Lifestyle garment hanger maker Mainetti India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of  Mainetti Group, has opened a new manufacturing unit at Sriperumbudur, Chennai. The Rs 35 crore new facility spread across 29,000 square feet is the largest amongst all the manufacturing units of Mainetti-India. It will support the market expansion plan of the group for India. Speaking […]

Indian film actor Kamal Haasan’s younger daughter Akshara is the talk of the town. She is just 16 and has her eyes set on the Olympics already. Both daughters of Kamal Haasan have carved a place for themselves. The two young girls are growing up to be well-groomed and brilliant individuals, creating an identity for […]

The offers are in abundance for Ajith. He has finished shooting for Billa which is now ready for release and will probably make way to the theatres this Diwali. Sources have it that the actors next project could be the movie Akbar for London Karunas Ayngaran Films. Previously Prabhu Deva was believed to direct the […]

Namitha has denied that she has worn a 2 piece swimsuit in her forthcomming movie ‘Billa’. She has already acted in swimsuit in her previous movie ‘Maha Nadigan’, but not a 2 piece swimsuit. She puts up two condition’s that she will not wear 2 piece swimsuit and not do any lip locking scenes before […]

K. Jana Krishnamurthy, one of the founder-leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, died in Chennai on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 79 and is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters. Admitted to a private hospital for renal failure more than a month ago, he later slipped into a coma. A […]

Amidst a sea of emotions, India clinched a humdinger by five runs to win the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Monday. Chasing India’s 157 for five, Pakistan was dismissed for 152 with three deliveries remaining. Pakistan required 13 runs off the last over with one wicket left with Misbah-ul-Haq (43, […]

Australian education interview programme organised in city Scholarships offered in Australian universities draw Indian students Business and biotech programmes new favourites One of the largest Australian education interview programmes was conducted in Chennai on Wednesday. Over 70 academics and representatives from 32 universities in Australia participated in the event. IDP Education Australia organised the programme. […]

The Tamil Nadu government is looking at creating a separate Taiwan Economic Zone near Chennai. The zone, spread over 500 acres, is planned to attract investments from Taiwanese small and medium enterprises, according to Tamil Nadu industries secretary Shaktikanta Das. Das said the state government was exploring possibilities of earmarking 500 acres for the proposed […]

Navadisha Montessori Institute under the auspices of the Association of Montessori Internationale (AMI), in collaboration with SchoolScape Centre for Educators and Abacus Montessori School, is planning for the first time in India an AMI Montessori Elementary Diploma Course (6 – 12 age level). A journey began, one hundred years ago – in the slums of […]

Hotcourses, the United Kingdom’s largest publisher of guides to education, on Tuesday launched www.uniguru.com, a website for Indian students looking for courses in higher education institutes abroad. Uniguru is the first website to use web 2.0 technologies to offer peer-to-peer advice on over 100,000 courses at 808 institutions in the U.K, the U.S., Singapore and […]

The Government is planning to write in a trigger mechanism that will free foreign Institutional investors (FIIs) from hassles if their investments breach any sector-specific foreign direct investment (FDI) cap by less than 1 per cent. This means that FIIs will have to report to the RBI any violation of sectoral caps only when their […]

US Component maker Federal-Mogul Corporation, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy that allows a sick company to reorganise, is looking at setting up a greenfield facility in Chennai for manufacturing friction seals for brakes and clutches. Federal-Mogul Corporation (FMC) and two of its subsidiaries — Federal-Mogul Luxembourg and Federal-Mogul Holdings — are waiting for […]