Former DMK legislator gets jail term for corruption
February 29th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 29 (IANS) A special court Wednesday sentenced former DMK legislator Gomathi Srinivasan to over three years in jail for acquiring assets disproportionate to her known sources of income ... Read more...
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Shops owned by Keralites attacked in Tamil Nadu
December 7th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 7 (IANS) The political tussle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam has shifted to the streets of Chennai, Coimbatore and Thanjavur with fringe Tamil groups ... Read more...
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War of words as Tamil Nadu sees brisk voting (Third Lead)
April 13th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 13 (IANS) As polling proceeded at a brisk pace Wednesday to elect 234 members to the 14th Tamil Nadu assembly, the rival DMK and AIADMK kept up the ... Read more...
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Indian widow loses salary in Malaysia, daughter back home
January 1st, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 1 (IANS) The misery of an Indian widow, deprived of her salary in Malaysia, was compounded as her teenaged daughter committed suicide after the woman failed to send her ... Read more...
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HD Medical developing hand-held ultra sound equipment
November 3rd, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) City-based medical devices company HD Medical Services is working on a stethoscope that can look deep into the body, transmit the sounds while displaying the images on a ... Read more...
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India seeks Canadian investment in food processing
September 8th, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Sep 8 (IANS) Subodh Kant Sahai, India's minister for food processing industries, has called upon Canadian companies to invest in the fast growing sector of the Indian economy.Sahai, who ... Read more...
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Indian, Lankan fishermen bodies discuss trans-border fishing options
August 21st, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Aug.21 (ANI): Representatives of fisherman's associations from India and Sri Lanka are currently engaged in a dialogue from August 20 to 22 here, and, issues such as trans-border fishing and the ... Read more...
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Heritage walks, quizzes…Madras Week goes beyond Chennai
August 12th, 2010 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) Quizzes, debates, heritage walks, painting and photo exhibitions are some of the 150-odd programmes planned in Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai as part of the Madras Week celebrations beginning ... Read more...
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How about corporate cultural responsibility, asks Geeta Chandran (Interview)
June 17th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Classical dances should be included as a regular cultural component in the country's tourism package "to project India's soft power", says noted bharatanatyam dancer ... Read more...
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Hundreds held in Tamil Nadu for anti-Rajapaksa protests
June 8th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Several hundred protesters, including MDMK leader Vaiko and Tamil nationalist leader P. Nedumaran, were arrested across Tamil Nadu Tuesday for holding demonstrations against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ... Read more...
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India, Canada to cooperate in areas of food processing industries: Sahai
June 7th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 7 (ANI): Minister of Food Processing and Industries Subhodh Kant Sahai on Monday said India and Canada will cooperate in the field of growth and development of technologies for ... Read more...
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Dogra, CRPF adjudged best marching contingents for RD parade 2010
January 30th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 30 (ANI): The Dogra Regiment has won the best marching contingent award amongst the three Services for the 2010 Republic Day Parade while the CRPF has been adjudged the ... Read more...
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Unrest spreads in Tamil Nadu deemed universities
January 20th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The unrest amongst the students of the deemed universities in Tamil Nadu, whose derecognition has been sought, spread Wednesday with protests being held in several of them.
The central ... Read more...
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Coimbatore to host World Tamil Conference in 2010
September 26th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Sep. 26 (ANI): India will host the ninth World Tamil Conference early next year in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has said.India is playing host to the event after ... Read more...
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Join Congress, Rahul tells Tamil Nadu’s young farmers
September 9th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday exhorted young farmers in Tamil Nadu to join the party, saying it was not just for moneyed people.
He was in Thanjavur ... Read more...
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Australian state premier writes to Indian students
August 29th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Adelaide, Aug 29 (IANS) The premier of an Australian state has taken the unusual step of writing a personal letter to each of the 4,787 Indian overseas students enrolled in ... Read more...
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Government to promote food processing in rural areas
August 27th, 2009 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) The government will set up two business incubation centres in Tamil Nadu and Haryana to promote the processed food industry among rural entrepreneurs, a official here said Thursday.
The ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu government setting up cable TV infrastructure
July 13th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Monday said Arasu Cable Corp, the multi-system operator (MSO) that it has promoted, has begun setting up cable television infrastructure in the districts.
According ... Read more...
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A dialogue between dance and mathematics…Bharatnatyam style (With Image)
July 11th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Bharatnatyam, the classical dance style from Tamil Nadu, is all about mathematics after all... as the audience discovered through a dance-drama by Indian American Viji Rao and ... Read more...
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Fatal hammer blows await terrorists: Chidambaram
April 26th, 2009 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu), April 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday sternly warned terror elements and said nobody will be allowed to play with India's unity "till the last drop ... Read more...
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25 held in Tamil Nadu for attempt to burn Indian flag
April 25th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 25 (IANS) Twenty five people were arrested Saturday in Tamil Nadu when they were attempting to burn the Indian flag while protesting the killing of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, ... Read more...
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DMK announces poll line-up, fields Azhagiri from Madurai
April 5th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 5 (IANS) The ruling DMK Sunday announced candidates for 21 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's elder son M.K. Azhagiri has been fielded from the Madurai ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi, Congress slam politicisation of Sri Lankan Tamils’ issue
January 31st, 2009 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Congress state unit president K.V. Thangkabalu Saturday slammed some parties in the state for politicising the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils."The ... Read more...
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Suspected poisoning kills thousands of fish in Tamil Nadu lake
January 18th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu), Jan 18 (IANS) Thousands of fish and water snakes have been found dead, floating in a lake near here, forcing the district administration to launch an investigation into a ... Read more...
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Torrential rains turn Tamil Nadu into an island
November 28th, 2008 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Nov 28 (ANI): Heavy rains triggered off by the inching cyclone ''Nisha'' towards the southern coast of India continued to lash Chennai and other places in Tamil Nadu.
With rains lashing ... Read more...
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Heavy rains disrupt life in Tamil Nadu
November 27th, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Nov 27 (ANI): Heavy rains triggered off by the inching cyclone ''Nisha'' towards the southern coast of India continued to lash Chennai and other places in Tamil Nadu disrupting life ... Read more...
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I visited Nadi astrologer out of curiosity: CPI-M MP
September 12th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Sep 12 (IANS) A.P. Abdullakutty, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP, who is not aware about his exact date of birth, said that he approached a Nadi astrologer "just out of ... Read more...
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Power-cuts rile Tamil Nadu industrialists, farmers
July 14th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) Unannounced power-cuts have triggered state-wide ire, said opposition sources and farmer bodies' representatives in Tamil Nadu Monday. "There is hardly 10 hours' power supply in the industrial districts ... Read more...
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Failed Karnataka monsoon leaves Tamil Nadu fields dry
July 13th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mettur (Tamil Nadu), July 13 (IANS) A 40 percent shortfall in monsoon rains in Cauvery's upstream catchment areas coupled with dwindling storage at the dam here has left officials in a catch-22 ... Read more...
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Man marries at 63…after fulfilling duties as son
July 9th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), July 9 (IANS) After attending to the needs of his aged, ailing mother for most of his life, 63-year-old S. Hari Das finally married his 50-year-old niece in a ... Read more...
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British governor wanted Ram Sethu declared national monument in 1914
June 6th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) a senior British official had sought national monument status for the Ram Sethu or Adam's Bridge off the Tamil Nadu coast almost a century ago, ... Read more...
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1,500 Islamic party workers held for flouting orders (Lead)
May 9th, 2008 - 10:51 pm ICT by admin
Vellore (Tamil Nadu), May 9 (IANS) Over 1,500 workers of a Tamil Nadu Muslim party were arrested Friday for violating orders and attempting to pray at a disused 200-year-old mosque inside a ... Read more...
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Kingfisher Airlines launches flights from Chennai to Tiruchirapalli
April 21st, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, Apr 21 (ANI/Business Wire India): Kingfisher Airlines today commenced operations in the historic city of Tiruchirapalli with the introduction of a daily direct flight from Chennai.The first flight of Kingfisher ... Read more...
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Northeast dance festival comes to Kerala
February 17th, 2008 - 1:34 am ICT by admin
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) Kerala will soon get a taste of northeastern culture as it prepares to host a dance festival that brings together 800 artists from the various northeastern states. The ... Read more...
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