
Mangalore: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for terming BJP-ruled Karnataka as the "most corrupt" state, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said the UPA government was steeped in scams and asked the Congress General Secretary to keep his house clean before criticising others. Rahul has no right to criticise the BJP when Congress- led UPA government is steeped in corruption and scams, he said. "The Congress leader must first...

04:33 AM, Jun 04, 2012

New Delhi: The government on Sunday announced a board to help operationalise the national manufacturing policy that aims to create 100 million additional jobs and boost the share of manufacturing in the country's GDP to 25 per cent in the next 10 years from the current around 16 per cent. The new board called Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board (MIPB), will be headed by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. The...

02:17 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

Viswanathan Anand said his challenger Boris Gelfand was a tough nut to crack and had his own set of innovations. ...

05:30 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Chennai: He has been the undisputed world champion for the past five years, but Indian chess veteran Viswanathan Anand has no plans of calling it quits just yet as he says his morale is on a high after beating a "complicated" Boris Gelfand to notch up his fifth world title. "There are definitely no thoughts of retirement. In fact quite the opposite. (Winning a fifth world title) has been a...

04:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012

You would have read in these columns a couple of days ago that Siva Karthikeyan and Priya Anand would work together for a film to be produced by Dhanush, titled 'Edhir Neechal'. Now it is emerging that Priya was handpicked for the role by Dhanush. If sources are to be believed, the National Award winning actor was impressed with Priya's performance in '180' and 'Vamanan'. Hence he asked director Senthil...

01:41 PM, Jun 03, 2012

The audio of Allu Arjun-Ileana starrer 'Julayi' is going to be release on June 10. Venue details are expected soon. One may note that all the films in the combination of DSP and Arjun were roaring musical entertainers. Beginning with 'Arya', 'Bunny' and 'Arya 2', they were fitting offers. 'Julayi' could continue the momentum. Much is expected from the movie, as it is coming from Trivikram Srinivas. The movie hinges...

01:06 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Mumbai: Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Saturday expressed confidence that the country would be attracting more direct overseas investments this fiscal. "Despite the gloomy world economy, we received highest FDI of USD 50 billion last fiscal and we are hopeful of attracting more this fiscal," Sharma told reporters here on the sidelines of a powerloom industry function. The Minister's statement comes in the wake of negative investor sentiment...

05:12 AM, Jun 03, 2012

After defending his world chess champion title, Viswanathan Anand on Saturday returned to Chennai from Moscow. ...

11:51 PM, Jun 02, 2012

Chennai: World chess champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday received a rousing welcome by his fans, who lined-up in good numbers to greet him, as the chess wizard returned home after winning his fifth world title. Anand defeated Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in rapid tie-break in Moscow to defend his world championship title. The fans thronged the Chennai international airport to greet Anand. Parents of Anand and his wife Aruna were...

10:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012

Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday ruled out the prospect of the state facing early assembly elections and asserted that the BJP government would complete its full term. Reports suggesting that the state might face assembly elections ahead of its schedule were "incorrect", he said. Gowda's remarks contradicted a claim by his predecessor BS Yeddyrappa who had said on May 30 that the state was likely to...

02:54 AM, Jun 02, 2012

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma says the Finance Ministry has come out with number of notifications easing investment flows. ...

07:14 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Dhanush is no more just an actor, or a singer for that matter. The National Award winner is taking the avatar of a producer, with a film titled 'Edhir Neechal'. Popular television star Siva Karthikeyan (of 'Marina' fame) and Priya Anand will be the lead actors. Senthil, a former assistant of Vetrimaaran, is making his debut as a director with 'Edhir Neechal', a title which has apparently been inspired from...

03:11 PM, Jun 01, 2012

KV Anand who is known for songs in fresh locations in all his films is on a location hunt to shoot his last song from forthcoming 'Maatraan'. It is said that the team has decided to shoot in some unseen exotic locales of Alaska in the US. The shoot will take place sometime in June and it will be a romantic number featuring Suriya and Kajal Aggarwal. The song will...

12:21 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Moscow: Newly-crowned world chess champion Viswanathan Anand received a gold medal, prize money of $1.4 million (around Rs 7.9 crore), a memento and a piece of contemporary art displaying him and challenger Boris Gelfand, for his achievement at a ceremony in Moscow on Thursday. Stating that his connection with Russia has been very deep, Anand said, "I benefited a lot from playing chess in Russian Cultural center in Chennai and...

09:14 PM, May 31, 2012