Making mobiles theft-proof with new technology

Mobile users who want to make their phones theft-proof can use a new technology developed by a US-based firm that is being offered in India by Chennai-based California Software Company Limited (Calsoft).
The product, Theftguard ME, can completely disable the device when lost or stolen, Calsoft said in a release here Thursday.
Developed by Texas-based Softex Inc, [...]

Gabbana to open first branch in Chennai

Gabbana, Colombo has plans to branch out and expand activities overseas. April will see Gabbana Sri Lanka opening its first overseas branch in Chennai, India, a spokesman for Gabbana said.
“Expanding overseas is a very big step for us, and we would not have been able to do it without our great team. The staff at [...]

8,000 Citi jobs may be shifted to Indian BPOs

Nearly 85 per cent of the 9,500 jobs that Citigroup says it will move to low-cost destinations may come to India.
Citigroup Inc yesterday announced its decision to slash 17,000 jobs, largely in the consumer finance and investment banking business. Sources close to the developments indicate that 8,000 of these could be shifted to India. The [...]

Chennai Port draws up business plan

UK-based consultants Deloitte Tohmatsu has submitted its report to Chennai Port Trust on a business development plan which has a target to expand container handling to five million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) by 2027 from the present 8.85 lakh TEUs.
Similar business plans were being developed for major ports under the instructions from the Prime Minister’s [...]

U.S. city San Antonio offer to Chennai

The Government of San Antonio, a city in the southwest of the U.S., has expressed interest in a `sister city’ partnership with Chennai to promote cultural and economic ties. Sister Cities International is a diplomacy network for partnerships between cities in the U.S. and cities in other countries at the municipal-level.
San Antonio, the second largest [...]

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,” [...]

High Income Groups(HIG) residential complexes in Chennai

Two real estate companies on Thursday announced that they were coming up with residential complexes for the high income groups, particularly for IT professionals, in the city.
The Dubai based ETA Star property developers,which has constructed many residential complexes in Bangalore and other parts of the country, said it was coming out with its maiden project [...]

Afro-Asian Cup at Chennai and Bangalore

The second edition of the Afro-Asian Cup featuring three day-night one-day matches will be hosted by Bangalore and Chennai in June, Sharad Pawar, chairman of the Afro-Asian Cricket Co-operation, said on Wednesday.
“It’s the first major collaboration on any sporting level between the two continents and I’m sure, it will come to be seen as a [...]

Teenagers Urge Chennai 600028 to be released on April 27

The producers, SP Charan and JK Saravana and the director, Venkat Prabhu, of the much awaited Chennai 600028 received more then 2000 emails urging them to postpone the release of Chennai 600028.
Hence, the team took a last minute decision last night to honor the request of the Indian teenagers.
Currently, the Board Examinations are in progress [...]

Learnt a lot working with Cheran: Navya

Navya Nair is all thrilled with the release of Mayakkannadi this weekend. She plays the heroine to Cheran in the movie.
A thrilled Navya Nair says, “I am fortunate to have acted with a talented film personality like Cheran in two consecutive
films. After completing Aadum Koothu. I was assigned to act with Cheran again for Mayakkannadi. [...]