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Not surge, but...: EC on jump in Maha voter turnout in last hour

Maharashtra's Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam has said the seven per cent increase in voter turnout in the last hour of polling for the state assembly elections was not a surge, as claimed......

TN's ancient link to Sengol, the sceptre to be installed in Parliament

The 'historical and sacred sengol (sceptre) received by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru symbolising the transfer of power from the British to India in 1947, and set to be installed in the new......

Setback to VK Sasikala, HC allows ED plea in foreign exchange case

In a setback to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary V K Sasikala, the Madras high court on Wednesdy allowed a revision petition of the Enforcement Directorate challenging her......

SC pulls up Centre on appointment of green tribunal head

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre for its failure in putting on file the present chief justice of India's letter relating to the appointment of the chairman of National Green......

TN court allows bull-taming sport

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has granted permission for conducting manjuvirattu (taming a group of bulls) between January and April every year. A division bench comprising Justice M......

Family and Rs 500 crore: How a Chettiar community is reviving entrepreneurship

Some decades ago, nearly 90 per cent of Nattukottai Chettiars were entrepreneurs; this has dropped to 15 per cent. The community plans to reverse the numbers through know-how, family support,......

How H-1B visa dreams went sour

Urbandale is a thriving residential suburb of Iowa's capital city, Des Moines. Go to its Web site and you'll see a picture of a charming gazebo and the claim that Urbandale is "a growing city that......

3 Indians charged with securities fraud in US

A US federal grand jury in Omaha, Nebraska, has indicted three Indians on charges of hacking into online brokerage accounts of others using stolen usernames and passwords for making big time......

Brokers beware, Indian hackers on the prowl

In a landmark judgment, a federal jury in the US has indicted three Indians - two from Chennai and one settled in Malaysia - for hacking online accounts of brokerage firms and siphoning off......

Release of Vettayadu Vilayadu stayed

Kamal Haasan's Vettayadu Vilayadu, the hottest film of 2006 directed by Gowtham Menon, appears to be jinxed. It has, from the day it was launched, been a bumpy ride for the film and its director.......

Court lifts stay on SMS scores

The Madras high court on Saturday allowed cell phone operators across the country to provide scores of the ongoing India-Pakistan one-day international cricket series through SMS.Justice R......

SMS hearing on Saturday

The Madras High Court has posted for Saturday a batch of petitions filed by mobile cell phone providers, seeking to vacate the February 7 Court order, restraining the providers from giving any SMS......

'No cricket scores on cell phones'

The Madras high court on Tuesday restrained mobile phone service providers across the country for four weeks from giving any SMS pertaining to the ongoing One-Day International between India and......

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