Before police patrolling became more systematic and CCTV cameras came into existence in the city, residents went to sleep trusting the frequent whistles of a Gurkha who dragged his lathi on the tarred road assuring everyone that all is well.
Author: Naomi N
“She won the title partnering with Pravanthika R, a player from Kanchipuram in the Under 13 Girls Doubles title. In the finals, they beat the fifth seeded pair Manali Choudhary and Pragya Katara of Rajasthan in straight sets – 21 14, 21 9,” said her coach.
Caring and tending to the ill is not new to Gomathi (54). For, the resident of Gandhi Nagar, Adyar has taken care of her mother-in-law, an Alzheimer’s patient, for nine years.
Letter writing is a lost art in today’s fast-paced world. As a result, for students of Chennai Primary School in Shastri Nagar, it was a trip down the historical lane when they visited the Shastri Nagar post office on World Postal Day.
For the benefit of walkers, bollards are being constructed on the pavements in a few areas of Adyar.
The recent dengue awareness programme at Balakrishnan Road, Valmiki Nagar, was well-received by those who attended it.
Retired IPS officer G Thilakavathi has come down heavily on lyricist Vairamuthu after several women had narrated their stories of sexual harassment by him on social media under the widespread #MeToo movement.
The suicide prevention centre, Sneha, since its inception, has reached out to more than six lakh distressed people. News Today meets up with Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, a consultant psychiatrist who set up this centre in 1986.
The police said Krishnamoorthy always suspected Mahalakshmi of infidelity and the couple often quarreled about it. Last night, the couple fought as Krishnamoorthy accused her of cheating him. At 11.15 pm, while she was asleep, he stabbed her on the neck with a kitchen knife.