Vaali, the creator of a thousand melodious songs in Tamil has been honored with the prestigious Padmashree award this year. The seventy-year-old lyricist has penned over 1,500 lyrics for Tamil feature films, second only to the late poet Kannadasan. A native of Srirangam, Vaali is not only a lyricist but also a renowned literary figure [...]
Girl students should follow the example set by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in public life if they were to blossom into good citizens, said Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, here on Monday. Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE), Mr. Karunanidhi hailed Ms. Gandhi as a “valiant woman” who abdicated power to [...]
Shilpa Shetty conquered the hearts and minds of a generation of Britons with her poise and grace in the face of bullying in Celebrity Big Brother and she did so again on Sunday night after an overwhelming 63 per cent of Britons on Sunday voted to crown her queen of the reality TV show. “Things [...]
Former AIADMK MLA V. Paneerselvam has been sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment and asked to pay a fine of Rs 10, 000 while his two wives have been sentenced to one year RI and told to pay a fine of Rs 5, 000 each in a disproportionate assets case by a special court here. [...]
NDTV has been reporting consistently on the poor fisherwoman of Chennai.Driven to poverty after the 2004 tsunami, they were convinced by touts to sell their kidney for money.Now many of them, unable to take proper post surgery care of themselves, are suffering major health complications and could even face death if their single kidney fails.Many [...]
Officers of the Income Tax (Investigation Wing) commenced State-wide search operations on Tuesday, including on the premises of actor Vijayakant and president, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), and Jeppiar, who runs several educational institutions. According to official sources, the search operations were carried out on 14 premises in Chennai, Coimbatore, Puducherry, Cuddalore and Madurai. Besides, [...]
State transport minister K.N. Nehru on Monday told the Assembly that a decision on making helmets compulsory for the motorists would be taken after discussing the issue with chief minister M. Karunanidhi. When MDMK floor leader M. Kannappan asked for the government’s stand on the issue, Mr Nehru turned the table on him by saying [...]
A special Tada court on Tuesday declared that Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was not a terrorist and acquitted him on the serious charge of conspiracy in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, but convicted him on the lesser charge of possessing arms. This carries a maximum prison sentence of three years. Dutt had spent [...]
The directorate-general of civil aviation (DGCA), the regulator in the civil aviation sector, has requested low-cost carriers to provide refreshments to passengers in case of flight delays caused due to any reason, whether it be technical delays or fog-related delays.“We (the DGCA) have requested the low-cost carriers to provide refreshments to passengers in case of [...]
Veteran director Bharathiraja’s son, actor Manoj entered wedlock with actress Nandana on 19th November, 2006. Their marriage was held at Kozhikode. Many actors and actresses including actress Radha, actors Napoleon, Vinith, Pandian, Film chamber president K.R.G., music directors Illayaraja and Deva participated in their marriage and blessed the couple.
A massive earthquake struck the northern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, triggering fears of tsunami waves from Japan to Canada to Indonesia, officials said. The earthquake was magnitude 8.1, some 600 km northeast of Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.The area where the quake hit is isolated, with the Russian-administered [...]
New Delhi: America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent a communication to India’s Intelligence Bureau warning against an “imminent†terrorist threat, probably in the form of a hijack on US-bound flights from Indian airports. The FBI received an email that is believed to have originated from India, warning of terror attacks. Following the alert that [...]