Mani Ratnam admitted to Chennai hospital

September 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Unlike other artists who use big canvases to portray their work of art, Mani, a Chennai based uses a single rice grain and a mustard seed to write as many as 550 miniature alphabets. He claims to have written 550 miniature letters on a single rice grain, three chapters of a Tamil poem named 'Thirukkural' on a mustard seed.

July 23rd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday announced that his house at Gopalapuram here will be converted into a charitable hospital after he and his wife die.

July 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was admitted to the Lilavati hospital on Monday for a routine check-up of his health. According to party sources, the 82-year-old Thackeray was admitted to hospital for a routine follow-up.

May 3rd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was Sunday admitted to a private hospital here after he complained of uneasiness following a stomach upset and high fever, DMK sources said.

May 3rd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was admitted to the Apollo hospital on Sunday morning following complaints of high fever.

April 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood's most talked about married couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai won't be in India for their second wedding anniversary Monday. They have taken off on a week-long holiday to an undisclosed destination.

April 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mani Ratnam first complained of uneasiness and then left the recording studio and checked himself quietly into the Apollo Hospital on his own, says Lyricist Gulzar. 'Mani complained of uneasiness.

March 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Shooting of the Tamil remake of Bollywood hit 'Jab We Met', being directed by Mani Ratnam's protege Kannan, has begun in the city. The shooting began Wednesday in a temple attached to the massive AVM studios in the southwest suburbs here.

February 25th, 2009 ATHIRAPALLY - Shooting of Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma's forthcoming crime thriller 'Agyaat' in Kerala's Athirapally forests was suspended after the film's heroine Priyanka Kothari was injured. Speaking to IANS, production controller Chalakudy Mani Tuesday confirmed that Kothari has been injured.

February 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - In a freak accident, a man in Chennai died of burns after his beard caught fire as he smoked in bed, police said Saturday. The body of G.

February 1st, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was admitted to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi Monday and discharged later, his aide said. 'This morning (Monday) His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) was admitted to Apollo Hospital after complaining of a mild discomfort in one of his arms,' Tenzin Taklha, a senior aide to the leader, told IANS by phone.

January 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was early Monday admitted to the Sri Ramachandra Medical College Hospital here after complaining of severe backache, a spokesperson of the ruling party DMK said.

January 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was early Monday admitted to a private hospital here after complaining of severe backache, a DMK spokesperson said.

January 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood star Govinda's daughter Narmada is ready to face the camera and the anxious father has decided to produce her debut film himself. 'Narmada will launch her film career anytime in 2009.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Contrary to reports, Mani Ratnam's much-talked about film 'Ravan', starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, is not based on the epic 'Ramayana', said a source. 'The film has nothing to do with the epic 'Ramayana'.