Chennai discussions II

[vs007]

Upgrade infrastructure, Nokia chief tells State

The State Government must enhance road and rail connectivity to the Sriperumbudur region, which is all set to emerge as the electronic manufacturing hub providing jobs to 20,000 people in the next three years.
http://www.newstodaynet.com/03nov/bu6.htm

[kannan infratech]

I have been watching that the Sardhars and Marwaris talking Chennai tamil fluently. But of late, the Koreans have been taking over Chennai slowly among the expats. A few of them are talking Tamil, which looks a little musical to me.

These guys are very smart ( may even beat our own marwaris in business) and they adapt so well to the local conditions. Except may be for the food, they may blend very well with Chennai in the coming future.

[wcgokul]

Originally Posted by vs007

CNN-IBN is the first national media giving positive coverage to TN. First it was the Growing face of Chennai Suburbs, and now ......
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The history of south India can be traced back to over 2,000 years. However, it was only 50 years ago when the four southern states were created along linguistic lines.

CNN-IBN unveils the changing face of south India and celebrates the Dravidian spirit in a special series The Golden South.

Chennai: Almost every Tamilian family has an NRI relative, someone who went abroad for education and then stayed on.

But today, it looks like many NRI Tamilians are returning to turn investors, social workers, or even politicians.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tns-non-...k/25321-3.html

dude it's true, i feel cnn ibn gives a positive image to chennai....

as for ndtv... the pm's visit was so poorly covered that i begin to wonder.....

[WillyWick]

rediff was also good in covering connect 2006

[WillyWick]

this is why u should not be jumping parties jackass

Sarath Kumar quits AIADMK
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/07/stor...0709330600.htm

[Babji]

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/08/s...0806570100.htm

Autorickshaw fare revision on the cards

TIMELY ASSISTANCE: Transport Minister K.N. Nehru handing over a cheque to the family of an autorickshaw driver who died in a road accident recently. — Photo: S.S. Kumar


CHENNAI: The State Government will hold a meeting with autorickshaw unions later this month to revise the fare structure, K.N. Nehru, Transport Minister, said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi would participate in the meeting, Mr. Nehru said participating in a function on "Road Safety and Vehicle Pollution Control."

For long, the unions have been demanding a revision of the minimum fare of Rs. 7 and Rs. 3.50 a km thereafter.

The Minister announced that the Transport department would issue 10,000 new auto permits. As many as 5,000 permits would be issued with a subsidy of Rs 25,000. The department received nearly 25,000 applications seeking fresh permits.

The department proposed to introduce only LPG-fitted autorickshaws from now. At a meeting organised by the Lions Club of Madras Edifice and Goodwill Auto Drivers Union, Mr. Nehru handed over a cheque for Rs 10,000, the insurance claim, to the family of an autorickshaw driver, who died in a road accident recently.

K. Ranganaathan, Lions District Governor, and Kumar, president, Goodwill Auto Drivers Union, participated.

Hope, these discussions will be successful.
Chennai auto drivers should get a fair deal of new fares.

[satish]

Originally Posted by Babji

URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/08/s...0806570100.htm

Autorickshaw fare revision on the cards



Hope, these discussions will be successful.
Chennai auto drivers should get a fair deal of new fares.

I don't think this will go anywhere. Auto drivers currently charge about Rs. 10 a km. They refuse to drive for anything less than Rs. 7 a km.

[vs007]

Vote for your favourite Tamilian on CNN-IBN. Lets publicise this page which would encourage CNN-IBN to give more positive coverage to our state:




Visit the following link and look for the image shown above.
http://www.ibnlive.com/index.html

[R2IChennai]

I think the list is too short
They shud have included
Annadurai,
Kamalhassan,
AR Rahman,
K.Kamaraj,
MGR,
Ramanujam

[Anniyan]

Originally Posted by R2IChennai

I think the list is too short
They shud have included
Annadurai,
Kamalhassan,
AR Rahman,
K.Kamaraj,
MGR,
Ramanujam

i agree..My favourite tamilian is Aringar Anna, he is not in the list so am going to vote for Illayaraja.

[vs007]

This was done previously also and then also Rajni and Kalam were in tight race.

[vs007]

BTW In the voting, Abdul Kalam is winning, he got my vote too!

One more on Chennai:
Chennai's eating habits:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/digestin...s/26231-3.html

[madurai veeran]

The ELCOT chief, C Umashankar also informed of 900 acres being earmarked at another two places in the State, which is to be promoted for the IT sector, but refused to name names of the places.

http://www.ciol.com/content/news/Inv.../106111501.asp

[Anniyan]

Originally Posted by madurai veeran

http://www.ciol.com/content/news/Inv.../106111501.asp

Vellore may be

[Anniyan]

Tamil introduced as an optional subject in Madurai Kendriya Vidhyalaya.
Thanks to the efforts taken by district collector Udhyachandran..I wish they introduce tamil in all KV's in the state.


http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2.../kendriya.html

The provision of the Educational Code of Kendriya Vidhyalaya has been revoked for the first time in south zone, comprising Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, to teach Tamil as an optional language in Kendriya Vidhyalaya-2 here.

Three language forumla-- Hindi, English and Sanskrit, is at present being implemented in the Kendriya Vidhayalaya.


http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews...AME=Tamil+Nadu

[goldies]

Wallets of India's richest business people have swollen substantially this year and are collectively carrying Rs 7.63 trillion (170 billion US dollars), as compared to 106 billion dollars a year ago.

India's top ten richest, including Lakshmi Mittal, Ambani brothers and Azim Premji, alone are worth 112 billion US dollars that accounts for two-thirds of the wealth of all 40 in the list.

Interestingly, the number of billionaires in the list has risen to 36, nine more than last year's 40 richest list, according to Forbes magazine.

Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil, who split the Reliance business empire last year, saw their fortunes inflate -- that of Mukesh by $ 11.5 billion to 18.50 billion and Anil's by $ 9.3 billion to 14.80 billion.

Though Azim Premji's net worth increased to $ 14 billion from 11 billion in 2005, he slipped to the fourth position this year.

Whereas, real estate major DLF Group's chairman Kushal Pal Singh's fortune doubled this year to $ 10 billion from $ 5 billion in 2005.

On the back of robust real estate market in the country, the fortunes of the 40 richest Indians soared more than 60 per cent as compared to last year's collective wealth.

In line with the rising fortunes, the minimum net worth needed to make it into the list rose substantially to $ 790 million in 2006 from $ 590 million in the previous year.

Despite the rise in minimum cut off, there are some new entrants in the list this year – Sun TV owner Kalanidhi Maran ($ 1.90 billion), Unitech promoter Ramesh Chandra ($ 5.30 billion) and Multi Commodity Exchange CEO Jignesh Shah ($ 0.84 billion).

http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews...TEGORYNAME=BIZ

[Anniyan]

Do can anyone list down the top 20 rich people in TN?
(pls exclude Sasikala)

[R2IChennai]

Excluding all politicians!!

1. Kalanidhi Maran
Not in any order or in person just grouo
TVS group, Murugappa Group, Thiagrajan mills, Golden Breweries, Sakthi Mills chairperson, Spic, Real estate g
Cant really think of any big business bosses from TN! (Shiv Nadar is a delhite)
Some Infosysians are Tamilians Living in Bangalore.

[WillyWick]

Originally Posted by R2IChennai

Excluding all politicians!!

1. Kalanidhi Maran
Not in any order or in person just grouo
TVS group, Murugappa Group, Thiagrajan mills, Golden Breweries, Sakthi Mills chairperson, Spic, Real estate g
Cant really think of any big business bosses from TN! (Shiv Nadar is a delhite)
Some Infosysians are Tamilians Living in Bangalore.

Adding to the list

Sterling Shivshankar

Not sure about these people
laksmi mills?
Standard group?
SRM group?

[vs007]

Kalam wins the poll.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/golden-s...n/26559-3.html