Posts Tagged Coimbatore
Student died after falling from the ninth floor
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Death, Education, Information, hospital, illegal, student, suicide on August 25th, 2010
Christina Shobia (18) of Kolakombai in the Nilgiris district, doing her Lab Technician course in a paramedical college run by a private hospital, died after falling from the ninth floor of her hostel building located inside the hospital premises in the small hours of Tuesday.
Hospital sources and classmates told police that the victim was in a depressed state of mind over a personal problem, which would have forced her to ‘commit suicide’
COMPLAINT LODGED
Illayabharathi (19), pursuing fashion designing course in a college in Tirupur preferred a complaint with the police in Coimbatore on Tuesday accusing the college authorities of having humiliated him by removing his clothes in the presence of other students. The boy accompanied by his parents and relatives preferred a complaint stating that the authorities asked him to remove clothes in the name of searching for a cellular phone lost by one of his classmates.
BURGLARY
Burglars gained entry into a house at Uthiyur near here on Tuesday and decamped with seven sovereign jewellery. Police said the accused entered by breaking open the front door lock when the tenant, N. Saravanan (35), and his family were away.
Flag manufacturing industry speeds up work to meet Independence Day demand
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Festivals, Information, businesses, function, government on August 7th, 2010
With the Independence Day around the corner, the national flag manufacturing industry in Coimbatore is expediting the business and working overtime to complete their orders.
“We, on an average, make nearly 6,000 flags in a day. The ink, which we use, does not fade away generally, and we use only the best available ink for the national flag. We neatly mix the colours and print it on the flags. We use PVC ink which is best among the available ones and take utmost care while manufacturing it,” said Jaikumar, a manufacturer.
Jaikumar added that the flags are supplied to various south Indian states like Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Over 80 percent of national flags are manufactured in Coimbatore.
“We manufacture mainly six varieties of flags with 3 types of materials. There is cotton, polyester and satin material, which we generally use. We make them in different sizes according to the demands, and send it to various parts of the country. As far as the demand is concerned, it is increasing year after year and the main reason for it is increasing sense of nationhood among the people,”
Tamil meet spent on Only Rs 301.76 cr, says govt
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Departments, Information, budget, function, government, programme on August 7th, 2010
The state government on Friday released details of the expenditure for the recently held World Classical Tamil Conference and said out of the allocated Rs 312.26 crore, only Rs 301.76 crore was spent for organizing the meet and for improving infrastructure.
The conference was held in Coimbatore from June 23 to 27. The government had sanctioned Rs 73 crore for the conduct of the conference and another Rs 239.26 crore for infrastructure works. However, when accounts were tallied at the end of the meet, only Rs 69 crore was spent for the conduct of the conference and Rs 232.76 crore for improving infrastructure.
Giving the break-up of the expenditure, a government press release said Rs 13.04 crore was spent for the literary sessions and its venue, Rs 13.93 crore was spent for the pandal for the public meeting and poetry session, Rs 6.31 crore for the exhibition centre, Rs 6.3 crore for floats, Rs 5.87 crore for food and dining hall, Rs 7 crore for transportation of dignitaries, Rs 2.3 crore for the Tamil internet conference, Rs 11.81 crore for publicity related works and reception of delegates, Rs 88 lakh for releasing the souvenir and Rs 1.56 crore for administrative works.
Infrastructure works taken up for the conference include improvement of minor and major roads, providing street lights, upgradation of highways and laying of power cables.
5 killed in car-lorry collision in Coimbatore
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Death, Health, Information, Other, Transport, accident, government, hospital, illegal, police, vehicles on May 7th, 2010
At least five people were killed when a car in which they were traveling collided head with a lorry in Navakarai near Coimbatore on Friday morning.
According to sources, the accident took place when the deceased were returning from Tirupathi to Ernakulam in Kerala.
Two women and three men belonging to Ernakulam in Kerala died on the spot. The bodies were kept in the Coimbatore Medical College.
Prathibha Patil will inaugurate the first ever World Classical Tamil Conference
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Departments, Festivals, Information, Other, Political, Tamil Conference, government, programme on May 5th, 2010
President Prathibha Patil will inaugurate the first ever World Classical Tamil Conference in Coimbatore, scheduled from June 23-27.
About 7000 delegates from 47 countries including the US, France, Canada, Japan and Newzealand have registered to participate in the five-day event, which would host a variety of events, an official press release said here today.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had personally invited President Patil to inaugurate the conference during his recent trip to New Delhi.
Various committees comprising members from different areas have been formed to ensure the successful conduct of the conference, the release said.
‘The World Classical Tamil Conference will be inaugurated by the President of India on the forenoon of June 23,’ the release said adding renowned Indologist Dr Asko Parpola of Finland will be presented with the ‘Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award,’ instituted by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil.
Academic sessions, pageantry, general session for the public and a Tamil internet conference were part of the five-day schedule, the release said.
A commemorative stamp will be issued during the valedictory function, it said.
Besides developing a ’sprawling’ botanical garden on 45 acres of land in the city, a host of infrastructure projects were already underway in and around Coimbatore city,
Education Plus International Education Fair 2010 may-5
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Education, Health, Information, Public, function, programme, student on May 4th, 2010
The Hindu Education Plus International Education Fair 2010 comes to Coimbatore for the first time. It will be held here on May 5.
The earlier two editions were held in Chennai and Hyderabad.
The popular overseas education event from The Hindu Group of Publications will serve as a platform for students aspiring to study abroad to meet with educators and consultants.
It will have participants from universities, colleges and educational institutions from all parts of the world.
The fair will be held at The Residency on May 5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Maya Bazaar 2010 will begin on April 30
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Departments, Entertainment, Information, Other, Public, businesses, exicipition on April 30th, 2010
Maya Bazaar 2010 will begin on April 30 and end on May 2.
The expo showcasing home appliances, toys, gifts, furniture, home decoration material, laptops, mobile phones, etc., will be on at the Suguna Kalyana Mandapam.
Various cultural events and competitions are planned for the evenings.
Guinness World Record attempt for 14-year School girl
Posted by ganesh in Award, Coimbatore, Communication, Education, Information, Other, programme, student on April 27th, 2010
Guinness World Record attempt for the “longest drawing by an individual” will be undertaken by C.S. Bala Soundarya Lakshmi here on May 3.
This 14-year-old student from Yuva Bharathi Public School, Coimbatore, will make the attempt for becoming the world’s first individual to create a world record in the longest drawing criteria.
Ms. Lakshmi will begin her attempt on May 3 at 6 a.m. at Sri Sowdambikai Amman Thirumana Mandapam, AKS Nagar Main Road, Gandhipark.
She expects to complete her drawing at 5 p.m. on May 5.
The drawing attempt is also to enter the Limca Book of Records.
Training in Fast Food Preparation on April 7 and 8
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Coimbatore, College, Departments, Education, Entertainment, Information, Other, student on April 5th, 2010
A training in fast food preparation will be held at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on April 7 and 8.
According to a university release, participants will be trained in the preparation of pizza, burger bun, pav bajji, cutlet, samosa, gobi manchurian, chilli mushroom, fried rice, vegetable noodles, pani poori, peas masala poori, bhel poori, and channa masala.
Fee
Those interested can send in a fee of Rs. 1,000 by demand draft drawn in favour of Dean (Agricultural Engineering), and address it to Head, Post Harvest Technology Centre, TNAU, Coimbatore – 641003. Registration should be done before April 7.
For details, contact 0422-6611340 / 6611268.
Conduct a Contest for College Students to increase the Tamil content in Wikipedia
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, College, Communication, Departments, Education, Information, Tamil Conference, government, meeting, programme, student, tamilnadu on April 1st, 2010
The State government has decided to conduct a contest for college students to increase the Tamil content in Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia.
The contest will be held as a prelude to the Tamil Internet Conference, which will be held concurrently along with the World Classical Tamil Conference at Coimbatore in June.
M. Anandakrishnan, chairman of the organising committee for the Internet Conference, said the competition was also to encourage the youth for trying and identifying online Tamil resources in their fields of specialisation and areas of interest. Explaining the rationale behind the contest, Professor Anandakrishnan said there were about 22,000 Tamil entries in Wikipedia, following Hindi (68,000 entries) and Telugu (47,000 entries). By deciding to hold the contest, the Tamil Nadu government was the first government to take the initiative of promoting the presence of resources in a language.
Those willing to participate in the contest should register themselves online (http:/tamilint2010.tn.gov.in) by April 30.
The word length of each entry to the contest should vary from 250 words to 500 words.
The entry should conform to Unicode. Selected entries would be hosted on the Tamil Wikipedia. More information could be had from the website http://ta.wikipedia.org.
Earlier, he presided over a meeting of the committee. Kanimozhi, Member of Parliament; Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Information Technology Minister; P.W. C. Davidar, IT Secretary; and Anto Peter of the Tamil Computing Sangam were among those who attended the meeting.
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