First night of the lockdown; total shutdown
Well before the P. Orr. & Sons clock at the roundabout on the Marina struck 9, there were police in vans preparing to enforce lockdown regulations on the first day …
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Music fest has to be curtailed. Just one event this evening.
Cultural events planned some days ago with the hope the pandemic would ease have again been curtailed as restrictions fall in place now. The Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam in …
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Marina beach secured, off limits 24×7; pandemic time regulation
The Marina is formally off limits now to the public all 24 hours, in tune with the pandemic time regulations. Not just on weekends and holidays. Police were assigned to …
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Nungus selling fast near markets, temple zones
Nungu are selling fast at road junctions as the summer sizzles. On Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, beside the park cum traffic island around Thiruvalluvar statue, two hawkers were busy all …
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Theatreperson-humorist Bosskey’s experience at vaccine centre in Alwarpet. Positive story.
It has been a busy few days at the GCC-run Vaccination Clinic on C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet. On Sunday morning, the centre had run out of stock and visitors …
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Tribute: V. Dinakaran, P. S. Senior’s favourite sports teacher
V. Dinakaran, former physical education teacher, P. S. Snr. Sec. School, Mylapore passed away on 14th April. He was 56. A passionate and committed teacher and fun loving friend and …
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Srikanth’s parayanam at Sri Kapali Temple is devotion at its sincerest
What began as an experiment in 1996 has become a big devotional exercise every evening. This year, 54 year old A Srikanth is completing 25 years of his popular daily …
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s first music video
This Thamizh New Year’s day, Carnatic music vocalist, Sanjay Subrahmanyan collaborated with a creative team which works from Adyar to present the first music video. Titled ‘Tamizhan’, the well-known vocalist, …
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More streets declared ‘Corona Hot Spots’
Slowly, more and more streets are being declared as Corona Hot Spots in the Mylapore zone. Over the weekend, Warren Road and Dr Ranga Road were declared hot spots because …
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Congress party team spreads the word on wearing masks. Among fish sellers.
A small group of members of the medical wing of the TN Congress party held on Sunday a campaign among the fish sellers on Marina Loop Road on Sunday, advising …
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Vaishnavite temples celebrate Sri Ramanuja’s jayanthi
Vaishanavite temples in Mylapore celebrated on Sunday, April 18 the jayanthi of Sri Ramanuja acharya, the great Vaishnavite philosopher and thinker. The day marked his 1004th birth anniversary. At all …
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At this mosque, elders remind faithful at Ramadhan meal time of respecting pandemic time rules
There seems to be a concerted effort to get the core pandemic time message across to a community at a Mylapore mosque this Ramadhan. It is happening at the Jumma …
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