Monday, October 21, 2013

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The Walls That Talk - Huffington Post

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:48 PM PDT


The Walls That Talk
Huffington Post
Walk down the streets of Chennai and you will find Amma (Mother) as the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa is referred to by her party men, in her maroon saree and determined expression, painted on the walls, smiling back at you. chennai. Tamil Nadu Chief ...

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Monsoon may turn cracker sales at Island Grounds into damp squib - The Hindu

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:47 PM PDT


The Hindu

Monsoon may turn cracker sales at Island Grounds into damp squib
The Hindu
"The condition in Island Grounds is expected to affect the sale of firecrackers this Diwali," said R. Natarajan of Chennai Fireworks Dealers Welfare Association. "Last year, they provided space for retail outlets near War Memorial. There was no waterlogging ...

Concession period of contracts for Chennai, Kolkata airports to be cut - Business Standard

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:37 PM PDT


Concession period of contracts for Chennai, Kolkata airports to be cut
Business Standard
The ministry of civil aviation is planning to reduce the concession period for the commercial contracts floated for operating food and beverage (F&B) outlets, retail units and duty-free shops at the Chennai and Kolkata airports. Earlier, the plan was to award the ...

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Privatization of six major airports likely ahead of Lok Sabha polls - Times of India

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:03 PM PDT


Privatization of six major airports likely ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Civil aviation ministry is hopeful of completing the process of privatizing six major airports, including those at Chennai and Kolkata, within a time frame and ahead of the 2014 general elections. The ministry's move to hand over these airports, ...

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6 airports to be privatized soon - Nagaland Post

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:55 PM PDT


6 airports to be privatized soon
Nagaland Post
The ministry's move to hand over these airports, developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), through public-private partnership in the next 2-3 months to private parties suffered a setback with the sale of bid documents for Chennai and Lucknow airports ...

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Current account deficit to come to sub-$70 billion levels: Rangarajan - NDTV

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:23 PM PDT


Current account deficit to come to sub-$70 billion levels: Rangarajan
NDTV
Chennai: Stating that there has been improvement in the trade account, C Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister, said on Monday that the country's high current account deficit is likely to go down well below $70 billion.

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Concession period of contracts for Chennai, Kolkata airports to be - Business Standard

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:18 PM PDT


Concession period of contracts for Chennai, Kolkata airports to be
Business Standard
The ministry of civil aviation is planning to reduce the concession period for the commercial contracts floated for operating food and beverage (F&B) outlets, retail units and duty-free shops at the Chennai and Kolkata airports. Earlier, the plan was to award the ...

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Shah Rukh Khan: 'Happy New Year is not a Shah Rukh starrer' - Digital Spy UK

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT


Shah Rukh Khan: 'Happy New Year is not a Shah Rukh starrer'
Digital Spy UK
The film features an extensive star cast including Khan and his Chennai Express co-star Deepika Padukone, as well as Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Vivaan Shah and Sonu Sood. The stars of 'Happy New Year' at a Dubai film and tv press ...

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South realty market marches ahead of NCR - Business Standard

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:10 PM PDT


Business Standard

South realty market marches ahead of NCR
Business Standard
While the launches in NCR stood at 32,194 till September this year, less than half of 72,537 in 2012, in Bangalore and Chennai the launches have shown an upward trend. In Bangalore, till this September, launches stood at 35,400, more than double of ...

Privatisation of six major airports likely ahead of LS polls - Bellevision

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 11:55 AM PDT


Privatisation of six major airports likely ahead of LS polls
Bellevision
New Delhi, Oct 21, 2013, (PTI): Civil Aviation Ministry is hopeful of completing the process of privatising six major airports, including those at Chennai and Kolkata, within a time-frame and ahead of the 2014 general elections. The Ministry's move to hand over ...

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India will tour only if CSA boss Lorgat is on leave

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 03:07 PM PDT

INDIA will tour South Africa, but only if Haroon Lorgat, the new CEO of Cricket South Africa (CSA) is on leave during the tour. The Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) do not want Lorgat to be in any way involved with the tour.

Monsoon may turn cracker sales at Island Grounds into damp squib

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:52 PM PDT

With the northeast monsoon setting in on Monday, Island Grounds was heavily water-logged, causing concern to firecracker traders who have the permission to put up 120 temporary stalls there.

Critics told: Airport not for sleeping

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Manila, Philippines - "Don't expect hotel comfort from a house" was what the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) told critics of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), especially Terminal 1, which was again adjudged as world's worst airport by international travellers.Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya yesterday said that Manila is not considered a regional ...

Modi does U-turn on gold hunt

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:55 PM PDT

The BJP's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday attempted to bury the derision he had earlier shown for the excavation undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. Modi praised the saint, Shobhan Sarkar, who had reportedly dreamed that a trove of 1,000 tonnes of gold is lying beneath the site of the ASI dig.        

Concession period of contracts for Chennai, Kolkata airports to be cut

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:50 PM PDT

Civil aviation ministry is planning to cut concession period for the commercial contracts floated for operating food and beverage outlets, retail units and duty-free shops

Modi now salutes Unnao seer

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT

A letter was written by followers of Shobhan Sarkar condemning his remarks

Concession period of contracts for Chennai, Kolkata airports to be

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT

The ministry of civil aviation is planning to reduce the concession period for the commercial contracts floated for operating food and beverage (F&B) outlets, retail units and duty-free shops at the Chennai and Kolkata airports.Earlier, the plan ...

Double life sentence for kidnapping, murdering child

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Chennai, Oct 21 (PTI) A local court here today awarded double life imprisonment to a person for kidnapping and murdering two-and-half-year-old child of his employer in 2008.

Siddharth Varadarajan quits The Hindu, N Ravi is editor-in-chief

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:26 PM PDT

Top-level changes were decided at the Kasturi & Sons Ltd, that owns papers like The Hindu, The Hindu Business Line and other media publications, at its board meeting on Monday with family members patching up their earlier differences and assuming important editorial responsibilities.        

Arrested personnel of US ship fine, one under stress

Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:24 PM PDT

Official terms as false media reports that a sailor tried to commit suicide