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Chennai man killed in paragliding accident in Himachal

10:11 pm November 18, 2019

Shimla: A 27-year-old man from Chennai was killed in a paragliding accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Monday, the police said. Arvind B was vacationing in the hill-state with his wife, Priti R, they said. The accident occurred at Dobhi near the popular tourist hotspot of Manali, Kullu superintendent of police Gaurav Singh said, […]

HC equates temple idol to a minor child, restores property to Palani temple

HC seeks more details from Centre on ‘Blue Revolution’

10:56 pm November 15, 2019

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Central government to file by November 26 an additional affidavit on the implementation of guidelines for the centrally-sponsored “Blue Revolution” scheme aimed at integrated development and management of fisheries. A division bench comprising Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice M Nirmal Kumar gave the directive after the […]

Puducherry to get branch of CBI soon

8:54 pm November 15, 2019

Puducherry: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi, has said it will soon set up a branch here to facilitate the public easily lodge corruption- related complaints instead of approaching the CBI branch in Chennai. Territorial Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi announced this to mediapersons through her whatsapp on Friday. All along the CBI’s anti-corruption wing […]

Manish Suresh Kumar moves to pre-quarters with upset win

11:16 pm November 12, 2019

Pune: Indian youngster Manish Sureshkumar knocked out 16th seed Japanese Rio Noguchi to move to the pre-quarterfinals while Siddarth Rawat got the better of local favourite Arjun Kadhe at the KPIT MSLTA Challenger, here on Tuesday. On a day when 11 Indians were in action, the wiry 20-year-old from Chennai, ranked as low as 748, […]

IIT-incubated start-up develops portable hospitals

Girl student of IIT Madras ends life

11:22 pm November 9, 2019

Chennai: An 18-year-old girl from Kerala, pursuing her first year under graduation course in the humanities stream at IIT Madras committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan in her hostel room,police said on Saturday. The girl, who was last seen on the night of November 8 by other hostel inmates, did not answer calls […]