Tamilnadu
Passenger held for carrying peacock feathers
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:16 am
Chennai, A Kuala Lumpur-bound passenger was arrested at Chennai Airport today for carrying peacock feathers.
Airport sources said R Krishnan(30) of Erode in Tamil Nadu was about to board the Indian Airlines flight for Kuala Lumpur with two boxes when Customs officials grew suspicious and questioned him.
The passenger said he was carrying foam bed [...]
Con women drug mother, daughter, escape with Rs 10,000
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:10 am
Chennai, Two women drugged a mother and her daughter and made away with Rs 10,000 cash from their house last evening at suburban Peravallur.
Police said Vatsala Devi(50), wife of Railway employee Rajasekar, along with her daughter Divya(18) were busy in their kitchen when someone knocked the door.
Divya opened the door only to [...]
ATM door gets stuck, Cell phones to the rescue
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:09 am
Chennai, Fire Services Personnel today came to the rescue of a nationalised bank’s customers after they were stuck in the ATM of the bank’s Tambaram Branch when its door could not be opened.
Fire Service sources said here in the first case, two customers of the bank, A Karthikeyan and J Johnson, both Assistant [...]
TN not affected by recession: Stalin
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:08 am
Chennai, Tamil Nadu has not been affected by the global recession as several companies are setting up their units in the State, Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin said today.
Speaking after inaugurating a new road facility in SIPCOT IT Park at suburban Siruseri, he said companies like TCS, Xansa, Cognizant, Hexaware and [...]
Foreign Minister of Papua New Guinea calls on TN Governor
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:05 am
Chennai, Mr Samuel T Abal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration, Papua New Guinea, called on Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala today.
A Raj Bhavan release described the meeting as a courtesy call.
Ms Anna Abal, wife of the Minister, Mr Tarcisius Eri, High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea to India in [...]
Man kills wife
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:02 am
Chennai, In an act of uxoricide, a man killed his wife suspecting her fidelity at Aminjikarai area in the city today.
Police said Devi (28), wife of Rajasekaran, was allegedly having extra-marital relations with a person.
A wordy duel broke out between the couple and in a fit of rage Rajasekaran stabbed his wife [...]
Armed gang kills father, son; mom critical
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 9:51 am
Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Unidentified armed men barged into the house of a 60-year-old man and hacked him and his son to death while inflicing serious injuries on his wife at Varagoorpettai, near Chidambaram of this district past midnight late night.
Police here today said Rajamanickam (60) and his son Murugan (32) died [...]
TN CM sanctions Rs 17 lakh to bereaved families
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 9:45 am
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today sanctioned a relief of Rs 17 lakh to the families of 17 killed in the recent fire mishap at M P Agro Industries in Namakkal district of the state.
An official release here said that after the mishap was brought to his notice, the Chief [...]
TN CM orders creation of 4,000 seats in hostels
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 9:42 am
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today ordered creation of 4,000 additional seats in hostels run by the state government for students of backward class, most backward and denotified communities, involving an outlay of Rs 2.21 crore.
The state government is running 1200 hostels all over the state for the benefit of more than [...]
Alliance at ‘breakpoint’: CPI,CPI(M) ’smash’ AIADMK boycott call
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 9:39 am
Chennai, The Left parties’ brief honeymoon with the main Opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu virtually ended today with the CPI(M) and CPI, deciding to ignore AIADMK’s boycott call and contest the August 18 bypolls to five assembly seats.
Predictably, the CPI(M) State Secretary N Varadarajan and CPI State Unit Secretary D Pandian, after chairing [...]
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