Vellore City

The cost of gold has decreased Rs.128 per sovereign on Monday Afternoon ( Mar 03, 2015 ) . As a result a sovereign was Rs.20152.00 and a gram will be priced Rs.2519.00.

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The cost of gold has increased Rs.128 per sovereign on Satyrday Evening ( Feb 28, 2015 ) . As a result a sovereign was Rs.20256.00 and a gram will be priced Rs.2532.00.

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Vellore police confiscated a country-made gun hidden in a house.

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Fire has been raging for the last 3 days at Kappukkadu, under the jurisdiction of the department of Forestry, near Ambur. The forest department personnel have been struggling to the fire out.

Kappukkadu is situated at Mittalam, near Ambur, in Vellore district. The 100 hecatre forest is owned by the forest department.

Thousands of redwood, teak a,d tamarind trees are available in this forest area.

Also, animals such as deer, bison, fox, wild boar, and pythons also exist in the forest.

There was a sudden fire in the forest at 10.00 PM on 24^th February. Redwood and teakwood trees were burning. Forest officials attempted to quell the fire. However, prevailing strong winds, the fire became more intensive and kept spreading.

The officials could not even entrt the forest.

The fire has continued raging over the last 3 days. Rare trees and herbs have been reduced to ashes.

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The first test laboratory for finding solutions to power generation shortage problems has been set up in VIT (Vellore Insatiate of Technology) Don Bose Power Electronic Croporation & VIT have jointly set up ‘Advanced Drives Lab’ a laboratory for conducting research towards finding a solution for the electric power shortage and improve power generation techniques.

The lab is located at the technology towere and cost about Rs. 50 Lakhs.

This is the 1^st instance where the industry & educational institutes have joined hands to adopt latest technologies ti improve power generation.

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