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whose previous visa is still valid or has expired within last four years can apply under this programme. Speaking at a tourism promotion event here, Powell expressed happiness over the fact that over 6.5 lakh Indians visited US in 2011. Travel and tourism to the US is an important way for us to expand our cultural and commercial ties and increase trade growth between our countries. Total spending by Indians travelling to the US was $4.6 billion last year, up 15 percent from the year before, she added. She said that India is expected to cross one million visitor mark by 2015 and leap into the league of top 10 countries of tourists to the US. Powell also said the Barack Obama administration will continue to find more ways to make travel from India to the US as simple as possible.
According to sources, in Chennai alone, the authorities have planned to set up six additional sub-stations, 1,139 distribution transformers and 200 capacitor banks. Now, we are looking for sufficient land to set up the new 33 KV sub-stations in the city, an official said. The additional distribution sub-stations and transformers for Chennai would be commissioned within two months, he added. "We are doing our best to improve the situation. But, we are facing many problems in identifying and acquiring the land. We had identified the land for five 11 KV substations in Chennai.
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Gemini [ May 21 to June 21 ] You can learn more as a student. Professionally, an excellent week. Guard against back-biters on Wednesday. Meditation takes you beyond to another dimension. Lucky colour: Creamy white. Cancer [ June 22 to July 22 ] Your dreamy nature brims with imagination. You may be worried and concerned about certain family issues and need to take time to sort things out. Budget goes topsy-turvy. Lucky colour: Yellow. Leo [ July 23 to Aug 23 ] Beware of gossip-mongers at work. You will be in a relaxed mood. Romance will bring happy moments; singles will meet someone special. Money matters need attention on Tuesday. Lucky colour: Pink. Virgom [ Aug 24 to Sept 22 ] Strained relationship with a sibling begins to mend. You take a deep interest in arts, literature and music. Travelling brings pleasure on Wednesday. Take care of your health. Lucky colour: Earthy brown. Libra [Sept 23 to Oct 23 ] Jupiter square Mars will tempt you to set big changes in motion. Think twice before acting, for anything you do will have a great impact. Wait for good news on Friday. Lucky colour: Ebony. Scorpio [Oct 24 to Nov 22 ] Maintaining a sound relationship seems difficult. Do yoga to relax and overcome anxiety and to live happily, too. Look around for additional income. Lucky colour: Orange. Sagittarius [ Nov 23 to Dec 23 Spirituality beckons and you are inclined to find out more about it. You struggle to keep your temper in check on Monday. This is an appropriate time to buy a car. A Taurean will be helpful. Lucky colour: Royal blue. Capricorn [Dec 24 to Jan 20] Love ties grow stronger and hotter! Children may be annoyed if they feel restricted. You will have excellent ideas for changing or renovating your home. Control your temper on Tuesday. Lucky colour: Wine red. Aquarius [ Jan 21 to Feb 18 ] The Sun trine Pluto brings new opportunities. Friends could get on your nerves on Monday. Mixing business with pleasure works for you. Focus on gym, yoga and exercise. Lucky colour: Ebony. Pisces [Feb 19 to March 20 ] Take big claims with a pinch of salt. Work will bring satisfaction and you will be pleased with your progress. Your partner needs your love. A Cancerian is moody but helpful. Lucky colour: Crimson. - Dr A Ranganatha Sarma
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Central (Weekly) Superfast Express, Visakhapatnam-Chennai Central (Weekly) Superfast Express, Asansol-Chennai Central (Weekly) Superfast Express, Chennai Central-Puri (Weekly) Superfast Express, Tiruchchirappalli-Tirunelveli (Daytime) Intercity (Daily) Superfast Expresss, Tirunelveli-Dadar (Weekly) Superfast Express, Kacheguda-Madurai (Weekly) Express and Tirupati-Mannargudi (Triweekly) Express. The Southern Railway also introduced two passenger trains, one between Villupuram and Mayiladuthurai and the second between Villupuram and Katpadi (Daily). While the timings of the trains had been put up on the Southern Railway website, the release said the date of introduction of these trains would be notified later. There had also been extension of 10 trains to newer stations and changes to the timings of some of the out bound trains from Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore. For more info visit www. sr.indianrailways.gov.in.
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation has rescheduled the one -hour load-shedding for the city and suburbs. The load-shedding will be implemented from Sunday July 01 says a press release from TANGEDCO The schedule of power cut is as follows: 08.00 am - 09.00 am Entire North Usman road 10.00 am - 11.00 am Postal Colony in West Mambalam and Part of T Nagar, Part of North Usman Road 11.00 am - 12.00 noon G N Chetty Road ) Part ) Mahalingapuram Part and
New load-sheddding schedule Nagar from July 01 2012 Kamdhar noon - 01.00 pm T. Nagar (Part), 12.00
Pondy Bazaar, South Usman Road, Part of Annasalai, 01.00 pm - 2.00 pm : Entire Mahalingapuram, Kamdhar Nagar (part), Nungambakkam (part), Thirumalai Pillai Road, Dr.Nair Road, T.Nagar (part), West Mambalam, Madley Road, Jubilee Road, Brindavan Street, Part of Ashok Nagar, 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm Lotus Colony, Tower Block, Cenotaph Road, Chamiers Road, Sadullah Street, part of T. Nagar, CIT Nagar, Mothilal Street, Rameswaram Road, Natesan Road, 5.00 pm - 6,00 pm West Mambalam ( Part) Ashok Nagar ( Part )
Jyothir Lingam Divine Darshan, which will be inaugurated by Dr V Bala, Head, Vengathur town. Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya is a spiritual organisation with its international head quarters at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan. The organisation was founded in 1936. With 75 years of service, it is spread across 137 countries and has 8500 centres. The organisation is promoting universal peace and brotherhood. The spiritual organisation is a recipient of seven UN Peace Messenger awards and holds consultative status with ECOSOC and UNICEF.
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The news papers carried headlines of his school - The Ahobila Mutt Oriental Hr. Sec. School - when his students garnered state ranks in the Plus 2 board examination making his school one of the sought after. A strict and loveable teacher Mr T M Soundararajan ( fondly called by his colleagues and students as TMS) has
(VaikunthSat Abhiyan) - comprising of Sidhant Dhall, Pradip Gupta and Akshat Agarwal - bagged the second prize in the competition. 10 students - Vivek Ranjan,,Tunul Richesh,Mohit Saxena,Gaurav Accha, Triyambak Tripathy, Cheerudeep Chintha, , Mihir Shah, including the winning team were involved in the project under the able guidance of team guide A. Rathinam were all present during the interaction. This was the first time SRM University was participating in a competition like CanSat. The students bagged a citation and an award of USD 1500 on their success. Out of the 35 teams from 10 countries, Team WELKINSAT from SRM University comprising 11 students finished second internationally and placed first in the country ahead of IIT Delhi and were awarded a cash prize of 1500 USD. The other two teams from SRM University SRM CANSAT and Akshayaan finished 7th and 11 respectively at the international level, the release said. Officials from the University and faculties were present on the occasion.
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People who secretly admire you will feel nervous when youre talking to them and will make less eye contact. Some people avoid eye contact when theyre upset with the person theyre talking to, and sometimes also when theyre lying about something. Some movements of the body parts can be generalised to a certain extent as well. Different postures, movements and actions of various body parts are said to convey different messages for people to understand. Here are some of these: Eyes: Your eyes speak more than any other part of your body. If youre excited about something, your iris will slightly grow in size and produce a pleasant twinkle in your eyes. If youre annoyed, your eyebrows will move a little downwards towards the middle, making a frown. People also avoid eye contact and blink unnecessarily when they are lying. However, people who blink too much can also be lacking selfconfidence or might as well be dishonest or distrustful. Hands: Your hand movement is equally important. Crossing your arms or placing them in your pockets while talking to somebody can be termed as being defensive or unethical. Moving your hand way too much can also look weird most of the time. Clasping your hands, rubbing them together or touching your face or hair continuously can depict nervousness. Feet: Sitting in a chair cross-legged usually depicts arrogance, while too much unnecessary movement of the foot may depict lack of confidence. Tapping of foot is also an indication of impatience in some people. Even though many movements can be generalised, not all can convey the same message every time. Body language usually varies from people to people. Every single person has his/her own comfort zone and habits related to his/her body. So while judging the body language of a person, always remember to keep his/her personality in the context too. - S. Raghunathan
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Actions speak
You must have heard people say that actions speak louder than words, well they say it right! Apart from what you speak through words, you also continuously talk through your physical appearance, that is your body language. Around half of your conversation is done by your body. Your body language includes your hand movements, your eye movements, your posture, your face expressions, etc. Even when youre not speaking, you may unintentionally be depicting your thoughts through your body language. So, its very important that we learn how to control our body language and also to learn how to understand the body language of others. Reading body language is almost the same as reading minds and to know what others are thinking. Here are some of the explanations of the tiny gestures we come across almost every day: If youre travelling in the bus, observe the people who are sitting if you want to know when exactly they will get up to leave. The moment they stiffen their bodies, pick up their bags and start looking out with concentration, it means that the moment has arrived when he/she will get up, leaving the standing ones to fight for the seat. In the bus, the standing ones who are desperate to sit will keep their eyes on every person sitting. As soon as they get the slightest hint of someone getting up, they will start preparing themselves to get hold of their seat. Their level of desperation can be easily judged through their body language. Mind it, if the desperation is too much, you better not come in their way. When youll talk to somebody about something that they love most, be it an idea, a person or a thing, youll see their iris grow slightly in size with a pleasant twinkle in them. People who are extremely nervous or who lack confidence will continuously touch and settle their hair while speaking in public. Girls may do this with their dupattas as well.
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