Sunday, August 18, 2013

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Narendra Modi no more dogmatic, urges BJP to reach out to Muslim voters

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 03:11 PM PDT

Narendra Modi no more dogmatic, urges BJP to reach out to Muslim voters

Tamil Nadu tops country in cases of domestic violence

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Disturbing statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that domestic violence is much more prevalent in Tamil Nadu than any other state in the country.        

Rajasthan Brahmin group demands 14% reservation

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:26 PM PDT

Rajasthan Brahmin group demands 14% reservation

Dogfight over Tokyo: Japan's big airlines vie for landing rights

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Dogfight over Tokyo: Japan's big airlines vie for landing rights

Poondi causeway opens in 2 months

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:37 PM PDT

Vehicles can take the facility and avoid travelling over the 69-year-old dam

Tinted glass: now, omni buses are in the crosshairs

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:37 PM PDT

Every year, P.N. Arun Narayanan, a resident of Annanur visits his relatives in Dindigul during the Pongal holidays, by hopping into a comfortable air-conditioned bus. Next time though, his journey...

Airport’s wobbly false ceiling now being repaired

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:23 PM PDT

Adding to the authorities' woes, rains have now caused leaks near the departure gates at both new terminals

Kovalam: piggybacking on growth corridors

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 01:23 PM PDT

Kovalam is not wide enough to accommodate activities that encourage beach visits. As a result, it will always stay in the league of second-rung beaches

'India becomes Ford's export hub'

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Country is becoming an export hub for US automaker Ford Motor Co, said Joginder Singh, president and MD of Ford India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of the company.

Creditors face deadline in Detroit bankruptcy case

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 12:54 PM PDT

Creditors face deadline in Detroit bankruptcy case

​Rs 25 is most acceptable as minimum auto fare: Poll - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT


​Rs 25 is most acceptable as minimum auto fare: Poll
Times of India
Namma Auto appears to have got it right on the ideal autorickshaw fares in Chennai, a TOI poll indicates. More than 60% of readers who participated in the poll backed a minimum fare of `25 for 2km and `10 for every additional kilometre. Some respondents ...

​Safety of water laid to rust - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT


​Safety of water laid to rust
Times of India
Elango cites a cholera outbreak in Tiruvannamalai district, 70km southwest of Chennai, during an acute water shortage in 1985. "Many people there depended on private tankers for drinking water," he said. "Inspections later revealed interiors of the tankers ...

​Thiru-vi-ka ngr wants more - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT


​Thiru-vi-ka ngr wants more
Times of India
Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, sandwiched between Anna Nagar and Tondiarpet, seems to have borrowed a mix of good and bad from the central and northern parts of the city. The zone has all the basic amenities such as roads, water, drainage and garbage collection, ...

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​There's danger in the drinking water - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT


​There's danger in the drinking water
Times of India
Most of Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar wakes up praying for the Metrowater lorry to visit their street. For the last three months the area has been forced to buy water for drinking and other purposes in buckets from Metrowater tanks because they suspect their tap water is ...

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​Sriharikota set for GSLV-D5 launch today - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT


​Sriharikota set for GSLV-D5 launch today
Times of India
CHENNAI: Indian space science is waiting at the threshold of a new phase of mega satellite launches and exploration as the countdown for the GSLV-D5 rocket launch began at 11.50am on Sunday. Twenty-nine hours later, at 4.50pm on Monday, the rocket ...

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​Anti-corruption organisations rally in Chennai to save RTI Act - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


​Anti-corruption organisations rally in Chennai to save RTI Act
Times of India
CHENNAI: All the anti-corruption organisations in the city came together on Sunday to hold a rally at the Besant Nagar Beach to protest against the Centre's move to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Central Information Commission (CIC) recently ...

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​Man dies of cardiac arrest after writing railway exam - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


​Man dies of cardiac arrest after writing railway exam
Times of India
CHENNAI: A candidate who appeared for the second stage of assistant station master exam conducted by the railway recruitment board on Sunday died of a cardiac arrest after writing the exam. Sankar, 35, from Javadhmalai in Tiruvannamalai district wrote ...

​Truck rams car, kills 3 of family, injures two - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


​Truck rams car, kills 3 of family, injures two
Times of India
Police said J Karthick, 28, a software engineer from Chennai, his father Jayachandran, 58, mother J Shanthi, 50, and sister J Priyanka, 20, an engineering student were returning to Chennai after picking up his wife K Geetha, 27, from Bangalore when the ...

​Four doctors injured in attack, 3 arrested - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


​Four doctors injured in attack, 3 arrested
Times of India
CHENNAI: Four doctors at Stanley Medical College hospital were attacked by three persons, including two lawyers, late on Saturday night. One doctor had his finger bitten, another got his foot fractured, while two other medicos received blows in the melee ...

​Corporation to adopt new norms for road laying - Times of India

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


​Corporation to adopt new norms for road laying
Times of India
CHENNAI: Bogged down by complaints of roads getting damaged within a year of being relaid, Corporation of Chennai has decided to adopt guidelines on road laying framed by the ministry of surface road transport. Roads under mega city mission 3 in the ...