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Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering or A.M.S College of Engineering is an engineering college affiliated to Anna University, India located in Muthapudupet, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Alandur

Alandur also holds famous landmarks of Chennai namely Nehru Statue and Kathipara Junction.

Allcargo Logistics Limited

In 2007, it started two new CFSs at Chennai and Mundra ports (in Gujarat) followed by a second CFS at JNPT in the year 2012.

Anna University School of Architecture and Planning

School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Balharshah railway station

With the completion of the Kazipet-Balharshah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.

Bhavna Chauhan

Chauhan graduated from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai, India, in March 2001, standing first in the order of merit and winning six proficiency medals.

Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System

In 2008, a proposal was initiated to construct a new railway line from Perungudi MRTS station in Chennai to Pondicherry via Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and East Coast Road (ECR).

Chennai MetroWater Supply and Sewage Board

Chennai has fresh water reservoirs/lakes namely Poondi, Sholavaram, Red Hills, Chembarambakkam, Veeranam to cater the daily needs of water for chennai area.

Chennai Port

The port is served by the Chennai Beach railway terminus in the Chennai Suburban Railway Network of the Southern Railway, chiefly handling suburban trains on the Chennai Beach-Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

Church of Our Lady of Light

A Church in Chennai, India locally called as Luz Church where it is believed that Portuguese friars were miraculously saved by a bright light after praying to Mother Mary.

CMDA

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area

D. Madhusudhana Rao

He owned the film production houses named Annapurna pictures Limited and Chakravarthi Chithra based in Chennai.

Demographics of Chennai

The temples towns of Mylapore, Triplicane, Thiruvottiyur, Saidapet and Thiruvanmiyur, which are now part of Chennai city, had been visited by the Saivite saints called Nayanmars.

Dharmaraj Ravanan

Ravanan started his professional career at Dempo S.C., coach Armando Colaco saw him in Bangalore when he was playing for Chennai's Indian Bank and he gave him an opportunity and at 19 he joined them where he learned alot from his teammates.

Ezhilagam

Ezhilagam is a five-storey building located on Kamarajar Salai, opposite University of Madras, in Chepauk, Chennai.

Formula Rolon

They run in the single make championships held in the tracks of Coimbatore and Chennai.

Graeme Fowler

His highest Test score was 201, made in a nine-hour innings in Madras (now Chennai); this was the first double century by an English cricketer in India.

Guindy railway station

With the completion of track-lying work of the Chennai BeachTambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and the tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Jolarpet

Jolarpettai Junction is one of the Class A junctions in the Southern Railways which is the 'Border' station of Chennai Division.Earlier most trains used to change crew at this station which is not the case now.

K. Sivalingam

On April 4, 2007, en route a leisure trip to southern India with his daughter and son-in-law, Sivalingam died from a heart attack in Chennai, India, upon arrival at the Chennai International Airport from Kuala Lumpur.

Ketti

Most of these developments are due to the establishment of the CSI College of Engineering, an engineering institution falling under the auspices of the Anna University, Chennai.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Landmark quiz

The 20th edition of the Landmark Quiz was held in 6 cities Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai.

Latha Rajinikanth

In 1991, Latha founded The Ashram, a philanthropic school for young children based in Velachery, Chennai, which she currently heads.

Mallika Srinivasan

She has an abiding interest in ensuring development of education and healthcare in India and has been instrumental in supporting organizations such as the Sankara Nethralaya (A leading eye care organization), the Cancer Hospital in Chennai and a number of educational and healthcare facilities in Tirunelveli district in South India.

Mindteck-Buchi Babu Invitation Tournament in 2005–06

It was played in and around Chennai (Madras) by a number of state and other sides, all of which had been invited to take part.

Nandanam

The township got its name in the 1950s as a result of the housing development efforts instituted during the Chief Ministership of Rajagopalachari which concentrated on developing a green Chennai.

Nigerians in India

As of January 2012, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living and working in India but only 3,500 were registered with the Nigerian High Commission and they live in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Jaipur.

Nutakki

Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Madras (Chennai):

Online book rental in India

Cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad have small start-ups with a few thousand books in their collections.

Petrovision

, Alagappa College of Technology, one of the constituent campus of Anna University along with CEG, Chennai was established on 4 September 1978, as a centre for technological excellence.

Pradeep Dadha

In 2005, Dadha and his wife moved into the home where he was raised in the Chennai suburb of Royapettah.

Puthagam

One day, Mohan borrows a book from the Chennai Literary Society library for his television reporter girlfriend, Divya (Rakul Preet Singh).

Shaftab Khalid

Khalid was selected for the 2003-04 ECB National Academy intake, and travelled to India, where he was called up to play in three List A games for England A, including one "unofficial ODI" against India A at Chennai; he was not a success, however, taking 1-60 from an expensive ten-over spell.

ShakthiDass

He moved to Chennai, formerly Madras for employment in painting career and joined Ketha Cini Publicity studios in 1968 as a cini publicity designer in preparing sketches for film sets through his links from established hero Chalam cum relative, a film producers cum artists like Karri Apparao Babji and Karri Rangarao.

Shashi Nambisan

Nambisan graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Madras (now Chennai), India, with a B.Tech.

SKP Engineering College

The College is approved by the AICTE, New Delhi and currently affiliated to the Anna University, Chennai.

Skybus Metro

Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Shimla, Thane etc. are considering Sky Bus although the system has not been adopted anywhere.

Sri Lankan Tamils in India

Highest number of Sri Lankan Tamil families living in KK Nagar, Thuvakudi in Trichirapalli, Neelankarai, Valasaravakkam in Chennai, Nagercoil in Kanniyakumari, R.S puram, Valparai in Coimbatore.

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC & RI), now named Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), is a deemed university declared under Section 3 of the UGC at 1956, in Porur, Chennai, India.

Starcom IP Asia

Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.

T. R. Baalu

He obtained his Diploma in Engineering from Central Polytechnic in Chennai and graduated from New College, Chennai.

T. V. Gopalakrishnan

Tirupanithurai Viswanatha Gopalakrishnan (born 11 June 1932 in Thripunithura, Kerala) is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Chennai.

The News Today

The News Today is an English evening daily newspaper in Chennai, India.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

University College of Engineering Arni

University College of Engineering Arni is a constituent college of Anna University, Chennai, established in 2009 at Arni.

Urmila Satyanarayana

Urmila started NATYA SANKALPA in the year 1996, at Kilpauk, Chennai.

Visa policy of India

Currently visas on arrival may be obtained at international airports of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and the list will be expanded with more airports like Goa, Gaya, Chandigarh and Amritsar.

Westin Chennai

Located on Velachery Main Road in Velachery, a southern suburb of Chennai, it is the sixth Westin hotel in India.


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