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Armed gang escaped into darkness after attacking robbing of gold and Cash
Posted by ganesh in Attack, Health, Information, Kancheepuram, Other, Theft, hospital, illegal, police on August 30th, 2010
A five-member armed gang escaped into darkness after attacking the owner and threatening the accupants of a house in Guduvancherry, robbing 21 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rupees 1.96 lakh in cash in the wee hours today.
Police here said armed gang, whose members came on motorcycles, knocked at the door of Landlord Paramsivan’s house at about 0420 hrs and hit him on the head with an iron rod.
As Paramasivan fell down unconscious, the gang threatened the inmates and escaped with the booty.
Paramasivan was admitted to a private hospital in Chengalpet.
Senior police officials visited the spot. Fingerprint experts and sniffer dog were pressed into service.
Sahasra Chandi Homam to webcast live for the benefit devotees
Posted by ganesh in Festivals, Information, Kancheepuram, Public, Temples, function on August 7th, 2010
Sahasra Chandi Homam, to be performed at the Vasantha Mandapam of Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple in Kanchipuram on 8 August will be webcast live for the benefit of devotees. The homam is being held for the purpose of world peace and prosperity.
The Homam, which is to be conducted as per the wishes of Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal and Jagadguru Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, started with Kalasa Sthapanam at 6 am on 30 July and concludes with Rithvik Sambavanai at 1 pm on 8 August.
On 8 August, the following programmes are planned: Chandi Parayanam: 7 am, Chandi Homam: 11 am, Cow Pooja, Gaja Pooja: 12 pm, Kanya Pooja, Vaduga Pooja, Suvasani Pooja: 12.15 pm, Maha Poornahoothi Harathi, Manthra Pushpam, Kalasam Vasthasthanam, Rithvik Sambavanai: 1 pm.
The entire programme is being webcast live and users can follow the link at Chennaionline, below to view the webcast:
http://webcast.chennaionline.com/Sahasra-Chandi-Homam-2010/index.asp
The timings of the webcast would be 10.30 am to 1.30 pm
Sri Jayendra Saraswati as a “great son of the soil”:Somnath Chatterjee
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Health, Home, Information, Kancheepuram, Other, Public on April 30th, 2010
Describing Sri Jayendra Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Kanchi, as a “great son of the soil”, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today asked him to guide the country towards the “right path”.
“His holiness is among the greatest sons of India. He has spent his entire life for the sake of humanity. I appeal to him to guide the country so that people are on the right path,” Chatterjee said while accepting the Sri Chandrasekharandra Saraswati National Eminence Award.
Saying the country was “losing direction”, Chatterjee, who was expelled from the CPI(M) last year added, “I often wonder where the country is going. Even after 60 years of Independence we hear of farmers’ suicides. This is a national shame.”
Chatterjee, who received Rs 2.50 lakh as part of the award, said he would utilise it to set up a girl’s college in his former constituency Bolpur
Chargesheet will be soon filed against Kanchi priest sex scandal case
Posted by ganesh in Court, Departments, Kancheepuram, Other, cheating, illegal, police on April 3rd, 2010
Kancheepuram Superintendent of Police P Prem Anand Sinha has said that chargesheet will be soon filed against Kancheepuram temple priest Devanathan who was arrested in connection with a sex scandal case in September last.
Speaking to reporters, the police officer said that the documents pertaining to the case were kept ready and that the police would file the chargesheet shortly.
On February 19, the Judicial Magistrate Court-I, Kancheepuram, granted bail to Devanathan as the police failed to file the chargesheet within the mandatory period of 90 days. A bail petition was moved on behalf of Devanathan and conditional bail was granted.
Goa governor lauds Kanchi university system
Posted by ganesh in College, Communication, Departments, Education, Information, Kancheepuram, Other, programme on March 29th, 2010
Governor of Goa, Dr Shivinder Singh Sidhu, was all praise for the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya (SCSVMV) because the deemed university “has adopted a unique system wherein the departments of Sanskrit and Indian Culture act as the fulcrum around which all other faculties and inter-disciplinary centers gravitate.”
Handing out endowment to select 10 meritorious students who won gold medals in various disciplines ranging from Sanskrit to human resource, the chief guest at the 13th convocation on Sunday quoted Julius R Oppenheimer, “what we shall find in modern Physics is an exemplification, an encouragement and a refinement of old Hindu wisdom.” Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi watched the proceedings sitting on a separate podium and offered the holy `vibuthi’ as the students filed past to receive their honors.
Delivering the convocation address, the governor appreciated the university for taking special steps to protect certain forms of traditional knowledge like shilpa (the art of making idols and icons) and Agama Sastra (the art of performing procedural rites in temples and the science of managing them).
Jayendra Saraswathi, in his Anugraha Bhashanam, first in Hindi and then in Tamil, said it was a unique moment because Sidhu, a follower of Guru Nanak, was delivering the convocation address of the university named after Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji.
Earlier, Chancellor Prof Dr S Venkateswaran administered the convocation pledge. Out of 963 graduating students, only 723 received the degrees and diplomas in person.
Wanted criminal Encounter with the patrol police
In a pre-dawn ‘chance encounter’ with the patrol police at Padunelli checkpoint on Kancheepuram-Arakkonam highway, a wanted criminal, Natarajan (27) , was bumped off.
Kanchi taluk inspector Sampath, who sustained injuries on his right leg in a petrol bomb attack, told Express from his hospital bed, “I had to shoot him to kill, or else I would have been finished.” DSP K. Rajendran said the Padunelli check point was sensitive and strategic for smuggling and the non-functioning point was recently made operational following orders from SP Prem Anand Sinha.
Sampat’s version was that he along with sub-inspector Gokulraj and constables Palani, Ramesh and Subramani was doing a routine check, when Natrajan sped past in a motorbike without stopping at the check point. However, Sampath gave a hot chase in his jeep and caught the criminal.
The history sheeter hurled a petrol bomb at the police party after lighting it by a cigar lighter. After hurling one more bomb, he swished out a sickle and advanced towards the inspector. “At this point, I fired four rounds from my pistol, but I am still recovering from the shock,” the inspector said. Sampat had taken over as the Kanchi Taluk inspector just a month ago, and it was his first encounter that resulted in a killing.
DIG M Ramasubramani cautioned that the police act should not be misconstrued as a ‘police encounter’ in the sense it was normally understood, but “it just happened,” a point that was instantly endorsed by Tiruvallur SP V Vanitha, who was officiating in the absence of Kanchi SP Sinha. Ramasubramani said Natarajan hailed from Illuppappattu in Nagappattinam district, and he had served twoand- a-half years’ imprisonment in a murder case. There were four murder cases, (three registered at Mayiladurai and one at Manalmedu), five attempt to murder cases and one under the Narcotics Act filed against him.
Meanwhile, Bamavathi (58), mother of the deceased and Gopinath (30), Natarajan’s elder brother, put the entire blame for the ‘brutal murder’ on Kancheepuram police, and their lawyer initially refused to accept the body saying, “Unless the encounter cop and his associates were booked under Section 302, and a copy of the FIR served to the family”, the body would not be received by the family.
Even Revenue Divisional Officer Palani’s assurance that a videotape of the post-mortem of Natarajan would be provided to the family could not pacify them.
Natarajan’s father Subbarayan (62), sister Vanaja (26) and brother Gopinath alleged that he was a victim of a premeditated murder by the police.
SP Sinha, who cut short his leave and returned to Kancheepuram in the evening, said that Natrajan’s family was to be blamed for the entire episode as they used to bail him out after each of his criminal activity.
What happened was destined to happen and the policemen just acted in selfdefence,
150 Year-old ancient idols while desilting a temple tank
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, Kancheepuram, Public, Temples on March 25th, 2010
Workers of the Water Supply and Drainage Board discovered three 150 year-old ancient idols while desilting a temple tank at Kooram village, about 10 km from this silk town.
The idols were discovered in the tank of the famous Soorathazhvaar temple. However, they decided to restore two of the three idols tomorrow. The idol of Lord Vishnu, which was taken out was 3.5 feet high.
On being informed by the workers, Panchayat President Pachaiyappan rushed to the spot. As the tank, which was once supplying water to the entire village, was now full of slush and weeds, the Panchayat President decided to take out the other two idols tomorrow.
Kancheepuram Tahsildar Mr Jyothiprakasam and police also came to the spot.
Curious villagers who also came there to have a glimpse of the idol of Lord Vishnu, offer worship to it.
The Tamil Nadu had ordered desilting of the tank in the ancient temple, it may be recalled.
Temple car rolls out after 150 yrs
Posted by ganesh in Festivals, Information, Kancheepuram, Public, Temples, government, modification on March 19th, 2010
For the first time in 150 years, the Ekambaranathar Temple chariot car got rolling on Thursday. The previous chariot car was gutted in a fire.
Scores of devotees thronged the streets to pull the Vadam or the temple chariot through the four Rajaveethis. The trial run began around 8.30 am and completed its course several hours behind schedule in the evening. Labour Welfare Minister T M Anbarasan and Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments K R Periyakaruppan, who were scheduled to join the procession, backed out in the last minute.
The 63-foot high chariot with four iron-framed wheel worth Rs 1.35 crore was donated to the temple by a group of chartered accountants operating both in India and the United States. BHEL engineers specially designed the giant steel wheels and the axle of the temple car. It was assembled by a team led by Sivagangai-based Sthapathi
Somalakhsmana Achaari, who said a hydraulic brake system, also done by BHEL, would be later added in order to facilitate smooth movement and negotiate intricate curves on the road. This year the annual Brahmotsavam would be held from March 19 to April 1, and the Rathotsavam would be held on March 25.
Considering that Kancheepuram is one of the seven Mokshapuris, and the temple one of the Panchabhuta Kshetras, the revival of the car festival this year assumes added significance.
Even though the chariot has rolled out, one question still remains. Why it took more than 150 years to revive the practice of the temple car procession?
Informed sources argue that finding philanthropists to foot the bill was never an issue, especially with the Sankara Mutt during the days of the now deceased Periyaval inclined to find sponsors. According to them, temple-related oneupmanship between two middle order communities that constantly threw a spanner in the wheels of a new temple car project, before it was finally shelved, was the reason. Now, a very famous singer played a uniting role,
Four people, including three women death and 14 others injured road accident
Four people, including three women, were crushed to death and 14 others injured, when a lorry rammed into a stationary bus, overturned and fell on them at Koovathur near the tourist spot of Mamallapuram, on the East Coast Road, in the wee hours of today.
Police sources said the deceased included a mother and her son.
The Nagapattinam-bound Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus from Chennai was parked on the roadside after it ran out of fuel at around 0100 hrs.
In all 33 passengers were travelling in the bus.
As the driver took a passing bus to fetch diesel, the passengers, who felt suffocated inside the bus, alighted from it and were sitting on the roadside, when the Puducherry-bound lorry from Chennai, rammed into it.
The lorry was moving at a high speed. The impact of the collision was such that the bus overturned and fell on the people sitting on the roadside, crushing four of them to death on the spot.
The deceased were identified as Banu (21), hailing from Nagapattiam, Rama (45) and her son Ranjith Kumar (17), both from Wallajahpet in Vellore district, and Lalitha (35) from Mangadu near Chennai.
In all 14 people, including those sitting on the road and those inside the bus, sustained injuries. They were admitted to a private hospital at Kelambakkam on the OMR and at Chengalpattu Government hospital.
Inauguration of the plant of Renault Nissan Alliance at Oragadam near here, Mr. Stalin
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Departments, Information, Kancheepuram, businesses, programme, vehicles on March 17th, 2010
The State government is currently formulating a policy on automobiles and components, which will be ready soon, Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Tuesday.
Participating in the inauguration of the plant of Renault Nissan Alliance at Renault Nissan Alliance near here, Mr. Stalin, also handling the portfolio of industries, said according to the Automotive Mission Plan 2006-2016 document, the country was set to emerge as the destination for design and manufacture of automobiles, and auto components, with the output reaching a level of $ 145 billion and providing additional employment to 25 million people by 2016. “Our government is committed to capitalise on this opportunity and attract a major share of investment flows,” he said, unveiling a plaque to mark the inauguration of the plant.
Later, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi pressed a button to open the assembly line of the plant and the roll out of ‘Micra’ cars.
Chennai houses seven automobile majors
Mr. Karunanidhi said with the establishment of the Renault-Nissan car project, Chennai had become the home of seven automobile majors out of top 20 global automobile manufacturers. The other automobile majors located in Tamil Nadu were Daimler, Ford, BMW, Hyundai and Mitsubishi.
Though Chennai has become the country’s largest automobile hub, Chennai was lacking the vehicle testing facilities. Therefore, automobile manufacturers had to send their vehicles to Pune for testing and certification. On the State government’s initiative, the Union government was implementing the National Automotive Testing Research and Development Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) in Oragadam at a cost of about Rs. 450 crore. The State government had given 304 of land to this project. This project was aimed at facilitating the introduction of world class automotive safety, emission and performance standards in India and ensuring seamless integration of our automotive industry with the global industry.
Nissan unit ready
Tracing the history of the project, Mr. Stalin said after a memorandum of understanding was signed in February 2008, the Nissan unit was now ready. “Renault will also establish its car project, as envisaged in the MoU,” he expressed the hope. [The project envisaged separate manufacturing lines for the partners].
Once both Reanult and Nissan plants were established, their total annual installed capacity for the production of cars would be four lakh, and the total investment would be Rs. 4,500 crore, providing employment to about 10,500 persons directly, and another 31,000 indirectly, the Deputy Chief Minister said.
Yoshiro Mori, Chairman of Japan-India Association and former Japanese Prime Minister, explained how the relationship between the two countries developed since his visit to India in 2000 in the capacity of Prime Minister. The number of Japanese companies established in and around Chennai was at 170 from 65 three years ago.
Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, said the manufacturing system combined the best practices of the two companies. He also reiterated his organisation’s commitment to fuel efficiency and other quality parameters.
Akira Sakurai, Managing Director of Renault Nissan Automobile India and Marc Nassif, deputy managing director of the company, were among those who spoke on the occasion.
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