NEWS DIGEST

NEWS DIGEST

11.07.2021 

Railway partially cancels trains

Southern Railway has partially cancelled a few trains. Chennai Egmore – Rameswaram superfast special (02205) scheduled to leave Chennai Egmore at 5.45pm on July 11, 12 and 13 will run till Mandapam. Rameswaram - Chennai Egmore special (02206) scheduled to depart Rameswaram at 8.25pm on July 11, 12, 13 and 14 will leave from Mandapam at 8.52pm.

7 more complaints against athlete coach: The city police have received seven more complaints against arrested athlete coach G Nagarajan, 59, who was arrested on a complaint of one of her former trainees, a college student. The complaints were included in the case after inquiring the victims. Police have invited people to reveal about their harrowing experience while getting trained by the coach, said a police officer. The coach, who worked as an assistant commissioner at the GST commissionerate, had been heading a sports academy in the city and he was arrested on May 30 following a complaint from the 19-year-old victim, the first to file a complaint, that she was sexually harassed over the years.

Fine arts college seeks applications for diploma: The Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts has invited applications for admission to full-time four-year diploma course in Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music (vocal, instrumental, veena, violin, mridangam, flute) and visual arts, academic studies. Indian arts (drawing and painting) sculpture, ceramics, print making, computer graphics and photography. Only online application is accepted. The last date for submission is August 6, 2021. For further details contact 044-24521169, or email- registrar@kalakshetra.in or log onto www.kalakshetra.in.

Metro rail extends train timings: Metro trains will operate from 5.30am to 10pm as Chennai Metro Rail Limited extends train timings to cater to the increasing footfalls. Earlier trains were operated till 9pm. Trains will be available every five minutes during peak hours- 8am to 11am and from 5pm to 8pm. During non peak hours, trains will be operated every 10 minutes. On Sundays and public holidays, trains will be operated from 7am to 9pm with a 10-minute frequency. So far, 40 passengers, who were caught not wearing face masks properly in metro stations and trains, were each fined ₹200.