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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

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 […]