Handloom exhibition inaugurated

CUDDALORE: 

                A handloom exhibition has been organised in Roop Mini Hall on Car Street here under the aegis of the Central Handloom Development Corporation and the Department of Handlooms and Textiles.

               The exhibition was inaugurated on Wednesday by Collector P.Seetharaman . It showcases handloom products such as silk saris from Kancheepurm and Aarani, lungis from Kurinjipadi and Kudiatham, Kovai cotton saris, Erode bedsheets, etc. The government will offer a rebate of 30 per cent on every purchase till November 3.

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Arrear payments to OHT operators

CUDDALORE: 

             Collector P. Seetharaman has ordered the payment of arrears, if any, to overhead tank (OHT) operators in the panchayats for a period of 17 years.

                    In a statement here on Thursday, he said that during a special review meeting conducted recently, it had come to his notice that in certain cases arrears to OHT operators were pending from 1992 to 2009. Therefore, Block Development Officers were directed to disburse the arrears by October 31 through the respective panchayats. The Collector warned that if the panchayats failed to meet the deadline, their accounts would be frozen.

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NLC issue: Opposition delegation to meet Prime Minister today

CUDDALORE: 

             A delegation of the opposition parties will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Friday and take up with him the issue of the contract workmen of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation.

                The delegation would include Gurudas Dasgupta of the Communist Party of India, T.K. Rengarajan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), S. Semmalai and M. Anandan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, T. Velmurugan of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, Ganeshamurthy of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and C.V. Shanmugham of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam. Mr. Velmurugan told The Hindu that the Prime Minister had given appointment at 6.30 p.m. on Friday to meet the delegation.

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