Daily Archives: August 15, 2014

NIT-C alumni to relive ‘REC’ days

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The silver jubilee batch of National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), formerly known as Regional Engineering College, will conduct their silver jubilee reunion on August 15 and 16.

Sreekumar K. Iyer, one of the organisers, said that the two-day event, titled, RECollection’89, would be held on the NIT-C campus and in the city. Around 200 former students, who passed out in 1989, would take part in the event. A souvenir would be published at Hyson Heritage in the city to mark the occasion.

NIT-C Director M.N. Bandyopadhyay would inaugurate the programme at the college auditorium. A session, ‘Guruvandanam,’ to honour teachers who taught at the college during the 1985-89 period, would be held on Saturday.

A family gathering would be held at Malabar Palace on Saturday. The reunion celebrations would conclude with cultural activities and a musical night, Mr. Iyer said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode  / Special Correspondent  / Kozhikode  – August 15th, 2014

Kick-starting ‘Lady Freedom’

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On Sunday, brand new scooters will be delivered to 1,000 women under a ‘mass bank loan’ scheme of the Calicut City Service Cooperative Bank. The initiative, titled ‘Lady Freedom,’ is part of a ‘women empowerment’ programme conceived in connection with the Independence Day celebrations,

The loan scheme with a reduced interest rate (11 per cent) was introduced by the bank in collaboration with the authorised dealer of a major two-wheeler company in the city, said bank chairman C.N. Vijayakrishnan at a press meet here on Thursday. “A sum of up to Rs.50,000 is being given as credit by the bank which will be repaid by the borrowers in 30 monthly instalments,” said Mr. Vijayakrishnan.

The borrowers had made a down payment of Rs.2,225 and produced one person as guarantor. The vehicles will be distributed at a public function at the Zamorin School grounds at Chalappuram in the city at 10 a.m. on August 17. Mayor A.K. Premajam will inaugurate the programme.

District panchayat president K. Jameela will inaugurate the distribution of free helmets to all the women. Cooperative Society registrar S. Lalithambika will hand over the first key. Mr. Vijayakrishnan said around 15,000 women had registered for the loan scheme. “The scheme will be made available to the rest of the applicants as well in the coming weeks,” he said.

Following the “overwhelming” response to the scheme, the bank had decided to launch a car loan scheme for women in the coming days, said the bank chairman. “Up to Rs.5 lakh will be given in loan as per the scheme,” he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode  / Staff Reporter / Kozhikode  – August 15th, 2014

President’s medal for police officers

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Two police officers from the city were announced as recipients of the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Independence Day 2014. Assistant Commissioner of the District Crime Records Bureau Amose Mammen and Cyber Cell Sub-Inspector Francis Perera are among the six officers in the State selected for the medal. The officers will receive the medals next year.

AC Amose Mammen began service in the police force in 1988 as an assistant sub-inspector and had earlier received the Chief Minister’s medal for service in 2000.

SI Francis Perera entered the police force in 1985 as a civil police officer and has been with the Cyber Cell in the city since its inception in 2007. – Staff Reporter

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kochi / Staff Reporter / Kochi – August 15th, 2014