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Hindusthan Educational Institutions will organise a walk-in interview
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, College, Communication, Education, Information, Science, examination, programme, student on March 11th, 2010
Hindusthan Educational Institutions will organise a walk-in interview for process associates at Hindusthan College of Arts and Science on March 13 at 9.30 a.m.
Experience
According to a release, BA, B. Com., BCA, BBA, BBM, B. Sc., M.Sc. (non-IT), and MA graduates who have passed out in the 2006-09 batches with no backlog are eligible to attend. They should also have experience in financial services’ industry / shared services / Knowledge Process Outsourcing. The positions are based in Chennai. Interested candidates should walk in with a copy of their resume and passport size photograph.
Road works to be taken up in Coimbatore
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Departments, Other, Tamil Conference, Transport, meeting, modification on March 10th, 2010
The Coimbatore Corporation is all set to provide a fresh tar top to some of the major thoroughfares in the city in view of the World Classical Tamil Conference in June.
The Coimbatore Corporation Council recently cleared bids for these works estimated at Rs.10.45 crore.
Some of the roads that will be provided a new tar top are: 100 Feet Road (Rajendra Prasad Road), Nava India Road (tar top and widening), Sowripalayam Road (up to Masakalipalayam), Dr. Balasundaram Road, Sanganur Road (from Mettupalayam Road to Sathyamangalam Road), Sundakamuthur Bypass Road and N.S.R. Road. A few other thoroughfares and link roads will also be re-laid. The Corporation has already cleared some road works.
Apart from the new surface for the roads, the civic body will also lay a 40 ft scheme road near Rangavilas Mill and construct a bridge near G.V. Residency to link it with Sowripalayam Road. The work is estimated to cost Rs.75 lakh.
Pedestrian pavements would be laid from Anna Statue to Lakshmi Mills on Avanashi Road. Pavements and storm water drains would be constructed from Huzur Road to Puliyakulam. Pavements would also be built along Krishnaswamy Road.
According to the Corporation, many road works are being taken up as the Tamil meet is the best opportunity to carry out these.
Over the last two to three meetings, the Council had witnessed a number of requests from councillors for laying new link or scheme roads and to re-lay some of the roads that were in poor condition.
These were in addition to the list already drawn up by the Corporation for improvements in view of the conference.
Demands to improve the condition of Marudamalai Road and Perur Road were also made at the meetings. Councillors pointed out that the participants at the conference might visit the heritage and pilgrimage centres of Perur and Marudamalai.
Officials clarified that these roads were under the control of the State Highways and the department would carry out improvements.
At one meeting, Leader of the Opposition and DMK member V.N. Udayakumar said at least 130 scheme roads earmarked in the Master Plan were yet to be laid.
Responding to this, Commissioner Anshul Mishra said the Plan never spoke of the funding. “The Tamil conference is a boon to us, as it is bringing funds from the Government to carry our improvements to the roads,” he pointed out.
Baby elephant fell in tank local people removed it taking the mother elephant
A female elephant and its calf strayed from the forest and entered into a banana field near a private engineering college near Kovaipudur outskirts of the city late last night.
Forest officials told UNI today that the baby elephant fell into a small tank in the field.
Forest officials and local people removed it from the tank after taking the mother elephant away to some distance. Later, both the mother and the baby were guided back into the Madhukkari forests,
Coimbatore Tourist Taxi Owners’ Association meeting on March 10
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Information, Transport, businesses, meeting, vehicles on March 9th, 2010
Coimbatore Tourist Taxi, Van and Travel Owners’ Association has convened a meeting on March 10 to reach a consensus on the terms and conditions for letting the cabs on hire for the World Classical Tamil Conference to be held here in June.
In a release, R.Suresh Babu, secretary of the association, said that a proposal had been given to the government following a request from the Transport Department to provide 1,000 vehicles. The proposal had raised the following issues: fixing the hire charges per day for different types of vehicles; whether per day rent is applicable for the utilisation of the vehicle from morning to evening and not on the basis of 24 hours; giving driver bata of Rs. 250 the same day or as advance for 10 days.
The proposal had also sought an assurance for settlement of the bills within 15 to 20 days besides arrangements for refuelling of vehicles.
The meeting would finalise the terms and conditions based on the opinions voiced by the members.
Tamil Conference development works relating before April end
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Departments, Festivals, Information, Tamil Conference, government, meeting, programme on March 6th, 2010
Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin instructed the officials to complete the development works relating to the World Classical Tamil Conference before April end.
Stalin, who conducted a review meeting here on Friday, stressed the need for the early completion of the works being undertaken by the departments and Coimbatore corporation.
District Collector P Umanath told Stalin that all groundwork for the establishment of the parks had been completed and a Chennai-based trust would commence the works shortly.
The collector also informed that underground cable laying works by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) on Avinashi and Tiruchy Roads at Rs 56 crore were in full swing.
While underground cable laying on Avinashi Road would be completed before March end, such works on Tiruchy Road would be over before April end, Umanath said.
Stalin advised State Highways Minister M P Saminathan to ensure that works on 17 roads at a cost of Rs 60 lakh, widening of Trichy Road at a cost of Rs 16 crore and Hope College Railway flyover should be completed before April end.
Two AIADMK MLAs were injured on bullock cart
MLAs and other leaders of AIADMK travelling in a bullock car to attend the demonstration in Coimbatore on Saturday.
Two AIADMK MLAs were injured on Saturday when they fell from a bullock cart, in which they were coming to the venue of a protest demonstration by the party here against the hike in petrol and diesel prices.
T. Malaravan, the city MLA, and Prema, another MLA, representing Avinashi in the district, were leading a five bullock cart procession near Red Cross Building, where the demonstration was going on.
As the cart neared the venue, one of the party workers loosened the rope tied to the cart and bullock, so as to stop the cart and help MLAs get down. However, the cart tilted and both the MLAs fell down.
While Malaravan, with head and chest injuries, was admitted to the ICU in a nearby private hospital, Prema, with minor injuries, was treated as outpatient, hospital sources said.
Party workers held the demonstration, criticising the UPA government for its “failure to rein in spiralling prices” and also condemned the petrol price hike.
IT applications in the TN Electricity Board launched in May
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Information, Information Technology (IT), Other, Public, programme, student on March 6th, 2010
A project to implement Information Technology applications in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board would be launched in May and completed in two to three years, a top official said today.
IT applications would be introduced in a phased manner in 110 cities and towns identified for the purpose, IT and Energy Secretary PWC Dawidar told reporters here on the sidelines of ‘Connect Coimbatore-2010′, organised by CII, here.
Processing of tender for the Rs 400-crore project was already in the final stage, he said.
The project would help TNEB to function effectively in areas, including on-line billing, reducing transmission losses, locating and rectifying faults, Dawidar said.
Responding to senior officials of Infosys Technology and Ford India on the power front, he said consumption by both domestic and industrial sectors in the state had increased from 38,000 million units in 2004 to 53,000 million units.
The state would generate an additional 8,000 MW of power in the coming five years from new projects, which would make it a surplus state, he said.
The government also wanted to bring down the transmission loss from the present 19 per cent to 15 per cent, he said.
As in TNEB, IT applications were also being introduced in the agriculture sector, where farmers would be given inputs about soil, seed, fertiliser and pest through SMS,
BSNL conducting road shows in March 3 to 16
Posted by ganesh in BSNL, Coimbatore, Departments, Information, Transport on March 6th, 2010
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is conducting road shows in the district from March 3 to March 16.
On March 6, it will be held near bus stand at Annur and near Santhaipettai in Thondamuthur; on March 9 at Kovilpalayam bus stop and near Corporation Elementary School-K.K. Pudur; on March 10 at Sulur Bus stand-Chinnasamy Ammal School on Kongu Main Road, near Mettupalayam bus stand, near Canara Bank at Madukkarai, Kaniyur and at Ganapathy bus stand; on March 11, the show will be at Theatre Medu, Sirumugai near Sivan Theatre and opposite to Kalyan Jewellers, on March 12 at Avarampalayam bus stand, near SBI SIDCO Arch-Kurichi, near Avanashilingam Home Science College and at ABT Road – Karuvampalayam and on March 15 it will be held at Gudimangalam Naal Road – Valipalayam near Sangeetha Theatre, BMN Kalyana Mandapam near GN Mills.
On March 16, the road show will be conducted at Uppilipalayam bus stand, Pollachi Main Exchange, Gandhipark Exchange near Kavundampalayam bus stop, a release from the Principal General Manager of BSNL, Coimbatore, says.
First-year Law students alleged iron rods and hockey sticks by Ragging some seniors
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, College, Communication, Education, Health, Information, Other, Ragging, lawyer, police, student on March 6th, 2010
A first-year student of the government Law college here has alleged that he was beaten up with iron rods and hockey sticks by some seniors while being ragged.
According to the complaint by Naveen Kumar, eight second and third-year students, waylaid him last night near the college on the city outskirts and beat him up, police said.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case against the eight under the section of 147 (unlawful assembly), 294 B (beating with weapons) and 324 (using abusing language) and also under Tamil Nadu Prevention of Ragging Act.
To prevent any untoward incident, adequate number of police have been deployed near the college.
Karun Chandhok became the second Indian F1 driver.
Posted by ganesh in Award, Coimbatore, Communication, Information, Sports, competition, programme, tamilnadu, vehicles on March 5th, 2010
Karun Chandhok, on Thursday, confirmed that he has signed with F-1 newcomer Hispania Racing F-1 team for the upcoming season.
The Chennai-born driver, who now becomes the second Indian driver in F-1 after Narain Karthikeyan, will now make his debut at the season opener in Bahrain in less than three weeks’ time.
“This is just an unbelievable feeling! I am absolutely thrilled to be able to fulfill a lifelong dream of breaking into F-1. We’ve been working for so many years for this opportunity and now that we’ve finally made it, it feels a bit surreal, to be honest. Only when I get to Bahrain, I think, will it fully sink in that I am going to be on the same grid as world champions like Schumacher and Alonso,” said Chandhok.
“My family and I have had a very stressful time this winter, and we would especially like to thank Mr. Sunder Mulchandani, Dr. Colin Kolles (Hispania Racing F-1 Team Team Principal) and Mr. Bernie Ecclestone, without whom all this would have been a distant dream,” he added.
‘Thanks dad’
Chandhok thanked his dad for his efforts. “He has been working really hard since August last year to make this happen. With an Indian GP scheduled for 2011, F-1 is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports in India and this is a proud moment not only for me but for my country as well.”
Vicky Chandhok said: “It is overwhelming. The whole family is filled with joy on hearing the news.”
“I am a born patriot. So is my family. The name India by itself keeps us all going. And, to have an Indian on the F-1 grid is certainly a proud moment for us,” he added.
Bearing fruit
He said the sacrifices made by the family over the years were finally bearing fruit. “I thank God for it. But for me, it is just another day in the office.”
Kolles said he was proud to have Chandok in his team. “I am delighted that we can count on such a promising young talent as Karun Chandhok. As a front-runner in the GP2 series I am confident Karun will step up to the F1 challenge and contribute to a successful debut season for both him and the team.”
Narain said: “I am happy for him and I wish him all the best.”
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