The Karnataka government is refusing to budge in the Cauvery water sharing dispute. The state government is reluctant to give water to Tamil Nadu for paddy crop despite the Supreme Court's order. The Jagadish Shettar-led Karnataka government is looking at other legal options. ...
03:22 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Actor-director Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' has opened to great response in Tamil Nadu with people packing shows as early as 5 AM on Thursday and tickets all over the state are sold out till February 13. ...
12:41 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The Supreme Court has provided some relief to Tamil Nadu in the Cauvery water sharing dispute. The apex court has directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc of water to Tamil Nadu for the paddy crop. The court also observed that this limit will not adversely affect Karnataka's drinking water requirement. ...
11:28 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Tamil Nadu's date with Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam' has finally arrived. Ending the 10-day-long wait, Kamal Haasan's Rs 95 crore film finally hit the screens on Thursday in Tamil Nadu. ...
09:38 AM, Feb 07, 2013
A 36-year old man, father of two children, allegedly burnt to death a teenaged girl after rejected his proposal to marry him and attempted self-immolation at a village near Srivilliputhur on Tuesday, police said. ...
03:21 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Days after CNN-IBN aired stories of rampant corruption in the Dental Council of India, another Dental Council executive committee member has resigned. Jammu and Kashmir's nominee to the Dental Council Riyaz Faruq has quit. Dr Faruq told CNN-IBN that he was stepping down as he wasn't aware of what was going on in the executive committee. ...
10:28 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Kamal Haasan issues statement thanking the people who supported him during the 'Vishwaroopam' crisis. ...
07:38 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Supreme Court has directed Karnataka to release 2 tmc feet of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court has also slammed the Centre for not notifying the order given by the Cauvery Water Tribunal five years ago. ...
03:20 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Acting swiftly after government lifted the ban on his Tamil movie "Vishwaroopam", Kamal Haasan on Monday withdrew his petition before the Madras High Court challenging the ban, a move that could see the early release of his mega-budget movie. Justice S Rajeswaran, before whom the matter came up, allowed the actor and government to withdraw pleas after they expressed their desire to do so following a compromise between Haasan and...
02:56 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Actor Kamal Haasan has withdrawn the case against the Tamil Nadu government that challenged the ban on his movie 'Vishwaroopam'. Haasan is likely to announce the new date of his film Vishwaroopam's release in Tamil Nadu. ...
11:50 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Actor Kamal Haasan is likely to announce the new date of his film Vishwaroopam's release in Tamil Nadu. On Sunday, the ban on the film was lifted after he agreed to make several cuts and edits, following a court battle and opposition from certain Muslim groups. ...
08:33 AM, Feb 04, 2013
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Sunday demanded an apology from Tamil Nadu's Advocate General for statements made by them in connection with the certification of 'Vishwaroopam'. Condemning the allegations made by Navaneetha Krishnan and advocate Sankarasubbu, the CBFC said in a statement, "Every action taken/procedure followed by CBFC for certifying 'Vishwaroopam' or any other film has been done in accordance with the Act and Rules framed by...
06:17 PM, Feb 03, 2013
A day after actor-director Kamal Haasan arrived at an agreement with Muslim groups opposing his Tamil film "Vishwaroopam", the ban imposed by District Collectors was removed, paving the way for screening of the movie across the state. The prohibitory orders issued earlier by District Collectors has been removed, government sources said but did not elaborate. ...
03:50 PM, Feb 03, 2013
After days of courting controversy and debate, actor and director Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' is set to release in Tamil Nadu. More than a week after the thriller was banned from theatres across the state, Haasan agreed to make several cuts in the movie on Saturday before it hits the screens. ...
07:40 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal. ...
08:13 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Kamal Haasan plans to meet the Muslim groups opposing the release of his film 'Vishwaroopam' in Tamil Nadu to strike a compromise. The film has been banned following fears of law and order situation. ...
08:54 AM, Feb 02, 2013
"Vishwaroop", the Hindi version of Kamal Haasan's multi-lingual movie "Vishwaroopam", released in Uttar Pradesh Friday amid tight security. The film is being screened in five multiplexes and two single screen theatres in Lucknow. ...
04:25 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Kamal Haasan's fans came out smiling after watching the first show of 'Vishwaroop' on Friday, each one insisting that there was nothing controversial in the film. "Not anti-Muslim or anti-India in any manner, the movie is so good and so super," said a young movie-goer. Another said, "Kamal Haasan's performance is superb, fantastic and natural. The movie is going to win national awards. It is going to rock the Indian...
01:39 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Amid a raging controversy over Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Tamil Nadu Government on February 1 said filmmakers should show "due respect" for sensitivities of people while making films like 'Dam 999' and warned it will "not spare anybody who tries to whip-up communal passions." In his address to the Tamil Nadu Assembly in its first session for the year, Governor K Rosaiah said timely interventions by the government to ban release...
12:41 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Tamil Nadu Home Secretary on Friday met Chandra Haasan, brother of actor and director Kamal Haasan, and representatives of the protesting Muslim groups to hammer out a solution to the ongoing furore over Haasan's new film 'Vishwaroopam'. The meeting was held at the secretariat. The discussions are underway presently. Earlier, Kamal Haasan had said that he will hold talks with the protesting groups. ...
12:06 PM, Feb 01, 2013
