meeting fans and autographing copies. "It can be tiring to tour so much but it's always ...
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Bizman wanted a son, so they grabed one from st
Times of India
CHENNAI: The police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including an autorickshaw driver, on charges of kidnapping an 18 month-old boy, Maniraj, from near his house in West Saidapet. They boy was kidnapped to be sold to an Erode-based businessman, ...
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High court gets a taste of city's dark reality
Times of India
CHENNAI: Despite a 2007 order prohibiting power cuts in courts, the Madras high court on Thursday was forced to work for over an hour without power—a problem that residents of the city and other districts are forced to evolve every day. ...
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Karuna says PM should be brought under Lokpal ambit
Times of India
CHENNAI: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday categorically stated that the Prime Minister should be brought under the purview of the proposed Lokpal. While Karunanidhi had earlier hinted at such a view, this time the DMK supremo insisted in ...
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Distance between planes in flight reduced
Times of India
CHENNAI: The distance between two airplanes in flight has been reduced from 80 nautical miles to 50 in the southern region owing to increasing traffic. This reduction will also help save fuel. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Friday introduced ...
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Sanmar may tap mkt for expansion
Times of India
CHENNAI: Sanmar Engineering, a Sanmar Group firm, said it is scouting for partners to diversify into high pressure engineering valves business and the nuclear sector. "We would like to fill this gap with a couple of joint ventures," says Vijay Sankar, ...
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2G scam: CBI to send AIIMS team to probe Batcha's death
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: A team of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS )) will go to Chennai soon to probe the circumstances that led to the death of Sadik Batcha, a close aide of former Telecom Minister A Raja who has been arrested in 2G ...
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India to launch communication satellite July 15
Economic Times
CHENNAI: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket will blast off July 15 evening carrying a communication satellite with transponders for communication and weather forceast services, the space agency said Thursday. ...
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Chennai grad helps detect Autism
Siliconindia.com
By SiliconIndia, Thursday, 30 June 2011, 04:58 Hrs Bangalore: A fresh graduate, just coming out from college, visited a local school in Chennai, and saw many children with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and other disorders. ...
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Indian Test team for England tour on July 2
NDTV.com
PTI New Delhi: The Indian cricket team for the upcoming Test series against England will be selected on Saturday in Chennai, the Indian Cricket Board stated in a media release. Under Krishnamachari Srikkanth's chairmanship, the All-India Senior ...
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July 7 bank strike deferred to Aug 5
Moneycontrol.com
"The UFBU met today in Chennai. Since the monsoon session of Parliament will begin from August 1 (instead of July), the proposed strike on July 7 is postponed to August 5," UFBU convener CH Venkatachalam said in a statement. ...
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'Viswanathan Anand must get Bharat Ratna'
NDTV.com
PTI Chennai: For his role in promoting chess in the country, grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is the obvious choice for the coveted Bharat Ratna Award, FIDE vice-president DV Sundar said on Thursday. "Vishy is the role model (for indian chess players) and ...
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CLT20 Schedule Pits Chennai Against Mumbai
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Will Davies Chennai Super Kings have been grouped with Indian Premier League rivals Mumbai Indians in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament to be held in India from Sept. 23 to Oct. 9. Chennai Super Kings cricket squad celebrated after winning ...
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Champions League T20 scheduled to begin from September 23
Daily News & Analysis
The tournament returns to India this year with matches in Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata, as well as a qualifying event in Hyderabad from September 19-21. The tournament will have 10 teams competing. Seven teams have already qualified for the event. ...
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S Rly to operate new services; to spend Rs 1700 cr on works
Times of India
PTI | Jun 30, 2011, 02.40pm IST CHENNAI: Southern Railway will operate a slew of new services on various routes in the coming months as it will spend around Rs 1700 crore on various works, a top official said on Thursday. 'This (sum of around Rs 1700 ...
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Focus on strong education, industry training: India Inc
Economic Times
CHENNAI: It is the responsibility of colleges to train the students in the fundamentals of the course while industries should provide the fresh recruits with the requisite training and skill set - this was the unanimous view of speakers at an ...
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Indian Bank
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Indian Bank held its fifth Annual General Meeting for its shareholders on 29 June 11 in Chennai. The meeting was addressed by T Bhasin - Chairman and Managing Director, flanked by the executive directors and other directors on the board. ...
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Chennai, Mumbai in same group for CLT20
ESPNcricinfo.com
Chennai Super Kings, the IPL champions, and Mumbai Indians will be part of the same group in the Champions League Twenty20 starting September this year. The tournament, which runs from September 23 to October 9, will be preceded by a qualifier phase ...
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Madras week to set tone for heritage protection
IBNLive.com
CHENNAI: Celebrations of Chennai's birthday, which have come to be known as Madras Week, will become a platform this year for the active protection of Chennai's many monuments. A massive signature campaign would be carried out to urge the government to ...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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Relocate dumping yard from Kodungaiyur: MLA
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CHENNAI: Echoing the local residents' demand at the well of the Chennai Corporation's Council Meet, CPIM party's Perambur MLA A Soundararajan on Wednesday appealed to the Mayor M Subramanian to move the garbage dumping yard out of Kodungaiyur to save ...
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Shriram Confirms Orix Interest
Wall Street Journal
By ANUPAMA CHANDRASEKARAN And VIDHYA PADMANABHAN Chennai, India—Japan's Orix Corp. is in talks with US-based TPG Capital to buy the private equity firm's 20% stake in Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd, in a transaction that may be valued at close to ...
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Indian Bank to wait till St looks up
Times of India
PTI | Jun 30, 2011, 02.18am IST CHENNAI: Public sector lender Indian Bank said on Wednesday it is looking at better market conditions for the launch of its follow-on public offer (FPO). The Chennai-based bank had proposed to raise funds for its ...
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18-mth-old kidnapped & sold for Rs 50000, rescued
Times of India
CHENNAI: The police on Wednesday rescued in Porur an 18-month-old boy from an autorickshaw driver, who allegedly bought the child from a woman for Rs 50000. The boy, Maniraj, went missing from his house in West Saidapet on June 16. ...
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Airport expansion delay to cost dear
Times of India
CHENNAI: The expansion and modernization works at Chennai airport were delayed by a year because the huge quantity of rocks in the substrata had to be blasted in a controlled manner, said Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday. Yechury is chairman of the ...
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Civic works delayed? Ask govt, says mayor
Times of India
CHENNAI: If you want to expedite the projects in your neighbourhood, take it up with the state government, was Chennai mayor M Subramanian's message to the sitting Perambur MLA and CPM leader A Soundararajan, who complained about the inordinate delay ...
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Engineer held for harassing wife
Times of India
CHENNAI: The suburban police on Wednesday arrested a 54-year-old engineer working in the Chennai port under the Tamil Nadu women's harassment prevention act for assaulting his wife. The engineer had also hit his 10-year-old daughter with a stick, ...
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Expert: need to keep organ transplantation above board
The Hindu
In Chennai on a two-day visit, Dr. Delmonico also met Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who made it clear that her government was determined to keep scandals out of the organ transplantation scenario. Speaking at a meeting organised by MOHAN Foundation here ...
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Just the mighty have the way at unruly cmbt
Times of India
The callousness of most Metropolitan Transport Corporation drivers, according to regular commuters, is on display daily on the 100 Feet Road, near the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) in Koyambedu.With scant regard to road-users, they zip across ...
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Madras Week highlights heritage act
Times of India
CHENNAI: They've been celebrating the founding of the city for eight years, but this year the coordinators of Madras Week celebrations will be running a signature campaign to demand the passing of a heritage act for Tamil Nadu. ...
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Mobile phone recharge stores to be shut today
Times of India
CHENNAI: Users of Aircel, Airtel and Vodafone phones may not be able to recharge their prepaid devices or get new SIM cards on Thursday as retail outlets offering these services will be closed in protest. Owners of the outlets are planning to stage a ...
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2 held for data theft from software co
Times of India
CHENNAI: Two former employees of an Egmore-based software firm were arrested on Tuesday for stealing data from the company. They had floated a new company with the stolen material and sold the same product at a discounted price, the police said. ...
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Peugeot likely to set up manufacturing plant near Chennai
Hindu Business Line
Assuring support: The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J.Jayalalithaa, interacting with the PSA Peugeot delegation at the Secretariat in Chennai on Wednesday. PSA Peugeot Citroen, the French automobile manufacturer, is likely to set up a Rs 4000-crore ...
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10 JW Marriott hotels to come up in India by 2015
Hindustan Times
"Hotels under JW Marriott brand are coming up at various locations like Bangalore, Delhi Airport, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Mumbai etc..we will have hotels at 10 locations by year 2015 in India," Marriott International, vice president, Rajeev Monon told ...
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Renowned US Organ Transplant Surgeon in Chennai to Support Deceased Organ Donation
MedIndia
by Thilaka Ravi on June 29, 2011 at 8:02 PM "I'm proud to be in Chennai that is fast becoming the hub of deceased organ donation in India," said Dr. Francis L. Delmonico, world renowned organ transplant surgeon and a vigorous campaigner for diseased ...
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Chennai Traffic Cops Start Using e-challans
Techtree.com
The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has decided that it is time for its traffic police to go hi-tech, with the introduction of e-challan (electronic challan) traffic signal system in the state capital of Chennai. Connected to the mail control computer ...
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Peugeot Citroen to set up Rs 4000 crore unit in TN
Economic Times
CHENNAI: France-based automobile manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen (PSA) is finalising plans to set up its first car manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu at an investment of Rs 4000 crore. With this facility, PSA Peugeot Citroen joins the list of ...
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Chip-chip. Chopin. Chennai.
The Hindu
The Hindu Painstaking effort: Artists working on the 'Chip-chip ' animation at Accel Animation Studios, Chennai. Photo: R. Ravindran An animation facility in the city pulls off its biggest project yet, at the behest of an Oscar-winning producer. ...
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The chameleon takes on Chennai
Times of India
Giving us the lowdown on her trip to Chennai, Jade says, "I was able to visit a few places here, which will forever be etched in my memory. I got the opportunity to see several temples in Mahabalipuram and the experience was quite an eyeopener . ...
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Indian rower to attend International Olympic Academy session in Greece
DailyIndia.com
Chennai, June 29: India's ace rower player Shruti Kamath had been selected to attend International Olympic Academy's 51st International Session for Young Participants in Olympia, Greece. The sessions in Olympia began on June 25 and will come to an end ...
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Child kidnap case busted in Chennai
Times of India
Chennai city police on Wednesday busted a child kidnap racket and launched a hunt for the kidnappers. Police teams rescued the 18-month-old baby boy Maniraj from the house of an autorickshaw driver Sathyamurthy of Porur. Police personnel, based on a ...
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Peugeot Citroen to set up Rs 4000 crore unit in Tamil Nadu
Economic Times
CHENNAI: French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen has chosen Tamil Nadu over Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh for its Rs 4 ,000 crore car plant, a government release said on Wednesday. This is the first mega investment into the state after the state ...
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PG Diploma in Defence Management for the OTA
IBNLive.com
CHENNAI: The Officers Training Academy in Gaya is all-set to open in May 2012 and there is a plan to approach the University of Madras to offer Post Graduate Diploma in Defence Management and Strategic Studies, according to OTA commandant Lt Gen Gautam ...
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'Rajini lives in our hearts'
Times of India
The reported news of Superstar Rajinikanth tentatively moving to an alternate address and not his Poes Garden one, when he returns to Chennai from Singapore a month from now, is getting more and more curious. A close source maintains, Yes members of ...
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14 Naga sex workers caught by Chennai union
MorungExpress
Kohima, June 28 (MExN): The Naga Students' Union of Chennai (NSUC) has caught 14 Naga girls, allegedly involved in prostitution, during the first and second week of May from Sripirumberatur in the outskirts of Chennai. The girls were allegedly involved ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Chennai: traffic police to now issue e-challans
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Chennai: Chennai Traffic Police has found a novel way of tackling the city's power crisis. It has installed portable traffic signals that are powered by solar energy at key junctions. Chennai City Commissioner JK Tripathy said, "All the traffic ...
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Traffic cops get e-challan system
Times of India
CHENNAI: The electronic challan (e-challan) system of the city police was inaugurated on Tuesday by chief minister J Jayalalithaa who also handed over a ortable solar traffic signal system to the Anna Salai police. After the chief minister handed over ...
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NSG commandos take on terrorists in mock operation
Times of India
CHENNAI: On Monday, around 5.30 pm, a group of terrorists stormed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building in Parrys and took hostages. But the National Security Guard (NSG) commandos took down the terrorists and assumed control of the premises at the ...
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A scrub & pulp facial for aging monument
Times of India
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team is painstakingly restoring the shore temple at Mamallapuram, about 60 km south of Chennai. The paper pulp treatment for the world famous 7th century AD monument is being done for the second time in a year. ...
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HC asks govt to frame RTE rules in 6 wks
Times of India
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has directed the Tamil Nadu school education department to finalise and publish the rules for the Right to Education Act within six weeks. The first bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam ...
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Actor murder suspect kills self in Mumbai
Times of India
CHENNAI: The man hunted by the police in the rape and murder of bit-role actress Ashwini committed suicide at Dadar Railway Station on Monday. According to witnesses, Suresh (29) jumped onto the track of a moving express train on Monday evening. ...
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Protest against bridge across Ennore creek
Times of India
CHENNAI: Fishermen in six hamlets in and around the Buckingham Canal on Tuesday staged a protest against the government's move to build a bridge across the Ennore Creek. Over 1000 fishermen protested against the move and said construction in and around ...
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