Chennai: It may not have turned out to be as happy an 88th birthday for DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi as he might have wished. The multi-factioned feud within the veteran leader's family showed no signs of abating even on the leader's special day on Sunday, while the birthday celebrations themselves were a far cry from those of a few years past. With photographs of MK Stalin, Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and...
10:08 AM, Jun 04, 2012
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand said he was not playing badly in Moscow, but he had a difficult opponent. ...
08:17 PM, Jun 03, 2012
'Endukante Premanta' was just given clean 'U' by the Censord Board. This Karunakaran film, starring Ram and Tamanna Bhatia, is slated for June 8 release. The film was to release on May 31, but since the makers are planning a simultaneous release in both Telugu and Tamil, it has seen a postponement. The film is releasing as 'Yen Endraal Kadhal Enbe' in Tamil. It has spawned high expectations among the...
12:54 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi, whose party is a key constituent of the ruling UPA coalition at the Centre, turned 89 on Sunday. His daughter Kanimozhi has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Tamil Nadu to celebrate his birthday. Keeping to his customary style, the DMK patriarch was up early and started the day by planting a sapling to mark his birthday even as scores of supporters thronged...
11:09 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Chennai: DMK Treasurer MK Stalin on Saturday launched a website brought out to wish party chief M Karunanidhi on the occasion of his 89th birthday on Sunday. An initiative of DMK's Student Wing, www.wishthalaivar.com was launched by Stalin here, who also registered the first greetings for his father, Student Wing secretary Ela Pugazhenthi said in a statement. Karunanidhi turns 89 on Sunday and will be meeting his party supporters at...
01:23 PM, Jun 02, 2012
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law on a Public Interest Litigation. The PIL filed by Army Reserve Officer Maj Navdeep Singh who is also the first president of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bar Association states that excessive control of Ministry of Defence over appointments, infrastructure, rule-making and functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal, being the...
08:55 PM, May 30, 2012
An inept display by the Indian defence allowed Argentina to dash India's hopes of playing the championship match at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here in Ipoh, Malaysia, after the Argentines held onto a 3-2 victory. The two teams went into the match needing at least a draw to keep themselves alive in the tournament, but two defensive errors by India at the start of the second half gave Argentina...
03:51 PM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: Minutes after making a statement against the UPA, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said that he never threatened the Centre of a pull out from the coalition over the petrol price hike. The earlier statement of Karunanidhi threatening the Centre is being seen as a comment for his constituency in Tamil Nadu where there has been a severe shortage of petrol following the price hike. "We will be...
01:10 PM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: The DMK on Wednesday warned the Central government over the steep hike in petrol price and threatened to pull out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). During a protest rally in Chennai on Wednesday, DMK chief M Karunanidhi demanded rollback of petrol price before issuing his threat. "The DMK has been part of central coalitions in the past - with the BJP, with VP Singh. Though we are...
11:33 AM, May 30, 2012
Loop Telecom moved the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday for compensation for its cancelled 2G licence. ...
07:22 PM, May 29, 2012
Chennai: After Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the street, DMK President M Karunanidhi, another key ally of UPA, would lead a protest demonstration in Chennai on May 30 against the recent petrol price hike. The 88-year-old party patriarch would lead DMK's state-wide demonstration by taking part in the protest to be held at Saidapet. The demonstration would also protest against the Tamil Nadu government for...
01:57 PM, May 27, 2012
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
Mumbai: The actress was on her way to Switzerland to attend her brother Siddharth's graduation, who is studying catering and hotel management there. Interestingly, PC had also gone to Switzerland in June last year to attend her brother's graduation ceremony. She had even posted a pic of her with him at the ceremony on her microblogging site. Wonder what Siddharth is graduating in again within 10 months? Or was it...
01:54 PM, May 25, 2012
Right attitude, looks are not only the assets of this budding actress Poorna. She has come at the right time to tinsel town. Finished the education in Electronics Engineering and gathered too good attention in ad world and now she is on the big screen in a very big competitive world. Poorna highly professional from her experience in ad world consisting of lovely behavior was in conversation with IndiaGlitz at...
12:58 PM, May 25, 2012
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