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C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 17, No. 10 September 9 - 15, 2018 Advt. Supplement Page II MAMBALAM TIMES: Ashok Nagar - K.K. Nagar Edition September 9 - 15, 2018 C M Y ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR BAZAAR K This column is intended to help small businesses in & around T.Nagar and West Mambalam to have a cost-effective advertisement medium. Advertisement in this section will be in standard panel sizes of 4 cm. x 1 column (costing only Rs. 400) and 4 cm. x 2 column (costing Rs. 800) K. K. Nagar resident presents Mambalam resident to get Tamil paper in international meet ‘Sangeetha Kala Acharya’ 82-year-old V. Balambal (resident of 94th Street, award 15th Sector, K. K. Nagar) presented a paper in Mridangam vidwan Tanjore Ramadoss (a Tamil on ‘Murgan Bhakthi’ during the 4th Muruga resident of Burma Kanagambal Street, West Bhakthi conference organised by Dept. of Hindu Mambalam), is to be conferred ‘Sangeetha Culture (Govt. of Sri Lanka) in Colombo last month. Kala Acharya’ award by Music Academy, More than 100 research papers were presented Mylapore for his dedication and devotion to during the conference attended by scholars, music for over five decades. researchers, religious heads and students from all In his early days, he learnt mridangam from over the world. Balambal told Mambalam Times that her paper was his father Ramamurthy Iyer, and later became a disciple of Palghat Mani Iyer. based on the divinity of Lord Muruga and brought forth details of his He has accompanied several stalwarts like early life, heroic deeds and care for his ardent devotees. “This time, I Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, D. K. Pattammal, also visited Kathirkamam, where my father Dr. N. Venkata- D. K. Jayaraman, S. Balachander, Lalgudi subramanian had fought in the Second World War in Sri Lanka,” she Jayaraman, Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, said. She retired as Professor of History from University of Madras. Sanjay Subramanian and T. N. Krishna. Last year, she presented a paper in Tamil on ‘Vazhvin He has also performed before acharyas like Nilaiyamai’(Insecurities of life) in the special section on Thirukkural in Kanchi Mahaperiyavaa and Sringeri Sankara- the International Conference on Third World Studies in Jaffna charya. His contact number is 2489 2464. University, Sri Lanka. She is a past President of Rotary Club of Chennai K. K. Nagar and Probus Club of Chennai. She promotes traditional South Indian games like ‘Pallankuzhi’. Water supply problem in Her contact number is 90258 95777. Vivekanandapuram 1st Street Despite repeated representations to Cashier held for misappropriating Metrowater officials, the residents of Vivekanandapuram 1st Street, West Rs. 20 lakhs Mambalam are not getting piped water supply. A 39-year-old woman was arrested on Sept. 3 for swindling Rs. 20 According to the residents, the old pipelines lakhs from the company she was working in. have not been replaced in spite of several The accused, Sashma Rawat, had been working as cashier in a complaints. Houses located on one half of the pharmaceutical company in K. K. Nagar for 7 years. street do not receive water supply even through The owner, Ratnakar Saahu (47), noticed some anomalies in the handpumps, while some houses receive supply accounts and found no supporting bills for some high cash expenses. only through handpumps. On complete scrutiny, he found that she had misappropriated close The residents are forced to buy water through to Rs. 20 lakhs over two years. Based on the complaint filed by tankers from Metrowater or privates suppliers Ratnakar, K. K. Nagar police arrested Sashma. to meet their daily needs. Pit dug in Burkit Road to repair Sai Seva Chakra conducts sewage line free Veda classes By Our Staff Reporter By Our Staff Sri Sai Seva Chakra (15, Bharathi Street, Reporter West Mam-balam) conducts free Veda, bhajans Following and sloka classes on Sundays in its premises repeated from 3.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m. complaints of It also conducts these classes in the following water cont- venues. amination by On Saturdays and Sundays from 6.30 a.m to nearby 7.30 a.m in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Mahara- residents, japuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar. Metrowater On Mondays, Wednesdays and Tuesdays Board wor- from 5 p.m to 6 p.m in Sarva Priya Ganapathi kers have dug Temple (Moorthy Street Extension, 7th Av- a deep pit in enue, Ashok Nagar). Burkit Road, On Mondays and Thursdays from 8 p.m to 9 T. Nagar to p.m in No 15, Bharathi Street, West Mam- repair the underground sewer. balam. All are welcome. The earth dug from the pit has been dumped on the road thereby More details can be had in phone 98843 blocking one half of the carriageway. 05676. C M Y MAMBALAM K TIMES ASHOK NAGAR - K.K. NAGAR EDITION www.mambalamtimes.in Vol. 17, No. 10 September 9 - 15, 2018 FREE Man files Large pit in cycle track poses danger Chains snatched from 2 women complaint against vets after death of in K. K. Nagar By Our Staff Reporter walking. pet dogs In two incidents reported on Both the women filed By Our Staff Reporter Aug. 31 in K.K. Nagar, two complaints which are under A real estate businessman bike-borne men snatched a investigation by K. K. Nagar lodged a complaint against the chain weighing 11 sovereigns police. doctors of Saidapet Veterinary from Chandra and a 3- Hospital on Sept. 2 over the sovereign chain from death of his two pet dogs soon Vijayalakshmi when they were after they were taken there for treatment. 40-year-old G. J. Moses (a resident of West Mambalam) said in his complaint that he owned a 8-year-old Pomeranian dog and a Pomeranian puppy. When the pup fell sick, he took it to Saidapet Veterinary Hospital. Doctors there gave an injection and sent the pet home. The other Pomeranian also By Our Staff Reporter cable. complete the work soon and stopped eating the same EB workers have dug a pit in There is no proper barricade relay the damaged section of evening, and was taken to the the cycle track in the margin of around the pit. the cycle track. same hospital, where it was Dr. Ramasamy Road, K. K. Pedestrians and cyclists given antibiotics. Nagar to repair an underground have appealed to EB to After returning home, the dog died and the pup died the next day. 250 kg. Vinayaga idol to be Moses told Mambalam installed in Venkatanarayana Times that as both the dogs died within 24 hours of Road treatment for similar ailments By Our Staff Reporter Kutti Ganesan (Founder) he suspected wrong treatment Vinayagar Chathurthi told Mambalam Times that, in or foul play by the vets, and Vizha Kuzhu (T. Nagar) will keeping with the desire of filed a complaint in the police install a 250 kg. Vinayaga idol Maha Periyavaa, he has been station. The carcasses were sent for adjoining JYM Kalyana installing eco-friendly idols postmortem to the Vepery Mandapam, Venkatanara- during Chathurthi since 1991. Veterinary Hospital, and the yana Road, T. Nagar, on In previous years, the Kuzhu autopsy reports are expected Thursday, Sept. 13 as part of had installed idols made with in 15 days. Vinayaga Chathurthi celebra- burfi, kozhukattai, laddu, tions. The idol is made with dates, navadhanayam and Woman robbed of traditional ‘batchanam’ more such environment- jewellery, cash (savouries) like murukku, friendly items. By Our Staff Reporter thattai, adhirasam, aapam, Kutti Ganesan’s contact 48-year-old Lalitha (a thenkuzhal and manogaram. number is 98847 38184. resident of Aminjikarai) was robbed of her bag containing 7 Mistaken identity leads to sovereigns of jewellery, Rs. 14,000 in cash, two mobile arrest of twin brother phones and credit cards by two Mambalam police arrested a man on Aug. 31 for uploading men on a motorcycle near her a video with an obscene caption of two constables in conver- house in Rajeswari Street on sation, only to find that he was the twin brother of the the night of Aug. 31. Police perpetrator. traced one of the stolen phones After realising their mistake, they let him off and arrested to a location in Ashok Nagar, the real offender within a few hours. but could not find the culprits. On Aug. 26, Karthik and Amirthavalli, both constables Lalitha runs a beauty belonging to the armed reserve, were on duty in T. Nagar bus parlour on Nelson Manickam terminus. They were watching out for pickpockets and chain Road (Choolaimedu) and was snatchers. on her way home in her scooter. In the evening, they were standing near a police vehicle and According to the police, she were engrossed in a conversation when a man captured them fell off her scooter and blacked on video and uploaded it on social media with an obscene and out after it was rammed by the misleading caption. When the woman constable came to know robbers’ bike. about the video, she lodged a complaint with Mambalam police. The two men then snatched Police checked CCTV footage and found a man filming the duo her bag and fled. on his mobile phone. She was rescued by her They identified him as Sukeesh (28) of Maduvankarai near 22,000 copies of brother and admitted in a local Guindy. hospital after passersby A police team subsequently went to his house and arrested this edition are alerted him. a man who resembled him. After bringing him to the police A complaint registered in station, they found that the man was not Sukeesh, but his twin delivered FREE Aminjikarai police station is brother Sutheesh and let him off.