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| Chennai-based firm in tie-up with Blackberry Times of India PTI | Jul 22, 2011, 11.55am IST TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: Eyeing leadership status in mobile education, Chennai based Education Support Services Company EdServ has tied-up with Blackberry to provide online education content on the smartphones. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Hillary Clinton chooses to stay at Taj Coromandel, Chennai India Infoline.com Taj Coromandel, Chennai has undergone a recent refurbishment that now creates a rejuvenated luxury experience, presenting a perfect fusion of rich, South Indian design and classic European elegance. Along with its repertoire of renovated features, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Chennai legislators to be briefed on expansion Express Buzz CHENNAI: Chennai Corporation officials will hold a meeting with legislators representing areas in the city to discuss city expansion plans. Corporation Chairman D Karthikeyan on Wednesday held talks with representatives of 42 local bodies that would be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Short on books, schools go on field trips Times of India CHENNAI: They've advanced their sports days and cancelled holidays. State board and matriculation schools in the city are working overtime to reschedule their academic calendar to keep children occupied till the textbooks arrive. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Moreh Bandh: Trade activities hit for second day Assam Tribune IMPHAL, July 21 – The recent arrest of Tamil Sangam, Moreh (TSM) president V Shekhar at Chennai airport evoked protest at Manipur's Moreh border town which is said to be India's gateway to South Asian nations. Protesting the 'unwarranted arrest' of ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| City bids fond adieu to Clinton Times of India CHENNAI: For the staff of Hotel Taj Coromandel in Nungambakkam, it was a send-off they would treasure. Hillary Clinton smiled, waved and posed with them for pictures before bidding them goodbye on Thursday morning. The visiting US Secretary of State, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wife gets man electrocuted, held Times of India CHENNAI: The city police arrested a 40-year-old woman on charges of electrocuting her husband at their Vadapalani house with the help of three others in the wee hours of Thursday. Uma Maheswari, the accused, walked into the Vadapalani police station ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Haphazard parking irks Motilal Street residents Times of India CHENNAI: For residents of Motilal Street in T Nagar, living close to South Usman Road and Ranganathan Street is proving a nightmare. The lane, they complain, is being used for parking by auto drivers and shoppers. "A major textile store on South Usman ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Hillary gives India points to ponder Deccan Chronicle US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's speech in Chennai on Wednesday, just a day after she held the second India-US strategic dialogue in New Delhi, was absorbing in a way that the official talks were not. Indeed, if the secretary of state had done ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Drug-and-loot accused arrested at airport Times of India KOLKATA: The CISF and Kolkata Police put an end to a robbery case at Kolkata airport that had started on a Chennai-bound train. On Wednesday night, sleuths arrested a man who who had robbed a family on a train on Tuesday after drugging them. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Land acquisition delay hits widening of ECR Times of India CHENNAI: It was once the pride of Chennai but the indifference of officials has now turned the East Coast Road (ECR) into a veritable deathtrap for pedestrians. About 60 pedestrians were killed by speeding vehicles in the last three years as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Private players promise state 21000MW surplus power Times of India CHENNAI: Power cuts could become history in Tamil Nadu as 14 power producers have lined up projects for a whopping 21000MW, more than twice the installed capacity of Tamil Nadu. Many of these could go on stream over the next few years, thereby making ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| HC orders notice to state govt on freebies Times of India CHENNAI: Hearing a petition that wanted the sops offered by the AIADMK government to be declared unconstitutional, the Madras high court has asked the state government to file a counter affidavit. The petition filed by Advocate S Subramaniam Balaji ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Engineering students on protest damage college buses Times of India CHENNAI: At least five buses of the Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology in Chembarambakkam near Poonamallee were damaged on Thursday when protesting students of the institution indulged in stone-throwing. The protesters, who were ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Time for India to lead: Hillary IBNLive.com CHENNAI: Betting on India's vibrant holistic democracy, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the country should take up a leadership role as it would help shape the future of the whole Asia-Pacific region. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The visit that did not live up to hype Hindu Business Line Insofar as the impact of the visit to Chennai of the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Clinton, is concerned, I have no hesitation in describing it as somewhere between an anti-climax and a damp squib. A greater part of the blame for this should be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| HC issues notice to TN govt on freebie distribution IBNLive.com PTI | 10:07 PM,Jul 21,2011 Chennai, Jul 21 (PTI) The Madras High Court today issued notice to Tamil Nadu government to respond within two weeks on a petition filed against distribution of freebies, promised by ruling AIADMK in its election manifesto. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| In Tamil Nadu, School Without Textbooks Wall Street Journal (blog) By Vibhuti Agarwal After a day of hectic parleys in India's national capital, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the city of Chennai on Wednesday to better acquaint herself with southern India, which has become a focus for growing US ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Land-grab cases put TN leaders on slippery ground Economic Times CHENNAI: While Tihar is getting a share of Tamil Nadu leaders in connection with the allocation of airwaves, back home many of their colleagues in state politics are filling local prisons, accused of grabbing land. Land appropriation has become such a ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Culling only multiplies dog numbers: expert Times of India Co-founder and chairman of Blue Cross of India, S Chinny Krishna , who studied Chennai's culling policy in vogue since 1860, says the strategy failed leading to drastic multiplication of strays. But after implementation of the Animal Birth Control's ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Constables find child's body in Cooum river Times of India CHENNAI: The mystery surrounding 11-month-old Arif Baasha, reported missing from his house in Chintadripet last week, continues. Two suburban police constables have now reported seeing a baby's body floating near Napier Bridge on Friday morning but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Spl counters to file IT returns Times of India CHENNAI: The Income Tax Department is gearing up to receive returns from tax payers, salaried and from business (non-audit cases). The last date for filing return is July 31. Addressing mediapersons on Wednesday, chief commissioner of Income Tax, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nemelli desal plant to be delayed Times of India CHENNAI: The under-construction desalination plant in Nemelli in Kancheepuram district, capable of supplying 100 million litres of water a day (MLD) to Chennai city, is now expected to be completed only by June 2012, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rural TN sees a big jump in literacy rate Times of India CHENNAI: Sustained efforts by successive governments to improve the rural literacy in the state have paid off. Provisional figures released by the directorate of census operations suggest a bigger improvement of literacy in rural than urban areas. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arasu ultimatum to TV channels Times of India CHENNAI: In a further move to take control of the television cable operations in the state, the government has given an ultimatum to paid television channels in Tamil Nadu to be a part of the bouquet of channels to be offered by the state-owned Arasu ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| In next local poll, mayors will be elected directly by people Times of India CHENNAI: With barely three months left for the local body elections, the state government has decided to conduct direct elections for the posts of corporation mayor and municipal chairman. Sources said the AIADMK government has proposed to introduce a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Govt directed to tax IPL matches Times of India CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Wednesday directed the state government to make the necessary amendment to include sports under the Tamil Nadu Entertainment Tax Act, 1939; probably within four weeks. A petition by Sakthi Vasan of Valasarawakkam had ... See all stories on this topic » |
