#IPL6: Chennai add to Pune’s misery, inflict 37-run defeat on hosts #CSK

Suresh Raina worked his way to a superb 63 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni played an explosive 16-ball 45-run knock as Chennai Super Kings strengthened their position at the top of the table with a 37-run win over Pune Warriors in an IPL match, in Pune on Tuesday.

Raina anchored the innings with his 50-ball knock and skipper Dhoni provided the late fireworks as Chennai overcame a slow start to post a challenging 164 for three.

Paceman Mohit Sharma then rocked the Pune top-order in a fiery spell in which he dismissed Aaron Finch (15), T Suman (0) and Yuvraj Singh (5) from which the hosts never recovered and managed just 127 for nine.

Finch was caught behind and Suman was trapped in successive balls in Mohit’s first over. He returned to scalp Yuvraj. Raina’s electric fielding resulted in run out of Robin Uthappa (10) which left the hosts reeling at 43 for four inside fifth over.

As if that was not enough, Luke Wright was run out in an unfortunate manner when Steve Smith played a solid straight drive but the ball touched Albie Morkel‘s foot before hitting the stumps and Wright was caught out of crease.

A terrible mix up meant that Abhihek Nayar too was runout. Smith handed back a simple catch to Ravindra Jadeja a few overs later and with that wicket Pune were on their way to their eighth defeat from 10 matches.

Earlier, Raina showed a lot of maturity while batting as he did the spade work along with S Badrinath (34) while Dhoni batted amazingly in his side’s remarkable recovery later on.

After losing Michael Hussey (5) and Wriddhiman Sahara (13) early, Raina and Badrinath steadied the ship with a 75-run stand for the third wicket.

But it was 61-run unbeaten partnership between Raina and Dhoni for the fourth wicket that spoilt all the good work Pune bowlers had done earlier.

It rained fours and sixes when Dhoni batted as Chennai collected 50 runs in the last four overs. Dhoni punished hapless bowlers with seven boundaries including three sixes, the last one coming off the last ball.

Raina helped himself with five fours and a six.

Indian American Devotee Ramalinga Raju Donates $3 Mn to Tirumala Temple

In a princely offering, an NRI devotee from US today donated Rs 16 crore to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala.

M Ramalinga Raju, an entrepreneur based in the United States, handed over the offering in the form of a demand draft to top temple officials, temple sources said.

They said this was the first such large cash offering made by an individual devotee from overseas.

Raju presented the DD to Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman K. Bapiraju and the temple Joint Executive Officer K.S. Srinivasa Raju at the temple.

He requested the TTD, administering the cash-rich ancient temple, that Rs 11 crore be used to make a golden garland “sahasra nama mala” weighing about 35 kg and utilise the balance Rs five crore for the construction of a free-meal complex for pilgrims at Tiruchanur near here, they said.

This is the second large cash offering since last month. On March 27, a Chennai-based pharmaceutical firm had donated Rs two crore to the hill shrine, they added.

Source: PTI

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Michael Vaughn lauds MS Dhoni on double-century

Former England captain Michael Vaughn lauded Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday for his performance against Australia on the third day of the first cricket Test match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Dhoni scored an unbeaten 206 to take India to 515/8, to give the hosts a lead of 135 runs with two days left in the match. During his innings, which included 22 boundaries and five massive sixes, he scored at a strike rate of 84.77.

“The coolest man in world cricket MS Dhoni delivers when it most matters… Incredible innings against the Aussies… #Dhoni,” tweeted Vaughan.

In the process, Dhoni also crossed the 4,000-run mark in Test cricket. He also has the highest individual score by an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman when he surpassed Budhi Kunderan‘s 192.

Legendary spinner Shane Warne was also impressed by Dhoni’s knock.

“WOW, MS Dhoni is going off here in Chennai, amazing batting,” tweeted Warne.

Valentine’s Day Surprise by BMW for Indian Car Lovers – X1 Facelift leaked to be launched on 14th February

BMW X1 has already been introduced into globalmarket earlier which resulted in a huge success. The company has decided to regain the momentum again with the launch of face lifted version of X1 and has launched the same in Indonesia. The company was able to sell more than 3 lakh entities of X1 within 2 and half years from the launch of the vehicle into the global market. X1 is the most sold variant in the X series of BMW so far and thus the company has kept the model untouched for more than 3 years till now.

The vehicle has been modified a bit on the outer side in order to make it much aerodynamic. The engine has been left untouched as there is no other better alternative for the 2.0 liter engine in X1. BMW will continue offering the diesel variant as well as the petrol variant of X1 with the same 2.0 liter engine. Diesel variant is capable of producing 150 bhp of power whereas petrol engine is capable of producing 177 bhp of power.

As per the information, BMW might include Start – Stop system in the face lift version of X1 for the first time. The basic design of the head lamps has been modified in this version and the front grill too has been altered. Design of the dash board of the car and interior has also been modified. However, X1 face lift might have a tough fight with the other appealing rival models such as V40 from Volvo that is going to be launched in few months, Mercedes B Class and Q3 from Audi.

GoaOnWheels.com reported recently that BMW is importing the spares of X1 and the vehicle has been getting assembled at the Chennai plant of the company. The assembled X1 face lift vehicles are getting exported to Indonesia through Chennai ports and thus BMW is planning to launch the variant in the Indian market on 14^th February. We have to wait until the official announcement from the company gets out.

Kalanithi Maran’s ‘man Friday’ Hansraj Saxena turns against him

Having switched sides after his arrest last year, Hansraj Saxena, who was the man Friday of media mogul Kalanithi Maran, has decided to take on his former boss. The former Sun Pictures‘ chief operating officer (COO) visited the Chennai police commissioner’s office along with an accomplice who lodged a complaint of cheating against the senior Maran.

Though it was R. Ayyappan, also a former hand at Sun Pictures, who filed the complaint, Saxena said he too would come up with one.

Interestingly, this comes a day after Saxena was granted audience by Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa. It also comes close on the heels of Maran securing an anticipatory bail last week after film producer Sakthi Chidambaram filed a police complaint charging the media czar of cheating and threatening him.

M.C.Rajan

SUPERSTAR RAJINIKANTH – For the Day We Were Waiting 12.12.12

12.12.12  is the day which has a magic in it , it comes only once in hundred years and thats awesome that we are here to witness the magic .

And above all for us , the Die-hard fans of Thalaivar Rajini ,this day is even more special than any others. because he shares his 62nd Birthday on the very same day which makes it even more special.

The name we chant is Rajini , when the God treated him with more magic and this is one . not to mention the prayers and well wishes he has got from his fans all around the Globe .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THALAIVAA

Rajinikanth has been called the most popular Indian film actor of his time.His popularity has been attributed to “his uniquely styled dialogues and idiosyncrasies in films, as well as his political statements and philanthropy”.

The celebrations are expected to kick-start from midnight and Rajini’s hardcore fans have made all the arrangements for the special day. His fans club are preparing for the special day and the members are fully charged to make it a memorable day. Apart from celebrations, his fan clubs are holding a lot of social welfare activities tomorrow (December 12). A series of events have been planned by his fans association in Tamil Nadu. They will be distribute books, clothes, and gift articles to the socially-backward classes.

Fan organisations have also planned for blood donation camps across the state. Rajinikanth is also providing financial assistance for many schools and a couple of schools of physically and mentally challenged children, orphans and underprivileged kids will also be getting donation.

Tomorrows event for Rajini around the city

• The book – Rajinikanth, The Definitive Biography, will be launched at Landmark, in Citi Centre, Chennai, tomorrow – 12.12.12!“The book will comprehensively analyse his meteoric career in the movie industry from his debut performance to his forthcoming blockbuster “Rana”, releasing this year.

  “With never before presented insights on his personal and political life, this book, for the first time analyses the unmatched charm and magic of Rajinikanth that bridges the unique boy-next-door, down to earth persona, with that of his larger than life superstar image,” the publishers said in a statement.The book will also contain rare pictures and anecdotes.

Rajinikanth’s Birthday Anthmn Launch[click here ]  Rajinikanth’s admirers and huge fans Raghava Lawrence and Vijay Anthony have come up with a new idea to add more colour to the birthday celebration of the superstar. Well, they have done a special song for the the actor’s birthday, which is on December 12, and the track was officially released by Rajini’s wife Latha on Saturday (December 8). At a function, Latha Rajnikanth unveiled the album which is directed by Raghava Lawrence. The music is composed by Vijay Anthony, and sung by the music director and Malaysian singer Emcee Jazz. It is a mass track and the song, which is penned by Annamalai, has been released on YouTube. Fans of superstar can hear and download for free.

Super Star Rajinikanth’s films are known for their “punch” dialogues. These are rhyming lines of dialogue delivered by the Rajinikanth to indirectly express his principles or position on political issues. Tamil magazines sometimes conduct competitions to predict possible punch dialogues for his forthcoming films. These dialogues are repeated many times in his movies and most of these have significance to the political situation at the time of release of relevant movies.

Listed below are some notable “punch” dialogues:

 

Moondru Mugam (1982)

• Ekambaram: “Ekambaramnu sonna vayithula irukura kozhandhai kooda vaaya moodum.” (?????????: “??????????? ??????, ????????
  ???????? ??????? ??? ???? ??????”) – “Say the name ‘Ekambaram’ and even an unborn child will shut its mouth and hush up.”
• Alex Pandian: “Adhe kozhandhai kitta Alex Pandiyannu sonna, innoru kaiyale avanga amma vaayayum moodum!”  “Well, if you say the name
  ‘Alex Pandian’ to that same unborn child, it will even close its mother’s mouth with its other hand!”

Annamalai (1992)

• “Naan solrathaiyum seiven, sollathathiyum seiven.” – “I will do what I
  say, I will also do what I don’t say.”

Basha (1995)

• “Naan oru dhadavai sonna nooru dhadavai sonna madhiri.” – “If i say it once,
  I’ve said it a hundred times.”

Muthu (1995)

• “Naan eppa varuven, eppadi varuvennu yarukkum theriyadhu, aana varavendiya neratthil correct-aga varuven.” – “When I will arrive, or how I will
  arrive, nobody will know, but I will arrive when I ought to.”

Arunachalam(1997)

• “Andavan solran. Arunachalam seiran.”  – “God tells, Arunachalam does.”

Padayappa (1999)

• “En vazhi ? thani vazhi.” – “My way is a unique way.”

Baba (2002)

• “Khatham, gatham.”  – “The past is past.”

Shivaji(2007)

“Chuma adhurudall

-MI

Apollo Tyres to set up power plant in Tamil Nadu

To meet its electricity requirements in a power-starved Tamil Nadu, tyre company Apollo Tyres Ltd is planning to set up a 15 MW thermal power plant at its factory near here, the company said on Tuesday. Two units each of 7.5 MW will be set up at the company’s factory at Oragadam, around 50 km from here. The factory has a capacity to roll out 550 tonnes of passenger vehicle and truck/bus radial tyres per day, the company said in a statement.

According to the environment impact assessment (EIA) report by Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt Ltd, the expected outlay will be Rs 80 crore. “Coal is easily importable through the Chennai port, 52 km from the site,” the EIA report states.

The plant will come up in an area of 2.47 acres and the flyash (100 tonnes per day) will be disposed of to brick kilns. The power plant will run for 18 hours a day, with an effluent generation of 40.98 KL per hour.

IANS

Professor held for sexually harassing singer on Twitter

A Chennai professor has been arrested for posting vulgar comments about singer Chinmayi Sripada and her mother on Twitter.

An associate Professor of National Institute of Fashion Technology has been arrested in connection with a complaint by well known singer Chinmayi Sripada of sexual harassment through a social networking site.

Representational pic

Acting on her complaint on October 18, in which she alleged that certain individuals had passed vulgar comments about her and her mother on ‘Twitter,’ police registered a case under Sections 66, 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2005 and Section 4 of the Prevention of Women Harassment Act.

After investigation, the Cyber Crime Cell of Chennai Police arrested Saravana Kumar Perumal.

The man reportedly confessed to having committed the crime by using his mobile phone.

Two teams have been despatched to Coimbatore and Puducherry to pick up two others in connection with the case, police said.

World’s Biggest scam in India valued to $40 Billion [INFOGRAPHIC]

The 2g spectrum scam not just 1 lakh but 1.7 lakh crores!
If put in figure, a whole lot of 1,70,00,00,00,00,000

Do you think a telecom minister can earn this much? or is this his father’s property? Sure it isn’t.Or you wondering if this belongs to Mr Karunanidhi who has been supporting him all along? sure not!

According to Indian television reports Mr. Raja, the Telecom Minister, made a loss of around 2 lakh crores to Indian government by selling the 2g spectrum for cheap bucks to corporates that have no standard at all.

With the Auditor General and comptroller charging Mr. Raja, the telecom minister, against the 2g spectrum scam has raised high the country. He was being held as personally responsible for the loss of over 1.7 lakh crore to the country selling 2g spectrum at dead cheap rates in 2008.

This incident blasted the issue more seriously adding to the intense interrogation by the civil society, supreme court and the Telecom watchdog against Raja.

This has been the biggest scam in India and in the world. This has substantially marked a dead black spot in the history of scams. Until now, the value of all the scams is not more than 20 lakh crore rupees (RS: 20,00,00,00,00,00,000) that made this a big buzz in the world of scams.

Countries like America and Europe were almost shocked to the 2g spectrum scam which is over a “whole 40 billion dollars”.

1. No rules in the game! His game is the only rule.
2. He played with dates and changed everything that can make his story strong and bring him all the money.
3. Sold completely surrender to money and selling the country to cheap hands.
4. No proper auction followed
5. Above all, the highlights are his ignorance to Prime Minister Mr.Manmohan advice, TRAI who recommended to auction 2g spectrum properly at market rates and not the dead rates!

Finally, he was completely sold to lobbyists!

Wondering how much we can do with this money to a country?

• 4 golden square projects connecting metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, kolkata
• 23 samshabad airports
• 30 lakh buses
• 11 crores buffaloes to raithlu
• Construct 1868 dams just like nagarjuna sagar
• 25 lakh hospitals
• 65 lakh ambulances
• 30 lakh schools
• 35 crore computers
• 504 fighter jet aeroplanes

Society is fighting for its right and get back the money to the government. Should hold all the 2g spectrum projects

A national campaign is being held against corruption and everybody can make their contribution through the online voting system and let the higher officials know society is aware of the facts

Postal cards to kill corruption are being send to Prime Minister in the hope of taking strict action against the persons involved in the scam.

All accussed in this case are out of jail on bail, including A Raja.

 

 

 

India’s Worst-Behaved Motorists are in Bangalore

Every two days, three pedestrians are killed on roads and annually more than 10,000 are hospitalized – ONLY in BANGALORE CITY.  And today the motorist behavior is a heated topic of discussion, the arrogance and negligence of motorists in cities killing many and injuring many more.

The tech capital of India, Bangalore scored the lowest in the category on the motorist behavior in cities – the miserable score of all – 30 out of 100. However, the city scored 45 in overall walkability index while Pune scored the highest with 54, Rajkot 53, Bhuvaneswar 50, Surat 43, and Chennai 40.

The survey was carried out by a New Delhi-based green group called Clean air initiative aimed to determine the walkability (walking infrastructure availability) of Indian cities. Initially conducted in 13 Asian cites, the survey was later extended to seven Indian cities namely – Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Pune, Indore, Rajkot, Chennai and Surat. It aims to draw constructive results from the walkability parameters and educate the stakeholders and policymakers on the necessary changes.

Bangalore scored the least in the category called disability infrastructure with a shocking low score of 24 against 100. Disability infrastructure category measures the availability of positioning and maintenance of infrastructure for the disabled.

Adding misery to the plight of the Bangalore pedestrians struggling with poor infrastructure, vehicles hardly stop for people to cross the roads and you can seldom see any zebra crossing at signals as vehicles often halt on them leaving the pedestrians a very minimum or no space to cross the road. Footpaths are often taken over by bickers.

“Although the pedestrian fatality share at the national level is 13 percent, metropolitan cities like Bangalore New Delhi and Kolkata have a pedestrian fatality share greater than 40 percent,” the survey finds. Elderly people and school children carry a large share of the burden with 23 percent fatalities and 25 percent injuries. “Bangalore has drafted a policy paper for pedestrian movement in the Bangalore metropolitan region. The policy paper and the comprehensive traffic and transportation study envision a pedestrian mode share target of only 20 percent by 2015. With such a relatively small vision and target, the city may be planning for poor walkability, the survey suggests.

Walking path modal conflict, availability of walking paths, availability of crossings, grade crossing safety, motorist behavior, amenities, disability infrastructure, obstructions and security from crime were the parameters on which the survey was made.