Tuesday, December 3, 2013

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'Titli' Singer Gopi Sundar Making Waves in Bollywood - India West

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST


India West

'Titli' Singer Gopi Sundar Making Waves in Bollywood
India West
Indian music composer Gopi Sundar feels that it has been a special year for him as his song in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Chennai Express" drew appreciation from the superstar himself. Sundar had programmed a track with composer duo Vishal-Shekhar and ...

ATM centres must have guards from January - The Hindu

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:38 PM PST


ATM centres must have guards from January
The Hindu
On Monday, senior police officials met representatives of over 40 banks, both nationalised and private sector, with branches in Chennai, at the police commissionerate. In an hour-long meeting, police provided specific guidelines for the enhancement of ATM ...

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Conman didn't put anything on paper, says house owner - Deccan Herald

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST


Conman didn't put anything on paper, says house owner
Deccan Herald
The landlord, Avinash Deepak, a Chennai-based businessman, said that he is horrified to learn of Pal's antecedents after a report on his alleged crimes appeared in the Deccan Herald on Tuesday. Pal, a kingpin in the Speak Asia scam, was arrested by Delhi ...

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Sivaji Ganesan's statue has to be shifted, say Chennai cops; court to decide - NDTV

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:21 PM PST


NDTV

Sivaji Ganesan's statue has to be shifted, say Chennai cops; court to decide
NDTV
Chennai: The statue of Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan, standing tall on the Marina Beach Road in Chennai, is in the eye of the storm. The police have told the Madras High Court that the statue obstructs traffic visibility thereby risking the lives of many on the road.

Nokia may shut Chennai plant if tax feud not resolved soon: Finnish minister - Indian Express

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:15 PM PST


Indian Express

Nokia may shut Chennai plant if tax feud not resolved soon: Finnish minister
Indian Express
Nokia might consider shutting down its handset manufacturing plant in Chennai unless its efforts to get the income-tax department to lift the freeze on its assets in India appear to be succeeding. The decision will probably have to be made in less than 10 days ...

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Major Indian City's Project To Feed The Poor Might Actually Work - Huffington Post

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 11:43 AM PST


Major Indian City's Project To Feed The Poor Might Actually Work
Huffington Post
CHENNAI, India -- At 7:30 a.m., a motley crowd of people wait outside a building in Alwarpet, an upscale area here in the capital of the south Indian state Tamil Nadu. There are daily wage laborers, security guards, taxi drivers, school children and, surprisingly ...

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Nokia's Chennai plant may be left out of Microsoft deal on tax issue - Economic Times

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 11:34 AM PST


Economic Times

Nokia's Chennai plant may be left out of Microsoft deal on tax issue
Economic Times
HELSINKI: Finland fears that Nokia could be forced to close its Chennai plant if the company's tax dispute in India is not resolved and its assets not unfrozen before December 12, when the troubled handset major is likely to give final shape to the global ...

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Nokia's Chennai plant may be left out of Microsoft deal - Business Standard

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 11:08 AM PST


Nokia's Chennai plant may be left out of Microsoft deal
Business Standard
Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has voiced concern over the Chennai plant, which employs thousands, being left out of the Microsoft-Nokia deal if the tax dispute with Indian authorities is not resolved and assets of the plant remain frozen by ...

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IPL 2013: N Srinivasan's astrologer advised MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings ... - Cricket Country

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 10:37 AM PST


Cricket Country

IPL 2013: N Srinivasan's astrologer advised MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings ...
Cricket Country
According to the Economic Times, the three advises were made on toss and batting order, also including the final of the tournament against the Kolkata Knight Riders, which Chennai lost by 23 runs. The email conversation also carried the advice which deities ...

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Support for Chennai Marathon nearly costs TN athletes dear - Deccan Herald

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 09:56 AM PST


Support for Chennai Marathon nearly costs TN athletes dear
Deccan Herald
Tamil Nadu athletes competing in the 29th Junior National Athletics Championships had a scare when the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) contemplated barring them from competing here for the State association's support for an unrecognised marathon last ...

Govt to liberalize norms for medical visas

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:35 PM PST

The government is likely to liberalize rules for medical visas, including reduction in visa fee, increase in frequency of visits and exemption from police reporting for patients.        

Jumbo concern only gets bigger

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:28 PM PST

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 3: Rising incidents of human-elephant conflict has become a headache for the state government. As many as 354 people were killed by the jumbos in the past six years, while 368 elephants died during the same period.

In India, smugglers move gold like narcotics

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:43 PM PST

SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian gold smugglers are adopting the methods of drug couriers to sidestep a government crackdown on imports of the precious metal, stashing gold in imported vehicles and even using mules who swallow nuggets to try to get them past airport security.

Bullion smuggling outstrips narcotics to feed India's gold habit

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:40 PM PST

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Sivaji Ganesan's statue has to be shifted, say Chennai cops; court to decide

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:54 PM PST

The statue of Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan, standing tall on the Marina Beach Road in Chennai, is in the eye of the storm.        

ATM centres must have guards from January

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:37 PM PST

Police ask banks to provide hi-tech cameras, ample lighting

Nokia's Chennai plant may be left out of Microsoft deal

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 11:24 AM PST

Finnish phone maker Nokia may have to exclude its Chennai plant from the $7.2-billion deal with Microsoft if tax issues facing the India unit are not resolved by next week.Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has voiced concern over the Chennai ...

Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs to Host Open Casting Call

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 11:24 AM PST

Palm Springs -- The new Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs will host The CW Network's "America's Next Top Model" open casting call on Sunday, December 15th from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Casting directors ...

Household air pollution way beyond safe limits in India

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 11:10 AM PST

The exposure atlas for household air pollution (HAP) in India, put together by a collective of global experts and led by investigators at Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), Chennai, shows that even...

'I’ve told Shahid not to meet Sylvestor Stallone'

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 10:44 AM PST

Prabhu Dheva, Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha got candid with TOI during their visit to the office.