Microsoft to set up Lab in IIT chennai

Microsoft India has said that it will set up technology lab the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. The company is investing Rs 90 lakhs initially in the IITM Microsoft Windows Technologies Lab that will harness innovation through research and provide a platform for faculty and students to use it for different kinds of research and training programmes. This lab will offer best to date MS technology for the staff and students to work with and can also from helping students with their B Tech and M Tech projects and also the MS and PhD students in their research programmes. The initial focus in the lab will be on Windows Terminal services, device drivers, networking protocols, windows mobile and multi-modal localisation. Six companies have already spoken to IIT for using the lab and TCS was one of them.

Mallya in a new avatar

Liquor baron and sports lover, the admirable Vijay Mallya owns Bangalore IPL team for a hundred odd million dollars and the Force India Formula 1 team. Now he is all set to do the same to football, but his time in a different way. Guess what? Yes, he is planning to launch a football league in India in the lines of Indian Premier League and Indian Cricket League. He already owns the Mohun Bagan team but he feels Indian football deserves more support. The plans are still at a nascent stage and if everything falls in place he may very well succeed in roping in foreign clubs to invest in India and football may become the next big thing. Let’s hope that his happens right and every sport will get their due recognition.

IPL on the right track!

Everything is going right and smooth for the Indian Premier League that is set to start come this April. The franchises have started naming their teams. The Chennai team will be called ‘Chennai Super Kings’ and the Delhi team will called ‘Delhi Daredevils’. Meanwhile, Greg Shippard, who coaches in the Australian domestic circuit, is all set to coach the Delhi team and World cup winning coach John Buchanan has been roped in to perform coaching duties for the Kolkata team to be captained by Sourav.

It has also been rumored that some of the Indian players are not too happy with the cap that has been fixed for bidding players for the different franchises. They are also unhappy with the pay packages as some of the players from other countries are set to earn more than what is being offered to them. Some of the Australian players like Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson have decided against playing in the IPL. There are also issues relating sharing of tickets with the respective state associations. Things may not be as easy as Lalit Modi would have thought it to be.

In an interesting twist, Sachin may opt against playing in IPL team for Mumbai and may become a non-playing captain providing the much needed guidance and tips to his teammates. Shah Rukh Khan, who won the Kolkata team is right now very busy finalizing the team’s attire and has roped in a high profile designer to design the team clothing and we may expect a tinge of Bollywood in them. He is being guided by Sourav regarding the team composition and support staff. It is no doubt that this league will provide a means for DADA to showcase his skills once again after being shown the door by the selectors.

Vikram in an Indo-Mexican post Kandasaamy

Venue: Shooting spot of Kandasaamy
Event: Announcement of the first Indo-Mexican movie

In a first move of its kind, producer Thanu and Mexican producers are all set to team up to produce the first Indo-Mexican film. This film will star artists from Kollywood and Mexico. The film will be directed by Susi Ganesan. Speaking on the occasion Susi said, “Films like these will surely take Indian cinema to the global arena and I am proud to direct this film”. This film will have Vikram as the hero. Vikram added, “The Mexican authorities were spellbound after we showed them the clippings of Kandasaamy and I am very happy to star in such a film”. Talks are on between the two sides to complete the formalities before commencing the shooting. Vikram and Susi will undertake two more trips to Mexico to take the discussions further.

Now, Vijay the Producer

‘Ilaya Thalapathy’ Vijay has decided to produce movie soon after finishing ‘Kuruvi’ and AVM`s as yet untitled film. Buzz has it that Vijay has decided to experiment with his looks and other things in his own films. This move may do wonders to his careers that contains films done within commercial boundaries. Vijay has never experimented with his looks and character before as he never wants to put his producers at risk. Let’s welcome this move and let’s hope to see Vijay is different looks and get ups soon.

Katrina out of Ajith`s Egan?

The latest buzz doing rounds in Kollywood is that Katrina Kaif is out of Ajith`s film Egan. She wants to concentrate on her current Hindi films at hand and does not want to venture out of Bollywood for the time being. This leaves shriya as the lone choice for now, but she has earned the wrath of Ajith, after appearing in an item number in the Vaidvelu starrer, Indiralogathil na azhagappan and he seems adamant in casting her.

Free download of Thozha songs

Here are the links to download thozha songs :

Adiyae en vannakkili

Kadhal Devathai

Oru Nayagan

Rendupakkam singadha

Rajini in Politics!!

After Puratchi Kalaignar ‘Captain’ Vijayakanth and ‘Supreme Star’ Sarath Kumar who entered politics, the next in line may be none other than our 'Superstar' RAJNI. Now all politicians and people are closely watching moves as far as politics is concerned. Speculations are rife that his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth may launch a television channel called ‘SuperStar’ channel after completing her “Sultan the Warrior” film and that would be at the earliest. This may be initial step for Rajni, before stepping into the arena of politicians. Rajni, who is known to be close to the Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, who has also announced his entry into politics, has a huge fan following in the southern parts of India. It is believed that Rajni will consider entering politics only after two years after finishing this movie ROBOT. Keep visiting for more information.

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Yaaradi Mohini Songs Review

Everything seems to fall in place for Kollywood`s ‘Bruce Lee’ Dhanush. After the stupendous success of Pollavadhavan, he is back, this time with ‘Yaaradi Nee Mohini’. This film is a remake of a super hit Telugu film directed by his brother Selvaraghavan. In this film, Dhanush is paired with sexy Nayanthara. The music for the songs is given by Yuvan Sankar Raja. All songs are nice and are in line with expectations. Topping the list is ‘Oh Baby’ song, followed by ‘Nenjai Kasaki’ song. Now that all songs are deemed to be hits, all lies in the hands of Dhanush to ensure that the film is a hit.

Free Download of Yaaradi Nee Mohini Songs

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Oru naalukkul

Engeyo partha mayakkam

Oh Baby

Venmegam Punnagai

Nenjay Kasakki

Could Raj Thackeray be arrested??

Raj Thackeray’s comments have drawn flak from all quarters and the activities of his party over the past two weeks have been condemned by one and all. The MNS activists went on a rampage against north Indians destroying auto rickshaws and other vehicles belonging to the North Indians. Meanwhile, Maharashtra deputy CM R R Patil has informed that Raj could be arrested if sufficient evidence is found against him. But his arrest is sure to increase the agitation among his party workers and they will surely retort with a heavy backlash. The deputy PM though seems to be unmoved and looks to set things right ahead of PM`s visit to the state.

Test Match at SSNCE

Today was a different day for me and my friends. We got together to play test match of sorts in our college. But here an innings can last a maximum of 40 overs only. My team batted first and we scored 172 of some 36 odd overs. I got in at number 3 and scored 6 runs and got out in the deep. The other team in reply scored 155 in their first innings and in the end we took a lead of 18 runs. This was quite different from those that college students play. For the students of ECE final year in SSN College of engineering it was a very tiring day after playing for nearly 80 overs. It was surely the first time a match was held over such a long time here. Watch out this space to find out more about the second innings.

Indian influence in US polls

The three million-strong Indian-American communities is believed to have swung the electoral fortunes of major US Presidential hopefuls, including Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, in the primaries of 'Super Tuesday'.

For Democratic Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, the community has not only played a crucial role in the run-up to the primaries both by way of physical and financial support, but also with their huge concentrations in big and diverse states may have played even a 'swing' role.

The Indian community is present in large numbers and constitutes a sufficient proportion of the population in New York, New Jersey and California. In California, heir voting impact has certainly helped Clinton get this huge state that offered as many as 441 delegates to the national convention. California is the prime state in the polls as it has the largest population.

It is also believed that Barrack Obama`s anti-outsourcing stand has tilted the favours towards Hillary Clinton who is seen to support outsourcing. Obama had announced that he will levy extra taxes from companies who outsource their work that leads to unemployment in the US.

Bill Clinton has been the main source of support and strength for Hillary and has been constantly monitoring the campaign proceedings. It seems Bill finally will get to spend another four years in the most powerful building in the world, the White House.

Advani and Narendra Modi- the most threatened

Indian intelligence bureau has received information that some of the top politicians in the country are being targeted by some terrorist groups. The list includes BJP patriarch L.K.Advani, Narendra Modi and J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad. The D-company headed by Dawood Ibrahim is seen to be behind these plans, it was revealed. Other terrorist groups targeting Indian politicians are Lakshar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and LTTE to name a few.

It is no secret that with the advent of technology, terrorists are using to malign the world. The Indian government is also spending lakhs of crores in providing security to the world and to the politicians. This is bound only to increase with every day increasing threat from the underworld.

Ajith`s next film - A Gautam flick?

Billa star Ajith is all set to act in a film directed by renowned director Gautam Menon after he finishes Raju Sundram`s film. Ajith is now back in Chennai spending time happily with this child Joan, after shooting for this film in Hong Kong. Previously there were rumours that Ajith may act in remake of Pudiya Paravai to be produced by Sivaji productions. Post Billa the actor is on a high and has so many films offers on hand. But her prefers to be choosy and chooses films based on the director and the script.

Kalaignar facing trouble!!

Tamil Nadu CM Kalaignar is facing troubled times these days, this time because of his so called allies. The congress agitated with his support for the LTTE synthesizers has demanded that he take action against them. This action is mainly targeted against Viduthalai Chiruthaikal Party head Thol. Thirumalavan. On the other hand, the PMK which aims to come to power in 2011 has been issuing statements on each and every issue to gain political mileage and popularity. Fed up with his allies` open fight with him, he had offered to transfer power to anybody willing to lead.

Darsheel gets nominated for Best Actor

Taare Zameen Par hero Darsheel Safary has been nominated for the best actor category in this year filmfare awards. He will be competing with biggies like SRK, Akshay and Abhishek and Shahid Kapur for the award. Interestingly Aamir Khan who directed TZP has been nominated for the best actor in a supporting role category. Darsheel who made a hue and cry when the government awarded him the best child actor award seems to have got this rightful due. The child who has given the performance of his life in TZP and made many others cry is sure to go places and this is just the beginning, one can say. Watch this space for more updates on this super child.