Holiday for schools today
The Hindu
The District Collector has declared a holiday for all educational institutions in the district, including professional colleges, on Monday (November 29) in view of heavy rainfall. The holiday does not
The District Collector has declared a holiday for all educational institutions in the district, including professional colleges, on Monday (November 29) in view of heavy rainfall.
The holiday does not apply to examinations and public examinations scheduled for the day, the Collector said.
The district was on yellow alert for isolated heavy rainfall on Sunday. The District Disaster Management Authority, chaired by the Collector, took into account the possibility of heavy rainfall in the district on Sunday night and the heavy rainfall alerts issued in the neighbouring Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.