Coca-Cola India plans to acquire manufacturing and distribution rights for Kinley packaged water from its bottlers in key local markets. The idea is to expand Kinley beyond water to high-margin wellness drinks and control its distribution so that it reaches a wider consumer base. The rationale behind Coca-Cola’s move, say sources, is to “project Kinley […]

Adobe India, a global creative software developer, plans to expand its facilities in Noida and Bangalore with an investment of over $100 million over the next five years. It is also planning to increase its R&D headcount in India from the present 1,000 to about 1,300 plus by the end of 2007. “Adobe had announced […]

Married BJP MLA’s ‘kissing’ photos surfaceAddressing the media in Bangalore, P V Jayalakshmi a nurse by profession who had recently made serious charges of blackmail against BJP legislator Renukacharya alleged that he had intimidated her into posing for provocative photographs.The Renukacharya-Jayalakshmi controversy turned murkier on Monday with the latter releasing three photographs that showed the […]

The doctors, who were agitating since May 18 against the arrest of two doctor couples for alleged medical negligence, withdrew protests today following assurance that the police officers concerned will be transerred to other stations. The decision was taken after talks between the doctors and Health Minister K K S S R Ramachandran and other […]

Its role before, during and after a heart attack The main ingredient of aspirin is a modified version of a substance called salicylic acid. This salicylic acid is found naturally in many plants and trees. The fever reducing and pain relieving properties of the bark of the willow tree, which contains salicylic acid, was known […]

About ISGN: ISGN Technologies, Ltd., is a leading global solutions company in aggressive pursuit of transforming the US mortgage industry with platform-based knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and consulting services. ISGN has over 400 clients including the top-20 and a majority of the top-50 U.S. mortgage lenders. Jointly headquartered in Chennai and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ISGN has […]

If you are a die hard cricket fan, and of the firm opinion that Test matches are the ‘real thing’, make one of those ‘Learn Tamil In a Week’ books your handy companion over the next 10 days. That’s because if you wish to catch the India-Bangladesh Test Series on the telly, chances are you’ll […]

SAFETY FIRST: Participants at a road safety campaign organised in Chennai on Saturday. Justice P.D. Dinakaran, Judge, Madras High Court, flagged off a road safety awareness rally here on Saturday. The rally was organised to create awareness of the need to obey traffic rules and road safety by the Tamil Nadu Social Workers Organisation, Madras […]

Efforts were on to make visa processing easier for Indians who wish to visit United States, a senior American diplomat has said. Reforms were being carried out with respect to filing of applications and processing of visas, including those of scientists, David T Hopper, US Consul General in Chennai, who visited the Tamil Nadu Agricultural […]

  Tamil Actress Jyothi passed away.  Yesteryear actress Jyothi, who made a mark in acting through Vijaya T Rajendher’s Rayil Payanangalil and Rajinikanth starrer Puthu Kavithai, breathed her last in a private hospital in Chennai on Friday. Former Tamil Actress Jothi died of breast cancer at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday. She was […]

Massive urns, beautiful vases, miniature bowls, potsherds with twisted rope impressions, imitated amphorae (wine jars) and so on from different parts of south India are on display at Fort Museum, Fort St. George, Chennai. The exhibition — “The Ceramic Heritage of South India” — has been organised by the Fort Museum of the Archaeological Survey […]

The Special Crimes Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation is to investigate the case relating to the May 9 attack on Dinakaran and “Sun TV” office premises in Madurai in which three persons died. The notification has been issued and the central agency will re-register the case, registered initially by the local police, and […]