‘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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ravichandran was arrested in Mumbai for his alleged involvement in a kidney racket. Chennai is in the news in connection with another kidney racket. A Chennai-based doctor has been arrested in Mumbai for his alleged involvement in a kidney racket. Police suspect he may be just one link in a large international network. Mumbai police […]

Queen Mary’s College and Presidency College will become universities. Two grand old institutions of higher education in the State will soon be accorded a honour that has been more than a century in the making. Queen Mary’s College and Presidency College will become universities. They will be the first among many colleges in Tamil Nadu […]

A brisk trend is catching up in Kollywood to remake many old blockbusters.After the great sucess of the remakes of yesteryear Tamil cinema like Naan Avanillai and Billa, here comes another movie to join the list and that’s Sreedhar’s directorial Kaadhalikka Neramillai. This movie was a great hit as it was a great family entertainer. […]

Arasangam Movie Photo Gallery Click here for entire Movie Gallery of Aarasangam Movie Stills Arasaangam Movie Photo Gallery Arasangam Movie Photo Gallery Arasangam Movie Cast: Vijayakanth, Navneeth, Seril Brindo Direction: Madesh Music: Srikanth Deva Production : Caption Cine Creations – Sudeesh Vithagan is Arasangam now Captain Vijayakanth, after a successful stint in filmdom, floated his […]

Tracking weak global trend, gold continued to reel under pressure for the third straight day here on Thursday and closed with another hefty loss. “The market is in correction mode because the metal is already overbought,” said a dealer in Mumbai. Gold demand in India — the world’s largest consumers — appears to be weak […]

After witnessing a well-received welcome in the cities of Pune, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Nasik and Bangalore, @home, the “complete home solutions store”, has opened up for business in Chennai. Nilkamal Ltd, Asia’s largest manufacturer of moulded furniture has diversified its product line to span home furnishings. @home Chennai offers 24 living room styles, 18 bedroom […]

Perlos Corporation, one of the world’s leading suppliers of handset mechanics, inaugurated its manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, in Chennai, on October 4, 2007. Spread over 26,000 sq metres of land in the Nokia Telecom SEZ, the first phase of the facility has been established at an investment of $ 30 million. This exclusive facility will […]

Caparo Vehicle Products, a unit of the Caparo group of Lord Swraj Paul, is planning to put up a facility “to manufacture high-end luxury buses and special vehicles” near Chennai. According to sources, this may require an investment of about Rs 80 crore. Also coming up at Chennai are an R&D centre “to design and […]