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Admissions open at Noyyal Public School

2012-03-29T09:20:00.002-07:00

Noyyal Public School has started the admission process for the new education year 2012-2013. New students can seek admission for classes Pre-KG to 7th Std. The school is co-educational and follows a CBSE curriculum. The school also caters to the needs of students who want residential facility.

10 Muthur, Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore-642109
Mobile: 9585948200
Principal: 8903953443
Mail: admissions@noyyalps.in

Admission Coordinators

04259-292939

9585948200, 9787560906

PSG institute completes 60 years

2011-11-23T06:22:00.001-08:00

PSG & Sons' Charities, formed in 1926, was designated as ‘The Fifth Brother' of the four sons of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu, namely P.S.G. Venkatasamy Naidu, P.S.G. Rangasamy Naidu, P.S.G. Ganganaidu and P.S.G. Narayanasamy Naidu. The institution had the objective of promoting industry and education in the country. The ‘Fifth Brother' was given an equal share while dividing their inheritance, making the fifth sibling grow and prosper along with the others.

With the belief that a class-less society with equal opportunities for all could be created only based on education, the PSG family concentrated on establishing educational institutions. Now, ‘The Fifth Brother' has generated around 25 educational institutions ranging from kindergarten to medical education. PSG College of Technology is one of them.

PSG College of Technology commenced its academic activities on July 16, 1951 and this is its Diamond Jubilee year.

Mission

According to the Managing Trustee of PSG & Sons' Charities, L. Gopalakrishnan, its mission includes, providing world-class engineering education, foster research and development, evolving innovative applications of technology, encouraging entrepreneurship, and moulding young men and women capable of assuming leadership.

The college strives to achieve this mission statement in the following ways: Develop curriculum relevant to socio-economic as well as individual needs, focus on industry-institute collaboration, incubate entrepreneurs and promote leadership skills, advance career and development of faculty, and establish a sound alumni base.

At present, the college has a student population of above 8,000 studying in 30 under-graduate programmes and 40 post-graduate programmes, and 425 scholars pursue doctoral programmes. The members of the faculty, with proven track records in academics and industry, form the strength of the institution.

Along with the traditional courses, the college imparts both need and value-based education.

PSG College of Technology has an independent placement office devoted to cater to the needs of organisations in conducting campus interviews for placements. More than 150 national and multinational companies visit the college for campus recruitment annually.

Over 90 per cent of the students secure job offers before they complete their programmes of study.

Successful industry-institute interaction and the proximity of the PSG Industrial Institute encouraged the management to start sandwich programmes in 1983. The special feature of the sandwich programmes in the PSG Tech is that the students simultaneously attend the industry and the theory classes. Today, the campus placements of sandwich students are commendable.

The autonomous status that the institution obtained in 1978 has empowered and enabled PSG Tech to design and implement appropriate curriculum to meet the requirements of the changing business / industrial environment and the society.

With the financial support of various agencies, industries, and international organisations, a string of advanced centres has been established on the campus to cater to the various requirements of the students.

Organisations such as Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Coimbatore District Small Scale Industries' Association (CODISSIA), Small Industries' Testing and Research Centre, etc., strengthen the practical side of the curriculum.

Research and development is an important part of academic activity in the PSG College of Technology. These R&D activities help to gain deeper insight into the technological domain and help teachers impart subject knowledge to the students more effectively.

Research projects

By virtue of its well-equipped laboratory facilities and motivated faculty, the college has completed as many as 200 funded research projects and 88 research projects are under progress. Each and every department is accountable for several innovative projects and products.

Continuous rapport with alumni enables the institution to get to know their achievements. The alumni are actively involved in various activities of the alma mater.

The college has been a primary source for developing several competent leaders to head universities and engineering colleges.

The institution and the alumni are celebrating the year with a whole lot of academic activities, including national and international conferences and the Tech Ex 2011 Exhibition.

New KSRTC volvo bus from Coimbatore to Bangalore

2011-09-25T02:58:00.000-07:00

Karnataka State Transport Corporation is introducing Volvo and express service in five routes starting from Coimbatore beginning September 28.

The buses would run between Coimbatore -Bangalore, Coimbatore-Dharmasthala, Coimbatore-Hiriyur, Coimbatore-Somavarapet (Kodlipet) and Coimbatore- Gundalpet, according to a senior official in KSRTC.

According to R Jayabalan, senior official of KSRTC, there will be one Volvo bus that would be operated from Coimbatore to Bangalore during the morning hours at 9am, while the rest would be express services.

He said there are 33 bus services that are operated across the state. With the additions, this would go up to 38.

The buses from Coimbatore to Bangalore will start at 9am and arrive at Bangalore at 5pm. Similarly the Coimbatore -Kollur bus will start the journey from the city at 4pm and reach Kollur at 7am.

Breaking News - Muthoot Finance looted Rs.3500 crores worth gold

2011-09-24T01:11:00.000-07:00

Just heard in television news that Muthoot Finance, Tiruppur was looted on knife point. Estimated Gold worth of Rs.3500 crores gone !!!

Hospitality industry zooms in Coimbatore

2011-09-14T09:33:00.000-07:00

A sweeping driveway and a lily pool mark the entrance to Le Meridien. Inside, Swarovski chandeliers glitter and there are football field - sized banquet halls and elegant cigar lounges. Not far from there is Aloft, a Starwood property, where spotty mirrors hang on the wall and restored scooters and Java bikes from the Sixties stand on stone floors. The Park Plaza flaunts a style somewhere in between.

For years, executives visiting the city stayed at The Residency or the Alankar Grande. But now, three luxury hotels, barely a year old, are already buzzing with action, and 10 more are waiting in the wings. Suddenly, wherever you turn, hotels are springing up, with speciality restaurants, spas, fitness centres, 24-hour coffee shops and swimming pools.

Business is growing so rapidly in the city that it now needs many more hotels. Multi-speciality hospitals and super-speciality hospitals attract big business from home and abroad. And the city has always been an engineering hub.

Visitors are coming in from Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad, and even Sharjah and Singapore. There are nearly 40 landings and take-offs every day at Coimbatore Airport.

Says T. Gundan, chairman, Surya Hotels: “It should have happened long ago. Bangalore is saturated, while Coimbatore is still emerging. The city has great climate, is well connected by air and rail, and is strategically located within easy reach of important cities in Karnataka and Kerala. And the Nilgiris is just a short drive away,” he says. Surya has signed a 30-year lease with Taj, and Vivanta by Taj Surya is soon to throw open its doors.

Great possibilities
“The city is exploding with possibilities,” says M. Krishnan, president, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore. “Till a few years ago we couldn't think of holding big conferences here. But now, Coimbatore can take that load. In fact, more and more people are reluctant to go to Bangalore for meetings. Even Chennai is full up. Hotels don't need year-round room occupancy. Even if they hold 10-20 conventions a year, they can break even. People are also looking for hotels where they can hold weddings and other big functions.”

According to Sanjay Gupta, general manager of the luxurious Le Meridian, “Unlike other cities, Coimbatore is good for development for at least another 10 years. It is a healthy market, perhaps healthier than some metros or even other tier-two cities.”

Aloft and Park Plaza, though smaller and more modest than Le Meridien, are by no means short on style. Saurabh Mathur, general manager of Aloft, describes it as a jazzy, young and smart brand that caters to the second rung of executives. He sees no trouble filling up his hotel's rooms.

“There is so much movement in the city. There is always a need for rooms. Just look how difficult it is to get reservations in trains or flights in or out of Coimbatore. That speaks volumes for how busy the city is.”

General manager Akash Gupta of Park Plaza is optimistic too. He calls Coimbatore a ‘mini Chennai'. But he wishes the IT sector would perk up. “There would be no looking back then. If the Government could strengthen the infrastructure and make it attractive for the biggies to set up shop here, that would be a shot in the arm. Coimbatore needs to be prettied up. A few more malls, besides Brookfields, would help jazz things up.”

Business calling
Coimbatore is already a hub of industry, multi-speciality hospitals and education. It has to be marketed aggressively, says Ravi Sam, Chairman, CII Coimbatore Zone. “It could be marketed as a convention centre. Big textile conventions such as ITMA (International Textile Manufacturers Association) ought to be held here, where there is such a vibrant textile industry. But lack of rooms and connectivity has kept such events away. That should change now.”

While walk-ins may not be numerous at the moment, the new hotels are confident that in time more people will use their services. If the city develops, the hotels will develop, is the refrain.

Already, Le Meridien has seen the prestigious launches of Volvo, Mercedes and Eicher. It recently hosted a huge convention of plastic surgeons. Aloft has a more no-nonsense approach to hospitality. Huge LCD TVs in every room, plug-and-play docking stations, and other hi-tech facilities make it a popular choice with young executives. At Park Plaza, says Akash Gupta, “We scrupulously follow the Carlton business philosophy of ‘Yes I Can' and ensure total guest satisfaction.” The hotel's many food festivals have been popular and it is a regular venue for conferences. Vivanta by Taj Surya is yet to start functioning, but all its rooms are booked for an upcoming event.

As M. Krishnan sums up: “The standard of living has gone up and people want better facilities. They can afford it. The city once lacked in the hospitality sector. Not any more.”

Carlson Hotels opens Park Plaza in Coimbatore

2011-09-14T02:19:00.000-07:00

Carlson, a leading global hospitality and travel company, will open its 100th 'Park Plaza' brand hotel in India by 2015, with its capacity touching almost 10,000 rooms by then, a top company official said. The company launched its 40th Park Plaza, with 107 rooms, in Coimbatore on Saturday.

"With the launch of the 40th Park Plaza, the total number of rooms have gone up to 4,027, across the country. With franchisees, another 6,000 would be added in another four years," Carlson Hotels, Asia Pacific, Executive Vice-President (South Asia) K B Kachru told PTI.

Talking about its Tamil Nadu plans, Kachru said Carlson has three hotels in the state and with another City Centre being opened in Chennai soon, the number would go up to eight in Tamil Nadu and increase by another six across India by this year-end.

The company would launch a facility in Bangalore in the middle of 2012 and also has plans to tap the potential in the temple town of Madurai and Munnar in Kerala, he said.

When asked about the estimated investment on the upcoming hotels in the country, he said negotiations are still going on with franchisees, though he added the Coimbatore project that was set up in partnership with Sabari Group involved an expenditure of Rs 8 crore.

Stating that the hospitality sector has huge potential in India, particularly in two-tier cities, Kachru said that Carlson will focus on the mid-market segment in particular.

TIDEL promotes Coimbatore IT Park

2011-09-09T23:29:00.000-07:00

A group of small-scale Information Technology (IT) and IT Enabled Services (ITES) companies can jointly take space at the Tidel Park here, according to an official at the park.

Inviting investors to the park, the official said modular IT space ranging from 5,000 sq. ft. to over two lakh sq. ft. in each floor can be taken up by companies.

However, smaller companies that want less than 5,000 sq. ft. can look at forming a group with other companies and taking up 1,500 to 2,000 sq. ft. each.

Road show
A road show was held in Chennai recently on the Coimbatore Tidel Park. Similar shows are planned in other cities such as Bangalore and Mumbai too, the official said.

One company has taken up nearly 20,000 sq.ft. and started operations at the park and one more occupant will soon start operations.

Tidel Park here has come up on 10 acres at a special economic zone with an investment of Rs. 407 crore and has a total built-up area of 17 lakh sq. ft.

Facilities
The IT space at the park is nine lakh sq. ft. The facility has parking space for 2,900 two wheelers and 1,130 four wheelers. The multi-tenant park has 20,000 sq. ft. earmarked for common facilities such as banks, ATMs, book store, video conference hall, and travel desk.

According to the official, there are apprehensions in the IT sector now on the U.S. economy and this may slow down the expansion plans of the IT and ITES firms. Yet, there are companies that are evincing interest in the Coimbatore facility.

Three labourers die of Toxic fumes in Kovai

2011-02-22T21:52:00.000-08:00

Three labourers died after inhaling toxic fumes from a septic tank at Jenney Club in Peelamedu on Tuesday.

Police said the labourers were cleaning the clogged septic tank, and had lowered a machine into the 10ft-deep tank to suck out the sludge. R Ashok, 20, got into the tank to retrieve the equipment and was overcome by the toxic fumes.

Seeing him struggle, A Karthik, 21, and K Anandan, 24, jumped in to rescue him. They too inhaled the fumes and died of asphyxiation.Two contractors who hired the workers and an assistant engineer attached to Jenney Club were arrested on charges of causing death by negligence. "It is a case of negligence on the part of the contractor and the club," said corporation commissioner Ansul Mishra.

Fire and rescue service personnel retrieved the bodies of the three. Relatives of the deceased blocked Tiruchi Road near Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, where the bodies were taken for postmortem.

Tiruppur in Deep trouble

2011-02-22T21:47:00.000-08:00

Business activity in the knitwear town of Tirupur came to a standstill as units stopped operations on Tuesday in a dawn-to-dusk shutdown to highlight the plight of the industry following the Madras high court directive to close the polluting dyeing units.

The strike was organised by all the major trade unions in Tirupur including AITUC and INTUC to draw the attention of the central and state governments to the crisis faced by the garment knitwear industry.

Tirupur, which exports garments worth about `10,000 crore a year and employs nearly 4 lakh workers, is home to close to 5,000 units. Business to the tune of about `45 crore was affected.

Dyeing units in Tirupur process about 4 lakh kgs of fabric a day while bleaching units take up to 1 lakh kg. With large sections of the industry stating that zero liquid discharge (ZLD) is virtually impossible, the focus has now shifted to other options including taking up marine discharge, which has not much moved beyond discussions.

However, a section of the industry believes that the government should collect the wastewater and treat it for which charges can be levied. This is being done in Surat and can be replicated here as well, industry sources said.

"ZLD is not feasible. Marine discharge could also throw up litigation. We can maintain total dissolved solid (TDS) below 2,100 levels. This can be an interim solution," they said.

New CBSE School in Coimbatore

2011-02-10T07:14:00.001-08:00

A group of academicians in Coimbatore have come together to start a new CBSE school in the name of "Noyyal Public School" at the outskirts of Coimbatore. The school is located in a sprawling campus of more than six acres and can be reached by road within seven minutes from Kinathukadavu on the Coimbatore – Pollachi National Highway (NH209). The main campus has a salubrious climate year round benefitted by both southwest and northeast monsoons. The school promises to have an optimal strength of 25-30 students per class. Students will be given creative assignments so that they will learn scientific approach to address personal, professional and social problems. This new CBSE School will be a co-educational and also carries boarding facilities to allow students for far off places to avail quality education.

Admissions are open for the year 2011-2012 and classes start during second week of June for all classes.

Admissions Office
307, Pollachi Main road, Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore-642109
Phone: 04259-242464
Mobile: 9585948200
Mail: admissions@noyyalps.in

Admissions Coordinator
1. M.Ravisankar B.Com. – 9585948200, 9787560906

New Township project in Coimbatore

2011-02-07T23:21:00.000-08:00

Property developer True Value Homes (TVH) has launched a Rs 800 crore residential and integrated township project in Coimbatore, reports The Financial Express. The multifaceted Aurora Township offers premium villas, high-rise residences, malls and shopping centres and 1600-seat, eight-screen multiplexes, the report states quoting the company's chairman N Ravichandran.

"The residential apartments, Vista Heights, would be built in two phases accommodating about 800 apartments, with one, two, three and four-bedroom units on offer, ranging from 500 square feet to 4,000 square feet," he told

Young Couple murdered in Coimbatore

2011-02-07T23:12:00.000-08:00

In a brutal double murder in Coimbatore outskirts, a power loom owner and his wife were clubbed and stabbed to death by two labourers in their loom at Somanur on Saturday night.

The young couple, P Shanmugham (35) and S Manomani (30), were found lying in a pool of blood with head and chest wounds at their weaving unit on Sunday morning. The ghastly murder came to light when the couple's three-year-old son Abhirami was found wailing outside their farm house. They have a seven-month-old child, too, Kavindran.

In the power loom hub of Somanur, Shanmugham was operating about 12 looms in a weaving unit adjoining his sprawling farm house. On Sunday night, two workers on night shift rang the door bell of his house and called him to the weaving unit to fix a repair in the loom. According to the police, an unsuspecting Shanmugham went to the loom where he was clobbered with iron rods and stabbed with a sickle.

As Shanmugham did not return home for a long time, his wife went to the weaving unit and met with the same tragic fate. She too was attacked with iron rods and sickle. However, the identity of the two workes is not known as they had been hired only 10 days ago.

While the local weavers worked during the day shift, workers from southern Tamil Nadu or north India were engaged to do the night shifts, police said. Often, the local power loom owners hire people who arrived by night trains from various parts of Tamil Nadu and north India to Tirupur to work at their looms without checking their backgrounds. The acute labour shortage in the textile belt forced the power loom operators to hire complete strangers. Such hasty hiring has cost the lives of Shanmugham and his wife and orphaned their children.

"The workers who are in need of a job wait at Somanur railway gate at nights. The owners of the power looms would hire them without any enquiry. Shanmugam had hired two workers from the Somanur railway gate for his power looms only 10 days ago," said ADSP M Annadurai.

Siruvani Dam falls short of its Full Capacity.

2010-12-09T21:28:00.001-08:00

Now, hopes of the North-East Monsoon filling up Siruvani Dam are as good as dashed. The water level in the dam is 10 ft short of the full reservoir level of nearly 50 ft. And, there has been no rain over the last three days in the catchment.

Figures provided by the Coimbatore Corporation point out that the highest rainfall during November is 40 mm. The first week of this month has provided scanty rainfall, the maximum being 25 mm on December 3.

Very reluctantly, water supply officials say that the dam may not fill up this time even though water is still flowing into the dam from the upper reaches of the Siruvani hills. The supply situation in one half of the 105 sq.km. city and some municipalities and town panchayats may become tight during summer as the water level will only dip as soon as the inflow stops.

Officials are, however, hopeful of the Coimbatore Corporation completing the Pilloor Phase II water scheme for the city and some eastern suburbs. The Corporation had announced that the scheme will be completed and supply will begin by March 31 next year.

If that deadline is not met, the impact will be felt in the city. An official feels that it may lead to rescheduling of supply in the city to once in four days. But, he says that the Corporation's focus now is on completing the scheme by March 31, as it is aware of the risks on the Siruvani scheme front.

Water supply officials also seek to draw comfort from the Bhavani scheme implemented for Kavundampalayam Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat, suburbs west of the city. But, there are already protests from the people in these areas over the quality of water being supplied under this scheme.

The residents complain that Bhavani water is not provided on alternate days despite a promise by the local bodies. They, therefore, want an increase in the supply of Siruvani water. If this demand continues during summer all the local bodies need Siruvani water will run into scarcity.

Coimbatore - Ahmedabad Spice Jet flight stops at Chennai due to technical error.

2010-12-08T20:35:00.000-08:00

Two Spice Jet flights today landed at Chennai airport following technical problems, airport sources said.

Earlier, a Coimbatore-Ahmedabad flight with 50 passengers made an unscheduled landing at Chennai Airport after it developed a "technical error".

Officials said the flight landed here after pilots detected the error.

"The passengers would be accommodated in another flight to Ahmedabad later," they said.

Later a Madurai-bound Spice Jet, with 62 passengers onboard, which had left Chennai after a delay of 30-minutes, at around 1820 hrs, returned after developing a technical problem, they said.

All the passengers were immediately evacuated and would be accommodated in another flight to Madurai later.

Coimbatore Hospitals List

2010-12-07T23:45:00.000-08:00

Aparna Hospital
450-D,Palghat Main Road,
Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore-641008
Phone:(+91-422)2872822, 2872248

Arvind Eye Hospital
Avinashi Road, Peelamedu,
Coimbatore-14
Phone:(+91-422)2578901

Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam & Research Institute
136-7 Trichy Road,
Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore -641 045
Phone:(+91-422)2313188

Ashwin Hospital
545 BKR Nagar Sathy Rd-641012.
Phone: 0422-494400

Balaji Nursing Home
48. Cowly Brown Road,
R.S Puram, Coimbatore-641 002
Phone:(+91-422)2540503, 2545469

Coimbatore Diabetes Foundation
17, Cowley Brown Road, R.S Puram, Coimbatore-2
Phone:(+91-422)2453770, 2447101, 2439882

Coimbatore Kidney Centre
738-A, Puliakulam Road, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore-45
Phone:(+91-422)2314487, 2314255

Coimbatore Kidney Stone Centre
Avinashi Road, Race Course, Coimbatore-641 018
Phone:(+91-422)2213423

Contact Lens Clinic
69-70 Big Bazaar St-641001.
Phone: 0422-394049

CSR Nursing Home
272, 7th Street Extension, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore- 641012
Phone:(+91-422)2490606, 2490762

Diabetes Care & Research Centre
Ramnagar, Coimbatore-641 009
Phone:(+91-422)2235083

Ellen Hospital
284 Sathy Rd Gandhipuram-641012.
Phone: 0422-496922

Ganga Hospital
Swarnambika Layout, Ramnagar
Coimbatore-9, India.
Phone: (+91-422)2235050
Fax : +91-422-2232652

G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital
P.O No.6327, Pappanaickenpalayam,
Coimbatore-641 037.
Phone:(+91-422)2211000
Phone:(+91-422)2213501 to 2213507.

Kanthaswamy Siddha Hospital
266, Mettupalayam Road, Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore-641 043
Phone:(+91-422)2445433, 2442832

Kalpana Hospital
171, Shasthri Road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore-641 009
Phone: (+91-422)2232566

Karunya Rural Community Hospital
Karunya Nagar P.O.,
Coimbatore - 641 114
Phone:(+91-422)2614681

KG Hospital
Arts College Road
Coimbatore - 641 018
Phone:(+91-422)2212121, 2222222
Fax : +91 - 422 - 2211212

Kongunad Hospital (P) Ltd
79, 11th Street, Tatabad,
Coimbatore-12
Phone:(+91-422)2494363

Kovai Diabetes Speciality Centre
15, Vivekananda Road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore-641 009

Phone:(+91-422)2236806,2237259

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH)
Post Box No.3209 Avanashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641014.
Phone:(+91-422)2827784 to 90
Fax : +91 -422-2827782

KTVR Hospital
P.O.Box: 2750, Narayana Guru Road,
Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore - 641 011.
Phone: (91-422) - 2445451, 2445311, 2458311 & 2458312
Fax: (91-422) - 2439990

Lalithaa Hospital
828A, Crosscut Road,
Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-12
Phone:(+91-422)2499533

Lotus Eye Care Hospital
19, Cowley Brown Road,
R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-2, India.
Avinashi Road NH 47
Civil Aerodrome Post
Coimbatore - 14
Phone:(+91-422)2626464, 2626565

(MIH) MedIndia Hospitals
96, Vivekananda Road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore 641 009
Phone:(+91-422) 2232565, 2230090
Fax: +91-44-28261122

Naveen Hospital
Raja Nagar, Trichy Road, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore-28
Phone:(+91-422)2317065, 2319195, 2317589.

Ponniah Hospital
232, East Thiruvenkataswamy Road, R.S Puram, Coimbatore-641002
Phone:(+91-422)2453385

PSG Hospitals
Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641004
Phone:(+91-422)2570170

Rao Hospital
West Periyasamy Road,
R.S. Puram, Coimbatore-641002
Phone:(+91-422)2431420, 2436510, 2431341, 2453972

Richmond Hospital
1287, Trichy Road, (Opp Air Inida), Coimbatore-18
Phone:(+91-422)2303630

Sankara Eye Centre Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust
Sathy Road, Sivanadapuram, Ganapathy,
Coimbatore - 641035
Phone :(+91-422)22666450
Fax: 91 - 422 - 22666460

Saravana Surgery
356, D.B Road, R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641 002.
Phone:(+91-422)2470835, 2477684

Sheela Hospital
46, East Power House Road, Tatabad,
Coimbatore-12
Phone:(+91-422)249838-3

Siloam Thomas Eye Hospital
No:15, Chinnammal Street,
K.K. Pudur,Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore-641038
Tamilnadu, INDIA.
Phone : (+91-422) 2441745, 4202745
Fax: 4383745

Sri Ramakrishna Hospital
395,Sarojini Naidu road, Ramnagar,
Coimbatore-44
Phone:(+91-422) 2210075

Surya Hospital
Ganapathy, Coimbatore-641009
Phone:(+91-422)2531797

The Balakishnan Hospital
100 Feet Road, Tatabad, Coimbatore-641 012
Phone:(+91-422)2497114

The Eye Foundation
55-56, Subramaniam Road,
West Ramalingam Road Junction,
R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore -641 002

Vedanayagam Hospital Pvt Ltd
133, East Bashyakaralu Road,
R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-2
Phone:(+91-422)2430043,2430044

Vikram ENT Hospital & Research Institute
69, West Venkataswamy Road, R.S.Puram, Coimbatore-2
Phone:(+91-422)2550633, 2546387,2550133

New flyover at Gandhipuram

2010-11-23T23:16:00.001-08:00

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will inaugurate the Rs. 100 crore project for a flyover at Gandhipuram on December 12, Minister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry Pongalur N. Palanisamy said on Tuesday.

He will also launch works for establishing a botanical garden on 165 acres at Gandhipuram, which is now part of the Coimbatore Central Prison premises. The park would be created on an outlay of Rs.100 crore in phases.

The first phase would be on 45 acres on an outlay of Rs.20 crore. The Chief Minister will also inaugurate the construction of the building of Anna University, Coimbatore, coming up on the Bharathiar University campus at Marudhamalai.

Mr. Karunanidhi will also start the repairs and renovation works of the 54-km Contour Canal of the Parambikulam – Aliyar Project at Rs. 150 crore.

The canal meets the irrigation and drinking water requirements of three revenue districts in Western Tamil Nadu — Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode. The renovation of the canal would be done after nearly four decades.

The Chief Minister will also lay the foundation for a Rs.50-crore additional block in the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and launch the Rs.27-crore modernisation of the Coimbatore District Co-operative Milk Producers Union (Aavin) plant.

IndiGo Airlines in Coimbatore

2010-11-21T21:39:00.001-08:00

Terming Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu as a key market, low-cost airline IndiGo Friday said it will start flight services connecting the national capital as well as Chennai to the southern city from Nov 30.

'Expanding operations in south India is in line with our growth strategy in the Indian market, and Coimbatore is a key market for us,' said Aditya Ghosh, president, IndiGo.

The company said the new flights highlight the airline's expansion plan and the month-on-month growth and was in-line with its growth strategy of emerging domestic sectors from south India.

'IndiGo will continue to expand its network to meet the requirements of both business and leisure travellers wherever they demand it,' Ghosh added.

Currently IndiGo operates 207 flights connecting 23 destinations across the nation.

Kerala plans for Industrial corridor between Kochi and Coimbatore

2010-11-15T23:49:00.001-08:00

Kerala government is considering a proposal to set up an industrial corridor between Kochi and Coimbatore, along the lines of a similar project being implemented between Mumbai and Delhi.

The government has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infrastructure Kerala Limited (INKEL), a private-public enterprise set up to promote infrastructure facilities in the state, to undertake a feasibility study and submit a report on the project before March 31 next.

The project will come up on either side of a dedicated freight line to be set up parallel to the gas pipeline linking Coimbatore and the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal expected to be commissioned in Kochi in 2013.

"We will have to identify the locations where different types of industrial clusters can be set up. Availability of land as well as uninterrupted power and water supply will be the criteria for identifying potential locations," Dr G C Gopala Pillai, the head of INKEL, told The Times of India here.

"Tamil Nadu government has shown keen interest in the project during talks held so far between officials of the two states. A ministerial level discussion on the project is likely to take place in December," M said R Karmachandran, executive director of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). "The project is expected to cost millions of rupees and we are looking for significant central funding," he added.

Asked whether land will be a constraint for the project in a land-starved state like Kerala, an INKEL official said, "You will be surprised to know that there are vast reserves of land available in Kerala. Much of it is lying unutilized with public or private sector firms. Some individuals and consortium of individuals also hold huge areas of land. We have to put such land to optimal use for industrial development without affecting the environment."

"Industries which can draw on the huge trained manpower pool available in the state could be set up in the proposed clusters. Since the LNG is going to be easily available through the pipeline which is being set up by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), power units or power intensive industries would also be ideal," said the KSIDC official.

The dedicated freight line will have both road and rail lines, M P Ranji, additional secretary, state industries department said.

Coimbatore to get New International Airport by 2014

2010-11-14T22:15:00.000-08:00

Coimbatore will have its own international airport on the lines of the Devanahalli airport in Bangalore by July 2014. After months of protests by local villagers, the decks have been cleared for acquiring lands for the expansion of its existing airport.

The Tamil Nadu government has given an assurance to Airports Authority of India (AAI) that the acquisition of around 612.97 acres of land required for the expansion works would be completed by next June. And the AAI can start construction works from next July.

"The works would begin in a time-bound manner as soon as the acquisition process gets over. We need just three more years to finish the construction work. And on completion, it would be an all-new international airport, comparable only with the recently constructed international airports like Bangalore and Hyderabad," Airport Director Peter K Abraham told The Times of India.

With an extended runway of 12,000 ft (it is 9,900 ft at present), it can facilitate landing and takeoff of wide-bodied and fat-bellied international flights. "What we are visualizing is not just a cosmetic expansion and renovation. It would be a total revamp keeping in view of the city's needs for another 30 years," said Peter.

On completion, the main building with domestic and international terminals would come up in the area facing L&T Bypass and so the public can use it as the main entrance. There would be an entrance from Trichy Road as well.

However, the present entrance from Salem Road would be closed and the existing airport building would be used to accommodate various offices of AAI and its affiliated organizations.

Terming the expansion and renovation works as boosters to city's industrial and commercial growth, the airport director said the existing cargo terminal would also be expanded by doubling its present capacity of 40 tones at a time.

The AAI has already earmarked Rs 300 crore for the renovation and funds would not be a constraint for the time bound completion of works, he said. "We are aware of the hurdles in the wake of land acquisition. The state government has agreed to give us 612.97 acres in the place of a demand for 848 acres. But the shortage in the availability of land would in no way affect the setting up of a fully international airport,'' he said.

Meanwhile, revenue officials have started marking the outer boundaries for the extended airport in Kalapatti, Uppilipalayam, Singanallur, Irugur and Nilambur villages. The state government has already allotted Rs 350 crores for the land acquisition process and the identified plots would be taken over by giving suitable compensation. "The compensation amount for each affected family is yet to be fixed. Government has already expressed its consent for allocating more funds for compensation if the need arises. A special revenue officer and three tehsildars would be soon deputed to speed up the acquisition," district revenue officer A Shanmugha Sundaram informed.

Police encounter - Double murder accused gets killed

2010-11-09T23:38:00.000-08:00

Barely days after the kidnap and murder of two children had rocked the state, the main accused, a van driver, was shot dead by the police in Coimbatore after he allegedly tried to escape from custody.

The encounter happened in the early hours of Tuesday.

Mohanraj, who had temporarily worked as a van driver transporting children to school, was arrested for kidnapping and subsequently murdering 10-year-old Muskan and her younger brother Ritish (7), children of a trader in Coimbatore. His accomplice Manoharan, a tractor driver, was also arrested.

As the case is going on, the police sought and received in custody the duo for further questioning on Monday. This morning at around 5:30 am, while they were taking him from Chettikulam police station to the murder spot as part of the investigation, Mohanraj allegedly snatched the service revolver from a sub-inspector who was part of the team and shot two police men in a bid to escape custody.

Two police personnel, sub-inspectors Jyothi and Muthumalai were injured in the firing.

However, the escape was short-lived as another inspector in the party, Annadurai fired at Mohanraj using his revolver killing him on the spot.

On October 29, Mohanraj tricked the children and their grandmother who had accompanied them to the bus stop, claiming that he was asked to pick up the school students in the absence of the regular person. As he had worked as school driver earlier, they did not find anything amiss.

But not finding the children at the regular spot, the real driver contacted the children's father Ranjit Kumar, a textile merchant in the city. Being outstation, he contacted his wife Sangeeta to check.

Finding their plan go awry, the driver duo allegedly murdered the children by pushing them into a water canal near Coimbatore, according to police. Their bodies were later fished out from the waterway. Initial reports suggest that the girl child was sexually-assaulted before the murder.

The killings had created an instant outrage among the society, with almost all members seeking nothing less than death penalty for the accused – but by way of legal, judicial retribution and not extra-judicial 'encounter'. Even though the western city has had its share of troubles over the past, this is the first such killing in Coimbatore.

School children kidnapped and killed

2010-10-31T22:56:00.000-07:00

A 10 year old school girl along with her brother had been kidnapped on Thursday while on her way from school to home. The girl was subsequently sexually assaulted and killed by her kidnapper. The information was released by C.Sylendra Babu – City Police Commissioner after going through the post–mortem report.

Muskan (10 year old) and Ritish (7 years old) were kidnapped on Friday at Sathyamangalam Road by Mohan, who had once been their private van driver. Both Muskan and Ritish were on their way to school. The parents only came to know about the kidnap when their van driver turned up to the house and stated that he waited for a long ime but the children did not showup. Their parents Ranjith – a textile merchant and Sangeetha launched a complain at the nearest police station.

The kidnappers behind this crime have been traced and arrested. The police have registered a case against Mohan – the prime accused and Manoharan under section 363 – abduction, 376 – sexual abuse and 302 – murder.

Mr Sylendra Babu said that the two accused have confessed of assaulting the kids. They where made to climb the hill and pushed from there.

Mohan was produced to the Judicial Magistrate -I L.S. Sathyamoorthy, who remanded him to judicial custody till 12th November. Manoharan will be produced before the magistrate by tonight.

Students and a child get hurt in Tiruppur

2010-10-25T22:23:00.000-07:00

A group of people, including students and a child, waiting at a bus stop in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district were injured when crude bombs kept in a gunny bag nearby exploded on Monday.

One-year-old Manoj Kumar, who sustained serious injuries, was rushed to a hospital in Coimbatore. Those with minor injuries were taken to the local government hospital.

According to the police, the blast occurred at around 9 am when a tractor accidentally ran over the bag near Kozhumam bus stop near Udumelpet. Shops and vehicles parked nearby were also damaged.

The farmers in the region use such bombs to scare away and sometimes kill wild boars.

Inspector K Kanakaraj said it was not yet clear who kept the bag there. A case has been registered under the provisions of Explosives Act and the IPC, he added.

Online electricity payment in Coimbatore

2010-10-20T05:11:00.000-07:00

Payment of electricity consumption charges will soon become easier for low tension (LT) consumers in this region, which covers Coimbatore, Tirupur and the Nilgiris districts.

Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) will introduce measures that will help avoid the last minute rush at its collection counters from 13 to 15 of every month.

The board proposes to install “anytime payment machines” here.

TNEB Chief Engineer here A. Thangavelu told that it introduced online payment mode in Coimbatore in June.

The system had already been implemented in Chennai. Of the 17 lakh LT consumers in this region, 13,143 paid the consumption charges online during the last three months.

The number of users had increased in October.

The board had now proposed to increase the number of banks through which consumers could make the online payment. Currently, online payment was possible through internet banking, credit or debit cards, Mr. Thangavelu said.

The board would also install about 50 “anytime payment machines” in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts soon.

These were similar to the ATMs. Four machines were in use in Chennai. Consumers could make cash payment at any time of the day through this machine, he said.

Further, TNEB would introduce “30-day collection system” from November 1. Through this, consumers would be able to make the payment at the collection counters within 20 days of assessment.

Through these efforts, consumers need not wait for long hours at the collection counters, and payment could be made on any day of the month, he said.

Nuts 'n' Spices Grocey store in Coimbatore

2010-10-20T05:09:00.000-07:00

Nuts 'n' Spices, the Chennai-based chain of grocery stores, is planing to launch its first store in Coimbatore post Diwali. This would be the company's first store outside Chennai, where it currently operates 15 stores.

Confirming the development to ImagesFood, Sunil Sanklecha, founder and managing director, Nuts ‘n' Spices, said, “The store will be spread over an area of 1,500 sq ft, with a merchandise mix of 4,000 SKUs.”

The product portfolio of Nuts 'n' Spices – founded in 1999 – includes a range of dry fruits, spices, tea, beverages, mouth fresheners, sugar-free products, imported food products, frozen foods and snacks.

Engineering student designs a computer operated car

2010-10-13T22:59:00.000-07:00

An engineering student has designed an unmanned computer-operated miniature car that can be controlled through satellite signals through Internet-based computer networking.

VVV Karthi, the 21-year-old computer student who hails from Coimbatore said the operators could access the car through secured passwords.

"Basically the car operates with the help of satellite signals. The point to access the signals is controlled by a network. The network area is served through Internet so it is very easy to access the network of the car. The relevant detail of the car is received to a particular user that operates the signal," said Karthi.

Karthi also said the programme, which took a year to develop, cannot be hacked easily as it is designed to operate with a wireless mobile phone command.

The users would be given a secured password and identification number.

The operating command would be linked to a satellite through the Internet. After the password is verified the vehicle can be operated from any corner of the world.

If an attempt to hack the car is made it sends a message and alert signals to the user.

Karthi said the unmanned car had a number of user-friendly features.

"The unique feature of the car is that it can be operated from any part of the world and you just need a computer to operate it. No other system is needed. It only has a simple password, which could be logged in and can be easily operated. No driver in particular is required to run it," said Karthi.

This surveillance vehicle can be used in factories to carry goods and also to keep a watch on any activity from a distance.

It can also prove beneficial in security of temples and can be even used in search operations by the police force in dense forests or hilly areas.

The computer wizard plans to use the same technology for air surveillance by using the same technology in helicopters.