For the last four months, fishermen in Tranquebar and a couple of other places are finding it easier than before to reach their landing points at night.
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Posted by divya (#2) 775 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Padma Shri awardee felicitated by alumni associations
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Noted architect C.N. Raghavendran, who received the Padma Shri award recently, was honoured by the IIT-Kharagpur Alumni Foundation India, Chennai Chapter, and IIT Alumni Club, Chennai, on Sunday for his outstanding contribution to the field of architecture.
State population registers 15.6% increase
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After showing a declining trend since 1971, the decadal growth of population in Tamil Nadu has registered a 15.6 per cent increase between 2001 and 2011 in the latest provisional population figures released on Friday by the Director of Census Operations in the State.
Child sex ratio improves in Tamil Nadu
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While the overall child sex ratio has improved in Tamil Nadu, the dip in the boy-girl ratio in at least 14 districts, including Chennai, provides the demographic downside in the provisional population figures of the 2011 Census released on Friday.
Poll issues ranging from traffic congestion to pollution induced by the handling of dirty cargo at the Chennai port reign supreme in this Assembly constituency like in the past.
Corporation begins distribution of booth slips
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The District Election Office on Friday commenced distribution of booth slips to 31.71 lakh voters in the 16 constituencies of the city.
“Mangroves, lakes, wetlands focus of strategy”
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Union Ministry of Environment and Forests will formulate a new strategy for improving mangroves, lakes and wetlands, said Tishya Chatterjee, Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
High Court declines to curb EC's powers
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Declining to curtail the Election Commission's powers to prevent distribution of money to voters, the Madras High Court on Friday directed that the standard procedure for dealing with unaccounted cash and other valuables be followed and that such operations be videographed.