Sunday, September 15, 2013

chennai news

chennai news


​Volunteers find it difficult to house rescued cattle - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​Volunteers find it difficult to house rescued cattle
Times of India
CHENNAI: As many as 178 cattle, which were being trafficked from north India through Tamil Nadu to be butchered in Kerala, have been rescued by volunteers of People for Cattle in India since the beginning of August. However, the rising number of rescued ...

​13-year-old boy falls to death from third floor - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​13-year-old boy falls to death from third floor
Times of India
CHENNAI: A 13-year-old boy died after falling from a three-storied building on Kalmandapam Road in Royapuram on Saturday evening. Police said the Class 8 student at a private school felt giddy and fell. He was recovering from malaria. Police identified the ...

​Twists of tongue give new meaning to old streets - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​Twists of tongue give new meaning to old streets
Times of India
For instance, Kuyavan Pettai in north Chennai, where potters live, has become Kosapet, because, say linguists, the particular way in which Tamil is spoken in north Chennai turns the 'ya' syllable into 'sa'. Keezhpakkam, meaning located on a downward ...

​Severe staff shortage plagues community medicine departments - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​Severe staff shortage plagues community medicine departments
Times of India
CHENNAI: Is India future-proofed against a pandemic? Taste this bitter pill — a survey undertaken in medical colleges in Tamil Nadu has found that the community medicine departments are grossly understaffed. Public health experts say the crunch hints at a ...

​Auto drivers scramble to get meters as checks start today - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​Auto drivers scramble to get meters as checks start today
Times of India
CHENNAI: Caught between making frantic calls to spare parts suppliers and placating vexed auto drivers, Akbar Khan, an auto meter mechanic at Arumbakkam, looked worn out although it was well before noon on Sunday. On the last day that rate cards with ...

​J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu governor greet citizens on Onam - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu governor greet citizens on Onam
Times of India
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah, chief minister J Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi and DMDK leader Vijayakanth on Sunday greeted Malayalis on the eve of the Onam festival which marks the start of the new year in the Malayalam ...

​Meters to start running today - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​Meters to start running today
Times of India
CHENNAI: Years after they were turned off, autorickshaw meters in the city will start ticking again on Monday. Three weeks since the new fare structure was announced by chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the order will finally be implemented. Traffic police and ...

​Woman's death on bus brings first aid training under focus - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT


​Woman's death on bus brings first aid training under focus
Times of India
CHENNAI: Simple first aid could have saved Maria Don's life. Close to an hour after the 57-year-old started experiencing breathing difficulties, she fell unconscious on the floor of a bus, even as co-passengers did not know what to do. Two hours later, she was ...

​Man lures, rapes ten-year-old girl - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:53 PM PDT


​Man lures, rapes ten-year-old girl
Times of India
CHENNAI: A 10-year-old girl in a village near Sholavaram was reportedly raped by an unidentified person on Sunday. The man took the child from her home when her parents were asleep, police said. The parents who found the child missing went in search ...

​Press Council dragged to HC for censuring Tamil Nadu - Times of India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:48 PM PDT


​Press Council dragged to HC for censuring Tamil Nadu
Times of India
CHENNAI: Stung by the Press Council of India's (PCI) caustic observations and strictures against it, further compounded by a summons for the personal appearance of its home secretary, the Tamil Nadu government has dragged the PCI to court questioning ...

Man lures, rapes ten-year-old girl

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:57 PM PDT

A 10-year-old girl in a village near Sholavaram was reportedly raped by an unidentified person on Sunday.        

One more populist initiative: drinking water at Rs.10 a litre

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:53 PM PDT

Will be sold to passengers using State Express Transport Corporation buses

Jaya launches Rs 10 per litre mineral water scheme

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:40 PM PDT

Chennai, Sep 15 (PTI) After low-cost tiffin centres, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today launched a scheme to provide 1 litre mineral water at Rs 10 a bottle, to ensure quality and affordable drinking water to the poor and middle class.

These students came to India for a noble cause

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:37 PM PDT

They spent 10 days at Hanumanthapura, a hamlet in Hassan district

Gold seized from Lankan couple in India

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 01:17 PM PDT

A Sri Lankan couple who claimed that they had to journey to Chennai as they were undergoing fertility treatment at a specialty hospital in Vadapalani, were arrested for trying to enter the country with 585 gms of gold jewellery concealed on their persons.

More Calcutta News

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 01:03 PM PDT

In his first outing as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday told Pakistan to "shun its anti-India attitude", pitched for a strong leadership and said the massive crowds gathered to hear him were an indication of a "call for change" to the "sultanate of Delhi".

Stir hits hospitality, travel sectors hard

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Other businesses too incurring revenue losses

Ashok Amritraj Grilled on ‘Life of Crime,’ and the Puzzle of Indie Filmmaking (Video)

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 12:05 PM PDT

Ashok Amritraj, the CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment, produced Elmore Leonard's last film, which will premiere on the closing night of the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday.

Sanjay Dutt to perform SRK’s 'Lungi Dance'

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Sanju to perform SRK's Lungi Dance for a special play by Yerawada inmates        

National green tribunal bench in Kochi soon

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Setting up a bench in State will ensure better redressal of environmental litigations.