Police disperse groups which clashed outside school
Ugly scenes were seen on Venkatesa Agraharam road near Sai Baba Temple on Monday morning when Mylapore police chased and charged two groups of people who clashed on the issue …
Read MoreYoung Carnatic music vocalist Ranjani Hebbar passes away
Young Carnatic music singer Ranjani Hebbar-Guruprasad, a Mylapore resident passed away on Sunday at her hometown Udupi, Karnataka after battling cancer. She was ailing for sometime and the end came …
Read MoreSchools re-open, rush is back on Mylapore’s roads
All local schools reopened this morning for the new academic year. They were to have opened on June 3 but the state ordered that it be postponed by a week …
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Like my bonsai?
Jalandhar Reddy of Seethammal Colony, off TTK Road in Alwarpet displays his collection of bonsai plants that he nurtures at home. His collection was part of the bonsai exhibition held …
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Choral singing training by Madras Youth Choir
One look at the people gathered in Children Garden School on two weekends and you may have wondered what teens were doing with seniors. Their common area of interest that …
Read MoreObit: P. Chidambaram’s mother passes away at San Thome residence
San Thome resident and the mother of union minister P. Chidambaram, Lakshmi Palaniappan passed away early on Friday, June 7 at her residence. She had been ailing for sometime. Chidambaram …
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Pradosham at Sri Kapali Temple
The scene inside Sri Kapali Temple, Mylapore on June 6, Pradosham evening. The images of lord Kapaleeswar and goddess Karpagambal were decorated with golden plated kavasams and with flowers and …
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Wellwishers celebrate union minister Jayanthi Natarajan’s birthday
It is Jayanthi Natarajan’s birthday today. And wellwishers and Congress party workers have erected colourful displays in and around her residence on C V Raman Road in Alwarpet. Jayanthi is …
Read MoreEvents; June 8 onwards
JUNE 8 Talk on ‘Prevention in Diabetes’ by Dr. G. Vijaya Kumar. 6 p.m. At Potti Sreeramulu Memorial Building, 215 Royapettah High Road, Luz (next to Vidya Mandir School). Contact …
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Thunder and light rains on Thursday
Dark clouds gathered in the western skies this evening on a day that was muggy and hot. It began to drizzle at about 3 p.m. and thunder and lightning followed. …
Read MorePower shut down not carried out
Residents, shop owners and office workers in parts of R A Pura, Abhiramapuram and Alwarpet were in for a pleasant surprise on Thursday when the regular power shut down was …
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‘Thattis’ made and sold on TTK Road
These two women are part of a team that design thattis ( bamboo curtains for windows) at a space on the pavement on the south end of TTK Road. Their …
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