Donations needed for Diwali
Gnanadharshan Seva Foundation for the Disabled will be celebrating Diwali by distributing gift hampers to 300 visually challenged boys and girls at an event to be held on Oct. 19 …
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Amma Patrol: first-hand experience as two women officers do the rounds of Mylapore
The operations of Amma Patrol is now a regular feature in Mylapore. A few weeks ago, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami launched this project to ensure crimes against women and …
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Ramcharan’s concert third and final one for Navaratri series in park
On the concluding day of the three day Navarathri Kutcheri at the Park series organised by Sundaram Finance, 14 year old K. Ramcharan presented a one-hour mikeless kutcheri this Sunday morning at …
Read MoreGrowing cat population at Sri Kapali Temple gets on nerves of people; activist complains
M. Radha, a transwoman and a resident of R. K. Mutt Road, Mandaveli has complained against the practice by some people to take care of and feed cats at Sri …
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Day 2 of morning concert in Nageswara Rao Park
On day two of the Navarathri series of mikeless kutcheris at Nageswara Rao Park, organised by Sundaram Finance, 14 year old Vibha Krishnakumar, disciple of Geetha Raja performed in the …
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Ravindran sells tea to hawkers and street dwellers at rates they can afford!
Ravindran (shown in picture), serves tea and coffee to hawkers, and homeless people around a few temples in Mylapore. Even though his tea and coffee are priced at Rs 10, …
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Chennai Corporation constructs recharge pits at Marina
To avoid water stagnation on the service road off Marina Beach, Chennai Corporation has dug recharge pits in the sandy area adjoining it. A few weeks ago, when it rained …
Read MoreSanskrit scholar Azhisur Srinivasachar to be honoured
The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, Mylapore has been honouring senior Sanskrit scholars every year with a cash award under the Kombur Ramabhadran Endowment. This year this award is to be …
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MP goes around Slum Board tenements
Chennai South Member of Parliament, Thamizhachi Thangapandian was at Valeeswaran Thotam in R. A. Puram this morning (Oct.4) to listen to the voices of residents of this Slum Clearance Board …
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Navaratri: first of three morning, mikeless concerts at park held this morning
The music of the ongoing Navaratri festival floated around gently in the verdant spaces of Nageswara Rao Park in Luz this Friday morning. A concert, ‘mike less’ was on in …
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Dengue fever: staff of UPHCs survey neighbourhood, advise people
With the number of dengue cases on the increase in the city, staff at local Urban Primary Health Centers (UPHCs) are out in the field to keep a tab on …
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Navarathri: Sri Ayyappa Temple starts kolu this year: elsewhere theme is on life history of Saivite saints
“Why are the same goddesses wearing different coloured dresses?” a curious 5-year-old asked her grandmother. It was Wednesday evening. October 2. The two were watching the kolu dolls at Sri Ayyappa …
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