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Nokia says India 'least favourite market': report

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Finnish telecom giant Nokia has told India's government that the country is now its "least favourable market" to operate in and it makes better sense to export its products from China, a report said Friday.

Mumbai gangrape of woman journalist causes nationwide outrage

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:57 PM PDT

Mumbai/New Delhi: The gangrape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai triggered an avalanche of outrage across the country today and condemned as despicable and shameful stirring memories of a similar attack last December in New Delhi that led to nation-wide protests.

Metro work near airport brought to halt

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:55 PM PDT

The contract was terminated due to an inordinate delay in the execution of work

Where you can laugh it off. Louder

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:54 PM PDT

When, at the end of a play, you hear resounding applause, it is for the hard work the troupe has put in. In the 1970s, almost all the city's drama troupes were full of amateur artists, who h...

The august arrival of English theatre

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:54 PM PDT

December is no longer the only month chock-full of cultural highlights for the city. While pattu sarees rustle and malli poo scents halls trilling with Carnatic notes every winter, Ch...

Staging a comeback?

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:54 PM PDT

It saw its heyday in the 1960s. Television then undercut its charm. But after a lull of a few decades, Tamil theatre seems to have recovered ground

Nation erupts in outrage over Mumbai gangrape, evokes comparisons with Delhi attack

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Mumbai: The gangrape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai triggered an avalanche of outrage across the country today and condemned as despicable and shameful stirring memories of a similar attack last December in New Delhi that led to nation-wide protests.

Theater at Fresh Pond Mall changes its name — and goes Bollywood - BostonGlobe.com

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:08 PM PDT

This spring, the movie theater at Fresh Pond Mall quietly took on the new name of Apple Cinemas. To most moviegoers, it appeared that not much else had changed; Hollywood titles adorned the marquee and the building looked unchanged. But a transformation was just beginning. Fresh Pond was going Bollywood, and beyond, dedicating significant resources to offering not only a full range of Indian ...

Sonia Gandhi’s aide moves HC in DA case

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Congress president Sonia Gandhi's aide Vincent George has moved the Delhi high court against a trial court order summoning him as an accused in a disproportionate assets case.        

Wi-Fi, tablet, TV, mini library - this 'Chennai Express' has it all

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 12:35 PM PDT

Fast gaining popularity as 'the amazing wi-fi auto', G Annadurai's three-wheeler can be seen zipping across Chennai's IT Corridor. Equipped with wi-fi, a note in the autorickshaw prominently displays ...        

India least favourable market, says Nokia - Peninsula On-line

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:58 PM PDT


India least favourable market, says Nokia
Peninsula On-line
Nokia said its tax problems made it "more cost-efficient for Nokia to transfer the manufacture of mobile phones to China and to import them to the Indian market rather than manufacture them in Chennai". Nokia, which has one of its biggest plants world-wide in ...

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THE PULP PIT: A tale of two biggies in film - Daily Mail

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:53 PM PDT


Daily Mail
THE PULP PIT: A tale of two biggies in film
Daily Mail
It's fascinating how Chennai Express and Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara! have garnered diametrically opposite reactions, considering both films were broadly catering to fans of old-school masala although in different ways. CE, a comic adventure, ...

Aneela Zeb Babar's Review - Madras Cafe - Desimartini

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT


Aneela Zeb Babar's Review - Madras Cafe
Desimartini
Hence none of the characters you see in this film, fictional, living or dead have anything to do with Chennai Express. Such a long journey, Mr Abraham. A journalist in post-Taliban Afghanistan. An American Muslim in post-9/11 New York. And now a RAW ...

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WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT: Why Bollywood still can't get over culture ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 02:06 PM PDT


Daily Mail
WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT: Why Bollywood still can't get over culture ...
Daily Mail
The audience was in splits when Deepika Padukone, dressed in a half saree, her hair adorning a gajra, mouthed Hindi with a heavy south Indian accent in the recent blockbuster Chennai Express. Deepika's bokwaas Hindi, haallwai, mai idhar aati tum kidhar ...

Issue on screens for 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara' unfounded ... - Pakistan Daily Times

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:59 PM PDT


Issue on screens for 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara' unfounded ...
Pakistan Daily Times
Superstar Shahrukh Khan says the issue over the allotment of screens for the release of Ekta Kapoor`s `Once Upon A time In Mumbai Dobaara` is a little unfounded as `Chennai Express` producers UTV did make way for Balaji`s request. Ekta`s mother ...

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Shah Rukh Khan dances the night away to celebrate the success of Chennai ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:52 PM PDT


Daily Mail
Shah Rukh Khan dances the night away to celebrate the success of Chennai ...
Daily Mail
The party was hosted by stand-up comedian Raju Srivastav who entertained the audience with jokes about Chennai Express. Raju even made SRK perform a few steps from the movie's hit song, The Lungi Dance. SRK kept the party in high spirits as he ...

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'Burning' baby homebound - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:47 PM PDT


The Hindu
'Burning' baby homebound
The Hindu
Three-month-old Rahul, who was admitted to Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMC) following complaints of his going up in flames spontaneously, was discharged on Friday. The boy had been referred to KMC by the Villupuram collector 15 ...

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Metro work near airport brought to halt - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:46 PM PDT


Metro work near airport brought to halt
The Hindu
Lanco Infratech Limited was awarded the contract for Rs. 178 crore in August 2011 for the construction of the elevated stretch between OTA and Chennai airport. It had completed only 30 percent of the work, missed the immediate deadline and was far behind ...

Where you can laugh it off. Louder - The Hindu

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:44 PM PDT


The Hindu
Where you can laugh it off. Louder
The Hindu
Since Mouli (B. Chandramouli) believed drama must move out of Mylapore and Chennai, he reached out to audiences as far as Aranthangi and Sivakasi. Thus his fans connected with him instantly when he began acting in films, he says. "I straddled stage and ...

Train traffic hit as base of tracks washes away - Times of India

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 01:44 PM PDT


Train traffic hit as base of tracks washes away
Times of India
BHOPAL: A number of trains were running late after a portion of support base of railway tracks between Magardoh and Barbatpur stations in Betul district on the New Delhi-Chennai route washed away due to heavy rain. Nearly 30-metre long support base has ...

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