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The Chennai police on Sunday disclosed that they are providing utmost security cover for Pakistan womens cricket team.

Chennai: Were tribals behind great train heist?

With the Railway police making no headway, the case was transferred to the state crime branch CID.

15 March 2017 1:47 AM IST

In its response to a Right to Information Act application, the Ordnance Factory Board cited sections 8(1)(a) which exempts from disclosure information related to security and strategic matters and section 8(1)(d) which exempts information related to commercial confidence.

Chennai: RTI exposes discrepancies in adoption data

Child rights activist, A Narayanan of Change India, through an RTI, had asked for the number of children adopted in...

14 March 2017 1:21 AM IST

Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) has decided to become part of the indefinite nationwide strike work by railway employees starting from July 11 raising various demands.

Chennai: Engineering, postgraduates become loco pilots

According to loco pilots, it is no longer unusual to see engineering graduates or postgraduates taking up a loco pilot's...

14 March 2017 1:11 AM IST

Tailors making products out of natural fibres in the Tondiarpet unit.

Chennai: Weaving her way to success

â€œCorporate companies, which have a huge employee base, play an important role in spreading awareness against...

12 March 2017 6:20 AM IST

The SIT, headed by Justice M.B. Shah (retired), in July 2016 had submitted its fifth report to the Supreme Court on steps needed to curb black money and had suggested banning cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh and capping the cash holdings of individuals and companies at Rs 15 lakh. (Representational image)

Crowdfunding site sources Rs 22 lakh in 4 months

The website and its app help raising funds for students from underprivileged families for their education.

7 March 2017 2:14 AM IST

While approving the government proposal for merger of Railway Budget with General Budget, the Committee said that the financial and functional autonomy of railways should be maintained. (Photo: Representational Image)

Chennai: Long working hours haunt loco pilots

The statutory limit (according to Sec 132 of Railways Act 1989) on the working hours for a week of a loco pilot is 52...

4 March 2017 6:35 AM IST

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu. (Photo: PTI/File)

No power: Suresh Prabhu can't open railway food plaza at Tambaram...

For the past 10 months, Tambaram railway station doesn't have any food chain or functional outlet, causing inconvenience...

4 March 2017 1:50 AM IST

Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) has decided to become part of the indefinite nationwide strike work by railway employees starting from July 11 raising various demands.

Southern Railway faces shortage of 250 coaches

According to an RTI filed by Deccan Chronicle, it was found that Southern Railway received 1,670 railway coaches in the...

23 Feb 2017 1:43 AM IST

City-based collector of antiques, Robert Kennedy, has over thirty typewriters in his collection, including an 1897 model of Underwood (Photo: DC)

Chennai: Typewriters are passÃ©, so too repairmen

Over the years, he has collected typewriters of a number of brands such as Remington, Woodstock, and Underwood.

20 Feb 2017 6:33 AM IST

While many women blame doctors at private hospitals for preferring Caesarean or C-section deliveries to vaginal births, doctors in the city say that the reasons for these range from health issues, social factors and also C-section on demand by pregnant women.

Pregnant women demand for C-section, say doctors

Subarna Ghosh from Mumbai started an online petition campaign seeking a regulation on C-section deliveries as these are...

11 Feb 2017 7:48 AM IST

Food stalls at Tambaram have downed their shutters due to license issues and non-payment of dues inconveniencing public and rail commuters. (Photo: DC)

Tambaram station yet to put food stalls on track

A Southern Railway official, however, said that a letter of award has been already issued for two stalls at Tambaram in...

8 Feb 2017 6:26 AM IST

Fish traders at the Chintadripet fish market distribute free fried fish to people (Photo: DC)

Chennai: Fish sales remain extremely poor

Sunday crowd drops from 15,000 to under 5,000.

6 Feb 2017 2:01 AM IST