Monday, January 6, 2014

chennai news

chennai news


Amitabh Bachchan: I never imagined Abhishek would be what he is today

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 03:31 PM PST

Amitabh Bachchan praises his son for his work in the record-breaking Dhoom: 3 .        

Dhoom: 3 beats Chennai Express as biggest opening Indian film ever

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 03:29 PM PST

The film's total box office is estimated to exceed $28.11 million.        

Tamil Nadu to get more observation wells

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 01:51 PM PST

Will help collect accurate data on groundwater level and quality

Emrip inauguration put off to February

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 01:37 PM PST

The Rs. 600-crore Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (Emrip) will miss its third deadline in a span of seven months, due to a delay in shifting of tenements by State government officials.

Theft of debit cards on the rise

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 01:36 PM PST

Large amounts of cash stolen as PINs are often stored along with the card

Ahmedabad airport privatization bidding process deferred by a month

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 01:14 PM PST

The bidding process for handing over the operation and maintenance of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to a private player has been postponed by a month.        

Stranded Army boats towed to Karaikal coast

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 12:21 PM PST

A sailing expedition by the Army Adventure Club ran into trouble on Monday after two boats with 12 sailors got stranded off Nagapattinam following rough weather. The boats were towed to the K...

Daily Bagel: Serena Williams returns to Rod Laver Arena

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:42 AM PST

The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet. • Video: Some slo-mo action from Serena Williams' first practice in Rod Laver Arena this year.

Speedy Aamir's Dhoom 3 vrooms past SRK's Chennai Express in overseas markets

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:24 AM PST

Dhoom 3 earned Rs 150 cr so far while Chennai Express made Rs 119 cr

Supplied various parts for ISRO rocket: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 09:47 AM PST

The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) supplied 13 types of riveted structural assemblies and seven types of welded fuel tanks, including the critical cryogenic stage, for the Indian space agency's rocket launched successfully Sunday to inject an advanced communication satellite into orbit.

AirAsia forces airlines to expand in southern India - Economic Times

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 02:36 PM PST


AirAsia forces airlines to expand in southern India
Economic Times
"What has helped increased flights is airlines like AirAsia India stating that they will use Chennai as their base of operations and following such announcements, we have seen other airlines such as IndiGo, Jet Airways and SpiceJet increase daily flights from ...

Emrip inauguration put off to February - The Hindu

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 01:30 PM PST


Emrip inauguration put off to February
The Hindu
The project, conceived a decade ago, is aimed at decongesting the road from Madhavaram junction to the Chennai Port Trust of vehicular traffic. The Unions shipping minister G.K. Vasan laid the foundation stone for this project in January 2011 and it was to ...

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Theft of debit cards on the rise - The Hindu

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 01:29 PM PST


Theft of debit cards on the rise
The Hindu
Retired AIR employee Vijayalakshmi, homemaker Sripriya and IT professional Sukumar, residents of Chennai, have one thing in common: they are all victims of debit card thefts. The blunder they all made — writing down their Personal Identification Number ...

Man held for posing as TTE, extorting cash - Times of India

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 12:11 PM PST


Man held for posing as TTE, extorting cash
Times of India
PUNE: Alert passengers on the Chennai-Mumbai Express on Saturday nabbed a 25-year-old man, who posed as a train ticket examiner (TTE) and tried to extract money from ticket-less travellers. The Government Railway Police (GRP) have identified the ...

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Local Anaesthesia Soothes Open Wounds - The New Indian Express

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:52 AM PST


Local Anaesthesia Soothes Open Wounds
The New Indian Express
Chaos, controversies, contradictions, there was no shortage of problems leading into the 19th edition of the Chennai Open. These idiosyncrasies of Indians at the helm of affairs have become a common phenomenon before the start of any big event in the ...

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Speedy Aamir's Dhoom 3 vrooms past SRK's Chennai Express in overseas ... - Business Standard (blog)

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 11:16 AM PST


Speedy Aamir's Dhoom 3 vrooms past SRK's Chennai Express in overseas ...
Business Standard (blog)
The business done by Shah Rukh Khan's films on foreign soil is one of the factors that have over the years brought him fame as the "king of Bollywood". While his Chennai Express earned 28 per cent of its box-office collections abroad, his Ra.One did 24 per ...

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Sudha Ragunathan's book launch at Rain Tree in Chennai - Times of India

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:53 AM PST


Times of India

Sudha Ragunathan's book launch at Rain Tree in Chennai
Times of India
It's a busy time for Carnatic musicians, with many of them sabha-hopping for performances. But a lot of them were present for Sudha Ragunathan's coffee table book launch titled 'Sampurna' at the Rain Tree Hotel in Chennai and used that time to catch up with ...

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Miss India 2014 Chennai Audition: Finalists - Times of India

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:40 AM PST


Miss India 2014 Chennai Audition: Finalists
Times of India
fbb Femina Miss India 2014 Chennai Audition: Finalists. 1/9. 01. Three lucky aspirants were selected at the Chennai audition on Sunday to compete at the final audition round in Mumbai for the fbb Femina Miss India 2014 pageant. From left to right - Sofia ...

Aeromodelling provides a high to Chennai youngsters - Times of India

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:33 AM PST


Times of India

Aeromodelling provides a high to Chennai youngsters
Times of India
According to Mangesh, the events that he has attended in Chennai have helped him explore this field better and develop an interest in it. "The best thing is that one gets hands-on experience during these competitions. The sense of achievement once you see ...

fbb Femina Miss India 2014 auditons at The Park, Chennai - Times of India

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:33 AM PST


fbb Femina Miss India 2014 auditons at The Park, Chennai
Times of India
Chennai is known for its rich culture, its beauty, and its beautiful people. And this vibrant city recently witnessed an overwhelming response to the auditions of fbb Femina Miss India 2014. The city truly never fails to surprise with the amount of talent that it has ...

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

chennai news

chennai news


Stanislas Wawrinka Wins Chennai Open - Indiatimes.com

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:55 PM PST


Indiatimes.com

Stanislas Wawrinka Wins Chennai Open
Indiatimes.com
CHENNAI: In the area around SDAT Stadium Nunagbakkam the name Stanislas Wawrinka has brought the city to a standstill. He was the cynosure of all eyes – media wanted quotes from him, the photographers clicked hundreds of pictures of his. On the day ...

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Keep ruling, Bollywood wishes Deepika Padukone on birthday - Daily News & Analysis

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:36 PM PST


Daily News & Analysis

Keep ruling, Bollywood wishes Deepika Padukone on birthday
Daily News & Analysis
Actress Deepika Padukone got her name written in history after giving four back-to-back hits like "Chennai Express" and "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" in 2013. And on her 28th birthday Sunday, Bollywood celebrities wished she keeps ruling the film industry.

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Stanislas Wawrinka wins, faces Vasselin in Chennai Open final - Daily News & Analysis

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:33 PM PST


Daily News & Analysis

Stanislas Wawrinka wins, faces Vasselin in Chennai Open final
Daily News & Analysis
Former champion Stanislas Wawrinka on Saturday lived up to his top billing by cruising into the summit clash of the ATP Chennai Open here, where he will take on seventh seed Edouard Roger Vasselin of France. Swiss top seed Stanislas Wawrinka was ...

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Woman, 73, helps foil heist attempt at bank - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:31 PM PST


Woman, 73, helps foil heist attempt at bank
Times of India
CHENNAI: Burglars attempted to loot a bank in Santhome early Sunday morning by cutting through a grille in the rear of the building, but were stopped in their tracks by a 73-year-old resident of the locality. An investigating officer said Saraswathi, who lives on ...

Hospital owner, gang attack doc - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:58 PM PST


Hospital owner, gang attack doc
Times of India
CHENNAI: A seven-member gang led by the son of the chairman of a medical college barged into a hospital in KK Nagar early on Sunday and assaulted a doctor, his wife and son before ransacking the premises. The assault was captured by surveillance ...

Chennai coastline to get snazzy with govt realty project - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:56 PM PST


Chennai coastline to get snazzy with govt realty project
Times of India
CHENNAI: Foreshore Estate off Marina may turn into a swank esplanade with the state government planning to build 560 high-end apartments on the sea-front. The apartments costing 1.21 crore to 1.97 crore will come up between Santhome High Road and ...

15 children hurt after school bus hits parked lorry - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:56 PM PST


15 children hurt after school bus hits parked lorry
Times of India
SRIKAKULAM: A school bus belonging to the Kuntikota Narayana School of Nandigama village in Srikakulam district hit a parked lorry on the Chennai-Kolkata national highway at about 12 noon on Sunday. Of the 40 kids travelling in the bus, about 15 were ...

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Residents give up voter ID cards to protest road closure - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST


Residents give up voter ID cards to protest road closure
Times of India
CHENNAI: While this year's flavor is definitely election, residents of twin residential localities in Taramani on Sunday have decided to surrender their voter ID card for a civic cause. Two residential localities, Kalikundram and Kaanagam, located between ...

AAP gains ground, may contest from Chennai - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST


AAP gains ground, may contest from Chennai
Times of India
CHENNAI: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls, it was a busy day for the party in the city. From advocates to activists to autorickshaw drivers, doctors, students and IT professionals made a beeline to join the party ...

Jaya announces Pongal bonus for employees - Times of India

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:52 PM PST


Jaya announces Pongal bonus for employees
Times of India
CHENNAI: The state government on Sunday announced Pongal bonus for its employees and pensioners, which would cost the exchequer a sum of 308.28 crore. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa announced a bonus of 3,000 each for Group C and Group D ...

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Locomotive derails at City Railway Station

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST

The schedule of some trains went haywire after an air-conditioned (AC) locomotive derailed at the Bangalore City Railway Station on Sunday. According to sources, the locomotive derailed in the morning during tack alignment. Due to the accident, Kaveri Express was held up at Baiyyappanahalli for almost an hour, while Lalbagh Express (which runs from Bangalore to Chennai) was detained on the ...

Overtime

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 04:00 PM PST

A French state prosecutor in Paris said Sunday that he wants to obtain an alleged mobile-phone video of a skiing accident that critically injured Formula One legend Michael Schumacher.

GSLV soars to space with Indian cryogenic engine

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:43 PM PST

India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle put a 2.1-ton communications satellite in orbit Sunday, boosting prospects for the medium-class launcher after a spate of mishaps in recent years.

AAP gains ground, may contest from Chennai

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 03:14 PM PST

The party, which has been gaining traction in the city since the Delhi elections, will announce its list of candidates and the constituencies where it plans to field them by the end of January. Chennai is likely to be one of the constituencies.        

Sec 377: It’s a dogma eat dogma world, at Marina

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:59 PM PST

One side came armed with scriptures, the other used rationale as ammunition. For every verse from a religious text that was hurled to affirm homosexuality was a 'sin', excerpts from research papers were shot back.        

Missing Marathi actress may have been murdered

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 02:14 PM PST

Kopri police, however, clarified that they would register a kidnapping case once they establish it.        

Rafael Nadal opens his season with win at Qatar Open

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:48 PM PST

The top-ranked Spaniard defeats France's Gael Monfils in three sets for the tournament title. Rafael Nadal opened his 2014 campaign by winning his first title of the year, defeating Gael Monfils , 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2 at the Qatar Open tennis tournament on Saturday.        

Aircel Chennai Open 2014: Stanislas Wawrinka and the changing times

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:34 PM PST

Author : Musab Abid Stanislas Wawrinka with the 2014 Chennai Open trophy It's always been considered fashionable to say, preferably with a sigh of thinly veiled disapproval, that 'the times have changed'. These four simple words immediately make the speaker sound experienced, perceptive and wise, all at the same time, so it's not hard to […]

I will accept no one except my father as party leader: M.K. Alagiri

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:22 PM PST

Even while M.K. Stalin is emerging as future leader of the DMK, his elder brother M.K. Alagiri made it clear that he would not accept anyone except his father and party chief M. Karunanidhi as his...

Wawrinka wins Chennai Open title in style

Posted: 05 Jan 2014 01:16 PM PST

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka regained the Chennai Open title without dropping a set in the tournament when he defeated Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday.