Friday, July 26, 2013

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CBSE’s int’l curriculum makes inroads in city

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:22 PM PDT

With the number of schools that are going 'international' steadily on the rise, another global curriculum has been introduced in two city schools this academic year —the CBSE's international curric...

Kolaikaranpettai may be renamed after CM

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:08 PM PDT

The Chennai Corporation council on Friday passed a resolution requesting the State government to name Kolaikaranpettai after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.This is likely to end two decades of...

Stormwater works to resume

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:08 PM PDT

Drain projects in Cooum and Buckingham watersheds were earlier shelved

Liverpool student’s body to be brought to city next week

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:08 PM PDT

The body of Chennai girl Georgin...

Get gold coins, watches in exchange for trash

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:08 PM PDT

The Chennai Corporation will collect 48 tonnes thin plastic waste from residents, every day. The civic body has announced rewards, ranging from half-gram gold coins to wrist watches, for residents...

Kidney-transplant hospitals across State under the scanner

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Last month, an illegal organ racket was busted in Dharmapuri; a doctor and a tout were held

Customers foxed as gold prices surge again

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 01:54 PM PDT

Several jewellery showrooms in the city are reporting a dip in sales over the past couple of days as customers, wary of fluctuating prices, are refraining from purchases.The cost of yellow...

At transport hubs, a walk you’d rather forget

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 01:53 PM PDT

From public health to climate change, walking is high on the list of solutions to a variety of issues. Most people, however, walk for a very basic reason — it is the first and last part of their c...

SAC Capital pleads not guilty, but remains silent to investors

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 01:09 PM PDT

SAC Capital pleads not guilty, but remains silent to investors

Amazon hits new high on optimism about its US business

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Amazon hits new high on optimism about its US business

2 Indians face court over drug smuggling - Peninsula On-line

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:41 PM PDT


2 Indians face court over drug smuggling
Peninsula On-line
The suspects were detained Thursday on the holiday island of Samui after flying in from Chennai in southern India via Singapore. Custom authorities said they had found 12.3 kilos (27 pounds) of methamphetamine hydrochloride, known as "Ice", in their ...

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Here comes SRK Express - Calcutta Telegraph

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:38 PM PDT


Here comes SRK Express
Calcutta Telegraph
Chennai Express may chug into cinemas this Id, but the Shah Rukh Khan Express will roll into Calcutta today. King Khan will go 1,2,3,4Ö get on the dance floor in the city that he keeps coming back to as the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders. But today, he ...

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Shahrukh Khan Interview: Bollywood Movies Produced by Hollywood, UTV ... - Fashion & Style

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:09 PM PDT


Fashion & Style

Shahrukh Khan Interview: Bollywood Movies Produced by Hollywood, UTV ...
Fashion & Style
While promoting his new movie, Chennai Express, Shahrukh Khan recently talked in an interview about how it's great that Hollywood is taking interest in Bollywood films. The well known world-wide actor spoke to the Hollywood Reporter stating his opinion on ...

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White skin, dark knights - Livemint

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:07 PM PDT


Livemint

White skin, dark knights
Livemint
When Chennai-based non-governmental group Women of Worth (WoW) asked Nandita Das if she would like to be the poster girl for their Dark Is Beautiful campaign, she promptly agreed. The actor, director and producer should know what it means to be ...

CBSE's int'l curriculum makes inroads in city - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:06 PM PDT


CBSE's int'l curriculum makes inroads in city
The Hindu
With the number of schools that are going 'international' steadily on the rise, another global curriculum has been introduced in two city schools this academic year —the CBSE's international curriculum, CBSE-i. CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi, who was in the ...

Kolaikaranpettai may be renamed after CM - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:05 PM PDT


Kolaikaranpettai may be renamed after CM
The Hindu
The Chennai Corporation council on Friday passed a resolution requesting the State government to name Kolaikaranpettai after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. This is likely to end two decades of struggle by residents to have the name of their neighbourhood ...

Stormwater works to resume - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:04 PM PDT


Stormwater works to resume
The Hindu
Stormwater drains work in the Cooum and central Buckingham watersheds, which were earlier shelved, will soon resume in full swing. In a bid to complete all stormwater drains by March 31 next year, the Chennai Corporation has revoked its earlier order ...

Liverpool student's body to be brought to city next week - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 02:00 PM PDT


Liverpool student's body to be brought to city next week
The Hindu
The body of Chennai girl Georgina Thomson who died on campus at the University of Liverpool, where she was a student, is likely to be flown to Chennai next weekend. She had allegedly committed suicide by hanging inside the students' residence on July ...

Get gold coins, watches in exchange for trash - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 01:58 PM PDT


Get gold coins, watches in exchange for trash
The Hindu
The Chennai Corporation will collect 48 tonnes thin plastic waste from residents, every day. The civic body has announced rewards, ranging from half-gram gold coins to wrist watches, for residents every month in each of the 200 wards in the city. However ...

Kidney-transplant hospitals across State under the scanner - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Jul 2013 01:52 PM PDT


Kidney-transplant hospitals across State under the scanner
The Hindu
Close on the heels of the busting of an inter-State kidney racket last month, a special team of the Tamil Nadu CB-CID is monitoring kidney transplant-approved hospitals across the State. Over 20 such hospitals in the city are also under the scanner. On June ...

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