It was a mixed bag on election day when it came to ease of access for senior citizens and persons with disability to polling booths. The general response ranged between ‘very good' to ‘poor', varying from area to area, booth to booth.
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Posted by divya (#2) 770 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Southern Railway to start work on integrated security system
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Southern Railway is on track to become the first zonal railways to start work on an Integrated Security System at select stations, Southern Railway General Manager Deepak Krishan said on Monday.
Two grilled for withdrawing Rs 20 cr in a day in Erode
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As part of surveillance of large cash withdrawals ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Income Tax officials are questioning two persons, who worked as conduits for traders and withdrew Rs 20 crore from a bank on a single day in March.
Over 1.66 lakh candidates to appear for VIT entrance exam
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A total of 1,66,493 candidates, comprising 1,33,291 boys and 33,202 girls will be appearing for the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)-2011 to be conducted by the VIT University, Vellore, in 243 centres in 105 cities all over India and three foreign countries between 2.30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on April 16 to select candidates for admission to 13 B.Tech. programmes on the VIT Vellore and Chen
National Knowledge Network to become operational in 2 years
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The National Knowledge Network (NKN) will become fully operational in two years, said R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, on Monday.
Supreme Court refuses to stay ruling on TNPSC appointments
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any interim order on the appeals filed by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission and others against a Madras High Court judgment setting aside the selection and appointment of 83 out of 91 candidates in Group I services for 2000-2001 for indulging in malpractices.
“Cancel Alagiri's advance bail”
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An AIADMK functionary has moved the Madras High Court Bench here with a plea to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Union Minister M.K. Alagiri in an assault case.
“EC can take action even after polling”
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The Election Commission can countermand Assembly elections to constituencies even after polling if it receives high number of complaints of money distribution to voters in such areas, Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar said on Monday.