Transgender ends life as mother refuses to accept him

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013, Coimbatore

Dejected over his mother's refusal to accept him after he underwent a sex-change surgery, a 27-year old committed suicide in Tamil Nadu's Anamalai.

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PMK leader S Ramadoss undergoes heart surgery

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013, Chennai

PMK founder-leader Dr S Ramadoss hospitalised since his release on bail last week after 12-day imprisonment underwent heart surgery on Monday at a corporate hospital in Chennai.

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Over 80 DMK workers fall ill in Tamil Nadu after having food at party meet

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013, Erode

Eighty-two DMK members were admitted to the Erode Government Hospital with symptoms of food poisoning after they consumed 'chicken briyani' at a party meeting here, police said today.

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Fire in Chennai Port Trust damages five trucks

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013, Chennai

A fire broke out at the Chennai Port Trust complex, damaging five trucks, officials said.

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Five-year-old girl allegedly raped by neighbour in Tamil Nadu

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Samira Shaikh | Saturday May 18, 2013, Chennai

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. A 25-year-old neighbour, a truck cleaner, has been arrested on charges of rape.

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Tamil Nadu farmers warn of mass suicides if power tariff increased

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013, Coimbatore

Farmers in Coimbatore region today said they would resort to mass suicides if government went ahead with its plan to increase power tariff.

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Six bookies, financiers arrested in Chennai on suspicions of spot-fixing

Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday May 17, 2013, Chennai

Six people including bookies and financiers have been arrested in Chennai on suspicions of spot-fixing in the IPL season. Sources say, at least fourteen lakhs cash has been recovered from them.

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Grounded ship Pratibha Cauvery finally sold for Rs 16 crore

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013, Chennai

Six months after it ran aground near Chennai during Cyclone Nilam drowning six sailors, oil tanker Pratibha Cauvery, has been sold for Rs 16 crore.

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Income Tax raids at Chennai jewellery shops

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013, Chennai

Income Tax officials raided various branches of a leading jewellery shop in Chennai on Thursday, days after Akshaya Tritya, considered an auspicious period to purchase jewellery.

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Three injured in an explosion in Madurai

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 16, 2013, Madurai

Three persons, including a woman, were injured when a box containing "some chemicals" exploded at the main road in Pethaniapuram in this city today, police said.

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