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Italian PM attends mass at Chennai church

February 12th, 2007

Away from his busy schedule visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and his wife offered Sunday mass at a little historic church on St Thomas Mount in Chennai. The church was built in memory of St Thomas, one of the apostles who it is believed came to India and became a martyr in 72 AD. […]


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Sewer line at Maduravoyal

February 12th, 2007

There is no let-up in the hardships faced by motorists and residents at Krishna Nagar and nearby streets (ward-7) falling under Maduravoyal third grade Municipality. After the havoc caused by monsoon last year, most of the streets are yet to relaid, but it seems road works may not be taken up for different reason now.      […]


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Stalin refutes Jaya’s allegations

February 12th, 2007

Local Administration Minister MK Stalin today said that the allegations of AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa about the suicide of a district official were ‘utter lies and an expression of her imagination.’ In an official release here today, Stalin said Jayalalithaa’s statement on the suicide death of a Dharmapuri district official was motivated by ulterior […]


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Bharathi birth anniversary celebrations

February 9th, 2007

The Shriram Group of companies is celebrating the 125th birth anniversary of poet Subramania Bharathi on February 10 at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore.Speaking to mediapersons, G. Sundaresan, chairman of the Shriram Bharathi Kalai Ilakkiya Kazhagam, said that the celebrations were being held for the 20th year in succession. Oratorical competitions were conducted for school […]


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BSNL plans 300 more towers across Chennai

February 9th, 2007

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited plans to erect an additional 300 communication towers across Chennai as part of the roadmap for ringing in 3G or third-generation wireless technology in mobile telephony.Widely tipped to revolutionise lifestyle, 3G technology has features such as enhanced multimedia (voice, data and video), high speed browsing, email and video-conferencing. There are already […]


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“Adopted son eligible for job on compassionate grounds”

February 9th, 2007

An adopted son is eligible to claim the job of his father on compassionate grounds and authorities concerned must take proper care to scrutinise such claims, the Madras High Court has said.A Division Bench, comprising Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, passed the order on a writ appeal filed by A. Sudhakar, who […]


MoviesNews

Simbu and Nayanthara

February 8th, 2007

The curtain was down for the love between Nayantara and Simbu. Both of them are even going to the extent by saying that nothing was there between them. Some said that the love drama is only for the promotion of ‘Vallavan’ but nothing more. But just look at these snaps those have come out from […]


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Madras University syndicate okays proposals

February 6th, 2007

The University of Madras’ Syndicate has approved three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research and exchange programmes with Turkish and Japanese institutions. The Department of Applied Geology will be collaborating with Kyoto University, Japan, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies International Environment and Disaster Management Laboratory and Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Disaster Management […]


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Six more visa interview windows at U.S. Consulate in Chennai

February 6th, 2007

 Six additional visa interview windows will be added this week at the United States Consulate in Chennai to help eliminate the visa backlog. “Our goal is to totally eliminate the visa backlog by March 31,” says U.S. Vice-Consul Jimmy Mauldin. Speaking on the sidelines of a business forum organised by the U.S. State of Virginia […]


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Income Tax department raids not politically motivated, DPI

February 1st, 2007

Brushing aside allegations that the recent income tax raids on the premises of actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth were politically motivated, the DPI, an ally of the DMK, said all were equal before law. Party leader Thol Tirumavalavan told reporters here today that all were equal before law and hence it was wrong to say that the search […]


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Shilpa Shetty is Single and ready to mingle – Celebrity Big Brother

February 1st, 2007

Shilpa Shetty, who received overwhelming support from British viewers after being racially abused on the reality televison show, said she planned to extend her stay in Britain, as her mother Sunanda is keen on looking for a match for her. “I’m single and ready to mingle!” Bollywood’s long-legged beauty said in an interview to the […]


BusinessNews

Sony Ericsson Goes to India

January 31st, 2007

Sony mobiles from Chennai Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint announcing plans of his company at a press conference today. Also seen is Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran. Sony Ericsson would produce mobile handsets by outsourcing manufacturing to its global partners ? Flextronics and Foxconn, which have set up their facilities in Sriperumbudur, a city suburb. This […]