Students of Don Bosco high school in Egmore turned up in full force, parents in tow, to celebrate the bicentennial birth anniversary of their founder, visionary educationist Don Bosco.

Holding candle

Blood banks are found everywhere, but not often do you come across a book bank. With books for professional courses costing the earth, the Students Skills Development Association (SSDA), an NGO from T

The historic Old Washermanpet, which was part of the erstwhile Madrasapattinam is suffering from narrow roads, cramped footpaths and clogged drains. While parts of south Chennai have become posh, this

More than 2,000 years old megalithic burial sites at Siruthavur near Thiruporur are being destroyed by real estate sharks for putting up housing plots.

Students of corporation schools are most vulnerable to water borne and communicable diseases. DC visited several corporation schools in Chennai and found appalling sanitation conditions prevailing in

More than 2,000 years old megalithic burial sites at Siruthavur near Thiruporur are being destroyed by real estate sharks for putting up housing plots.

There were hundreds of these sites till some ye

While South Chennai witnesses infrastructure development, the situation in congested North Chennai remains grim. The interior roads and bottlenecks continue to be neglected as is evident from the work

The Tasmac shop on the arterial G.A Road in Old Washermanpet has become a haven for drunks who often pick up quarrels and disturb others. Over 5,000 students have to pass by the shop daily to reach lo

The Chief Wildlife Warden (WWW) of Tamil Nadu urged the public not to buy any wildlife products on Thursday. “This would greatly encourage poaching,” said CWW Rakesh Vasisht while inaugurating a coast

Nearly 40 per cent of children in the city are exposed to passive smoking which makes them vulnerable to cancer as they inhale the toxic smoke at home from their fathers, says a survey conducted by Ad