Greater Chennai to get 68 substations
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Greater Chennai area will get 68 substations by the end of the year, mitigating power trouble in the city and its suburbs.
Festival to honour the arts
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The Crafts Council of India — founded in 1964 by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is organizing Crafts Film Festival, anchored by Suhasini Mani Rathnam, on July 26.
Members seek more kerosene through PDS
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The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday saw a heated debate on the allocation of kerosene by the Centre.
To prevent pilferage and smuggling of essential commodities from the public distribution system, the government has proposed to fit geographical positioning system (GPS) in trucks.
Urban co-op societies to be refurbished
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Urban cooperative societies will be refurbished at a cost of `1.5 crore.
Bank shifted to new premises
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Anna Nagar branch of Andhra Bank got shifted to new air conditioned premises at Y- 231,6th Main Road, Anna Nagar.
Together with the rise in the need for container drinking water and the manifold levitation on the number of bubbletop manufacturing sections, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), southern regional office, has intensified inspections on the draw on fake ISI marks.
Vegetable prices are going high in Chennai. On Sunday tomatoes and beans were sold for Rs 50 a kg, while onions cost Rs 30 a kg at Koyambedu wholesale market.
Subway planned at Vadapalani
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The state proposes to build a subway in Vadapalani across NSK Salai. This is among the infrastructure projects proposed for the city.
CMDA has planned to build a multi-storeyed residential in the woodwork area in KK Nagar. There will be 627 flats. The price of the flat is fixed at Rs. 82 Lakhs.
Regarding the plan of introducing pre-paid cards in all 29 toll plazas across the state, the State Traffic Planning Cell (STPC), of Tamil Nadu Police is arranging a meeting with stakeholders.
Poster free city bridges and flyovers
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The Chennai Corporation as a part of its beautification drive corporation will rope in Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) workers to keep flyovers and bridges poster free.
5th century ballet comes to city
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AIM for Seva, a leading charity will bring to the city `Meghadutam, a classic by celebrated 5th century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa.
The city corporation has screened `Ramanujan, a biopic of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, to more than 5,000 students since last week, an official said on Monday.
