Chennai, India Travel News

KEEPING TAB: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi examining the plans of the new Secretariat complex on Friday.

CHENNAI: For the next 70 days, people can get themselves examined, test the quality of drinking water, exchange soiled/torn notes, obtain change, buy temple prasadams or avail themselves of several other facilities at the government pavilions established on the Island Grounds as part of the 36th India Tourist and Industrial Fair 2010.

Mumbai It's his first visit to India since he won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, but Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan walks down Marine Drive without being mobbed.

Making waves as a child prodigy, Meera Sivaramakrishnan made abundant use of her natural talent and hard work, to become a well-known soloist and sought-after accompanist.

Pick of the lot: People's belief and curiosity keep the fortune tellers going. - CHENNAI: "It is a curse." That is how fortune teller T. Raja describes his own fate.

MADURAI: The Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Karaikudi, has appealed to the Southern Railway to introduce day and night express trains to Chennai from Karaikudi.

CHENNAI: Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt on Saturday launched the 3G mobile version of the Vishwa Hindu TV on behalf of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Expressing gratitude: Arundathiyar Makkal Katchi founder-president Valasi Ravichandran having a word with Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi at a function in Chennai on Saturday.

Reaching out: S. Vijayakumar, Project Director, TANSACS; M.R.K. Panneerselvam, Health Minister; P. Geetha Jeevan, Social Welfare Minister; and Archana Ramasundaram, ADGP, Crime Branch CID, at the World Aids Day function in Chennai on Tuesday.

The Department of Archaeology in Tamil Nadu has taken up the digital documentation of ancient and historical manuscripts, including inscriptions on stones and thus preserve them.

President of Loire Valley Tourism Board Alain Beignet and Managing Director of the Tourism Board Vincent Garnier explain the history behind some of the castles spread across the Loire valley region, at an event aimed at encouraging sustainable tourism, in Chennai on Monday.

ON A LEGEND: Musicologist Sujata Vijayaraghavan, dean and director of PSBB group of schools Mrs.Y.G.Parthasarathy, Director of Fire & Rescue Services K. Natraj and Hamsadhwani's Secretary R. Sundar at the book launch function in Chennai on Sunday.

STERN ACTION: Encroachments in a Tamil Nadu Housing Board complex being removed in Anna Nagar on Friday.

The ballroom in Chennai's Taj Coromandel is filled with an expectant hush; the best and finest of Chennai's literati and music aficionados fill in, eager to appreciate the launch party of The Hindu's November Fest, an annual event that celebrates the best of music, the world over.

CHENNAI: The elevated section of the Chennai Metro Rail project will be completed by 2013 and the underground work will finish by December 2015, according to Chief General Manager of Chennai Metro Rail Limited V Somasundaram.Delivering a lecture on Metro Rail here on Monday, Somasundaram said that the Rs 14,600-crore metro rail is designed to ...

Growing out of its conservative identity, the city is now projected as a melting pot of cultural festivals Photo: S. Thanthoni.

"We believe that India's growth is sustainable" "Antwerp, Indian ports have a lot to learn from each other" CHENNAI: The Belgian port city of Antwerp is looking at increased collaboration with Indian ports and logistics verticals by leveraging its status as a maritime gateway to the European markets.

From : Mike Stephan Date : Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:28:40 PST Arts ' Books November 11, 2009 In pursuit of the past PARVATHI NAYAR Indian Connection: William Dalrymple Parvathi Nayar learns about William Dalrymple's Indian roots and what inspired him to write `Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India' on his recent visit to Chennai.

Through their ability to meld different musical styles together, Gong Myoung have created an explosive new sound that is truly their own VERSATILE SOUND Gon Myoun DATE: November 21, 7.15 p.m. VENUE: The Music Academy If you can bash it and make a noise, you can bet Gong Myoung will make it sing.

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