Friday, October 18, 2013

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5 months on, techie held for colleague's murder

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:42 PM PDT

An IT consultant with a multinational firm was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of a colleague, nearly five months after the crime was committed.        

Forget gold, go after black money: Narendra Modi

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:37 PM PDT

"The whole world is making fun of us. Someone dreamt of it and the Central government has gone hunting for 1,000 tonnes of gold," Modi said.        

Why not get black money back first: Modi on Unnao gold hunt

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:34 PM PDT

Chennai: Mocking the central government for excavating a fort site on the basis of a local hermit's dream, to find 1000 tonnes of gold in Unnao, Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party

Jayalalithaa doesn't meet Narendra Modi, Congress elated

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Sources said though Jayalalithaa shared a rapport with Modi, she wanted to maintain equidistance from the two national parties, at least for the time being.        

Boy fakes own kidnapping, caught through Facebook

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:12 PM PDT

A 16-year-old Class VIII student of Noida faked his kidnapping and sent a message through the social networking site, Facebook, to his friends naming three people for the crime        

Breaking News

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT

Andrea Colaço and Anirudh Sharma of Boston, Girish Ramdas and Shruti Ganguly of New York, Rohan Dixit of San Francisco and Param Jaggi of Plano, Tex., are among 19 talented Indians from the U.S. and India named INK (Innovation and Knowledge) Fellows for the year 2013. Others selected include Alicia Souza, Tushar Vashisht, Anu Sridharan and Krithi Karanth of Bangalore, Anand Gandhi, Karthik Reddy ...

On this Ayanavaram street, everybody has fever

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:37 PM PDT

Cases of fever have erupted in Ayanavaram, where stagnant water, garbage and mosquitoes swarming about are a common sight.A few weeks ago, Nalini John and her husband, residents of 2nd Stre...

Ten cases of swine flu in city, 1 dead

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT

The influenza A (H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu, seems to have made an appearance in the city once again.Last week, one death was reported in Tiruvottiyur due to the virus and ove...

Chennai residents protest, demand better road

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:36 PM PDT

More than 500 residents blocked the Kommakambedu – Maragal High Road for a few hours on Friday, protesting against the inordinate delay in the relaying of the stretch. Residents said that money wa...

Family’s suicide bid thwarted in Chennai

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT

Woman and adult children were unable to bear harassment from moneylender

Chennai tastes Modi 'touch' - Calcutta Telegraph

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:54 PM PDT


Calcutta Telegraph

Chennai tastes Modi 'touch'
Calcutta Telegraph
Chennai, Oct. 18: The usual wisecracks and alliterations were on display but it was the touchy-feeliness that stole the show. Narendra Modi today employed soft power to woo an elite Chennai audience, calling one person after another — bureaucrat to ...

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Born to infect larvae makes dengue fight tougher - Times of India

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:41 PM PDT


Born to infect larvae makes dengue fight tougher
Times of India
CHENNAI: Fighting dengue is going to be a lot tougher as entomologists say the virus is also being transmitted vertically during pre-monsoon days, from a mosquito to the hundreds of larvae it spawns. "Vertical or ovarian transmission happens when an ...

Modi pulls up Chidambaram over weak Re, bats for bold foreign policy - Hindustan Times

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT


Modi pulls up Chidambaram over weak Re, bats for bold foreign policy
Hindustan Times
We have to take this job seriously," he said delivering the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture in Chennai on the topic 'India and the World.' Despite its vast size, the country could not influence other countries in the region since there was no seriousness and ...

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Govt should get serious in dealing with China: Arun Shourie - Economic Times

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:17 PM PDT


Govt should get serious in dealing with China: Arun Shourie
Economic Times
CHENNAI: Accusing the UPA Government of not handling border issues effectively, BJP leader and former Union Minister Arun Shourie today said India needs to get serious in dealing with China. Referring to the "failed" attempt to construct two roads in the ...

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Forget gold, go after black money: Narendra Modi - Times of India

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:10 PM PDT


Times of India

Forget gold, go after black money: Narendra Modi
Times of India
CHENNAI: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday took at dig at the UPA government for ordering the excavation around a medieval fort site in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, for rumoured 1,000 tonnes of gold. "The whole world is making fun of us.

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Chennai to host World varsity squash - The Hindu

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:54 PM PDT


The Hindu

Chennai to host World varsity squash
The Hindu
The event, to be held under the banner of the International University of Sports Federation (FISU), will run from September 1 to 7 at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai. The facilities at the venue have impressed a team of officials from the FISU and ...

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Techie arrested for murdering friend - Deccan Herald

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:52 PM PDT


Techie arrested for murdering friend
Deccan Herald
Mandaralingam (26) was accused of murdering Raja U (26), the Mahadevapura police said. According to the police, Mandaralingam and Raja hailed from Villivakkam in Chennai. They came to Bangalore in search of a job. Both were employed by Capgemini ...

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'Can't allow China to dominate India' - Indian Express

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:42 PM PDT


'Can't allow China to dominate India'
Indian Express
There is no seriousness at all at present,'' Modi said during his talk held under a tight security blanket after the J Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK administration pulled out all stops to ensure the Chennai event went off without hitches. "We cannot allow China to ...

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Modi keeps date with Chennai, but Jaya meet doesn't transpire - Hindustan Times

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:05 PM PDT


Modi keeps date with Chennai, but Jaya meet doesn't transpire
Hindustan Times
Narendra Modi made his second trip to Chennai as BJP's prime minister candidate on Friday, with his engagements including an address in memory of late jurist Nani Palkhiwala and a book launch. Modi kept up his attacks on the UPA, particularly targeting ...

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India's invisible population - The Hindu

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 01:03 PM PDT


India's invisible population
The Hindu
This is because Chennai faces a problem common to many cities across India: it has two tiers of slums — those with official government recognition and those without, and the JNNURM did not push cities hard enough to directly intervene in slum areas ...

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