New Delhi, Sept 7: In an intriguing turn of events, the Supreme Court today issued notice to the Supreme Court over the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts through the system of collegium, which is now in the eye of a storm. A Supreme Court Bench, hearing an PIL filed by a veteran social activist on… Read more →
The spectacular launch of Jio by Reliance may remind some of you of a similar splashy foray into mobile telephony by the same group in the 2000s. It, however, came a cropper because of a small wrinkle, in that people weren’t exactly comfortable with one basic feature: Paying the monthly bill. It reached a stage where every household had at… Read more →
Chennai, Aug 31: The announcement of Rajinikanth’s new film, under the production of his son-in-law Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films and to be directed by Pa Ranjith who handled Kabali, has surprised many. We at Crank’s News bring you the film’s full details by completely making them up, which is now a fully-accepted journalistic practice. That is because nobody takes mainstream media,… Read more →
Even before the TNPL (Tamil Nadu Premier League) began, it set a record: For sending the maximum number of info alerts and press releases to media persons. And it was at the rate of — this is a conservative estimate — 200 per hour. By the time the tournament peaks, most of the sports journalists in these parts and a… Read more →
Madras Day is the celebration of — as can be easily deduced from the name — Francis Day, the guy who is said to have founded the city of Chennai. Before Francis Day arrived here in the 1630s, the whole place was just an undulating terrain of land with no real roads, water connection, traffic signals or other such civic… Read more →
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