The Chennai traffic police and Tractors and Farm Equipments Ltd (Tafe) organized a `Helmet Awarness Programme on Monday. DCP (traffic) Magesh Kumar flagged off the event near Madras Medical College, Park Town.
Environment minister N D Venkatachalam launched the Bhogi Awareness Programme at the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) auditorium in Guindy on Monday.
Chennai District Collector, Ms. A. Sundaravalli, announced that all TASMAC liquor shops in Chennai will remain closed on Thiruvalluvar Day on 16th January & republic Day on 26th January.
Chennai suburban Aminjikarai Post Office which was functioning at the Poonamallee High Road has now been shifted to Shenoy Nagar – West Park Road, Shenoy Nagar.
A team of state government officials from Tamil Nadu have gone to Delhi to hold talks with the central government officials on lifting the ban imposed on ‘Jallikkattu’.
It is hereby made known to all that Anna Nagar Western Extension post office which was earlier functioning in the building of TNHB, Thirumangalam Shopping Complex building has been shifted to the newly constructed Department building.
Old Tamil Classics such as Parimelazhagar’s explanation of Thirukkural, Nachinarkkiniyar’s explanation of Tholkappiyam, etc contained in around 2400 palm-leaf format have been computerised and released on the internet.
Sugarcane is being transported from Madurai, Cuddalore, Panruti, Chidambaram, Sethiyathoppu, Salem, and Theni to the Koyambedu wholesale vegetable market for the special occasion of Pongal.
Polio immunization drive in Chennai
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Chennai Corporation is in full swing works to conduct polio immunization drive on 18th January and 22nd February.
If you passed by a neighborhood church at Pongal festival-time you may have wondered what the fun and festivities were all about inside a Christian place of worship.
