Sunday, January 5, 2014

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Stanislas Wawrinka Wins Chennai Open - Indiatimes.com

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:55 PM PST


Indiatimes.com

Stanislas Wawrinka Wins Chennai Open
Indiatimes.com
CHENNAI: In the area around SDAT Stadium Nunagbakkam the name Stanislas Wawrinka has brought the city to a standstill. He was the cynosure of all eyes – media wanted quotes from him, the photographers clicked hundreds of pictures of his. On the day ...

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Keep ruling, Bollywood wishes Deepika Padukone on birthday - Daily News & Analysis

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:36 PM PST


Daily News & Analysis

Keep ruling, Bollywood wishes Deepika Padukone on birthday
Daily News & Analysis
Actress Deepika Padukone got her name written in history after giving four back-to-back hits like "Chennai Express" and "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" in 2013. And on her 28th birthday Sunday, Bollywood celebrities wished she keeps ruling the film industry.

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Stanislas Wawrinka wins, faces Vasselin in Chennai Open final - Daily News & Analysis

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:33 PM PST


Daily News & Analysis

Stanislas Wawrinka wins, faces Vasselin in Chennai Open final
Daily News & Analysis
Former champion Stanislas Wawrinka on Saturday lived up to his top billing by cruising into the summit clash of the ATP Chennai Open here, where he will take on seventh seed Edouard Roger Vasselin of France. Swiss top seed Stanislas Wawrinka was ...

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Woman, 73, helps foil heist attempt at bank - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:31 PM PST


Woman, 73, helps foil heist attempt at bank
Times of India
CHENNAI: Burglars attempted to loot a bank in Santhome early Sunday morning by cutting through a grille in the rear of the building, but were stopped in their tracks by a 73-year-old resident of the locality. An investigating officer said Saraswathi, who lives on ...

Hospital owner, gang attack doc - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:58 PM PST


Hospital owner, gang attack doc
Times of India
CHENNAI: A seven-member gang led by the son of the chairman of a medical college barged into a hospital in KK Nagar early on Sunday and assaulted a doctor, his wife and son before ransacking the premises. The assault was captured by surveillance ...

Chennai coastline to get snazzy with govt realty project - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:56 PM PST


Chennai coastline to get snazzy with govt realty project
Times of India
CHENNAI: Foreshore Estate off Marina may turn into a swank esplanade with the state government planning to build 560 high-end apartments on the sea-front. The apartments costing 1.21 crore to 1.97 crore will come up between Santhome High Road and ...

15 children hurt after school bus hits parked lorry - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:56 PM PST


15 children hurt after school bus hits parked lorry
Times of India
SRIKAKULAM: A school bus belonging to the Kuntikota Narayana School of Nandigama village in Srikakulam district hit a parked lorry on the Chennai-Kolkata national highway at about 12 noon on Sunday. Of the 40 kids travelling in the bus, about 15 were ...

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Residents give up voter ID cards to protest road closure - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST


Residents give up voter ID cards to protest road closure
Times of India
CHENNAI: While this year's flavor is definitely election, residents of twin residential localities in Taramani on Sunday have decided to surrender their voter ID card for a civic cause. Two residential localities, Kalikundram and Kaanagam, located between ...

AAP gains ground, may contest from Chennai - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST


AAP gains ground, may contest from Chennai
Times of India
CHENNAI: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls, it was a busy day for the party in the city. From advocates to activists to autorickshaw drivers, doctors, students and IT professionals made a beeline to join the party ...

Jaya announces Pongal bonus for employees - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST


Jaya announces Pongal bonus for employees
Times of India
CHENNAI: The state government on Sunday announced Pongal bonus for its employees and pensioners, which would cost the exchequer a sum of 308.28 crore. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa announced a bonus of 3,000 each for Group C and Group D ...

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Locomotive derails at City Railway Station

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST

The schedule of some trains went haywire after an air-conditioned (AC) locomotive derailed at the Bangalore City Railway Station on Sunday. According to sources, the locomotive derailed in the morning during tack alignment. Due to the accident, Kaveri Express was held up at Baiyyappanahalli for almost an hour, while Lalbagh Express (which runs from Bangalore to Chennai) was detained on the ...

Overtime

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 04:00 PM PST

A French state prosecutor in Paris said Sunday that he wants to obtain an alleged mobile-phone video of a skiing accident that critically injured Formula One legend Michael Schumacher.

GSLV soars to space with Indian cryogenic engine

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:43 PM PST

India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle put a 2.1-ton communications satellite in orbit Sunday, boosting prospects for the medium-class launcher after a spate of mishaps in recent years.

AAP gains ground, may contest from Chennai

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:14 PM PST

The party, which has been gaining traction in the city since the Delhi elections, will announce its list of candidates and the constituencies where it plans to field them by the end of January. Chennai is likely to be one of the constituencies.        

Sec 377: It’s a dogma eat dogma world, at Marina

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:59 PM PST

One side came armed with scriptures, the other used rationale as ammunition. For every verse from a religious text that was hurled to affirm homosexuality was a 'sin', excerpts from research papers were shot back.        

Missing Marathi actress may have been murdered

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:14 PM PST

Kopri police, however, clarified that they would register a kidnapping case once they establish it.        

Rafael Nadal opens his season with win at Qatar Open

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:48 PM PST

The top-ranked Spaniard defeats France's Gael Monfils in three sets for the tournament title. Rafael Nadal opened his 2014 campaign by winning his first title of the year, defeating Gael Monfils , 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2 at the Qatar Open tennis tournament on Saturday.        

Aircel Chennai Open 2014: Stanislas Wawrinka and the changing times

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:34 PM PST

Author : Musab Abid Stanislas Wawrinka with the 2014 Chennai Open trophy It's always been considered fashionable to say, preferably with a sigh of thinly veiled disapproval, that 'the times have changed'. These four simple words immediately make the speaker sound experienced, perceptive and wise, all at the same time, so it's not hard to […]

I will accept no one except my father as party leader: M.K. Alagiri

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:22 PM PST

Even while M.K. Stalin is emerging as future leader of the DMK, his elder brother M.K. Alagiri made it clear that he would not accept anyone except his father and party chief M. Karunanidhi as his...

Wawrinka wins Chennai Open title in style

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:16 PM PST

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka regained the Chennai Open title without dropping a set in the tournament when he defeated Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday.