NTC land won’t be sold below market price, says Maran

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Inaugurates four mills modernised under revival scheme.
— K. Ananthan

New threads: The Union Minister of Textiles, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, looking at the new ring frames at Sri Rangavilas Mills which is one of the four modernised National Textile Corporation’s mills in Coimbatore on Saturday. The Minister of State for Textiles, Ms Panabaka Lakshmi, is also seen.
Our Bureau
Coimbatore, Aug. 22 While appreciating the quality and design of the NTC mills products, the Union Textiles Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, urged the National Textile Corporation Chief, Mr K Ramachandran Pillai, to give a facelift to the corporation’s showroom.
“The showroom is pathetic,” Mr Maran said, after formally inaugurating four modernised mills of NTC – Sri Ranga Vilas Mills, Pankaja Mill, Cambodia Mill and Coimbatore Murugan Mills – in Coimbatore.
Rs 77-cr investment
NTC has invested Rs 76.50 crore towards modernising these four mills and this is a part of its Rs 5,297-crore modified revival scheme, he said.
(The scheme envisages revival of 43 mills, 24 of which are being modernised by NTC itself and 19 through public-private partnership. The company has garnered Rs 4,034 crore through sale of assets as part of its revival scheme, which mainly includes land of closed mills.) Mr Maran reaffirmed that in future NTC land would not be sold below the market price and transparency would be maintained at all decision-making levels.
There are 2,619 workers on the rolls of these mills, but there is scope for further enhancement, he said and sought the active support of workers to take NTC to global standards.
Retail outlets
By focusing on downward linkages and re-energising its 93 retail outlets, securing institutional sales, the corporation would be able to progressively reduce its dependence on the Government and create a niche for itself in the market, he said.
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Love Khichdi: Preview





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Cast: Randeep Hooda, Riya Sen, Divya Dutta, Rituparna Sengupta, Sonali Kulkarni, Kalpana Pandit, Jessy Randhawa, and Sada.
Director Srinivas Bhashyam





Mumbai: Wait till this Friday to know how Randeep Hooda cooks ‘Love Khichdi' on screen. Story is fantastic and is all about a jat boy called Vir who belongs to a small town.


Hooda is in role of Vir Pratap Singh. Vir's idea of love is limited to lust. But one day he realizes that there is a lot more to love than lust. He discovers it through very funny and true to life encounters with seven beautiful women.


The movie beautifully deals with the confusion and convenience of love and lust. Director has left no stone unturned to make the movie interactive. All the characters of the movie talk directly to the audience about their point of views from time to time.


Vir completes his studies in Pusa Catering College. Thereafter he arrives in Mumbai where he gets employment at a five star hotel as a sous chef (second in command in the kitchen).


He nourishes a dream of owning a restaurant. But he mostly thinks of women and love. Vir longs for almost every woman he meets, who he feels he won't have to commit to.


Vir's Love khichdi has several flavours, including Divya Dutta as Tandoori masala, Sada as Ghar ki dal, Sonali Kulkarni as Bhareli mirchi, Riya Sen as baby corn, Rituparna Sen Gupta as Mishti dhoi and Jesse Randhawa as green salad and Kalpana Pandit as sizzler.


Tandoori Masala is Vir's neighbor. She loves learning recipes from Vir who likes the secrecy of it. Ghar ki dal is his close friend.
Vir has special liking for Bhareli mirchi, the bai, works at his place. In better clothes, she looks like a bollywoo heroin.
Baby corn lives in his neighborhood and absolutely in love with Vir. But he knows it but scares of her for some reason.


Mishti dhoi is a bookshop owner and her shop is located in Vir's hotel. Her ambiguity and intellect mesmerizes Vir and he goes crazy about her.


Vir likes Green salad, who is a super model, often comes to eat it in his restaurant. After seeing her in a beer commercial, Vir is crazy about her. But gets deceive from her.


Sizzler, a powerful businesswoman, lures him and uses him, as he often uses women. This is not new.


Director has wonderfully cooked a delicious Love Khichdi, using spice of love and lust. The movie is releasing on August 28, 2009.

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