The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Around the City

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Sunday, Mar 12, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Around the City

Bank staff felicitated

CHENNAI: Central Bank of India celebrated International Women's Day. Vasundhara Krishnamurthy, Deputy General Manager, International Business Branch spoke. Two women staff, who won the Divisional Manager's Trophy for 2005-06, were felicitated at the meeting.

Pranayama classes

Free pranayama and yoga classes are being conducted at Tower Park and Bogain Villa Park in Anna Nagar. The class conducted by J.B. Shah, a disciple of Ramdev, will be held from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. For further details, call 9884048380.

Bank branch shifted

Allahabad Bank branch functioning from V.P. Colony, Ayanavaram has been shifted to 25, Konnur High Road, Ayanavaram, on Friday. The air-conditioned building was inaugurated by P.A. Ramiah, State Secretary, Tamil Development and Culture. R.K. Jain, Deputy General Manager, participated.

New counselling centre

Wisdom Medical Research Foundation has opened a new counselling centre at Perungudi. The centre engaged in free counselling for psychological, psychiatric and marital problems functions between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For further details contact: 24964919, 24964404, 9841819862.

Inter-collegiate quiz

The team represented by Pravin Thomas and V. Balajee, Loyola College has won the inter-collegiate quiz conducted by A.M. Jain College Rotaract Club on Saturday. P. Srinivasan, chairman, Chennai Marathon distributed the prizes. K. Sethuraman, Principal, A.M. Jain College participated.

Condolence meeting held

Apollo Hospital held a condolence meeting to pay tribute to Dr. T.J. Cherian, a doyen in cardio thoracic surgery on Friday. Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals and consultants of Apollo Hospitals attended the meeting.

Health check-up for women

B.R.S. Hospital, Nungambakkam will conduct a "Free Well Women Check" on Sunday. The check-up organised as part of World Women's Day celebration will be held between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. For more details contact 28255859, 28259222.

Vocational education

Rotary Club of Madras South has roped in Stenographers' Guild for promoting vocational education to commemorate 101-year of Rotary movement. Kumud Jhabakh, Director, Vocational Services, informed that Rotary Club of Melvis, Australia was at present sponsoring air-conditioning and refrigeration courses.

S.V. Ramaswamy, president of the Guild, said the guild would conduct executive secretary and spoken English courses for students of corporation schools very shortly.

Held for eve-teasing

The Anna Nagar police have arrested L. Narayanan (32) of Tiruvottiyur for teasing a college student. The police said he teased the student near her house in Anna Nagar West on Friday.

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