A page out of an initiative

With near-professional systems in place and activities built around reading, a library at a gated-community on OMR has become a social hub for residents

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When was the last time you spotted this mammal?

A howl-out for the golden jackal, safe for the time being but suffering from habitat fragmentation and loss around Chennai

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Raising the banner of sustainability

An installation-painting involving an old stitched-up vinyl banner promotes the wisdom behind ‘reuse philosophy’, at DakshinaChitra

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Lessons for Chennai from Indore’s vegetable markets

On-site composting units, thela banks and on-the-spot fines were among factors that turned them into clean shopping areas

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Tardy pace of SWD work makes key road in T. Nagar messy

Footpath is

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Separate lane created to ease congestion at Porur toll plaza

“Intersection of Samayapuram Main Road and Chennai Bypass Road should be made safer”

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Footpath on Arunachalam Road fenced

It goes against the interests of pedestrians, say residents

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Riding high: Tamil Nadu’s police’s first equestrian team wins medals at All-India meet

The team, led by deputy commissioner Shekhar Deshmukh, also has a woman police constable as one of its members

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Ensured fair, transparent, rule-based administration, says outgoing Madras University Vice Chancellor

At the university’s Academic Council meeting on Saturday, many members lauded V-C P. Duraisamy on his achievements

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Rs 30k device may have saved 20 killed in Tirupur

An additional outgo of Rs 30,000 by Alex Andraper of Icosta Shipping, when he bought his Rs 30-lakh truck last August, might have prevented the collision it had with a Kerala transport bus in Tirupur last Thursday that claimed the lives of 20 passengers. Looks like the accident has prompted truck-makers to consider safety systems more seriously.

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Man held for sexually harassing girls in Madurai

The Tallakulam all women police on Thursday arrested a 32-year-old man for sexually harassing two minor girls.

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Man gets 2-yr jail for rash driving in Puducherry

A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to a two-year jail term for rash and negligent driving, without a valid licence, which caused the death of a woman and injured three others in Puducherry 11 years ago. Judicial magistrate II M Dhanalakshmi also slapped a fine of Rs 7,000 M Mohanraj.

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Chennai Metro takes steps to smoothen inter-modal connectivity at Egmore

A fence is soon to be removed in order to enable commuters to walk from the Egmore Metro Rail Station to the suburban rail platform

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It’s a long wait to land at Chennai airport

Despite modern air traffic control procedures, pilots are forced to hover over the city waiting for clearance to land at the airport. Forced to circle one above the other for up to 15 minutes during peak hours, each plane burns up to 600kg of fuel in the process

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TN: CISF constable, friends steal hens, arrested

A 28-year-old central industrial security force (CISF) constable and three of his friends were arrested for stealing 39 hens here on Thursday night.

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Mettur surplus scheme: CM to lay foundation on Mar 4

With the state gearing up for assembly election next year, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday directed the public works department to complete the ongoing projects by next March.

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Eight-month-old baby girl kidnapped in Chennai

The baby was sleeping with her mother on the Besant Nagar promenade on Thursday night; police have formed special teams to look for the kidnappers

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Woman held for strangling husband in Chennai

Police on Friday arrested a woman on charges of killing her husband and staging a suicide drama at New Washermenpet on Wednesday.

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Pvt staff to keep check on pedestrian plaza

If encroachments crop up along the pedestrian plaza in T Nagar or there are any issues related to parking or traffic congestion, a specially constituted team will now swoop in and set it right. The corporation has roped in a private contractor to monitor the plaza.

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Covid-19 proves a body blow for inbound tourism

With hundreds of international tourists who had booked a trip to Tamil Nadu in March forced to put off their plans, the Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) outbreak has thrown the tourism sector into a crisis.

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Could deepfakes be used to train office workers?

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TN: Wrecked by accident, bus turns home for 5

It looked like just another wrecked vehicle towed and dumped on a police station campus. The damaged minibus on the Omalur station premises, however, has five Nepal citizens living in it — cooking, eating and sleeping.

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Soon, govt will launch Chennai Metro Phase-2 work

In another four months, metro rail will reach another milestone as a 9km line will link the heart of the city to north Chennai, while construction of the ambitious 118.9km phase-2 will be officially inaugurated.

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Former prof of Puducherry University booked

The CB-CID police have booked a retired Pondicherry University professor for posting obscene remarks on a social media site about the chairwoman of the district-level complaints committee (DLCC) probing sexual harassment at workplace.

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Metro Rail acquires land from Chennai’s Good Shepherd School for phase II project

The private school has given 17,495 sq.ft of land from its premises to build the Sterling Road Metro Rail Station under Chennai Metro Rail’s phase II project

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Coronavirus: Plague Inc. game banned in China

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Robot taught empathy through pain, and other tech news

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Exploring erotica on the Chennai stage

Four women directors explore sexuality and sensuality through their plays at the second edition of Erotica

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Annual bird census begins in Tiruvarur

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Vandalised Paranur toll plaza to commence operations from Sunday

The Highways Authority has lost nearly ₹8 crore of toll collection at the plaza as it has not been operational for the last month

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Madras High Court in the process of getting child-friendly chambers, says Chief Justice Sahi

Justice Sahi said these were measures to create a better atmosphere and help victims

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Coronavirus: Livestreaming karaoke and reality TV in virus-hit China

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TN: One more held for uploading child porn

A 33-year-old man from Othakadai in Madurai was arrested on Thursday for uploading child pornographic content. This is the second such incident in Madurai, after two people from Arapalayam were arrested on Tuesday.

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Coonoor: Leopard strays into cantonment area

A leopard on the prowl has instilled fear among the residents of Wellington cantonment area near Coonoor. The animal has been wandering around the area for the past two days.

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TN: Pastor held for sexually abusing girl

A 52-year-old pastor was arrested by Valliyoor all woman police in Tirunelveli district on charges of repeated sexual abuse of a seven-year-old girl. Accused S Selvaraj of Siragodu village near Pechiparai in Kanyakumari district was pastor in the church for two decades. He was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

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Govt seeks 1 month to plan Korattur clean-up

A government panel appearing before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought another month’s time to prepare an interim plan to clean up the Korattur lake.

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Newly-married woman kills self in Tamil Nadu

A 22-year-old woman, who had got married a scrap dealer only 11 days ago, committed suicide at her house at Chenneerkuppam near Poonamallee.

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DMK MLA S Kathavarayan passes away

DMK MLA S Kathavarayan died on Friday. He was 58. Doctors attending him at a private hospital in Chennai said he had recently undergone a bypass surgery. He subsequently suffered renal failure.

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In Tamil Nadu, packaged drinking water units launch indefinite strike

Provide NOCs, relax groundwater drawal rules: manufacturers

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West Midlands to get access to ultrafast home broadband

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From today, watch movies in metro on the go

A trip on the Metro rail will get a lot more entertaining, beginning Friday. Commuters boarding a metro train on the Central-Airport line can watch films or songs on the go without exhausting their mobile data.

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Restaurant manager commits suicide in TN

A 49-year-old man employed as a manager at a leading chain of restaurants committed suicide at his house in Kancheepuram on Thursday.

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Man, 60, run over by biker in Chennai

An elderly pedestrian was knocked down by a biker at the Aranganathan subway in T Nagar on Wednesday night.

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Tamil Nadu replaces Madras on Saidapet bridge

It was the last emblem of the state government featuring the word Madras, until the highways department began a renovation project about four months ago. Now, the seal over the pylon on Maraimalai Adigal bridge in Saidapet, built across the Adyar river, reads 'Tamil Nadu Government'.

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Man rescues sister from flesh trade, one held

A minor girl who was lured into prostitution and was being taken to a prospective client was rescued by her brother on Thursday, police said.

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Protecting whales from the noise people make in the ocean

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Ramadoss urges TN to pass resolution against NRC

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Rowdy hacked to death in Chennai

An eight-member gang hacked a rowdy to death in full public view at Kasimedu in Chennai on Wednesday evening.

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Google asked to justify Toronto 'digital-city' plan

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YouTube 'not a public forum' with guaranteed free speech

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This tap dancing wife and her musician husband from France are on their first Indian tour

One Rusty Band, the French duo which made its Indian debut with Global Isai Festival, brings together groovy, street-style rock and roll and some tap dancing

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Super Singer contestant Krishaang’s rendition of ‘Buddhi Ulla Manidharellam’ goes viral on social media

A video of the youngster singing the popular track from the Tamil film 'Annai', shot inside a classroom at a city school, has been widely circulated

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Clearview AI: Face-collecting company database hacked

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Answers to life, death and everything in between

TT Srinath’s ‘Facing ‘My’ Mirror’, helps the reader navigate towards a more purposeful existence

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40 cows die in dairy farm fire near Madurai

Around 40 cows were charred to death when a fire broke out at a private dairy farm near Usilampatti in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Thursday.

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Inko Centre director awarded

One of K-Pop top divas will be performing in the city as part of cultural exchange

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University of Madras not to appoint faculty for now

Vice Chancellor bound by GO to not make fresh appointments at the end of his tenure

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New platform at Egmore a boon for commuters

Suburban train commuters arriving at Egmore are having it easy. Since last month, they have been able to exit from both sides of the busy station without much difficulty, thanks to platform 11-A.

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72-yr-old life convict dies in Chennai hospital

A life convict, 72, died of respiratory problems at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.

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‘Madras eye’ is back, with fever, cough

Several people are walking into eye clinics with red, itchy eyes and opthalmologists say the season for conjunctivitis has just begun. While adults complain of watery eyes, children are showing symptoms of fever, cold and sore throat, along with conjunctivitis.

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Former Tamil Nadu minister KPP Samy dies

Samy was the fisheries minister in the 2006 – 2011 DMK government.

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Impersonator hired by medico wrote NEET in Bihar

A second-year student of Madras Medical College, who was arrested along with his father on Wednesday in connection with the NEET scam, had used an impersonator who took the entrance exam at a centre in Bihar, investigators have found.

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DMK president MK Stalin: We have not come together to fight BJP but save India

Pass resolution against CAA, NRC, NPR, he says at ‘Kudiyurimai Paadhukappu Maanadu’ in Chennai

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505 ancient gold coins unearthed in Trichy

A treasure trove of 505 gold coins weighing 1,716 grams surfaced when workers were digging the ground at the Akilandeswari Jambukeswarar temple at Thiruvanaikaval in Trichy on Wednesday. Temple officials said the coins, which had letters resembling Arabic etched on them, could date back to 1000-1200CE.

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TN civic polls in new dists likely in April/May

The government and the state election commission are racing against time to complete the delimitation exercise in the new nine districts so as to hold the local body elections here along with the urban local body polls across the state.

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Milling: Madras HC summons three top bureaucrats

Just adding another layer of tar without scraping or milling plays havoc with road height and buildings find themselves going below road level overnight. Turning its attention to this civic menace, the Madras high court on Wednesday flayed officials and summoned three top secretaries of the Tamil Nadu government to appear in court on February 28 and explain the disobedience.

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Mount-Poonamallee Road could turn into OMR 2.0

Poonamallee, the western gateway to Chennai, could soon emerge as the city’s second IT highway. The arterial road is attracting several realtors interested in developing IT parks.

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TN government colleges may revert to single shift

The higher education department is planning to merge two shifts in government arts and science colleges throughout the state from 2020-21.

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Tim Cooke says Apple's first Indian store to open 2021

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Vocational training programme begins in Vellore

Sixty women to get training in soft skills, handling computers and client management

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TN: Activist held for assaulting his landlady

The Kannankurichi police in Salem city on Wednesday arrested social activist Piyush Manush for assaulting his landlady who wanted him to vacate the house.

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Tesla Autopilot crash driver 'was playing video game'

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Coimbatore: Man booked for impregnating minor

Police are on the lookout for a migrant worker who married and impregnated a 15-year-old girl near Kariyampalayam on the outskirts of Coimbatore. The girl gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday.

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