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Mariyathai Movie Review - A Weak Family Drama

The successful pair of Vikraman-Vijayakanth are back again to re-create the "Vaanathai Pola" magic in Amma creations "Mariyathai" (Respect). On the outset we get a slight doubt if its going to be on the same lines of their previous super hit basis the publicity posters and the plot in which the hero plays the charecter of both father and son. Annamalai (Father Vijayakanth) a very rich man has a very good family in his wife Alamelu (Ambika), Piccha (Vijayakanth) and his daughter. Piccha does not like his name and he himself changes his name to Raja and he finds great support in his father who gives him the freedom to purusue his dreams and for no reason he is being scolded by his father and instead he is always co-operative to his efforts. Years later we find Annamalai and his family living in a small house in the outskirts and we wonder what has happened to the man who was respected by the entire village. Chandra (Meera Jasmine) comes from city to village to be wit...

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No need for proof to claim LTA, conveyance

NEW DELHI: Employers, while assessing the conveyance and leave & travel allowance (LTA) claims of their staff, are under no statutory obligation to collect supporting evidence and furnish them to tax authorities, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. A bench comprising Justice SH Kapadia and Justice Aftab Alam said that assessee employers are under no statutory obligation to collect bills and details to prove that the employees had utilised the amounts obtained against these claims on travel and related expenses. According to prevailing rules, if claims on LTA and conveyance are not supported by journey bills, they would be taxed. For instance, on an LTA allowance of Rs 1 lakh, if documentary proof such as air tickets, taxi vouchers and other public transport bills are submitted only for Rs 50,000, then tax is applicable on the rest of the amount. Regardless of the amount an executive is entitled to as LTA, tax laws allow air tickets only in the domestic sector for the claim. ...

Ayan Movie Review - Old Wine In A New Bottle

Sun Pictures "Ayan" which has Surya and Tamannaah in the lead has nothing new to offer it is the same old story of gang wars and this time around the war happens with the backdrop as smuggling business. Director K.V.Anand after his successful "Kana Kandein" was expected to come up with a story line that was refreshing but in the end he has failed miserably especially in the screenplay and execution of the same. Deva (Surya) is introduced as a high-class foreign return guy only to find out that he is part of a pirated CD business headed by Doss (Prabhu who fits into this role with perfection) and he is returning with a pirated copy of a yet-to-be-released movie which is then duplicated at a local computer centre with the help of henchmen like Dilli (Karunas). The officials sniff something wrong and come to the computer centre and deva decides to surrender before the police where he is saved by a stranger Chitti (Jagan) who admits to the crime and later Chitti and De...

Get mobile recharge cards for participating in a survey - India

SmartPhoneMate is part of Informate Mobile Intelligence, which is India's first research agency to collect data based on actual mobile usage. Panelists install the metering software on their mobile phones.The data thus collected is combined across all users and analyzed to produce reports that are useful to the mobile industry for understanding consumer usage trends. http://www.smartphonemate.com/security_landing_yi.php With the SmartMeter software you will be able to track your phone in case it gets stolen.      In case your phone is stolen and the application detects any change of SIM card, it will trigger an SMS containing the number of the new SIM card inserted to us as well as the alternate number on your account. You can use this number to track your phone, or contact the relevant authorities and have your phone recovered.      In addition, every month, assuming we receive research data from your phone regularly, they will a...

Track your bills and group expenses online

Billster is a totally free online application developed to organise your personal and shared expenses. Shared Bills : If you share a house with other students or professionals, or perhaps you're organising a holiday with a few people, we can take the stress out of sorting out who owes what and when - you can even record standing orders and direct debits so it is possible to let the system keep itself up-to-date with bills that are paid at the same time every day, week, month or year. Personal Bills : By making use of the bill tagging system, you can categories and group your bills quickly and easily, helping you keep track of where your money is going. When used along side the date selector, it is possible to work out how much money you spend on everyday items, day by day, or perhaps on a year by year basis. Billster can: Record and report on your personal and group expenses Make you very popular with the opposite sex Save reoccurring expenses, even those with ...