Category: Coimbatore

There’s no being in two minds about a thin crust pizza, especially when its warm and fresh out of the wood burn. With Eat Alley’s all new express counter outlet opened recently at our own Saibaba Colony, it’s time the residents experience curated recipes of pizzas and pastas from the land that celebrates food. This Italian Escape is located close to its sister vertical ‘The Fruit Creamery’, that provides fruitilicious ice creams, delicious waffles and milkshakes. ‘Eat Alley’ also has a fine dine specialty branch at Sungam that has been…

Their maiden flight experience accompanied by leading luminaries from Chennai made them cheerful as they landed Coimbatore airport on Friday morning. And they were the under privileged children drawn from Seers Girls Home, Sevalaya, Anandam, CHES besides students from the community including visually challenged and Thirunangai friend, who flew from Chennai on a day’s trip to the textile city. Thanks to Raindropss, the youth based organisation which conceived the idea jointly with VGP Ulaga Tamil Sangam and Coimbatore Park group of institutions. Interestingly, this is the second time in succession…

An elocution competition for the schools in Bharathi park area was conducted on November 16 to mark Children’s Day. BPLA has been continuously committed for the last 36years for the upliftment of the society and doing a commendable work in the field of Vidya,Vanam and Vaidhyam. About 26 children from around Saibaba Colony neighbourhood took part at the elocution competition at Utsav Hall on Bharathi Park Road, 7th cross and enthralled the audience thru’ their soul searching speech on solid waste management, sustainable living and child abuse. Lisieuz ICSE school…

Chokkampudur SBOA matriculation higher secondary school students turn journalists in bringing out their inhouse magazine ‘SBOA Times’. And the first edition was launched at school premises during Children’s Day. Two students Kalyani and Nikhil of Plus One took the initiative for the benefit of their fellow students and teachers as well showcasing their writing more so reporting skills. Quite interestingly, the official digital newspaper was brought out under the supervision of correspondent R.Rajavelu and Principal Dr.P.Krishnamoorthy. Of course with the guidance of teachers. It took nearly three months to work…

Government Arts College, Coimbatore is the first ever college in India to open up Plastic free zone cell by an NCC Officer Capt.K.Vasanthi and have professors and students as members to create awareness on plastic pollution. Prior to Tamil Nadu Government order on the ban of plastic production and its usage, the initiative was started on 23.1.2018, with the title “Carry a cloth bag” which was inaugurated by Dr.VijayaKarthikeyan, the then Corporation Commissioner Coimbatore. He also inaugurated the Human Chain on the same day where a total of 400 students…

In a bid to help people to get basic documents like Aadhar, Voter ID, smart ration card, PAN to avail the benefits of Tamil Nadu government’s welfare scheme and for other purpose, Coimbatore branch of Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) organised for a special camp ‘Enathu Aavanam, Enathu Elakku’ at Kasthuri Garden, Pillayarpuram in the city. It may be noted that there about 500 Muslim families besides 200 dalit families in the neighbourhood who have been facing untold hardship in getting the benefits of government schemes due to lack of proper documents.…

Raindropss in association with VGP Ulaga Tamil Sangam and Park Group of Institutions, Coimbatore is all set to organize its second edition of “Vanamae Ellai – Sky is the limit”, a day trip to Coimbatore with the selected 25 Children from Seers Girls Home, Sevalaya, Anandam, CHES and students from the community. According to Aravind Jayabal, Creative Head and Founder, Raindropss, the children will fly from Chennai on November 22 morning to Coimbatore, visit the iconic places and will return by train on the same day night. The arrangements at…

Nanammal, wife of Venkatasami was born at Zamin Kaliyapuram and was living with family at Ganapathy, Kovai. She passed away at the age 99, Oct 26, 2019. Yogini, mother of five children never went to any hospital. She learnt yoga from her chittappa and an expert in silambattam as well. Unfortunately Tamilnadu missed a great women who is well supported, trained everybody in yoga, to keep one healthy, mitigate stress, cholesterol, apathy, high blood pressure and what not? She has nearly 150 awards, 6 national awards. Approximately in 2014 received…