Launches Travel and Hospitality Innovation Lab 2.0 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is building a new software management solution for British Airways to monitor cabin crew. This solution can be made commercially available for other airlines, according to Paul Coby, Chief Information Officer, British Airways. Addressing a press conference here on Monday at the launch of […]

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh built on a solid platform laid down by Ganguly and Gambhir to give India a 1-0 lead in the ongoing Indian Oil cricket series. Dhoni scored a responsible 63 (77 balls, 8x4s) and Yuvraj made a fluent 58 (74 balls, 6x4s, 1×6) to add 105 runs for 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 […]

Theatre chain Pyramid Saimira Theatre (PSTL) has become the first Indian theatre chain to enter the US market.  PSTL has acquired Texas-based FunAsia for an undisclosed sum to expand its business in the North American market. The acquisition was made through PSTL’s US subsidiary Pyramid Saimira Entertainment America Inc. London-based Elara Capital Plc was the […]

The country’s fourth largest software exporter HCL Technologies said it will set up five technology hubs across the country which will entail an investment of Rs 1,000 crore each. Through the new initiative, the company would generate employment for nearly one lakh people in the next five to seven years. The proposed centres are expected […]

Silambattam is Lakshmi Movie Makers 25th film which will also be the debut of noted cameraman Saravanan as a director. The shooting of this movie is going to start soon. Silambarasan lovingly called Simbu is acting as the hero in the movie. There are two heroines in this movie and Sneha has been approched for […]

This Diwali, it will be raining projects from the diversified conglomerate Hinduja Group. The group plans to launch a bouquet of projects in healthcare, real estate and insurance sectors, its focus areas, between November 9 and 15 this year. Group chairman Ashok Hinduja said they had mega plans for the healthcare sector and more specifically, […]

Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal and German Minister for Education and Research Annette Schavan on Tuesday signed an agreement to set up an Indo-German S&T Centre that would promote public-private partnership in scientific and industrial research. The two sides committed to spend 10 million euros each over the next five years on […]

Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland (ALL) and Nissan Motor Company of Japan on Monday signed an MoU to foray into the manufacture of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) with an initial investment of $500 million under three different JVs. The agreements were signed in Chennai by R Seshasayee, MD of ALL and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of […]

The inaugural function of the World Book Fair in Thiruvananthapuram on October 28 was the place where Kamal Haasan’s Hey Ram and Mahanadhi screenplay in Malayalam was released. The book titled “Kamalahaasanda Randu Thirakadhagal” has been published by DC Books and translated into Malayalam by famous writer Mr.Vishwananthan and released by notable writer T.Padmanabhan. This […]

Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market. Following a strong share price rally on Monday in his three group companies […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi landed in legal trouble on Monday after the Supreme Court slapped a contempt notice on him for defying the apex court’s directive, asking him not to go ahead with the state bandh on October 1. The bandh call had been given by the DMK to seek speedy completion of […]