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01

Sep

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Apartments have to get their ‘Act’ together

A year since Tamil Nadu Apartment Ownership Rules 2024 prepared by the Housing and Urban Development Department came into effect, many apartment complexes in Chennai are yet to complete the process involving registration or renewal of association status. Tamil Nadu Gazette dated September 24, 2024 requires owners of units in an apartment (starting from four-flat apartments to massive multiple-tower societies) to submit “Form-A” towards initial registration. It wants apartments with multiple blocks/towers in a compound to form a federation, and make bye-laws. Irrespective of the size the apartment, flat owners are required to appoint an auditor, submit audited accounts and balance…

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13

Aug

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Rare images of Madras, music, food and more at The Hindu’s Made of Chennai

In 1956, crowds gathered on Mount Road in Madras, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Indian Olympic Hockey team that was taken on a grand open-car procession through this arterial stretch. A few years later, in February 1959, star-struck students at the Presidency College listened to Martin Luther King Jr deliver a speech during his visit to India.These moments, frozen in time by The Hindu’s photographers through striking black-and-white images over the last century, indicate that the city has always had a reason to gather and celebrate. As Chennai gears up to turn 386 this year on August 22, The Hindu’s archival photo…

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06

Aug

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Asian Surfing Championships 2025: Meet the star athletes riding the waves in Mamallapuram

Onlookers watch open-mouthed as an athlete, with the Japanese flag emblazoned on his wetsuit balances deftly on one leg, and juggles three neon balls in the air. This is just the beginning of his warm up. Athletes from South Korea and India are not too far away, calmly working on their own warm-up routines before picking up their surfboards.At Mamallapuram, where the 4th ASF Asian Surfing Championships 2025 has kicked off, there are laser-focussed athletes from 19 Asian countries including India, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Maldives, Bangladesh and the Philippines ready to take on the waters. Team India…

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06

Aug

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Jonty Rhodes on why he loves the surfing revolution in Mamallapuram

Former South African cricketer and Surfing Federation of India (SFI) ambassador Jonty Rhodes at Mamallapuram Jonty Rhodes laughs when told that a surfing event here feels incomplete without his presence. The former South African cricketer has always waxed eloquent on his love of India, and has over the years, enthusiastically taken to the waves in Kovalam and Mamallapuram.“This is probably the first town where the fishing community and the surfing community have come together for surfing. A consistent wave, and great people have enabled the growth of the sport here, which is what I love about Mamallapuram,” says the ambassador…

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31

Jul

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Asian Surfing Championships 2025: 150 surfers from 20 Asian countries to compete in Mamallapuram

Surfers at a practice session in Mamallapuram | Photo Credit: Vaibhav Gupta Have you ever watched in awe as surfers, graceful and agile, take on the waves at the Coromandel coast? Chennai’s many surf schools at any given point of time, have a clutch of newbies trying to master the basics of this surface water sport alongside skilled athletes who have won laurels over the last decade. As fascination for this sport continues to grow, the sandy shores of Mamallapuram that has nurtured this surfing revolution is all set to host the ASF(Asian Surfing Federation) Asian Surfing Championships 2025 from August…

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30

Jul

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Chennai | Independence Day brings the Zifo Open Quiz to the city 

At one of the previous editions of the quiz | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When we speak on the phone, Dr Navin Jayakumar, ophthalmologist and quizmaster, is sifting through hundreds of questions, carefully choosing those that he will ask the gladiators of knowledge who will gather on August 15 for what is arguably Chennai’s most well-known quiz. “Chennai has a magnificent tradition of quizzing on Independence Day,” he says, adding, “From 1994 to 2020 the Landmark Quiz was an event enjoyed by school children, corporates, college students and senior citizens. The quiz was reborn as the Zifo Open Quiz two…

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28

Jul

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Meet this young family that has “moved into” a busy neighbourhood close to an IT Zone in Chennai

Common moorhen chicks with a parent at a water-filled vacant plot in Indira Priyadarshini Nagar in Perumbakkam on July 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PRINCE FREDERICK In Indira Priyadarshini Nagar which adjoins both sides of the road leading to Global Hospitals in Perumbakkam, Chennai, layouts are dotted with vacant plots as much as buildings. The buildings display signs of human civilisation, and the vacant plots bear the insignia of Nature, raw and defenceless. Walk down any of those cross streets and you might luck into avian families. The species to be found are the purple moorhen, bronze-winged jacana, white-breasted waterhen, pheasant-tailed…

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23

Jul

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Jump rope for fun and fitness, a new community rises in Chennai

Watch: Jump rope for fun and fitness, a new community rises in Chennai On Sunday morning, around two dozen individuals — a spirited mix of children, adults, and seniors — gathered at Dr. Natesan Park on Venkatanarayana Road in T. Nagar with one common goal: to jump-start their day with fun and fitness. Armed with colourful jump ropes, they quickly began swinging them and jumping in rhythm. On the other side stood the instructor, G. Aravindaakshan — a self-taught jump rope enthusiast and founder of Chennai Jumps — guiding the group through the nuances of rope jumping. G. Aravindaakshan, founder…

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16

Jul

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Meet the Masters: An all-women team from India gears up for the World Championships

Players during a training session at Besant Nagar beach The sun is beating down on Besant Nagar beach on Saturday morning, and while people are carefully choosing to sit or stand under the scattering of trees nearby, a group of women is hard at work — deftly passing a frisbee, and sprinting across the sand. This all-women team, the Team India Masters Women, has players from different cities including Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi and Chennai, who have come together for their monthly camp in Chennai in the run-up to the World Beach Ultimate Championships (WBUC) in Portimão, Portugal, from…

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14

Jul

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Chennai’s Flywild Ultimate Frisbee team wins TRIO Invitational Tournament 2025 in Malaysia

There is something about the high you experience, watching an edge-of-the seat victory in a sports movie on the big screen. Closer home however, the sands of Besant Nagar beach that has several teams come together to play Ultimate Frisbee through the year has an inspiring, and almost equally cinematic story to tell. At the TRIO Invitational Tournament 2025 held in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year, Flywild, one of Chennai’s most promising Ultimate Frisbee clubs clinched the gold, becoming the first club team from India to win an international tournament. Facing off players from different countries including Indonesia, China, Japan, Thailand,…

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