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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Jayalalithaa vs Karunanidhi over English in government schools

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Thursday May 16, 2013, Chennai

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's plans of introducing English in government schools is facing opposition from her political rival, DMK chief M Karunanidhi.

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Jayalalithaa government completes two years in office today

Reported by Sam Daniel (With PTI inputs), Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Thursday May 16, 2013, Chennai

With the Centre's gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Tribunal's verdict in favour of Tamil Nadu and a slew of populist measures, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa completes two years in office today. And Amma's eyes are now set on a bigger role at the Centre.

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Tamil Nadu: Three charred to death in fireworks factory fire

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013, Sivakasi

Three persons were killed and 13 seriously injured in a blaze that swept through a private fireworks factory after an accidental explosion at Singampatti today.

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Indian woman's body to be repatriated from Bahrain

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013, Dubai

The body of an Indian woman, who allegedly committed suicide on Sunday in her apartment in Bahrain's capital Manama, will be repatriated to her home in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

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Two killed, five injured in explosion at fireworks factory in Sivakasi

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013, Sivakasi

Two persons were killed and six others were injured in an explosion at a private fireworks factory at Singampatti near Sivakasi today.

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DMK panchayat president murdered during morning walk

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday May 15, 2013, Chennai

A DMK Panchayat President Dravida Balu was murdered this morning during his morning walk in Tamilnadu's Tiruvallur district. Police say a gang hurled explosives at him first and stabbed him too. Police suspect personal motive but do not rule out intra- party rivalry.

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Petition by scientists expressing concern over Kudankulam N-plant's safety: Full text

NDTV.com | Tuesday May 14, 2013

About 60 leading scientists have petitioned the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to have another safety evaluation of the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

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