V. Kumaresan elected new president of Old Bedeans
V. Kumaresan and Stafford Mattel have been elected president and secretary of the Old Bedeans Association for 4 years from 2022. The AGM event and fellowship was held on January …
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Republic Day events in neighbourhood kept small and snappy
There are a few groups who make it a point to celebrate Republic Day and Independence Day come what may. In times when the pandemic is still around and meetings …
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Re-developing old state-built housing blocks in Mylapore: encroachers are big and accommodating all is posing challenges
How do you allot housing to a community where over 50% residing in campuses of state-built tenements have encroached on pathways and spaces in these campuses and are now promised …
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Twins pen book on ‘miracles of Jesus’.
Sanvi Pinto and Vidan Pinto, 11-year-old twins have authored a book on ‘the miracles of Jesus’ and this small book was launched at an online event held recently The twins …
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R. A. Puram Post Office moves to new address on R. K. Mutt Road
The R. A. Puram Post Office, once located at the corner of R. K. Mutt near the MTC’s Mandaveli bus terminus has now opened at a new address on R. …
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Thiruvalluvarpet badly seeks permanent solution to its monsoon flooding problem
A civic-conscious group residing in Thiruvalluvarpet is asking Mylapore’s MLA Dha Velu to study the area’s serious water-logging problem and the studies it has done to address this issue so …
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St Bede’s alumni meet on Jan.26 to be online
Due to the pandemic restrictions, the annual Old Bedeans alumni meet, AGM and fellowship will not be held on the St Bedes school campus this year too. A note from …
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The ‘manja pai’ campaign comes to Pattinapakkam neighbourhood
A Nagapattinam-based NGO conducted an awareness campaign in Srinivasapuram this week, asking people not to use low grade plastic, turn to using cloth bags while shopping and on climate change …
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Mukund Bharadwaj bags second prize in Kala Utsav, national cul-fest. Studies at P. S. Senior
Mukund Bharadwaj, a class XII student of P S Sr Sec School, Mylapore has bagged the second prize in the Kala Utsav national level competition in the classical vocal music …
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Former judge K. Chandru to be decorated with Dr Ambedkar Award
Retired judge K. Chandru was recently chosen by the Tamil Nadu state government for the Dr Ambedkar Award for 2021. The award comprising Rs 5 lakh cash, a gold medal …
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This band of volunteers assists local police. Its members were at their posts this ‘lockdown’ Sunday
62 year old V. P. Kumaresan is the owner of Nehru News Mart. He has been delivering newspapers from the time he was a seven year old boy. Interestingly, for …
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Surprise rain on Pongal morning. Rangolis greet people in inner streets of Mylapore
The surprise rain at dawn this morning washed out the plans of all those who had planned to design large kolams or rangolis at their doorstep for the celebration of …
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