Chennai, India News

India Gazette Wednesday 25th November, 2009 The Tamil Nadu government has decided to shift the Madras Medical College to a new eight-storeyed building, which will come up at a place where a central jail stood once.

NOV 25, 2009 - YOU LUCKY [UNPRINTABLE]! That's the usual effusion of greeting that comes my way when I inform people that I'm at the IFFI - " in Goa! I might as well let you in on the little secret that the IFFI could be held in the boondocks of Chennai and it wouldn't make a difference.

Thiruvananthapuram: A city police team is in Chennai in a bid to trace the gang of professional burglars believed to be responsible for the daring robbery at a house in Pettah early on Sunday.

Excited: Orphaned children who got a chance to fly between Salem and Chennai, waving to the people before leaving Salem on Tuesday.

By P.Vijian CHENNAI, Nov 23 -- At least 90 percent of inmates who spent time in jails across Tamil Nadu put on weight due to the healthy south Indian meals served behind bars, the Times of India reported.

CHENNAI: Sixty-one kindergarten teachers of Corporation schools have armed themselves with a new degree - Diploma in Montessori Education.

CHENNAI: Sri Lankan Tamil refugee students will henceforth have the opportunity to pursue courses offered by the University of Madras free of cost, according to vice-chancellor G. Thiruvasagam.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government Saturday reiterated the safety of Mullaperiyar dam to the union government, refuting the Kerala government's allegation of water seepage.

CHENNAI: Dutch national Will Heum, a former manager of an Indian orphanage, protested his innocence as he appeared in court Wednesday charged with producing child pornography.

The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the allotment of land near Ambattur to Vijay, after the Tamil Nadu government informed the Court that it was an alternative allotment to the actor, whose property at Ashok Nagar was acquired for a development project.

CHENNAI: The German manufacturer of power tools, Fein, has announced the launch of its operations in India with the setting up of an Indian subsidiary, Fein Power Tools India Pvt Ltd, in Chennai.

As the campaign for climate change is gaining momentum and talks to cut down carbon emission is reaching its crescendo, a humble attempt is being made in southern India to push the cause of the good old peddle bicycle.

GRASSLAND: A worker planting grass on the Tiruchi-Chennai Bypass Road as part of the four-lane work.

Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally.

Chennai, Nov 17: Tamil superstar Kamal Hassan on Tuesday downplayed reports that he was miffed with the organizers of the forthcoming International Film Festival of India for omitting a retrospective of his films.

Ashwin Sundar of Speed NK Racing has been declared champion in the Formula Rolon Chevrolet class of the 2009 JK Tyre National Racing Championship after the Chennai-based racer successfully appealed the decision of the stewards to exclude him from the both the races of the concluding round last month.

Agencies Chennai, Nov 16: Indicating that the ties between DMK and Congress were intact, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said their alliance would not only benefit the state but also the country.

Chennai Six more persons have died in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu, taking the toll from heavy northeast monsoon showers to 80 since its onset two weeks ago as weathermen today forecast more rains in the state in the next two days.

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TIRUCHI: Southern Railway will operate special trains from Tiruchi to Chennai Central to clear the extra rush.