The State Government has issued orders to make permanent 766 temporary conservancy workers of the Coimbatore Corporation. The civic body said that orders for regularising the workers were already received.
The workers would be given the orders at a grand function to be organised by the Corporation on February 19.
The Corporation had been going through a period of suspense over the regularisation of the workers, in the run up to the implementation of a solid waste management project under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
The waste management project would be implemented at Rs. 96 crore and this involved door-to-door collection of garbage. Faced with the need for more conservancy workers, the Corporation had contemplated privatisation of garbage collection and disposal. But it ran into resistance from certain sections of councillors on the grounds that a garbage collection fee levied by private operators would burden the people. They wanted the civic body to increase the number of conservancy workers and procure more equipment, bins and vehicles to remove garbage.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Three AIADMK workers sentenced to death
A Tamil Nadu court Friday sentenced to death three AIADMK cadres for the murder of three young women charred to death in a bus during a protest by the party seven years ago.
The fourth AIADMK worker, convicted for complicity, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the additional district sessions judge here.
On Feb 2, 2000, a bus carrying Tamil Nadu Agricultural University students was returning to Coimbatore from a study tour at Dharmapuri when it was set ablaze by a mob protesting the conviction of their leader, former chief minister J. Jayalalitha, in a corruption case.
Three girl students -- V. Kokilavani, Gayathri and Hemalatha -- were trapped inside the bus and were burnt alive and 18 students injured.
The fourth AIADMK worker, convicted for complicity, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the additional district sessions judge here.
On Feb 2, 2000, a bus carrying Tamil Nadu Agricultural University students was returning to Coimbatore from a study tour at Dharmapuri when it was set ablaze by a mob protesting the conviction of their leader, former chief minister J. Jayalalitha, in a corruption case.
Three girl students -- V. Kokilavani, Gayathri and Hemalatha -- were trapped inside the bus and were burnt alive and 18 students injured.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Agri Science Congress at TNAU
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will host the Eighth Agricultural Science Congress 2007 from February 15 to 17 along with the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS). The theme will be `Science for Food, Livelihood Security and Rural Prosperity', TNAU Vice-Chancellor and Academy member C. Ramasamy said here on Tuesday.
Mr. Ramasamy told presspersons that current issues relating to the theme would be deliberated upon in the Congress in which students, agricultural scientists, representatives from non-governmental organisations, agro-industrialists, farmers and officials from the Central and State Government departments would participate.
Governor Surjit Singh Barnala would inaugurate it. Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sobodh Kant Sahai, Minister for Agriculture Veerapandi S. Arumugam, and Minister for Rural Industries, Pongalur N. Palanisamy would be present.
Mr. Ramasamy told presspersons that current issues relating to the theme would be deliberated upon in the Congress in which students, agricultural scientists, representatives from non-governmental organisations, agro-industrialists, farmers and officials from the Central and State Government departments would participate.
Governor Surjit Singh Barnala would inaugurate it. Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sobodh Kant Sahai, Minister for Agriculture Veerapandi S. Arumugam, and Minister for Rural Industries, Pongalur N. Palanisamy would be present.
`Internet on the move' initiative launched
Reliance, Lenovo and Intel have launched an initiative to give customers hands-on experience of mobile data connectivity.
A release from Reliance Communications said that as part of the initiative, Intel-powered Lenovo 3000 N100 notebooks connected to Reliance's net connect data card, which offered wireless Internet access on the move, would be placed in 200 Reliance world and Reliance Communication outlets in 100 cities across India.
S P Shukla, president, Wireless - Reliance Communications, said that customers walking into any of the 200 Reliance Netconnect `Express Zones' would now have the freedom to sit anywhere inside these outlets and use the Lenovo notebooks to wireless surf the Internet.
Reliance high data speed wireless network converted the entire country into a hot spot for laptop users.
Connected
A laptop user was always in control of situations as the user was connected 24 x 7 x 365 in over 6,000 towns and three lakh villages and on all major highways and rail routes.
Reliance Netconnect `Experience Zones' were being launched to demonstrate the benefits and convenience of Reliance data card to millions of Internet users.
To start with, Reliance Netconnect Zones had been installed in Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Patna, Kolkatta, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Indore, Bhubaneshwar and Chennai in the first phase.
A release from Reliance Communications said that as part of the initiative, Intel-powered Lenovo 3000 N100 notebooks connected to Reliance's net connect data card, which offered wireless Internet access on the move, would be placed in 200 Reliance world and Reliance Communication outlets in 100 cities across India.
S P Shukla, president, Wireless - Reliance Communications, said that customers walking into any of the 200 Reliance Netconnect `Express Zones' would now have the freedom to sit anywhere inside these outlets and use the Lenovo notebooks to wireless surf the Internet.
Reliance high data speed wireless network converted the entire country into a hot spot for laptop users.
Connected
A laptop user was always in control of situations as the user was connected 24 x 7 x 365 in over 6,000 towns and three lakh villages and on all major highways and rail routes.
Reliance Netconnect `Experience Zones' were being launched to demonstrate the benefits and convenience of Reliance data card to millions of Internet users.
To start with, Reliance Netconnect Zones had been installed in Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Patna, Kolkatta, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Indore, Bhubaneshwar and Chennai in the first phase.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tight security blanket for 9th anniversary of Blasts
A tight security blanket has been thrown over this city ahead of the ninth anniversary tomorrow of of serial blasts here that killed 58 people.
The blasts rocked the city and its suburban areas on February 14, 1998 during the visit of BJP leader L K Advani for election campaigning. Property worth over Rs 100 crore was lost due to the explosions.
"Though there is no threat perception, the security is part of a routine exercise to prevent untoward incidents," a police source said.
About 3,000 personnel from local police and paramilitary forces have been deployed for security duties and will remain in place till Thursday evening, officials said.
Checking of vehicles has been intensified at the city's entry points and at checkposts, and patrolling by armed guards has been arranged round the clock, they said.
Armed guards have been deployed at railway stations, bus stands, the airport and places of public concentration, with a special focus on communally sensitive areas. Strict vigil will be maintained at places of worship and on vital installations, the officials said.
Security was also tightened in the rural limits, particularly Tirupur and Mettupalayam which are considered to be "sensitive", they said
The blasts rocked the city and its suburban areas on February 14, 1998 during the visit of BJP leader L K Advani for election campaigning. Property worth over Rs 100 crore was lost due to the explosions.
"Though there is no threat perception, the security is part of a routine exercise to prevent untoward incidents," a police source said.
About 3,000 personnel from local police and paramilitary forces have been deployed for security duties and will remain in place till Thursday evening, officials said.
Checking of vehicles has been intensified at the city's entry points and at checkposts, and patrolling by armed guards has been arranged round the clock, they said.
Armed guards have been deployed at railway stations, bus stands, the airport and places of public concentration, with a special focus on communally sensitive areas. Strict vigil will be maintained at places of worship and on vital installations, the officials said.
Security was also tightened in the rural limits, particularly Tirupur and Mettupalayam which are considered to be "sensitive", they said
Best Foundry 2006
Coimbatore-based Amex Alloys Private Limited has received the Lakshman Rao Kirloskar Award for the year 2006, for the `Best Foundry 2006'.
According to a release issued in coimbatore, the award was given away at a recent meeting of the Institute of Indian Foundrymen held in Agra.
According to a release issued in coimbatore, the award was given away at a recent meeting of the Institute of Indian Foundrymen held in Agra.
Future plans of Anna University Coimbatore
The newly established Anna University-Coimbatore would focus on creating different centres like Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Advanced Research, its Vice-Chancellor Dr R Radhakrishnan said here today.
Talking to reporters after assuming charge, Radhakrishnan said the centre for IPR would concentrate mainly on filing as many patents to give credit to Tamil Nadu in filing patents, copyrights, designs and trademarks.
Since students were doing extensive research and industries were producing more innovative products, which were not noticed in this post-liberalisation and globalisation era, the centre would help these sections in searching database and file patents, Radhakrishnan said.
It was proposed to introduce new courses on both full and part-time basis to bring awareness to the students, faculty, researchers, lawyers, SMEs in the area of IPR, he said.
The region-based university also proposed to create a centre for sustainable development and environment, which would conduct short-term courses to students, faculty and industries to undertake consultancy works and to submit proposals to various funding agencies on sustainable development of the region.
Similarly a centre for advanced research would be set up with support from the government and self-financing colleges through public and private partnership so that the facilities available in the institutions and industries would be fully utilised for mutual benefit, Radhakrishnan said.
Talking to reporters after assuming charge, Radhakrishnan said the centre for IPR would concentrate mainly on filing as many patents to give credit to Tamil Nadu in filing patents, copyrights, designs and trademarks.
Since students were doing extensive research and industries were producing more innovative products, which were not noticed in this post-liberalisation and globalisation era, the centre would help these sections in searching database and file patents, Radhakrishnan said.
It was proposed to introduce new courses on both full and part-time basis to bring awareness to the students, faculty, researchers, lawyers, SMEs in the area of IPR, he said.
The region-based university also proposed to create a centre for sustainable development and environment, which would conduct short-term courses to students, faculty and industries to undertake consultancy works and to submit proposals to various funding agencies on sustainable development of the region.
Similarly a centre for advanced research would be set up with support from the government and self-financing colleges through public and private partnership so that the facilities available in the institutions and industries would be fully utilised for mutual benefit, Radhakrishnan said.
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