The cold war between the South and Bollywood is not over yet.There is a major uproar in Bollywood and Kollywood, on who will inaugurate the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in December. This year IFFI, decided to call a South Indian film personality to preside over as the chief guest of the […]
Danush as Saddam Hussain?
Director Ram Subbu who has graduated from Balu Mahendra school of film making directed Katrathu Tamil a different film, which gets into the mind of a psychopath and explores it. Now he is onto his next venture tentatively titled ‘Saddam Hussain’ and reports are that Dhanush is playing the lead. Nothing more has been revealed […]
Billa not in the Diwali race
Ajith starrer Billa is not in the race of big movies releasing this Diwali. Billa-2007 has completed its shooting schedule. Pyramid Saimira owns the Indian theatrical rights of Billa and reports are that they are considering November 30 as the release of the film. The entire shoot of the movie is over, and cameraman Niraj […]
Dhoni impresses Deepika with his haircut!!
Hundreds of fans gathered at Birsa Munda Airport,Ranchi from morning to get a glimpse at the star Indian Skipper. Dhoni, sporting a new hairstyle, a dark polo neck T-shirt came out to the surprise fans. Dhoni was recently in news for inviting Deepika Padukone to watch him play at the Twenty20 match against Australia at […]
Adobe launches new licensing programme for schools, colleges
As part of its new initiatives in education, Adobe Systems has launched Creative Suite 3, a new licensing programme for schools and colleges that is aimed at promoting digital communication in education. The programme, a combination of software, curriculum, training and certification, aims to distribute creative and cost-effective software products at reduced prices, to enable […]
Tata wins $1.2 billion Nielsen contract
Tata Consultancy Services, India’s top software services exporter, said on Thursday that it had signed a contract with Nielsen worth $1.2 billion, sending its shares up nearly 2 percent. The 10-year deal to provide IT and business services to the information and media company’s worldwide operations has been arranged to protect Tata’s margins from exchange […]
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer does not attack Google
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did not attack Google in a speech Thursday. He was referring to Microsoft, not Google, in making a comparison to a precocious toddler. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer seemed to intentionally avoid uttering the “G-word” Thursday but spared no punches in blasting archrival Google Inc. (See correction […]
Tata Consultancy Services to double staff strength in Chennai
Country’s largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday said it will double its headcount to 50,000 at its Chennai office in a couple of years. Presently, the company’s employee strength in Chennai is 24,000 which would go up to 50,000 in the next two years, TCS Chief Operating Officer N Chandrasekaran told reporters. The […]
Mozart of Asia – A.R.Rahman
‘Mozart of Asia,’ musician Allah Rakha Rahman has done everything from classical to reggae and now with Shekar Kapur’s ‘Elizabeth: the Golden Age’ awaiting release, where he pairs up with Hollywood actor Craig Armstrong, he is very excited. “It has been really a wonderful experience working with Craig. We traveled a lot in places like […]
State Government Tamil film awards presented
 The who is who of Tamil cinema were on Tuesday presented with the State Government awards, for the years 2005 and 2006, with almost all the big names including `superstar’ Rajnikant and Kamalhassan receiving Best Actor awards for respective years. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi gave away the awards this evening. Rajnikant was […]
Apollo, IIT Chennai join hands for new Lung Failure Treatment
Dr Paul Ramesh Thangaraj, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Apollo Hospital, Chennai and Prof A Subrahamanyam, Department of Semi-conductor Physics, IIT Madras, have developed a method of splitting the water in the blood into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen thus formed binds to the blood and is delivered to the tissues effectively circumventing […]
Overseas investors pump in $4.3 b into equity markets in Oct
Foreign institutional investors have pumped in $4.3 billion or Rs 17,535.7 crore so far in October (as of October 11, the latest data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India) into the Indian equity markets. After pumping in about Rs 24,000 crore or $5.8 billion during July, the FIIs turned bearish in August […]
