The latest buzz in Kollywood is that the bollywood hot sensation Deepika is going to act in a Tamil movie with our Thala Ajith. Sources add that Saran, who would direct the film. Although the news hasn’t been confirmed yet, sources believe that if this project turns up it will be the next big thing […]
Thai Airways to boost Indian services from 2008
Thai International Airways is increasing the frequency of its flights from Bangkok to India to 10 flights a week, from the summer of 2008. The decision comes on the back of soaring demand for the carrier’s service. In the process the carrier would have also advanced its timeline by six months. The carrier has applied […]
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Musical evening
The musical trio of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa rocked chennai in their concert “A Commitment”, organised by the Shakti Foundation on November 17th at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. They crooned all the superhits from their musical compositions of Dil Chahta Hai, Kal Ho Na Ho, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Shankar also sang […]
Samsung unit launched at Sriperumbudur
Digital technology leader, Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, dedicated its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, on November 13, 2007. The unit, Samsung’s second manufacturing facility in India, was inaugurated on site by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in the presence of Union Minister for Communications & IT, A Raja, vice-chairman and CEO, […]
Cognizant completes acquisition of MarketRx
Cognizant Technology Solutions has completed the acquisition of New Jersey based MarketRx, provider of analytics and related software services to global life sciences companies. The company had said last month that it had signed a definitive agreement with MarketRx to acquire it for $ 135 million in cash, to be funded through its cash reserves. […]
India achieves self-reliance in GSLV technology
India’s efforts to acquire self-sufficiency in Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle technology has received a major boost with the “successful” testing of an indigenously developed cryogenic engine. The test of the indigenously developed cryogenic engine carried out at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu yesterday was successful, Indian Space Research Organisation […]
SRK cruising past Tom Cruise
Sharukh Khan’s ‘Om Shanthi OM’ surpassed Tom Cruise and Robert Redford starrer ‘Lions for Lambs’ at the box office. Om Shanti Om topped the box office with an earning of roughly 17 million dollars in India, and also took in 1.5 million dollars at 114 the United States. Cruise and Redford’s film Lions for Lambs […]
Tamizhthai Vazhthu to be retuned by AR Rahman
Tamizhthai Vazhthu(Invocation to Goddess Tamil) written by “Manonmaniam” P. Sundaram Pillai nearly 250 years ago will be retuned by the Madras Mozart and Isai puyal A R Rahman with the approval of the Govt of Tamil Nadu. According to the sources the musical work would be started from coming April 2008. Rahman was inspired to […]
Arjun and Arya in Vishnu`s Sarvam
With the release of his Billa scheduled, director Vishnuvardhan has decided to revive his long-shelved project Sarvam. He has decided to cast Arya who is currenly acting in Bala’s Naan Kadavul in the lead role and Arjun along with him. Initally the movie was supposed to be with Arya and Surya but since Surya’s current […]
India beat Pakistan by 6 wickets, pocket series
India’s wait for a One-day series triumph over Pakistan on home soil ended tonight after 24 long years as they thrashed their archrivals by six wickets to take an invincible 3-1 lead in the five-match series.Chasing a competitive 256 for victory, the Indians overhauled the target comfortably with 21 balls to spare in a floodlit […]
Calsoft to acquire US consulting firm
To strengthen its enterprise offerings in the analytics and business rules management space, Chennai-based California Software (Calsoft) will acquire a 100% equity stake in technology consulting firm International Innovations Inc. The target company’s valuation will be capped at a maximum of $1.32 million (approximately Rs 5.3 crore). The letter of intent (LoI) to purchase the […]
Karthi-Nayan in Lingusamys Next
Director Lingusamy who is awaiting the release of Bheema, will commence his next venture, a film produced by his company Tirupathi Brothers has Paruthiveeran Karthi as hero. It is said that Nayantara will be roped in as the leading lady of this movie. After her dashing style in Billa movie, Nayan is in great demand […]
