A four-member gang managed to rob Rs. 19 lakh from a Bank of Baroda branch located on the outskirts of Chennai on Monday. According to police, the gang members were in the 25-35 year age bracket and came to the bank in the afternoon, posing as customers.

After sometime one of them went near the branch manager while two others stood pointing weapons at the seven staff members and around 15 customers present in the branch.

A team of police personnel led by a T P Chatram inspector A J Ravikumaran on Monday rushed to Pamba in Kerala to probe the suspicious death of a 39-year-old plumber from Tiruverkadu in Tiruvallur district.

D Shanthavel’s brother Ponvel on Monday submitted a complaint at the Kilpauk police station claiming that his brother died of burn injuries after a tea shop owner in Pamba poured boiling water on him.

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He could not even make the main draw in the last edition of the Aircel Chennai Open but this year Milos Raonic is optimistic of putting up a strong show at India’s only ATP event as he has progressed immensely in the last 12 months. Raonic had become the first qualifier to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam since 1999 at the Australian Open, two weeks after he bowed out of the Chennai Open qualifiers.

In 2011, Raonic also became the first Canadian to win an ATP World Tour title at SAP Open in 16 years and climbed from 156 to a career-high 25 in the rankings.

The Chennai Corporation proposes to produce power from waste at its Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dump yards. Besides power generation, organic compost and refuse-derived fuel would also be made.

Addressing a workshop on municipal solid waste organised here on Monday by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Environment Minister B.V. Ramana said that the civic body would soon invite expression of interest for the project at Kodungaiyur.

Through such projects, the government intends to reduce the load of the dump yards, particularly the one in Perungudi, which is on the Pallikaranai marsh.

Two-time winner Marin Cilic of Croatia has been ruled out of the 2012 Chennai Open, India’s only ATP World Tour event, due to an injury.

The 17th edition of the tournament will be held at the SDAT Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium from January 2 to 8 and will see in action an impressive line-up of Indian and international players including world number nine Janko Tipsarevic and world number 10 Nicolas Almagro, defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka and former champion Xavier Malisse.

Chennai airport is seeing a steady build-up of gold smuggling cases this year compared to last year.

Since April 2011, over 63 smuggling cases have been registered at Chennai airport against 45 cases last year.

A senior customs official said Sri Lankan nationals and Indian labourers returning from Malaysia were involved in most of the cases registered in Chennai.

The organisers of the i1 Super Series on Tuesday announced Chennai Super Sonics as the fifth franchise for the upcoming motorsport league.

Chennai thus joins previously announced teams from Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi.

K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, Chairman of Ind-Barath Power Infra, an infrastructure development company, is the owner of the franchise.

The Pune-based Force Motors is planning to introduce two more new products at the auto show to be held in New Delhi, according to Prasan Firodia, Managing Director.

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