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The Anna Nagar Chess Academy will organise the State Level Chess Tournament for children at SBOA School from 2nd February 2008. For more details, contact – 26162893.

Powerhouse Music has launched its first contemporary Gospel Music Album tiltled “Rise India”, featuring some of Chennai’s finest musical talent including Timothy Madhukar, Jim Satya, Kieth Peters, Christy Samuel, Steeve Vatz, Aubrey Sequeira, Vasanth David and others.

Guest music artistes from Switzerland (Alain Solberger-cello), Australia –(Kathryn Garrad-Violin), and the United Kingdom –(Dave Bilbrough - Vocals and acoustic guitar) are also featured on the album. The popular WOW- Women of worth Band has also sung a couple of songs on the album. This album has been produced by music composer Timothy Madhukar, a well known man in the city’s music industry. Moreover this music album is mixed and mastered in Canada by the internationally renowned music producer Philip Janz.

The songs featured in this album have been written and composed by artistes from Powerhouse Church, Chennai. The music CD covers diverse styles from Rock, POP, Hip HOP and Indian Fusion Music. The album also includes the song ‘Almighty God’, a special contribution from international song writer and worship leader Dave Bilbrough. The album is priced at Rs. 195. The proceeds from the music album will go towards the various community support projects of the Powerhouse Church for the homeless poor and slum dwellers rehabilitation. The album is available at all leading music store in Chennai city. For more details about the music album “ Rise India”, call – 42640281, 42640380, 42643036.

In the CEAT International Cricket Rating released as on January 4, 2008, Sri Lanka cricketers Mahela Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Muthiah Muralidharan have topped the ratings on overall cricketing – batting, bowling and fielding. Mahela Jayawardene, the most stylish player from Sri Lanka leads the race in the overall cricketing with a tally of 86 points, 77 points in batting. Amongst Indian players, Saurav Ganguly scores the highest with 68 points, ranking second in the overall cricketing, 65 points in batting. In the bowlers’ category, Muthiah Muralidharan of Sri Lanka has topped the list with 52 bowling points. Amongst the Indian players, Zaheer Khan has scored the highest with a total of 35 bowling points and is ranked 24th place. In wicket keeping, Hilchrist of Australia has topped the list with 16 points. Team India garnered a total of 80 points staking a claim to the CEAT International Cricket Team of the year 2007-08. For more information, contact: PR Sampark, Daniel @9884848370/ David Francis@ 9884025258.

86-year-old Usha Narayanan wife of former president K.R. Narayanan passes away in a city hospital in New Delhi.

The controversial Bangladeshi author Jashima Nasreen is invited to France to receive its prestigious award “Simone de Beauvoie” for her writings in support of women’s rights.

The chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunannidhi informs the assembly that a new Information Technology Park will be coming up in Madurai shortly.

French president Nicholas Sarkozy arrives in New Delhi on a two day state visit to India. Both countries will sign five agreements including defence ties and trade.

Five State Senates in the United States are set to open their session with Rajan Zed’s Hindu prayers creating a sort of milestone in American history..

Budhist image painted in the Central Afghan region dated 650 A.D are supposed to be the first oil paintings, says an expert of Japan’s Natural Research Institute for Cultural Progress.

Toyota Motors will soon equip its vehicles with a system to verify that drivers eyes are open to make sure that they do not fall asleep at the wheels.

Doctors of the Government Rajaji Hospital successfully remove a pin that was lodged in the lung of a 3 year old girl who accidentally swallowed the pin.

Sri Lankan president Mahindra Rajapakse emphasis that he would prefer to any other country playing the role in resolution of the ethnic conflict in the Island Nation

An 81 years old man in a Chilean town shocks his gathered relatives by waking up in his coffin at his own, woke and asking for a glass of water.

For the first time, the University of Tokyo will teach a graduate programme entirely in English in a bid to lure future policy makers away from U.S. Schools.

India launches Israeli spy satellite which will be able to trace goings-on in certain territores even at night and in cloudy weather.

Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a glossary of 250 signs for scientific terms that can be accessed over the net by teachers and hearing-impaired students.

Germany: A burglar from Berlin broke into a house, took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a two week old corpse, and felt compelled to inform the police before fleeing.

Pakistan’s security agencies in North West Frontier Province have arrested a teen aged boy on suspicious involvement in the assassination of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto

Vastusastra is the science of buildings. It can be defined as the science of placements.
Vastusastra is a science and it is not attached to any religion. It benefits the people who believe it irrespective of religion and it benefits even those who do not have belief in religion but have belief in vastusastra.
In Bible, there is an illustration for the power of belief.

In a village, there was a chronically sick lady. Her neighbour has advised her that Jesus is in the next village and if she goes there, Jesus may help her to cure her sickness. Accordingly, the sick lady goes to that village and by the time she reaches there, Jesus was moving to another village. The sick lady rushed and touched Jesus’s garment from the back side. Jesus felt that some energy has gone from his body to some one else. Jesus has asked the crowd to inform him who has touched him. The sick lady informed Jesus that she only touched him and also thanked him for curing her. Jesus told her and also the crowd that he has not cured her and her belief has cured her.

In the similar way, vastusastra benefits people who believe it sincerely and follow it.
Life itself is based on belief and if there is no belief, life will become miserable.

Vastusastra can be defined as the science of placements.
As per Vastu principles:-
(a) North-east quadrant is meant for placement of underground water body.
(b) South-east area is meant for providing heat.
(c) South-west area should be dry and heavy
(d) North-west area may be kept cool. In a residential building, this area is meant for guest bedroom or bedroom for girls. In a factory, north-west area is meant for placement of finished goods.
There are some people who do not believe vastusastra or its placements. It is the individual right to believe or disbelieve the science of building.

A cat may close its eyes and think that the world is dark. In a similar way, whether any body believes it or not, the science of nature shows its results. Those who believe it may reap the benefits.

This goes with the saying of Bhagawath Geetha that those who do not follow sastras may not reap the benefits of this world.

Chennai is the unchallenged premier city. It is highly congenial to the flourishment of any trade or business activity. Many real estate developers have invested crores of rupees in realty projects in Chennai to launch multi product projects on ECR, OMR, and Ambattur vicinities. Many rich people have hoarded a vast acres of land in the name of “land banks” or “land reserves”. Because of rise in property values, many companies have started selling their excessive lands to real estate promoters. A 36 ground land in Velachery has been sold out to 57 crores of rupees by one leading manufacturing company of Velachery. Another concern has sold out 4.4 acres of land to 58 crores of rupees in Pallikaranai. Many IT companies are coming there and the reason for the boost in real estate value is the MRTS which started commencing a few months back.

In certain countries, land has no legally recognized owners. For instance, two-thirds of Maxico City’s residents have no proper deeds. In certain countries, getting a deed use to require hundreds of bureaucratic steps divided among scores of government offices and usually take a lot of months. All registration offices in Chennai have been implemented with bio-metric system and hologram as having been introduced in Mumbai and Bangalore. CMDA has implemented e-Governence, an attractive web-site enabling applicants to seek permission, know the status of building plan submitted for approval and reason for delay if any. It is said that it would ensure transparency and cut down on the processing time considerably. While seeing uncertainty prevailing in those countries in getting documentations, aren’t we luckier?

Unlike the scenario a decade ago, Ambattur witnesses rapid development since most of the software firms have set up their base in Ambattur and its surroundings. Real estate developers have to be tuned to workplace dynamics to create buildings for corporates. Companies are measuring their return on real estate investment in terms of the volume of business generated. Unlike in the past, people today are first thinking of where they will live and then where they would want to work. In such a case, business would have to move to locations where talent resides. For real estate developers, it has become imperative to understand thee human resource dynamics and pitch for projects in such locations.

Ambattur is located essentially on the most accessible strategic location with connecting roads fairly benefited from the bounties of most industries due to its excellent resource position and also to its long tradition of those industries such as TI Cycles, Avadi Tank Factory, TVS Group of Companies, and many educational institutions. Many IT industries are blossoming in Ambattur now-a-days. Rs 950/- per sq.ft of flat is being sold to Rs 2500/- today. In certain areas, it costs about Rs 3000/- per sq.ft. Certain promoters look after the maintenance works for one year after the sale of buildings. People working in TVS Lucas, Sundaram Clayton, Brakes India, TI Cycles were only seeking thus far flats for Rs 6 to 7 lakhs of single bed room. Now the trend has changed ; They have become ready to bear Rs 10-12 lakhs double bed room flats. With the boost of IT industries in Ambattur Industrial Estate, people are ready to buy a flat of Rs 30 to 35 lakhs but a condition is they require car parking facility. Township is also coming round in Ambattur with swimming pool, walking / jacking track, tennis court and other amenities.