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Super Star - Always on News

 
Dinakaran, a Tamil daily, has published a survey result conducted along with A.C.Neilson yesterday about Rajini’s political entry and his popularity among the masses. According to their survey, only 30 percent of the people welcomed his political entry and 40 percent opined against him. But more than 79 percent of people surveyed said that Rajini [...]

Actor Sarath Kumar to launch party

 
Sarath Kumar, popularly known as the “Supreme Star” among his fans, will launch a political party soon. The name of the party will be announced at the time of launch.
The party will aim to bring back the glorious days of Kamaraj rule in the State. It will be floated after consultations with intellectuals and elders [...]

Vijayakant is for alliance for Lok Sabha Polls

 
Desiya Murpoku Dravida Kazhagam chief Vijayakant said today that he was not interested in national politics, and would confine himself to State. But he is keeping the options for alliance with other parties for the Lok Sabha polls wide open.
‘I don’t aspire to become the Prime Minister of India as my interest was only in [...]

Speed: 2011 World Cup will be shorter

International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has admitted the current World Cup tournament has been too long. The 47-day event is generally considered to have been a lacklustre affair and its length is one of a number of aspects to have been criticised. The tournament has failed to sustain mass interest over its six [...]

Jayalalithaa gets bomb threat

Security has been beefed up near the residence of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa after an anonymous letter threatening to kill the former chief minister was received, police said on Monday.
The letter, received at the office of Jaya TV on Sunday, threatened to assassinate Jayalalithaa. It also asked the channel to “stop its criticism of Chief Minister [...]

Khusboo launched calcium enriched ice cream from Lever

A new brand of calcium enriched ice cream from Hindustan Lever was launched nationally at a function in the city on Wednesday by well known actress Khusboo. She said there was a lot of misconception that children would develop cold and cough if they ate ice creams. “There is no link between ice cream and cold,” [...]

Chief Minister M Karunanidhi warned of action against Vijayakanth-led DMDK

Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today warned of action against Vijayakanth-led DMDK, if it resorted to an agitation saying that bus fares had been hiked in the State.
It may be recalled that DMDK had announced that a demonstration would be held in Villupuram on 11 April, alleging that additional fare is being collected in buses which [...]

Malaysian minister Sivalingam dies in Chennai

Malaysian Urban Development Minister Datto Sivalingam died of heart attack at Chennai on April 4.
Sivalingam (62), accompanied by his daughter Vasantha, arrived here this morning from Kuala Lumpur on a personal visit. He complained of chest pain on arrival.
He was rushed to a hospital where he breathed his last.
Sivalingam had come to Chennai en route [...]

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