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The Chennai city area residents of Egmore, Chetpet, West Mambalam and Nandambakkam told Chennai Plus that the Metropolitan Transport Corporation officials need to re introduce the bus services on route no 9A (Broadway to Nandambakkam), 10 Broadway to T.Nagar) and route no 26 (ICF to T.Nagar) which were earlier operated and withdrawn suddenly. These bus routes are essential and tough important places of the city. If the MTC authorities take necessary steps to re introduces the bus on route numbers 9A, 10 and 26 it would benefit the general public a lot.

The Indian Coast Guard Ship Ganga Devi was rebased to Chennai on Sunday 24th May 2009 from the Andaman and Nicobar Island Region, Port Blair to strengthen the surveillance along the Tamil Nadu Coastline.
SPS.Basra, Commander, Coast Guard Region East and K.Suresh, Chennai Port Trust Chairman were present at the welcome ceremony held at the Chennai Port Trust. The 44.9 meter long ship has the latest navigation and communication technology and is well armed with a MK 11 40/60 mm Anti aircraft Bofors gun.

The Chennai Corporation is developing a spacious playground cum park at Jai Nagar with all basic facilities and kids play equipment like swing, sea saw, merry go round, sliding board etc is getting ready along 100 Feet Road, opposite CMBT Koyambedu. A Chennai Corporation Zone 5 official told Chennai Plus that the construction work of the park is in fast progress and it would be completed soon.

The photograph taken shows colourful attractive paintings of fishes, birds, flowers, nature done on the compound wall of The Madras Seva Sadan, Lady Andal Venkata Subba Rao Maticution Higher School, No-7,Harrington Road,Chetpet,Chennai-31.

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Cricket veteran M.K. Iqbal is the Director of AVM Childrens Cricket Foundation, located at 130, Avichi School Grounds, Arcot Road, Virugambakkam,Chennai-92.Mr.Iqbal, one of the most successful cricket players is well known for his cricket coaching skills. He is a highly talented, well experienced and most senior cricket coach having an excellent knowledge about the game of cricket. He trains and passes on his knowledge of the game to several youngsters so that in future, they could become shining stars of the Indian Cricket team. Mr.Iqbal, former Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy cricket player and coach who represented the State in 1958, told Chennai Plus that he trains the youngsters not only in effective cricket playing strategies but also in leadership qualities, discipline, respect to elders and physical exercise. He said that courage, team spirit, quick thinking, alertness, and total involvement in the game are the most important qualities a cricketer should have. Mr.Iqbal always dreams of a bright future for his young cricketers and he pays important attention to character development. Indian Cricket Player Murali Karthick started his cricket career under the guidance of coach Mr.Iqbal.
Right from his young age MK Iqbal was interested in cricket. He was educated at Salem Municipality High School and Salem Municipal College. He was the captain of the School and College teams which won many cricket tournaments. He was selected for the Madras State Cricket team. Prior to Children’s Cricket Foundation MK Iqbal worked at Parry & Co from the year 1958 and played for the Parry cricket team for about 35 years. The team was successful in winning the Hindu Trophy for 3 years in a row. He also coached the Stella Maris College girl’s team which won the Inter College Women’s Cricket Tournament. In the year 1999 he established the AVM Children’s Cricket Foundation for conducting coaching classes for boys and girls at Avichi School grounds with the ardent support of AVM. Shri K.Shanmugam, Director, AVM Productions.
Mr.Iqbal was invited as the Guest of Honour for the Middle East Nursery first sports meet at Majan College playground, Muscat. Mr.Iqbal was felicitated by the Oman Cricket Club for his long term dedication and service to cricket at an award ceremony held recently in Muscat. The Indian Ambassador for Sultanate of Oman, Anil Wadhwa presented him with a Shield in the presents of the elite cricketers for his efforts in promoting cricket especially among the youth in Chennai and at Muscat. Mr.Iqbal said that Sports brings values, unity and team spirit among the players. He suggested that the Indian Government could come forward to give scholarships and special bonus marks for students who perform well in sports and games. He also said that parents should encourage students to get involved in sports.
M.K.Iqbal resides at Vijayasanthi Apartments, Second Floor-A, No-3, Thillaiyadi Valliammai Street, Shanthi Nagar, Saligramam,Chennai-93.Phone-9840546215, 23767135, 23764247, Email- rams_9864@yahoo.com

A group of disorders that cause sores or open lesions within the mouth.
Mouth ulcers are caused by many disorders.  These include canker sores, leukoplakia, gingivostomatitis, oral cancer, oral lichen planus, oral thrush, and similar disorders.  The skin lesion of Histoplasmosis may also appear as a mouth ulcer. Aphthous ulcer is most common in young adults, with about a 60% incidence.
Good oral hygiene may help in the prevention of some types of mouth ulcers or complications from mouth ulcers. This includes brushing the teeth at least twice per day, flossing at least daily and regular professional dental cleaning and examination.
A physician or the dentist usually diagnoses the type of mouth ulcer based on the appearance and location of the lesion.  A skin biopsy of the ulcer or blood tests may be needed to confirm the specific causative disorder.
In homoeopathy medicine like Borax, Nit acid, Capsicum  are used for the treatment. The proper analysis of the case with the qualified homoeopathic physician will give the better results.

The gushing water fountains at the lush green Chennai Corporation park created along the land stretching from Parry’s Reserve Bank of India subway to War Memorial on Rajaji Salai, opposite Secretariat, developed at a cost of 7 crore is become the main attraction of the park. This facility was recently inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi.

As part of an important public health measure by the National Tobacco Control Program, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Indian, pictorial Health warnings on all tobacco products have been made mandatory from World No Tobacco Day, 31st May 2009.The tobacco products will display clearly warnings that consists of text messages and pictures with an aim to prevent intake and motivate tobacco users to quit. A pictorial message installed at the traffic junction of Kilpauk Garden Road and Halls Road, states that Tobacco causes Mouth Diseases to spread awareness about the health hazards of using tobacco products.

A safety seminar was conducted by the All India Loco Running Staff for the Electric Multiple Units (EMU) motormen operating suburban electric trains on Wednesday 3rd June 2009.Better safety measures and suggestions like Streamlining and introducing proper procedure of entrusting operation keys with motormen, installing Train Warning Protection System, Radio Frequency Identification System and to provide better working atmosphere for the motormen were pointed out at the seminar.