Robert De Niro Is Always Doing Something

Robert De Niro Is Always Doing Something
The veteran actor on getting a bomb in the mail, playing angry men and denouncing Donald Trump.

December 31, 2018 at 09:50PM
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Severn Bridge shuts as drone flown from tower

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Gaja relief works: PMK leader slams Centre

PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday criticised the BJP government at the Centre for approving only 7.6% of the amount demanded by the state for Gaja relief measures. He urged the Centre to release the entire amount sought by the state.

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Net's founding father Dr Larry Roberts dies aged 81

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Tiruvarur byelection to be held on January 28

Byelection to the Tiruvarur assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the demise of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, will be held on January 28, the Election Commission announced on Monday. Counting will be held on January 31.

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Jaya death: Minister insists for spl probe panel

Casting doubts over the treatment extended to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and her “mysterious” death in a private hospital in Chennai, state law minister C Ve Shanmugam on Monday insisted on constituting a special investigation committee to undertake a detailed probe into her demise.

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Drone to watch over New Year celebration in New York

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Preparations begin in Pudukkottai for Jalikattu

As in the past few years, Pudukkottai district would witness the highest number of jallikattu events in Tamil Nadu in 2019, said health minister C Vijaya Baskar on Monday.

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New Year's eve: All flyovers in Chennai will be closed

All flyovers in Chennai city will be closed to prevent revellers from indulging in bike races on new year’s eve. Anti-bike racing committees have bee

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‘I’ve come into my own,’ reflects designer Asmita Marwa

Having won ‘Trendsetter in Fashion’ at the South Indian Fashion Awards 2018 in Chennai, Hyderabad-based sustainability savant Asmita Marwa is gearing up for a productive 2019

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HIV +ve TN teen who attempted suicide dies

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Panchaloha Nandhi idol found in TN's Tiruttani

Police on Saturday recovered a one-foot tall Nandhi idol made of panchaloha from a scrap dealer in Tiruttani. The Tiruttani police arrested the dealer, Noorma, and informed the idol wing CID.

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Question to Modi: BJP worker uploads video

More than a week after his question to PM Narendra Modi sparked a row, BJP worker from Puducherry Nirmal Kumar Jain has posted a video on Twitter, in Hindi, defending the PM. Nirmal posted the video to counter the online campaign that the PM was taken aback by his question.

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15,000 cops to stand guard as New Year rings

City police has made elaborate arrangements for crowd control and traffic management to tide over New Year celebrations safely

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KCI secy withdraws plea to quash govt report

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Child marriages, an urban problem too

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Madras Univ to discuss certificate retention

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Parks built on OSR land out of bounds for public

Parks developed on open space reservation (OSR) land parcels within the premises of two prominent IT Parks in SIDCO Estate, Ekkatuthangal, lack access for the public and are used exclusively by employees of the firms there.

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Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers

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Cops' no to Tuticorin firing docu screening

The Chennai city police have objected to the screening of a documentary on police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters in Tuticorin in May which claimed 13 lives.

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Marina gets blue, green bins

After providing twin colour-coded garbage bins for dry and wet waste at busy spots along 11 arterial roads, Greater Chennai Corporation has placed 100 such bins along the Marina.

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Birds skip Vedanthangal as water level runs low

Sparse rain has left Vedanthangal birds sanctuary, one of the oldest in the country, with just about 2,500 birds, which is 10% of the season’s average.

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Tamil Nadu to stop trucks as plastic ban is about to start

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Why metro rail will ‘convert’ underground stations to elevated ones in phase 2

Roller coaster ride for commuters when a part of phase-2 line opens in a few years as a few underground stations will be elevated to cut cost while a few stations will go underground well below the existing tunnels at a depth of 29m.

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Cocaine seizures double, show Statistics

Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai, continues to be a crucial transit point for the costliest party drug cocaine, according to the seizure details provided by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

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Stalin demands dismissalof Health Minister

Says there is complete breakdown of administration

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Panchaloha Nandi idol seized

The police seized a panchaloha Nandi idol from a scrap shop in Tiruttani on Saturday evening. The shopowner, Noorma, has been arrested.The police rece

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A forgettable year for industries

Industries in Tamil Nadu had a wobbly start in 2018, but ended on a good note. After the police firing that killed 13 protesters in May, Vedanta Limit

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Hunt on for woman in murder case

Victim allegedly killed her son in March

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Several newly laid roads in Velachery badly damaged

Repeated digging of roads by Corpn., Metrowater has inconvenienced residents

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Metro’s ticket vending kiosks and e-boards hit by glitches

Officials say the “one-off occurrences” have been rectified

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Man ends life after killing mother

A 22-year-old man smothered his 50-year-old mother to death before taking his own life at their house in Teynampet on Saturday. The bodies of Sundarav

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Police tighten security for New Year’s eve

The police have made elaborate security arrangements to ensure an accident-free and crime-free New Year’s eve celebrations. A press release stated tha

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Hindu Makkal Katchi wants Pozhichalur church sealed

Alleges body being buried without permission

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Deadline for hostel registration temporarily extended to Jan. 21

A consultation meeting will be held at the Collector’s office on January 8

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Book on jurist Habibulla Badsha released

Will include excerpts from the former Advocate General’s memoirs

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Plea against land acquisition for NLC’s third mine

A delegation of farmers associations led by AIADMK MPs and MLA called on Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami at his residence here on Sunday to urg

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Chennai to showcase Odisha's Patachitra art

All the featured artists are either National Award or Lalit Kala Akademi award winners.

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Jaya panel accuses TN secy of conspiracy

A counsel for a Commission of Inquiry probing the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa has alleged in a petition that Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan colluded and conspired with Apollo Hospital and "inappropriate treatment" was provided to her.

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Gang opens fire on villagers, bullock injured

A bullock sustained injuries on its mouth when an unidentified gang opened fire on some villagers mining sand illegally from a lake near Gingee in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Sunday.

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HIV-infected woman gets 3 cents of land, Rs 2L

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Three vaccines hold hope for battle against TB

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TTE, 2 others held in sex trade bust

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Missing child traced within 24 hours

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HIV +ve case: Donor dies after consuming poison

An HIV-infected blood donor in Tamil Nadu, who had been hospitalised after consuming poison, died while undergoing treatment in Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai in the early hours of Sunday. The blood he had donated was transfused to a pregnant woman on December 3.

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Man crushed to death by concrete mixer in TN

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J Jayalalithaa death probe: Advocate implicates health secretary, hospital

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HIV positive woman lodges complaint against KMCH

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Woman sets son on fire, throws body into septic tank, arrested

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Chau effect: Virgin islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands will have 'tourist police'

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Schoolkids in Tiruvannamalai to undergo TB test from January

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2018: BBC Tech's biggest stories and what happened next

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Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary'

Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary'
In another proposed reversal of an Obama-era standard, the Environmental Protection Agency Friday said limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants is not cost-effective and should not be considered "appropriate and necessary."

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Kamarajar Salai, Sixth Avenue to be trafffic-free on New Year

Curbs from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.

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Velachery lake awaits a helping hand

Encroachments, pollution persist

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TI wins case against Malaysian firm

Says it has been the sole owner of the BSA trademark for over 5 decades

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Her love for anatomy matches fondness for Tamil literature

New V-C of M.G.R. Medical University has donned many hats

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Teachers withdraw strike

The secondary grade teachers withdrew their indefinite fast on Saturday. Over 700 teachers and members of the Secondary Seniority Teachers Association

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Woman kills son over domestic dispute

Surrenders and confesses to police

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HIV+ woman seeks action against KMC

Submits petition to city police

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Strikes, superstars and sleeper hits

The year witnessed ample drama, on screen and off it

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Experts: cyclones played spoilsport

The State is heading towards a deficit monsoon with a rain shortfall of 24%. As on Saturday, it had registered 34 cm against its seasonal normal of 44

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Corporation office or corruption office, asks HC

Slams officials for encroachments, illegal construction

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City to end the year on a dry note

A 55% rain deficit puts resources under severe strain

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IIT-M students donate notebooks to govt. school

This year, the students of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have chosen education as the theme for their cultural festival — Saarang. Ahead of th

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‘Apollo failed to do angiogram’

Probe panel blames Sasikala and hospital for Jaya’s deteriorating health

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Hospital rejects allegations

‘Former CM did not require an immediate angiogram’

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Chennai Book Fair from January 4

The 42nd edition of the Chennai Book Fair, organised by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), will be held from January

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Hand in plastic items: Corpn.

Warns of fines for possessing them post January 1

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Neyveli township drives change

Encouraging results on waste segregation spur NLCIL to step up a pilot project

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Missing for three days, girl traced

A four-year-old girl who went missing from Kothwal Chavadi three days ago was traced to a shelter-home near Central station. The Kothwal Chavadi poli

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We must create new society through arts: Jignesh Mevani

Dalit activist inaugurates arts festival

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Coimbatore: 7 wild elephants seen crossing road

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Burmese float with Buddha idol found near TN coast

Police sources said that two fishermen - identified as T Sivanandam and K Silambarasan - who hailed from Samanthanpettai hamlet in Nagapattinam, while fishing in a fibre boat spotted an odd floating object drifting towards their hamlet

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Sudha Seshayyan is new Vice-Chancellor of MGR Medical University

She is presently the Director and Professor of Institute of Anatomy in the Madras Medical College.

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Three of family die in cylinder explosion in TN

The explosion occurred when girl's mother entered the kitchen and tried to light the gas stove for preparing coffee, they said.The gas from the cylinder had leaked overnight and triggered a fire leading to the explosion, they added.

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Village administrative officers withdraw strike

Almost 18 days after commencing indefinite strike, village administrative officers (VAOs) across Tamil Nadu returned to their work as the state government agreed to fulfil some of their demands within two months.

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HIV case: PMK wants health minister to quit

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Woman attempts to kill daughters, self

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Migrant worker falls to death from 19th floor

A 21-year-old woman hailing from Jharkhand allegedly slipped from the 19th floor of a construction site on Old Mahabalipuram Road near Thalambur and died on Thursday. Police said S Devi was cleaning the floor when she allegedly slipped and fell.

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Tamil Nadu second in rural smartphone use

India may have crossed a milestone in mobile internet penetration but it has not percolated to rural areas. Majority of the persons having smartphones and net connections are living in urban areas.

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18-yr-old boy held for impregnating teen sister

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HIV case: 5-member panel begins probe

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Doctors must vet Jayalalithaa death panel testimonies for errors: Apollo

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