Friday, August 2, 2013

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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on Chennai Express - BBC News

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


BBC News
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on Chennai Express
BBC News
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has been speaking about his latest film ahead of its worldwide release, saying it is "extremely funny". The much-anticipated Chennai Express is an action-comedy film, in which Khan stars as Rahul, a man who finds love on a ...

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Film director's daughter seeks police protection for lover - Times of India

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:28 PM PDT


Film director's daughter seeks police protection for lover
Times of India
CHENNAI: Tamil film director Cheran's daughter lodged a complaint against him with the Chennai city police commissioner on Friday, alleging he was intimidating her boyfriend. In her complaint, Damini, a student of MOP Vaishnav College, sought police ...

Fate of 23 stray dogs unknown - The Hindu

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:23 PM PDT


The Hindu
Fate of 23 stray dogs unknown
The Hindu
Animal welfare activists in the city are keeping their fingers crossed over the fate of 23 dogs, which were caught in the Mogappair West area on last Sunday. Activists have alleged their attempts to file a police complaint in this regard had proved futile and so far ...

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Japan funds sought for road - The Hindu

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:19 PM PDT


Japan funds sought for road
The Hindu
The State government has sought JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) funding for the 162-km-long Chennai Peripheral Road from Mamallapuram to Ennore Port. The proposed six-lane road will connect Singaperumalkoil, Sriperumbudur, ...

Maritime Univ fires teachers - The Hindu

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:16 PM PDT


Maritime Univ fires teachers
The Hindu
After enduring more than seven months of anxiety over their jobs, several teachers at Indian Maritime University, Chennai were told on Friday that their services had been terminated and that they were no longer employed by the university. This comes after ...

Dakshinamurthy, Carnatic music exponent, dies - Indian Express

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:08 PM PDT


Dakshinamurthy, Carnatic music exponent, dies
Indian Express
Veteran composer and Carnatic music exponent Venkateswara Dakshinamurthy, 'Swamy' for the industry and fans, passed away in Chennai on Friday. He was 93 and is survived by his wife Kalyani. After numerous stage performances in Kerala, where he ...

Aamir Khan's Dhoom 3 to fetch highest figure in cinema's history - Daily News & Analysis

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:06 PM PDT


Daily News & Analysis
Aamir Khan's Dhoom 3 to fetch highest figure in cinema's history
Daily News & Analysis
Yesterday Shah Rukh Khan's Eid release Chennai Express was in the news for the satellite rights of the film, which have been acquired by upcoming channel End Films, owned by Zee group for Rs40 crore. The record for the highest satellite rights of a film ...

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Music composer Dakshinamoorthy passes away at 94 - Times of India

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT


Times of India
Music composer Dakshinamoorthy passes away at 94
Times of India
CHENNAI: V Dakshinamoorthy, the legendary music composer who gifted more than 850 songs in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil, died at his house in Mylapore on Friday. He was 94 years old. Family sources said Dakshinamoorthy didn't have any ailment, but ...

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The world's biggest film star that you haven't heard of! - UK Media talks about SRK - PINKVILLA

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 12:37 PM PDT


PINKVILLA
The world's biggest film star that you haven't heard of! - UK Media talks about SRK
PINKVILLA
Shah Rukh Khan, who was in London earlier this week on a whirlwind promotional tour for his upcoming release, Chennai Express, has literally caught the fancy of the British Media! After charming audiences in ITV's Lorraine show with co-star Deepika ...

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Coffee with Shah Rukh Khan - Times of India

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 11:48 AM PDT


Times of India
Coffee with Shah Rukh Khan
Times of India
While Rohit Shetty's 'Chennai Express', starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, travels around the country, Radio Mirchi — 98.3 FM gives you an opportunity to meet SRK in the city. RJs Suren and Meera, hosts of the popular evening show Sunset ...

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Agni V to be operational by 2015

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:53 PM PDT

With two or three more successful test firings, the Agni V missile is expected to be operational by 2015, said Tessy Thomas, director, Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organi...

EPFO to sustain online momentum

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Several user-friendly measures are being initiated

Fate of 23 stray dogs unknown

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT

Animal welfare activists in the city are keeping their fingers crossed over the fate of 23 dogs, which were caught in the Mogappair West area on last Sunday.Activists have alleged their att...

Japan funds sought for road

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:23 PM PDT

Chennai Peripheral Road will extend from Mamallapuram to Ennore Port

Maritime Univ fires teachers

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:22 PM PDT

After enduring more than seven months of anxiety over their jobs, several teachers at Indian Maritime University, Chennai were told on Friday that their services had been terminated and that they...

Music composer Dakshinamoorthy passes away at 94

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:18 PM PDT

V Dakshinamoorthy, the legendary music composer who gifted more than 850 songs in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil, died at his house in Mylapore on Friday. He was 94 years old.        

Petition seeks removal of Balakrishnan as NHRC chief

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:08 PM PDT

Non-government organisation 'Common Cause' on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union government to initiate steps for the removal of Justice K.G. Balakrishnan as chairpers...

Protests continue in Seemandhra; youth ends life

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Normal life in Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra remained completely disrupted for the third consecutive day as people continued to seethe with anger against the Congress and their own elected repres...

Rail fares may go up as Cabinet fast-tracks tariff authority

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Passenger fares are set to rise sooner than expected with the government deciding to institute a Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) through an executive order instead of losing precious time by taking th...

Bowlers finally given something to work with

Posted: 02 Aug 2013 01:39 PM PDT

Australia know their attack is their strength but feeble batting at Trent Bridge and Lord's made the bowlers redundant. Now is the time for Lyon and company to prove their worth.
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