Tasmac bar near three schools in North Chennai still open despite CM’s order | Chennai News

Chennai: The relief for residents of North Chennai’s Old Washermenpet over Chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s order to close Tasmac outlets within 500metres of educational institutions has been short lived. An outlet in the neighbourhood located near three schools and a college still hasn’t been closed.This two-decade-old liquor shop and bar in Mint Suburayulu Naidu…

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Medical tourism yet to recover as West Asia conflict disrupts patient travel | Chennai News

Chennai: Travel disruptions stemming from the West Asia conflict continue to weigh on India’s medical tourism sector, with overseas patient inflows yet to return to earlier levels. The region accounts for a substantial share of overseas patients visiting India’s nearly $9-billion medical tourism market.Although hospital operators have begun to see early signs of improvement from…

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GEARING UP FOR SPORTS | Chennai News

As India seeks to build a globally competitive sports goods industry, Tamil Nadu is emerging as one of the strongest contenders for a large-scale manufacturing hub, leveraging its deep industrial ecosystem, export infrastructure, and vast MSME network. NITI Aayog‘s recent assessment of state-level readiness for sports goods manufacturing identified Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu…

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100 Years of Kannadasan: Tamil Cinema’s Enduring Lyricist and Poet Laureate’s Legacy | Chennai News

Despite competition through the 1960s and 1970s, Kannadasan’s songs became, for many Tamils, a prism through which life was interpreted — articulating longing, disappointment, romance, faith, despair and philosophical resignation in language at once simple and memorable. VamananStanding well over six feet in height, Kannadasan often dictated his film songs while reclining against pillows like…

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Civil service aspirants find general studies paper in preliminary exam tough | Chennai News

Chennai: Civil services aspirants found the general studies paper in the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) preliminary exam tough and lengthy this year.As many as 16,626 candidates from the city appeared for the UPSC’s civil services preliminary exam on Sunday. As many as 6,494 candidates were absent.Ajay Isac, one of the aspirants who wrote the…

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Delay in RTI reply costs woman her land, panel ensures Rs 25K compensation | Chennai News

Chennai: A two-year delay by revenue officials to furnish information under the RTI Act enabled the sale of a woman’s property to another person without her knowledge. The information commission ordered ₹25,000 as compensation, which was collected from the public information officer concerned as a penalty for not performing his duties.The victim, M Yashodha of…

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