
Hyderabad: A local court on Wednesday remanded former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government KV Bramhananda Reddy and noted industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad to 14-day judicial custody, who were arrested by the CBI in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Bramhananda Reddy, an Indian Railways Accounts Service officer, currently posted in Kolkata, and Nimmagadda Prasad alias Matrix Prasad were produced before the special court...

04:59 PM, May 16, 2012

New Delhi: Matrix Cellular, which offers international roaming services to international travellers, has launched new services under which it is providing country-specific data cards with 3G connectivity with up to 1.8 Mbps speed. Under this new service, international travellers can get a data card (dongle) on rent with a MatrixSIM card and data plan. Upon returning to India, the traveler has to return the dongle to the company, for which...

11:14 AM, Feb 21, 2012

New York: Rights to the published scripts and tie-in books for 'The King's Speech,' 'The Matrix,' 'Saving Private Ryan' and many other films have been acquired by HarperCollins Publishers. HarperCollins announced on Monday that it obtained the 'majority' of books released by Newmarket Press, a top publisher of film-related works. Newmarket's founder, Esther Margolis, will join HarperCollins as executive editor of the imprint It Books. The change is effective immediately....

11:59 AM, Oct 25, 2011

Science fiction author Philip K Dick (PKD) can be held responsible for implanting some of the craziest ideas in the finest minds of Hollywood. These, in turn, have created their versions of Dick-sian fantasy. The recently released,
Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, explores the concepts of reality and dreams, which is entirely PKD territory. The movie has extensively explored memories, alternate worlds and paranoia, and has still maintained...

03:21 PM, Aug 10, 2010

London: ICC match referee and England pace spearhead Stuart Broad's father Chris will replace legendary all-rounder Ian Botham as president of the Professional Cricketers' Association next month. The 53-year-old Broad, a former England Test player, will take up his new role next month for a fixed term of two years, the Daily Mail reported. The 55-year-old Botham, one of the finest all-rounders of all time, informed the PCA about his...

04:08 PM, Feb 15, 2008

In the largest ever overseas deal, US-based Mylan Labs will buy 71.5 pc stake in Hyd-based Matrix Labs for $736 mn. ...

08:08 PM, Aug 28, 2006