South Indian International Movie Award (SIIMA), which will reward the best works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, will be held here June 21-22. This will be the first time that the South Indian film industry will have its awards abroad, organisers said in a statement, adding that it will be looking to promote south Indian cinema on a global platform and increase overseas revenues. Though the industry down...
02:05 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: It will be an all-South Indian fare comprising of Rawa Upma with cashew nuts and fresh coriander, Medu Wadai and Podi with ghee which has been planned for on Tuesday's breakfast for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna. Apart from this, there will be Kesari Bhaat, Oothappam - Masala/Plain, Masala/Plain Dosai, steamed idlis and drumstick sambhar. Coconut and tomato chutneys will also...
01:43 AM, May 08, 2012
Chennai: Tremors were felt in Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and several other cities across South India following the 8.6 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. Areas near Marina Beach Road in Chennai have been alerted in the wake of several coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands being put on alert, police said. There were no immediate reports of damage to property or loss of lives. In December...
04:06 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Tamil Nadu's latest offering, PuthiyaThalaimurai ('new generation') topped the charts within a few weeks of launch and has sustained the lead in a television news ...
06:52 PM, Mar 30, 2012
NEW DELHI: Going by the number of cases of crimes against women, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the most unsafe place among the four South Indian states, according to data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Andhra Pradesh fared the worst on incidents of rape and sexual offences on all aspects including number of cases reported and number of persons arrested, charge-sheeted and convicted. In fact, the state...
12:35 PM, Mar 29, 2012
The minimum in Mysore fell to an all-time record of 7.7 degrees Celsius on January 16, the lowest in the last 120 years. ...
09:15 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Severe cold wave conditions prevailed over parts of Telengana, Rayalaseema and interior Karnataka. Dry weather prevailed over Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep and the the clear weather coupled with the cold winds from the north led to a sudden drop in the temperature. Madikeri in Karnataka recorded its lowest in the last 132 years on January 16 when the mercury plummeted to 4.8 degrees Celsius....
11:07 AM, Jan 18, 2012
A special dish called Pongal is made today as an offering to the Sun God. ...
10:01 AM, Jan 15, 2012
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Tamil Nadu has had the largest number of cancer deaths in the last three years among South Indian states, followed closely by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. According to data compiled by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), 39,127 cancer patients lost their lives in 2011 in Tamil Nadu. The figures in the preceding years were 38,542 (2010) and 37,806 (2009) respectively. These figures are highest in...
07:59 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Nothing is ever certain in an ever changing world and most of all political power. If there was any doubt about that then 2011 dispelled it completely. In more ways and more cases than one it was truly the year of the fall of some of South India's most powerful regional chieftains. Starting with Karuna, to Yeddy and the Reddys in Karnataka to Jagan Mohan in Andhra Pradesh, they all...
04:50 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: Deccan Herald, a premier English newspaper from south India, launched its Delhi edition on Sunday, its seventh since it began publishing from Bangalore in June 1948. The Delhi edition comes with Metrolife, a youth-oriented city supplement, four days a week, a statement from the daily said. Living, a Lifestyle supplement, will accompany the paper on Saturdays. The weekend Sunday Herald will focus on trends, culture, art, entertainment, books...
10:50 AM, Dec 12, 2011
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The history of pre-modern South Indian culture has a dynamics based not entirely on 'affairs of kings or splendors of fortune' or just on mechanical ...
02:48 PM, Nov 14, 2011
The South is a special place. For more reasons than one. Setting aside the emotional one, let me explore the rational argument. And please, for a start, let me clarify: this is no jingoistic comparison of region to region. Instead, it is a clear positioning of the potential of the four South Indian states of India at large. If there is any comparison attempted in number terms, it is merely...
10:40 AM, Nov 01, 2011
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'Unity in Diversity' - the term was coined by Jawaharlal Nehru and later used by the eminent historian D D Kosambi to refer to the ...
03:42 PM, Oct 31, 2011
A new storm is brewing in the South Indian film industry with two of its major unions ganging up against each other. And this could mean fewer South Indian releases following a couple of months. Prathibha gets you more... ...
04:05 PM, Sep 12, 2011
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