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Thirteen persons, including some GHMC health assistants, were arrested for involvement in a racket that issued birth certificates to applicants fraudulently. (Representational Image)

Chennai: Ganja grower in Kanchi temple land arrested

A 55-year-old man was arrested by the Kancheepuram police on Sunday for rearing ganja plants near a famous temple in...

5 Feb 2018 2:56 AM IST

In the petition, Lakshmi Jayaraman of R.A. Puram submitted that she was having a locker facility at the Indian Bank branch on Eldams Road from November 2005.

Chennai: Bank told to pay Rs 1.70 lakh for jewelries missing from...

She kept the jewellery in the locker and would occasionally take it from the locker for festival for important...

5 Feb 2018 2:54 AM IST

During a search, officials recovered nine crude gold bangles concealed beneath her dress.The bangles weighed 782 grams and were worth Rs 23.75 lakh.

Chennai: Rs 47 lakh worth gold seized at airport

About 1.6 kg gold worth Rs 47 lakhs was seized by officials of the Customs air intelligence unit at the City airport in...

5 Feb 2018 2:47 AM IST

More than 2,000 electrical appliances meant for welfare distribution under government schemes got gutted in a fire on Tuesday.

Chennai: 2000 welfare scheme items gutted in selaiyur fire

About 2,000 electrical fans, mixers and grinders were stored in the Government higher secondary school building in...

5 Feb 2018 2:44 AM IST

A worker holds gold coins from the wreck of a 16th century Portuguese ship that was discovered in a diamond-mining area on Namibias Atlantic coast, in Oranjemund. (Photo: AP)

Conwomen sell fake gold coins for Rs 25,000

Her husband, Kanagaraj was out at work when a middle aged woman approached her along with a 15-year-old girl.

5 Feb 2018 2:42 AM IST

She was admitted to the Government Hospital in Tirupattur from where Railway police arrested her. She would be taken under custody after her treatment, police sources said.

Chennai: Transgender facing murder charge takes poison, held

She kicked passenger out of moving train.

5 Feb 2018 2:39 AM IST

Inauguration day in 1968, involving the youth representing different states of India. DC

Auroville celebrates golden jubilee

Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville will be the place of unending education, of constant progress, a...

5 Feb 2018 2:36 AM IST

The day after Indias Honourable Finance Minister presented the Union Budget for the coming financial year, Indias urban middle class got into a bit of a tizzy.

Union Budget and the urban muddled class

We cannot afford a new one, thanks to the new levies on all manner of electronic appliances in the budget.

5 Feb 2018 2:33 AM IST

The current dispensation, with a Finance Minister who has steadfastly refused to recognise the sweat, blood and tears of a huge number of people, appears least concerned over alienating them.

Middle class left high & dry

The middle class has been taken for granted.

5 Feb 2018 2:29 AM IST

With more than half of people now regularly gaming online, cybercriminals have an enormous pool of potential targets to choose from. (Representative Photo: Pexels)

Chennai: Sub-registrar offices to teach online registration

District registrars should conduct day-long sessions on Saturdays in addition to evening training sessions, .

5 Feb 2018 2:23 AM IST

Children trek at the Wildreness School near Coimbatore. DC

New setting for kids, parents to unwind

Once the annual examinations are over in a couple of months' time, what next' will be uppermost in the minds of students...

5 Feb 2018 2:18 AM IST

In order to persuade slum-dwellers to allow acquisition of their properties, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is contemplating issuing possession certificates to slum-dwellers for the TS governments flagship double-bedroom housing project.

Do not buy properties from 40 projects: TNRERA

TNRERA has issued notices to the promoters of the buildings, advising to apply for project registration as they fell...

5 Feb 2018 2:14 AM IST