President of India to visit Chennai
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Officers Training Academy is located in St Thomas Mount. Army Officers parade is to take place on 10th of September.
The Madras High Court has said that the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, or CMDA, must demolish the remaining structure in the Moulivakkam building collapse case by September 16.
Dip in price of both veggies and chicken
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Here is something good to feel about for both vegetarians as well as non-vegetarians as the prices of both veggies and chicken have dropped at the Koyambedu market.
Now make free phone calls on Sundays
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BSNL has made an announcement that all calls made on Sundays will be charged zero.
Commemorating Indian Independence
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Today, the 15th of August 2016 marks to be the 70th Independence Day of India. It was on this same day in 1947 that the nation was set free from the British colonialism.
Prices of pulses and dal have come down
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The prices of pulses and dhal have come down because of very good harvest in the Northern India. Similarly the prices of the sugar have also come down.
As we are celebrating our countrys 70th Independence Day today, we have also to remember that this was the date when India’s Postal PIN (Postal Index Number) code, a 6-digit number, was introduced in the year 1972.
Free bone treatment camp at Avadi today
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A free medical camp is being organized today at Avadi today at 10 am. Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, Chennai, Avadi Ladies Welfare Association and MIOT Hospitals are jointly organizing this camp. The bone density will be checked in this camp.
Heavy traffic jam at Perungalathur
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Due to three serious accidents, the traffic is chocking in Perungalathur near Tambaram. At Perungalathur, the traffic is choked, with motorists finding it difficult to bypass the traffic on the highway. Police are doing their best to regulate the traffic.
The search teams searching the missing AN 32 IAF flight have so far found about 30 floating objects and intercepted 24 transmission signals but none of them were from the ill-fated aircraft.The plane went missing while flying back from Chennai to Port Blair.
Sivakasi fireworks dealers have mentioned that there will be only 5 percent price hike in the crackers due to lack of sufficient orders. The price list of the crackers for the Deepavali festival has been released now.
The Sports Development Authority of Tamilnadu (SDAT) has invited applications from eligible youngsters and registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for National Youth Awards for the year 2015-16.
As the court boycott action has been withdrawn temporarily by the advocates in Tamil Nadu, All India Bar Council has held back the temporary suspension order to be issued to 126 advocates.
Various programmes including exhibition are being organized on the occasion of 377th Madras Day anniversary from 21st August to 28th August. Historian S. Muthiah who is one of the coordinator of Madras Day programmes said: The founding day of Madras is considered to be August 22, 1639.
Tomatoes sold for Rs 7 per kilo
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The prices of tomatoes are going down day by day in Chennai. Four months back tomatoes were sold for Rs 100 per kilo. Since the prices were high, the farmers started harvesting more tomatoes. This resulted in heavy inflow of tomatoes in the market.
Today Amma Thittam camps are scheduled to be held in five zones in Chennai District. The grievances of the people related to disbursal of welfare assistances, old-age pension, social security schemes, patta transfer, free house site patta, community certificate, birth and death certificates.
Mayor Saidai Duraisamy held a consultative meeting on Thursday with the officials regarding the launching of Amma weekly market in the areas under the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai Corporation..
