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Double-decker train from Chennai to Bangalore expected soon

seventeen coaches that contains 13-car rake and four spare coaches whereas the standard rake will be having eleven Air-conditioned Double Decker Chair Cars and two Brake Van-cumLuggage-cum power cars. The changes in the brand red-and-yellow stainless steel LHB chassis has been put up on a anti-climbing technology template that would ensure that the crashworthy coaches do not pile up in case of any untoward incident. A reduction in general is also meant to boost fuel efficiency. The ChennaiBangalore Double Decker Express can occupy 120 persons in each coach that is partitioned into upper deck (50), lower deck (48) and normal (22) sections. Passengers whoever enter the coach at normal levels on the platform can carry on as per allotted seats on the upper or lower sections. The capacity of the passenger carriage is approximately 70 per cent higher than that of the seats on a coach of the Shatabdi (78) or the Brindavan Express (73). Though the cost of tickets for the new train has not been fixed, it is expected to cost above Rs 370 in order to make travelling cheaper on the double-decker chair car to Bangalore than the Shatabdi (Rs.510) or the Brindavan (Rs.386). This kind of RCFproduced double-decker trains were first introduced on the Howrah-Dhanbad section and was later followed by Delhi-Jaipur a few days ago.

Brand new CBSE school fee structure

For the first time, the Justice Singaravelu Private Schools Fee Fixation Committee announced the fee structure for CBSE schools in the State, here on Friday. The fee ranges from a minimum of Rs 6,050 for LKG in most schools up to Rs 36,000 for the higher classes in elite schools. The parameters for fixing the fees included the present amenities provided in the school, number of faculty and future development plans submitted to the committee. The lowest fees for LKG in the city has been fixed at Rs 8,200 for the Hindu Colony Chellammal Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School in Nanganallur and the highest for the same class is Rs 29,665 at Vidya Mandir, Mylapore. The highest fee for Class XII was Rs 36,000 fixed for PSBB, K K Nagar, followed by Rs 35,000 each for Vidya Mandir and Nation Public School. In Kancheepuram district, the highest fee stands at Rs 30,000 for class XII in Lalaji Memorial Omega International School. The lowest for class XII was Rs 16,000 at Sree Vatsa Viswanathan Vivekanda Vidyalaya. The lowest for LKG is at Rs 6,300, and the highest is Rs 23,225 at Mayfield Residential School and Good Earth School respectively. Among the three CBSE schools in Tiruvallur district, the lowest fee was fixed at Rs 6,050 for LKG at Vivekananda Vidya Kala Ashram. The highest in the district was for class XII at Sri Ramdayal Khemka
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Chennai: The ChennaiBangalore Double Decker AC train which was earlier announced in the Railway Budget is expected to commence by DecemberJanuary with numerous additional safety features and passenger services as well. Even though a number of people will prefer to board this new train, the Shatabdi

Express will always remain to be the best choice to reach Bangalore faster as the travelling time by the double-decker train from Chennai-Bangalore will be six hours while the Shatabdi Express will be reaching the destination within five hours. The coach composition to the Chennai-Bangalore section would possibly have

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For the week Sept. 02 to 08, 2012

Aries [ March 21 to April 21 ] Avoid partying, and concentrate on career and future. Be wary of a colleague who creates problems between you and your juniors. Take a weekend off to revitalise. Avoid road-side food on Friday. Lucky colour: Aqua blue. Taurus [ April 21 to May 21 ] Beware of people who may use you to get to the top at work. Be patient while taking decisions about personal life. Deal with elders tactfully. A guest may gate-crash your hospitality. Lucky colour: Turquoise. Gemini [ May 21 to June 21 ] Some minor changes in work duties. Accept new ideas, even if these come from others, to get ahead in life. An addition in the family soon. Good news on the cards. Lucky colour: Purple. Cancer [ June 22 to July 22 ] A smooth week on professional and personal front. Dont refuse a friend who may need a loan. Avoid spending unnecessarily on shopping. Focus on yoga & exercise. Lucky colour: Wine red. Leo [ July 23 to Aug 23 ] Your business acumen and diplomatic skills will earn you accolades from seniors. Property matters may need personal attention. A trip on cards. Beware of strangers on Wednesday. Lucky colour: Peach. Virgo [ Aug 24 to Sept 22 ] Be open with colleagues if you wish to earn their trust. Those facing a financial crunch should cut down on expenses. An overseas trip likely. Take care of stomach. Lucky colour: Navy blue. Libra [Sept 23 to Oct 23 ] Overlook trivial issues and avoid confrontation at work. Those in a relationship need to express themselves better. Look after teeth. An old friend may need help on Thursday. Be supportive. Lucky colour: White. Scorpio [Oct 24 to Nov 22 ] Time to take important decisions on the professional front. Use tact and patience to deal with untoward incidents. Beware of empty promises concerning business associates. Lucky colour: Peacock green. Sagittarius [ Nov 23 to Dec 23 You might face some disappointments in office; these are only trivial. Strictly monitor the cash outflow. Be secretive about your feelings. Avoid confrontations on Tuesday. Lucky colour: Grey. Capricorn [Dec 24 to Jan 20] Friends may try to interface in your personal life. You will be able to make career changes. Plan your life to avoid the inbuilt delays that come your way. Lucky colour: Yellow. Aquarius [ Jan 21 to Feb 18 ] Your romantic intentions may be misunderstood on Tuesday. Take responsibility for your own actions. Avoid long-term agreements; if possible. Stay open to quick changes. Lucky colour: Pink. Pisces [Feb 19 to March 20 ] Avoid loose talk at work as someone shall carry tales just when you are building focus. A long-term relation with co-worker may improve greatly. Trust your heart and intuition rather than confusion. Lucky colour: Black. - Dr. A. Ranganatha Sarma

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Sandeha Nivaranee
A Spiritual doubt clearing meeting will be held at the Sri Ayodhya Mandapam 47 Arya Gowda Road , West Mambalam on Sunday, Sept. 02 between 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm on Ashtanga Yogas (Niyamas) (Eight Parts of Yogas) by the spirutal monthly magazine Viatheekasri .. The resource person will be Veda Sastra Praveena, Vaidika Kalanidhi, Veda Vidya Alankara Brahmasri Nannilam V.Rajagopala Ganapatigal

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Open account with IRCTC and book your rail ticket

tickets directly through the RSD mode. The other benefit is that the user need not make the payment gateway charges. The tedious process of using credit or debit cards for making online purchases is done away with under the proposed scheme. One can open an account using the PAN card and operate the account through a transaction password and PIN number and manage the account online and top up the account too. The minimum deposit is likely to be in the range of Rs. 1500 to 2000. The account can be opened with a registration fee of Rs. 250, which can be redeemed while booking tickets later. The IRCTC will provide facility for the user to track the transaction history and in case of cancellation of ticket, the refund would be deposited in the account the very following day

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Discourse on Prahaladha Stuthi

A discourse on Prahaladha Stuti will be delivered by U Ve Mannargudi Rajagopalchariar Swami at 6 p.m on Sunday, Sept. 2 in Sri Malola Vageesa Vani, 174, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar under the Monthly Uttarattadhi Lecture series. For more information call 2814 3406/9283112153. All are welcome.

Booking railway tickets will be a tad easier and faster once a system of having an account with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) comes into being. In a bid to make booking easier, the IRCTC has decided to launch a Rolling Deposit Scheme (RSD), under which anyone can deposit the desired amount in the account to be opened with the service provider. The user could purchase tickets from the money deposited by using the RSD card as a novel payment option, which the IRCTC claims has advantages over the other modes of payment. The system would enable hassle-free and secured transactions, besides saving time by eliminating the payment approval sequence. It reduces the user s dependence on banks and their servers and allows for booking

ALPHA TIMES Mikeless Kutcheri

ALPHA TIMES in a bid to promote young talents in Carnatic Music is palnning to hold mikeless kutcheris beginning from Vijaya Dasami - .24 October 2012 It will be a launch pad for young children, aged below18 years, to shed their inhibitions and give them confidence to perform in front of an audience. The selected persons will be intimated by email for an audition and subsequently they will be asked to perform on a specific day. For registration, email your profile along with age proof and photgraph to

Reject post-construction plan

In Chennai, people first construct illegal and unauthorised buildings and thereafter submit a plan for regularisation. This practice must be deprecated, the Madras High Court observed on Friday and directed the CMDA and the Chennai Corporation not to entertain such requests for regularisation. The first bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice A Arumughaswamy gave the direction while passing further interim orders on a public interest writ petition seeking action against the management of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School in KK Nagar, where a student drowned in the swimming pool, a fortnight ago. The bench was informed that the school had not obtained permission from the CMDA for the swimming pool. The CMDA stated that the swimming pool was not shown in the approved site plan while making the construction and that the management had made a deviation in respect of unauthorised building and applied for regularisation, which was rejected in March 2010. The CBSE had submitted that there was no rule or guideline for affiliation of a school, unless it made provision for training of swimming as a subject or extra-curricular activity. The schools senior counsel PS Raman submitted that the school had gone on appeal against the rejection order of the CMDA and that it was pending. The bench said that the swimming pool should remain closed. In the event Ramans submission was found incorrect, then it would pass further orders directing to demolish the swimming pool. Adjourning the matter by four weeks, the bench also said that it was open to the authorities concerned to alter the sections or add more sections under the IPC in respect of the case in hand, if other offences were made out.

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Hanuman picture colouring competition for children

On the occassion of Vinayaka chathurthi Sanjeevini Peetam will be conducting a free Hanuman Picture Colouring Competition for Children on Wednesday Sept . 19 {wednesday} at its premises in BRP street West Mambalam for children in the age group 5 to 7 years. The ompetition will be in two batches of 25 children only in each batch and the children must carry only colour pencils or crayons only. the first batch will be at 11.00 am and the second batch will be at 12.00 noon The time allowed for making the pcitures will be 45 minutes for each batch.Drawing sheets will be provided by Sanjeevini Peetam. Registration is strictly hrough e-mail sanjeevini. peetam@gmail.com only and on first come first serve basis.and the entries close on Sept. 10 Winners will be announced through e-mail, same day 4pm. and the prize distribution will be on the same day at Sanjeevini Peetam, from 6.30pm onwards. For more details call Priya 044-2474 3098 , Bindu -98406 48205

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Capsicum pooja for Hanuman

A 108 Capsicum ashtothra pooja as a part of the Sri Hanuman Janma Nakshathra pooja.will be conducted at 11 a.m on Sunday, Sept. 2 at the Sri Sanjeevini Peetam, 16/45, BRP 1st Street, West Mambalam, Also a special abhishekam for Lord Hanuman and chanting of Sri Hanuman Chalisa by the devotees .For details call 2471 2231/90435 68941 or www. sanjeevinipeetam.com All are welcome.

Brand new CBSE...

Vivekananda School (Rs 13,420). Fees for CBSE schools in Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Erode, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, S a l e m , Ti r u c h i r a p a l l i , Tiruvannamalai, Vellore and Villupuram were also announced. More details on http:// www.tn.gov.in.

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Onam Celebrations at SRM Nightingale School

Temple fetches Rs 65 lakh in three months

Lord Saneeswara (Saturn) temple at Tirunallar near here had recorded a hundiyal collection of about Rs 65 lakh in cash besides gold and silver ornaments in three months since June. Temple sources said 12 hundiyals were opened on Thursday and besides about Rs 65 lakh, 85 gms of gold and 1.5 kg silver were received. The hundiyals of the ancient temple, believed to be constructed during the 7th century A.D, opens once in three months, the sources said.

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Sir The Madras High Court Bench is reported to have observed while dealing with the petition relating to the drowning of a class IV student in the swimming pool of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School in K K Nagar, that in the City of Chennai, persons first construct illegal and unauthorized buildings first and thereafter submit a plan for regularization. The Bench has further warned both the CMDA and the Chennai Corporation against entertaining requests for regularization of illegal and unauthorized constructions in the city. Indeed a damning indictment of both CMDA and the civic body by the Madras High Court. Yes; the court is very correct in its observations. The problem with the CMDA/ Chennai Corporation is that the officials do not visit the site to ensure that the construction is as per the permissions granted to the builders. Had the officials visit on a regular basis to oversee the constructions at every stage, they could very well prevent illegal constructions. As a result of their negligence, the city has now more Alpha Mail Box illegal buildings than the legal ones. In fact, the regularization is no solution to the problem to the illegal constructions, as, it only provides tacit approval to the illegal buildings. Unless the practice of granting permission under the regularization is stopped, the city will definitely witness many buildings being constructed with blatant violations. To say that regularization is a MONSTER, mocking at the rules and regulation, is no exaggeration. V S Jayaraman 31 Motilal Street, T.Nagar, Chennai-17

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national commission disagreed and said the institute had to abide by the directions of AICTE in the matter and return the fee (Shri Saravpreet Singh vs the Principal, Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moga, and Registrar, Punjab Technical University, RP No 343 of 2009). Earlier in the year, in the case of the Registrar, Andhra University, vs Janjanam Jagdeesh (RP No 3926 of 2009, decided on July 6, 2010), the national commission had referred to the UGC directive on the subject and asked the college to retain Rs 1000 and refund the rest of the fee collected from the student along with 6 per cent interest. Similarly, in 2008, in the case of Nipun Nagar vs the Symbiosis Institute of International Business, too, the commission had quoted the UGC directive and asked the institute to refund Rs 1 lakh along with 6 per cent interest( RP No 1336 of 2008, decided on 7-11-2008). So the courts are there to help students in such situations, but parents and students should ensure that an application for a refund is made without any delay. - Pushpa G, TNS

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Students have right to fee refund

IF you are having trouble getting a refund from an educational institution, then this is for you. In an order delivered on November 10, the highest consumer court in the country has made it clear that educational institutions and universities cannot take shelter under the terms and conditions that run contrary to the regulators instructions on the subject and deny fee refund to students. In this particular case, Punjab Technical University had taken the stand that as per the conditions laid down by it, the student in this case had no right to seek a refund and that he had to forfeit the entire fee deposited with the first institute if he moved to another. The national consumer disputes redressal commission, however, dismissed this argument on the ground that the directions of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on the issue were supreme and the institution has to refund the fee paid by the student. This order should help all those students who are denied a refund on the basis of unfair terms and conditions drawn up by the colleges themselves or by the university. In fact following a large number of complaints pertaining to non-refund of fees, AICTE issued a public notice in June 2009, saying that in the event of a student withdrawing before the starting of the courses, the entire fee collected from the student, after a deduction of the processing fee of not more than Rs 1000, shall be refunded to the student. AICTE also said that should a student leave after joining the course, and if the seat consequently falling vacant has been filled by another candidate by the last date of admission, the institution must return the fee collected with proportionate deductions of monthly fee and proportionate hostel rent, wherever applicable. It also warned institutions that any violation of these instructions shall call for punitive action, including withdrawal of approval and recognition of the erring institutions. Thus students can complain to AICTE or the University Grants Commission (which has issued more or less similar instructions on fee refund). If even after that, they fail to get the refund, then they can seek redress before the court. In the case decided on November 10, for example, the student had cleared the CET 2001 test conducted by Punjab Technical University, and through counselling conducted by it, got admission to the Lala Lajpat Rai Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moga, and paid on August 16, 2001, Rs 80,820 towards the fee. Subsequently, he participated in a special counselling held on August 29, and this time, was granted admission to REC, Jalandhar. The very next day, he informed the first college of his decision to join REC and sought a refund of the fee paid. The contention of the college as well as PTU here was that in its advertisement announcing the special counselling, PTU had made it clear that if the students who had already got admission through the earlier counselling participated in this and wished to change the college, they had to forfeit the entire fee paid to the first college. In view of this, the student cannot claim a refund, they argued. While the courts at the district and state levels agreed with this point of view, the

Income ceiling limit for education assistance increased

Tamil Nadu Government on Friday announced an increase in the ceiling limit of certain communities, including Scheduled Tribes (ST), to avail education assistance. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa directed to increase the annual income ceiling limit of parents and guardians of students of Adi Dravida and Adi Dravida converted Christians and ST students from Rs one lakh to Rs two lakh. This move would benefit those seeking education assistance after Class X and would be implemented in the current academic year itself, a state government release here said. The government would incur an additional expense of Rs 34.83 lakh annually for this, it said. Further, Jayalalithaa also recommended to the Centre to shift the 'Nari Kurava'(Gypsies) to ST from Most Backward Class (MBC) since they share similarities to the community in terms of education, economic and other characteristics.

Different Strokes

A Theory of Success
people all the time. Their attitudes are sometimes passed on to us. There are many things in life that can lead a person to have a negative attitude. Perhaps they had a rough childhood, tragedy in their life, or hang out with negative people. You must stay away from negative people. Misery definitely loves company. As for having a rough life, well, all of us have had our share of ups and downs. Life will never be perfect. You must keep in mind that some good will always come out of whatever happens in your life, no matter how tragic. Developing a positive attitude just doesnt happen overnight. The first step is to have an awareness of the thoughts that go through your mind. You have the ability to filter out the negative thoughts, ideas, and words that try to creep into your head. The second step is to take the word cant out of your vocabulary. The third step is strengthening your faith and knowing that anything you want to do you can achieve. Success starts with you. Success is about living a purposeful and fulfilling life. It is about your contribution to the world. It is about staying positive amongst the challenges. And most of all, its about being true to yourself and living authentically. - S Raghunathan

Success is not something inherited. In fact, no matter what age, color, or origin you are, success is something that everyone has achieved at one point in their life. Success is defined as obtaining a desired goal. When you first learned to ride a bike or roller skate, you stumbled and fell, but with practice became very good at it. You were successful! At one time my definition of success was having a lot of money, a big house, and a car. This is no longer my definition. Success is a state of mind. Remember the story of the little train that could? He kept saying to himself, I think I can! I think I can! These three words should be engraved in children from year 1. When I was young I was taught that cant is not a word. I almost cringe at the thought of the word. Remember that you will fall many times before you will succeed. Its the failures that give us character and make us that much stronger as a person. When you were learning to ride a bike, didnt you always get back up when you fell? Werent you determined to ride all the way down the street without help from mom or dad? Eventually you became a master at riding the bike and you owe it all to your can-do attitude! This is the attitude that everyone should have. Some of us are surrounded by negative

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