CM announces incentives for IAS aspirants

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today announced scholarship, incentive and travelling allowance to IAS aspirants from the State, who are being trained at the State government training institute at Anna Nagar in Chennai.

According to an official release, the Chief Minister announced increasing the monthly stipend from Rs 1200 to Rs 2000 for the trainees of the institute, besides directing that it be revised by five per cent annually in the coming years.

Jayalalithaa also announced Rs 3000 as incentive for 200 students for three months to encourage them do well in their preparation for Central services, exams for which are conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.

She also said Rs 2000 would be given as travel allowance to those aspirants who had underwent training at the institute and cleared the exams to appear for the personal interview in New Delhi.

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Major fire in Abirami Mega Mall

Chennai, July 2: A major fire broke out at Abirami Mega Mall, here in Purasawalkam at 6.45 am on Monday. Since the intensity of the fire is high, fire service personnel are still trying to put out the fire.

The mega mall houses 6 theatres, shops, a food court and a gaming zone. Since the fire happened before the busy business hours, nobody is injured or trapped in the building, Police said.

Sources say, an electrical short circuit caused the fire at the building. Traffic has been affected on Purasawalkam High Road and adjoining areas because of the diversions.

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Namitha wants to go 'dirty'!

Namithaa, the hot and happening actress of South Cinema openly says that she would like to play the role of Silk Smitha in the Tamil remake of The Dirty Picture!

The actress who is now working hard to shed some extra kgs says, "Nowadays people asking me about my opinion and commitment on the Tamil remake of Ektha Kapoor's The Dirty Picture. It gives immense happiness to me. Because, I'm one of the very big fans of late Silk Smitha. In fact, I'm the very suitable actress to do justice to the role. If the producer offered the role to me, I will do that with out any second thought!"

Recently, a survey revealed that Namitha is the only actress having a large number of fans in South Indian Cinema. Speaking on that, the dazzling diva told, "It makes me more proud and happy. Thanks to my dear Machans!"

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IPL: BCCI bans five players accused of spot-fixing

Mumbai: The disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday, banned five players accused of fixing in a sting operation during this year's Indian Premier League.

The three-member committee consisting of BCCI chairman N Srinivasan and board vice-presidents Arun Jaitley and Niranjan Shah  went through the reports submitted by BCCI's anti-corruption wing.
While TP Sudhindra has been banned for life, Shalabh Srivastava has been banned from playing for a period of five years. The other three - Mohnish Mishra and Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali - have been handed a year's ban each.

While Mishra had issued a written apology days after the sting operation was aired saying that he had 'done it casually to increase his value,' Srivastava had claimed innocence.

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