Sunday, November 10, 2013

chennai news

chennai news


Biker roughs up MTC driver, holds up traffic - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:12 PM PST


Biker roughs up MTC driver, holds up traffic
Times of India
CHENNAI: An MTC bus driver was roughed up by a biker and a few others near the Saidapet court on Sunday. The biker crashed his moped into the rear of the bus and fell down. "The biker went to the bus driver and hit him once. Soon, a few locals joined him ...

Tamil novelist Pushpa Thangadurai dead at 82 - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:12 PM PST


Tamil novelist Pushpa Thangadurai dead at 82
Times of India
CHENNAI: Tamil novelist Pushpa Thangadurai who has penned more than 2,000 novels died at a hospital in Chennai on Sunday after a brief illness. Thangadurai, 82, was on ventilator support at Rajiv Gandhi hospital for the past two weeks. His condition ...

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Drinking water shortage may hit city on Tuesday - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:03 PM PST


Drinking water shortage may hit city on Tuesday
Times of India
CHENNAI: Drinking water supply in the state is likely to be hit on Tuesday and Wednesday with water manufacturers going on a hunger strike in protest against the TN Pollution Control Board's stringent licensing norms. The Tamil Nadu Packaged Drinking ...

Burma repatriates regret return, say promises unkept by Centre - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:03 PM PST


Burma repatriates regret return, say promises unkept by Centre
Times of India
One of the few repatriates who found a better life back in Chennai, K Gurumurthy says the voyage back to India by sea was no different from the Middle Passage, in which millions of African slaves were taken to America by ship across the Atlantic Ocean.

Woman, 28, hangs herself - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 03:03 PM PST


Woman, 28, hangs herself
Times of India
CHENNAI: A 28-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Kodungaiyur on Sunday. Police said Saritha, mother of two, killed herself because her lover, Ilayaraja, 24, left her. Ilayaraja cut ties with Saritha about a month ago when ...

IT majors hire more BE graduates than expected - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:55 PM PST


IT majors hire more BE graduates than expected
Times of India
Cognizant, which has a sizeable workforce in Chennai, recruited from colleges like Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Crescent College of Engineering and PSG in Coimbatore. At Crescent, Cognizant made 121 offers, higher than 82 last year while ...

Civic body evicts six stalls to clear Elliot's Beach path - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:48 PM PST


Civic body evicts six stalls to clear Elliot's Beach path
Times of India
CHENNAI: Corporation of Chennai has over the past two weeks evicted six vendors with stalls on the pathway for walkers on Elliot's Beach. The corporation acted on complaints from members of the public, who said the vendors had recently arrived on the ...

Playing with black pieces, Viswanathan Anand has a comfortable draw against ... - Daily News & Analysis

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:44 PM PST


Playing with black pieces, Viswanathan Anand has a comfortable draw against ...
Daily News & Analysis
India's Viswanathan Anand (L) and Norway's Magnus Carlsen compete in their championship match in Chennai on Saturday. - AFP. A draw in just 16 moves marked the start of the World chess championship between defending champion Viswanathan Anand ...

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Young and old queue up for a glimpse of chess masters - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:37 PM PST


Young and old queue up for a glimpse of chess masters
Times of India
CHENNAI: The last time L P Khadilkar came face-to-face with Hanumantha R was over a chequered board. Close to two decades later, the wizened duo was among the many who patiently waited in a serpentine queue to witness two of the biggest names in ...

Two men run over by speeding lorry - Times of India

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:29 PM PST


Two men run over by speeding lorry
Times of India
CHENNAI: Two men were run over by a tipper lorry and another was injured when the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit their motorbike near Anna flyover early Sunday morning. The accident took place at 2.45am when three friends, riding triples on a ...

A litany of complaints about OMR

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:27 PM PST

Residents angry over potholes, waterlogging, dust, and rising accident count

More pregnant women call ‘108’

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:26 PM PST

Targeted campaign to get expectant mothers to use ambulance

Class VIII student crowned math whiz

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:26 PM PST

Chittesh Thavamani of APL Global School, Chennai, was declared the 'Student Mathematician of the Year' in the Raffles Institution Maths Challenge 2013 presented by The Hindu In School and c...

Old typewriter mechanics recall busy times

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:45 PM PST

S Karuanakaran is a contented man for choosing the profession of servicing and repairing typewriters, one of the key accessories in almost every office once.        

More Calcutta News

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:34 PM PST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz arrived in the national capital on Sunday to participate in the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers meeting to be held here on November 11 and November 12. Aziz would also meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on the sidelines of the ASEM Foreign Ministers meeting, to discuss the issue of frequent ...

Punjab tops states in prosperity, Kerala on equity

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:13 PM PST

Maharashtra has the highest per capita income, but when it comes to prosperity, Punjab tops the chart while Madhya Pradesh is at the very bottom.        

The Most Anticipated Chess Match In Decades Is Off To A Disastrous Start

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:55 AM PST

The most anticipated chess match in decades is happening right now in Chennai, India. The match pits current world champion Viswanathan Anand against the 22-year old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who is the highest rated player in the world.

India's Tamils, Plus Tutu, Force India's PM To Boycott Conflab

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:12 AM PST

He had a summit with President Obama in the White House, and he saw China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing and

'Justin Bieber' of Chess Magnus Carlsen Grinds Out Tense Second Draw in World Championship

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 10:17 AM PST

Carlsen hoping to confirm status as games biggest talent since Bobby Fischer.

Mollywood men have it easy

Posted: 10 Nov 2013 09:47 AM PST

Vineeth is in a traffic jam in Chennai. Looking out, he recalls an incident his colleague and actor Mukesh had narrated once. On a busy road in Kerala, when Mukesh's car was caught in a traffic jam, a fan suddenly stepped in front of his car, clicked a picture of the actor and promptly left.