Rs 100-cr Aid for Srilankan Refugees Camps at Tamilnadu - CM

Tamil Nadu, chief minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday announced a Rs 100 crore package for Srilankan Tamil refugees welfare as per the Report from the Tamilnadu state ministers, offering them concrete houses, colour television sets and a comprehensive star health insurance cover.

Other Welfare schemes are...marriage assistance of Rs 20,000 to poor girls, free bus passes to school and college students, funeral assistance of Rs 2,500 and tricycles and equipment for the physically disabled.

The cabinet announced to avoide the word “refugee” and instead using the term “Sri Lankan Tamils residing in Tamil Nadu”. In Tamilnadu 115 camps are for refugees in 26 districts, now government to rebuild or repair 5982 houses initially.

Surya disguses as a 10-year-old in Aadhavan!

Surya is all set to wow audiences again if one to go by director K S Ravikumar's disclosuer at the audio launch oh Aadhavan.

The star, in a portion of the film, appears as a 10 year old! "The effort and hard work Surya put in 15 d ays to play the part of ten year old in the film is unbelievable," he disclosed, and addea that Surya was full of admiration for Kamal Hasan, who had played ten differnt roles in Dasavatharam, after playing the part.

"Surya was wondering how Kamal sir had managed to play so many roles so well when it was difficult to play one role," Ravikumar, said to loud cheers from fans gathered to witness the launch. The day would also undoubtedly remain etched in the memory of music director Harris Jayaraj as two of the top heroes in Tamil cinema confessed that they were huge fans of his music.

Actor vijay, while speaking on the occasion, said, "I really like Harris's melodious numbers. In fact, you could say that I'm a slave to his melodious number." Surya too showered praises on the music director.

While the audio of the film was released by director Shankar and received by Tamil film producer's Council President Rama Narayanan, the trailer was released by producer R B Choudary and received by actor Vijay.

Audiences were seen enquiring each other about the absence of the actress Nayanthara. Most of them wondered as to why she failed to attend the event, which saw the taking part of big names like Shankar and Vijay.Comedian of the film Vadivelu too was not seen during the function. Interestingly, his ‘competitor’ Vivek attended the event and spoke.

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Measuring Electricity Usage with Google's New PowerMeter Tool

Google’s new Power Meter tool could help households to reduce the amount of electricity they consume by monitoring their energy use. Search Engine giant Google is developing new monitoring tools to help families keep track of the amount of electricity they are using.

Users will be able to monitor the PowerMeter through their computers and other web-enabled devices using a special widget embedded on their personalised iGoogle home page.

The TED 5000 from Energy Inc. is a real-time electricity usage monitor that you can purchase and install yourself, with packages starting around $200. It can run the free Google PowerMeter tool, allowing you to check on your personal home energy data from any device that can access the web.

For more details visit : www.google.org/powermeter/

Free Cafe Management Software Launched in Tamilnadu

Browzring brings a hybrid solution for online advertisers, Cafe owners & cafe users which is an ingenious internet platform.

Browzring addresses major issues faced by online advertisers, Internet cafe owners & cafe users, with mutual benefit for each other in an innovative way.

Online advertiser gets : Assured returns on AD spending, Reach the exact target audience, Fool proof mechanism, real time report for decision making, Custom made campaigns & much more.

Cafe owner gets : Additional revenue to increase the café profitability, Web based user & café management system, Value added services, Adherence to government safety policy & much more, the entire service is offered without any investments. Benefits like:

• Easy café management by providing real-time or monthly usage reports
• Café owners can monitor their cafés current usage from anywhere
• Users can be tracked under a given circumstance (cyber thread/misuse of Internet)
• A significant additional revenue through advertisements & VAS
• Users are rewarded for their browsing time and are encouraged to browse more

Cafe user gets : Redeemable points while they use internet, Exclusive Browzring privilege offers, Safe & secure internet environment for surfing, free roaming account & much

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Champions Trophy Schedule in SA

High on confidence after their the tri-nation Compaq Cup triumph in Sri Lanka, the Indian cricket team today left to participate in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa from September 22.

The team left by the Dubai bound flight from the Chatrapati Sivaji International airport here and from Dubai they will be taking a connecting flight to South Africa. The eight-nation tournament is scheduled to start from September 22 to Oct 5th.

Placed in Group A along with Australia, Pakistan and the West Indies, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men will open their first match against Pakistan on 26th September.

#	Date & Time	Match	Venue
1	22 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	SA vs SL	SuperSport Park, Centurion
2	23 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	PAK vs WI	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
3	24 Sep,2009 01:00 PM IST	SA vs NZ	SuperSport Park, Centurion
4	25 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	SL vs ENG	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
5	26 Sep,2009 01:00 PM IST	WI vs AUS	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
6	26 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	IND vs PAK	SuperSport Park, Centurion
7	27 Sep,2009 01:00 PM IST	NZ vs SL	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
8	27 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	SA vs ENG	SuperSport Park, Centurion
9	28 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	AUS vs IND	SuperSport Park, Centurion
10	29 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	ENG vs NZ	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
11	30 Sep,2009 01:00 PM IST	AUS vs PAK	SuperSport Park, Centurion
12	30 Sep,2009 06:00 PM IST	IND vs WI	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
13	2 Oct,2009 06:00 PM IST	A1 vs B2	SuperSport Park, Centurion
14	3 Oct,2009 06:00 PM IST	B1 vs A2	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
15	5 Oct,2009 06:00 PM IST	T.B.C. vs T.B.C.	SuperSport Park, Centurion

Kanchivaram - Tamil Film Wins Best National Film Award

Tamil film ‘Kanchivaram’ wins the best feature film award at the 55th National Film Awards. 'Kanchivaram', a Tamil film that presents a rare portrayal of the Kanchipuram's silk weaver community, won big at the 55th National Film Awards on Monday, picking up trophies for best movie and best actor. This movie, directed by Priyadarshan, won Prakash Raj the award for best actor.

Although Bollywood missed out on the top awards, films like 'Chak De! India' and 'Taare Zameen Par' also featured in the awards list for 2007. 'Chak De! India', starring Shah Rukh Khan, won for best popular film while Aamir Khan's directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par' was adjudged the best film on family welfare.

AP ChiefMinister Dead in Helicopter Crash

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has died in an air crash, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday.

The bodies of 60-year-old Rajasekara Reddy, who led his Congress party to a spectacular second consecutive victory in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, and his Special Secretary P Subramanyam, chief security officer Wesley, pilot Group Captain S K Bhatia and co-pilot M S Reddy were found on Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles east of here, besides the mangled remains of the helicopter.

Highly placed Congress sources in Delhi said that the bodies have been found and an official statement is expected shortly.The Union Cabinet is meeting to discuss the matter.

Andhra Pradesh finance minister K Rosaiah has been appointed caretaker CM.