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 are on to make visa processing easier: US diplomat
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 […]
Superstar Rajinikanth’s heroine passed away.
 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 […]
Exhibition showcases rich ceramic tradition of south India
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 […]
CBI to probe Dinakaran office attack case
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 […]
US immigration policy may focus on skills & education, not family
The United States could be well on its way to following the global trend by adopting an immigration system that gives priority to the skilled and educated. An agreement reached by key Republican and Democrat senators on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill includes a bargain that will for the first time in US history give […]
Global Hospitals Spreads its Wings to Chennai
Hyderabad-based Global Hospitals has recently acquired a Chennai hospital, Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Hospital. The Madras High Court permitted the Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam charitable trust to encash the earnest money deposit of Global Hospitals for Rs 257 crore and complete the sale of the hospital at Permbakam in terms of the advertisement. At the […]
Windows Update for IE7 Doesn’t Work for Some PCs
Windows Update for IE7 Doesn’t Work for Some PCs After installing this month’s six-bug patch, some users aren’t able to use the IE7 browser, Microsoft said. Some users aren’t able to use Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) after installing this month’s six-bug patch, the Microsoft Corp. security team acknowledged late Wednesday as it published a work-around […]
L&T Finance selects Nucleus solutions
Nucleus Software Exports Limited, a global provider of next generation software products for banking and financial sector, announced that L&T Finance Limited (LTF), a non- banking finance company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, a technology and engineering major has selected Nucleus Software’s flagship solution FinnOne TM Customer Acquisition System, lending and […]
Strategic steps pays for Royal Sundaram
Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited, which announced its annual results for 2006-07, registered a 168 per cent growth in Profit Before Tax for the financial year ended March 2007. This performance, based on a 30 per cent growth in revenues, results in a 16 per cent post tax return on equity during 2006/2007. The […]
MPs’ foreign visit to be monitored
The spectre of human trafficking looms large over Chennai now after reports of such trafficking in the North captured headlines. With a view to curbing it, Central Intelligence has decided to maintain strict surveillance at all major airports to monitor MPs’ foreign visits and to list out those accompanying them. This was decided at a […]
Is the party over for Maran?
The chain reaction triggered by the Madurai Dinakaran episode in the DMK looks like racing towards its logical end with the voice of opposition within the DMK president’s family is growing at a rapid pace to oust Dayanidhi Maran from the party and strip him of his Parliament membership. According to informed sources in DMK […]
