Saturday, March 31, 2012

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Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor hits a rough patch
Times of India
CHENNAI: The state government has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to stop work on the 1800-crore Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Express Corridor, saying the alignment has deviated from the approved one.
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City stocks up medicines as H1N1 rears its ugly head
Times of India
CHENNAI: After four H1N1 cases were reported in the city in the last two days, the Chennai Corporation has stocked up on throat swab kits and oseltamivir (tamiflu) tablets, and has set up separate wards to quarantine H1N1 patients at the Communicable ...
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Jaya revokes Sasikalaa's expulsion from AIADMK
Times of India
CHENNAI: Putting their hostility behind, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday revoked the disciplinary action initiated against her long-time aide Sasikalaa Natarajan but reiterated that her relatives and close associates would remain ...
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Jaya wants power from Kudankulam only for TN
Times of India
CHENNAI: Days after giving the green signal for resumption of work at the Kudankulam nuclear power project, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate the entire power generated from the plant ...
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Calling in reforms: State prisons to get telephone booths
Times of India
CHENNAI: Making phone calls is now legal for more than 2000 inmates of the Puzhal central prison. They won't have to do it in a discreet manner through smuggled mobile phones as the prison is to get an official telephone facility soon.
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State stops NHAI work on elevated corridor
The Hindu
The Water Resources Department (WRD) has directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to stop work on the Rs.1815 crore Chennai Port-Maduravoyal elevated link road project that runs along the Cooum river. In its letter dated 29 March, 2012, ...
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New parking system at airport
The Hindu
Visitors to the Chennai airport can expect congestion-free movement of vehicles from Sunday. Thanks to the introduction of a new computerised access-controlled car parking management system, the long traffic snarls involving vehicles inside the airport ...
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Light in darkness: city marks Earth Hour
The Hindu
At a press conference held earlier this week, Dhanush, the face of Earth Hour in Chennai said: "Earlier I watched movies on a projector at home, but after I was told that it consumes a lot of power, I stopped using it and switched to watching movies on ...
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When the original Shivaji came to town
The Hindu
Before I came to Chennai in early 2001, I lived in Delhi for nearly eight years, but I never got to see the Taj Mahal. Though once, I almost made it to the monument: in the year 2000, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh held a convention in Agra and I was ...
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Home boys hold the aces for 'young' Chennai Super Kings
Times of India
CHENNAI: A pepped-up side, a new team song, but what stays unchanged is Chennai Super Kings' strong local flavour. CSK, the most successful IPL side in the cash-rich extravaganza, draws heavily from the Tamil Nadu players in its ranks - R Ashwin, ...
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The fashionistas of Chennai had a gala time
Times of India
The fashionistas of Chennai are truly an eclectic bunch. You won't find a day when these ladies would be bereft of an engagement on their social calendars. Recently, they got an opportunity to bond over something that is arguably, a girl's best friend.
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Jaya pardons Sasikala, lets her into party
Hindustan Times
Sasikala was expected to return to Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence in Chennai soon. However, she will only be assigned the duty of managing the household. In a statement, the Tamil Nadu chief minister, however, reiterated that the action taken ...
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Beware, you may be 'shot' if you jump a signal in Chennai
Times of India
CHENNAI: Soon there will be no place for those violating traffic rules to run. The picture of a vehicle that has jumped a signal, spotted in a no-parking zone or involved in any other offence will be clicked by the constable concerned and the owner ...
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Chennai girl is Miss India International 2012
BehindWoods
Chennai girl, Rochelle Maria Rao won the Femina Miss India International, 2012 crown. This student of MOP Vaishnav college is also the younger sister of SS music channel veejay, Paloma. Rochelle also won the VLCC Miss Body Beautiful, 2012, ...
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Extra seats at Chepauk hanging in balance
Times of India
CHENNAI: There is much anticipation among Chennai Super Kings fans over the status of the 10000 additional seats in the three new stands at Chepauk stadium ahead of the Indian Premier League which starts on April 4. The planning agency, the Chennai ...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

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Chennai on Kolaveri to Watch 3
IBNLive.com
CHENNAI: The movie that rode the crest of the Kolaveri Di wave, 3, released to almost thrice as many screens in Chennai as a normal Tamil release would, on Friday. The sheer number of shows scheduled for the Dhanush - Shruti Hassan starrer directed by ...
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Multi-level parking in Chennai soon?
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CHENNAI: The city will soon graduate from basement parking to multi-level parking with the likely amendment to development regulations of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. CMDA sources told Express on Friday that the High Court-appointed ...
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IPL: Ravindra Jadeja at more than $ 2m makes sense for Chennai Super Kings!
Indian Sports news
A lot of eyebrows were raised when N. Srinivasan led Chennai Super Kings shelled out more than 2 million dollars (Some say close to 6 million) for Ravindra Jadeja. Some said the franchisee bought him for at least twice the price he deserved while ...
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WSH: Mumbai end Chennai's semi-final hopes
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PTI Mumbai: Mumbai Marines torpedoed Chennai Cheetahs' semi-final hopes with a comprehensive 4-1 victory in the final league encounter of the Bridgestone World Series Hockey (WSH) at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium here on Friday. Mumbai, who had no chance of ...
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Officials collect throat swabs of relatives
Times of India
CHENNAI: The patients who have been detected with the H1N1 virus have been prescribed Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and domestic quarantine. This is the first case reported in 18 months. Officials from the Chennai Corporation visited their residences in ...
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Applications for admission from May
Times of India
CHENNAI: Application forms for the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions will be issued from the first week of May, Anna University vice-chancellor P Mannar Jawahar said on Friday on the sidelines of the first TNEA co-ordination meeting.
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Ford India suspends 7 employees
Times of India
CHENNAI: The stand-off between the agitating employees and Ford management in Maraimalai Nagar took a new twist on Friday when the company suspended seven employees for indulging in anti-organisation activities. Trouble began last Tuesday when Ford ...
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For a more accurate rain forecast
The Hindu
A few manual rain gauges in two locations – that was all Chennai's meteorologists had, all this while, to measure the volume of rainfall received in the city. Officials of the Meteorology Department themselves have observed that residents in many parts ...
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Stringent measures to curb building violations in city
The Hindu
Starting April 1, Chennai Corporation will follow new steps to ensure building plans are not violated. Every approved plan copy should have a record of the name of the divisional Assistant Engineer/Junior Engineer including the phone number.
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IPL 2012 Schedule: Chennai Super Kings play Mumbai Indians in season opener
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The fifth edition of lucrative Indian Premier League will kick-start with mouth-watering clash between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the former's den on April 4, 2012. According to the IPL 2012 schedule, ...
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Chennai central
Business Standard
Triplicane is a colourful neighbourhood of conservative Chennai. Over 1 lakh people live in an area that measures around 5 sq km, another 50000 to 70000 float in and out of here every day. The place is congested, like the old quarters of any city, ...
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Mumbai Marines drowns Chennai Cheetahs' hopes
The Hindu
In a must-win situation for a place in the semifinals, Chennai Cheetahs went on the prowl against Mumbai Marines, but returned empty-handed, losing 1-4 in the concluding Bridgestone World Series Hockey 2012 league tie. Inspired by goalkeeper Adrian ...
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World Bank chief makes maiden visit to Chennai
Business Standard
World Bank Group president, Robert B Zoellick, on Friday made a special visit to the development institution's Chennai office. Zoellick, who is stepping down as president on June 30, visited the bank's office in Chennai, which has grown from about 70 ...
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TN industry sore over 'unequal' power cuts
Hindu Business Line
Why should Chennai or units close to Chennai get a preferential treatment while their counterparts in the industrial hubs in the West and South Tamil Nadu bear the brunt of the shortage ask industry representatives. According to a spokesperson of the ...
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Chennai: Will new Chepauk galleries be unsealed for IPL?
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CHENNAI: Will the Corporation seal on the two additional galleries built without plan and building approval at the Chepauk stadium be removed to facilitate an increase in seating capacity for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament?
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IPL odds dominated by Chennai and Mumbai
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The IPL starts with the two favourites meeting each other, defending champions, the Chennai Super Kings, captained by MS Dhoni, take on Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings are the early favourites and they can be backed at 7/2 with ...
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IRCTC to build food kiosks at MRTS stations off-track
Times of India
CHENNAI: An Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation plan to build food plazas or fast food joints at MRTS stations in the city to cash in on the increased patronage has been stuck due to red tapism in Southern Railway, say officials.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

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Chennai leads Indian property boom
AsiaOne
In its report, the bank said Chennai had seen the highest rise in prices at 166 per cent. Bhopal was second with a hike of 117 per cent and Mumbai was ranked third with an increase of 87 per cent. What then brings overseas investment to Indian property ...
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Ravindra Jadeja's inclusion gives Chennai Super Kings greater balance
Cricket Country
By Nishad Pai Vaidya If there is any team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that lives up to its name, it is without doubt the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The reigning champions have been a dominant force since the first season and are easily the most ...
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Chennai Cheetahs conjures up a super win
The Hindu
Chennai Cheetahs recovered from a 1-3 deficit to end the day with honours after a 6-4 triumph against Delhi Wizards in a World Series Hockey match here on Wednesday. The outcome, which enhanced Chennai's total to 19 points from 13 matches, ...
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10 automatic rain gauge stations to dot Chennai
Times of India
CHENNAI: Residents in and around Sholinganallur need no longer depend on measurements in Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam for rainfall data as a new 50-feet automatic rain gauge (ARG) station was inaugurated in the locality on Thursday.
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Chennai's Shriram Housing Aims Big in This Fiscal
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Chennai, Mar 30 (IANS): Chennai-based Shriram Housing Finance Limited plans to grow its loan book size around Rs.340 crore this fiscal after beefing up its fund base with fresh equity investments from Valiant Mauritius Partners FDI Ltd and parent ...
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House ransacked in Perungalathur; gold, cash missing
Times of India
CHENNAI: Unidentified persons broke into the house of a widow in suburban Perungalathur on Wednesday and took away everything in it, police said. Even a moped and two cycles parked in the front were taken away, they said. In her complaint, Sasikala, ...
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Chennai Super Kings players know what's expected of them: Scott Styris
Times of India
CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings are the team to beat in the Indian Premier League. It's a wellknit unit with some excellent back-up in all departments. Scott Styris, a former New Zealand all-rounder, is one such player, whom skipper MS Dhoni likes using ...
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Chennai port terminal shuts ops to clear cargo backlog
Times of India
CHENNAI: The Chennai port has suspended vessel operations at the main terminal till Monday after being badly hit by back-to-back strikes and increasing pile-up of containers. According to official sources, nearly 8000 containers are now inside the port ...
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Don't prosecute house owners for failing to give tenant info, cops told
Times of India
CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Thursday restrained the Chennai police from prosecuting house owners who fail to submit details of their tenants before the deadline of April 30. But the court refused to suspend the order asking landlords to furnish ...
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Feeling the pulse of the fans…
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CHENNAI: Dr. N. Prahlad (Paediatrician): There's going to be entertaining, competitive cricket this time. Given a chance, I would go and watch all the home games of Chennai Super Kings. T20 has definitely improved the fitness levels and intensity of ...
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Work to resume at Ford India's Chennai plant
Economic Times
CHENNAI: Around 700 workers of Ford India Pvt Ltd who had boycotted work for the past two days would resume duties Friday after a truce was arrived at a conciliation meeting held between the Ford India Employees Union (FIEU) and the management here on ...
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More green relief for Chennai soon
The Hindu
Landscape development of 100 parks in added areas of Chennai Corporation is on the anvil. The massive exercise that is proposed to be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 30 crore in eight newly added zones of Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, ...
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No criminal action against landlords who don't provide tenant info: Court
The Hindu
The First Bench comprising the Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam passed the interim order on a petition seeking to quash an order of the Chennai Police Commissioner of March 3 this year which said the Director-General of Police had ...
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When politics colour curriculum
The Hindu
Despite all this, a class VI boy I met at a Chennai Corporation-run school told me: "Akka, our new textbooks have more pictures. They are very colourful." The government may be intending to provide equal access to education, but policymakers cannot ...
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Chennai growth stimulates travel
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By Maria-Pia Intini and Isabel Vaz Ferreira Chennai, the fifth populous city in India, is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Over the next three years, the Chennai market is expected to add almost 2835 new rooms.
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US Consulate General,Chennai, records 27 % increase in L visas
IBNLive.com
PTI | 09:03 PM,Mar 29,2012 Chennai,Mar29 (PTI) The US Consulate General here has recorded a 27 per cent increase in the number of 'L' visa applications in the first quarter of this year, a senior diplomat said today. "So far in 2012, we have processed ...
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WB chief visits Chennai office
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PTI | 09:03 PM,Mar 29,2012 Chennai,Mar29(PTI) On his maiden trip to Chennai, World Bank President Robert B Zoellick today visited the Bank's city office here and met some of the employees. Zoellick, who is stepping down as President on June 30, ...
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TN speeds up work on power projects
Hindu Business Line
She said the 40-year-old Ennore thermal power plant to the North of Chennai was to have been replaced with a new 600 MW thermal plant. But the supercritical plant technology offers the benefits of more power from less coal and better environmental ...
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World Bank Group President thanks Chennai staff for delivering results on the ...
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Chennai: World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, today paid a special visit to the development institution's Chennai office to personally deliver a vote of thanks to staff. Zoellick, who is stepping down as President on June 30, ...
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IPL 5: Online ticket sales picking up pace
Economic Times
Pune Warriors (PWI) and IPL winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK), as well as Delhi Daredevils are also doing good business, says bookmyshow's chief executive officer Ashish Hemrajani. Bookmyshow is the online agent for five IPL teams including Mumbai ...
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Thai AirAsia adds Chennai and Chongqing from Bangkok
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Thai AirAsia's new routes from Bangkok to Chongqing and Chennai were celebrated by Guan Mu, Chinese Ambassador to Thailand; Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO Thai AirAsia; and Anil Wadhwa, Indian Ambassador to Thailand. The low-cost airline's CEO highlighted ...
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