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Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping meeting in Mamallapuram Updates: Chinese president, PM Modi to conclude Day 1 of summit with dinner at Shore Temple
Fp Staff •Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping meeting at Mamallapuram Updates: After welcoming Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram, Narendra Modi gave him a tour of a temple complex in the shore town, which has the tag of a UNESCO World Heritage site
Modi-Xi Mamallapuram meet may achieve little beyond optics due to power imbalance between India, China
Sreemoy Talukdar •Mamallapuram provides an occasion for India to be clear-headed about this power imbalance and accordingly shape its strategy on China
Indian Navy, Coast Guard deploy warships near Mamallapuram shore to provide security for Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping meet
•The summit will provide an opportunity for the two leaders to continue their discussions on overarching issues of bilateral, regional and global importance
Modi-Xi 'informal' summit at Mamallapuram: Tracing history and China's connection with Tamil Nadu temple town
Fp Staff •At around 2 pm, Xi will reach Chennai and then proceed to meet Modi for tea at a luxury hotel. From the capital of Tamil Nadu, Xi will then proceed to Mamallapuram.
Chennai may soon get a second aiport at Mamandur, report claims AAI has already cleared site for greenfield project
Fp Staff •The proposed Mamandur airport complex will be 1.4 lakh sqm in phase one, 2.75 lakh sqm in phase two and 1.35 lakh sqm in phase three and will house hotels, a convention centre and a township. It will have two runways.
Indigo Airlines bus with 50 passengers on board catches fire at Chennai airport, no one injured
•No one was on the Indigo airlines' bus was injured as the blaze was put out immediately by Fire and Rescue Services personnel.
Maldivian MP denied entry at Chennai airport, days after Maldives returns search-and-rescue helicopters gifted by India
Fp Staff •Amid strained ties between Maldives and India, Ahmed Nihan, a Maldivian MP, who is a parliamentary group leader of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives, was denied entry into India at Chennai International Airport on 4 June
SpiceJet crew accuse airline of strip-search at Chennai airport, carrier says it will probe matter
•A video showing an angry bunch of SpiceJet air hostesses accusing the airline of strip-searching them at Chennai airport has gone viral, with the airline denying the claims
INX Media case: CBI court sends Karti Chidambaram to one-day police custody for interrogation
Fp Staff •Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, who was arrested on Wednesday by the CBI in connection with the probe into the INX Media case, was later sent for one-day custodial interrogation by a Delhi court.
Techie from Vijaywada dies in Chennai after falling from 10-foot high bridge at airport
Fp Staff •A 29-year-old techie on Monday fell to death from a bridge at the airport in Chennai, police said