In the process of digging trenches on Rajamannar Salai for local civic work in K K Nagar, the powerline cables were punctured earlier this week The colonies on this road went without power for days together. The EB men and Corporation men were breaking their heads on Thursday to set right this problem. Irritated residents [...]
Samskrita Bharati is organising free spoken Samskrita classes from August 1 – 10 at the following locations. These are open to all. M. Narayanan of Virugambakkam says that these lessons are simple and helps people converse in the language. Here are the local centres and contacts – Hari Om Vidyalayam (99401 98573) Janaki MGR School [...]
This was a case that shocked many people. Now, it is getting murky and the Virugambakkam family which is at the centre of it must be in turmoil. The state was shocked when police claimed last week that the dead body found in a luggage bag in a bus in Nagapattinam was that of a [...]
YMCA is mulling over plans to put up a brand new building on its campus in Ashok Nagar. This Kodambakkam Unit is close to 50 years old. It now has space for table tennis and chess on the ground floor and shuttle badminton on the top floor. It also has tennis courts. It has been [...]
Vasantha Memorial Trust is a clinic and chemotherapy centre for treatment of cancer and is based in Ashok Nagar. Dr. Ramanathan is its founder and head. His Trust set this up after operations in Coimbatore and Mumbai. Arcot Road Times e-mailed the doctor to see information that could be of use to the residents of [...]
A workshop on Book Making and Creative Writing was organisd by Creative Brain last Sunday for 7- to 11-year-olds in K K Nagar. This was the first in the series of workshops planned by Binita Sashi of Spring into Reading and Gargi Advaithi of Zoom Kids. They believe that exposure to story books and experiences [...]
Mahathi Academy of Music & Dance conducts its annual music competition on 1 st August (Sunday) in vocal & instrumental veena, violin, mridangam for kids in the age group from 4 years above in different levels. Interested students can contact the Academy for details and registration. The last date for registration is 30th July. Mahathi [...]
Reported by V. Soundararani Testing of the huge water pipes laid alongside Sivan Park in K K Nagar was carried out in the presence of the Metrowater officials this week. This is to ensure there is absolutely no leakage in the pipes before commissioning them. The ends of the big pipes are sealed, and the [...]
A group of American school teachers visited the PSBB school in K K Nagar on Tuesday and got a feel of how classes are conducted and how teachers and students organise themselves. These teachers are here as part of the United States-India Educational Foundation supported Fulbright programme. They spent time with students and teachers of [...]
Madras Day celebrations for 2010 will be held from August 15 to 22 this year. There are a string of events that volunteers have planned in Vadapalani. All these will be held on August 22 (Sunday) The celebrations are got up to celebrate the city and its founding. The unique feature of this event is [...]
