Rasu Madhuravan directed 'Mike Set Pandi', which has Sabarish and Sunaina in lead roles, has undergone a name change. The movie will henceforth be known as 'Pandi Oli Perukki Nilayam'. According to sources, the decision has been taken to make the film eligible to get tax exemption from the State government. "But for the earlier title which had some English words, the film glorifies Tamil tradition," sources close to the...
04:25 PM, May 26, 2012
On May 21, 1991, former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi reached Chennai by an afternoon-evening flight. After two hours, he was bound for Sriperumbudur, an industrial centre in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu and just 40 km from Chennai. Rajiv was busy campaigning for the mid-term elections which had been announced after the VP Singh-led Janata Dal government had collapsed in October, 1990. The Congress was keen to avenge...
01:25 PM, May 21, 2012
Cast: Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam, Saranya Ponvannan, Azhagam Perumal, Sayaji Shinde Director: M Rajesh He has a penchant for humour that was revealed in his two earlier films (Siva Manasule Shakti, Boss (E) Bhaskaran). And now director Rajesh ventures into his third film, this time too a comic romantic fun-filled entertainer. Debuting as a hero is producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, this too his home production. Paired with him is the...
04:00 PM, Apr 15, 2012
London: Stroke is one of the main cause of death among people over the age of 65 in developing countries like India and China, according to new research. The study surveyed 12,373 people aged 65 and over between 2003 and 2005 in a total of 10 urban and rural sites in India, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico and China, documenting over 2,000 deaths over a three to five...
08:11 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Lima: A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation centre for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital, killing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The "Christ is Love" centre for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and its residents were apparently kept inside "like prisoners," Health Minister Alberto Tejada told The Associated Press. Authorities said...
10:43 AM, Jan 29, 2012
Lima: Peruvian authorities said on Saturday that 134 homes were destroyed and 103 people treated at hospitals for injuries during a 6.9-magnitude quake just off the central coast. Civil defense chief Alfredo Murgueytio told The Associated Press there were no deaths and most of the collapsed homes were of adobe. Two adobe churches also were seriously damaged, including the 18th century cathedral of the provincial capital of Ica. The cathedral,...
04:12 AM, Oct 30, 2011
Lima: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru on Friday, shaking buildings in Lima and injuring 16 people near the city of Ica. Officials said there were no deaths or major damages, though at least two adobe brick homes were knocked down. The US Geological Survey said the quake, initially reported to have a magnitude of 7, was centered under the sea 31 miles southwest of...
12:21 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Lima: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake centered off Peru's central coast has rattled Peru's capital but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey says it was centered 31 miles (50 kilometers) from Ica at a depth of 9.2 miles (15 kilometers). The location is 186 miles (299 kilometers) southwest of Lima. A police officer in Ica, Ruben Vargas, says people rushed out of their homes in...
01:29 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Sriperumbudur: Twenty years ago the suicide blast that killed the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi also claimed 16 other lives. CNN-IBN met up with the families of the victims to get their views 20 years on. With continuing politics over the death sentence of the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, the case refuses to die down. But back in Sriperumbudur where it all happened, the families that lost...
09:13 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Sriperumbudur: The 500 workers at India's Dell factory, clad in blue uniforms and the occasional bright pink salwar kameez, are all Indian. Computers leaving the assembly line go to millions of newly affluent Indians feeding an explosion in consumer demand. But the boxes of component parts on the floor say "Made in China." That fact alone says a lot about how far the country's manufacturing sector has to go to...
07:57 AM, Jun 13, 2011
United Nations: India and 14 other countries were on Friday elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. India was not in competition for the seat since there were four countries and four seats for the Asia block. With 189 countries voting, Indonesia received 184 votes, Philippines 183, India 181 and Kuwait 166. Other countries to be elected to the Council included Burkina Faso, Botswana,...
11:33 PM, May 20, 2011
Chennai: A case has been registered against former telecom minister A Raja's brother, A Kaliaperumal in Tamil Nadu's Perambalur for allegedly bribing the voters. Kaliaperumal was arrested and later released on bail. According to some reports Kaliaperumal misused the vehicle allotted to an Independent candidate to campaign for the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) nominee. The case has been registered in Perambalur. Monday is the last day of campaigning in Tamil...
11:06 AM, Apr 11, 2011
New Delhi: European countries are being used as hot destinations by terror group al-Qaeda to route money to India, according to a report by Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The report said the FIU had found at least one case of such suspicious transaction by al-Qaeda every month and shared them with the US investigators. "The FIU also reports tracking cases similar to that of an OFAC-designated (US Office of...
10:03 AM, Mar 06, 2011
New Delhi: Continuing its probe into the 2G spectrum scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday summoned Kalai Perumal, the brother of former telecom minister A Raja and Loop Telecom CEO Sandeep Basu to the CBI Headquarters in New Delhi. While Basu is being questioned on Wednesday, the CBI also questioned Perumal for over seven hours on Tuesday. Sources said the agency is in the process of questioning everyone...
12:24 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja was questioned for eight hours on Friday at the CBI headquarters in Delhi in connection to the 2G spectrum scam. After the questioning was over, Raja said, "I have cooperated fully with CBI. Investigations are on and nothing else can be said at the moment." The CBI is looking for the money trail of 2G funds and linking the evidence to companies owned...
08:53 PM, Dec 24, 2010
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