Day: January 28, 2019

‘Nadodigal 2’, directed by Samuthirakani with Sasikumar is all complete and ready for release soon. The film, which will be the duo’s second collaboration after 2011 ‘Poraali’, has Anjali as the female lead.

The Arora family, behind the B&M chain of discount stores, paid 25.6 million pounds towards their 2017-18 tax bill against wealth estimated at 2,300 million pounds. 

Actress Shraddha Srinath of ‘Vikram Vedha’ has been offerd a role in Alith 59, a remake of Hindi blockbuster ‘Pink’. The movie is produced by Boney Kapoor and directed by H Vinodh Kumar of ‘Sathuranga Vettai’ and ‘Theeran Adhigaram Ondru’ fame.

With its Indian wireless business under pressure from competitors Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea, Bharti Airtel Ltd has decided to double down on its Africa unit and will spend close to $2.4 billion to expand its high-speed 4G data network across the continent, according to sources.

The BJP led NDA government will present its interim budget for 2019 in the Parliament on 1 February. It is called an ‘interim’ budget as it is an election year and the budget will hold only till the current government is in power, which is for two months of FY 2019-20.

The Lok Sabha election schedule is likely to be announced in the first week of March and the election may take place in April and May as Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the Chief Secretaries and Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories regarding the transfer and posting of officers in the light of the general elections.

The Supreme Court today asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to specify by 30 January the date on which it wanted to interrogate Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, in the INX Media and the Aircel Maxis cases.

The Shiv Sena today said it is unfortunate that the icon of the country’s freedom struggle Veer Savarkar has been neglected even in the Modi era and not honoured with the Bharat Ratna.

Chennai’s one and only toll-free highway, Outer Ring Road (ORR), which is also the city’s most sophisticated stretch, all this while, is soon going to get not one but four toll plazas.

The Madras High Court today issued a notice to Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) asking it why can’t the forthcoming Ilayaraja-75, a mega event to honour the veteran music composer, organised by the film industry be postponed from 2 and 3 February to a later date.