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Credits : https://www.facebook.com/tasteofmadras/ What is this about? Taste of Madras is a food festival organised on OMR featuring over 80 different stalls of different varieties. When is it happening?  On April 30 and May 1,2016 Where is it happening? At.. Ymca Grounds, Omr No:4/341, OMR, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai 600041 What are the special events? The Great Biryani Challenge organised by Aasife Biryani Food Photography Challenge organised by Grofers Who to contact? Call  8428443333 For more details.. https://www.facebook.com/tasteofmadras/

                                           To encourage higher turn around of voters on May 16, the election day for Tamilnadu Assembly Elections, 2016 , the election commission has decided to operate a seperate polling booth for the disabled at Kannagi nagar, Sholinganallur.                                            Sholinganallur is the biggest constituency in Tamilnadu with maximum number of voters and a total of 105 disabled persons reside in Kannagi Nagar which belongs to Sholinganallur constituency. This was disclosed by the District Election Officer , G.Rajalakshmi. Ref: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/disabled-persons-at-kannagi-nagar-to-have-own-booth/article8469490.ece

Credits : dreamrunners.in                                          For anyone interested in running marathons on OMR, there is an opportunity to join OMR Dreamers, a Marathon running group on OMR. Here is what the team says about itself on ( http://dreamrunners.in/ ): " Originally founded in 2014 and revived in 2015 by the Dream Runners for DRHM2015, the OMR Dreamers are a group of fitness loving individuals from various walks of life who have come together for one purpose, “To stay fit and run strong”.  The group has grown in size and strength since DRHM 2015. We have a national level Runner and an accredited coach who train   us two days a week." We welcome people living in and around OMR, Medvakkam, Injambakkam to join us. Check us out on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/omrdreamers/ " To join the OMR Dreamers, drop an email to Bharadwaj @ bj.rags@gmail.com" Currently the team is participating in Teenduruns Chennai Expres

Tamilnadu Fisheries department has started its 45 day yearly ban on deep sea fishing along Tamilnadu East Coast. This is done every year to allow fish to breed and increase their count.OMR Riders can expect an  increase in fish prices for another 45 days.

WTC Bangalore , credits : http://www.wtcbangalore.org/                               Brigade Group in partnership with GIC Singapore has planned to build a World Trade Centre at Perungudi OMR. The required land has been bought from Kansai Nerolac Paints for Rs.537.86 crores. The total cost is estimated to be Rs.1000 crores. For more details: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/real-estate/brigade-group-to-build-world-trade-centre-in-chennai-at-cost-of-over-rs-1000-crore/articleshow/51618982.cms Brigade Group has already developed two WTC s , one at Bangalore and one at Kochi. A walk through of the WTC at Bangalore below: Exciting news for OMR Riders!

courtesy:https://www.facebook.com/BarbequeNation                                          Barbeque nation has opened its third outlet in chennai at OMR,Thoraipakkam. IT engineers no longer need to throng to TNagar or Vadapalani to have a barbeque feast as the New Indian Express reports. Angana and Kaviya Shetty of Mahabalipuram movie inaugurated the outlet . Address of the outlet here: Barbeque Nation Ground Floor, Ramaniyam Isha, Block 1, No 11,  OMR, Thoraipakkam, Chennai - 97. Phone Number: 044-60600000/01 View on Google Maps  More info here: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Lunching-BBQ-Style-on-the-IT-Corridor/2015/03/30/article2736781.ece http://www.chennainewz.com/barbeque-nation-opens-3rd-outlet-at-omr-thoraipakkam/