Tarika Balakannan
@tarika___b
Journalist from Tamil Nadu @TimesOfIndia
மதுரை இளைஞர்களின் நலனை மனதில் கொண்டு முன்மாதிரியான படிப்பக பூங்கா ஒன்றினை உருவாக்கினோம். போட்டித் தேர்வுகளுக்காக தயாராகும் இளைஞர்களின் வேடந்தாங்கலாக அது இருக்க வேண்டும் என்ற கனவை நினவாக்க இந்த மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் பெரும் உழைப்பையும், நேரத்தையும் செலவிட்டுள்ளோம். ரோட்டரி மிட் டவுன்…
Tamil Nadu govt to train youngsters to become social media influencers. MSME department’s EDII launches a three day workshop.
#Madurai Corporation warns builders: Cover construction sites & material-laden vehicles with green nets or face fines. Construction debris, dust from open sites pose public safety, pollution. More about construction waste in city. @timesofindia timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/m…
In 2005, an adoption agency was blacklisted for child trafficking. Twenty years later, Aruna Leruitte, a 33-year-old Belgian national, adopted from the same agency landed in Madurai— in hope of tracing her roots. Read full story at: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/b…
Stray dog bites 3 college students on Madurai campus timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/s…
DREU protested in Madurai yesterday demanding a 8 hour shift instead of the existing 12 hour shift for gatekeepers and asked for the conversion of all manned gates into interlocking gates timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/d…
My national video story on #AtyaPatya, an ancient rural game, which is being revived in Tamil Nadu with the help of TN Sports department. For @TOIIndiaNews. Camera and edit by @tarika___b . Full video here youtu.be/5C9YgVqtsoQ?si….
Watch | Why are people driving 20 km just for veggies and fruits? 🍎🥕 Chennai’s best-kept secret — an AC organic market inside Semmozhi Poonga — run by Tamil Nadu govt is drawing 500+ loyal shoppers every weekend. No middlemen, just farm-fresh produce from Ooty, Kodaikanal,…
Watch | Uppu Kodu, Killi Thattu and Atya Patya…. what are these games and why Tamil Nadu youngsters are reviving them? This game finds a mention in Natrinai literature and its only big picture representation was in 1968 film Puthiya Bhoomi starting former chief ministers MGR…
And the list of delayed projects continue
Stormwater drain across Adyar-Eco Park progressing at snail’s pace | Chennai News - Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/s…
Stormwater drain across Adyar-Eco Park progressing at snail’s pace | Chennai News - Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/s…
Due to the delay in the construction of the flyover in Ganeshpuram, Vyasarpadi, a dialysis centre has been shut for over a year. A PHC has also been vacated from there leaving the residents with no alternative in their own neighbourhood
Residents left in lurch as Vyasarpadi dialysis centre shut for over a year | Chennai News - Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/r…
Stray cattle wreak havoc in city but Greater Chennai Corporation’s daily cattle catching has dipped by 74% in last four years. GCC is now catching just five cattle a day compared to 19 cattle a day in 2022. This by no means indicate that the stray cattle menace has reduced in…