Aadi Bhakti Festival
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From July 30 to August 7, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan at Mylapore is conducting an ‘Aadi Bhakti Fest’. It will include lectures, namasankirtanam, harikathas, discourses and villupattu.
General Synopsis on Suburb of Tambaram!
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It is a well known statement that the southern region of Tambaram is very vast than the entire Madras city.
The production at the desalination plant at Nemeli is down due to some repairs since last 3 days. Hence, drinking water distribution at Thiruvanmiyur, Velacherry, Pallippattu and other nearby areas is affected.
In the past five months, between 14th January and 14th June, it is found that nearly 23,322 people are caught owing to travel without ticket in MTC buses.
As per the Tamil Calendar, the day of the star ‘Pooram’ (one of the 27 stars) falling on the Tamil month of ‘Aadi’ is considered especially scared to pray in ‘Amman’ temples of Goddess Durga or Sakthi.
Ripon Building to be white in colour
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City Corporation’s Ripon Buildings will be seen in white after nearly two years. Officials earlier were in a dilemma on whether to choose white or off-white and had even daubed sections of two adjacent pillars in the two shades.
Two-way traffic flow was restored on Kodambakkam Bridge on Wednesday, after nearly two months.However, the Chennai Corporation has completed concrete work on only one side of the bridge.
Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Minister S. Abdul Rahim informed the Assembly that ten new hostels for students of the backward sections pursuing professional courses will be established during the current year at a cost of Rs. 2.81 crore.
During the assembly meet on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha confirmed the formulation of new youth policy, so as to make sure the overall progress of the youngsters across the state.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced in the Legislative Assembly that 100 new mini-buses have been purchased at a cost of Rs. 16.75 Crores and they will be run in new different routes within Chennai city.
