New quick eats joint opens at Alwarpet
Quick eats with flavours from across India is the speciality at this food joint in Alwarpet. Abby’s opened a week ago at C.P.Ramaswamy Road next to Sri Krishna Sweets here. …
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Noted jurist Nani Palkhivala’s centenary celebrations: On Jan. 19
The minister of finance and corporate affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, will release a book ‘Palkhivala memorial lectures – 2003-2019 selected speeches’ to mark Palkhivala Foundation’s Nani Palkhivala centenary celebrations on Jan. …
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Chennai Corporation starts installing ‘Smart Poles’ at Marina
Chennai Corporation has started installing ‘Smart Poles’ at Marina’s service road. Soon the civic officials say the poles will be equipped with an emergency call box, facial recognition cameras, and …
Read MoreCompetitions for children
The Children’s Club Society is organising competitions for children from classes LKG to IX on Jan. 25 and 26 and Feb. 1 and 2. They can participate in story telling, …
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Kaanum Pongal: police make security arrangements at Marina
Ahead of Kaanum Pongal, Chennai city police have made elaborate security arrangements at Marina. This is carried out as thousands of people are expected to visit the beach to celebrate …
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Try these heritage rice varieties at Spirit of Earth store
To help people rediscover indigenous rice varieties of India, Spirit of Earth, an initiative of AIM for Seva has specially curated ‘Heritage Rice of India subscription box’. Packed in tins, …
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Play on legal luminary Nani Palkhiwala to be staged on four evenings at MFAC
Nani A. Palkhiwala was a legal luminary, a leading critic of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency and a hugely respected public speaker and an expert on taxation. And Chennai was one of …
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January 18 ‘Swami Vivekananda Saptaham’, a week long lecture series on Swami Vivekananda by Govindapuram Sri Balaji Bhagavathar. Till Jan. 19. At R. K. Math, Mylapore. 4.45 p.m. Talk on …
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Artistes and music rasikas celebrate Thyagaraja aradhana at Mylapore venue
About one hundred Carnatic musicians, artistes and rasikas gathered at the Sri Thiagaraja Vidwat Samajam hall in Mylapore this Wednesday morning to celebrate the annual Thyagaraja aradhana, a day when …
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Communities get together to celebrate Pongal
The festival of Pongal encouraged communities to put their hands together on Wednesday morning to celebrate it jointly. And this was evident in many zones of the Mylapore neighbourhood as …
Read MoreAdmissions at local schools
Here is a summary of admission processes that are on at some schools in the neighbourhood. CHETTINAD VIDYASHRAM, R. A. PURAM For Kindergarten (Pre-KG, LKG, Montessori I), classes I to …
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Hawkers sell essentials for Pongal
Heaps of turmeric plants and sugarcane sticks decked at the roadside shops on the eve of Pongal, indicated the arrival of harvest festival. At the vegetable market on South Mada …
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