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Red Fort to invest Rs 400 cr in Chennai

December 12th, 2007

Delhi-based private equity real estate firm Red Fort Capital will be investing $ 100 million (Rs 400 crore) in Chennai over a period of 6 months. The investment is planned for the low to high-end residential and hospitality projects. Already the company has acquired a 10-acre land in Mogappair for middle class housing with construction […]


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Cognizant inks deal with California Auto

December 12th, 2007

Cognizant Technology Solutions has inked a multi-year relationship agreement with California State Automobile Association (CSAA) to provide a full suite of IT services, including business consulting, specialised software and service implementation, besides support services. The Chennai-based IT vendor will service the contract from multiple locations, including San Francisco, Glendale and Arizona. Cognizant executives declined to […]


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Special Screening of Billa

December 12th, 2007

A special screening of Billa was carried out on Sunday evening for the cast and crew members of the movie. Each and every crew member watched their hard work come alive on the screen in wonder. Ajith Kumar and director Vishnuvardhan who watched the screenings together were thrilled at the way the movie has shaped […]


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Watch Vikram and Ajith together

December 12th, 2007

Viewers will get to see Vikram and Ajith at the same place. No we are not talking about a audio launch or any other event. Nor are we talking about the two actors featuring in movie together. What we are saying here is that the trailer of Cheeyan Vikram’s much awaited Bheema will be screened […]


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Billa – All geared for release

December 11th, 2007

The advance booking for Thala Ajith movie Billa 2007 has been selling like hot cakes on the day it opened on December 10th. The booking were done for the entire week by afternoon and the advance booking centers showed sold out signs by the evening. Pyramid Saimira, the distributors of the film has seen to […]


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Adlabs to operate 200 screens in US

December 10th, 2007

Adlabs Films has entered into agreements with several existing cinema properties and will be operating a 200 screen cinema exhibition chain in USA. According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, the consolidated chain will have a nationwide footprint across the US covering 28 cities including the key markets in […]


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Aircel approaches TDSAT over start-up spectrum

December 10th, 2007

GSM operator Aircel and its holding company Dishnet Wireless has filed a petition in sectoral tribunal TDSAT seeking directions to Department of Telecom to allot start-up spectrum for launching services in new circles. Aircel is still awaiting the allocation of initial spectrum in some circles, while Dishnet Wireless has not received the radio waves for […]


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Kerala film fest inaugurated by Kamal

December 10th, 2007

Kamal hassan inaugurated the 12th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) at the Nishagandhi auditorium on December 7th at Thiruvananthapuram by lighting the lamp in the presence of the chief guest, Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littin, state Cultural Affairs Minister M. A. Baby and Malayalam actor Mohanlal. About 230 films from 54 countries are to be […]


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Kuralarasan in T. Rajendran`s next

December 10th, 2007

Vijaya T. Rajendran is all set to return to direction with two movies under his belt. He is all set to direct Karuppanin Kaadhali and Kaloori Nattkal. The movie Karuppanin Kadhali will have his younger son and Silambarasan’s younger sibling Kuralarasan making a debut as Hero. Kuralarasan was earlier seen with Simbu in the movie […]


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Tyre maker MRF declares lockout at Chennai plant

December 9th, 2007

Tyre maker MRF Ltd has declared a lockout from December 3 at one of its oldest plants in Chennai over a bonus dispute, a company spokesman and labour union leader said on Friday. The plant employs 1,470 workers, a leader of the left leaning Centre of Indian Trade Unions said. He declined to be named. […]


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Property, home loan expo begins at Chennai

December 8th, 2007

A three-day property and home loan expo, being organised by the Industrial Development Bank of India Limited (IDBI Bank) got under way at Valluvar Kottam, chennai on Friday. The organiser has brought together more than 40 builders and flat promoters for the event. They would showcase projects worth over Rs.2,000 crore in total. All of […]


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Montan Hydraulik second unit in Chennai

December 8th, 2007

Montan Hydraulik (India) has recently inaugurated its second unit in Sholavaram. The company has been jointly promoted by Montan Hydraulik of Germany and Indian promoters, Ashok B. Rao, Ms. Sandhya Rao and their associates. The existing unit of Indian outfit is located in Ambattur Industrial Estate and is engaged in designing production and installation of […]