By R.Swathi On the late evening of Dec.30, a group of friends, members of the civic body Spark and residents got together at the Karl Schmidt Memorial, at Elliots Beach...

On Dec.30, bus operations shifted from Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT), Koyambedu, to the new Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus (KCBT, Kilambakkam), for the southbound buses of SETC, TNSTC, PRTC and...

NIEPMD observed World Braille Day on Jan.4 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Louis Braille - the inventor of Braille writing for blind and visually impaired people.  This day aims...

By Bharati Sadasivam On Dec.30, I joined a small group of people at Elliott’s Beach to remember Karl Schmidt at the simple but loving monument to him by the sea....

Intending to eradicate curable blindness, Appayya Dikshita Foundation (ADF), Kottivakkam, made a monetary donation towards its treatment for the needy, to the MN Eye Hospital,  Besant Nagar.  On Jan.3, as...

Partnering with the Varun Hope For Children Charitable Trust and Celebrating Life team, the Dream India team provided 2000 school students with cyclone relief kits: CHS Kamaraj Avenue Corporation School...

On Dec.29, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitaraman, laid the foundation stone for the extension block of the Rukmini Devi Museum at the Kalakshetra campus.  She paid...

By R.Swathi It poured and poured in Chennai on Dec.4 as Cyclone Michaung scraped past the city. And it left a trail of destruction along the way. Many areas of...

Urbaser Sumeet, along with the Greater Chennai Corporation, organised a beach cleanup drive at the Broken Bridge, Besant Nagar, on Dec.23. Nearly 3 tonnes of waste (2 tonnes at Broken...

Surana High Tech International School, Besant Nagar celebrated Christmas with a ‘Joy of Giving’ initiative. With contribution from the parents, the students and teachers of the school joined the Christmas...