Chennai

Cathay Pacific passengers stranded in Chennai for 24 hours

8 Jan 2013

Hundreds of Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific passengers were stranded in India for more than 24 hours on Sunday due to a technical failure.

It was the airline's third mechanical problem in...

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India cyclone kills 22, displaces 60,000

5 Nov 2012

Torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have killed at least 22 people and displaced tens of thousands of villagers over the past week, an official said on Monday.

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Evacuees return home after Indian cyclone

2 Nov 2012

Thousands of residents in southeast India headed back home on Friday, two days after being evacuated as a cyclone struck killing 10 people, with two members of a tanker crew still missing.

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Six ship crew missing as India cyclone kills eight

1 Nov 2012

Rescuers in southern India searched on Thursday for six tanker crew missing after their lifeboat capsized as a cyclone slammed into the coast overnight, forcing thousands to flee and killing eight...

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Evacuation as cyclone strikes India’s southeast

31 Oct 2012

Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in southeast India on Wednesday as a cyclone slammed into the coast, with officials warning of possible flooding and damage to houses.

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Taj Coromandel, Chennai

5 Oct 2008

What is it? Located on Mahatma Gandhi Road, Chennai's Taj Coromandel is understated elegance and Indian hospitality at their best and a welcome reprieve from the heat and chaos of the city...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

'Fixers' inspire change in India

As the two policemen approached the young men digging in the dead of night on Velachery Road in Chennai, their suspicions were roused.

8:49AM

Old guard absent from Asia Cup squad

Two Ali brothers and former captain Farooq Saeed will be among a large number of the old brigade missing from a new-look Hong Kong team at the men's Asia Cup to be played in Chennai, India, from...

8:28PM

Bitter harvest

In the blazing morning sun the hour-long walk along the busy road left Revathy exhausted. She wiped sweat from her face and sat quietly for a while before opening her shop. 'I'm struggling for...

2:29AM

Indian fears over Hutchison port dream don't hold water

Hutchison Whampoa, which has struggled for 10 years to gain a foothold in India's ports sector, has suffered another rebuff.

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Chennai

1 Marina Beach

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Boy stuns grave-diggers by reviving among bodies

An eight-year-old Indian tsunami victim stunned grave-diggers when he opened his eyes and sat up just as he was about to be buried in a mass grave.

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