Challenges for teachers, students of St. Raphael’s School
On Monday, June 8, a few students of St. Raphael’s Girls School, San Thome were seen in school uniform near the school. This raised the eyebrows of local residents. Now, …
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Animator Padmapriya loves daily meets with quarantined people. Misses playing with three-year-old son.
Working on COVID-19 duty has provided immense happiness to this 25-year-old animator attached to ward 123 of Chennai Corporation. “I feel extremely happy to work during the pandemic,” says Padmapriya, …
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San Thome’s Sharfudeen spends more time with okra and guavas in his terrace garden
Sharfudeen. S, a resident of Rosary Church Street, San Thome has been growing organic fruits and vegetables in his terrace garden for more than five years now. He says, “Before …
Read MoreClass X board exams cancelled. All students will be promoted to class XI.
The class X exams and the pending exams for class XI have been cancelled for all Tamilnadu state board students and all the students will be promoted to the next …
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Mylaporeans want to reach out to the family of CIT colony ‘s late tailor; But his phone number remains switched off
Following the passing of C. I. T colony’s popular tailor Ponnuswamy, Mylaporeans, who took his services are wanting to reach out to his family and offer them condolences. But they …
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Remembering ‘Crazy’ Mohan: online events scheduled
The first anniversary of the death of the multi-faceted ‘Crazy’ Mohan ( actor-playwright, director and screenwriter) which falls on June 10 will be marked by a series of events, all …
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At Marina, police will prevent people from walks, jogging
Police posted at the station off the Marina Beach say they will turn back people who have begun to walk or jog here – since this is against the regulations. …
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Mylaporeans plan to form volunteer group to advise, converse with lonely, sick people
A small group of residents of the larger Mylapore area are working out ways in which a Help Group can be created – mainly to come to the aid of …
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Despite challenges, this govt. nurse continues in the field, beyond 70 days now.
“Even if the virus cases go down by one, due to my work, I will be very happy,” says 50-something-old Vijayakumari, a nurse attached to Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) …
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This Mandaveli community has been quite busy this past month. Painting corners of sidewalks and handling Metro Water issues.
There has been quite a lot of activity going on in the R. K. Nagar community this past month. K. L. Bala, an active member of both Thiruveedhi Amman Koil …
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Provisions distributed to priests and cooks at local temples to mark Sri Mahaperiyava Jayanthi
To mark Sri Mahaperiyava Jayanthi on June 5, the members of the Mylapore unit of Thamizhnadu Brahmin Association (regd) in association with the Chennai district unit distributed provisions to priests, …
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Micro-managing seniors from abroad: a R. A. Puram story
When Sukanyya ( name changed on request) heard that a resident of 3rd Main Road in R A Puram had turned positive with the virus, she was very concerned. Her …
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