News tagged with 'chennai'. Found 97 tagged news.

Chennai and Mohali to host Tests

Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago

The first Test will now be played from December 11-15 in Chennai, while Mohali will host the second Test from December 19-23. Chennai was chosen as an alternative venue to Mumbai, where terrorist attacks killed at least 172 people last week. The Indian...

Tags: cricket, England, India, Mohali, Chennai, ECB, Mumbai, host test, revised itinerary, test series

Anand returns home to tumultuous welcome

Chennai :: India | 10 days ago

Hordes of enthusiastic fans and a quote-hungry media jostling for a byte greeted world champion Viswanathan Anand on his arrival here in the early hours today. Anand, making his first visit to his home city after becoming the undisputed world chess champion,...

Tags: chess, india, Aruna, Viswanathan Anand, Chennai, tumultuous welcome

Panel to probe Chennai college clash

Chennai :: India | 18 days ago

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday appointed an enquiry commission to probe into the November 12 violence at the Dr Ambedkar Law College in which three students were seriously injured. The commission, led by Justice P Shanmugam, will enquire into the...

Tags: law college, city police, Chennai, government law, ambedkar government, college campus

Law college students clash; one critical

Chennai :: India | 19 days ago

Four students were injured, one of them seriously, when two groups of students clashed on the Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College campus here on Wednesday. According to police sources, a group armed with deadly weapons, including iron rods and clubs,...

Tags: law college, Chennai, students clashed, protest, Jayalalithaa, college clashed, police commissioner

Chennai hotelier faked visas papers

Chennai :: India | 22 days ago

The police have arrested the managing director (overseas) of the Chennai-based Saravana Bhavan chain of hotels for faking documents in a bid to get US tourist visas for four of his employees. The four men, he had claimed, were production executives proceeding...

Tags: Saravana Bhavan, managing director, Chennai

Hyundai set to target exports

Chennai :: India | 27 days ago

The first shipment of 2,820 cars was shipped out of the Chennai port to Spain on Wednesday. The company is planning to roll out i20 for the domestic markets by January 2009. "We have already received orders for 30,000 units from the European markets and...

Tags: hyundai, europe, car, diesel, i20, Hyundai Motor India, auto, European, chennai port, Europe, Chennai

Cricinfo.com: Cricket: Fleming likely to coach Chennai Super Kings

Wellington :: New Zealand | 27 days ago

Champions League Fleming likely to coach Chennai Super Kings Sriram Veera November 4, 2008 Stephen Fleming, the former New Zealand captain, is likely to take over as the coach of Chennai Super Kings from Kepler Wessels for the Champions Twenty20 League.

Tags: chennai, australia, twenty20, south africa, cricket, ipl, Chennai Super Kings, Chennai IPL, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel

Rajiv Gandhi statue found damaged in Chennai

Chennai :: India | about 1 month ago

Police said the statue at Kodungaiyur in north Chennai was found damaged but no arrests have been made so far. Tuesday.  Meanwhile, Congress workers staged protest demonstrations at various places in the city against the incident.

Tags: Rajiv Gandhi, directors seeman, Sri Lanka, film directors, Seeman, ministers rajiv, prime ministers, Chennai

Collision of two flights averted at Chennai airport

Chennai :: India | about 1 month ago

According to airport officials, a Bangalore bound Paramount Airways flight with 49 persons on board was taking off when the Dubai bound Etihaad cargo flight from an adjacent bay started moving towards the same runway last night. Airport Apron Duty Manager...

Tags: airport, air, flight, runway, plane, collision, flights, escape, pilot, chennai airport, Chennai

Chennai flooded!!

Chennai :: India | about 1 month ago

Posted by shravanvijayaprasad

Due to torrential rain from the North east monsoon, flooding has started in several places in Chennai and especially in places like T.Nagar, Anna Nagar, Koyambedu and other really important places in Chennai! There have been sights of two wheelers being...

Tags: Floods, Chennai