Tamil Nadu governor visits Deshmukh
August 9th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah Thursday called on ailing union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh at Global Hospital here Thursday, said a hospital official."The Tamil ... Read more...
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Deshmukh remains critical (Lead)
August 8th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh remains in critical condition, doctors said Wednesday.Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met Deshmukh's family along with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit ... Read more...
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Deshmukh still critical
August 8th, 2012 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to Global Hospital here, continues to be critical, a hospital official said Wednesday.The minister's family members would ... Read more...
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Deshmukh critical, family forbids health bulletin (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) The condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to the Global Hospital here, continues to be critical, an official said, adding his family ... Read more...
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Chennai doctors closely monitoring Deshmukh’s condition
August 7th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who has been admitted to the Global Hospital here with a liver ... Read more...
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Raja to continue in party and politics: Karunanidhi (Second Lead)
June 8th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Former telecom minister A. Raja, a key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, Friday met his DMK party resident M. Karunanidhi, who said Raja ... Read more...
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Raja arrives in Chennai to rousing welcome (Lead)
June 8th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Former telecom minister A. Raja, key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, arrived in Chennai Friday evening to a tumultuous welcome by his supporters. He ... Read more...
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Raja arrives in Chennai to massive welcome
June 8th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Former telecom minister A. Raja, a key accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, arrived in Chennai Friday evening to a tumultuous welcome by his ... Read more...
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Wanted Lucknow criminal arrested in Chennai
March 3rd, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) A wanted criminal, Anwar, who was arrested at Chennai airport Thursday was brought to the Uttar Pradesh capital Friday, police said.Anwar was arrested at Chennai airport ... Read more...
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Woman delivers stillborn baby at Chennai airport
February 16th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) A woman from Andhra Pradesh gave birth to a stillborn baby at the Chennai airport Thursday morning after she was denied permission to board a flight ... Read more...
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Rebirth for us, say ship tragedy survivors from Tamil Nadu
January 20th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) "It is a rebirth! Only god saved us", were the comments that gushed out of survivors of the ill-fated Italian oceanliner Costa Concordia on reaching here ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane kills five in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry (Second Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/Puducherry/Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Five people were killed as Cyclone Thane, packing a wind speed of 140 kmph, made landfall on the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi upset at denial of bail to Kanimozhi
November 3rd, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) Gloom hung over DMK president M. Karunanidhi's residence here Thursday, much like the dark and overcast sky outside, as the former chief minister's daughter Kanimozhi was ... Read more...
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Super jumbo makes emergency landing at Hyderabad airport
October 23rd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) The world's largest airplane, the Airbus A-380, made an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) near here in the early hours of Sunday ... Read more...
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Major plane accident averted in Chennai
September 24th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 24 (IANS) over 300 passengers escaped a major air accident here Saturday when a flight cleared for take-off stood on the runway and another plane that was about ... Read more...
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Telugu film producer arrested in Chennai
June 24th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 24 (IANS) Telugu film producer Singanamala Ramesh was Friday arrested in Chennai on charges of threatening a film financier, Jayanth Reddy, police said.Ramesh, who was evading arrest ... Read more...
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Hoax bomb threat at Chennai airport
June 10th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A hoax call Friday of a bomb being planted at the Chennai International Airport building sent security agencies into a tizzy as they scoured the ... Read more...
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Consolidated Construction to invest Rs.45 crore in prefab facility
May 26th, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 26 (IANS) With a view to increasing its presence in the residential apartment construction space, Chennai-based Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd (CCCL) is setting up a pre-fabrication (prefab) facility ... Read more...
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Air India cancels 12 flights in Kerala
April 30th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 (IANS) As many as 12 Air India flights from Kerala's three airports were cancelled Saturday due to the strike by a section of its pilots while all ... Read more...
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Election Commission acting against DMK, alleges Alagiri
April 18th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Apr 18 (ANI): Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M. K. Alagiri on Monday alleged that the Election Commission is acting against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, with the aim of ... Read more...
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Team India returns after losing ODI tri-series final in Sri Lanka
August 29th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Aug.30 (ANI): Indian cricket team returned here on Sunday after losing in the final of the ODI tri-series in Sri Lanka.The cricketers arrived here this morning from Sri Lanka. All the ... Read more...
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Namita rejects 14 films in one year
August 27th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 27, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Namita the curvy actor of Telugu film industry has stayed away from the camera for a long time now. The actress has not released a single ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka-bound Harbhajan made to wait at Chennai airport
July 9th, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka-bound cricketer Harbhajan Singh had to wait outside the departure hall of the Anna International Airport here as he could not produce a valid ticket.
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Sudden rains delay flights in Chennai
June 26th, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 26 (IANS) Sudden evening rains Saturday affected visibility, delaying the landing and take off of some flights at the airport here, an official said.
An official at the Chennai airport told ... Read more...
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Chennai company to enter power sector with Malaysian firm
June 8th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) The city-based Consolidated Construction Company Ltd is negotiating with a Malaysian firm to enter into power sector construction in a major way, a top company official said Tuesday.
"We ... Read more...
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Chennai cops bust drug-smuggling attempt at airport
May 14th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, May 14 (ANI): Police in Chennai have busted a drug smuggling attempt after they apprehended an unemployed Indian man trying to smuggle the contraband in an ice-cream vending machine at Chennai ... Read more...
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Supreme Court disposes plea on Prabhakaran’s mother
May 14th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday disposed a petition seeking a direction to the central government to fly the ailing mother of
the slain Tamil Tigers chief to Chennai ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear plea on Prabhakaran’s mother
May 13th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A petition seeking a special Indian flight for bringing mother of Prabhakaran, the late supremo of the Tamil separatist guerrillas, from Sri Lanka to Chennai for medical ... Read more...
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Vaiko goes on hunger strike over deportation of Prabakaran’s mother
April 22nd, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Apr 22 (ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko went on a hunger strike on Thursday in Chennai to condemn the "insensitive" deportation of Parvathi, the mother of slain ... Read more...
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Vaiko to fast against deportation of Prabhakaran’s ailing mother
April 17th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) MDMK leader Vaiko has announced a mass protest fast April 23 to condemn the deportation of slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's ailing mother ... Read more...
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Chennai police recovers ancient idol worth fifty million rupees
December 12th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Dec 12 (ANI): Chennai Police have recovered an ancient idol worth rupees 50 million from three persons suspected to be a part of an international mafia here.Acting on information, sleuths of ... Read more...
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CBI arrests 10 Chennai airport custom officials
November 24th, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Tuesday arrested on charges of corruption 10 customs officials, among them two women, posted at Chennai airport cargo division, officials said.
A ... Read more...
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Prominent businessman held at Delhi airport for mobile theft
November 3rd, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Sanjay Somany, a prominent industrialist, was arrested at the domestic airport here after closed-circuit TV cameras indicated that he had stolen a blackberry phone of a passenger, ... Read more...
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Planning Commission approves Rs.1,011 crore for Mission Mode Project on IVFRT
October 30th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 30(ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said the Planning Commission gave in-principle approval for Rs.1,011 crore for the implementation of the Mission Mode Project on Immigration, ... Read more...
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Pakistan envoy speaks to Wasim Akram over ailing wife
October 23rd, 2009 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik Thursday rang up Wasim Akram, former skipper of Pakistan's cricket team, to inquire about the health of his ailing wife ... Read more...
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