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I feel that these renderings are similar to China's Guangzhou city -Baiyun AP

Chennai MTC Bus Accident At Anna Flyover Gemini Bridge
Bus accident happened on 27th June 2012, Wednesday at Anna Flyover Gemini bridge, Chennai where an MTC bus with board 17M from Parry’s Corner to Vadapalani.

As per the report, about 40 passengers in the bus got injured and they all are taken to Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital for treatment.

The MTC Bus 17M started from Parry’s Corner at about 2 PM it reached the Anna flyover and the MTC bus lost control and fell off the arterial Anna flyover.

Getting this picture from landmark

Kanchipuram temple
How is this?

Tiruchy farmer constructs India's first zero waste toilet

India’s first zero waste toilet happens to have been constructed in Tiruchy by lawyer-turned-organic farmer S. Thalapathy (45) early this May.

The farmer and his wife Selvi are busy receiving guests every day who are eager to know about the advantages of the zero waste toilet.

“Many were surprised when we said we have stopped renewal of our LPG cylinder. I cook using biogas,” smiles Ms Selvi. The couple had invested Rs37,000 in their toilet which they claim will benefit them for life.

Sharing details about the special toilet complex, Mr Thalapathy said, “I decided to lead a life in close proximity with nature. When I learnt about the concept of zero waste toilet, I wanted to set it up in my house. This has become a model facility for others,” he said.

He has received visitors from Hyderabad, various parts of Tamil Nadu and researchers from the Madras school of social work. The toilet was constructed with the guidance of NGO SCOPE, which works in the field of sanitation.

“The facility has five modules — a flush toilet, a bathroom, a urine diversion bowl, a cultivated wetland for treating the waste water from the bathroom and the biogas plant.

The waste water from the bathroom is used to water the plants in our kitchen garden. The biogas plant, which will have a digester inside, will convert the solid waste and other organic waste into methane gas. The gas is supplied to kitchen stove,” explained the couple.

SCOPE director and sanitation expert M. Subburaman said zero waste toilets would help families stop depending on LPG cylinders. “We utilise the waste water, and the solid waste from the toilet complex turns into manure,” he said. To contact the couple – 9952848317.

Pay your property tax online, via ATMs in Chennai

CHENNAI: You will soon be able to pay your property taxes online or through ATMs. The Chennai Corporation on Thursday said it has tied up with eight banks to facilitate online tax payments.

Until now, once every six months, tax collectors had to persuade people to pay their property taxes. Residents could make on the spot payment or visit the zonal corporation office for payment.

From June 15, as a first step, people can make payments at any branch of the banks, including Indian Overseas Bank, Canara Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, HDFC bank, City Union Bank, Karur Vysya Bank and Axis bank. Banks will start online banking and payment a month later.

Corporation officials say that tax collection would improve in the city, if more avenues are provided for payment. Last year the corporation suffered arrears of Rs 268.74 crore in property tax.

rocking chennai

Nine persons were killed and 100 others injured when a speeding passenger train rammed into a stationary
Nine persons were killed and 100 others injured when a speeding passenger train rammed into a stationary train here, leading to derailment of five coaches.

The Chennai Beach-Vellore Cantonment Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit (MEMU) train rammed into the Arakkonam-Katpadi passenger from behind as it was waiting for a signal at Chitheri station, about 90 km from Chennai, around 9.40 p.m. on Tuesday.

but i dont know tamilnadu government takes any action regarding this.

Big Nooooooo........
it happend on september

Chennai and Ennore ports are on high alert with the cyclonic storm Thane slowly moving towards the Tamil Nadu coast. All contingencies and security measures are in place to meet any eventualities from the cyclone, according to sources.

At the Chennai port, a storm warning flag signal number 9, which indicates 'great danger,' has been hoisted. This means, the port will experience severe weather from a severe cyclone expected to move keeping the port to the right of its track.

At the Ennore port, flag number 10 has been hoisted indicating 'great danger'.

In anticipation of the cyclone, all vessels from the Chennai port were evacuated last night. The vessels were moved to the outer anchorage for safety.

At the Ennore port, no vessel is at the port, said an official.

The private container terminals at the Chennai port have ensured that the equipment and cranes are tied up to be secure. This will ensure that the equipment do not move during heavy wind.

Meanwhile, a morning weather bulletin from the India Meteorological Department says that the storm Thane over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-southwestward and lay centred at 08.30 a.m. today near latitude 12.00N and longitude 82.50E, about 270 km east of Puducherry; 250 km east-southeast of Chennai and 420 km north-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka).

The system is likely to move westwards and cross north Tamil Nadu coast between Nagapattinam and Chennai, close to Puducherry around early morning of December 30.

MAN KILLED ON MARINA

A petty quarrel ended in two youths smothering a man to death on the Marina sands on Sunday night.
The suspects were arrested minutes after the crime, based on information provided by a boy studying in eighth standard. The identity of the victim is yet to be established.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Mylapore), B. Ravi Sekaran, said the incident happened when one of the accused fell on the victim, who was asleep on the beach behind the Lighthouse.
The suspects, Prabhu (27) and Ratheesh (27), both natives of Kanyakumari, are construction workers. They work for a firm in Chitlapakkam and had come to the Marina after consuming alcohol. “Around 11.30 p.m., while they were walking on the sands, Prabhu tripped and fell over the victim.
The man, aged around 35, woke up and is said to have verbally abused Prabhu,” the police officer said.
In a spurt of anger, Prabhu started assaulting him. The victim retaliated by biting Prabhu’s left hand. Thereafter, Prabhu and Ratheesh pressed the man’s face on the sands killing him, Mr.Sekaran added.
A teenage boy who witnessed the incident informed a Special Sub Inspector of Police Palanichami of the Marina police station who was on duty nearby. The SSI along with a police party rushed to the spot and apprehended the duo even as they were fleeing, police sources said.
Prabhu, who claims to be an engineering graduate, is working as a mason, and Ratheesh, a construction labourer, were charged with murder by the Marina police. The victim, who was clad in a black shirt and grey trousers, had a bunch of keys, sources added.

Power cut leaves residents fuming:


Residents in some parts of the city have been suffering frequent outages lasting a minimum of two hours every day. This has sparked off complaints as the exam season has begun in schools.

On Kalakshetra Road in Thiruvanmiyur, supply was disrupted for close to two hours on Wednesday and Thursday. As Thursday was the day of Karthikai Deepam festival, homemaker R C Kanchana said it upset her plans."I could not cook anything as there was no power to run the kitchen equipment. This has been happening regularly," said the resident of Tiruvanmiyur.

Residents of Chetpet also complained of frequent power outages, mainly at night. "We want the electricity board to take action immediately. There are lots of senior citizens living in the area and they are unable to sleep," said G Daniel, a resident of McNichols Road.
It's not just power cuts that have been troubling residents. In Kalakshetra Colony, residents complain of voltage fluctuations. "The problem has been there for the past few months. The voltage drops especially in the evening and it becomes difficult to run electronic equipment," said Pradeep Nandakumar, a resident. Officials of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board said it could be a technical problem. "We will look into the issue immediately," said an official.

LOVELY RAIN AND LIVELY LYRICS
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Kanimozhi's bail makes MK happy
DMK president and former Tamilnadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi Monday spoke to his daughter and party MP Kanimozhi after she was given bail by the Delhi High Court in the 2G case.

'The news of Kanimozhi getting bail gives me happiness,' a relaxed Karunanidhi told reporters at his residence.

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Asked what will be his first words to his daughter, who has been in Delhi's Tihar Jail since 20 May, after she lands here, he said: 'At last, you have come.'

Questioned on whether Kanimozhi would be given any new position in the party, Karunanidhi said the party would decide on that as he is not an autocratic leader.

When asked about DMK MP and former union communications minister A Raja not moving a bail petition, he said if Raja seeks any assistance, it will be considered.

According to party sources, Karunanidhi was a bit cautious this time, unlike earlier times when Kanimozhi was denied bail, contrary to expectations.

During the course of the day, Karunanidhi watched television and also got in touch with DMK MPs in New Delhi about the happenings in the court.

snake show@chennai
this is an interesting video taken live at the time of snake show in chennai national snake park.
the man playing with snake is very brave and he is very creative.
must watch video.

125-year-old building
The 125-year-old building on M.S. Koil Street housing Royapuram police station is to be demolished.

The (N1) police station, one of the oldest in the city, will be shifted to a building on Arthoon Road, for whose construction the Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation has sanctioned Rs.44.7 lakh.

The old structure, according to sources, does not figure in the list of heritage buildings prepared by a committee headed by Justice E.Padmanabhan. It is in a dilapidated condition and hence needs to be pulled down, said Peer Mohammed, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Royapuram.

“The plan for the [new] building has been approved and it will be constructed on Arthoon Road on the premises where the All-Women’s Police Station (AWPS) is situated. But we are yet to get approval for shifting the AWPS to a rental building,” said Mr.Mohammed.

The proposal was made two years ago and it was approved a year ago. The final sanction, however, was received only recently. Police sources say the AWPS would be temporarily shifted to the police quarters in Kasimedu, Mint or Royapuram.

The new building will house the office of ACP law and order, crime and the AWPS. The AWPS in Royapuram is the first women’s police station in north Chennai and was inaugurated in 2002 by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Ullu-kulla 7000 parts irukuthu.. athula odatha vandiyada intha elumicha pazhathula Ida pothu?

Arasu Cable may hurt DTH operators with low subscription
Arasu Cable might be a “blow” to DTH operators in Tamil Nadu, if the state-owned multiple system operator (MSO) adds prominent pay channels to its bouquet and still offers connection at Rs 70 a month, said industry sources.

The DTH industry has already been burdened with ‘entertainment tax' in the State, making a DTH connection at least twice as expensive as cable connection. “This (Arasu) will only hamper the digital penetration in the State,” said a highly placed source in the industry.

DTH operators pay around 30 per cent of the revenue to the Government by way of licence fee and taxes, and 50 per cent to broadcasters. For example, if a subscriber pays Rs 135 a month, the DTH operator pays around Rs 40 to the Government by way of taxes and a little over Rs 65 to broadcasters. That leaves only Rs 30 with the operator.

With the average revenue per user (ARPU) remaining a big challenge for DTH operators, it will take years even to recover the subscriber acquisition cost (which is hovering around Rs 4,000) – and hence breaking even still remains a distant dream for them.

Besides, the Government has a very aggressive and, at the same time, addressable digitisation target in order to bring transparency in TV connections and declarations so that the share of revenue that is due to the Government and broadcaster will go up. Alongside, if the Government tax DTH platforms heavily and leave cable TV untouched, it will actually come in the way of achieving the target.

“We have to pass it on to the consumer, which will certainly slow down the digital platform's penetration in the State,” said Mr Harit Nagpal, Managing Director of Tata Sky.

Mr Sanjay Behl, Head of Reliance Digital TV, has similar views. The State-level entertainment tax in particular will certainly play a spoilsport for our growth plans in the State, he said.

Even though Arasu Cable is Government-operated, the last-mile connectivity is to be done by the LCOs, and hence ‘under declaration' of connection numbers cannot be ruled out, argued an executive of another major DTH player in the State.

Under declaration has been a serious issue as last-mile cable operators declare hardly 60 per cent (in many cases) of the actual number of TV connections they have given; hence leading to less revenue for pay channel broadcasters and the Government (by way of taxes).

Tamil Nadu has well over 90 per cent TV penetration, and hence it has become a key target market for DTH players. There are in excess of 1.6 crore C

Arasu Cable in Chennai soon


Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd of the Tamil Nadu Government proposes to launch its services in the Chennai metropolitan area too. The company, which launched its services across the State in September, did not enter the Chennai market as it is one of the CAS (conditional access system) regions.

According to a press release from Arasu Cable, the company now seeks to enter this market too and has sought expression of interest from MSOs (multi system operators and LCOs (local cable operators) along with details including the number of connections and those with set-top boxes and set-top box inventory with operators, as these details are required for a feasibility study. It has hence requested operators to furnish these details online before December 23.

The release further added that the enrolment fee details will be announced once the corporation decides to launch operations in the city.

Thupaki is Vijay-AR Murugadoss' next!
Vijay and AR Murugadoss seem to have finally made their mind on the title of their project. The forthcoming Tamil movie, which was earlier called Maalai Neram Mazhaithuli, has been titled Thupaki.

According to reports, Vijay and AR Murugadoss have zeroed in on Thupaki after considering quite a few catchy titles. The upcoming movie is reportedly taking off on November 25 at the Thiruchendur Murugan temple, one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga.

Thupaki is being made with the budget of Rs 65 crore, which is the biggest ever budget film of Vijay's career. AR Murugadoss has roped in Santosh Sivan and Harris Jayaran for the cinematography and the music direction departments.

Thupaki produced by Vijay's father AS Chandrasekhar features Kajal Aggarwal in the female lead role. The movie tells the story of a man's journey to Mumbai centred around the streets of the commercial capital. He will be seen in the role of a don in the forthcoming Tamil movie.

What you think about this one?

Vijay vs Simbhu - who is to win?
Vijay and Simbhu are well known for their remaking gimmicks and here is a movie from north - Delhi Belly - a box office super hit!

UTV, the distributors for Delhi Belly is planning to make the movie in Tamil.

There is a hectic competition between Vijay and Simbhu to take up the movie. While Vijay has a proven track record of only doing remake masalas, Simbhu is a new commer, who want to taste it at any cost!

Who is to win?

Will Siddarth become a Danush?
The ‘Boys’ actor is now pinning all his hopes on his upcoming movie ‘Oh My Friend’ that is releasing today.

The actor in spite of good looks and best talents isn’t able to make up on the success line. Despites acting in various regional movies including Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, he isn’t able to strike gold.

His previous bilingual movie ‘180’ didn’t gain appreciations nor spanned profits in box office. The actor has now pinned more hopes on his today’s Telugu release ‘Oh My Friend’. The actor had hosted premiere last night in Hyderabad that was attended by his close girl friends including Genelia.

The film has his most close friend Shruthi Haasan in female lead role while Hansika Motwani plays another heroine character

Aayirathil Oruvan Part 2?
After Paruthiveeran, Karthi was acting for a long time in the film titled Aayirathil Oruvan.

This film which was directed by Selvaraghavan has Karthi, Andrea, Reema Sen and others.

G V Prakash had composed the music. But this film did not get the appreciations of the people.

It was mentioned in the film Aayirathil Oruvan that the journey will continue.

So there were lots of speculations that there could be sequel to this film. Now it has been confirmed by Selvaraghavan that there will be part 2 of this film.

He has mentioned, “Aayirathil Oruvan part 2 script is ready. Had some time to fine tune it in the last two days. Hope to make it soon”

Vikram - for the first time to do dual role in a movie!
Director Vijay is going to direct Vikram's next movie titled Thaandavam.

For the very first time our Cheeyaan Vikram will do dual roles in a movie through this movie.

Though, in Anniyan he has taken three different roles, in the movie, he is a single person according to the story. But in the case of Thaandavam, the story itself has two Vikram.

One Vikram will sing duet with Anushka while the other with Emi.

UTV is going to produce this movie. Harris Jeyaraj will do the music.

What is there between Trisha and Simbhu?
Simbhu and Trisha have already done two movies together - the first one - Alai, when both are new to Kollywood, while the second 'Vinnai thaandi Varuvaaya' - after both of them are matured actors.

Now, Simbhu and Trisha are proposing..... for another movie together!!!

While Simbhu has said that "I always love to be with Trisha and if there is a movie having Trisha as my pair, I will be very happy to do it"

Trisha on her part commented "For me Simbhu is very special. Chemistry between me and Simbhu works out at its best. Many of my close people comment that I should have a person like Simbhu even in my personal life as pair!"
http://tamilcinemanews.hosuronline.com/CinemaNewsD.asp?DAT_ID=1910

Chennai 2020 ( A Global City )
Chennai 2020 : Chennai is well on the way to become a leading global cit

check flight status here

http://www.chennaiairport.com/php/showFlightStatus.php?linkid=303

what about your opinion for Velayutham movie?
On the positive note, Velayudham is evenly-paced, sticks to its basic premise and plot without diversions and shamelessly delivers what is expected of Vijay – Mass Masala.

For Vijay fans, Velayudham is an absolute treat. They can continue to retain the unused state of their brains without feeling least offended. The 7 pm show on Wednesday at a Chicago theater had an impressive turnout for a Vijay movie.

As for the rest, if you are willing to ignore the following creative liberties (a.k.a. illogical, mindless, impractical, unintelligent drivel) then Velayudham should be made India’s official entry to the Oscars this year.