Archive for August, 2008

Google News in Tamil

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

As soon as it launched Google News became my first stop for news. After going through the headlines, I usually search for Chennai in news to keep up with things happening in Chennai. What was missing here was the news from local Tamil papers which have a more extensive coverage of Chennai and more particularly rest of Tamilnadu.  I am [...]

Welcome to Vellore Corporation

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Vellore, the historic fort city became the youngest municipal corporation of TamilNadu today yesterday. When it was announced in January, local people and business were a little apprehensive of the raising taxes as the mainly commercial town has little sources of civic income. By wisely merging many small towns in the vicinity such as the industrially developed Ranipet, Arcot, [...]

Madurai in Google Earth

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Madurai, Tamilnadu’s second city (not in size), has at last been added to Google Earth. Now one can enjoy a much better bird’s eye view of this historic city than was provided by Yahoo. A few sample pics for those without Google Earth or broadband connections. You can also check it out in Wikimapia, Madurai
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