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The following special trains will be run to clear the extra rush of passengers on the eve of Velankanni Festival. Dadar – Nagapattinam – Dadar Specials. T. No. 0171 Dadar – Nagapattinam Special will leave Dadar at 10.45 hrs. on 27.08.2010 and arrive Nagapattinam at 23.45 hrs. the next day. T.No.0172 Nagapattinam – Dadar Special will leave Nagapattinam at 21.00 hrs. on 29.08.2010 and arrive Dadar at 11.25 hrs. the third day. The trains will stop at Kalyan, Pune, Daund, Solapur, Gulbarga, Wadi, Raichur, Mantralayam Road, Adoni, Guntakal, Gooty, Tadipatri, Kondapuram, Yerraguntala, Cuddappah, Razampet, Renigunta, Arakkonam, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur. The composition of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 2 AC 3-tier, 1 AC 2-tier-cum-AC 3-tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 2 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. |
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Music festival at Pandiyan Hotel |
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The Pandiyan Hotel, a pioneer in the hospitality industry in Madurai, in association with Ragapriya Chamber Music Club is once again organising the popular annual music festival in the Hotel premises from 1st to 5th August 2010. The five-day festival starting from Sunday 1st to Thursday 5th August will be in the evenings from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. The festival will provide a real treat for music lovers. The music maestros expected to take part in the five-day festival are Smt.Nithyasree Mahadevan, Neyveli Sri.Santhanagopalan, Malladi Brothers, Sudha Raghunathan, and Sri. Sanjay Subramanian. Those music lovers who would like to attend the music festival can contact V.Srinivasan at 98945 56112 or Fortune Pandiyan Hotel at 435 6789 for further information |
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Wine appreciation and guided tasting session |
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A wine appreciation and guided tasting session is being organized by Wine Academy of India in association with Sheraton Park Hotel at the Towers Club on July 31 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.The session, to be conducted by Chinmaya Arjun Raja, managing director of Wine Academy of India, will provide a basic introduction to wine and its appreciation.It will include an introduction to the wines of France, a short documentary movie on the Burgundy region, and a guided wine tasting session of two wines from Bordeaux and three from Loire valley.The registration fee is Rs. 2,500 per participant, and the last date of registration is July 30. For details, call 4211 1528 |
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An event ‘Experience America’ is being organized by The US Consulate General here in collaboration with the Alpha Group of Institutions on 27 July at Alpha Matriculation Higher Secondary School (West CIT Nagar). The day-long event will also feature drawing, poster, quiz and elocution competitions for school and university students. Registration is free and for further details contact Usha at 9841272035 and Bijukumar on 9841272049. |
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12th Convocation of The Hindustan College of Arts & Science |
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3 University rankholers were among th 176 graduands at the 12th Convocation of the Hindustan College of Arts & Science on whom degrees were conferred by Col Dr Thiruvasagam, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras. Dr (Mrs) Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions presided over the function. Dr Prem C Marthandan, Director – Projects, Hindustan Group of Institutions, Dr Susan Marthandan, Director, Hindustan College of Arts & Science, Padur, Dr V J Philip, Principal, HCAS and several others including faculty, students along with their parents participated. Delivering the Presidential Address, Dr (Mrs) Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions declared that students must aim to become entrepreneurs so that they can become job providers instead of becoming job seekers. Mrs Verghese recalled the founder’s personal motto of “make every man a success and no man a failure” and hoped that today’s graduates would emerge as achievers in their chosen vocations. In his felicitation address, Dr Prem Marthandan, Director – Projects, Hindustan Group of Institutions declared that today was a red letter day in the careers of the graduands. “Today is also the day when you will stop being followers and move on to become leaders. Education is only one component of wisdom in any person and I do hope that you are all endowed with immense wisdom. That would be the best tribute from you all for your alma mater” he declared. Earlier in the day, Dr V J Philip, Principal, HCAS read out the report of activities conducted through the year 2009-2010.
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Team TCS represented by Deepthi Aravind, Sandeep Bhat and Ashish Shetty won the keenly contested South Zone Regional Finals of the 36thNational Competition for Young Managers in Chennai yesterday. Team Robert Bosch represented by A S NAgesh, Sandeep Kamat and Sudhindra Bharath were declared the runners-up in the contest that witnessed 44 teams participating from reputed corporates such as TCS, Robert Bosch, Larsen & Toubro, Madura Garments, Rajshree Cements, HINDALCO, Britannia, Infosys, Tata Blue Scope, Tata Projects and even public sector enterprises such as NTPC and Bank of Maharashtra. Speaking before the declaration of results, Prof P T Srinivasan, HOD, Dept. of Management Studies, University of Madras declared that the contest had evoked very high standards from participants and that it had been a tough job to shortlist and decide the winners as also the runners-up. A transparent system of evaluation had been put in place with 100 marks each for the written report and the oral presentations. Announcing the winners, Group Captain Vijayakumar VSM, Executive Director, MMA stated that if the quality of industry was demonstrative of the dynamics displayed in the competition over the preceding days, India may not need to wait for the 2050s to emerge the super power, but could advance it by a couple of decades, he asserted. He stated that in the past, the south zone winners had emerged triumphant at the national finals and he hoped that Team TCS would emerge winners this time as well. |
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Top 10 cuisines of the world at Garden Café |
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“Garden Café ” at Radisson Hotel GRT, GST Road is offering the most exquisite delicacies - The TOP 10, tasty cuisines in the world for a lunch buffet. The top 10 cuisines are from France, Mexico, Italy, Greece, Thailand, Spain, China, Japan, Middle East, and India.Take your taste buds on a journey through the top 10 tasty cuisines in the world. The buffet spread ranges from Seafood Tamales, Maxican, sprout and pak choy chowmein, Chinese, Shish Taouk from Lebanon, Kari Kambing (Lamb & Lemongrass) from Thai, Parrilada De patatas, Spanish, Psari sta Kavouna from Greek to Meen Mappas from our god’s own country. Relishing this food would re-kindle appetites and desire to go to places far and wide to try good food. |
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