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Saturday, Feb 03, 2007
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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Around the City

Post office upgraded

CHENNAI : The Okkiam Thoraipakkam branch post office was upgraded to Departmental Sub Post Office on Thursday. T. Panneerselvam, Postmaster General, Chennai City Region, inaugurated the office in the presence of panchayat president Ekambaram. The Departmental Sub Post Office would be open eight hours a day and would provide facilities for various kinds of savings accounts and the payment of telephone bills.

Ayurveda camp

DheergaAyush, an Ayurveda medical centre, would be conducting a medical camp from Sunday to Wednesday for treating neck, lower back and knee pain. The centre offers free consultation and 10 per cent off on medicines and Kerala Ayurveda treatment and medicines like Pizhichil, Elakizhi, NavaraKizhi and Dhara. For appointments and registration, contact DheergaAyush at 3, Shastri Nagar, 1st Avenue, Adyar, or at 24466141.

Manuscripts Day

Manuscripts Day is being observed at the Government Museum on Wednesday. Those possessing paper or palm-leaf manuscripts can use the opportunity to get the manuscripts read and conserved with the help of museum officials free of cost. An essay competition has been organised for school students above the age of 15 and college students on `The Role of Students in Preserving Manuscripts' in Tamil. Each college can send in three entries and each school can send in one to V. Jeyaraj, Project Coordinator, Manuscripts Conservation Centre, Government Museum, Chennai - 600 008 before 5 p.m. on Monday through the Principal or Head-Master/Mistress. The participants should be present at the Museum Theatre on Wednesday morning.

Free Telugu classes

Free Telugu classes, conducted by the World Telugu Federation at T. Nagar and Thiruvottiyur, commence on Saturday. Contact 2815 2191 for more information on classes in T. Nagar and 2573 1659 for Thiruvottiyur.

E-tax filing course

The Guild of Information Technology, a unit of Stenographers' Guild, T. Nagar, would be introducing a one-month training course in e-tax filing, incorporating recent changes to the Income Tax Act. The subjects covered are e-TDS, e-TCS and e-filing of returns. The course commences Monday. For details, contact the Guild at 1, Guild Street, T. Nagar, or at 2434 2421 or 2433 7387 or www.stenold.org

Property fair

The Velachery area office of LIC Housing Finance has organised property fair and housing loan mela at K.K. Mahal, 23, Medavakkam Main Road, Madipakkam on Saturday and Sunday (10 a.m - 8 p.m).

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