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LAUDABLE EFFORT: Children worked hand-in-hand with adults who volunteered to clean and desilt the Big Tank at Ukkadam in the city on Sunday. Photo: S. Siva Saravanan
All vacancies for specialists in government hospitals filled
The vacancies for all health specialists posts in all the nine Government Taluk, non-Taluk and the district headquarters hospitals in Coimbatore have been filled.
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Industries urge TNERC to reduce power tariff
Industries in Coimbatore have appealed to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) to reduce the power tariff for consumers in the rest of the State, except Chennai, as the power c...
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Farmers protest against road project in Coimbatore
Members of the Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangham staged a road blockade at Gandhipuram protesting against the proposed Kangeyampalayam-Mettupalayam bypass road.
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TNAU gets more than 10,000 applications
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has received 10,700 applications immediately it made available online applications for admission to undergraduate courses a fortnight ago.
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Coimbatore,
May 20, 2013
People for Periyakulam
Sunday morning witnessed hectic activity of a different kind from residents of the city. People of various age groups, from a 10-year-old girl to a senior citizen, shrugged off weekend lethargy an...
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COIMBATORE,
May 19, 2013
PDS rice seized; three arrested in Coimbatore
The Anamalai police have on Friday arrested three persons on charges smuggling rice meant for public distribution to Kerala. The police said that when a vehicle did not respond to the ‘s...
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COIMBATORE,
May 18, 2013
Schools in Coimbatore collecting fees for RTE Act quota seats: parents
When C.T. Sekar, a 53-year-old resident of Muthannankulam here, heard of Right of Children To Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, he was ecstatic. For, it gave his three-and-a-half-year old g...
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COIMBATORE,
May 18, 2013
Action sought against building promoter in Coimbatore
The issue regarding the apartment complex Mint Homes Pvt. Ltd. is constructing in Sowripalayam refuses to die down.Only a few months ago, the Coimbatore Corporation issued notices and subsequently...
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COIMBATORE,
May 18, 2013
Staff shortage: half of Regional Science Centre remains closed
Nearly half of the facilities — precisely two out the four galleries — at the Regional Science Centre here, which boasts of hundreds of experiments on various scientific principles, remains closed...
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May 17, 2013
A historic model
Professor K. Smiles, dean of Academic Affairs at the Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, shares an anecdote about Niels Bohr, the Danish Physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physic...
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COIMBATORE,
May 17, 2013
Complaint against poor quality of water
Residents of Thadagam Road near Gandhi Park and those on Sundapalayam have complained that the water quality in the area continued to be poor. M.S. Velumurugan, a former Councillor and resident of...
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COIMBATORE,
May 17, 2013
Cleaning of Big Tank progressing
There is big news from Big Tank (Periakulam), Ukkadam. It is getting dressed up to receive the South West Monsoon, expected to hit the Kerala coast in a few weeks. As part of the dressing up opera...
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Coimbatore,
May 19, 2013
Tomatoes on the terrace
Last June, Chitra Krishnaswamy, a home maker, decided to take up terrace farming. What began as a hobby soon grew into a passion. Six months later, Chitra’s terrace garden has grown in to a full-f...
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COIMBATORE,
May 19, 2013
Family planning: Coimbatore’s rank down from seven to nine
Family planning operations in Coimbatore recorded a decline in the last year with district slipping by two ranks in the State-wide list.Sources in the Department of Family Welfare told T...
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COIMBATORE,
May 18, 2013
Rathinavani Community Radio takes off
‘Rathinavani 90.8’, a Community Radio Station of the Rathinam Group of Educational Institutions was launched by District Collector M. Karunagaran here on Friday.Speaking at the event, the Co...
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COIMBATORE,
May 18, 2013
BSNL launches video telephony across Tamil Nadu
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited launched video telephony services across Tamil Nadu on Friday to mark the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), which falls on May 17....
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Coimbatore,
May 17, 2013
Tree bay: Shoots and leaves
It’s 3.30 p.m. and the Sun shines bright. Acho, enna veyyil, is a common refrain. But not so in New Damu Nagar. The canopy created by the avenue of trees here has kept the heat at bay, almost.
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COIMBATORE,
May 17, 2013
Case against Central Excise official
A complaint of criminal intimidation was filed against a Central Excise Officer at the Peelamedu Police Station here on Wednesday.
The police said M. Sathish had complained that he was su...
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COIMBATORE,
May 17, 2013
Rs. 1.50 lakh fine imposed on contractor
Coimbatore Corporation has slapped a fine of Rs. 1.50 lakh on a contractor executing the underground drainage work. G. Latha, Commissioner, said that during an inspection on North Thayir Itteri R...
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People for Periyakulam
The Periyakulam lake came alive on Sunday as nearly thousand people showed up to help de-silt the 320-acre water body
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Tribal dances, martial arts and the Madras Regiment band added colour to the inaugaration of the Ooty flower show. Photos: M. Sathyamoorthy
Industries urge TNERC to reduce power tariff
Vivid hues of the 117th Flower Show at Udhagamandalam
City residents join hands to desilt Big Tank at Ukkadam
Farmers protest against road project
Family planning: Coimbatore’s rank down from seven to nine
BSNL launches video telephony
TNAU gets more than 10,000 applications
Action sought against building promoter
All vacancies for specialists in government hospitals filled
Rathinavani Community Radio takes off
