Away from his busy schedule visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and his wife offered Sunday mass at a little historic church on St Thomas Mount in Chennai. The church was built in memory of St Thomas, one of the apostles who it is believed came to India and became a martyr in 72 AD. […]

The Shriram Group of companies is celebrating the 125th birth anniversary of poet Subramania Bharathi on February 10 at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore.Speaking to mediapersons, G. Sundaresan, chairman of the Shriram Bharathi Kalai Ilakkiya Kazhagam, said that the celebrations were being held for the 20th year in succession. Oratorical competitions were conducted for school […]

Recently, rumours were floating around the city that the ultimate star Ajith met with an accident and admitted to the hospital. Ajith did not met with any accident at the shooting spot in Visakappatinam. His wife Shalini announced that He used to go for medical check-up once in three months from the day when he […]

The University of Madras’ Syndicate has approved three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research and exchange programmes with Turkish and Japanese institutions. The Department of Applied Geology will be collaborating with Kyoto University, Japan, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies International Environment and Disaster Management Laboratory and Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Disaster Management […]

 Six additional visa interview windows will be added this week at the United States Consulate in Chennai to help eliminate the visa backlog. “Our goal is to totally eliminate the visa backlog by March 31,” says U.S. Vice-Consul Jimmy Mauldin. Speaking on the sidelines of a business forum organised by the U.S. State of Virginia […]

Southern Railway will run a special train from Chennai Egmore to Nagercoil to clear the extra rush of passengers. Train No.0613 Chennai Egmore –Nagercoil special will leave Chennai Egmore at 20.15 hrs on February 3 and arrive Nagercoil at 10.45 hrs the next day. The train will stop at Tambaram, Chengalpattu, Tindivanam, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam, Ariyalur, […]

Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives urging the US Postal Service to issue a postage stamp honouring Diwali. Pallone has estimated that some 1.5 million Indian Americans celebrate Diwali and the idea of a stamp has received widespread support from the community. “Diwali is one of the most important […]

Bollywood star and BJP leader Vinod Khanna on Tuesday threw a little poll shock when he declared here that Shilpa “after having excelled at TV show Big Brother is likely to join BJP”. Adding a dash of drama to the announcement, Khanna said the BJP was the “big brother” back home here. Insisting that he […]

To address the effluents discharge issue in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu government is ready for implementing a Rs.700 crore scheme to lay pipelines to take the effluents into the sea, after talks with the owners of dyeing factories, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said today. On concerns voiced by legislators in the state assembly on the issue,he […]

Fourteen-year-old Vinay from the Madras Dyslexia Association school Ananya waited impatiently to meet the “greatest player on earth” Brian Lara. The West Indies captain did not disappoint him. Lara met Vinay and some 150 other children from several city schools Friday evening at an interactive session organised by NGOs working to educate children from the […]

The playback singer Yesudas’s son Vijay Yesudas got married with Darshana recently. Their marriage was held in Tiruvananthapuram in Kerala tradition. Their reception was took place at Mayor Ramanathan Chettiyar hall in Chennai yesterday (25 th January). Many VIPs, including cine personalities such as Srinivas, Chitra, Swarnalatha, Monika, Manika Vinayakam, Jeya Chandran, Viramuthu, Prabhu, Bala […]

The World Bank Wednesday approved a loan of $485 million to Tamil Nadu to increase its agriculture productivity by modernising the state’s irrigation infrastructure. The project will place special focus on modernisation of Tanks (traditional water bodies that are integrated into the state’s irrigation systems) supported by the central government. “Improved performance in agriculture and […]