R. A. Puram community rescues cat after much drama
On July 8, a stray cat had climbed a tall, roadside tree on R A Puram’s Third Main Road’s west and got stuck there, not knowing how to get down. …
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Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute: big group of scholars present papers at Nepal conference
A team of eight scholars from the Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute (KSRI), Mylapore, was selected to present their original research papers across a wide range of Sanskrit sub-disciplines at the 19th …
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Did you study at Bambino? Or knew its founder Devila J Patel well?
Devila J Patel, a pioneer and stalwart in the Kindergarten schooling world of Chennai passed away in the USA on June 16. She was 91, She founded and ran Bambino School …
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Bomb threat e-mail to Sri Kapali Temple turns out to be hoax
An email sent to the office of Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore late Wednesday claiming a bomb would go off turned out to be a hoax communication. Temple staff alerted Mylapore …
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Concrete mixer at site tilts, damages road in Dr. R. K. Salai
A concrete mixer lorry at a work site on Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore tilted, slipped and sided on the main road at dawn on July 4. This damaged a section …
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Bhavan’s courses in computer skills for poor youth, seniors. Free
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology Centre at East Mada Street, Mylapore, offers a free course in the basics of computers for educated unemployed youth …
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Thirukkural Elocution, Drawing & Essay Contests. Sign up at Shriram Chits in San Thome
Shriram Ilakkiya Kazhagam, the literary wing of Shriram group, one of India’s leading non-banking financial companies, is organising Thirukkural Elocution, Drawing & Essay Contests for 2025. This annual state-level competition …
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Sonali Chatterjee and Arshika Manoj elected leaders at Rosary Matric School
Sonali Chatterjee and Arshika Manoj were elected School Pupil Leader ( SPL) and Assistant SPL of Rosary Matric Higher Secondary School, San Thome on June 12. Sonali is a student …
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Monkeys sighted in East Abiramapuram
Meghana Karthik of East Abiramapuram says she spotted a family of monkeys in her backyard recently. The monkeys were perched on tall trees off 3rd Street East Abhiramapuram, near Fresh …
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Spotted: lone peacock near Mylapore temple
Have you spotted a peacock recently in the Mylapore neighbourhood.? Vanisri Balajee did one recent morning. She says she spotted the lone peacock walking on the boundary wall of houses …
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This space on Dr. R. K. Salai focuses on Montessori education of young children
Manisha Kanoria Lohia, founder of iSpark Holistic Happiness Studio in Mylapore focuses on imparting Montessori education to young children. Besides education, it also offers a non-mechanised gym, healthy cafe catering …
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This private Montessori teacher training school is open for admissions
Admissions are now open at Vidhyakshara Montessori Teacher Training School, Mylapore. The school has been operational for the past 10 years and says it has trained around 250 batches so …
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