Thursday, October 10, 2013

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50000 students enrolled under RTE: Minister - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT


50000 students enrolled under RTE: Minister
Times of India
CHENNAI: As many as 49,864 students have been admitted in Tamil Nadu schools during the current academic year, as per the 25% reservation mandated under the Right to Education Act, said higher education minister P Palaniappan. The minister was ...

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Police seek help of film technicians to trace doctor's killers - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT


Police seek help of film technicians to trace doctor's killers
Times of India
CHENNAI: Struggling to identify the assailants in the murder of consultant neurosurgeon Dr S D Subbiah last month, police have sought the help of a couple of film labs to enhance the quality of the footage collected from a CCTV camera at the site of the attack ...

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Cooperation minister alleges irregularities during DMK rule - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT


Cooperation minister alleges irregularities during DMK rule
Times of India
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu cooperation minister Sellur K Raju on Thursday alleged large-scale irregularities in cooperative societies during the DMK regime, resulting in the department going bankrupt during 1996-2001. In an official statement, Raju said ...

Jairam Ramesh faults Tamil Nadu performance in rural job scheme - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT


Jairam Ramesh faults Tamil Nadu performance in rural job scheme
Times of India
CHENNAI: In a move bound to raise the hackles of the Tamil Nadu government, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday shot off a letter to chief minister J Jayalalithaa, pointing to certain lacunae in the state's implementation of the ...

Al-Umma man escaped arrest due to 'jihadi' beliefs - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT


Al-Umma man escaped arrest due to 'jihadi' beliefs
Times of India
CHENNAI: Al-Umma operative Abubacker Siddique escaped the police net that trapped his associates Bilal Malik and Panna Ismail in Puttur, Andhra Pradesh, on October 5 because of his conviction that a 'jihadi' should not be a family man, investigators have ...

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CBI opposes Perarivalan's plea to reopen Rajiv assassination case - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:21 PM PDT


CBI opposes Perarivalan's plea to reopen Rajiv assassination case
Times of India
CHENNAI: Three weeks after death convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case A G Perarivalan sought to reopen the case by requesting the designated TADA court to order and monitor further probe, the CBI said such a move would be in contempt of the ...

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Times Newsmakers' Meet in Chennai sees a huge turnout - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:44 PM PDT


Times Newsmakers' Meet in Chennai sees a huge turnout
Times of India
CHENNAI: The 6th Times Newspaper in Education (NIE) Newsmakers' Meet on Thursday saw a lot of young faces who were eager to hone their journalistic skills. The meet organised by the Times of India's customized student edition took place at ...

Evangelist Dhinakaran meets Narendra Modi - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:44 PM PDT


Evangelist Dhinakaran meets Narendra Modi
Times of India
CHENNAI: Evangelist Paul Dhinakaran met Gujarat chief minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at his office in Gandhinagar on Thursday. He prayed for Modi's prosperity and the welfare of the people. Paul is the son of the late ...

Govt takeover of Annamalai University challenged - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:44 PM PDT


Govt takeover of Annamalai University challenged
Times of India
CHENNAI: Nearly a year after the Tamil Nadu government took control of the 84-year-old Annamalai University, which had plunged into a financial and administrative mess, its former pro-chancellor M A M Ramaswamy moved the high court challenging the ...

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Subramanian Swamy gets HC relief after Singapore court slaps notice - Times of India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:44 PM PDT


Subramanian Swamy gets HC relief after Singapore court slaps notice
Times of India
CHENNAI: Giving a respite to Subramanian Swamy, on whom a Singapore court has slapped a notice in a defamation case, the Madras high court on Thursday restrained a Chennai-based consultancy firm from going ahead with any legal proceedings ...

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From paddy fields to colonial houses

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT

The city police commissioner's office in Egmore that is being vacated was, for long, a bungalow in a paddy field. According to historians, the property was bought by Arunagiri Mudaliar for...

City police move to swanky, new address in Vepery

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT

The Chennai city police are formulating an anti-terror cell (ATC) to monitor and tackle extremist activity in the city. The specialised unit will be the highlight of the new police commis...

Kidnapped child rescued after 3 yrs

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT

Six-month-long intensive search led city police team to village in Jodhpur, Rajasthan

More rains for Chennai thanks to Phailin

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:07 PM PDT

Cyclonic storm Phailin intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on Thursday, and will bring in more thunderstorms to the city and its neighbourhood. Several areas of the city experience...

Storm tossed

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:06 PM PDT

Even a short spell of rains exposes the ineffective stormwater drainage system in the eight added zones of the Chennai Corporation. These zones, which account for 252 sq. km. of the Corporat...

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Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:59 PM PDT

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India vs Australia Stats: Yuvraj Singh first Indian to have career strike rate of over 150 in T20Is

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT

Yuvraj is the first Indian to reach career strike rate of 150-plus in T20Is - 868 runs at an average of 33.38 in 34 matches.

Bollywood steams back to Egypt with Chennai Express

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:16 PM PDT

BOX OFFICE HIT: Egyptians stand under a poster for Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's latest film "Chennai Express" in the Galaxy cinema in Cairo which is marking the return of Hindi cinema to Egypt after two decades.

Working with Shah Rukh has always been special: Deepika

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Deepika Padukone is basking in success as the new 100 crore club princess.        

Tree insurance scheme from United India

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT

General insurance major — United India Insurance, Chennai, has rolled out a comprehensive 'Agroforestry Plantation Insurance' plan for tree plantations. This scheme is expected to open a...