R. Madhavan to endorse Spark Mobiles

August 3rd, 2009 Iran's Ahmadinejad to be endorsed for 2nd termTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme Leader is to formally endorse Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president, a step leading up to his inauguration in parliament. But the country's opposition and moderates — including former president Hashemi Rafsanjani — say they'll boycott Monday's ceremony in defiance of an election they decry as fraudulent.

May 20th, 2009 KOCHI - Self-professed spiritual guru and astrologer to the stars Swami Amritananthachaithanya alias Santosh Madhavan was Wednesday sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for raping and sexually exploiting two people, including a minor girl, by a Kerala court. The Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court has also asked Madhavan, who was arrested last year, to pay Rs.220,000 to the two victims.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Shia Labeouf says he had dated singer Rihanna once but they failed to hit it off because they 'weren't passionate about each other'. LaBeouf reveals he was 'infatuated' with Rihanna and was stunned when he found out that she was trying to get in touch with him.

April 25th, 2009 Film: 'Guru En Aalu'; Cast: Madhavan, Mamta Mohandas, Abbas; Cinematography: U.K. Senthil Kumar; Music: Srikant Deva; Direction: Selva; Rating: * While remaking a hit, specialist directors and cinematographers of the craft have no reason to sweat as available material is already cut-and-dried.

April 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - Actor R. Madhavan has thought of a unique method to get ideas for making a sequel to his spooky thriller '13 B' - he has decided to take director Vikram Kumar on all all-expenses paid holiday.

March 29th, 2009 Multilingual actor R. Madhavan, who was after a long time seen in a solo lead in recent horror film '13B', doesn't mind doing multi-starrer Hindi films.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Until recently, they would all have their favourite songs playing as the ring tone on their mobiles. But now a call to most Congress leaders in Chandigarh sounds the same.

March 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - In these high-tech times of the cell phone and email, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Orissa, M.A. Kharabela Swain, has faith in the old method of sending personally signed post cards to voters.

March 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - The makers of horror movie '13B' can't stop smiling these days as their work seems to be heading to Hollywood. A film studio in the US has shown interest in acquiring the rights to remake it as an English film.

February 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Having shot in Bangalore for over a month with Aamir Khan for Rajkumar Hirani's 'Three Idiots', actor R. Madhavan is sad that the schedule is over and misses all the fun they had.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Most actors his age opt for various techniques to maintain their youthful looks, but 38-year-old multilingual actor R. Madhavan says many people still find him cute and reveals that his 'no meat' diet is what keeps him going.

February 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Police in Jharkhand are taking on gun-toting Maoists by equipping villagers with mobile phones - and the move is sure helping strengthen the information network against the rebels. Ever since they started distributing mobile phones free of cost in the West Singhbhum district last month, police say they have received valuable information from villagers about the whereabouts and movements of Maoists.

January 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anil Kakodkar, head of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and one of the architects of the India-US nuclear deal, and G. Madhavan Nair, chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) that launched the lunar mission last year, are honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour.

January 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor, who is fast turning into an advertisers' delight, has declined to endorse an international cosmetic brand because her hands are full. 'The international brand is a trademark to reckon with.

January 11th, 2009 KOCHI - A Kerala court Monday sentenced a senior police official and three others to six months imprisonment for custodial torture of a newspaper editor nearly 11 years ago. Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate P.D.