CHENNAI: Late last year when the Chennai Metro Rail work brought a spate of diversions in most arterial parts of the city, people believed that the parking situation would worsen. On the contrary, now that the series of one-way traffic streets have been implemented, shoppers and families stopping for a bite have found that they can park pretty much in front of their destination with ease. Now that theres twice...
08:37:00 AM May 03, 2012
CHENNAI: The Chennai Comprehensive Transportation Study has a major focus on improvement of the entire transportation corridor rather than the piecemeal approach that the government agencies have had over the years.The transportation corridor as a whole will be improved instead of taking up improvements at isolated locations along the corridor. For example, the Highways Department, Chennai Corporation and other local bodies should ensure that the pavements are not less them...
08:43:00 AM May 02, 2012
CHENNAI: Looks of pleasant surprise were resplendent on the faces of all the passengers who had the fortune of being the first to be ushered through the new airport terminal at the Chennai Airport. This is really great. Its almost like a super-deluxe version of what were normally accustomed to, gushed Bindhu, who arrived from Mumbai on Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 187. She was among the 137 lucky passengers who...
08:17:00 AM May 01, 2012
Chennai: A batch of 750 students from four schools in the city are set to leave for the United States and Canada on a study-cum-pleasure tour for a fortnight from May 1 on what's already being lauded as a once in a lifetime opportunity as the kids are going to NASA, Orlando, to see what they have learnt and learn what they will see. A ceremonial flagging-off function for this...
08:31:00 AM Apr 30, 2012
CHENNAI: A midnight heist was attempted at the branch of a nationalised bank in Pallikaranai on Friday. Police said that Punjab National Banks manager Ravi went to open the bank on Velachery main road near a private engineering college at 8.40am. Inside, he noticed that the grill of one of the windows had been broken. He immediately alerted the police, who on inspection came to a conclusion that it was...
10:17:00 AM Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Chennai-based Anna University has rescheduled its annual exams because of 'the administrative reasons', as cited by the office of the Controller of Examinations of the university. The notice, posted on the University website on Thursday, says: "It is informed that Theory Examinations scheduled for certain dates of May/June 2012 Examinations of Anna University pertaining to all Affiliated Colleges for the UG and PG Degree Programmes are rescheduled due...
12:45:17 PM Apr 27, 2012
CHENNAI: Two wagons and a brake van attached to a goods train, ferrying rice to a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Kerala, derailed at Attipattu Pudu Nagar on the outskirts of the city, paralysing suburban services between Chennai and Gummidipoondi on Thursday. A few express trains had to be either diverted or cancelled. The derailment was reported in Attipattu, about 22 kilometres north of Chennai, at 1.30 am...
08:23:00 AM Apr 27, 2012
CHENNAI: They are the two major railway terminals linking Chennai with the rest of the country. Attracting over three lakh people every day, the citys premier landmarks handle roughly 150 trains, and tens of thousands of passengers. However, the absence of a pharmacy is a blot on these stations, which otherwise have several first-of-its-kind initiatives to their names. What is more, neither Central nor Egmore has an Internet caf, at...
08:19:00 AM Apr 26, 2012
Chennai: The Chennai airport administration has called for a partial roll-back of the 'exit-within-5-minutes-or-pay-up' rule that was introduced along with the new parking system at the airport on April 1. This relaxation of the entry-exit time to 10 minutes, especially during peak hours, has come after the AAI was flooded with complaints and requests for change. After the six computerised parking check-in bays were introduced, all vehicles had to pick...
10:36:15 PM Apr 25, 2012
CHENNAI: The Chennai airport administration has called for a partial roll-back of the exit-within-5-minutes-or-pay-up rule that was introduced along with the new parking system at the airport on April 1. This relaxation of the entry-exit time to 10 minutes, especially during peak hours, has come after the AAI was flooded with complaints and requests for change. After the six computerised parking check-in bays were introduced, all vehicles had to pick...
08:28:00 AM Apr 25, 2012
CHENNAI: Frequent disruptions in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) services " the worst in recent times being on Sunday for over four hours " have been the cause of untold misery for commuters in Chennai in the past week. Though signal failures have been blamed for these disruptions, the railway authorities are yet to put a finger on the real problem. Inquiries in this connection pointed to various factors, ranging from...
08:17:00 AM Apr 24, 2012
CHENNAI: Boosting the bilateral trade relations between India and Indonesia, besides wooing the potential tourists from South India, State carrier Garuda Indonesian Airlines is launching direct services from Chennai. This is part of the countrywide operations, likely to be launched in June this year. Announcing this at a press conference here on Sunday, the visiting Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lt General (R) Andi M Ghalib said, the airlines would kickstart...
08:22:00 AM Apr 23, 2012
Chennai: Retired Lt Col Kandasamy Ramraj has been sentenced to life for killing 13-year-old Dilson. He was shot in the head after he strayed into a defence residential area to pluck fruit in July 2011. Dilson's mother's tears and prayers have finally been answered. Kalaivani has got justice for the murder of her son nine months ago. "Justice has been done. I hope this punishment serves as a lesson for...
07:12:23 PM Apr 20, 2012
CHENNAI: A teenage girl studying in class nine committed self-immolation at Ayanavaram on Thursday.Inspector Kanagaraj told Express that V Kavitha (13), a resident of P E Koil Street in Ayanavaram, was a student at a private school in the same area. On Wednesday, Kavitha appeared for her social science paper. During the course of the exam, the invigilator found that her answer sheet was with a student sitting behind her.Kavitha...
08:53:00 AM Apr 20, 2012
One lot of people who welcome the No Entrysigns on one-way roads are the drivers of rickshaws " both cycle rickshaws and pedicabs (hand-pulled rickshaws). The restriction does not apply to them as their vehicles are not motorised, and these roads that other vehicles cannot enter are a lifeline for them, providing the better part of their livelihood. New No Entry signs come up each day, thanks to the Chennai...
07:33:00 AM Apr 19, 2012
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