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Pioneering desalination to stave off water crisis

The State went for the technology as early as the 1990s

The Hindu

Lenders approve ASG Hospital’s about ₹550 crore resolution plan for Vasan Health Care

The plan would be placed before National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Chennai for approval

The Hindu

Praggnanandhaa punished Magnus Carlsen for unjustified risks, is on his way to the top: Viswanathan Anand

NEW DELHI: It was past 2 am. The calendar had turned to February 21. But a 16-year-old in Chennai was wide awake. While his family's sleep had gotten deeper as the night grew, R Praggnanandhaa's eyes were firmly on the chequered black and white board on his computer screen, the…

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India-UAE free trade pact unlikely to curb gold smuggling

Gold seizures highest in Chennai, Calicut airports

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Republic Day tableaux in Chennai to be available to public for one more week

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made the decision after requests from some students and members of the public on social media

The Hindu

Voters give a thumbs down to polarization bids

CHENNAI: The BJP’s attempts to polarise votes on communal lines hasn’t paid off everywhere. In ward 8 of Melur municipality in Madurai district, where a BJP booth agent objected to women voters wearing the hijab, the party’s candidate got only 10 votes. The DMK nominee won easily.

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Tamil Nadu local body polls: DMK paints Chennai red-black

CHENNAI: The DMK is back in power in the Greater Chennai Corporation after almost 11 years. The party’s alliance bagged 178 of the 200 councillor seats, decimating the AIADMK.

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Tamil Nadu: New Covid cases go up marginally in two districts

CHENNAI: On Tuesday, six districts reported a marginal increase between one and three new cases of Covid-19 compared to Monday. Eight people, however, succumbed to the infection. At the end of the day, the state had 12,321 active cases, after 2,375 discharges.

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Tambaram, Avadi too go the Chennai way

CHENNAI: Reflecting Chennai's voting pattern, the two newly formed corporations of Tambaram and Avadi have given the DMK a comfortable lead.

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Game, set, match: DMK sweeps local body polls in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Nine months after storming to power in Tamil Nadu, the DMK on Tuesday swept the urban local body elections. It won a majority in all the 21 corporations and came up trumps in a large majority of the 138 municipalities and 489 town panchayats. The new councillors will elect…

The Times of India

21-year-old set to be youngest councillor in Chennai corporation

CHENNAI: Villivakkam resident A Priyadharshini is set to be the youngest councillor in the city corporation. The 21-year- old daughter of an autorickshaw driver member, who is a member of DMK ally CPM, won from ward 98 in Central Chennai by a margin of 8,695 votes. The AIADMK candidate managing…

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Greater Chennai Corporation polls | BJP winner promises to solve flooding

Uma Anandhan’s remarks on Godse had kicked up a row

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Why Coimbatore is becoming a hub for retirement communities

A growing number of retirement communities are springing up across South Indian towns and cities, from Chennai to Kochi. Coimbatore, however, has the maximum number of ongoing projects

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How sister's hobby shaped young chess wizard Praggnanandhaa's life

CHENNAI: It was a hobby acquired from his sister but R Praggnanandhaa made chess his life's calling pretty early on, picking up the nuances of the game at an age when most kids are classified as toddlers.

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Inspired by K-dramas, India enjoys a Hallyu of Korean cooking at home

Enticing meals in K-dramas inspire Indians, from big cities as well as small towns, to attempt cooking ramen, pancakes and kimbap at home. The result? It has never been easier to get your hands on gochujang

The Hindu

Uneven size of Corpns., wards emphasise need for fresh delimitation exercise

There is a wide variation in the size of electorate between local bodies

The Hindu

CBI questions ex-NSE official in server abuse case

Anand Subramanian’s statement recorded in Chennai, say officials

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I was just enjoying myself, says teen GM Praggnanandhaa after stunning World No. 1 Carlsen in Airthings Masters

CHENNAI: Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world no. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament, becoming only the third from the country to clinch a victory over the Norwegian superstar.

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Stalin springs a surprise on students visiting R-Day parade tableau

Students from at least four schools in Chennai were in for a surprise on Monday when Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made a pit stop at the Marina beachfront where they were visiting the Republic Day tableau near Vivekananda House on Kamarajar Salai.

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Tamil Nadu urban local body polls | Repoll ordered in seven booths

Two of the wards are in the Greater Chennai Corporation.

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EC did not conduct polls in a democratic manner: Palaniswami

‘DMK workers indulged in bogus voting in Chennai Corporation’

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Local body polls: Chennai votes after a hiatus of 11 years

The Urban Local Body election in Tamil Nadu is underway on Saturday for 12,607 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, and 490 town panchayats but voting in Chennai is being held after a gap of 11 years.

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T.N. Civic Polls Live Updates | Chennai Corporation registers 32.09% polling as of 3 p.m.

More than 2.79 crore residents, including 1.42 crore women, 1.37 crore men and over 4,300 from the third gender, are eligible to vote.

The Hindu

Winning medals for India is priority: Manika

Is in Chennai to prepare for WTT tournaments

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Hosting global companies in Tamil Nadu

With several advantages, Tamil Nadu has attracted more than 1,400 firms from many countries and has become a hub for global automakers

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