Chennai cools up to global warming!

Suddenly ‘global warming’ is on everyone’s lip. And Chennaiites too had a reason to mouth that as a sudden burst of heavy rain caught them off guard and left them soaking, and perhaps thinking, too this morning. The unseasonal rain – showers in February in these parts are a bit like Karunanidhi without his yellow [...]

Sivaji` shoot complete!

  AVM’s Rajnikanth magnum opus Sivaji, directed by Shankar, the showman of south is in post production status. The entire talkie and the song sequences of the film are complete, with the last portion over in New York last week The film took 14 months for its shoot, the highest number of days ever for [...]

Plea to bring BPO firms in tax net

A public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to the Union Finance Ministry to bring business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in the income tax net has been filed in the Madras High Court. The First Bench of Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice K. Chandru ordered notices to the Centre on the petition filed by [...]

Tamil channels, films blocked in Bangalore

After the Cauvery Tribunal’s verdict, Tamil TV channels and Tamil films have been blocked in Bangalore.Around 30 per cent of the city’s population comes from Tamil Nadu and many in this huge community are feeling distinctly marginalised.For instance, for almost 10 days now Geeta Damodaran has been feeling cut off from her world.With Tamil channels [...]

Sexual disorders increasing among BPO employees

Sexual disorders like erectile dysfunction is increasing among Indian men and such problems are more among BPO professionals, sexologist Dr Prakash Kothari said.This would be one of the topics to come up for discussion at the two day International Sexology Conference, beginning here today, he told reporters here.He said changes in food habits of BPO [...]

`Nagaswara thavil’ festival inaugurated in city

‘Gone are the illustrious days of nagaswaram giants Thiruvaduthurai Rajarathnam Pillai and Karukuruchi Arunachalam’ — not an uncommon sentiment in concert circuits. ` Be it an opportunity to hit the kutcheri platform during the Chennai music festival in December or perform at other prestigious events, the nagaswaram, these days, is confined to the inaugural function’ [...]

3rd GJIIE 2007 : March 2-5, 2007 Chennai Trade Centre

Jewellery is perhaps the only favourite of people of all age groups. It’s evident from the fact that South India, especially Tamil Nadu, contributes to 50 per cent of gold procured in the country. However, retail jewellers here do not have much access to the manufacturers. In a bid to fill the gap and showcase [...]

14 more parking bays planned at airport

The Airports Authority of India will add 14 more aircraft parking bays at the Chennai airport in a year. Construction will begin in April, according to Airport Director Dinesh Kumar.Talking to The Hindu , he said the increase in domestic, international and cargo traffic had necessitated more parking bays. The space had already been identified. [...]

Dharmapuri bus-burning case : Judgement

A Tamil Nadu court Thursday convicted three AIADMK cadres for the murder of three young women charred to death in a bus during a protest by the party seven years ago. A fourth AIADMK worker was convicted for complicity by First Additional District Sessions Judge D. Krishna Raja here. On Feb 2, 2000, a bus [...]

TV actress Devi Priya gets conditional bail

TV actress Devi Priya was given a conditional bail at the Madras High Court today when her lawyer presented a writ petition in which she promised the court that she would abide by its directions. She has to present herself before the All Women Police station (AWPS) at Adyar for the next three days and [...]

Nayanatara Attempted to commit suicide … Really …Nayantara Attempted suicide

  Nayantara Attempted suicide Not true says Nayantara For reasons unknown, last week, Nayantara was said to have attempted suicide. The glamour doll denied the rumour brandishing it as a malicious act. While talking about this, the actress commented, “I am a brave girl and have enough courage to face life. Secondly, my career is [...]

Chennai – Bhubaneswar daily flight

Air Deccan has announced daily flights between Chennai and Bhubaneswar & Chennai and Agartala via Kolkata from March 26.An airlines press release said that a 180-seater Airbus aircraft would be deployed on the routes. Bookings for the flights would open from 8 a.m. on February 16. The flight would leave Chennai at 8.40 a.m. and [...]

TN signs MoU for ship building yard

The Tamil Nadu government today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korean company Good Erith Maritime for constructing a ship building yard at Cuddalore at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi signed the agreement with the company chairman. The work would be completed in three years. The ship building yard [...]

Sun Microsystems expands sales unit in Chennai

Sun Microsystems India has announced the expansion of its sales operations in Chennai. Sun will expand its operations in the city with a sales and marketing team to take care of the burgeoning IT demand in Chennai and its surrounding areas. This expansion forms part of Sun’s plans to gear up for the next phase [...]

Pachaikili Muthucharam-sold out!

  Pachakili Muthucharam is going to challenge, the set pattern of Tamil commercial cinema. Four characters (Sarath, Jo, Milind &Andrea) are going to make it a different cinematic experience. Still there is heroism, the staple diet of Tamil cinema and two songs picturised stylishly.And with a producer and distributor like “Oscar” Ravichandran backing the project, [...]