Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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Deepika Padukone Heads to Europe for Holiday - India West

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 02:12 PM PDT


India West

Deepika Padukone Heads to Europe for Holiday
India West
Actress Deepika Padukone, who is riding high on the success of "Chennai Express," has taken a well-deserved break and is heading to Europe for a vacation. Padukone is leaving for the 15-day holiday with her parents and sister. The actress is getting the ...

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Man gets life in jail for acid attack death - Indian Express

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:46 PM PDT


Man gets life in jail for acid attack death
Indian Express
Vinodhini battled for life at many hospitals in Puducherry and Chennai, but died on February 12. The trial that began in June at the additional sessions court in Karaikal concluded on Tuesday, when Suresh, the only accused, was convicted of murder and ...

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Award for Indian singer - Gulf Times

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:45 PM PDT


Gulf Times

Award for Indian singer
Gulf Times
Vandana Srinivasan was voted the Best Debut Female singer at the annual Big Tamil Melody Awards organised by 92.7 BIG FM, a music station in the south Indian city of Chennai. The event was held at the Chennai Trade Centre recently. Vandana won the ...

Vaiko claims Chennai Cafe is anti-LTTE, wants it banned - The Island.lk (subscription)

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:42 PM PDT


Vaiko claims Chennai Cafe is anti-LTTE, wants it banned
The Island.lk (subscription)
The film was shown to select activists of pro-Tamil outfits on Sunday in Chennai, after they demanded a screening before the release as they suspected it showed LTTE in bad light. Set in the late 80s and early 90s in India and Sri Lanka, Madras Cafe traces ...

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You should fight till the end: Magnus Carlsen - Times of India

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:36 PM PDT


Times of India

You should fight till the end: Magnus Carlsen
Times of India
CHENNAI: Magnus Carlsen doesn't like to attack rivals off the board. But the World Championship match has to have minor exceptions. Carlsen, who will take on Anand here in November for the World title match over 12 games, could not hide his amusement ...

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Police scan CCTV footage to crack highway heist - The Hindu

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT


The Hindu

Police scan CCTV footage to crack highway heist
The Hindu
The 50-year-old guard from Krishnagiri had stopped at Sri Amman Hotel on the Chennai-Bangalore highway for lunch along with the van driver, Sathish (23) of Hosur, and delivery in-charge, Rajendran (29) of Nellore. The vehicle and the weapon were found ...

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Traders protest poor amenities - The Hindu

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:22 PM PDT


The Hindu

Traders protest poor amenities
The Hindu
M. Thyagarajan, a wholesale tomato merchant, said traders like him were already overburdened with the maintenance and entry fee charged by the market management committee falling under Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. "We are paying a ...

Amma canteens on wheels soon - The Hindu

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:22 PM PDT


The Hindu

Amma canteens on wheels soon
The Hindu
Following the inability of the Chennai Corporation to find enough plots or vacant space in buildings for commissioning additional Amma canteens, the civic body has asked councillors to use ward development funds for commissioning mobile Amma canteens.

Close shave for 2 as balcony collapses - The Hindu

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:21 PM PDT


The Hindu

Close shave for 2 as balcony collapses
The Hindu
Two men were injured after a balcony on the first floor of a slum clearance board tenement on Thomas Road, Teynampet, came crashing down on Tuesday evening. The incident took place around 7.30 p.m. when Senthil (28) and his neighbour, also Senthil ...

That special taste of a dosa - The Hindu

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT


The Hindu

That special taste of a dosa
The Hindu
He said he was originally from Kolkata and had worked as a chef in Chennai for more than 10 years. He had then worked in Malaysia and had finally settled down in Japan. He brought dosas into the menu as he saw a fellow chef serving dosas in another ...

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Market polarization leaves equity mutual funds bleeding

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT

Though key indices such as the sensex have not fallen drastically in 2013, equity mutual funds have taken a beating due to the heavy polarisation in the markets.

FINANCING: Telcos All Set To Go Public

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 02:06 PM PDT

Slowdown be dammed. Prior to April 2001, an unprecedented growth continued unabated in the telecom services sector globally.

Police scan CCTV footage to crack highway heist

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:42 PM PDT

The police teams probing Monday's highway heist in Mambakkam in Kancheepuram district are examining CCTV footages obtained from five toll plazas between Sriperumbudur amd Krishnagiri.The un...

Traders protest poor amenities

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:42 PM PDT

Sellers at Koyambedu market refuse to pay property tax, demand better infrastructure

Amma canteens on wheels soon

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:32 PM PDT

Mobile Amma canteens will make an appearance in the city soon and will be seen whizzing past congested stretches. Following the inability of the Chennai Corporation to find enough plots or...

Close shave for 2 as balcony collapses

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:32 PM PDT

In a similar accident in Teynampet two months ago, a 25-year-old woman died, 2 kids were hurt

That special taste of a dosa

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:32 PM PDT

I was happily surprised when I found the word 'dosa' on a menu at Indira, a small Indian restaurant a 15-minute drive away from my parents' house in Tonami. I don't know why, but in Japan...

There's always something fishy on the city's beaches

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:31 PM PDT

Fried fillets of vanjaram, crispy nethili, stir-fried shrimp, hot, puffy vazhakkai and molaga bajjis, golden discs of onion and potato slices, roasted corn-on-the-cob rubbed with lemon-chilli paste...

Shah Rukh Khan just a call away!

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Mumbai, Aug 20 : Shah Rukh Khan Tuesday announced a global integration with Twitter India and ZipDial and the collaboration will allow everyone across the country to follow and engage the superstar on Twitter via SMS.

Family plans Trust in Vinodhini’s name

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 01:18 PM PDT

With no sign of remorse, convict Suresh Kumar says he will go for appeal