Yoga Day: group of women do asanas on Marina sands
International Yoga Day is being celebrated today, June 21. On the Marina, we spotted this morning a group of women and children going through the asanas in the pleasant weather, …
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Ekadaksha in R A Puram looking for remedial special educator, schooling volunteer
Ekadaksha based in Jeth Nagar in R A Puram is looking for a remedial special educator to work at its centre. Anyone who had completed a course/degree in special education …
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USA ambassador visits Sri Kapali Temple during official tour in Chennai
The USA ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti was taken around Sri Kapaleewarar Temple on June 16 during his official visit to the city. Historian and scholar Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan took him …
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Police patrol Kauvery hospital after minister in custody is admitted here for treatment
State electricity minister Senthil Balaji, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, now under judicial custody, was moved by ambulance to Kauvery Hospital in Alwarpet late Thursday. At the end of a …
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PMK leader pats owners of shops in R. A. Puram who used Thamizh in bold in their name boards
When some cadres of the Pattali Makkal Katchi ( PMK) campaigned in the R. A. Puram zone among shop-keepers that they highlight the store name-boards in Thamizh, this was part …
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New savings scheme for women now available at all local post offices
India Post has launched a new savings scheme only for women and girl children, and these can be had at the Post Offices in Mylapore, Mandaveli, R A Puram and …
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Admission open to courses at Tamil Nadu Dr J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University. Music, dance, fine arts, design
Admissions are now open to courses at the Tamil Nadu Dr J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University whose campus is in R. A. Puram and the place is commonly …
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Spell of rain in Mylapore zone. Stuffy after that.
Mylapore zone experienced a good short spell of rain from about 4.30 this evening. Dark clouds had gathered around that time and it rained lightly and then steadily. There was …
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Mahatma Gandhi statue on Marina relocated
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the Marina lawns is back in the public eye now. But it has been relocated on to a new pedestal and can be seen …
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Relatives of founding faculty of Queen Mary’s College visit campus
The act of remembering goes well past one’s lived memory. This is what Queen Mary’s College witnessed with the visit of the Sullivan sisters, Prof. Oriel Anna Sullivan-Alon and her …
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Fire at old goods storage yard near Mylapore crematorium
The goods stocked in a yard used as a godown for old and used goods located behind the GCC graveyard in Mylapore caught fire this morning. The fore raged for …
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Feeding cats in Sri Kapali Temple: issue is on the boil. Temple-goers say excreta is polluting
The cats menace that affects the Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple campus is getting on the nerves of temple goers who object to people who are feeding them. On Monday night, there …
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