Chennai Bangalore Special Train for Diwali

Southern Railways has announced that it will be running a special train from Chennai to Bangalore and special train from Bangalore to Chennai on the occasion of Diwali.The new train has been introduced to cater for the rush of passengers on the occasion of Deepawali festival. Read the article below to know more about the special trains for diwali.

Bangalore Chennai Special Train for Diwali

Train No: 06013

From Station: Chennai Central

To Station: Bangalore City

Departure Date from Chennai Central: Nov 01, 2013 to Nov 05 2013

Departure Time from Chennai Central: 23.00 hrs

Arrival Time at Bangalore: 04.50 hrs

Train stoppage stations: Arakkonam, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Kuppam, Bangarpet, Krishnarajapuram and Bangalore Cantonment

Train No: 06014

From Station: Bangalore City

To Station: Chennai Central

Departure Date from Bangalore City: Nov 01, 2013 to Nov 05 2013

Departure Time from Bangalore City: 23.15 hrs

Arrival Time at Chennai Central: 06.00 hrs

Train stoppage stations: Bangalore Cantonment, Krishnarajapuram, Bangarpet, Kuppam,, Jolarpettai,, Katpadi, Arakkonam and Perambur.

   

Chennai Lighthouse to be opened to Public from November 14

Chennai Lighthouse will be opened for public from November 14, 2013. This is really a good news as people will be able to get the view of Marina Beach and Bay of Bengal. The lighthouse will be thrown open to public by Shipping Minister G.K.Vasan on November 14. 

Lighthouse in Marina Beach is one of the four Lighthouse present in Chennai. It is the only lighthouse that is present in the East Coast Road. From the lighthouse you can get a clear view of Marina Beach, Bay of Bengal, Kamarajar Salai and some parts of chennai city. The lighthouse has an internal lift which can carry 13 persons at a time. The lift is available till 9th floor of the 10 floor tower.Plans are also in the pipeline for erecting external lift for the convenience of the people.

Marina Beach Lighthouse with 45.72 metre in height was opened to public in 1977. It has been closed since 1991 following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. Children will love to climb the lighthouse and enjoy the view of the beach and part of the chennai city. 

Mini Bus routes in Chennai Mini Bus Timings in Chennai Mini Bus Ticket Rates in Chennai

Tamilnadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha flagged of mini buses in Chennai on October 23, 2013. Around 50 mini buses for 20 routes was started initially in the interior areas in Chennai. The mini buses were introduced for better connectivity within the suburban areas in chennai. The mini buses and the routes will be increased during the course of time. Read the article below to know more information about Mini Bus routes Mini Bus Timings Mini Bus Ticket Rates in Chennai.

Mini Bus Routes in Chennai

Mini Bus Route No	From	To	Mini Bus Routes
S41	Ambattur O.T	Murugappa Polytechnic	Valluvar road junction, kulakarai road junction, thirumullaivoyil junction, stateboard hospital
S33	Ashoknagar / Ashok Pillar	MethaNagar	Puthu high school, Samiyar madam, kodambakkam power house, ponmani marriage hall, keelnagar, thiruvalluvarpuram
S3	Chrompet	Madambakkam	Chilapakkam, mahalakshmi nagar, raja keelpakkam, kozhipannai
S2	Chrompet	Medavakkam	Indira garden, Nehru nagar, kumaran kundram, asthinapuram, tirumalai nagar, jeyendra nagar, sembakkam, kavurivakkam
S4	Chrompet	Medavakkam	MIT, Nehru nagar, kumaran kundram, pallavan driving school, Radha nagar, nemilicherry, Nanmangalam, kovilambakkam
S11	Guindy Aasarkana	Keezhkattalai	Burma colony, moovarasan pettai
S12	Guindy Aasarkana	NGO colony	Adhambakkam, kakkan pallam
S13	Guindy	Velacherry	Maduvangarai, NGO colony, Brindhavan nagar, mahalakshmi nagar inner ring road
S23	Iyyappanthangal	KumananSavady	SST oil mills, noombal road junction, puliyamedu
S24	Iyyappanthangal	Tiruverkadu	SRMC, Sathiyalok gurukulam, chettiyar agaram, sivabootha medu, VellapanSavady
S61	Madhavaram	Retteri junction	Kalpana lamp, Birundha garden, prakash garden, kumaran nagar junction, kollathur
S25	Maduravayol	Valasaravakkam	AAlapakam Maduravayol junction, menakshi dental college hospital, Government higher secondary school, SS Motors, Arcot road, Allapakkam Junction
S62	Moolakadai	Manali	Ambedkar statue, RV Nagar, parvathi nagar, moolachathiram, palgipalayalam, china sekkadu, Manali Market
S1	Pallavaram Railway Station	Tirusulam Sakthi Nagar	Old Pallavaram, union carbide colony
S5	Perungalathur	Arungal	Oorapakkam, karanai puducherry, karanai kattur
S22	Porur	Pattur	Ramachandra hospital,Iyyappanthangal, parani puthur junction
S21	Ramapuram	Porur	Ramapuram arasamaram, poothapedu, china porur, kaarambakkam
S14	S R P Tools	Mettukuppam	Taramani (Tharamani), CTS, amdedkar nagar, Kamaraj nagar, telephone nagar, ellai amman kovil
S31	Vadapalani	koyambedu bus stand (CMBT)	Aavichipalli, Virugambakkam, kesavarthini, devi kuppam, ganga nagar, school street, Maduravayol eari karai
S32	Vadapalani	Tiru.Vika.Park, shenoy nagar	Ram theatre, Best hospital, vanniyar street, periyar way, anna main road, arun hotel, Aminjikarai

Mini Bus Ticket Fares in Chennai

Mini Bus Ticket Stage	Mini Bus Ticket Fare
Stage 1	Rs 5
Stage 2	Rs 6
Stage 3	Rs 8
Stage 4	Rs 8
Stage 5	Rs 9
Stage 6	Rs 9

Comedy Actor Vadivelu Latest Tamil Movie Jagajjala Pujabala Tenaliraman Picture Gallery

Tamil Comedy Actor Vadivelu is coming back with a bang after 2 years. He is seen recently acting in anew film called  Jagajjala Pujabala Tenaliraman. The release date for the film is yet to be announced. However this film will be a comedy entertainer and we wish Vadivelu for his comeback innings. read the article below to view the latest pictures of Comedy Actor Vadivelu Latest Tamil Movie Jagajjala Pujabala Tenaliraman.

Comedy Actor Vadivelu Latest Tamil Movie Jagajjala Pujabala Tenaliraman Picture Gallery

Ajith Film Aarambam Online Ticket Booking

Ajith Latest Film Aarambam is due to be released this October 31. Earlier it was scheduled to be released on Diwali. Anyway this is good news for Ajith fans as the film is being released much earlier. Online ticket bookings can be done for this film. Read the article below for more information on Aarambam Online Ticket Booking.

Ajith Film Aarambam Movie Details

Cast: Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayantara, Taapsee Pannu, Rana Daggubati, Kishore, Atul Kulkarni, Mahesh Manjrekar

Director: Vishnuvardhan

Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Lyrics: Pa Vijay

Cinematography: Om Prakash

Editing: Sreekar Prasad

Screenplay: Vishnu Vardhan, Subha

Story/Writer: Vishnu Vardhan, Subha

Aarambam Online Ticket Booking

2013 Nobel Prize Winners List

Nobel Prize is one of the prestigious Awards that is awarded every year for the contribution in the filed of  Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economic Science and Peace. Alfred Nobel initiated this award and it has been followed every year by awarding this prestigious award on December 10. This year also the winners for each category has been announced. Read the article below to know more information about 2013 Nobel Prize Winners.

2013 Nobel Prize Winners List

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013
James Rothman - American (Yale University),
Randy Schekman - American (University of California)
Thomas Sudhof  - German (Stanford University)
Contribution: "for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells"

Nobel Prize in Physics 2013

Francois Englert - Belgium 

W. Higgs - Britain

Contribution: “for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider”

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013

Martin Karplus (Harvard University)

Michael Levitt (Stanford School of Medicine) 

Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California)

Contribution: "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"

Nobel Prize in Literature 2013

Alice Munro (Canada)

Contribution: "master of the contemporary short story"

Nobel Prize for Peace 2013

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Contribution: "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons".

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2013

Eugene F. Fama (USA), 

Lars Peter Hansen (USA) 

Robert J. Shiller (USA)

Contribution:  "for their empirical analysis of asset prices"

October 2013 Powercut Schedule Chennai Load Shedding revised timings Chennai

Tamilnadu Electricity Board has announced the latest powercut timings in Chennai for the month of October 2013. From October 18, 2012 the load shedding duration had been increased from 1 hr to 2 hrs. This will be followed in all areas in Chennai. Tamilnadu government had announced that the increase in duration of load shedding in Chennai will help them to reduce the load shedding duration in other parts of Tamilnadu. 

Below you can find the October 2013 load shedding timings in Chennai.


Powercut in Chennai between  8 A.M to 10 A.M

R.A. Puram, part of Teynampet, part of Luz, part of Indira Nagar, part of Mylapore, Bells road, Chepauk, K.H. Road, Strahans Road, Pattinapakkam, Kamaraj Salai, part of Mandaveli, part of R.A. Puram, High Court, NSC Bose Road, Kuralagam, Armenien Street, 2nd lane beach, Thambu Chetty Street, Erabalu Chetty Street, Beach Road, Seven Wells area, Mannady, Spencer, part of Anna Salai, Spurtank oad, Montieth Road, Casamajor Road, part of Poonamallee High Road, A.C. Road, Red Cross Society, Fountain Plaza, LNT Koil Street, Gangu Reddy Koil street, T. V. Naidu Street, Mahalingapuram (entire), Kamdar Nagar, part of Nungambakkam, Thirumalaipillai Road, Dr. Nair Road, part of T.Nagar, West Mambalam, Madley Road, Jubilee Road, Brindavan Street, part of Ashok Nagar, part of K.K. Nagar, Ennore, Cement Company, Tondiarpet, Mathur, SIDCO (Villivakkam), R. K. Nagar, part of Tondiarpet, Kovoor, Kundrathur, Mangadu, Periya Panichery, Gerugambakkam, Kumananchavadi Karayanchavadi, Gorimedu, Poonamallee Town, Noombal, Kaduvetti, Pudhuthangal, Raj Bhavan, Classic Mall, St. Thomas Mount, Adambakkam (part), Meenambakkam, Thoraipakkam, Spastic Society, T.T.T.I, R.M.Z, Avadi (part), Tank Factory, Thirumullaivoyal (part), Chetpet, Sterling Road, part of Nungambakkam High Road, part of Ponnamallee High Road, Kamaraj Nagar, part of Avadi, Ambattur, Pattaravakkam, 4th avenue, 2nd Avenue, 7th Avenue, TAS complex, 5th Avenue, part of Anna Nagar, part of Ambattur Industrial Estate, Thirumullaivoyal, part of Mogappair

Powercut in Chennai between  10 A.M to 12 P.M

Chintadripet, part of Anna Salai, Pudupet, Simpson, part of Egmore, Purasawalkam High Road, Secretariat Colony, Doveton (part), Ohms Road, Flower Road, Bulfar Road, Tower Block, part of Poonamallee High Road, Anna Salai (part), S.M. Nagar, K.B. Dasan Nagar, part of T. Nagar, Eldams Road, Nehru Stadium, Periyamedu, Nungambakkam High Road, part of Cathedral Road, KNK Road, G.N. Chetty Road (part), Kodambakkam High Road, Avvai Shanmugham Salai, Dr. Besant Road, Mir Sahib Pet , Shaik Dawood Street, Begum Sahib Street, Amir Mahal, Perumal Mudali Street, Bharathi Salai (part), entire North Usman Road, Mint, Kondithope, Jatkhapuram, Chinapuram, Kaladipet, Rajakadai, Perambur (part), Kolathur (part), Ayanavaram, Villivakkam, I.C.F, Stanley, Barracks Road, Old Jail Road, part of Royapuram, Gopalsamy Naicken Street, Alandur, HCL Consumer, K.K. Nagar (part), Alagiri Salai, Govindan Salai, Guindy (part), Poonambalam Salai, Ramasamy Salai, M.G.R. Nagar, Bharathidasan Colony, West Mambalam (part), Ashok Nagar (part), Kadaperi (part), MEPZ (part), Pallavaram, Chromepet, Perungudi Indsutrial Estate, Perungudi, Tambaram, Indra Nagar, part of Poonamallee, Nazarathpet, Nanganallur (part), Adambakkam (part), Virugambakkam, Dhasarathapuram, Vadapalani, part of Arcot Road, Sathyagarden, Besant Nagar, J.R. Nagar, Malaviya Colony, Anna Nagar (part), Shenoy Nagar, R.V. Nagar, T.P. Chatram, Ayyapakkam, Mahalingapuram (part), Kamdhar Nagar, S.A.F. Games Village, Chinmaya Nagar (part), Jagannathan Nagar, 100 feet road (part), Koyambedu, Anna Nagar West, Anna Nagar West Extension, Tirumangalam (entire).

Powercut in Chennai between  12 P.M to 2 P.M

College Road, Greams Road (part), Egmore, part of Poonamallee High Road, part of Purasawalkam, Spurtank Road, MMDA, NSC Bose Road, Thambu Chetty Street (part), Mylapore (part), Luz (part), Housing Board, Lotus Colony, Tower Block, Cenetoph Road, Chamiers Road, Saduallah Street, part of T. Nagar, CIT Nagar, Mothilal Street, Rameswaram Road, Natesan Road, R.K. Salai, T.T.K. Road, C.I.T. Colony, part of Gopalapuram, P.S. Sivasamy, Central Road, Jafferkhanpet, part of K.K. Nagar, Postal Colony (West Mambalam), Saidapet West area, VSM Garden, Perumal Koil Street, Kodungaiyur Area, part of Esplanade, part of Royapuram, Sembium, Madhavaram, Thiru-vi-ka Nagar, part of Vyasarpadi, part of Perambur, Toll Gate, Cherry Road, Arcot Road, Valasaravakkam, Injambakkam, ETL, Guindy Industrial Estate Area, Tambaram (part), Selaiyur, Choolaimedu, Kodambakkam, part of North Usman Road, Vadapalani, Ashok Nagar, Trustpuram, Madipakkam, Perungalathur, Bharathi Salai, Valluvar Salai , Mugalivakkam, Manapakkam, Poonamallee High Road, Ramavaram, Siruseri Industrial Estate Area, Indira Nagar, kalakshetra Colony, Seaward Road, Valmiki Nagar, Avvai Nagar, Gnanapathy Nagar, Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Vasudevan Nagar, Palavakkam, Ambattur Industrial Estate, entire Mogappair area, part of Thirumangalam, Nolambur, Padi Industrial Estate.

Powercut in Chennai between  2 P.M to 4 P.M

Part of Purasawalkam, Doveton, part of Teynampet, part of Anna Salai, part of Cathedral Road, T. Nagar, Pondy Bazaar, South Usman Road, MRC Nagar, Karpagam Avenue, Greenways Lane, Ranimeyammai Tower, K.V.B.Garden, Srinivasa Avenue, part of Greams Road, Whites Road, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Ethiraj Salai, Raheja Complex, Moorthingal Lane, Kamaraj Salai, Mylapore (part),Flower Bazaar, Parrys, Broadway, part of Esplanade, Anna Poonga, Moolakadai, Muthamizh Nagar, Kolathur, Lakshmipuram, Sembium (part), Manali, Vyasarpadi IE, part of GST Road, Nehru Nagar, HT Consumer, Guindy Industrial Estate, Ekkatuthangal, Kalaimagal Nagar, Kadaperi, MEPZ area, East Coast Road, MGR Salai, VGP, Seaward Road, Porur, part of Arcot Road, Sholinganallur, Taramani Industrial Estate, NMM Road, Arumbakkam, MMDA Colony, part of Poonamallee High Road, part of Choolaimedu, Padi (part), Korattur, Koyambedu market, Chinmaya Nagar, Natesan Nagar, Pandeswaram Area, Puzhal, part of Red Hills, Sothuperumbedu, Alamathy.

Powercut in Chennai between  4 P.M to 6 P.M

Part of Anna Salai, G.P. Road, Government Estate, Bharathi Salai, Triplicane, Thayar Sahib Street, Big Street, Wallajah Road, Saidapet, CIT Nagar, HT consumer, Demellows Road, B&C Mill area, Pulianthope, Royapettah Road, Lloyds road, Balaji Nagar, Peters Road, Thousand Lights, Whites Road, Vadaperumbakkam, Manali, Napalayam, part of T.H. Road, G.A. Road, K.A. Koil, Thandavarayan Street, Old Washermanpet, GKM Colony, SRP Colony, Thiruvottiyur, L&T Company, Kottupuram, Turnbulls Road, Kasturibai Nagar, IIT Consumers, Madamabakkam, Chromepet, Kadaperi, Pammal, Pallavaram, Ramasamy Salai, Park View Road, Porur, SRMC, Iyyapathangal, Kattupakkam, Chetiyar Agaram, Perumbakkam, Thirumudivakkam area, Kilkattalai, Vijaya Nagaram, Velachery High Road, Dhandeeswaram, Kovilambakkam, Nanmangalam, part of Anna Nagar, K.G. Road, Raju Naicken Street, New Avadi Road, Medavakkam Tank Road, Vanagaram, Maduravoyal, Mogappair East, Pattabiram, part of Thirunindravoor, Thiruvallur High Road, entire Red Hills, Anna Nagar (part), Thiruverkadu.

October 2013 Auspicious dates Lucky dates 2013 October festival dates Rahu Kalam Yamagandam

Everyone would like to start an important function on an auspicious day. Some of they would tend to start a new occasion on a lucky and auspicious date and time. Below you can find the list of auspicious days and lucky numbers for October 2013. This would be useful for those starting a new business, fixing an important function etc. 

Auspicious days in October 2013

October 2, 2013 – Pradosh Vratham
October 3, 2013 – Monthly Shivratri Vratham
October 4, 2013 – Amavasya
October 4, 2013 – Mahalaya Sarva Pitru Shradh Amavasya
October 5, 2013 – Navratri starts
October 5, 2013– Ashwin month starts in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
October 9, 2013 – Lalitha Panchami
October 10, 2013 – Sashti Fasting – Durga Puja Shasti
October 11, 2013 – Durga Puja Saptami, Saraswati Avahan
October 12, 2013 – Durga Ashtami, Saraswati Puja, Mahanisha Puja
October 13, 2013 – Mahanavami, Saraswati Visarjan – Navratri ends
October 13, 2013 – Vijayadasami, Dasara
October 13, 2013 – Shirdi Saibaba Punyatithi
October 14, 2013 – Vidyarambham celebrated in Kerala
October 15, 2013 – Ekadasi Vratham
October 16, 2013 – Pradosh Vratham
October 18, 2013 – Purnima – full moon day
October 18, 2013 – Kojagari Lakshmi Puja
October 17, 2013 – Aippasi month starts in Tamil Calendar
October 17, 2013 – Thulam Month starts in Malayalam Calendar
October 18, 2013 – Sharad Purnima
October 18, 2013 – Kartik Month starts in Bengali Calendar
October 19, 2013 – Kartik Month starts in North India
October 22, 2013 - Sankashti Chaturthi Vratham - Angarak Yog
October 22, 2013 - Karwa Chauth
October 26, 2013 - Ahoi Ashtami Vratham
October 27, 2013 - Radha Ashtami
October 30, 2013 - Ekadasi Fasting
October 31, 2013 - Govatsa Dwadasi.

Lucky numbers for October 2013

01-10-2013 Tuesday          8 6 7 3
02-10-2013 Wednesday 5 1 3 9
03-10-2013 Thursday          2 7 9 6
04-10-2013 Friday          8 2 1 5
05-10-2013 Saturday          1 4 9 3
06-10-2013 Sunday          4 8 3 6
07-10-2013 Monday          5 2 4 7
08-10-2013 Tuesday          9 1 7 5
09-10-2013 Wednesday 1 2 9 4
10-10-2013 Thursday          8 3 5 7
11-10-2013 Friday          1 7 3 8
12-10-2013 Saturday          2 9 6 5
13-10-2013 Sunday          8 5 9 4
14-10-2013 Monday          1 2 3 6
15-10-2013 Tuesday          6 4 8 3
16-10-2013 Wednesday 5 7 2 9
17-10-2013 Thursday          6 1 5 8
18-10-2013 Friday          2 4 7 6
19-10-2013 Saturday          3 9 6 5
20-10-2013 Sunday          1 7 2 9
21-10-2013 Monday          2 3 8 7
22-10-2013 Tuesday          8 9 5 2
23-10-2013 Wednesday 1 6 7 3
24-10-2013 Thursday          4 8 9 6
25-10-2013 Friday          5 2 4 7
26-10-2013 Saturday          9 8 6 5
27-10-2013 Sunday          1 2 4 9
28-10-2013 Monday          6 3 8 1
29-10-2013 Tuesday          1 8 7 3
30-10-2013 Wednesday 2 7 5 9
31-10-2013 Thursday          8 1 2 6

Rahu Kalam Yamagandam in October 2013

Day: Sunday
Rahu Kalam: 16:30-18:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 15:00-16:30
Yamgandam: 12:00-13:30

Day:  Monday
Rahu Kalam: 07:30-09:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 13:30-15:00
Yamgandam: 10:30-12:00

Day: Tuesday
Rahu Kalam: 15:00-16:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 12:00-13:30
Yamgandam: 09:00-10:30

Day: Wednesday
Rahu Kalam: 12:00-13:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 10:30-12:00
Yamgandam: 07:30-09:00

Day: Thursday
Rahu Kalam: 13:30-15:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 09:00-10:30
Yamgandam: 06:00-07:30

Day: Friday
Rahu Kalam: 10:30-12:00
Vela Gulik Kalam: 07:30-09:00
Yamgandam: 15:00-16:30

Day: Saturday
Rahu Kalam: 09:00-10:30
Vela Gulik Kalam: 06:00-07:30
Yamgandam: 13:30-15:00