Prayer to the Amman. Tradition observed in Srinivasapuram.
Community beliefs and traditions come to play in some colonies during the lockdown. In Srinivasapuram, a colony of over 20,000 people in the strip of land off the sea in …
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Behaviour of ‘quarantined’ doc who runs Mylapore nursing home bothers residents. They question how ‘home’ can continue functioning.
Sampath Nursing Home in Mylapore is the source of controversy. The doctor who runs this long-standing place on Nachiappan Street, near Sri Madhava Perumal Street zone has shown virus symptoms …
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‘Opening schools is important. It is impossible to simulate peer group’. Says mom of special child
Santhosh. G (name changed) has been a student at the V-Excel Educational Centre’s vocational training center at Luz Church Road, Luz for almost four years now. His mother, R. Swetha …
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Learn Korean, be part of workshops; Inko Centre launches ‘virtual connect’ programmes
This lockdown, to connect with its audiences digitally, InKo Centre in R.A.Puram has launched a virtual connect program. Under this program, people will be able to take Korean language classes …
Read MoreWhat it means to manage life in a block which is ‘restricted’? The Mada Street example
Twenty families in a block of apartments close to a hotel on South Mada Street are living a different kind of life for the first time in their lives. Locked …
Read MoreMylapore traffic police start imposing fine on motorists without masks
Mylapore traffic police have started imposing Rs 500 fine on motorists who move out without wearing masks. Says Rajkumar, Traffic Police Inspector attached to Mylapore Police station, Kutchery Road, “Till …
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DCP thanks NGOs, community leaders working on front line. Meeting held Sat. morning.
A meeting called by DC of Police, Mylapore zone, Suman Shekhar this morning in Mylapore was a passe one. Those at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s main hall, where the a/c was …
Read MoreCity Police, GCC officials seek ideas from NGOs to create COVID-19 awareness
City Police and Chennai Corporation officials met NGOs on Saturday morning to seek innovative ideas for creating awareness on COVID-19 at Mylapore’s containment zones. The meeting was held at Bharatiya …
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Viswajayam Foundation helps migrant workers taking shelter under Alwarpet flyover
Sekar Viswanathan, the founder of Mylapore based NGO Viswajayam Foundation, on his morning walk today found a group of migrant workers taking shelter under the flyover near Music Academy, Alwarpet. …
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Admissions open for classes IX and X at Sprouts Montessori School. Online classes to begin on June 8.
Sprouts Montessori School was started by Smita Visweshwar in 2004 with one classroom for three to six year old children. Expanding slowly, they are now ready to admit students into …
Read MoreGCC, Police to interact with NGOs, community leaders on ways to deal with virus. 11 a.m. today in Mylapore.
Chennai Corporation and Chennai City Police are to hold a meeting at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore at 11 am today, May 23. This meeting is to discuss ways in which …
Read MoreCoaching class X students at school will help them score good marks, says principal of Chennai Corporation school
The TN State Board exams for class X students which were scheduled to be held on June 1 was postponed to June 15 by the school education minister K. A. …
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