Facebook boss reveals changes in response to criticism

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Charges against opponents mark scrutiny day

Forty-four of the 63 nominations for the Thiruparankundram bypoll, including those of major political parties were accepted amidst some charges and counter-charges by the candidates in the taluk office on Tuesday.

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Sloth bear dies after being hit by speeding vehicle

The sloth bear that suffered a grievous chest injury was found dead on the premises of a private textile mill on the Kanyakumari to Madurai National Highway on Tuesday morning.

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Family-friendly robot company Anki set to close

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DMK notice may hurt 3 MLAs, Dhinakaran says

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam will go to any extent to retain power. However, people in Tamil Nadu will send them home after May 23, AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran said here on Tuesday.

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Drone owners to be charged annual fee under new proposals

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DMK moves no-trust motion against TN speaker

The DMK on Tuesday evening moved Tamil Nadu assembly secretary to introduce a no-confidence motion against speaker P Dhanapal who issued a notice to three AIADMK legislators under the Anti-Defection Law.

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Coimbatore - Chennai Kovai Express to stop at Danishpet for a minute on May 19

Train No 12676 Coimbatore -Chennai Kovai Express will stop at Danishpet for a minute on May 19 in view of the annual conference of the Friends Missionary Prayer Band, said Salem divisional railway manager U Subba Rao.

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Speeding vehicle knocks down leopard cub in TN

An eight-month-old male leopard cub was fatally knocked down by a vehicle near Bannari in Erode district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Samsung unveils TV that can switch to vertical mode

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Eeal Estate Act: 'TN lags behind MP and UP'

A report by a property consultant has said that Tamil Nadu is lagging behind Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in registration of housing projects in the last two years.

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37 projects registered with TNRERA in April

Nearly 150 real estate agents registered with the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA) in the first four months of 2019.

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Xth exams: 6 HR&CE schools secure 100% results

Students in six out of 16 high schools run by the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department secured cent percent results in Class X 10 state board examinations this year.

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Music royalties reach record high but songwriters 'on minimum wage'

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Muthoottu loot: Woman staff, paramour arrested

The police seized 597.5 sovereigns (4780 gram) of gold ornaments and Rs 1 lakh in cash from her paramour.

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Kyrgyzstan Army women undergoing training in TN

Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai has started training five woman army officers from Kyrgyzstan as part of an effort to strengthen defence cooperation between India and the Central Asian country.

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When will you next buy a mobile phone?

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Vodafone found Huawei security flaws in Italy in 2009

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Metro service resume on Central-Airport route

Direct metro train service between Central and Airport, which was suspended in the morning, was restored at 1.30pm.

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I-T raids on ‘lottery king’ Santiago Martin

The Income tax investigation wing on Tuesday started searches on more than 70 premises belonging to businessman Santiago Martin, who is known as "Lottery King".

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Cyclone Fani: Indian Navy on high alert

The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) has geared up to provide necessary humanitarian assistance along the coast as cyclonic storm Fani has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and has reached 770km East-South-East of Chennai.

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Koonthankulam Sanctuary: 68 painted storks dead

As many as 68 painted storks – including 65 chicks – died after heavy winds uprooted many trees in Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu on Monday evening. The birds had their nests on the trees.

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TalkTalk service at bottom of Ofcom poll for third year running

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Huawei: US official warns 'no safe level' of involvement with tech giant

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Climate change: Electric car target 'needs to be sooner'

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Highest campus placements at IIT-Madras in 2019

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HC notice to govt on GPS-enabled auto meters

The Madras high court on Monday ordered notice to the state government on a PIL seeking to implement a six-year-old order for providing GPS-enabled fare meters with printers for autorickshaws in the state.

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TN won't send anti-rabies vaccines to Karnataka

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Commerce is top pick among students after Class X

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No man has any right to compel any woman to marry him: Madras HC

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Chennai Metro faces glitch again, thousands of passengers suffer

Passengers on the Chennai Metro struggled once again on Tuesday monring as the train’s direct service from Chennai Central to Chennai airport stopped

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Central-airport direct metro services suspended

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Cyclone Fani to skip Chennai, eyes AP, Odisha

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TN: 96% students clear ‘toughest’ maths paper

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Idol theft accused aide loses Rs 12cr to fake cops

The manager of idol theft accused Kiran Rao was conned out of jewellery worth at least 12 crore and about 8 lakh in cash by a gang posing as idol theft wing cops on Sunday, police said.

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Al Umma undertrial tops among TN prison inmates

Fighting a police team that came to bust a suspected terror group at Puttur in Andhra Pradesh on October 5, 2013, Al Umma activist Panna Ismail took a bullet in his belly. Five-and-a-half years later, when the Tamil Nadu government announced the Class X results on Monday, Ismail had under his belt the first rank among prioners in the state.

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Chennai Metro services hit by staff strike

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The Stolen Kids Of Sarah Lawrence

The Stolen Kids Of Sarah Lawrence
What happened to the group of bright college students who fell under the sway of a classmate's father?

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How tech is bringing Israelis and Palestinians together

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Google owner Alphabet misses sales forecasts

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North Tamil Nadu may get light to moderate rain today

The cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ may not have any direct impact on the State but as per latest information, the system that is expected to become a “very sev

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Staff strike, glitches hit Metro services

Passengers put to hardship; protest against sacking of 8 employees

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Kiran Rao’s staff lose ₹11 cr. jewellery to gang

Posing as Idol Wing policemen, they took away the valuables

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Aiming high despite hurdles

Economically backward students stay determined

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City is home to farmers too

At least 90 agriculturists are beneficiaries of PM-KISAN scheme

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Disability no deterrent for them

All 27 students of Little Flower Convent Higher Secondary School for the Deaf pass

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SSLC students must don their thinking and analytical caps

Educationists say there were many questions in High Order Thinking Skills category

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Minecraft player loses five-year-long game

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With 'Soul of the Kumbh', The Hindu revisits the festival

Special 100-page publication brings out Mela’s significance

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Bricks unit owner murder: Worker gets life term

The Vellore additional district sessions fast track court on Monday evening sentenced a 35-year-old worker to life imprisonment for murdering a man who owned a hollow bricks manufacturing unit over a financial dispute five years ago. The accused worked in the victim’s unit.

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Gold worth Rs 72 lakh seized from passengers

Customs officials at Chennai international airport seized 2.186 kg of gold, worth Rs 72 lakh, from six passengers on Saturday.

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Sale of newborns: Probe transferred to CB-CID

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Presenting the Cricket World Cup for street-connected children

From the streets of Chennai to playing at Lord’s, these young players will represent India at the first Cricket World Cup for street-connected children

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Apple defends removing parental control apps

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TN: Shopkeepers told not to sell spoilt fruits

Days after the food safety department found a shop on Karuppa Gounder Street here selling more than 300 kg of overripened and spoilt fruits, officials have again warned shopkeepers to store their stocks at the right temperature and not have spoilt fruits in the shop for any reason.

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TN: Fund crunch may shut down traffic signals

Who is going to pay for the traffic signals now? That is the question riling traffic officials in the state. Except for Chennai, the state government does not provide funds for maintenance of the traffic signals in other districts in the state.

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Man calls control room to say he will kill CM, absconds

Police are on the lookout for a 22-year-old man from Dindigul who called up a police control room to say that he would kill Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palanisamy on Sunday.

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Gold worth Rs 1.76cr seized at Chennai airport

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TN Class 10 results: Coimbatore improves rank

The Coimbatore district has scored 96.44% pass in Class X board exams and has been ranked 14th in the state, one position higher than that in last year. Last year, the district scored 95.86% and was ranked 15th in the state.

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10th results: Karaikal students' pass rate go up

Students in Puducherry and Karaikal regions fared better in Tamil Nadu state board Class X examinations this year registering 97.57% pass rate, which is 3.2% more than the last year’s pass rate.

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