Thiruvananthapuram, January 24: Marine engineer turned film director Sohan Roy, whose "DAM 999" failed to secure a nomination for the 84th Academy Awards, is unfazed about missing out and is already planning his next project. Speaking to IANS over the telephone from Dubai, Roy was graceful in defeat, saying his film's journey ...

Chennai, January 23: Tamil Nadu police Monday arrested former DMK minister M.P. Saminathan following a land grab complaint against him, officials said. Saminathan, former minister for highways in the erstwhile DMK government, was arrested at his residence near Tirupur, about 400 km from here. Many senior leaders and former ministers of the DMK ...

Chennai, January 21: India's first 500-MW prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR), being set up at Kalpakkam near here, is likely to go critical early next year and commercial generation of electricity is expected in March 2015. "Construction activities will come to close this year-end. Loading of the part fuel is expected to ...

Chennai, January 20: The Madras High Court Friday stayed the Tamil Nadu government's decision to convert the new assembly complex into a multi-speciality hospital. Hearing a public interest litigation filed against the conversion, the court ordered an interim stay till the state government receives the no objection certificate (NOC) from the union ...

New Delhi, January 19: Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pokutty, who won the international honour for his work in "Slumdog Millionaire", has been roped in for megastar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya's directorial debut "3". "It's a great pleasure telling you guys that Oscar winner Resul Pookutty sir will be working with us in our ...

Chennai, January 18: M.S. Ponnuthai, a legendary woman nagaswaram (traditional Indian music instrument) artist, died at her residence in Madurai after a short illness, her family said. She was 84. Her grandson T. Vigneshwaran said Ponnuthai passed away Tuesday. Braving societal opposition, she stormed into the nagaswaram scene -- till then a male ...

Thiruvananthapuram, January 18: A statewide shutdown called to demand a new dam to replace the leaking structure at Mullaperiyar turned out to be a damp squib Wednesday. Barring the Idukki district where the dam is located, normal life appeared the least affected, with vehicles plying and all establishments open. The Mullaperiyar Action Committee ...

Chennai, January 5: Over 20,000 doctors with private practices or working in private hospitals across Tamil Nadu, barring the major corporate hospital chains, struck work Thursday to protest against the Jan 2 killing of a woman doctor in Tuticorin by an enraged relative. The strike, called by the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) ...

Chennai, January 4: Government doctors in Tamil Nadu went on a strike Wednesday protesting against the killing of a lady doctor T. Sethulakshmi working in the Employees State Insurance Hospital (ESI) in Tuticorin two days ago. More than 15,000 doctors across the state participated in the strike though emergency services were not ...

Thiruvananthapuram, January 4: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Wednesday a new Mullaperiyar Dam will soon be a reality. "A new dam is now under active consideration and this is the reward for the stand that all political parties and the people of our state took for a new dam," Chandy told ...