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An Infosys employee, working at the company’s Mahindra World City centre here, has been missing since Monday. Software professional Avik Mukherjee, 23, lived with his roommates at a rented accommodation in Singaperumal Koil, 40 kilometres from the state capital.

According to his roommates, Avik was last seen on Monday.

Avik’s roommate Devanjan Bhattacharya had informed his father Bhrigu Mukherjee that Avik did not return after he left home at 9.30 pm on Monday.

Visitors’ entry at the airport here was banned from today for an unspecified period, airport sources said.

The move was based on the directions from Union Home More >

Police teams have left for Mangalore after a Chennai-based diamond merchant on Thursday submitted a complaint saying he had been cheated of Rs 55 lakh by two jewellers from that city who took diamonds from his shop in May but failed to pay.

As part of enhancing its resources, the Coast Guard has inducted a HAL-built (Hindustan Aeronautical Limited) Chetak helicopter, capable of undertaking missions, including maritime reconnaissance, which will be operating under the operational command of the Coast Guard Air Station, Chennai.

“This Chetak helicopter (CG 820) is a high performance,multi role, versatile flying machine capable of undertaking various Coast Guard missions such as search-and-rescue, casualty evacuation, maritime reconnaissance, pollution response and aerial photographybesides acting as a lethal platform from the air,” a Coast Guard press release in Chennai said.

Ford Motor India has installed 92 robots at its Maraimalainagar factory, which were sourced from ABB of Sweden and Durr of Germany. The company said these robots were imported to cope with surging demand, precision-build quality, flexible manufacturing capability and worker safety.

According to Michael Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India, robots take about 10-15 per cent of the load. “The sophisticated robots are installed primarily into key areas of the plant to handle repetitive tasks with high degree of accuracy and precision,” he said.

A Chennai-based woman executive of telecom service provider Vodafone was found dead in the swimming pool of a luxury hotel in the city late on Wednesday.Indumathi Subramanian, 40, deputy general manager of Vodafone, had been staying at the ITC Grand Maratha, a five star deluxe hotel.Though Vodafone officials refused to comment on the death, a hotel employee said Subramanian was one among 10 senior executives from Vodafone’s Chennai office who were attending an official training programme and conference at the hotel.

Family members of the one of the victims of the serial rape and murder incidents at Nehru Nagar are going to leave the city forever.

Body of Anjali Jaiswal’s was found on the terrace of the police quarters building where a senior police inspector also resided with his family.

A group of specially-abled people here on Thursday staged a protest, demanding employment opportunities in government and private sector in Tamil Nadu.

Carrying placards, about 50 members of the Educated Handicapped Development Association, demanded that the government should help them in getting employment opportunities.

Revathi Equipment of the Renaissance group on Friday commissioned its new construction equipment manufacturing facility at Gumminidupoondi near here.

Addressing presspersons, Executive Chairman Abhishek Dalmia said the new state-of-the-art facility would offer equipment for preparation, transportation and placing of concrete. The Rs. 30-crore outlay on the project was met through internal accruals. The company aimed to achieve a 20 per cent market share in the construction equipment segment in the next five years, he said.

Social dancing has been embraced with open arms by Chennaiites and this is quite evident as more and more people are taking it up.

And, this evening was one of fun and frolic for salsa dancers in the city. Dancers of various levels of expertise showed off their moves and, with Lourd Vijay at the helm of affairs, the evening was one of grace and elegance.