Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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chennai news


Clean industrial plots to be auctioned

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:52 PM PDT

CMDA to initiate process in Chithmanur; preference for non-polluting auto ancillary units

FB helps identify accident victim

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:52 PM PDT

The post went viral on Facebook and on Wednesday, a friend of the victim spotted the photograph and alerted the man's family

Indian workers left high and dry in Kuwait

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:52 PM PDT

A year ago, J. Nadiya (35), a widow and mother of two from Kalikulam in Tiruvannamalai, went to Kuwait, lured by the promise of a job as domestic help that fetched Rs. 20,000 a month. For 1...

Donkey’s milk still in demand in Chennai

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Many continue to believe that donkey's milk boosts immunity in newborns; doctors disagree

Firecrackers to cost a bomb this Diwali

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:40 PM PDT

The rupee depreciation has impacted the prices of key raw materials such as aluminium powder and barium nitrate, which are imported. To this add the increase in labour costs.        

Customs bag gold lined bag

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:30 PM PDT

An Indian national trying to smuggle out a consignment of gold wire weighing 1.194 kilos to India neatly hidden inside the edges of his travel bag was detected at the Bandaranaike International Airport by airport customs in the wee hours yesterday.

Hyderabad Blues

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:08 PM PDT

TDP president Chandrababu Naidu needs some lessons on what to tell mediapersons when asked about his stand on Telangana.

More Calcutta News

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:49 PM PDT

The Australian Trade Commission, the Australian Government's trade, investment and education promotion agency, and YES BANK today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to apply Australian experience to raise the productivity and exports of India's food and agricultural sector and in doing so address food security concerns.

Mumbai reduced to a non-metro by Air India

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:41 PM PDT

No matter how cynical you are, you will find it hard to change Mumbai's status to that of a non-metro. But on Air India's route map, that is exactly what the city has been reduced to.?        

Small buses to connect missing links in city

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:21 PM PDT

They will help residents in localities with poor bus connectivity reach nearest bus stop or railway station, says CM

Clean industrial plots to be auctioned - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:49 PM PDT


The Hindu

Clean industrial plots to be auctioned
The Hindu
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has decided to initiate the process of auctioning 30 'clean' industrial plots in Chithmanur, about 45 km from here. The decision was taken at a meeting held earlier this week. The size of the plot will ...

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FB helps identify accident victim - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:49 PM PDT


FB helps identify accident victim
The Hindu
The efforts of a good samaritan who took recourse to the social media proved to be successful in identifying an accident victim on Wednesday evening. The victim had fallen down while attempting to board an MTC bus in Triplicane on Tuesday night. Sadly ...

Indian workers left high and dry in Kuwait - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:45 PM PDT


Indian workers left high and dry in Kuwait
The Hindu
Nearly 12 women who faced situations similar to Nadiya's returned to Chennai recently. They were recruited by agents across the State after they paid over Rs. 70,000 each, and were sent to Kuwait in 2011-2012. Many of them who faced torture at the hands ...

Donkey's milk still in demand in Chennai - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:39 PM PDT


Donkey's milk still in demand in Chennai
The Hindu
Vijaya, a resident of Perambur, recently gave her five-day-old great grandson donkey's milk believing it would clear his throat and cure his cold. She said this was an accepted practice with her family. Like Vijaya and her family, many others in the city hold on ...

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Small buses to connect missing links in city - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:11 PM PDT


The Hindu

Small buses to connect missing links in city
The Hindu
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday launched 50 'small buses' for Chennai which will link areas with poor bus connectivity in the city and its suburbs. Ms. Jayalalithaa launched the small bus services at a function held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.

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Over five kg of gold seized at two airports in South India - NDTV

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:34 PM PDT


Over five kg of gold seized at two airports in South India
NDTV
Thiruvananthapuram/Chennai: Customs officials today seized gold weighing 5.3 kg and valued at over Rs 1.25 crore being smuggled into the country and took into custody 10 persons at two airports. Around 3.5 kg of gold bars was seized from eight ...

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Luminous Power to launch inverter manufacturing unit in Hosur next month - Times of India

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT


Luminous Power to launch inverter manufacturing unit in Hosur next month
Times of India
CHENNAI: Luminous Power Technologies, which makes batteries and inverters, will inaugurate its inverter battery manufacturing unit at Hosur in Tamil Nadu next month. The company has invested Rs 10 crore in the plant and will invest another Rs 40 crore ...

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In dire straits, Kamaraj kin get Congress aid for education - Times of India

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:21 PM PDT


Times of India

In dire straits, Kamaraj kin get Congress aid for education
Times of India
CHENNAI: Running a small food grain shop in Virudhunagar, K Mohan struggles to make ends meet and to pay his children's fees. Nothing unusual about this in a country which is home to one-third of the world's poor, but for the fact that Mohan is a ...

Court relief to 2G scam accused - Times of India

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:19 PM PDT


Court relief to 2G scam accused
Times of India
NEW DELHI: A trial court on Wednesday exempted 12 out of 17 accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam from personally appearing before a Chennai judge, who will record the statement of DMK chief M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal as a prosecution ...

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Over five kg of gold seized at two airports, ten arrested - NDTV

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:19 PM PDT


Over five kg of gold seized at two airports, ten arrested
NDTV
Thiruvananthapuram/Chennai: Customs officials today seized gold weighing 5.3 kg and valued at over Rs 1.25 crore being smuggled into the country and took into custody 10 persons at two airports. Around 3.5 kg of gold bars was seized from eight ...

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