Tag: Chennai

How the eagle-eyed Langer is proving young Arshin’s guiding light

August 29, 2025 admin

Arshin Kulkarni initial interaction with Justin Lange. File. Photo: X/@Arshin03 When arguably one of the game’s finest openers is following your progress, stays in touch and sends a text saying, “Perfect. Very good job!” — you know you’ve done something right. Maharashtra’s Arshin Kulkarni, playing in the Buchi Babu tournament in Chennai, earned that exact…

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Watch: Chennai schoolboys win award for prototype to solve stubble-burning crisis

January 30, 2025 admin

Stubble burning solution: Chennai students win IIT Kharagpur award | Video Credit: The Hindu Every November, Delhi chokes under a blanket of smog. There are many reasons for why this happens. One is the much discussed and debated stubble burning in the nearby states of Punjab and Haryana. Farmers have taken to using alternative varieties…

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Six Tamil Nadu Fishermen Released From Sri Lankan Prison

January 30, 2025 admin

The six fishermen boarded a flight from Colombo and arrived at the Chennai airport on Wednesday night. Chennai: Six fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram arrived here, after they were released from a prison in Sri Lanka, an official at the Chennai airport said on Thursday. Their release was facilitated by the intervention of the Central…

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Man Dies As Car Plunges Into Sea While Reversing At Chennai Port

December 18, 2024 admin

Authorities are currently investigating the matter and further probe is underway. New Delhi: A cab driver lost his life on Tuesday when his car fell into the sea at a port in Chennai while he was reversing it near the edge of a jetty. Two Coast Guard personnel, who were also in the car, managed…

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Son Of Scientist At Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Confesses To Killing Mother

December 12, 2024 admin

Their son initially told police and his father that his mother died after a fall. Gorakhpur: A scientist’s minor son has allegedly confessed to killing his mother at their home here, days after he misled his father and police, claiming she died of an accidental fall, officials said. Aarti Verma died after her son, a…

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3 Die Near Chennai After Drinking Sewage-Laced Water, 23 In Hospital

December 5, 2024 admin

Three people died, and 23 others fell ill, in Pallavaram near Chennai on Thursday after reportedly consuming drinking water contaminated with sewage. Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has ordered an investigation to confirm whether the drinking water was indeed contaminated. People in the area have been asked not to drink piped water. The affected…

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Chennai Rain Continues For 2nd Day, Waterlogging Reported In Many Areas

October 16, 2024 admin

Visuals from Chennai showed incessant rainfall leading to waterlogging in several parts of the city Chennai: Heavy rain continued in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, bringing residential neighborhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides affecting public transport services. Visuals from the city show incessant rainfall leading…

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12 Coaches Derail, 19 Injured, Probe Underway

October 12, 2024 admin

Mysuru Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a goods train at Kavaraippettai railway station. Chennai: A passenger train, travelling at 75 kmph, hit a stationary goods train on Friday, in Tamil Nadu, at around 8:30 pm. The train entered a loop line instead of the main line, following which at least 12 coaches derailed, leaving several…

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3 spectators die at Indian Air Force’s airshow at Chennai’s Marina Beach

October 6, 2024 admin

Chennai: Three persons who went to watch the air show at Chennai’s Marina Beach have died. Doctors said at least one of them had heat stroke. Enthusiastic families had gathered at the Marina beach before 11 am to witness the air show on the occasion of the 92nd IAF Day celebration. Many were seen shading…

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Court Asks CBI To Probe Alleged Police Attack On Rape Survivor’s Parents

October 1, 2024 admin

Chennai: The Madras High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged assault and harassment of a minor rape survivor’s parents by a woman police inspector in Chennai. The court took suo motu cognizance of the alleged incident that took place in August, following media reports. Reports said the survivor’s…

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