‘V1 will help people overcome fear’

Arun Castro, an alumni of New York Film Academy and Indian School of Drama, is making his debut as hero in a movie titled ‘V1’. Interestingly, it is directed by actor Pawal Navageethan, who played meaty roles in several movies in the past. Vishnupria plays the female lead and she also essays a cop.

Housing sales crumbles to 9.5% in July-Sep in 9 cities

Housing sales declined 9.5 per cent during July-September period across nine major cities to 52,855 units on low demand as economic slowdown and liquidity crisis weighed on buyer sentiment, a PropEquity report said.

RTI: Over 3,400 branches of 26 PSBs closed or merged in last 5 years

Over 3,400 branches of 26 public sector banks (PSBs) have been either closed or merged during the last five financial years due to merger under the consolidation exercise in the banking space, revealed an RTI query. Of this, 75 per cent of the affected branches belong to the country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI).

Nithya Menen is thrilled to play Jaya

After Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death, several filmmakers ventured to direct a biopic on the actress-politician. Among them is A Priyadhaarshini, who is making her directorial debut with the film titled, ‘The Iron Lady’.

Rajnath Singh to address defence industry in Moscow

A 50-member industry delegation will visit Moscow on 5-6 November to explore ways to jointly manufacture spares and components with Russia’s original equipments manufacturers (OEMs) under the Make in India initiative, the industry body stated.

Eureka Forbes launchees air purifiers

Eureka Forbes Limited has launched its finest purifiers to date – Aeroguard AP 700 DX and Dr Aeroguard HPA 500. They are air purifiers with a disease protection system and an H1N1 HEPA filter that helps prevent swine flu.

Haier’s latest dual zone cellars

The wine cellars have a capacity to store up to 137 and 53 bottles respectively and are controlled with separate temperature modes that are ideal for maintaining the taste and texture of red and white wines.

Will Delhi pollution hit Chennai?

Refuting theories which claimed that Delhi’s smog descending over Tamilnadu’s skyline, the Indian Metereological Department today stated that the capital’s pollution level would not affect the southern State.