Date:15/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/15/stories/2008091557940300.htm

Tamil Nadu

Bicycles distributed

The Forests Minister N. Selvaraj, on Saturday, distributed free bicycles to 1,288 students of Plus One course at the Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School in Musiri. Addressing the students, he said that the scrapping of entrance test for admission to professional courses, had facilitated a large number of rural students to enter the portals of higher educational institutions.