A K 47 RIFLES LANDS IN CHENNAI FROM DUBAI
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  A consignment of 10 AK-47 rifles along with telescopes landed here in a cargo plane three days ago and now security agencies are hot on trail of a man from Uttar Pradesh. Yusuf, a resident of Varanasi and a Customs Clearing agent here, is on the run and the police are looking for him after a person to whom the cargo was addressed claimed he had nothing to do with it.

Posted On :26/Feb/2010 4:42:44 AM
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MAMTAS GESTURE TO TAMILNADU
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  Mamta Banerjee the Railway minster has made major announcement, in the Railway Budget, the introduction of new train services, setting up of a sports academy, speeding up of gauge conversion projects and expansion of Integral Coach Factory (ICF) located in Tamilnadu.

Posted On :26/Feb/2010 4:31:18 AM
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NUCLEAR SCIENTIST GOES MISSING.
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  Nuclear scientist, S. Ananthanarayanan working in the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Tamil Nadu is missing since last week, police said today."We got a complaint from his wife on Feb 18 and registered a complaint as man missing.

Posted On :26/Feb/2010 1:34:58 AM
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MANMOHAN SIGH TO INAUGURATE NEW ASSEMBLY COMPLEX
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  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the new Tamil Nadu assembly complex in Chennai next month, DMK leader T.K.S. Elangovan said today. . The budget session of the Tamil Nadu assembly is likely to be held in the new complex," the parliamentarian told reporters here.

Posted On :26/Feb/2010 1:19:10 AM
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TNEB TO GET POWER FROM ICF.
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  The Integral Coach Factory, the coach Manufacturer for Railways will supply Electricity to Tamilnadu Electricity Board from April. The ICF generating power using Windmills has surplus power. Three to five million units of surplus power will be supplied to TNEB, said L M Sahore, The Chief Electrical Engineer, ICF

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 4:17:37 AM
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USAGE OF ‘DR’ WITHOUT IMA CERTIFICATE MAY INVITE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
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  Madras High court has finally asked the authorities to initiate action against those persons who prefix ‘Dr’ to their names without valid medical degree or approval from IMA. Most of the Paramedical Technicians, Physiotherapist prefix ‘Dr’ to their names. Passing orders on a writ petition filed by Indian Medical Association’s

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 3:42:09 AM
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SEMINAR ON VEDAS AND SASTRAS IN BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN.
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  Three day national Sanskrit seminar on ‘Vedas and Sastras’ was inaugurated by Justice B N Srikrishna, a former Judge, Supreme Court. During the course of his he said that ‘Dharma differentiates Human beings from Animal’. T S Krishnamurthy former Chief Election Commissioner also participated.

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 2:42:07 AM
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SCOUTS AND GUIDES MUST BE COMPULSORY: BARNALA
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  Surjit Singh Barnala, the Governor of Tamilnadu suggested that Scouts and Guides must be made compulsory as they help students develop leadership qualities and nurture discipline and Unity. The Governor was speaking on the occasion of presenting Rajyapurskar awards to more than 7000 Scouts and Guides from all over the state.

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 1:54:12 AM
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PAKISTANI PATIENT TREATED FOR PARKINSON IN CHENNAI.
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  Mohammed Arif a Parkinson patient for last six years has been successfully treated a Apollo Specialty Hospital using “Deep Brain Stimulation” [DBS]. Arif Mohammed hailing from Peshawar was diagnosed with Parkinsonianism around 2003, had developed severe side effects for the last one and half years.

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 1:41:40 AM
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JAPANESE ART AND CULTURE SHOW CASED.
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  ‘Passage to the future: Art from a New Generation in Japan’ a Japanese art exhibition was on show at Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai. The Exhibition was organized by the consulate General of Japan at Chennai, ABK-AOTS Dosakai and Japan Foundation. Works of 11 artists from Japan have been exhibited.

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 1:21:25 AM
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DESALINATION PLANT AT NEMMELI
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  Foundation stone for establishing 100 Million Litres per day desalination plant at Nemmeli has been laid by the Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday. Announcing on the occasion Stalin said that the plant is scheduled to be operational by December, 2011.

Posted On :24/Feb/2010 12:40:04 AM
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THIRD NANO TECH INITIATIVE THROUGH A SCHOOL IN CHENNAI.

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  Third Nano Technologyintiative has been launched by a trilateral- India, Brazil, SouthAfrica initiative. Dr Baldev Raj, Director of Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic research and National Co-coordinator of India for the IBSA Nano Technology Initiative said that the third school on advanced materials would focus on advanced aspects of Nanomaterials with specific emphasis on sensor applications.

Posted On :23/Feb/2010 5:43:49 AM
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TRAINS RESCHEDULED DUE TO MAINTAINCE ON WEDNESDAY
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  Southern Railway announced the rescheduling of the following trains on Wednesday as rebuilding of a bridge between Ottakovil and Ariyalur on Villupuram- Trichy section is taken up on Wednesday. Chennai, Egmore- Madurai- Vaigai Express – 2635 - will leave Egmore at 2 PM.

Posted On :23/Feb/2010 5:19:51 AM
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FLY OVER IN PORUR FINALLY
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  The state highways department has finally decided to build fly over at Arcot Road – Mount Poonamellee highway junction at Porur. The work is expected to start this week. A Four lane project at a cost of Rs 35 Crores is launched by ground breaking ceremony on Thursday.

Posted On :23/Feb/2010 5:06:47 AM
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NEW TWO RUPEE COIN IN CHENNAI

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  The new Two Rupee coin in Ferritic Stainless steel would have the face of Louis Braille and his name written in Braille on one side and the other side would have as usual the value of the coin.. Louis Braille is the inventor of language developed for the visually impaired persons.

Posted On :23/Feb/2010 4:47:59 AM
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BIO-SAFETY OF GM MOSQUITO IS NOT CONFIRMED YET
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  S Elango, the Director of Public Health said bio-safety of Genetically Modified mosquitoes being developed by the researches worldwide to fight diseases like Malaria, Chikungunya, Dengue and vector- borne diseases need clarification. Unless the concerned bodies clarify and directorate becomes sure, they will not recommend GM Mosquitoes to Government for application.

Posted On :23/Feb/2010 4:38:20 AM
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MORE ENGINEERING COLLEGES IN TAMILNADU

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  As per P Mannar Jawahar, Vice Chancellor, Anna University and Regional Chairman, AICTE, around 100 applications have been received for starting new Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu. With last date for application has been extended to 28th February more application are expected to be submitted.

Posted On :23/Feb/2010 4:11:23 AM
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SRM UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT NANO-SCIENCE CONFERENCE
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  SRM University has planned to conduct three day Nano-Science International Conference from 24th of February. International conference on Nano-science and Nano-Technology- ICONN 2010 is organized by the Physics department of the University

Posted On :22/Feb/2010 3:49:42 AM
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CHENNAI MARATHON WON BY A KENYAN.
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  Chennai Marathon 2010 held at marina on Sunday was organized by the Sports Authority of India. Participants included were national and international athletes. Augustine Rona of Kenya won the event clocking two hours 14 minutes, who was also the winner of Pune Marathon. Santhosh Kumar of UP came second.

Posted On :22/Feb/2010 2:45:28 AM
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TCS ANNUAL QUIZ PROGRAMME FOR CORPORATION SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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  TCS Maitree Eureka physics quiz programme is an annual event, which started last year. More than 560 students from 250 Corporation schools and Government aided schools participated through their nominated teams .

Posted On :22/Feb/2010 2:36:51 AM
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