Tamil yeoman declared TN's state butterfly

Tamil yeoman (Cirrochroa thais) butterfly species endemic to Western Ghats has been declared the state butterfly of Tamil Nadu.

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Chinna Thambi graduates from Topslip camp

After undergoing intensive training inside a narrow kraal at the Varakaliyar Elephant Camp near Topslip for 132 days, tusker Chinna Thambi was allowed to graze in an open field on Saturday.

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Woman held for duping another of Rs 4 lakh gold

Sangamithra asked Rajathi for her jewels for a special puja.Believing Sangamithra, Rajathi gave her jewels one after another to her but never got them back.A few days ago, Rajathi gave Sangamithra her mangalsutra and .

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TN slum: Just 1 public toilet for 500 families

When you enter Gandhi Nagar in Pulianthope, an area largely occupied by slum dwellers for decades, you will be appalled by the filth, squalor and stench.

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Shanmugam is new chief secretary, Tripathy DGP

The EPS government on Saturday appointed K Shanmugam as chief secretary and J K Tripathy as director general of police (law and order) and head of the police force. Tripathy will assume office on Sunday and Shanmugam will take over the reins of the state administration on Monday.

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Protect my girlfriend from her family: Transsexual

A 23-year-old transsexual on Saturday petitioned the Vilakkuthoon police urging them to ensure the safety of his girlfriend from her family members as they are against their relationship.

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The shrinking shape of water: here's how Chennai's lakes have shrunk over the years

Satellite images indicate an alarming level of loss of water extent in lakes in and around Chennai. Dry conditions apart, the crisis has been exacerba

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Lifting Chennai out of drought

As the city heads towards Day Zero, indicating bone-dry reservoirs, it is time to take stock and move ahead with action on restoring water security

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Chennai: Two months on, Tambaram railway station ATVMs remain defunct

Automatic ticket vending machines at Tambaram railway station are out of order at least for the past two months.

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Transsexual earns nursing degree, but can't practice yet

In 2014, Rakshika Raj joined BSc Nursing as a male, since the state medical university did not have provision for admitting transsexuals. In the next three years, Rakshika changed the gender in all the documents, including Class X and Class XII certificates, to 'T' (for transsexuals/ third gender).

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Two cheat 80 of 78 lakh with job promises

Police said Melwyn Dias from Hyderabad and Rajvir Singh from Pune, were running a travel firm, Starway Overseas, in Royapettah.

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100 bike thefts in three months in Tiruttani

At least 100 cases of bike thefts have been reported in Tiruttani in the past three months.Police are yet to solve them.

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Tamil Nadu government scared to get water from Kerala due to Modi: Kanimozhi

DMK leader and Lok Sabha member Kanimozhi on Saturday alleged that the Edappadi K Palaniswami government was scared to get drinking water offered by "Communist government" of Kerala, as it would upset Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Qube Cinema to screen previews, trailers for free

Industry stresses on need for reforms to create favourable business climate for producers

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Engagements for June 30, Sunday

RELIGION Ramayanam: Trichy Kalyanaraman, SRM Nightingale School, Thambaiah Rd., West Mambalam, 6.30 p.m.Bhagavatham: Vayapram Vasudeva Prasad, Adi San

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California Was Warned 30 Years Ago About Climate Change. Now It's Feeling The Effects

California Was Warned 30 Years Ago About Climate Change. Now It's Feeling The Effects
A report issued in 1989 warned that California would see more droughts, floods, and fires under climate change.

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Narrow road closed to put an end to traffic violations

Third Main Road connecting Ambattur and Nolambur is now a no-parking zone

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Lack of signages leaves motorists puzzled in Tirumangalam

Many roads with one-way traffic don’t have boards indicating the fact and this has been causing more than just confusion

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Working Women’s Forum founder Jaya Arunachalam passes away

Jaya Arunachalam also served as vice president of TNCC and member of All India Congress Committee.

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Thiruvengada Nagar residents want stray dog menace addressed

They are baffled by the increase in the canine population on their streets; local Corporation official says dogs are sterilised and returned to the same spots

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Trump lets US firms sell tech to Huawei

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Blue for Sudan: Instagram 'sympathy scammers' exploit support for protesters

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Berlin Brandenburg: The airport with half a million faults

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Dressed to kill: Video games' tricky relationship with fashion

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Tamil Nadu govt appoints new chief secy, DGP

The Tamil Nadu government has appointed K Shanmugam as chief secretary and J K Tripathy as director general of police (law and order) and head of police force. The top officials will take charge on July 1.

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TN govt helps orphaned girl continue her education

The state government has helped an 18-year-old orphan to continue her college education by getting readmission in a government college in Coimbatore.

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Hot 'mallipoo idli' to roll out from smart shops

In terms of popularity, Mallippoo idlis are next only to the famous Madurai Malli flowers.

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Tamil Nadu: DMK not to move against speaker

The DMK on Friday decided not to press ahead with its no-confidence notice issued against assembly speaker P Dhanapal. While the state assembly was convened on Friday, the notice against the speaker was to be taken up on Monday, when the house resumes its normal business.

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Don't take protest on water crisis as affront: HC

'Cooperate With People To Improve Situation'

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Assembly pays homage to deceased members

House adjourned for the day

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High Court clears decks for release of Nayanthara-starrer Kolayuthir Kaalam

No one can claim copyright over the title of a movie, say producers

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Two held for serial chain snatchings

The police on Friday arrested two men responsible for a series of chain snatchings in more than eight places, including Ice House, Royapettah and Kott

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HC asks police to give permission for protest

Says water crisis is a burning issue about which people must be made aware

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Chennai: Mask shatters, genial ‘thatha’ exposed as child rapist, killer

K V Meenakshi Sundaram was trusted by the family of the child who called him 'thatha' (grandfather).He would often walk into the victim's house through a back door that was shared by both the houses.

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At Chennai general hospital, treatment is free, not drinking water

"Take another helping of rice if you like but there is no drinking water," the health care worker screamed while serving lunch to patients in a ward of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

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Tamil Nadu: 20,000 clinical establishments face closure over registration

Nearly 20,000 clinical establishments, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, laboratories and scan centres, are facing closure as they have failed to apply for registration with the state health department under the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments Act, 2018, before May 31, the directorate of medical services has said.

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Chennai: Rain fills sumps, but water table at rock bottom

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Madras HC baulks at Tamil Nadu protests, calls them full-time profession

The judge refused to accept the contention of the petitioner that Tamil Nadu would turn into a desert if the project was allowed.

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Here's The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Moment That You'll Probably Be Hearing About Today

Here's The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Moment That You'll Probably Be Hearing About Today
Over two nights and 20 candidates, not a whole lot has particularly stood out during the first Democratic presidential primary debate. But just past the hour mark on Thursday night, Kamala Harris launched a full-frontal attack on frontrunner Joe Biden that caught everyone's attention.

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TN temple gets back stolen panchaloha idol

A three-foot-tall panchaloha idol of Lord Mahavishnu which was stolen from a century-old Vaithiya Nadeshwarar temple in Ulli village near Gudiyatham two years ago was returned to the temple by the idol wing police on Thursday.

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'Terrifying' app that can undress women taken offline

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Trichy Central Prison inmate ends life

The remand prisoner, S Sivanandam, used a blanket to commit suicide.

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Chennai water crisis: Are desalination plants the answer?

They may offer an assured water supply. But they have their critics

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Chennai’s Day Zero: It’s not just meteorology, but mismanagement that’s made the city run dry

What little water the city has now comes from dwindling aquifers and tankers — some of which ferry water from agricultural wells or quarries several kilometres away

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Boy arrested for impregnating minor girl in TN

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday for sexually assaulting and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at Vallam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.

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Lathicharge on students: Dhinakaran seeks action

AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran on Friday condemned police lathicharge on students who were staging a “peaceful protest” demanding free laptops. He wanted the Tamil Nadu government to take action against police officials responsible for the excess.

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Tamil Nadu: Thanga Tamilselvan joins DMK

Just two days after stating that he was not joining either AIADMK or DMK and denying that no one was in touch with him, the erstwhile propaganda secretary of AMMK, Thanga Tamilselvan, on Friday joined the DMK, along with a group of supporters, in the presence of party president M K Stalin.

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Five Jony Ive designs you probably don't know

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Dragonfly: Drone helicopter to fly on Saturn's moon, Titan

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Iran seizes 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines after power spike

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To save water, Perambur man has a ‘tub bath’

The Raj family in Perambur has stepped into a novel way to save water

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Solid waste management exhib begins in Trichy

A three-day-long solid waste management (SWM) exhibition, organised by the Trichy Corporation, began at Kalaiarangam hall near central bus stand on Friday. The aim of the exhibition is to promote waste recycling practices among residents.

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Man, friends burgle house to pay ‘bride price’

That’s when things started to go downhill for loverboy. He and his friends couldn’t break open the safe in the house and had to be satisfied with an LED TV and a clock, which they took away in their car on June 24

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Laughing around Europe with Deepu and Sandeep

Deepu Dileepan and Sundeep Bhardwaj on transporting their comedy from Luxembourg to Chennai

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Power shutdown in Chennai on Saturday

Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on Saturday between 9am and 4pm for maintenance works. A press release from Tangedco said supply will resume before 4pm if the works are completed

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Prosthetic limbs: An invention for amputees in the developing world

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Water crisis? Not for this residential apartment in OMR

A majority of the residents and companies on OMR faced extreme hardship in the wake of threat of strike by private water tankers in May but residents of XS Real Siena, an apartment complex at Padur, enjoyed 24x7 water supply

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Post TTV spat, former AMMK secretary may join DMK today

AMMK’s erstwhile propaganda secretary Thanga Tamilselvam is set to join the DMK, as AIADMK leaders disagree over accommodating the former right-hand man of T T V Dhinakaran

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Chennai: Auto driver who robbed 6 women of 30 sovereigns gold held

An autorickshaw driver who had conned more than six elderly women and took away their gold jewellery weighing about 30 sovereigns was arrested on Thursday

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Chennai to get 4th desal plant by 2024

In what is sure to be music to the ears of residents, the city’s fourth desalination plant is expected to become operational in five years from now

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Girl, 4, found raped, murdered in Chennai home; neighbour held

A four-and-a-half-year-old girl was found raped and murdered at her house in Thirumullaivoyal on Thursday evening, police said, adding that they had detained a neighbour for questioning in this connection. The girl’s body was sent to the Government General Hospital for autopsy

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Smoke emanating from a fridge fire kills man, wife, mom in Chennai

A journalist working with a Tamil TV channel, his wife and mother were found dead on Thursday at their house in East Tambaram and police suspect they could have been asphyxiated by the dense smoke after their refrigerator caught fire around 2am

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Reddit places pro-Donald-Trump forum in quarantine

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Puducherry-Kanyakumari weekly days to be changed

The Thiruvananthapuram division of the Southern Railway has announced change in the days of operation of the service of Train Nos 16861 / 16862 Puducherry – Kanyakumari – Puducherry weekly express trains with effect from the second week of July.

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Policeman commits suicide in Tamil Nadu

Gowrishankar, 33, a policeman, committed suicide by hanging in his house near Vilathikulam in Tuticorin district on Thursday.

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