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MADURAI, November 22: About 50 participants from 16 associations, led by
Venmani, staged a dharna against the Miss World contest, in front of the
Periyar Bus stand in Madurai, on November 22. They stated their objections
and sought to move public opinion. The dharna was peaceful and did not
hinder traffic.
BANGALORE, November 18: The CBI has unearthed a misappropriation of saving
funds to the tune of Rs 75 lakh in a post-office at Kengeri, near here. The
post master, the main accused in this case, is missing. The CBI also
suspects the involvenment of some top postal officials in this racket.
SALEM, November 19: Of the 888 secondary grade vacancies for teaching
possts in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, the District Employee exchange was
able to send only 130 SC and ST persons owing to the lack of sufficient
number of candidates for the 19% quota. Therefore, the names of SC
candidates on the rolls of other district employment exchanges have been
arranged to be sent.
CHIDAMBARAM, November 22: The `Q' branch police at Madurai and
Tiruchirappalli have arrested six LTTE operatives inlcuding a woman,
involved in smuggling supplies for LTTE. A powerful HF wireless set and
global positioning instrument for boat navigation were seized from them.
CHENNAI, November 20: Following the gruesome murder of the Madras
University Vice Chancellor's son Navarasu, a first year medical college
student, the TN Government has announced strict measures against ragging in
colleges. Henceforth, universities and colleges will be empowered to
suspend or expel students who indulged in ragging.
TIRUCHI, November 19: The rail-roko agitation organised by members of the
Southern Railway Mazdoor Sangh delayed the Chennai-bound Rockfort Express
by 30 minutes at Tiruchi on November 19. The protest was against the
interrogation of a ticket examiner in connection with a theft of three
suitcases from the Pandyan Express on November 17.
MADIKERI, November 19: The Kodagu Rajya Mukthi Morcha will convene at
Madikeri, in Karnataka, on November 22 to seek statehood for the Kodagu
district. The State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M C Naniah has
opposed this demand but supported the one for parliamentary representation
of Kodagu.
RAMANATHAPURAM, November 18: There has been a heavy influx of refugees into
the Ramanthapuram district in Tamil Nadu, from July 31. So far, the number
of refugees stands at 1,898 families comprising 2,545 men, 2,110 women, 713
boys and 736 girls, according to District Collector B Anand.
VELLORE, November 18: Panchayat Union social forestry plot watchers
observed a fast in front of the Vellore Collectorate on November 18,
demanding regulrised services of temporary plot watchers and the
reinstatement of those plot watchers whose services had been terminated
earlier for want of funds.
CHENNAI, November 22: MARS (MIOT Accident Rescue System), a service to pick
up and rescue accident victims in Chennai, round-the-clock, was launched by
the Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, on November 23. Dr P
V A Mohandas said that the ambulances are equipped with sophisticated
gadgetry and even surgery can be performed inside them. MARS can be
contacted on telephone numbers 4847802 and 4847803.
CHENNAI, November 19: Traffic on the busy arterial Anna Salai was hit when
irate PTC commuters squatted on the road protesting against irregular
bus-services and the non-stopping of buses at stops during peak hours. The
commuters who refused to budge despite assurances by the police to take
appropriate action, dispersed only after a threat of arrest. However, no
PTC officials came to the spot.
SALEM, November 22: The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is considering a Rs
600 crore melting facility for the Salem Steel Plant, as part of the
proposed backward integration plan. This would raise the total investment
in the plant to Rs 1,600 crore and would have scrap as raw material and
might use electric arc furnace.
CHENNAI, November 18: The stop-supply agitation by milk producers in the
State has been withdrawn after five days. They resumed milk supply from
today.
CHENNAI, November 18: Hundreds of students from Quaid-e-Milleth Women's
Arts College in Chennai boycotted classes and staged a demonstration on
November 18, demanding basic amenities in the hostel. They also protested
against the victimisation of students who made allegations regarding
corruption in the administration.
CHENNAI, November 21: The Office of the Central Board of Film certification
at Shastri Bhavan Central Government Office Complex here was subjected to a
bomb hoax, causing occupants of the building to leave the premises
immediately. Normality was restored only after three hours.
CHIDAMBARAM, November 22: The Annamalai University has tightened hostel
rules, in the aftermath of the gruesome murder of a student on the
premises. Some of the measures are limits on expenditure by students,
roll-call in hostels, written declaration by students not to rag and denial
of hostel accomodation to students poor in academics.
CHENNAI, November 19: As part of the TN Urban Dvelopment Programme (TNUDP)
funded by the World Bank, the TN CM M Karunanidhi handed over special
traffic improvement equipment including vehicles to the State police. The
scheme aims to improve traffic in important urban centres in the State.
MADURAI, November 18: The Remote Sensing Cell of the Agricultural
Engineering Wing of the TN Government is preparing an atlas that details
the watersheds in the various districts of the State.
CHENNAI, November 22: All India General Secretary of the BJP, Venkiah
Naidu, has demanded that the Centre bring out a White Paper detailing the
progress made in the scam cases in the country.
BANGALORE, November 20: The Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers'
Federation will set up nearly 2,600 milk societies all over the State, to
be managed entirely by women, from January 1, 1997. These milk societies
are to get a subsidy of Rs 3 lakh each from the Milk Federation.
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