Mumbai/Coimbatore, Dec 8: Muslims took out a march in Mumbai and Coimbatore to show their solidarity with the victims of last month''s Mumbai terror attacks.

Hundreds of people, including Bollywood personalities joined the march.

Participants held banners and posters condemning the senseless killings.

"Muslims have converged here to tell the terrorists that they are not our representatives. They are not bringing fame to Islam, but bringing disrepute to it. They are presenting a picture of Islam that is not true. We have no relations with militants. They are our enemy and enemy of the country," said Javed Akhter, Bollywood lyricist.

The three suspects Abdul Ameen aged 21, Iqufal Ahmed aged 20 and Jamsheel aged 21 were residing in Srilanka hotel situated opposite to the Coimbatore railway station for past twenty days.

When the police investigated about their whereabouts they tried to mislead the police and informed them that they had come to start a public telephone booth and earn their livelihood.

But the police sensing suspicion further investigated the matter and found that one of the telephone connections was in the name of an auto-rickshaw driver.

Coimbatore, Nov 26 : The capacity utilization of the textile industry in Tamil Nadu, hit by the ongoing slump in the demand in international markets and the acute power shortage, has dropped by 72 percent.

With an investment of almost 50 billion rupees, the textile industry in the state is in a dismal state.

Coimbatore, Nov 18: After the success of Chandrayaan-1, India''s first moon mission, country is ready for its second lunar mission as it started work on Chandrayaan-2, says M. Annadurai, Project Director, Chandrayaan-1.

Talking to media here on Monday, Annadurai said the Central Cabinet has already given its approval for the second moon mission.

"Chandrayaan-2 has been already approved by the cabinet. And we have been given the budget of rupees 4.25 billion," he added.

Chandrayaan-2, which will be a joint effort between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Russia, is planned for 2011.

The mission will consist of a lander and a rover for a soft landing on moon.

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Nov. 8 : Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will celebrate the 82nd birthday of senior party leader L K Advani by preparing a laddu weighing 82 kilograms.

Advani turned 82 on Saturday.

According to party sources, the laddu will be made from 40 kilograms of sugar, 30 kilograms of groundnut powder and 10 kilograms of dry fruits and ghee or clarified butter.

The four feet high laddu has been kept on the party premises and will be distributed to the public today.

Coimbatore, Oct 30 : A practitioner of traditional medicines in Coimbatore on Thursday conducted special prayers to seek the blessings of gods to ensure a smooth victory for Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate in the US Presidential polls.

Krishana Kumar, Managing Director of Dhanwantari Temple said that he was fascinated by Democrat Barack Obama''s campaigning style when he was in America recently.

He got his horoscope, read it carefully and thought of performing some prayers for his victory.