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Tuesday, Nov 09, 2004

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Coimbatore

Around the City

Grievances day

COIMBATORE, NOV. 8. The Superintending Engineer of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Coimbatore Metro, will conduct a grievances day meeting at 11 a.m., on November 10, at the office of the Executive Engineer, Ondipudur.

Puja

Special pujas have been organised at Sri Mahalakshmi Mandir in Eachanari to celebrate Dhan Teras on November 10 on the eve of Deepavali. The day is celebrated to invoke the blessings of the Goddess of Wealth, Lakshmi, for prosperity, a temple release said.

BSNL award

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Southern Telecom region, will present the regional and sub-regional Best Award 2003, Bharat Sanchar Sarathi Award 2004 and Sanchar Seva Padak 2004 at a function to be held at Sri Ramakrishna Kalyana Mandapam on Tuesday November 9.

Accreditation

The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, has granted accreditation to the B.E. Civil Engineering, B.E. Mechanical Engineering, B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering and Masters in Business Administration programmes of V.L.B. Janakiaammal College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

Demand

The Tamil Nadu Kavara Naidu Sangham has demanded that the State Government should restore the holiday on Ugadi, the festival of Telugus.

In a press release, the Sangham regretted that the Government had withdrawn the holiday though there were more than one-crore Telugus in the State.

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