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Four minor girls in sex trade rescued from Chennai lodge; 4 cops transferred

CHENNAI: Four minor girls from Tripura forced into the flesh trade in Kelambakkam after being brought to the city on the promise of work were rescued from a lodge in Flower Bazaar.

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Tour operators urge Tatas to make Chennai SE hub

CHENNAI: With Tata Sons’ takeover of Air India, travel and tour operators’ associations have urged the new management to restore the direct international flights the airline used to operate from Chennai and make the city a hub for southeast Asia flights like how Mumbai and Delhi are now hubs for…

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Chennai: Doctors perform operation as patient sings

CHENNAI: The Apollo Proton Cancer Centre performed a palliative mastectomy for a patient with metastatic breast cancer while the patient was singing.

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Chennai: Footfall in standalone restaurants, bars set to go up as Covid curbs lifted

CHENNAI: Standalone restaurants and bars in the city and its suburbs, which lost about 35% of footfalls when the night curfew and Sunday lockdown were in force, are expected to see improved business as restrictions have been lifted.

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Active Covid-19 cases down by 16,000 in Chennai since last week

Chennai: In a relief to the Chennai residents, active Covid-19 cases have fallen by 16,000 in the last week.

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India vs West Indies: Shahrukh, Sai Kishore added as stand-byes in Indian squad

CHENNAI: A couple of days after he was overlooked by the selectors for the limited-overs series against the West Indies, M Shahrukh Khan has been added as a stand-by to the Indian squad. With the third wave still persisting across the country, the Tamil Nadu middle-order batter has been added…

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Tamil Nadu: Alliance with BJP remains “as of now”, says AIADMK

CHENNAI: Even as filing of nominations begins in Tamil Nadu for urban local bodies, the AIADMK-BJP alliance remains a talking point.

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Covid-19: Over 26,000 new cases, 48 deaths in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Fresh Covid-19 cases continued to dip in Tamil Nadu on Friday, with the state adding 26,533 new cases and 48 deaths to its Covid-19 registry.

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Woman kills hubby to save daughter in Chennai

CHENNAI: A woman hammered her husband to death to prevent him from sexually assaulting their 20-year-old daughter at Otteri in Chennai city. Carrying the bloodstained hammer, the woman surrendered before the Otteri police station in the wee hours of Friday.

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Can’t refer govt dispute with builder to arbitration: HC

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Friday dismissed a plea moved by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) to refer a dispute between it and PST Engineering Construction, accused of poor quality construction of tenements, for arbitration.

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Woman spots phone in hotel loo, man held

CHENNAI: A restaurant employee was arrested on Friday for secretly taking videos of women inside the eatery’s bathroom. He kept the mobile inside a bathroom cupboard of the hotel in Guindy.

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Temples, parks in Chennai see low footfalls on first day of reopening

CHENNAI: Temples and parks saw less-than-normal footfall on the first day of their reopening. Parks, however, saw higher footfall towards the evening. There are almost half-a-dozen major temples in the city which come under the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department.

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Kamal Haasan releases third list of candidates

Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Friday released the third list of 154 candidates for the urban local bodies elections in the Chennai, Tambaram and Madurai Corporations and in the Hosur, Po

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Tamil Nadu records 26,533 fresh cases, 48 deaths in a day

Chennai records 5,246 new infections; 2,11,863 people are under treatment for COVID-19

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Tamil Nadu: 2 boys die, one injured in building wall collapse

CUDDALORE/CHENNAI: Two boys were crushed to death and one of their classmates was injured when a portion of a dilapidated building collapsed on them at Samathuvapuram in Cuddalore district.

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Covid: Tamil Nadu logs 28,515 new infections, 53 deaths

CHENNAI: After a month, active cases on Thursday dropped to 2,13,534 from 2,13692 on Wednesday, when the state added 28,515 new cases. However, despite the decrease in fresh and active cases, deaths continued to climb to 53 on Thursday.

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Man held in Chennai for cheating 19 people of Rs 2 crore

CHENNAI: A Bengaluru-based business man, who was running a football club at KK Nagar in Chennai, was arrested on charges of cheating 19 people of 2 crore by promising to get SUV cars at 30% discount.

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Chennai: National Investigation Agency books five for funding Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has booked five persons for using fake documents to withdraw money for furthering the activities of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

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2-day bird survey on Tamil Nadu coast to begin today

CHENNAI: A two-day synchronised bird census in wetlands across the TN coast will begin on Friday.

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Chennai: Residents block ECR as govt retrieves encroached land

CHENNAI: Traffic on a stretch of ECR was disrupted for about four hours on Thursday evening as 500 residents of Bethel Nagar at Injambakkam resorted to a flash road roko protesting against their eviction from the encroached parts of the marshland.

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Covid curbs off: Tamil Nadu schools, colleges to reopen on February 1

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday allowed reopening of schools, colleges and places of worship from February 1, and revoked night curfew from Friday (January 28). The complete lockdown on Sundays too stands withdrawn.

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More than 50% of frontline staff in Tamil Nadu yet to get two doses of Covid-19 vaccine

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has made a big push for Covid vaccination, but more than half its own 9.7 lakh frontline workers have not taken both doses. Worse, nearly 1.7 lakh or 18% of these workers, who include policemen, revenue officials and local body staff, have not taken even…

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Millets to be sold through ration shops in Chennai, Coimbatore

Panel formed to frame modalities for processing and value addition of minor millets

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Chennai Centre comes a long way

The talent pool helped in scaling operations, says spokesperson

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28,515 people test positive for COVID-19; Chennai tops table

State reports 53 deaths; one person who died had no pre-existing condition

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