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500 TCS employees asked to leave

February 5th, 2008

India’s leading software services firm Tata Consultancy Services Limited TCS is laying off 500 of its employees due to poor performance. In the quarter ended Dec 31, TCS appointed 4,037 employees, taking its total headcount to one lakh eight thousand two hundred and twenty nine up from 83 three and a half thousand a year […]


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Ajith`s movie is Main Hoon Na remake?

February 1st, 2008

The upcomming flick of Ajith which he is doing with Raju Sundaram is supposed to be the remake of the Bollywood blockbuster movie, Main Hoon Na. Ajith Kumar has just returned to Chennai after the first schedule of shooting for Raju Sundaram’s next movie from Hong Kong. The buzz is that this yet to be […]


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Mercedes-Benz unveils the new C-Class in Chennai

January 31st, 2008

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was launched in Chennai today by Mr.Sanjiv Sahajwala (Head Marketing, DaimlerChrysler India Pvt.Ltd) and Mr. KSM Musaddique (Managing Director, Trans Car India, the authorised dealership of Mercedes-Benz in Tamil Nadu). Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sahajwala commented: “To date around six million C-Class vehicles have been sold all around the globe. In […]


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Dhanush hurts nose in Gym

January 30th, 2008

Actor Dhanush has hurt his nose while working out in a Gym on Tuesday evening. Thankfully there is no fracture and the actor is positive on being in the shoot of Yaaradi Nee Mohini on Wednesday. The accident happened when Dhanush was working with weights. One of the weights fell on his nose and his […]


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Rajini and Kamal`s onscreen presence

January 30th, 2008

Super star Rajinikanth and Ulaga Nayagan Kamal are set to create a frenzy of excitement even if they share the screen space even for a single shot. There were already rumors like wild fire that Rajini and Kamal will act in a movie together, but that never materialized. Now the buzz is that director P.Vasu […]


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Telgi awarded 10 years RI by Chennai court

January 30th, 2008

A Special Court trying CBI cases on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Abdul Karim Telgi, the key accused in the the multi-crore fake stamp paper case, to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI). Special Judge N Velu, who awarded the sentence, also imposed a fine of Rs three crore. The non-payment of the fine would entail three […]


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HCL launches testing unit in Chennai

January 30th, 2008

IT major HCL Technologies today announced the launch of Electro Magnetic Compatibility and Durability Test Lab at its facility at suburban Ambattur. Addressing reporters here today, HCL Corporate Vice-President (Engineering and R&D Services) G H Rao said this was the first of its kind private technology facility to obtain the ISO/IEC 17025 from the National […]


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TMS to be felicitated in Madurai

January 30th, 2008

  The legendary Tamil playback singer T M Soundararajan, popularly known as TMS, would be felicitated at a function organised in this city by senior DMK leader M K Azhagiri. Describing TMS as “uncrowned king of the film world”, Azhagiri, also a fan of the singer, said he had requested his father and Tamil Nadu […]


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Skimpy dresses and TN assembly debate

January 29th, 2008

It was a heated debate in the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly on Monday about the revealing and skimpy dresses that Namitha wore as the judge of a dance show telecast on a private television channel and Shriya Saran wore at silver jubilee function of Shivaji movie in which the CM had also taken part. […]


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CPCL to revamp Chennai refinery for Rs 5,000 cr

January 29th, 2008

Chennai Petroleum Corp plans to invest Rs 5,000 cr for revamping its Chennai refinery to enhance the quality of manufactured petroleum products. The revamping would be completed by 2009 and CPCL would bear the entire cost of the project, company’s General Manager (Maintenance) D Selvaraj said. The company also plans to supply Euro4 quality Petrol […]


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Trisha pairs with Arya for Sarvam

January 24th, 2008

Actress Trisha has been signed to act opposite Arya in the next venture of director Vishnuvardhan titled Sarvam. There is another important hero with negative character in this film Sarvam for which director Vishnu has approched Malayalam actor Mohanlal. Arya will be acting in Sarvam after his movie Naan Kadavul with Bala. The film will […]


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Vishnu`s brother in Alibaba

January 24th, 2008

  Director Vishnuvardhan who has given movies like Arindhum Ariyamalum, Pattiyal and Billa is all set to start his movie Sarvam with Arya and Trisha in the lead. His brother Krishna will also make his entry into the Tamil film industry with the movie which has half the title of the famous MGR movie Alibabhavum […]