Internet Telephony in India - TRAI and Govt. Allowed

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) has allowed internet telephony in the country. The move will enable one to make calls from personal computers to fixed line and mobile phones. Earlier, voice call made from one computer could travel to another computer but not from a mobile or a fixed line phone.

As per the TRAI recommendations, the STD service providers would be connected to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) through public internet for the purpose and the two service providers would have mutual agreement for the same.

“It is envisaged that customers will ultimately benefit from cost effective and innovative internet telephony service. These recommendations will put Indian telecom sector in tune with global trends. The grey market tendencies shall be curtailed,” TRAI has said.

Raj Tv's New Tamil News Channel for 24x7

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi launching the new Raj TV news channel in Chennai on Monday. The Chief Minister’s son, M.K. Azhagiri (left), Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami and Raj TV Managing Director M. Raajendhran are in the picture.

Chennai City Tour Organised By TTDC

The Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) will launch its Chennai city sightseeing Tour on Wednesday.

The tour, an initiative of the TTDC and Southern Railway, will be in addition to the coach tour operated by the TTDC, Commissioner of Tourism and TTDC Managing Director M. Rajaram said.

“This tourist-friendly initiative will benefit those transiting through Chennai, mostly by long-haul express trains,” The TTDC seeks to give them a glimpse of the city’s tourist attractions,” such as the Snake Park, the Kapaleeswarar temple, the Marina Beach, Valluvar Kottam, the museum, and Fort St. George,” he said.

Since the MRTS network touches the Beach area and goes right up to Velachery, tourists will get a bird’s eye view of the best parts of the city, he said.

Tourists will be picked up at the Tourism Complex on Wallajah Road and taken by a TTDC coach to the Chepauk station.

Then they will travel up to the MRTS station at Thiruvanmiyur, where they will again be shifted to the coach to complete the tour.

Trip tariff

The tariff will be Rs.130 a person irrespective of his age.

Anna University Video Lecturing on YouTube

With an IIT education now available on an Internet through YouTube, Anna University is getting set to join the ranks of those offering video lectures by its professors on the Web. This will help to maintain quality education at a time when quality faculty are in short supply, according to Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar.

On Wednesday morning, Electronics and Communication Engineering professor N. Kumaravel delivered his weekly one-and-a-half hour lecture on digital signal processing from a studio on Anna University’s Guindy campus. Thanks to the educational satellite EDUSAT, he was heard by over 500 students in ten classrooms scattered across the State.

It did not matter that students of Vel Tech Engineering College in Avadi were sitting in a well-equipped acoustic hall set aside for the purpose, while those at the Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering in Virudhunagar were crowded into plastic chairs in a badly-lit room with ceiling fans disrupting the sound quality.

Kuselan - Rajinikanth Spits on Tamil Movie Fans

For the sake of a few silver coins, our modern-day avatar of Judas - Rajinikanth - having decided to sell his soul, gathered up all his spittle and in one swift motion spat on the faces of millions of his Tamil fans worldwide.

For a highly-paid star like Rajinikanth to associate with and actively collaborate in the making and delivery of a piece of trash like Kuselan is a Judas-like betrayal - a dirty and shameless repudiation of the decades-long affection and loyalty of his legions of fans.

Directed by a lobotomized bozo called P.Vasu based on a story by Srinivasan, Big Kuselan is a piece of junk not worthy of even YouTube.

This buffoon Vasu also claims credit for the cretinous screenplay and sophomoric dialogs, both of which set a new nadir in Tamil movies.

Unless you’ve just come in from Mars, you know by now that Kuselan is a remake of the 2007 Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol.

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Rajinikanth - Hogennakkal issue speech clarifies

A press meet was held in the morning of 2nd August and superstar Rajinikanth clarified his stand on the recent 'apology' he had made to the Kannada media. 'I am happy where I stand today. My speech during the protest meeting over the Hogennakkal issue was directed only to the people who indulged in violence and not to Kannadigas in general' said Rajinikanth.

Speaking at a function organized to distribute financial aid to the technicians who worked for his latest film 'Kuselan', Rajinikanth said, 'Now I say that I have learnt my lesson'. It may be recalled that Rajini's reported apology to Kannadigas evoked protests from a section of Tamil film personalities.

Earlier, speaking at the function, director Balachander said, 'I discovered Rajinikanth and know him very well as a man of principles and integrity. He had only expressed his regret and did not apologize. Put an end to this once and for all and let us not be party to a fight within Tamil cinema'. He also appealed to everyone to stay united.

Etihad Airways takes off for Chennai

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s national airline Etihad Airways has launched its inaugural flights to Chennai and Kozhikode in India. "India is an enormously important market for Etihad and one we are very keen to expand further," a news agency quoted James Hogan, Etihad Airways' chief executive, as saying. "The appetite for air travel between Abu Dhabi and India shows no sign of relenting and we hope to grow our Indian flying programme even further in the future." There are around 1.5 million expatriate Indians in the UAE and a large number of them hail from south India, especially Kerala. The two separate launches Friday of Etihad's new services increase the number of Indian destinations served by Etihad to six.