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Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation in India and the second oldest in the world after London.
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Woman, who works at big corporate firm, sends over 20 bomb threats, claims she crashed Air India flight, all because...A woman working at a major multinational company in Chennai sent a flurry of bomb threats and even claimed to crash a flight, but the motive wasn't exactly violence. Read on to know more about her..DNA - Published | Days after Air India plane crash, Chennai-bound IndiGo flight with 168 passengers issues 'Mayday' call due to...; diverted to BengaluruAn IndiGo flight from Guwahati to Chennai, with 168 passengers aboard, made an emergency landing at the Bengaluru international airport on Thursday after the captain gave a 'Mayday' call. Mayday is a..DNA - Published |
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Must shield child victims of criminal cases: Madras high courtIndiaTimes - Published | SHOCKING! Man chokes to death after fish he caught swims in his throat, here's what happenedIn a surprising incident in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, a man fishing in a lake was choked to death after it started swimming in his throat, as reported by Times of India.DNA - Published |
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Yet another IndiGo A321 suffers tail strike during landing; AAIB probe onAn IndiGo Airbus A321, VT-IBI, experienced a tail strike while landing in Chennai on March 8, 2025. This aircraft, which previously encountered a similar incident, is now grounded for inspections and..IndiaTimes - Published | 'Uncompromising fight': CM Stalin asks CMs of 7 states to unite amid delimitation rowTamil Nadu CM MK Stalin announced the creation of a joint action committee with several state CMs against the Centre's delimitation plan, which he deems an assault on federalism. Stalin called for firm..IndiaTimes - Published |
This is India's most expensive city for foreigners, has 58,800 millionaires, not Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad it is...Chennai slipped five points, and Bengaluru slipped six points to 189 and 195, respectively. Hyderabad is at 202; Pune is at 205 and Kolkata is at 207 in the list of the world's most expensive cities..DNA - Published | Supreme Court upholds Madras HC order quashing notice to Isha Foundation over environmental clearanceThe Supreme Court upheld the Madras high court's decision to quash notices against Isha Foundation regarding building construction without prior environmental clearance. The court instructed the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Tamil Nadu teacher hits student for not reciting Hindi poem, suspendedA Hindi teacher at Bhavans Rajaji Vidyashram School in Chennai was suspended for hitting and threatening a student who failed to recite a Hindi poem. The incident prompted the school administration to..IndiaTimes - Published | House rent in THIS city is more than any other, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai not at top of list, it is...Over the past three years, house rents have surged by up to 30%.DNA - Published |
