Oscar winning director Ang Lee's latest film 'Life Of Pi' not only has an Indian connect but it features Indian actors Irfan Khan, Tabu and debutant actor Sooraj Sharma in the lead as well. ...
03:24 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Mumbai: Oscar winning director Ang Lee, who is here to promote his upcoming 3D venture 'Life of Pi', says, he had a adventurous time shooting some portions of the film in India and insists there is no gain without pain. The Taiwanese-born American director, 58, is in India for the first time for a grand promotional tour of the film, based on Yann Martel's novel of the same name. "It...
03:14 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who shared a close bond with late actor Mehmood Ali, says the comedian used to call him Danger Diabolic. Bachchan, 69, said the legendary actor, whose eighth death anniversary was observed yesterday, had given him his first lead role in 'Bombay to Goa'. "It is also the death anniversary today of Mehmood Bhai, whom we addressed as Bhaijaan, the greatest comedic actor of the Industry, of...
02:44 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: Centre on Thursday constituted an inter-ministerial team to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the wake of the 'Thane' cyclone. The delegation led by the Home Ministry will consist of representatives from the the Ministries of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Fisheries), Drinking Water, Finance, Health, Power, Road Transport and Highways, Rural Development, Water Resources and Planning Commission. An official release...
10:10 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Cuddalore (TN): Shrewd operators in cyclone Thane devastated Cuddalore district have cashed in on people's woes to make money, asking for exorbitant rates to bring in generators to fill water tanks and steeply charging to charge mobile phones. "It's very difficult to get generators to fill water tanks. Generator suppliers charge Rs 300 to Rs 500 to give them to us. They bring along a generator that makes your pump...
11:27 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Chennai: DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi will on Wednesday tour the state's districts devastated by Cyclone Thane, the party said Monday. Former party legislator T Velmurugan has, meanwhile, demanded the army to be called in to carry out for relief and rehabilitation. In a statement issued in Chennai, the DMK said Karunanidhi will visit the Cuddalore, Thiruvarur and Villupuram districts that were affected by Cyclone...
11:11 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu welcomed 2012 with celebrations but it was a dark new year for people in Cyclone Thane-hit Cuddalore and Chidambaram districts as there was no power supply. The cyclone has killed 46 people in south India. A sizeable crowd assembled at the Marina and the Besant Nagar beaches here and flew balloons to celebrate the new year. People greeted strangers on roads and in some localities crackers were...
11:54 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Chennai: Relief operations were launched on war-footing to bring back normalcy in cyclone Thane battered Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and the adjacent Puducherry, as the toll caused by the severe storm mounted to 42 on Saturday. As the administrative machinery was put in top gear, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said nine more people have died in rain related incidents, taking the toll to 42, following the severe cyclonic storm that crossed...
05:47 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Cuddalore (TN)/Puducherry: Relief operations were in full swing in cyclone Thane battered Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry where life started limping back to normalcy on Saturday. The severe cyclonic storm that crossed Tamil Nadu coast on Friday leaving a trail of destruction and claiming 33 lives in rain-related incidents has left about 20,000 people in relief camps in Cuddalore district. Parts of Cuddalore district wore...
04:21 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Chennai: It was business as usual at the Kalpakkam atomic power plants, around 80 km from Chennai, even as cyclone Thane lashed the coastal districts affecting normal life on Friday. The two power plants of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located on the Kalpakkam coast were generating power as usual, though necessary precautions against the cyclone have been taken, said a senior official. "Both the units are generating 150 MW...
05:08 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday ordered the release of Rs 150 crore towards relief and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in the state due to cyclone 'Thane' that crossed the state coast in the morning. In a statement issued in Chennai, Jayalalithaa said, "I have ordered the immediate release of Rs 150 crore towards relief and restoration of infrastructure damaged by the cyclone. Further, district collectors, department...
04:53 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Puducherry: The opposition AIADMK on Wednesday slammed the N Rangasamy-led AINRC government for "causing financial crisis" due to poor planning and non-collection of arrears of sales tax, power tariff and excise duty. Puducherry unit Secretary of AIADMK, A Anbalagan demanded that Chief Minister Rangasamy "immediately convene" a special session of the Assembly to discuss the "current crisis" in the revenue scenario in Puducherry and also evolve adequate and effective measures...
04:25 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Viozat was murdered outside his house on the Puducherry-TN border. ...
06:30 PM, May 28, 2009
His dosas, apparently are a hit with downtown university students and professors. ...
08:44 AM, Oct 04, 2007
Puducherry residents are up in arms against the port expansion and the government effort to pacify them is failing. ...
10:03 AM, Feb 15, 2007
People living in adjoining areas have staged protests against the proposed expansion of the port in Puducherry. ...
08:30 PM, Feb 14, 2007
While Pondicherry registered the highest number of suicides, Kerala is on top among the states. ...
09:26 PM, Oct 07, 2006
The next you want to go to Pondicherry, you might have to go to Puducherry because the town has been renamed. ...
07:58 AM, Sep 22, 2006
Puducherry was the original Tamil name for the area before the French made it Pondicherry. ...
04:13 PM, Sep 20, 2006
Bipasha and Zayed, the new brand ambassadors for the apparel brand Pantaloons are shooting in Pondicherry. ...
03:44 PM, Sep 01, 2006
