Tuesday, December 31, 2013

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Qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev knocks out No. 8 seed Roberto Bautista Agut at ... - SI.com

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:34 PM PST


SI.com

Qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev knocks out No. 8 seed Roberto Bautista Agut at ...
SI.com
CHENNAI, India (AP) -- Russian qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev knocked out eighth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Chennai Open. Kudryavtsev earned a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Agut, who had ...

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Self-Belief Key to Victory, Says Chennai Lad - The New Indian Express

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:41 PM PST


The New Indian Express

Self-Belief Key to Victory, Says Chennai Lad
The New Indian Express
Ramkumar RAmanathan celebrating after winning his match against Somdev | R Satish Babu/EPS Pablo Carreno Busta, named Most Improved Player of the Year in 2013 by the ATP, suffered a shock defeat against Yuki Bhambri in the first round of Chennai ...

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Ramkumar Leads Charge of Underdogs - The New Indian Express

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:41 PM PST


The New Indian Express

Ramkumar Leads Charge of Underdogs
The New Indian Express
Yuki Bhambri returns to Pablo Pablo Carreno in the Chennai Open on Tuesday | R Satish Babu/EPS Yuki Bhambri, who got the ball rolling when he stunned ATP's Most Improved Player of the Year Pablo Pablo Carreno Busta, set the tone of the day. The wild ...

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Davis Cup: Smells Like Team Spirit - The New Indian Express

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:41 PM PST


Davis Cup: Smells Like Team Spirit
The New Indian Express
On a day wild card entrant Yuki Bhambri spun an upset by advancing to the second round of the Chennai Open, India's non-playing Davis Cup captain, Anand Amritraj, felt the youngster has played himself into being the second singles player of the country.

Kudryavtsev knocks out 8th-seeded Agut at Chennai - Journal Review

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:34 PM PST


Kudryavtsev knocks out 8th-seeded Agut at Chennai
Journal Review
Russian qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev knocked out eighth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Chennai Open. Kudryavtsev earned a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Agut, who had a memorable run here ...

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Facebook can map human migration across the globe - GlobalPost

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:22 PM PST


Facebook can map human migration across the globe
GlobalPost
Facebook can show, via its users, that cities like Chennai in India, Istanbul in Turkey and Lagos is Nigeria are experiencing a massive influx from more rural areas. Facebook migration Enlarge. I like the way you move. (Facebook/Courtesy). Please support our ...

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Roger-Vasselin sails through first-rounder at Chennai - Big News Network.com

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:02 PM PST


Roger-Vasselin sails through first-rounder at Chennai
Big News Network.com
CHENNAI, India -- Edouard Roger-Vasselin dropped only four games in a first-round win Tuesday at the Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament in India. Roger-Vasselin, seeded seventh, was the only seeded player on Tuesday's schedule to have a relatively ...

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Granollers survives scare in Chennai, Roger-Vasselin through - kora

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:54 PM PST


kora

Granollers survives scare in Chennai, Roger-Vasselin through
kora
The sixth seed was severely tested by the Romanian qualifier, who responded excellently to going a set down to force a decider, only for the Spaniard to win every game in the final set to progress in two hours and 20 minutes with a 6-4 3-6 6-0 win. However ...

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Unheralded players step up at Chennai Open tennis as top seeds receive bye - ABC Online

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:47 PM PST


Unheralded players step up at Chennai Open tennis as top seeds receive bye
ABC Online
Eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain dropped by the wayside as unheralded players stepped up their game on the second day of the ATP Chennai Open. Agut, ranked 58th in the world, was stunned by Russian qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev 6-4, 3-6, ...

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Traffic to be diverted for road work - The Hindu

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:41 PM PST


Traffic to be diverted for road work
The Hindu
At a meeting organised at Ripon Buildings on Tuesday, the civic body decided to divert traffic on 300-metre stretches on each of the bus route roads to be concretised. The Chennai Corporation submitted the list of roads to the police to plan traffic diversions ...

Qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev knocks out No. 8 seed Roberto Bautista Agut at Chennai Open

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:42 PM PST

CHENNAI, India (AP) -- Russian qualifier Alexander Kudryavtsev knocked out eighth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Chennai Open.

More Calcutta News

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:26 PM PST

Twelve more legislators from West Bengal will be made parliamentary secretaries, with their rank equivalent to that of a minister of state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Tuesday. Among those selected are Firoja Bibi, lawmaker from Nandigram in East Midnapore district.

Taxonomist Narendran passes away

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 01:52 PM PST

T.C. Narendran, internationally known insect taxonomist and recipient of the E.K. Janaki Ammal National Award of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, died of a heart attack here on Tuesday. He...

Traffic to be diverted for road work

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST

List of bus route roads to be concretised given to traffic police

Champs enjoy debuting as ball girls at Chennai Open

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:36 PM PST

History of a kind is being made at the Aircel Chennai Open 2014 — for the first time in the 18-year-old tournament, ball girls are on the courts this year. Five ball girls have busted the...

Music from the other districts of Carnatic

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:36 PM PST

'Cauvery thanni kudicha Saveri thaanaa varum.'The adage encapsulates the fertile climate provided by the Cauvery River in the erstwhile composite Tanjavur for fine arts, especially, classica...

Welcoming 2014, Chennai style; Happy New Year!

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:35 PM PST

From hectic party-hopping to non-alcoholic parties, and uniquely, a bash at a brick kiln — the city saw it all

Peregrinations of an idle man

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:07 PM PST

Let me first wish readers to this column a very peaceable, prosperous and happy life this year. For two weeks last month I was away from the country. I visited two Southern states in our neighbouring country, India, on purpose as a tourist.

Antony promises all support to shipyard to tackle tough times

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:50 AM PST

Coast Guard patrol vessel Abheek inducted into force

Tennis: Lesser lights shine in Chennai Open

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 10:57 AM PST

Eighth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain dropped by the wayside as unheralded players stepped up their game on the second day of the ATP Chennai Open.

Monday, December 30, 2013

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More Calcutta News

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:56 PM PST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday delivered on the Aam Aadmi Party's poll promise by announcing 20 kilo litres of free water a month to all metered households. The Congress questioned the move, saying Kejriwal should ensure that every citizen of Delhi gets 700 litres of free water per day.

Vivekananda Ratham comes to Chennai

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST

A golden coloured chariot that passed by the busy Kamarajar Salai on Monday morning attracted a lot of attention. A large number of school and college students and dignitaries gathered near...

Albert Camus’ Le Malentendu now in Tamil

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:36 PM PST

The works of the Algerian-French Nobel Prize-winning author Albert Camus are not new to readers of serious literature in Tamil.Among his translated works are his novels Stranger or Outsider...

San Francisco Firm Considers Investing in Indian Real Estate

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:54 PM PST

Golden State Capital considering REIT of more than $500 million.

After conquering Bollywood, dimpled Deepika eyes Hollywood

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:37 PM PST

MUMBAI: If any Bollywood star can claim 2013 as their year, it is Deepika Padukone. With four hit films, the former model has risen to the top of the A-list — and now has Hollywood in her sights.

India Tunneling Job Creates Building Cracks

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:25 PM PST

Some believe TBMs are culprit in building damage

Farmers oppose Kandaleru water to Chittoor project

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:22 PM PST

Need to store water to meet needs of farmers in times of poor rainfall stressed

Rajasthan to replicate Tamil Nadu’s ‘Amma Unavagam’

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:06 PM PST

Will serve idli and sambar in our canteens, say officials from Jaipur

Chennai city gets 10 new water supply projects

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:05 PM PST

Centre will fund 35 % towards the total cost

Anna Arivalayam property tax to be reassessed

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST

Chennai Corporation has reportedly identified underassessment of property tax for the premises of Anna Arivalayam, the headquarters of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. As part of an initiative to...

Canada's Vasek Pospisil wins opening-round match at Chennai Open - Canada.com

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:57 PM PST


Canada.com

Canada's Vasek Pospisil wins opening-round match at Chennai Open
Canada.com
CHENNAI, India — Canada's Vasek Pospisil beat wild-card entry Kyle Edmund of Britain 6-3, 7-5 Monday to reach the second round of the Chennai Open. The 23-year-old Pospisil, the fifth seed from Vancouver, saved all four break points he faced and ...

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Vasek Pospisil progresses in Chennai - Sportal.com.au

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:47 PM PST


Vasek Pospisil progresses in Chennai
Sportal.com.au
Vasek Pospisil progresses in Chennai. By Sportal Updated 30/12/2013, 20:48. Fifth seed Vasek Pospisil secured his place in the second round of the Chennai Open on Monday by beating Kyle Edmund in straight sets. Pospisil emerged as one to watch on the ...

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A 'sweet' battle over Tirupati laddu in TN - Free Press Journal

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:26 PM PST


A 'sweet' battle over Tirupati laddu in TN
Free Press Journal
Chennai : A 'sweet' legal battle is on between the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) — the administrator of the world famous Lord Balaji temple — and a sweet shop owner in Chennai over the shrine's tasty and 'divine' Laddu. And it has been left to the ...

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Vivekananda Ratham comes to Chennai - The Hindu

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:24 PM PST


The Hindu

Vivekananda Ratham comes to Chennai
The Hindu
A golden coloured chariot that passed by the busy Kamarajar Salai on Monday morning attracted a lot of attention. A large number of school and college students and dignitaries gathered near Gandhi Statue, the Marina Beach, to pay tribute to the Swami ...

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A hard court lesson for Kyle - Indian Express

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST


A hard court lesson for Kyle
Indian Express
Kyle Edmund is the 376th ranked tennis player in the world. A few facts back the South African-born Brit's low ranking. For one, he is still in his teens. Two, he was granted entry into the Chennai Open main draw with a wildcard. And three, a point made loud ...

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Andhra Emerge Champions - The New Indian Express

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:20 PM PST


Andhra Emerge Champions
The New Indian Express
Daniel, Vijay and Amitha starred for the victors in both matches. Delhi finished third by defeating Chandigarh in the loser's semifinal. M Srinivasa Rao, commissioner of Income Tax (Chennai), was the chief guest and distributed the trophies. Debendra N Kar ...

Survivors struggle - The Week

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:16 PM PST


The Week

Survivors struggle
The Week
The change is distinctly perceptible, from the packed Sri Lankan Airlines Chennai-Colombo flight to the crowded streets and high-end cars of the capital city. It may seem that the country is finally emerging out of the shadow of unrest that had settled over it ...

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Rajasthan to replicate Tamil Nadu's 'Amma Unavagam' - The Hindu

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:58 PM PST


Rajasthan to replicate Tamil Nadu's 'Amma Unavagam'
The Hindu
Rajasthan has decided to adopt the Amma Unavagam (subsidised canteens run by the Tamil Nadu government) model in the urban areas of the State to tackle poverty. The new BJP government has sent a group of officials to Chennai to study the functioning ...

Chennai city gets 10 new water supply projects - The Hindu

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST


Chennai city gets 10 new water supply projects
The Hindu
The Central government has approved a proposal for 10 new water supply projects for Chennai city. The proposal includes water supply schemes for Pallikarani, Chinnasekkadu, Puzhal, Surapattu, Puthagaram, Kathirvedu, Vadaperumabakkam, ...

Pospisil, Vesely enter second round in India - Bangkok Post

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:50 PM PST


Pospisil, Vesely enter second round in India
Bangkok Post
Published: 31 Dec 2013 at 01.49; Online news: Sports. Rising stars Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic began the new tennis season with first-round victories in the ATP Chennai Open on Monday. Canada's Vasek Pospisil returns ...

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