Mandaveli Post Office functions with skeletal staff
Covid has hit staffers and their families at Mandaveli Post Office and the place is functioning with minimal staff. A staffer at this PO, located on R. K. Mutt Road …
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At the gate of barricaded Sri Kapali Temple, people pray in silence
There are people who have to visit a temple or church every day, even if it means saying a prayer at the gates. At Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore, the …
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San Thome Cathedral to be closed to people till end April; pandemic regulations
With pandemic time lockdown and new regulations in force even for religious places, San Thome Cathedral will shut its doors from Monday morning and will not allow people to enter …
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Food delivery staff are busy bodies this lockdown Sunday
There are some very busy bodies on our streets this lock down Sunday. They are the food delivery staff. The demand on food orders have risen on this lockdown day, …
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Roads, streets, market zones deserted on lockdown Sunday
The first full Sunday lockdown has begun the way the state wanted it, at least in Mylapore. The streets and roads are deserted, be it TTK Road, Dr. R K …
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This was the final Vasantha Utsavam procession for devotees at Sri Kapali Temple before lockdown
Earlier this month, Mylapore Times featured a story on the final street procession of April with the Garuda Seva Brahmotsavam at Mari Chetty Venkatesa Perumal temple (Final St Procession April). …
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Big crowd at Marina fish market this evening since Sunday is lockdown day
Hundreds of seafood lovers crowded at stalls on the Marina Loop Road roadside market off the Light House, to shop on Saturday. The big rush is because the market, like …
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At this restaurant, more food delivery men than diners. Gloomy evenings.
6.30 p.m. April 23. At Sangeeetha’s in Pattinapakkam, hardly a third of the tables in this recently-renovated and smart-looking restaurant are occupied. In ordinary time, almost all would have been …
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Abiramapuram policeman dies from Covid infection
A policeman attached to the Abiramapuram has died after being affected by the Corona virus. Tributes were paid to him by the city police commissioner at the Kotturpuram police station …
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Few attend ‘fever’ camps held across Mylapore
Fever camps are now being held across the neighbourhood. Places where you can step in in these makeshift tents and get tested for the virus. On Wednesday, we spotted one …
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Quiet, order at Alwarpet vaccine centre this morning
After the chaos, quiet and order. This was the scene at the much-frequented GCC-run vaccine centre on C. P. Ramaswamy Road today. The gates were open just after 7 a.m. …
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Getting the jab: first-person account of experience at GCC clinic on Appu Street. Chaos, patient staff, indiscipline
Today I went reluctantly for my jab. I went to the GCC clinic on Appu Street based on the advice a neighbour. I went at 8 am and some 50 …
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