Monday, July 1, 2013

Nine-year-old boy’s head severed in cylinder blast





In a gory accident, the head of a nine-year-old boy, Mohammed Naser, studying fourth standard in Fathima English medium school, was severed from his body in a carbon dioxide cylinder blast in a welding shop in Nellore road in Badvel town on Monday evening.


The boy was playing in front of the welding shop when the accident occurred, police said. The welding shop owner Noor Basha sustained severe injuries and lost his speech, according to police. He was administered first aid in Badvel Government Hospital and rushed to RIMS hospital here in a critical condition. Badvel police inspected the welding shop and registered a case.










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1st July 2013



Mr. P.Narayanan (86) (Retd.Passport Office) attained Acharyan Thiurvadi on 30.06.2013. Phone: 044-2441 4553


Mr. R. Balasubramanaim (Retd. CTO) passed away on 30th June 2013. Phone :24993745.


Mr. A.Vivek , died on 30thJune 2013. Phone: 9884077077


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30th June 2013



Sri. S.V. KUMAR, (72 yrs), Ex-GM State Bank of India & Standard Chartered Bank, husband of Hema Kumar passed away peacefully at Bengaluru on 21st, June 2013. 3373/C, 13th 'A' Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indira Nagar, Bengaluru - 560008.


V.J.THAMPI (78) Ex-ERI Loyola College expired on 29-06-13. Funeral 30-6-13. Tel:26641277


Mrs.RADHA SRINIVASAN W/o Late Srinivasan (Of Vivekananda College) and M/o Ramji Srinivasan, passed away on 29-06-13 after brief illness. Cremation on 02-07-2013. Ph: 09444087940.


Mr. M.OMPRAKASH (54), Father of Mr. O. Sandeep, Chennai-600 030 expired on 28-06-2013. Eyes donated to Rajan Eye Bank (Project of Rotary Club of Madras T.Nagar), Chennai-17.(Ph:28340500).


Smt.S.RAJARAJESWARI (80), Wife of Mr. K.Veeraraghavan, Chennai-600033 expired on 29-06-2013. Eyes donated to Rajan Eye Bank (Project of Rotary Club of Madras T.Nagar), Chennai-17 (Ph: 28340500).


Mrs. R.Alamelu, W/o. Late V.Rajamani died on 28th June. Add. 32, Ramakrishna Street, North Usman Road, T.Nagar, Chennai. Phone: 98417 32301.


Mr. A.P. Jambulingam (92 years) Retd.Principal, Guindy Engg. College, died on 20th June. Phone:044 2245 2927.


Smt. K.Ranganayaki, aged 84 years , wife of Sri NV Krishnamurthy, AGs Office, Hyderabad passed away on 29th June at Bangalore. Mob. 09945130824.


Mrs. Lalitha Chidambaram aged 65 years , W/o. T.S.Chidambaram attained the lotus feet of Lord Krishna on 28th June at Coimbatore. Ph. :98407 74397.


Mr. Joginder Singh Bhatia (Kalpana Surgicals) died on 26.6.2013. Phone: 93828 48666.


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Kaleidoscope: Kerala





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Kaleidoscope: Delhi





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Friday, June 28, 2013

Tour de France gets underway today





AP Alberto Contador of Spain (center) rides with his teammates during a training ahead of the start of Tour de France cycling race in Porto Vecchio, southern Corsica island, France, on Friday.





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Favourite Chris Froome says his build-up has been perfect



Chris Froome said on Thursday that his build-up for this year’s Tour de France had been perfect but added that nothing could have prepared him for the hype that goes with being favourite to win the biggest race in cycling.


The 28-year-old Kenya-born British rider is widely expected to succeed his fellow countryman, and Sky colleague, Bradley Wiggins as champion at the end of the race, which gets underway in Corsica on Saturday.


Like Wiggins 12 months ago, Froome comes into the Tour in fine fettle — among his successes already this season are a victory in the Criterium International in Corsica and a first place in the recent Criterium du Dauphine.


However, while feeling in great shape before the Grand Depart, Froome acknowledged that he was still not fully comfortable with his status as odds-on favourite in the eyes of most.


Sitting alongside Froome, and eager to give his team leader a rest from the limelight, Sky principal Dave Brailsford urged him to take it one step at a time in his bid for victory and sought to play down the inevitable comparisons made between this year’s favourite and last year’s winner Wiggins, who is missing here due to injury.


Alberto Contador is seen as the most likely rival for Froome in the general classification, especially with Vincenzo Nibali not taking part.


The Italian is the only man to have got the better of Froome this year, having done so in the Tirreno-Adriatico.


However, Froome himself lamented the absence of Nibali and insisted the field remains wide open.


Cavendish aiming high


Just as the Tour de France is entering into new territory, visiting Corsica for the first time in its history, so sprint king Mark Cavendish is aiming to do something he has never done before in Saturday’s opening stage.


The 28-year-old from the Isle of Man has his sights set on winning the 213-kilometre ride up Corsica's east coast from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia as he looks to pull on the legendary overall race leader’s yellow jersey for the first time.


“The yellow jersey is the only major jersey I am missing now,” Cavendish said at an Omega Pharma-Quick Step team press conference aboard the huge boat that is serving as race headquarters during its visit to Corsica.


Apart from Saturday’s opener, the sprinter-friendly stages on this Tour will be stages five, six, 10, 12, 13 and 21 — the last being on the Champs Elysees where Cavendish will aim for a fifth consecutive win.



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Rachel wins 10,000m title





Andhra Pradesh’s Rachel Chatterjee clinched the women’s 10,000m event in the ‘60 to 65 years’ category, in the 34th National Masters athletics championships on Friday.


Important results (winners only): Women: 400m: 35+: Sunita (Del), 00:01:05.1s; 40+: Seema Kaushik (Del), 00:01:13.0s. 10000m: 35+: Bhagwati (Del), 00:48:21.2s; 40+: Pratima Bhandari (Del), 00:52:46.0s; 45+: Ira Biswas (WB) 01:06:59.6s; 50+: S. Madhumati Devi (Manipur), 02:08:44.0s; 55+: Amarjit Kaur (Pun), 01:05:47.6s; 60+: Rachel Chatterjee (AP), 00:59:16.1s. 100m Hurdles: 35+: K. Kirthana (Kar), 00:21.9s.


Men: 10000m: 40+: Suresh Kumar (Har), 00:36:56.9s; 45+: Dinesh Kumar (Del), 00:40:32.9s; 50+: P. Pandurangan (TN), 00:45:05.9s; 55+: T.M. Narayanan (TN), 00:44:28.4s; 60+: C. Selvaraj (TN), 00:43:05.9s; 65+: Om Prakash (Har), 00:49:14.6s; 70+: Gurudayal Singh (Raj), 00:50:08.4s; 75+: Dharam Chand (Har), 00:58:17.4s.


110m Hurdles: 35+: C.T. Chidambaram (TN), 00:00:19.2s; 40+: Dharampal (Har), 00:00:16.2s; 45+: Subir Santra (WB), 00:00:19.34s; 50+: R. Chandran (Ker), 00:00:19.56s; 60+: Subhas Chandra Rai (Ker), 00:00:18.6s; 65+: Bhubon Singh (Manipur), 00:00:20.4s.



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