The British High Commission in New Delhi and its consulates across India will introduce biometric visas from Dec 12. Applicants for a British visa will be required to visit a visa application centre, operated by UK visas’ commercial partner, VFS Global, where trained staff will take finger scans and a digital photograph as part of […]

Six Indians, led by Sunil B Mittal of Bharti group and Ramesh Chandra of Unitech, are among 20 self-made billionaires of Asia featured by Forbes magazine. The list also includes a Malaysian-Indian, Anand Krishnan. Mittal is ranked third with a personal fortune worth $12.5 billion, followed by Chandra (4th, $11.6 billion) and Tulsi Tanti of […]

Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting will be inaugurating its Mahindra World City development centre in Chennai next month. Planned to accommodate a manpower strength of 2,500 when it is completed in 2009, 550 employees will be joining the first batch. Of this 400 would be handling IT services and the rest would be inducted into research and […]

Looks like the life of young Smalin Jenita will never be the same again. Seven months pregnant and paralyzed on the left side of her body due to brain injury she is now back to Tirchy and recovering from the nightmare of the past 4 months. On a call with CNN-IBN Dr Sardar Inamullah says […]

Sunday, 11th November saw India’s aspiring doctor Pooja Chitgopekar, crowned Miss Earth-Air in Manila. Pooja who is all of 22 years old is a MBBS student. Twenty-two year old Jessica Trisko from Canada beat 87 contestants to win the crown at the 2007 Miss Earth pageant. First runner-up “Miss Air” was Pooja Chitgopekar from India […]

Chennai is expected to join the elite club of Indian cities like Kolkata and Delhi, which have a thriving metro rail system. The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday announced that it would implement the Metro Rail project at an estimated cost of Rs 9,757 crore. It is expected to find a lasting solution to the […]

Mrs. Kamalammal the 68-year-old wife of thespian Sivaji Ganesan, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Nov 2nd morning after a prolonged illness. She is survived by two sons actor Prabhu and actor-producer Ramkumar and two daughters, Shanti and Thenmozhi. Mrs. Kamala Ganesan was admitted to the hospital on October 31 and died […]

Mayor and Commissioner received award in New Delhi Chennai was commended for measures such as online tender system, online property tax collection, etc. The Chennai Corporation has won a national award for excellence in municipal initiatives outshining major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Mayor M. Subramanian and Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni received the award […]

To know about this one should know the function of eyelids, tear secretion and passage. The tears are secreted from the lacrimal gland situated outer upper portion of the eye and spreads over the cornea equally by the movements of the upper lid and are brought to the inner side of the eye passes through […]

Vice-chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, R. Radhakrishnan has said that effective communication skills were vital for engineering students to compete in the globally competitive environment. A necessity Speaking at the first year students’ orientation and registration programme at the Angel College of Engineering and Technology here recently, he said that good communications skills have become […]

Chennai based Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) has joined hands with US based Emory University to establish a global centre for research on diabetes at the Women’s Biotech Park in Siruseri, Chennai. The Centre will be set up on a 300 sqft plot initially and then it would be expanded to over 3000 sqft. Emory […]

Quite a few cases of sexual abuse of children have been reported in schools in Chennai over the last few months. But perhaps for the first time, school authorities are seeking the help of NGOs to create awareness among their students. The anger among parents may have subsided but the initial outcry has forced schools […]