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Friday, Feb 24, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Around the City

Power shutdown

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the following areas on Saturday for maintenance work: Chindatripet, Muthialpet, Sowcarpet, Seven Wells, Purasawalkam, Virugambakkam, Ayapakkam, Kilpauk, Thousand Lights, Esplanade, Mandaveli, T.V. Pet, G.P.Road, Government Estate, Alwarpet, Ernavoor, Ice House, Porur, Puzhal, Gopalapuram, Tambaram, Mylapore, Kottur and Shenoy Nagar.

Prizes for winners

Winners of the business plan competition, organised last year by TANSTIA-FNF Service Centre and L-Ramp, will be given cash awards and mentoring support. The prize-winning entrepreneurs, selected for their business ideas with social impact, will be get their prizes on February 25.

Short story contest

Short stories in Telugu are invited for the R.S. Krishna Moorthy Award 2006, a release here said. Original stories, written in a legible hand, should be sent by March 31, 2006, to the following address: N.S.Murty, 8 - 100, Naiduthota bus stop, Vepagunta Post, Visakhapatnam - 47. Stories should not exceed 20 foolscap pages, and should be written only on one side. Cash prizes of Rs. 3,000, Rs. 2,000 and certificates will be awarded.

U.S. varsity counselling

Representatives of University of Bridgeport, U.S., will meet students interested in its higher education programmes, at Hotel Quality Inn Aruna on February 27 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. The college offers courses in Computer Science, Information Systems, Economics, Accounting, Biology, Business, Engineering, and Management . For details, call 9840040403.

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