IPL to be played outside India

The second season of the Indian Premier League will not be held in India. At the BCCI working commitee meeting today in Mumbai, a decison was taken to stage the tournament outside the country, due to extraordinary circumstances.

"Under the given circumstances, the BCCI is not in a position to either play a truncated IPL or to cancel the second edition of the IPL. It is a matter of great regret that, in the prevailing atmosphere, where the government is expressing concern for providing security to the IPL matches, the BCCI is left with no other option but to conduct the Indian Premier League in another country," the board stated in a media release.

England, South Africa and the MIddle East have emerged as the frontrunners to host the event. Discussions between the BCCI and the respective boards will get underway and a decison is likely in two to three days. "All 59 games will begin at 4:00 pm IST and the second game will begin at 8:00 pm IST as per schedule," said Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner. He also said there will be no changes made to the format or the schedule. An official announcement is expected soon.

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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE:

The story of the Slumdog Millionaire shows that all the people are born with unique qualities. It also shows that anyone can be a winner if they have the self-confidence about themselves. The story is about a teen who grew up in the slums, become the contestant for the television show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” . The Teen is able to answer all the questions and hence the confusion arises as How a Slum Boy can answer such kind of questions? and the people began to think that the teen is cheating. The teen has to answer only one question to bag the big prize, but unfortunately he is being arrested as he was mistaken for cheating in the game. In order to prove his innocence he tells the story of his life in slum to the police officer. He explains how he and his brother lived in the slum, how he met his girl friend and about his adventurous life. He reveals how each part of his life was a key for the questions that were asked in the game. And the most awaited day came, the teen was about to answer for the last question .But he doesn’t know the answer for the last question. He just took a try and gave an answer. Fortunately it was the right answer and this man ultimately won the game and became the Millionaire. He succeeded in the game also in his life by meeting his girl friend and the film ends by the JAI HO song which got the Oscar award, composed by an INDIAN Music Director
A.R. Rahman. His music gave the life for the film. He also won the Golden Globe award for composing the original score for JAI HO. The Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won eight awards which include awards for Best Director , Best Picture, Best original score and so on. It also won four Golden Globe awards and seven BAFTA awards. The Director of the film is Danny Boyle. The story is adapted from a novel written by the Indian Author. The role of slum teen was performed by Dev Patel as Jamal Malik and the role of slum girl was performed by Freida Pinto as Lathika. It is the film which has to be watched by everyone especially by the teenage peoples.

Chennai in 10 years

As chennai being one of the metro politan city of the nation but does't have a good infrastructure competing with bangalore and hyderabad.But with the present scenario our public tranport integrated with MRTS,metro rail,mono rail,suburban trains and mtc will surely make us detroit of south india.WIth so many malls and shopping complex in operation and underconstrution we can expect a nice weekends .In road infrastructure with numerous flyover,expressways completed and some are under construction makes smooth flow of traffic in the near future.IT highway is a prominent landmark which has lots of IT companies.Inspite of global economic crisis our chennai is improving in all aspects slow and steadily.Another issues are water and waste mangement,then employement with some security.With increase in terrorism making us to expect some modernisation in police like having helicopters and modern weapons to police similar to james bond film.Creating good infrastrucure for sports to conduct common wealth games and olympics in the near future.Some change in the public attitude toward public property like not spitting and damaging public properties,but also change in the dynasty including central government.Rivers with boats plying like thames and adyar eco park and other conservation projects completed .Lastly this are optimistic dream about chennai in 2020.

IT corridor

IT Corridor is an road project connecting Chennai ( near madhya kailash) with Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu over a length of 45 km. It was earlier called as Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), starting from Madhya Kailash Temple Junction on Sardar Patel Road in south Chennai and ends in East Coast Road near Mahabalipuram.

TIDEL Park, along with number of BPO and IT/ITES companies was situated in OMR and hence this project provides the facilities for almost all major IT/ITES Companies which are already running in OMR and also for new ones to come up along the IT Corridor. There are also Prominent Institutes and educational institutions such as sathya bhama,Hindustan are also situated in this Corridor.SIPCOT has developed a Cyber City, with over 2000 acres in Siruseri, in the OMR making IT Corridor project to be implemented in world class standard.This project was going to be implemented in two phases.
In Phase-I, from Madhya Kailash Temple Junction to Siruseri will be six laned with median, service road, and pedestrian footpath. The ECR Link Road will also be improved to dual two lane carriageway.Its main aim is for the free flow of traffic in OMR and drawing huge investment from IT companies.For the free vehicular flow,it has proposed to construct a flyover at Thiruvanmiyur Road Junction.
Another feature of the Project is provision of service trenches for laying all types of cables thus avoiding digging in future.

Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA)

The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) is a fifth-generation fighter which is being developed by Russia and India. It is a derivative project from the PAK FA being developed for the Indian Air Force (FGFA is the official designation for the Indian version). The program is initiated to develop a fifth generation fighter aircraft to fill a role similar to that of Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the world's first fifth-generation fighter jets. According to HAL chairman A.K. Baweja shortly after the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Committee meeting on 18 September 2008, the Russian aircraft will be a single-seater, the Indian FGFA will be a twin seater, but not a trainer version of the Russian counterpart. Two separate prototypes with minimum common technology will be developed, one by Russia (designated the Sukhoi T-50) and a separate one by India (designated FGFA).

Design

Although there is no reliable information about the PAK FA and FGFA specifications yet, it is known from interviews with people in the Russian Air Force that it will be stealthy, have the ability to supercruise, be outfitted with the next generation of air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles, and incorporate an AESA radar. The FGFA will use on her first flights 2 Saturn 117S engines (about 14.5 ton thrust each). The 117S is an advanced version of the AL-31F, but built with the experience gained in the AL-41F program. The AL-41F powered the Mikoyan MFI fighter (Mikoyan Project 1.44). Later versions of the PAK FA will use a completely new engine (17.5 ton thrust each), developed by NPO Saturn or FGUP MMPP Salyut.

General characteristics

* Crew: 1 and 2 (pilot)
* Length: 22.0 m (72 ft 2 in)
* Wingspan: 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
* Height: 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in)
* Wing area: 78.8 m² (848 ft²)
* Empty weight: 18,500 kg (40,786 lb)
* Loaded weight: 26,000 kg (57,320 lb)
* Useful load: 7,500 kg (16,535 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 37,000 kg (81,571 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Saturn-Lyulka AL-41F turbofan
o Dry thrust: 96.1 kN (9,800 kgf, 21,605 lbf) each
o Thrust with afterburner: 152 kN (15,500 kgf, 34,172 lbf) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 2+ at altitude (2450+ km/h, 1,500+ mph)
* g-limits: 9g)
* Cruise speed: 1,300 km/h (807.8 mph)
* Ferry range: 4,000 to 5,500 km (2,485 to 3,418 mi)
* Service ceiling: 20,000 m (65,617 ft)
* Rate of climb: 350 m/s (68,898 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 470 kg/m² (96.3 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.84 (dry thrust)
* Minimum thrust/weight:
o With afterburner: 1.19
* Runway length requirement: 350 m (1,148 ft)
* Endurance: 3.3 hrs (198 mins)

Armament

* Guns: 2× 30 mm internal cannon
* Hardpoints: 8 total, 4 on each side of the aircraft.

Avionics

* Radar: N050(?)BRLS AESA/PESA Radar (Enhancement of IRBIS-E) on SU-35
o Frequency: 3 mm (0.118 in)
o Diameter: 0.7 m (2 ft 4 in)
o Targets: 32 tracked, 8 engaged
o Range: 400 km (248 mi)
+ EPR: 3 m² (32.3 ft²) at 160 km (99.4 mi)
+ RCS: 0.01 m² at 90 km (55 mi)
+ Azimuth: +/-70°, +90/-50°
o Power: 4,000 W
o Weight: 65 to 80 kg (143 to 176 lb)

CYBERCRIME:

There are various crimes in the world. Among those, Cyber Crime is the one which is an unavoidable problem in the cyber world. Crime refers to action which is performed against law. It consists of specific crimes dealing with computer and networks. In addition to cyber crime there is also ‘Computer-Supported Crime’ which covers the use of computers by criminals for communication and document or data storage. There are various types of cyber crimes. Some of them are as follows,

1. HACKING: It means an illegal intrusion into a computer system or network. Equivalent term for hacking is cracking. It also means act committed towards breaking into a computer or network. Hackers write or use ready made computer programs to attack the target computer. They hack for personal gains such as stealing the credit card information, transferring money from bank accounts to their own account followed by withdrawal of money.
2. CYBER STALKING: Cyber Stalking can be defined as the threatening behavior of the cyber criminal towards the victim by using internet services. Stalking refers to the repeated acts of harassment targeting the victim such as following the victim, making harassing phone calls etc.
3. PHISHING: The act of sending an email in an attempt to make the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. For example the user gets an email. The email directs the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card information. The website is a fake one and set up only to steal the user’s information.

Software Piracy, Internet Relay Chat Crime, Virus Dissemination, Net Extortion, Credit Card related crimes are other type of crimes. The various groups of hackers include Children’s and adolescents between the age group of 6-18 years, organized hackers and professional hackers.

As we all know that “Prevention is always better than cure”. It is always better to take certain precautions while operating the net. To prevent cyber stalking avoid disclosing your identity to strangers in public places. Avoid sending any photograph online particularly to strangers as there have been chances of misuse of the photographs. Avoid sharing your credit card information, passwords, and addresses in public sites to prevent phishing. If any strangers are black mailing or threatening you then inform immediately to the crime service. If you follow some these precaution measures, then you can prevent cyber crime.

Chamiers road flyover

The city will have another flyover soon. The Chennai Corporation is set to begin work on a flyover to link Cenotaph Road and Turnbulls Road at the junction of Chamiers Road in Nandanam in mid-February.
Metrowater, which has already begun shifting water and sewage line connections by closing off Cenotaph Road till Tuesday, will take up the shifting of water and sewage lines on Turnbulls Road during the weekend to enable Mumbai-based Gammon India Limited to begin work on the Rs 14 crore flyover. Removal of the median on a stretch of Turnbulls Road is also in progress.
Gammon India Limited, which has constructed three flyovers in T Nagar, has been asked by the Corporation to complete the one at Cenotaph Road-Turnbulls Road in nine months.
Though the new flyover will reduce traffic congestion on the busy stretch, vehicle users are more worried about the traffic diversions during the flyover work.
While the traffic police said route diversion was unavoidable and appealed to vehicle users to cooperate with the authorities, corporation commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni promised to try and minimise the traffic problems in the area till the flyover was completed.
“Foundation work of the flyover will take two months for completion after which we can consider allowing traffic on the usual route,” he told The Times of India.
The corporation has already paid necessary charges to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and Chennai Telephones to shift electricity and phone lines. The two departments have already shifted some of the posts and wire connections to enable the flyover work to begin. The rest would be shifted after work begins.
The civic body is in the process of acquiring 20,400 sq ft of land from either side of the two roads while some affected persons have filed a case in the Madras high court. The case will come up for hearing on January 29.
Originally, the flyover was planned on Chamiers Road. It may be noted that a stretch of Chamiers Road from the Nandanam-Anna Salai junction to Cenotaph Road was made oneway during August last year and that had resulted in reduction of traffic congestion to a great extent on Chamiers Road and Cenotaph Road.
OVERHEAD CARRIAGEWAY
Flyover will link Cenotaph Road and Turnbulls Road at Chamier Road junction in Nandanam Mumbai-based Gammon India Limited to begin the Rs 14 crore flyover work in mid-February Flyover expected to reduce traffic congestion on Cenotaph Road-Turnbulls Road-Chamiers Road junction The civic body in the process of acquiring 20,400 sq ft of land Metrowater has begun shifting water and sewage line connections by closing off Cenotaph Road

source:timesofindia

A Hindu backlash hits Sonia Gandhi

India — Since the advent of the rule of the Mughals a millenium ago, central policy in India has discriminated against the Hindu majority within the country. The Mughals favored those of Turko-Iranian origin, followed by those who converted to Islam. The British, during two centuries of rule, implemented policies that deprived all except those of European origin of basic human rights.

Much has been made in Indian history texts of the cruelty of the 1857 mutineers against colonial rule, who killed around 300 individuals of European descent during a brief spasm of violence. But little mention is made of the retribution that followed, in which an estimated 65,000 natives were killed, some from the mouths of cannon. Several "rebel" villages were torched, usually together with their inhabitants.

Neither has there been much reflection on the manner in which British rule reduced India to poverty. From around one-fourth of global output at the start of the 19th century, the share of the subcontinent fell to one-tenth of that by the time the British flag was lowered in New Delhi in 1947.

Independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had been educated from boyhood in Britain. He was so insecure after the British left that he requested the last viceroy of India, Louis Mounbatten, to remain as "free" India's first governor-general and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. British control over the Indian army helped to prevent the full takeover of Kashmir by India in 1948, creating in the process a sore that has festered ever since.

Nehru also relied on British economist Nicholas Kaldor to fashion tax policies that punished the very merchant class that had funded the Congress Party's decades-long struggle against the British. Ironically, the new government was as hostile to Indian entrepreneurship as the colonial power had been, and the country's economy was soon straitjacketed by a "socialist pattern of society."

While laws were passed that overrode Hindu customs ( including, it must be said, retrogressive ones such as caste), Nehru took care to exclude the Muslims and other minority groups from such legislation, thus retaining the separatist mindset which had resulted in the creation of the "Muslim" state of Pakistan out of "Hindu" India.

As a consequence of carrying forward policies that saw the Hindus as a threat and therefore sought to place them on a level below those of the minorities in India, while Hindu temples are subject to state control, churches, mosques and other minority houses of worship remain free. Several ancient temples are now administered by atheists or other non-Hindus in states across the country, and the donations that pour into them from Hindu devotees are sequestered by the state. In education, while Hindu managements face severe restrictions and controls, managements that are Christian or Muslim escape almost all such state-mandated limitations on their freedom.

Since Sonia Gandhi took over the governance of India in 2004 and appointed a prime minister from a minority faith, there has been an explicit bias in policy favoring minority groups at the expense of the Hindu majority, and a conscious effort to sideline officials seen as "practicing Hindus" -- those who regularly visit temples -- on the grounds that they are "Hindu fanatics."

By contrast, almost none of the numerous bomb explosions that have taken place in Congress-ruled cities across India -- such as Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad -- have been traced to the perpetrators, because of an informal prohibition against "stereotyping" that prevents the police from intensive investigations in the mainly Muslim localities where the perpetrators are believed to be sheltering.

Such "partial" secularism, in which only Hindus are expected to be secular while Muslims and other minorities remain free to practice exclusionary practices, has led to a Hindu backlash across India. This found its first major expression in the Dec. 23 verdict of the electorate of Gujarat state, who re-elected the state's chief minister, Narendra Modi, despite a well-funded rebellion within the ranks of his own party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as the enmity of almost the entire television and print media.

The media correctly see him as posing a possibly fatal challenge to the Nehruvian policies that were embraced by the first BJP prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, who was as deferential toward Sonia Gandhi's interests as members of her own Congress Party had been in the past. Modi thus challenges not only Sonia Gandhi but the Vajpayee cohort in his own party, who have for decades enjoyed a cozy and lucrative relationship with the Nehrus.

Despite occasional public posturing, in practice, the present crop of BJP leaders has been content to share in the spoils of the present Nehruvian state system. All, that is, except Narendra Modi, who defied his party leadership in making Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh -- both of whom, being Christian and Sikh respectively, belong to minority groups -- the target of his verbal barbs, despite strictures from the Sonia-friendly Election Commission.

Wresting Gujarat from this potent challenger was crucial to the continued salience of Nehruism, but the strength of the Hindu backlash against policies that penalize the majority community ensured a handsome win. The results have led to apprehension throughout the Nehruvian establishment, including almost the whole of the English-language media, that "Moditva" may spread to other states.

It may even within the next five years lead to a takeover of the central government by the Gujarat chief minister, who comes from near the bottom of the Hindu caste ladder, but who has emerged as the favorite of tens of millions of Hindus irrespective of caste, who seek parity with the minorities in running their houses of worship or educational and other institutions.

As Malaysia has shown, the advent of globalization and the demonstrated ability of Hindus to compete with the rest of the world have led to a renewal of confidence in a community of 840 million that has been kept at the margins for more than a millennium. The message of Gujarat is that the cry for parity by the Hindu community in India has become a political wave that could upset the Nehruvian system of partial secularism that has prevailed in India since 1947. Dec. 23, 2007 is a genuine turning point in the politics of the world's largest democracy.

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(Professor M.D. Nalapat is vice-chair of the Manipal Advanced Research Group, UNESCO Peace Chair, and professor of geopolitics at Manipal University. ©Copyright M.D. Nalapat.)

Chennai flooding zones

You can find by viewing this map that whether your area is prone to flood.In 1900 there were lots lake in chennai city but none of them exists now.So those who are living in that area are only facing flooding problems.To name a few nungambakkam,vysarpadi,t.nagar,perambur as they were lakes in 19th century but they were occupies by residents later.
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Shootout And Blast In Mumbai Once Again - November 26 2008

Today November 26 2008 at around 10 PM reports came that there were shootout and blast near taj hotel, capital cinema in mumbai it seems 10-15 people are injured and it said that its a terrorist attack. Firing has taken place near more than one area. News has come that the government has stated this as a terrorist attack. CST Station or VT station is also bieng emptied by the police as firing is also bieng reported there.

Update

- There has been a blast reported at Vile Parle & Naraman Point
- It seems that 4 people have died during this attack uptil now.
- Firing From Taj Hotel Has Been Reported
- We got some reports saying that 2 terrorist are caught and Bombs have been planted at Taj
- It seems that these terrorist have come via boat and 1 boat has been caught by the cops.
- According To Latest Reports 25 People have died uptil now.
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