Nirnayam, an NGO in the neighbourhood, runs an after-school programme for underprivileged school girls to improve their overall quality of life.
Chennai residents join together to save Chitlapakkam lake
As many as 250 residents took part in the awareness and protest event titled ‘Nadandhadhu Yenna’ organised by Chitlapakkam Rising at Varadharaja Theatre junction recently.
Hindu Mission gets a new dialysis machine
A new dialysis machine was inaugurated by Mylapore MLA R Nataraj at the Hindu Mission Hospital, East Tambaram.
History graduate from Chennai turns skating coach
Meet S Palanivel, a skating coach from Chitlapakkam, who has been training students for close to a decade now. Recently, two of his students, Karthika and Bhuvaneswari, had won bronze medals in the National-level competition held at Visakhapatnam.
Know your raga: Simhendramadhyamam – Meditative melody
This raga has a universal appeal of music. It is widely used in cinema and classical music. Krithis set in this raga are sung in almost all concerts.
PSBB beats SBOA at Junior Super Kings T20 Championship
Dipen Chandrakanth scalped four wickets for 13 runs as PSBB Millennium School registered a comfortable 10-wicket win over SBOA School in the Junior Super Kings Inter-School T20 Championship in Chennai.
Tennis tournament: Ritwik edges out Vishal
Ritwik Rau Upadhaya battled hard to finally beat Vishal S 2-6,6-3,7-5 in the first round of the Robin Manfred Memorial trophy Tennis tournament, organised by Match point Tennis academy and Krishnan Tennis Centre.
Snooker/Billiards: MCC’s Jagadesh blanks Bhuvaneshwaran
B Jagadesh of MCC won the best of five game at the 35th Tamil Nadu state ranking sub-junior and junior billiards and snooker championship, organised by the Tamilnadu Snookers and Billiards Association.
Swipe your card at Indian Oil petrol bunks and win a car
Indian Oil Corporation Limited in association with Colgate India has launched the campaign Indian Oil Pandigai Kondattam till 22 February 2019 to celebrate the festive season, giving an opportunity for customers to win gifts like car, bikes or a trip to Singapore.
Bajrang, Vinesh emerge as new superstars of Indian wrestling
Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat attained superstardom with historic medals but two other history-makers found themselves grappling for relevance in a year during which Indian wrestling moved towards a hitherto unexplored contracts system.