Chennai Power Shutdown Areas on 25-07-2017

Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on 25-07-17 between 9.00 A.M. to 2.00 P.M. for maintenance work. Supply will be resumed before 2.00 P.M. if the works are completed.

NEW WASHERMENPET AREA :

Entire New Washermenpet, part of TH road, Fishing
Harbour, part of VOC nagar.
AYAPAKKAM AREA :

ICF colony, Ayapakkam and Ayapakkam TNHB, Athipet Mettu
st, Kuppam, KSR nagar, VGN Shanthi nagar, Melayanambakkam, Konraj kuppam,
Agaragaram, Devi nagar, Chelliamman nagar, Chinna koladi, Jothi nagar,
Moonru nagar, Ezhil nagar Annanoor and surrounding areas.
SPURTANK ROAD AREA

Egmore high road, G.I.road, Entire Egmore area, D3
S.I. Police Quarters, Montieth road & lane, Pantheon road & lane,
Sathiyamurthy road, Part of Poonamallee road, Casamajor road, Halls road,
Sait colony, Spurtank road, M.S.nagar, part of Poonamallee road, Sastri
nagar (part), Ethiraj salai & lane,Entire Pantheon road.

Suriya's new look wows fans

In a great birthday treat for Suriya fans, the first look from the much-awaited film of the actor, Thaana Serndha Koottam, was released at 12 am on July 23, the actor's 42nd birthday.

Not that Suriya has got any makeover as such but there’s something about this poster that will instantly get you hooked for he you see Suriya in two different situations – one alone and one amidst a group of people.

The first look has the actor looking charming as ever and looks like he is only getting younger. There's nothing else that's quite striking about it, but the actor's smile quite makes up for it.

If rumours are to be believed true then, Thaana Serndha Koottam is said to be nothing but an official remake of Akshay Kumar starrer Special 26.

Meanwhile, celebrities took to their micro-blogging page to wish the Thaana Serndha Koottam actor

Amala Paul said, "Happy birthday to a very inspiring actor and human being @Suriya_offl sir , Wishing you an incredible year ahead!!! 😊"

Lakshmi Manchu tweeted: "Happiest of birthdays to one of the most amazing people @Suriya_offl ....happiness success love and joy for ever..."

Minister invites Rajini, Kamal to join AIADMK

Co-operatives Minister Sellur Raju on Sunday dared Tamil stars Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth to join the ruling AIADMK. His ‘invitation’, however came with a rider.

“If Rajini and Kamal really intend to do good to the people of the State, they should join AIADMK,” the Minister said.

If Kamal points out to their mistakes after joining the AIADMK, they would be ready to rectify them, he added.

It is to be noted that both Rajini and Kamal had expressed displeasure over the functioning of the Tamil Nadu government.

Sellur Raju’s statement is the latest in a series of jibes by ministers in the Edappadi Palaniswami-led government on Kamal Haasan, who had accused the present administration of corruption.

On Saturday, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had dared the actor to join politics and said he would then give him a befitting reply. Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani too had challenged Kamal Haasan to prove the existence of corruption in the government and also asked if he was ready share the details of taxes paid for his movies.

Arukutty in EPS camp, CM says he is not poaching anyone

V C Arukutty, the MLA representing the Kavundampalayam constituency in Coimbatore district, who on Friday quit the AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) faction led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, formally joined the ruling AIADMK (Amma) on Sunday, in the presence of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

Meanwhile, Palaniswami has said he did not poach any MLA from the rebel AIADMK camp, led by former CMO Panneerselvam. "But if someone comes on his own, how can I say no to them," he said.

Reports said Palaniswami is regrouping gounder leaders in the party under his leadership, by doling out government projects to their constituencies.

Edappadi met former MP K C Palaniswami, the original petitioner who challenged V K Sasikala's appointment as party general secretary before the Election Commission. Edappadi's outreach is creating ripples in the OPS camp.

Arukutty claimed that he joined AIADMK (Amma) in deference to the wishes of the voters in his constituency, whom he had been consulting over the past few days.

The voters, he claimed, wanted him to be part of the ruling faction in order to secure more development projects for his constituency. “My constituency and its voters are my priority, and hence, I have joined the ruling faction,” he said.

Crackdown on gutka continues: Chennai cops file 722 cases so far

The Chennai city police interrogated about 750 people and registered cases against 722 people for allegedly dealing in banned tobacco products.

During the intensive raids conducted during the last four days, 750 people, who were found selling banned items like Mava, Pan Masala and other items, were arrested.

A total of 722 cases were registered and 44,101 pan
masala and mava products, valued at Rs 10.04 lakh were
seized, along with 1.07 lakh in cash. The total seizure was worth Rs 12.01 lakh.

The raids also helped the police find black money from a Gutka seller in Vepery. Prajesh Kumar Tiwari was booked for selling banned tobacco products, but during the raid the police also seized Rs. 50 lakh in cash, 400 kg of gold along with 120 kg of maava and 60 kg of zarda.

On instructions from Chennai City Police Commissioner
A K Viswanathan, special teams, headed by Inspectors,
were formed in all police stations, which maintained
strict vigil in their jursidictions, conducted searches
in all petty shops and in godowns and effected the
seizure.

Last year, raids were conducted at the godown, offices and residences of a pan masala and gutka manufacturer in Tamil Nadu, who was facing charges of evading tax to the tune of Rs 250 crore.

Seized during the raid was a diary containing names of those who were believed to have been paid off by the gutka manufacturers.

Huma in Chennai for Kaala shoot

Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi, who is playing the heroine of Superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming film Kaala, has come to Chennai to shoot for the movie.

The actress, who took part in an awards show in New York last weekend, flew to Mumbai on Wednesday, and from there, she reached Chennai on Friday, sources said.

Kaala reunites Rajinikanth and Kabali director Pa Ranjith. The film, which also stars Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi, Anjali Patil, Pankaj Tripathi, Samuthirakani and Sakshi Aggarwal, is being bankrolled by actor-producer Dhanush.

Santhosh Narayanan takes care of the songs and background score of the film, in which Rajinikanth plays a gangster.

Recently, Huma Qureshi posted a pic of the scene paper on Instagram and revealed that her character in Kaala is Zareena.

"Prep mode on 'Kaala'. Slowly becoming Zareena. Working hard. Blessed," Huma posted on her microblogging page.

Also, she posted a picture of the script book, which says 'Kaala leaves with Beemji on the bike. Zareena stands there looking at him."

Oviya fever grips social media

The whole Tamil Nadu is on the edge of their seats to find out if Bigg Boss contestant and people's darling Oviya will be eliminated from the house.

As she has become a favourite contestant among audience, 'Oviya's army' and 'Oviyans' have gone crazy on Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp in her support.

"Neenga shut up pannunga!" has become a war cry of sorts for her supporters who are all charged up to save her yet again from being thrown out.

A campaign has been launched on the social media platform to garner votes for the much loved contestant who has managed to charm viewers with her expressions and way of dealing with the others in the house.

Though Oviya is extremely popular as far as the audience goes, people in the house are not too fond of her and have supposedly ganged up against her to ensure that she is removed.

With 10 contestants remaining from the original count of 15, Oviya, Namitha and Ganesh Venkatraman are up for this week's elimination.