CHENNAI CITY News

All the 17 accused for burning three employees of the Tamil daily Dinakaran in the Madurai office in May 2007 have been set free by a Tamil Nadu court as the key witnesses turned hostile.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said Sri Lanka is contravening the conditions laid down in the agreement transferring Katchatheevu to the island nation.

The Tamil Nadu government will open Dec 15 the price bids submitted by select companies to supply four million 14-inch colour television sets for the government's free TV distribution scheme.

The Hyundai Motor India Employees Union, which served a strike notice last week over a contentious labour union election issue, has decided to defer the agitation till the management declared elections for the Worker's Committee.

Two scientists connected to the Indian space sector, Yash Pal and M. Annadurai, have been selected for the 2009 H.K.Firodia award.

Six unidentified men robbed about 20 bus passengers travelling from Chennai to Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, police said Tuesday.

Mumbai real estate developer Godrej Properties Monday said it will jointly develop a mid-market residential project near here in association with the city-based cutting manufacturer Addison.

City-based VA Tech Wabag, a Rs.574-crore turnkey contracting company, will commission a water treatment plant in Delhi early next year for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Arjun Rao Aroor (co-driver Musa Sherif) of Team Castrol India took the top spot in Group N class at the fifth round of the Malaysian Rally Championship at Perak.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, opposition AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa and actor-turned-DMDK leader Vijayakant would join the campaign next week for the by-polls to two assembly seats Dec 19.

K. Vinoth of Wallace Sports swept to three victories but eventually fell short by two points behind 15-year old team-mate Vikash Anand who won the championship title in the JK Tyre Junior Cup formula racing series that concluded here Sunday.

K. Vinoth of Wallace Sports, who finished second in the JK Tyre Junior Cup National racing championship (Formula Maruti) was elevated to the top spot after teammate Vikash Anand, who was earlier adjudged winner, was excluded from the five Round 2 races that were held over the weekend.

The Indian space agency is expected to take a major step in January towards realising its next generation rocket by ground-firing the world's third largest - in terms of fuel mass and length - solid rocket booster developed in-house.

India's first indigenously designed 500MW fast breeder nuclear power project at Kalpakkam achieved its second milestone when the huge main vessel was lowered into the safety vessel, an official said Sunday.

India's first indigenously designed 500MW fast breeder nuclear power project achieved its second milestone albeit silently when the huge main vessel was lowered into the safety vessel, an official said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi took the state and his DMK party by surprise Saturday announcing his retirement post World Classical Tamil Conference to be held in Coimbatore in June.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin Saturday asked state government officials to start construction work on the Hogenakkal drinking water project by March next year.

On an afternoon that dragged on endlessly with the programme running behind schedule due to protests and collisions, K. Vinoth of Wallace Sports and Karthik Krishna of Rams Racing won the two races of Round two in the JK Tyre Junior Cup National Racing Championship here Saturday.

Governments around the world flouting international maritime law and conventions and arresting sailors on criminal charges has turned sailing into a dangerous profession, a mariners' body said Saturday.

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will speed up the process of issuing permission letters to industries once its procedures are computerised in a month's time, state Environment Minister T.P.M.Mohideen Khan said Friday.

India's heaviest rocket - the 49-metre tall, 414-tonne Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV), powered by the indigenous cryogenic engine, will be launched in January 2010, making it a member of the select club of countries possessing this technology.

Siddharth Suchde moved 10 places to end the year at 99 in the PSA world squash rankings.

Mobile telephony operator Unitech Wireless that has launched services under the Uninor brand across seven circles with uniform tariff plans, may offer more options post-Christmas, said a senior company official here Thursday.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has been named to head the Chennai River Water Authority (CRWA) set up to clean the city's two major rivers Cooum and Adyar, an official statement said Thursday.

The Election Commission has accepted 42 nominations filed for the Dec 19 bypolls in Vandavasi and Tiruchendur assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, an official said Thursday.