7UP Lemon Pattalam team from Trichy to play with CSK

With the third edition of the Indian Premier League set to reach a crescendo, the cricket-loving youth of Tamil Nadu has another reason to cheer for – and this time it is not for Chennai Super Kings but for their local 7UP Lemon Pattalam team which will take on CSK in their own turf.



The seven-member ‘7UP Lemon Pattalam team from Trichy selected after the rigorous and highly-competitive league stage - is going to take on their role models and cricketing icons - the Chennai Super Kings. The winners were chosen after an intense two month-long competition.

7UP Lemon Pattalam is a unique concept which gives an opportunity to regular cricket fans in the state to match skills with CSK. Congratulating the 7Up Lemon Pattalam winners, Ms. Alpana Titus, Executive Vice President, Flavours, PepsiCo India, said, “It is very heartening to see youth from Tamil Nadu compete with each other to meet their dream idols and play against them. For us at 7UP, as indeed in the country, cricket is the religion which brings together people across barriers of geography, gender and age.”

Mr. V Chandrashekar, Director of Cricketing Operations - CSK, said, “We are quite excited and would wish the winning team good luck for their final match with CSK. The CSK team is looking forward to play against these budding 7UP Lemon Pattalam champions.”

The second season of 7UP Lemon Pattalam witnessed about 1400 teams from 14 cities of Tamil Nadu, out of which 16 teams got selected for quarter finals.

Prakash Raj delighted with response for ‘Payanam'

TIRUCHI: Coming as ‘Payanam' does as the fourth film in a winning combo with director Radha Mohan, after ‘Azhagiya Theeyae,' ‘Mozhi' and ‘Abhiyum Naanum', Prakash Raj's exhilaration knows no bounds.

Quality fare

“It is yet another attempt at providing quality fare. When compared to our previous films, ‘Payanam' comes as a different subject altogether: airline hijack. We have also tried a few things like doing away with song sequences and using Red One camera. The output is really satisfying,” says Prakash Raj, who was here on Monday to promote the film.

‘Payanam' has also marked the re-entry of actor Nagarjuna in Tamil cinema after more than a decade. “The film is a bilingual (‘Gaganam' in Telugu) and I thought that an actor who is familiar with both Tamil and Telugu audiences would fit the bill. When Radha Mohan felt that Nagarjuna would be apt for the role of a commando, I had no second thoughts. Nagarjuna accepted the offer readily,” recalls Prakash Raj, who has essayed an important role in the movie.

The fan base of Radha Mohan has been expanding with each film, reckons Prakash Raj. “Through his movies, Radha Mohan has proved his mettle. He has a fan following abroad as well. The performance of ‘Payanam' in U.S. and other countries is sufficient proof.”


The national-award winning actor says that as a producer he enjoys complete freedom. “As an actor I live out someone else's dream. And as a producer I can explore and experiment a lot more,” explains Prakash Raj.

Challenging film

Director Radha Mohan said ‘Payanam' was a challenging film and a lot of research had gone into its making. He also heaped rich praise on cameraman K.V. Guhan, art director Kathir and dialogue writer T.J. Gnanavel.

According to S. Sridhar, joint-secretary, Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association, ‘Payanam' was doing brisk business.

The audience response at the Cauvery theatre here, with whom Prakash Raj, Radha Mohan and Gnanavel interacted during intermission, was enough indication.

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New Commissioner for people-friendly approach

TIRUCHI: Assuring transparent administration and a people-friendly approach, the new City Police Commissioner E.Ma.Masanamuthu, who took charge on Wednesday, said the public were free to contact him at any time to get their grievances redressed.

“The public can contact me by dialling 9840433005. The identity of callers will be kept confidential,” he said, adding that the callers could even confine themselves to passing on information without identifying themselves.

Spelling out priorities, Mr. Masanamuthu said the City Police while focussing efforts on law and order and crime prevention, would be well prepared for providing VIP bandobust in the city where, he observed, political parties and people converged for holding conferences and processions owing to its convenient location in the State.

Medical check up

By March, the entire strength of City Police right from constables to Commissioner would have gone through medical check up to deal with ailments like blood pressure, diabetes and heart complications that have become common for police personnel due to enormous stress and strain.

The initiative will be complemented with yoga training, Mr.Masanamuthu said.

As for grave crimes, station-level officers would be told that registering a case is as much important as its disposal, he said, and warned tough action against rowdy elements and anti-socials. “There will be no mercy on them.”

The Commissioner also expressed his interest in strengthening community policing concept and was hopeful of getting the 250 vacancies in the City Police unit filled after six months when the thousands of constable and sub-inspector trainees will pass out.

The new Deputy Commissioner of Police – Law and Order, S.Jayapandian took charge subsequently replacing Rupesh Kumar Meena, who has been transferred as Superintendent of Police, Perambalur district.

The new Deputy Commissioner – Crime and Traffic S. Ramaiyan took charge earlier this week.

BHEL likely to achieve over Rs 12,750 cr turnover

Power plant equipment major BHEL's unit here is poised to surpass Rs 12,750 crore turnover at the end of this fiscal, a senior executive of the PSU said here.

"This fiscal we will end with a turnover exceeding Rs 12,750 crore as against Rs 10,008 crore achieved during the previous fiscal.

We are maintaining a growth rate of 34 per cent year on year. We are hopeful of achieving a turnover of Rs 16,200 crore in 2011-12, A V Krishnan, Executive Director , BHEL, told PTI here.

The achievement is the result of the recent capacity augmentation at the unit here, he said.

BHEL had already accrued a fat order book to the tune of Rs 38,000 crore here as of December 1, 2010 and many more orders were in the pipeline

The Q4 for the PSU was a busy one. The BHEL unit here would dispatch 3 lakh metric tonnes of power plant components within two months, Krishnan said.

The BHEL was ready with technologies like higher capacity (600-880 mw) thermal power plant through super critical boilers, nuclear steam generators, integrated gasification combined cycle systems, higher capacity piping systems and super critical valves, he said.

"The company has already initiated improvement programmes like sequential dispatches, standardisation, reduction of cost of operations and wastage materials", he said.

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Tiruchi marathon: Participants go the extra mile to grab slots

TIRUCHI: The Tiruchi marathon on Sunday saw participants giving their best in the quest for glory.


Organised by the Tiruchi-unit of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), the district-level marathon attracted about 1500 participants.


Mayor S. Sujatha flagged off the marathon from the Anna Stadium here.


For men and women (open category), the race was held for 21 km and 10 km respectively.


Men and women (below 20 years of age) covered a distance of 10 km and 5 km respectively. For boys and girls (below 16 years of age) the race was for 5 km.


“The response for the marathon was very good. More than winning, the spirit of participation is what that counts,” said P. Kalaiselvan, District Sports Officer.


Winners


Open category: Men: 1. N. Prabhu (Home Guard), 2. K. Suresh (TNSP), 3. P. Gopi (Customs); Women: M. Vidhya (Thottiyam), 2. R. Nachiar (Crawford), 3. B. Ramya (UDV Higher Secondary School).


Under-20 age category: Men: I. Albert Raj (St. Joseph's College), 2. S. Palaniappan (St. Joseph's College), 3. R. Anburaj (E.R. HSS); Women: 1. T. Maria Philomena Rani (Holy Cross HSS), 2. S. Mythili (Srirangam Girls HSS), 3. T. Rahini (Srirangam Girls HSS).


Under-16 age category: Boys: 1. A. Prabhakaran (Tiruchi Sports Hostel), 2. R. Rajarajan (UDV HSS), 3. S. Vignesh (UDV HSS); Girls: 1. T. Akilandeswari (Boiler Plant Girls HSS), 2. J. Anjana (Periyar Maniammai Girls HSS), 3. S. Kamali (Periyar Maniammai Girls HSS).


Thomas Gnanaraj, joint secretary, Tamil Nadu Basketball Association and S. Panneerselvam, Regional Senior Manager, Tiruchi-unit of SDAT gave away the prizes.


The top ten finishers in each category have qualified to take part in the Chennai marathon.

National College to offer diploma course in Factory Management

National College has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the BHEL Small and Medium Industries Association (BHELSIA) to offer a diploma course in Factory Management.

The MoU was signed here on Friday by K. Anbarasu, principal, National College, and Rajappa Rajkumar, president, BHELSIA, in the presence of A.V. Krishnan, Executive Director, BHEL, Tiruchi complex. The course content includes three major components – office management, labour laws, and English proficiency.

The course was intended to tide over the manpower shortage faced by the member units of BHELSIA and the industry at large. Faculty members of the college, and experts from the industry would handle the classes.

Inaugurating the programme, Mr. Krishnan said that apart from producing trained managers for the industry, the course would help in fostering budding entrepreneurs. While production was the core activity of any company, labour, office, inventory, and safety managements have to be handled properly to ensure the success of business.

The industry in Tiruchi, which has emerged as hub of power plant equipment manufacturing in the country, required trained technical and managerial manpower to meet the changing business environment, and the course would help meet the demand, he observed.

Mr.Rajkumar said given the BHEL's rising output and growth rate, the ancillary units were facing shortage of manpower, both technical and managerial. As of now, the ancillary units required about 6,000 additional trained manpower. The BHELSIA was addressing the issue by conducting such programmes in collaboration with educational institutions, he added.

Mr. Anbarasu said this was the second MoU signed between the college and BHELSIA. The college was already offering a diploma course in fabrication engineering under the previous MoU. Though the diploma in fabrication engineering was started under the self-financing stream, the University Grants Commission has approved it as a career oriented programme and granted Rs.10 lakh for conducting it. The college was hopeful of getting the UGC approval for the factory management course too, he said.

V. Selvaraj, Joint Chief Inspector of Factories, and K. Raghunathan, college secretary, spoke.