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Chennai: Businessman abducted for Rs 1 crore rescued

CHENNAI: The Mangadu police rescued a real estate broker from a house in Attur near Salem in the wee hours of Tuesday, and arrested 10 people who abducted him for a ransom of 1 crore.

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SriLankan Airlines makes fuel stops at Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram airports

‘They are essentially refuelling stops for long-haul international flights’

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‘He intimidates when he doesn’t have answers’: Chennai journalists hold protest against BJP TN chief

On May 30, around 50 journalists gathered in the oppressive summer heat at the Chennai Press Club’s premises in Chepauk, shouting slogans.

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Help yourselves is the mantra at poorly managed suburban stations

CHENNAI: Every day, N Srinivasan alights the suburban train around 7pm, switches on the torch on his mobile phone and walks across the tracks to reach a road that leads to his home on the northern side of Pattabiram railway station, around an hour’s trip by train from the city.…

The Times of India

‘SWD contractors not technically equipped’

CHENNAI: DMK councillors during the council meeting on Monday raised issues on storm water drain work, saying the contractors in the field were not technically equipped.

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Chennai: After building plan approval goes online, no. of applications up

CHENNAI: Building approval applications to the CMDA, which had reduced during the pandemic and continued this year too, saw an increase after the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority’s online portal went live from May 7.

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Chennai: Wife of ex-IAS officer sets dog upon staffer at complex

CHENNAI: The wife of a retired IAS officer residing at the TAISHA complex in Nerkundram allegedly let loose her dog on a manager when he went to remove CCTV cameras installed outside their apartment following some complaints.

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Don’t hike property tax, CPM tells CM MK Stalin

CHENNAI: CPM state secretary K Balakrishnan has written to chief minister M K Stalin urging him to reconsider the move to increase the property tax by 6% annually, as it would adversely affect the poor and middle class sections of the society.

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Chennai: YouTuber arrested for swindling Rs 36 lakh

CHENNAI: The Avadi Cyber Crime police on Monday arrested right wing YouTuber S Karthik Gopinath for swindling ₹36 lakh which he collected from people to renovate temple statues.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu: Kelambakkam VIT Covid tally increases to 74

CHENNAI: Fresh Covid-19 cases at the Vellore Institute of Technology campus in Kelambakkam rose to 42, taking the cluster tally on the campus to 74, the state health department said on Monday.

The Times of India

Chennai Corporation frames laws to streamline salons, spas

CHENNAI: Customers of salons and beauty parlours can now expect better quality and safer experience as Greater Chennai Corporation has come up with new laws to regularise the trade in the wake of several unlicensed facilities springing up.

The Times of India

Only 27 Tamil Nadu candidates clear civil services

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has had just 27 successful candidates in the Union Public Service Commission's civil services exam 2021, results of which were announced on Monday.

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Chorus in DMK to make Udhayanidhi Stalin Tamil Nadu cabinet minister

CHENNAI/TRICHY: Moves are afoot within the DMK to push for the induction of Chepauk-Triplicane MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin into the state cabinet led by his father M K Stalin. On Monday, DMK district units, including Trichy South, Thanjavur Central and Dindigul East and West, passed resolutions calling for inducting Udhayanidhi into…

The Times of India

Chennai: Sewage work at Ramapuram to be completed by March 2023

CHENNAI: Metrowater (CMWSSB) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that 78% of underground sewerage system (UGSS) work in Ramapuram area has been completed till date.

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BJP is afraid of Congress’s ideologies, says P Chidambaram

CHENNAI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the BJP was afraid of the Congress’s ideology.

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Paint the Chennai way you want

CHENNAI: If you could reimagine a heritage building in Chennai, what colour would you paint it? Madras Inherited wants to know, which is why it has launched a series of free downloadable colouring sheets, where it works with artists to create black and white outlines of localities in the city,…

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Sameer Wankhede transferred from DRI to DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai

MUMBAI: Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede, who headed the Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai when the NCB arrested several persons, including superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan in the controversial drugs-on-cruise case last year, was on Monday transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai, an official said.

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After flak for Aryan case, Wankhede transferred to Tamil Nadu

MUMBAI: Sameer Wankhede, the officer who probed the narcotics-related cases against Rhea Chakraborty and Aryan Khan, has been transferred to the Directorate General of Tax Payer Services (DGTS), Chennai as additional commissioner. He has been posted in the same rank that he has been holding since the last two years.…

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Chennai hospital launches centre for geriatric oncology

It was inaugurated by senior geriatrician V.S. Natarajan

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77 persons test positive for COVID-19 in State

Chennai, Chengalpattu account for 62 cases; 41 persons discharged

The Times of India

Customs seize 1.6 kg of gold from Chennai airport

CHENNAI: Air customs officials seized 1.6 kg of gold ingot, gold chains and assorted jewellery worth ₹72.4 lakh from three passengers, who arrived at Chennai airport from Colombo and Singapore. The passengers, including two Sri Lankan nationals, were arrested. According to a statement, the incident came to light following a…

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Chennai: 9 held for hacking man to death in Ambattur

CHENNAI: A 25-year-old man was hacked to death on Friday,, allegedly by a gang in Ambattur, over a previous enmity that took place during a drunken brawl a month ago. Police arrested nine men, including a college student for the murder.

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Madras high court reprieve for injured foreign sailor who rushed to hospital sanctions permission

CHENNAI: Coming to the aid of an Indonesian engineer who stepped on Indian soil without permission, but with injuries and to escape death, the Madras high court has quashed a criminal case registered against him and ordered his immediate deportation.

The Times of India

Madras high court refuses to quash prosecution against actor SJ Surya

CHENNAI: In a setback to actor/director S J Surya, the Madras high court has refused to quash six prosecutions initiated against him by the income tax department for recovery of over 7 crore tax due.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu: 2 months on, education panel remains only on paper

CHENNAI: Nearly two months since the Tamil Nadu government's announcement of constituting a panel to frame the State Education Policy (SEP), the committee is yet to start the process of evolving an alternative to the National Education Policy (NEP).

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