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Reporter’s diary: Did Operation Baywatch distract TN cops from tracking IS movements?
Published On: Jan, 24, 202007:00 AM
Even as many, including this scribe, felt that the state police intelligence did a commendable job that led to the arrest of many ISIS module members in TN over the past weeks, a source who has got...
“The talk among some bureaucrats is that the state intelligence failed to track down Khaja Moideen, the state ISIS chief and his two associates since November. The entire police department was hunting for the three of them, and even believed they were out of the country when Abdul Shameem turned at the Kanyakumari-Kerala border and killed a policeman. Is this an indication of a sound of intelligence machinery?” the source asked. The source went on to state that the arrest was more a matter of luck than good investigation. “It was a complaint regarding fake documents to issue SIM cards from a mobile phone service provider that helped police to make some inroads into the probe on the missing fundamentalists. Some of the SIM cards were used by the arrested suspects and that’s what helped the cops to track them.”The source said our... -
Slice of life: ‘It is a pity that one has to work at my age, especially in hot weather’
Published On: Jan, 23, 202008:00 AMEvery person has a story to share. This column puts the spotlight on the people of Chennai, faces we see but rarely interact with — giving a glimpse into their struggle
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Citizen connect: Rain or shine, Alapakkam-Mappedu road makes commuting a hardship
Published On: Jan, 23, 202007:30 AM
The Alapakkam-Mappedu road in Nedunkundram panchayat near Tambaram is the gateway to a number of international schools and at least 100 school buses carrying over a thousand children enter and exit...
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Reporter’s diary: Man comes to HC with poison in one hand and ‘evidence’ in other
Published On: Jan, 23, 202007:00 AM
It was a regular day at Madras High Court when a young man in his late 20s came to the press room and demanded that reporters lend him ears on the ‘injustice’ done to him.
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Reporter’s diary: Even hospitals not immune to the virus of moral policing
Published On: Jan, 22, 202007:30 AM
The last thing that a reporter worries about while going to a government hospital is the chances of facing moral policing from the staff.
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Slice of life: ‘Chennaiites are kind and polite, they help me when I am lost’
Published On: Jan, 22, 202007:00 AM
Every person has a story to share. This column puts the spotlight on the people of Chennai, faces we see but rarely interact with — giving a glimpse into their struggle
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Slice of life: ‘My biggest loss is my daughter’s death’
Published On: Jan, 21, 202008:00 AM
Every person has a story to share. This column puts the spotlight on the people of Chennai, faces we see but rarely interact with — giving a glimpse into their struggle
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Citizen connect: Encroachments, cattle roaming on roads worsen traffic movement at T Nagar
Published On: Jan, 21, 202007:30 AM
Stray cattle roaming the roads of T Nagar have further worsened the traffic movement at the already congested shopping hub. Shoppers and residents said that the presence of the animals is risking the...
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Reporter’s diary : Muniappan or Mariappan? Son moves High Court over father’s name
Published On: Jan, 21, 202007:00 AM
From criminal to civil litigations, there are a wide range of cases of varying significance that knock on the doors of the Madras High Court.
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Slice of life: ‘We don’t have anywhere else to go if forced to leave Marina’
Published On: Jan, 20, 202008:00 AM
Every person has a story to share. This column puts the spotlight on the people of Chennai, faces we see but rarely interact with — giving a glimpse into their struggle