Obscene porn rules relaxed in England and Wales

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Mario Kart mobile delayed until summer 2019

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Water crisis: Chennai Metrowater gets Rs 122 cr

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday sanctioned Rs 158 crore to take up drinking water supply schemes for the forthcoming summer season. This includes Rs 122 crore for Chennai Metrowater.

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Metro Rail free med camps end on healthy note

Nearly 2,000 people attended free medical camps organised at 11 metro stations here from January 3 to 31.

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Russian hackers 'stole Mueller inquiry evidence'

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Storytelling Fest to feature weavers’ tales, songs

The seventh edition of the Chennai Storytelling Festival (CSF) will be held here from January 31 to February 10. The festival, which has only grown bigger and better over the years, aims at training people from all walks of life to be trainers themselves.

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ICF to study feasibility of Train 18 features

Railway board member for rolling stock Rajesh Agrawal on Thursday asked ICF to study the feasibility of manufacturing Train 18 type coaches with berths for overnight travel in the coming production year (2019-20). Train 18, an airconditioned chair car train manufactured by the ICF, is the fastest train in the country.

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Coimbatore district has 28.61 lakh voters

Coimbatore district has a total of 28.61 lakh voters, as per the final electoral roll released by district collector (in-charge) Durai Ravichandran on Thursday. As usual, women voters outnumbered men by 26,284.

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Madurai district has over 25 lakh voters

Madurai district has 25,66,319 voters, according to the final electoral roll released on Thursday.

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Drones help Galapagos tackle rat infestation

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Facebook adviser attacks 'lax' child checks

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TN: Italian chef spins pizzas in acrobatic style

Spin, twirl, fly and float… the things dough can do in the hands of pizza acrobat Pasqualino Barbasso! The chef, known world over for his skills with pizza dough, was brought in to Phoenix MarketCity on January 31 to show off his range of gravity-defying moves.

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Attempt to murder: DMK youth wing worker booked

The T Kallupatti police on Wednesday registered a murder attempt case against a DMK youth wing functionary for stabbing a fellow youth wing party functionary due to an internal party dispute.

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InKo Centre to host expo by 3 Chennai artists

Three artists, three different media, one exhibition. Occulus Trinity, presented by InKo Centre, will bring together three Chennai-based artists -- Asma Menon who works with mixed media and painting, PoochiVenkat with photography and digital art and Ravindran with sculpture and assemblage.

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TN: 2 die as bus hits tricycle near Manamadurai

Two tender coconut sellers died when a bus hit a tricycle they were travelling on near Manamadurai in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday night.

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‘Stung by scorpion’ at health centre, boy dies

A two-year-old boy died in Madurai on Wednesday after a scorpion stung him while he was playing on the premises of a primary health centre on Tuesday.

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PM to open two flyovers in TN's Kanyakumari dist

Two flyovers built at Marthandam and Parvathipuram at a cost of Rs 314 crore is one of the most important projects to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Kanyakumari on February 19.

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Knife crime: Suspects could be banned from social media

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Meet ‘Vyasarpadi’ Muniammal, one of the few women gaana singers in Chennai?

She sings at home, for family, at funerals... ‘Vyasarpadi’ Muniammal is among the few women gaana singers in the city

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5,000 stamps on Mahatma Gandhi to be displayed

More than 5,000 stamps on Mahatma Gandhi, released in India and abroad, will be on display during the three-day philatelic exhibition on the Father of Nation to begin at Puducherry on Friday. The event is organised by the department of posts, Tamil Nadu Circle, to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Number of voters rises in Tamil Nadu

The voter sex ratio in the state is 1,020 women voters for 1,000 men.

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When this school dropout speaks, babus listen

It’s not every day that PWD engineers take lessons on architecture from a school dropout clad in white shirt and a rolled-up dhoti. But when the man happens to be 75-year-old S Paramasivam, who has studied till Class V, babus in crisply-ironed formal wear lend their ears.

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Rs 15L for priest’s last rites after fake appeal

Soon after part-time priest of the Anjayaneyar temple R Venkatesh, 53, died a day after a fall from an elevated platform while performing puja,

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Man snatches chain to foot son’s medical bill

A 47-year-old man was caught red-handed snatching a gold chain from a woman at Kuniamuthur on Tuesday.

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Corporation ignores unsafe bldgs in George Town

Residents of George Town have filed several complaints to the civic body about dilapidated structures spread across the area, but no action has been taken.

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Tusker enters village after being translocated

The elephant didn't disturb anyone in the village. However, forest officials from Pollachi division chased the tusker away into the reserve forests.

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Girls sexually abused in Tamil Nadu home photographed, filmed

Several girls of a government authorized home in Tiruvannamalai were sexually assaulted for years.

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1,000 kg of banned plastic products seized from hotel

After a lull, Tamil Nadu food safety officials sprang into action on Wednesday and seized one tonne of banned plastic items from the Vadapalani branch of hotel Saravana Bhavan.

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Court frames charges against Maran brothers

Wednesday was a long day for former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanithi Maran, who spent most of it at the special court for CBI cases in the Madras high court premises in connection with the decade-

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HC quashes GO mandating 50% minorities in minority institutions

The Madras high court on Wednesday quashed a government order that said minority educational institutions should admit not less than 50% of students belonging to the community concerned every year to retain the status.

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TNSCERT director, four others booked for siphoning funds

A scam involving a senior education department official involved in procurement of study materials for schools in Tamil Nadu has been unearthed, the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) said on Wednesday.

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Regulate social media to protect children, MPs urge

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The Closeness Of Different Kinds Of Relationships Over Time, Visualized

The Closeness Of Different Kinds Of Relationships Over Time, Visualized
If there's one thing everyone can agree on about relationships, it's that they're complicated. Here's a perfect visual depiction of their complexity.

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Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals

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Toilets at Chennai airport to be renovated

AAI appoints consultant, tenders to be floated soon

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‘Diabetes prevalence up in towns, villages’

Study finds no significant link with income; points to rising obesity all round

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Banned plastics seized from eatery

A team of officials from the Food Safety Department on Wednesday seized a large quantity of plastic trays, cups, covers, plastic-coated boxes, plastic

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₹543 cr. GST scam busted

Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Chennai Zonal Unit, has busted an alleged ₹543 crore fake invoices scam and arrested the kingpin behin

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Police officials get pat on the back from HC

The Madras High Court on Wednesday recorded its “deep appreciations” for Director General of Police T.K. Rajendran and Commissioner of Police, Greater

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Plastic packaging a menace, needs to go, say experts

Call for bringing makers of such material under ambit of EPR

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HC refuses to stay new rules framed to regulate clinics, polyclinics

The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the operation of certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments (Regulations) Rules o

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Leather fair from today

Will be inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister

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PIL seeks action on sale of items beyond MRP in halls

Also wants practice of frisking cinemagoers to be done away with

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Child rights body to ensure junk food is off school menus

Will hold meeting of stakeholders to work out alternatives

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Cash stolen from temple

Burglars broke open a temple hundi near Guduvanchery and took away ₹12,000 on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. The burglary was captur

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I-T raids continue

The Income Tax Department continued their searches at G Square Realtors Private Limited, Lotus Ventures and Infrabuild Private Limited and New Saravan

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Schoolboy run over

An 18-year-old plus-two student riding a motorcycle was run over by an MTC bus after he was knocked down by another motorcycle on Wednesday.The police

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Nip in the air till weekend

The nip in the air is likely to last till the weekend, after which the weather is expected to get warmer, according to Meteorological Department offic

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A smooth ride soon from Tidel Park to ECR

Work on Thiruvanmiyur grade separator to commence in six months

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Buoy off Marina beach to monitor seawater quality

Will have a sensor to provide real-time data at regular intervals

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Engagements in Chennai — January 31, 2019

RELIGION Mahabharatham: B. Sundarkumar, Asthika Samajam, Venus Colony, Alwarpet, 6.30 p.mNaishkarmyasiddi: Satyavratananda, Mylapore Club, Luz Church

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Fifa to stop selling in-game currency in Belgium

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Murugan temple Jan hundi collection tops Rs 6 cr

Hundi collection at Palani Lord Murugan temple (Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple) in Tamil Nadu was Rs 6.84 crore in January thanks to the Thaipusam festival.

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1 tonne of plastic products seized from restaurant

Tamil Nadu food safety department officials on Wednesday seized one tonne of banned plastic products from the Vadapalani branch of Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants.

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Kwik Fit garages hit by computer virus

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Trichy temple accountant held for idol theft

The Idol wing CID police on Wednesday arrested the accountant of Sri Tharuganeswarar temple in Thirupparaithurai in Trichy in connection with the theft of an antique idol of goddess Angalamman at the behest of two men including the former executive officer.

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Metro starts feeder services to OMR tech parks

People working in IT parks on the OMR could now travel in comfort in airconditioned and Wi-Fi connected vehicles to their workplace and back to metro station, as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) along with Ford’s Corporate Shuttle Feeder Services launched Office Ride, a nodal connectivity from metro stations.

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DJI pledges painful action to tackle corruption

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Man held for snatching chain of home alone woman

A 47-year-old daily wage earner who snatched the gold chain a woman when she was alone at home, was caught red-handed by locals at Kuniamuthur here on Tuesday.

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Cops stop ‘nude puja’ by self-proclaimed godman

The Tiruvannamalai police in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday claimed to have stopped a “nude puja” by a self-proclaimed godman, Surya Prakash Anandha, hailing from Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.

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Southern Railway cancels weekly special trains

The Southern Railway has announced cancellation of some weekly special trains due to lack of passenger patronisation.

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Scruff gay dating app bans underwear photos

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Jactto-Geo calls off strike after CM's appeal

The Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Organisations and Government Employees’ Organisations (Jactto-Geo), the supreme body of government staff and teachers, on Wednesday called off its strike, albeit temporarily, following an appeal by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and various political party leaders.

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Man who fell from gallery during jallikattu dies

A 55-year-old man, who fell from a spectator gallery during Alanganallur jallikattu on January 17, died while undergoing treatment in Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Dhavidan of Kuravankulam in Alanganallur.

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2 corpn schools get rainwater harvesting system

A rainwater harvesting system has been installed at two corporation run schools here to meet the drinking water needs of the students. Madurai Corporation commissioner Aneesh Sekhar inaugurated them on Wednesday.

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Facebook: Dissident republicans Saoradh take legal action

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Madurai Corporation school gets robotic lab

There will be 400 to 500 components in a kit. By using them, the students will have to build a robot according to the given requirement.

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Children 'afterthought' for social media companies

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