Chennai News

Aditya finishes sixth in Macau

Aditya Patel finished sixth in the season-ending Formula BMW Pacific race that was run as part of the 55th Macau Grand Prix programme at the Guia street circuit in Macau Sunday.5:02 PM on November 16

CPI for all-party meet to discuss Lankan Tamil tangle

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has called for an all-party meeting Monday to deliberate upon possible solutions for the Sri Lankan Tamil tangle.12:00 AM on November 16

Aditya qualifies ninth in Macau GP

India's Aditya Patel of Team Eurasia Motorsport, qualified ninth for Sunday's Formula BMW Pacific season-ending race at the Macau Grand Prix in Macau Saturday.9:31 PM on November 15

Formula BMW: Aditya qualifies 9th in Macau Grand Prix

India's Aditya Patel of Team Eurasia Motorsport, qualified ninth for Sunday's Formula BMW Pacific season-ending race at the Macau Grand Prix in Macau, Saturday.8:00 PM on November 15

Now, film on Chennai's recent law college violence

The recent violence in the Dr Ambedkar Law College here will be the subject of a forthcoming Tamil movie, a film producer said Saturday.6:32 PM on November 15

'Kuselan' fiasco continues to affect Tamil filmdom

The debacle of Rajnikant-starrer 'Kuselan' at the box office continues to dog the Tamil film industry. A Tamil film exhibitors body Friday decided to boycott two forthcoming films of production houses Pyramid Saimira and Kavithalaya, claiming they had not paid the promised compensation for 'Kuselan'.1:02 AM on November 15

Another clash in Chennai college leaves three students injured

Tamil and non-Tamil students here clashed over food served in a college hostel Friday that left three students injured, police said. This was the second violent clash between students in the city within three days.10:31 PM on November 14

Cashier jailed for 3 years for misappropriation

A court here sentenced the cashier of an insurance company to three years' rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of misappropriating funds, prosecution sources said Friday.9:31 PM on November 14

'Leadership is a critical challenge during slowdown'

Leading people during a slowdown is the most critical challenge facing corporate managers, said a top industry official here Friday.8:04 PM on November 14

Consumer goods firms cutting costs to lather up profits

Though the economic downslide has not really affected fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturers so far, two city-based companies - Henkel India and CavinKare - have started cutting costs to stay fit.7:00 PM on November 14

Karunanidhi rejects scribes' prosecution in phone-tapping scandal

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi told the state assembly Friday that the government has rejected the P. Shanmugham enquiry commission's recommendations to prosecute leading English and vernacular language journalists over a a phone-tapping scandal.6:01 PM on November 14

Madura Micro Finance Limited disburses Rs. 10.05 crores in October 2008

Total amount disbursed since Apr'06 - 296.75 Cr. & for the current financial year till October 08 is Rs.66.17 Crores; 2 more districts added - Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri5:54 PM on November 14

Karunanidhi again demands Indian intervention in Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Friday insisted on a political road map to end Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, saying India needed to take pro-active measures to end the strife.5:00 PM on November 14

Chennai law college fracas: police commissioner transferred

The Tamil Nadu government Thursday evening transferred city Police Commissioner R. Sekar following Wednesday's violence at the law college in which three students were seriously injured while the police allegedly remained mute spectators.10:30 PM on November 13

Chettinad Health City hosts "FUSION CHETTINAD 2008"

Chennai's first South Zone, Inter- Medical and Dental College Cultural extravaganza10:06 PM on November 13