Astronaut seeks to lift cloud of doubt on moon landing
US astronaut Marsha Ivins sought to deny Monday claims by some film-makers and websites that no American ever set foot on the moon but were videographed in a Nasa studio.
Delivering a lecture at B.S.
Trai leaves Arasu cable TV in spot
Cable TV operators in Chennai are a confused lot. With the Trai-set July deadline for providing set top boxes to cable TV users nearing, it is unlikely the state-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation (ACTL)
Chennai running out of breath
Chennai seems to be in news for all the unhealthy reasons. After being labelled the diabetes capital of the country, it is now being called the asthma capital.
With vehicle population in TN crossing
No takers for arts, sciences
With about 51,538 seats going vacant in 133 aided and 421 self-financing colleges in the state last year, and about 50 arts and science colleges in the city and its suburbs affiliated to Madras Univer
Heat-stress cases flood doctors in Chennai
With the mercury inching towards the 40-degree mark, city doctors are receiving cases of heat stress, especially in patients with heart disease and long-term diabetes. Even as the summer is known to s
Gifted kids need special education system: Expert
With India joining the world’s other forward nations in providing high quality school education, Prof Taisir Subhi Yamin, a professor of gifted education and head of International Centre for Innovati
Dhoni to decide retirement plans depending on his fitness
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday rubbished talks about his retirement plans in 2013, saying his comments made during the Australian tour were ‘blown out of proportion’ and there was still
Teso seeks Eelam referendum
DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday revived the Tamil Eelam Supporters’ Organisation (Teso) with a couple of allies and got a resolution passed urging the Centre to get the United Nations to hold a
Doug Bollinger’s warm nandri
Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger is one of the ‘cool guys’ in the Chennai Super Kings IPL team.
He has an infectious smile and always reciprocates a nod with a full-hearted ‘Hi’, whether to a f
Artistes, writers donate money for film
In a novel initiative, a two-hour film in Tamil has been produced with contributions from theatre artistes and writers across the state.
The film, completed in 55 days, will be released early June.