
When you have Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill in the same film, it's bound to be a laugh riot. ...

05:22 PM, May 31, 2012

Even as the experiment which Balakrishna has admittedly accomplished in 'Adhinayakudu' is yet to be seen on the big screen, we bring you an interesting fact about 'Adithya-999', touted to be a sequel to 'Adithya-369'. The film, to be directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, will go on the floors from June 10. However, the names of the three heroines with whom the actor is going to romance have not been...

04:19 PM, May 31, 2012

New Delhi: Providing comfort to worried foreign investors, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that the Income Tax Department will not reopen cases where assessment proceedings had been finalised before April 1, 2012. "I gave a commitment in Parliament with regard to retrospective amendments that CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) will issue a policy circular to clarify that in cases where assessment proceedings have become final before first...

04:19 PM, May 30, 2012

New Delhi: The I-T department on Tuesday reportedly froze the bank accounts of Kingfisher Airlines, allegedly over part payment of dues. Sources said that the airlines had been slapped with a notice of Rs 342 crore. The airlines had to repay Rs 9 crore every week. KFA made a part payment of Rs 4.5 crore for two weeks. Since November 2011, the Service and Income Tax departments have frozen as...

05:10 PM, May 29, 2012

Mumbai: Sahil Peerzada has been summoned by the Mumbai Income Tax department just days after he was in the news in connection with the alleged molestation row in the Indian Premier League. The I-T notice for Sahil Peerzada is for an alleged gold fraud four years ago. Peerzada along with another man, Raees Khan, had allegedly defrauded a metal scrap trading corporate of Rs 464 crore. The gold fraud co-accused,...

01:33 PM, May 28, 2012

This week, Rajeev Masand reviews the animation film 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince' and Will Smith-starrer 'Men In Black 3'. ...

01:11 PM, May 26, 2012

Director: Arnab Chaudhuri Director Arnab Chaudhuri has mentioned in interviews that his animation film 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince' is not a children's movie, and I'm inclined to agree with him. The Mahabharata may be a story you heard from your grandmother at bedtime, or grew up reading in Amar Chitra Katha. In that sense, the character of Arjun, the brave warrior amongst the virtuous Pandavas, is one you're familiar with....

11:45 PM, May 25, 2012

New Delhi: This Friday, Hindi film 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince' will stand tall to face the big Hollywood release 'Men In Black 3' at the box office. Though the audiences have seen films such as 'Rancho' and 'Roadside Romeo' in the past, still the Indian film market is not very open about animation films yet. Bollywood actor Jaaved Jafferi expresses his opinion about the future of animation films in India,"This...

04:04 PM, May 24, 2012

Bangalore: Global software major Microsoft will incubate 10 early-stage technology start-ups in cloud computing, internet and mobile using its Accelerator for Windows Azure programme to help them build businesses, a top official said Wednesday. "The start-ups will have access to our resources such as BizSpark programme and $60,000 in Azure credit through BizSpark Plus programme to take advantage of the cloud," Microsoft India (R&D) Managing Director Amit Chatterjee told reporters...

11:06 AM, May 24, 2012

New York: Facebook Inc and banks including Morgan Stanley were sued by the social networking leader's shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering. The defendants, who also include Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, were accused of concealing from investors during the IPO marketing process "a severe and pronounced reduction" in revenue growth forecasts, resulting from increased use of...

09:41 PM, May 23, 2012

Pune: The Income Tax Department is conducting an enquiry at the office of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Pune Warriors India. The enquiry follows a sting operation where some Pune Warriors India players allegedly took money for spot-fixing during the IPL matches. The money is alleged to have been paid in cash and Income Tax officials say that players shown in the sting operation could also be questioned. The sting...

12:20 PM, May 23, 2012

New Delhi: Indian audiences are soon going to watch director Arnab Chaudhuri's animated mythological action film 'Arjun: The warrior Prince'. The film is expected to have used new techniques to create the grandeur of the Mahabharata era. The Indian film industry has come up with films such as 'Rancho' and 'Roadside Romeo' in the past, but the market for animation films is still in a nascent state. Arnab Chaudhuri speaks...

04:11 PM, May 22, 2012

As a part of his crisis management arising due to the continuous flop show of his films, Megastar Mammootty has preponed the shoot of his new project with director Ranjith. The movie will be the first project as a producer from Mammootty's Manager George. Shankar Ramakrishnan of 'Urumi' fame will script this movie which will start its production activities by June, soon after the release of Ranjith's Mohanlal film Spirit....

02:36 PM, May 22, 2012

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: City schools have come out with flying colours in the ICSE-ISC examination 2011-12, the results of which were announced the other day. In St Thomas Residential School, of the total 159 students who appeared for the ICSE (X) 2012, 149 secured distinction and 10 students secured first class. Navina Mohan and Jyotsana Karan shared the first position with 97.4 per cent. At the ISC (XII) examination Science stream, 82...

08:55 AM, May 22, 2012