Friday, November 8, 2013

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Making Hit Films is Not a Habit, Says Rohit Shetty - India West

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:23 PM PST


Making Hit Films is Not a Habit, Says Rohit Shetty
India West
Shetty has delivered hits like the "Golmaal" series, "Singham" and most recently Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Chennai Express." The film was screened on television in October and garnered a good response. "It is not a habit to make hit films, it just happens.

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Teachers to face trial for strip-search that led to girl's suicide - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:18 PM PST


Teachers to face trial for strip-search that led to girl's suicide
Times of India
CHENNAI: Four woman teachers of a city college, who were accused of strip-searching a student and thereby driving her to commit suicide, have to face trial, as a special court on Friday refused to discharge them from the case. On January 29, 2011, a student ...

Cops turn Bihar businessman death in Mangadu to murder case - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Cops turn Bihar businessman death in Mangadu to murder case
Times of India
CHENNAI: The city police have filed a case of murder nine months after finding a 55-year-old businessman from Bihar dead at his house in Madhananthapuram near Mangadu. "The Mangadu police initially registered a case under Section 174 (suspicious ...

Grandfather dies on hearing of girl's death - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Grandfather dies on hearing of girl's death
Times of India
CHENNAI: A 65-year-old man suffered a heart attack and died in Tiruvallur on Thursday, minutes after hearing that his beloved granddaughter and her friend were run over by a train. Anjurian, who was very fond of his granddaughter Selsi Rani, collapsed on ...

Youth conference, TEDxYouth@Chennai, to be held on Sunday - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Youth conference, TEDxYouth@Chennai, to be held on Sunday
Times of India
CHENNAI: A youth conference, TEDxYouth@Chennai, will be held at the Central Lecture Theatre in IIT-Madras on Sunday. The speakers will include interior designer Aishwarya Manivannan, Bharatanatyam dancer Archana Karry and artistes from the band ...

Activist's last battle: HC orders probe in girl's death - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Activist's last battle: HC orders probe in girl's death
Times of India
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has asked police to investigate the mysterious death of a Class 9 schoolgirl in Korattur, a case relentlessly pursued by social activist M S Sivakumar, who died in a road accident on Tuesday. Madras high court judge P ...

Bail for two in drunk driving case denied - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Bail for two in drunk driving case denied
Times of India
CHENNAI: A week after a car fatally knocked down three people, including a head constable, on Kamarajar Salai, a session court has declined to release two of the accused on bail. Principal sessions judge Aathinarayanan, dismissed the bail pleas of Anbu ...

Rs 57000 found on floor, hidden in files at Poonamallee RTO checkpost - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Rs 57000 found on floor, hidden in files at Poonamallee RTO checkpost
Times of India
CHENNAI: Officers of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption on Friday raided a RTO checkpost in Poonamallee and seized Rs 57,930 in unaccounted cash. It was found that motor vehicles inspector M Thulasiraman had engaged three people to ...

Four AIADMK weddings leave residents fuming - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Four AIADMK weddings leave residents fuming
Times of India
CHENNAI: With giant models of India Gate and Red Fort in the background, hundreds of party cadres were in attendance when four AIADMK leaders - three of them MLAs - jointly organised wedding receptions for their children in Thiruvanmiyur on Friday.

Anti-corruption teams pull off midnight bust - Times of India

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:13 PM PST


Anti-corruption teams pull off midnight bust
Times of India
CHENNAI: Directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) sleuths raided a sub-registrar's office in Guduvanchery on GST Road on Thursday evening and arrested 12 people, including three women touts, and seized nearly 2 lakh in unaccounted money.

63-year-old held for sexually abusing minor

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:16 PM PST

A 63-year-old man was arrested on Friday on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl at Neelankarai.        

In Anand's chess lab: computers, cashew, chocolates, Coldplay

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 01:56 PM PST

The biggest entertainer is two-year-old Akhil Anand, who easily manages to break tensed atmosphere.

The Hindu Prize 2013 Shortlist

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 01:37 PM PST

The much-awaited shortlist for The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013 is finally out. The panel of distinguished judges has selected the five books from which the winner will finally be chosen. The...

Breaking News

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 01:35 PM PST

Magnus Carlsen is the world's number one chess player but that counts for little in India, where he'll have to conquer local favourite Viswanathan Anand to become the first world chess champion from the West in nearly 40 years.

Picture on small buses not a party symbol: Advocate General

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 01:06 PM PST

Advocate-General Somayaji submits before High Court

When little champions made grand moves

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 12:53 PM PST

A pair of teachers from Villupuram, John Paul and Ranjith Kumar, keep an anxious watch on two 10-year-old boys who are focussing on a chess game at Nehru stadium. "Their parents are daily wage lab...

Corporation intensifies drive to remove cables

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 12:52 PM PST

The Chennai Corporation has commenced a drive to remove illegal cables on streetlights in the city. Cables on streetlights maintained by the Corporation on GST Road, Poonamallee High Road,...

At Nemmeli, the sea marches in

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 12:52 PM PST

In the past month, the sea along the stretch of ECR has advanced by 40 to 50 ft.

Shami wreaks havoc with 5-for in innings victory

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 12:20 PM PST

Kolkata: Debutant Mohammed Shami produced a devastating spell of reverse swing to return with a dream match haul of nine wickets as India spanked West Indies by an innings and 51 runs in the first Test and took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series here on Friday. Ravichandran Ashwin also made it a memorable day by cracking his second Test century and then chipped in with three wickets as the hosts ...

I was a Blank Slate for ‘Ram-Leela,’ Deepika Padukone Says

Posted: 08 Nov 2013 11:52 AM PST

– SECAUCUS, N.J. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone says she did not prepare much for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film "Ram-Leela" and was ready to be molded by the director.