Residents of nearly half-a-dozen localities near Tambaram are facing an unusual problem. They have been forced to stay indoors after sunset as an army of giant African snails invaded their homes.
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Creepy critters swarm houses in Tambaram
Posted by Sri (#3) 524 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)India's biggest asset is soft power
Posted by Jenni (#2) 569 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
India should leverage its ‘soft power' to tackle its internal challenges like food security and poor infrastructure, former Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor observed here on Sunday.
Carry your bags shopping!
Posted by Jenni (#2) 575 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Have you got used to carrying your own shopping bag to the market? Looks like many shoppers have started doing that ever since the Ministry of Environment and Forests launched the go-green initiative a few months ago, which disallows giving away free plastic bags to customers.
Jayalalithaa attacks on fishermen national issue
Posted by Jenni (#2) 587 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Attacks on Tamil fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy should be viewed as a national issue and not an isolated problem of Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa stated in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.
A unique NSS camp
Posted by Jenni (#2) 587 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Seconds after T. Savari Raj, a special educator, brings his palms together and then pulls them apart, shouting “Start with the left side,” even while ensuring his lips move the right way, groups of students some holding their neighbours' hands kneel down and sweep the place.
\Green aesthetics catching on
Posted by Jenni (#2) 597 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
One of the reasons for the Gowthamans' decision to move from the hustle and bustle of Anna Nagar to a flat in a four-acre township in Ambattur was the green environs the developer promised. They also chose a flat overlooking the 30,000 sq. ft. green landscape even if that meant paying Rs.100 more for every sq. ft.
Teen prodigy's apps for Android market a hit
Posted by Jenni (#2) 639 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Perhaps the first from India to join global league of young developersHe may be too young to vote or get behind the wheel of a car yet. But, at the age of 13, Chennai-born Sivan Sundar has already developed a couple of free mobile apps for Google's Android market that are being downloaded and installed by mobile phoneusers across the world.
UAE man with 90 kids wants more
Posted by Divya (#1) 722 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
UAE national Daad Mohammed Al Balushi has 90 children from 17 wives. He also has 50 grandchildren. Another marriage is on the cards in two days time — with a Pakistani national. But Balushi is already prospecting for his next wife — preferably from India.