Only 1.80 lakh kids immunised

Target is 3.65 lakh for administration of measles-rubella vaccine

Against the target of 3.65 lakh children to be administered the measles-rubella vaccine, the Corporation of Madurai has just covered 1.80 lakh children.

Flagging off a rally from the Tamukkum Grounds to the Collectorate, students numbering over 300, from various nursing colleges displayed placards educating the public that the vaccine would not harm but rather be protective.

The public should not go by the social media posts as they were baseless. The Corporation doctors and para-medical staff said that the vaccine was necessary and there would not be any side effect as apprehended in the social media.

Hence, mothers should bring their children in the 9-15 age group to be administered the vaccine, they said and added that it would be safe to get the children administered the vaccine for which the government organised special camps.

The Deputy Commissioner (Corporation) S. Shanthi said the vaccine would protect the children from diseases. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Arun Sakti Kumar flagged off the rally. City Health Officer Satish Raghavan and others participated.

2,300 deposits under scanner

The Income Tax Department is pursuing about 2,300 cases in Coimbatore region that have been identified for making huge deposits during the demonetisation period.

Transactions

T.P. Krishna Kumar, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, and Principal Commissioner M. Tirumalakumar told reporters here on Friday that 18 lakh transactions made during the demonetisation period were identified as suspect ones across the country.

The region-wise details are shared in phases for the local officials of the IT department to pursue. In the first phase, about 2,300 cases found to have made huge deposits during November-December in Coimbatore, Tirupur, and the Nilgiris districts have been identified.

The department officials are asking for details from these depositors. If the response is not satisfactory, they are pursuing it with more action.

Surveys

In the last two weeks, more than 100 surveys have been conducted by the department officials in Coimbatore and Madurai regions.

The officials also explained about Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, a scheme introduced in December last year and will end with March 31.

Objective

“The objective of the scheme is to utilise the black money collected post-demonetisation phase to undertake anti-poverty and development works,” according to a press release.

Under the scheme, any person can make declaration of undisclosed income and pay 30% tax of the undisclosed income, apart from penalty and surcharge.

About 25% of the amount will be deposited under the scheme and it will not give any interest and will have a lock-in period of four years.

A declaration in the prescribed form is to be made, he said.

“The consequences will be severe for those who are found to have undisclosed income and have not declared it under the scheme,” said Mr. Tirumalakumar.

Mr. Krishnakumar added that the response so far has been good for the scheme, though he did not share details of number of persons who have opted for it in the region.

The revenue realisation of the department is also good this year, he added.

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CPWD official takes bribe by cheque, lands in CBI net

He demanded Rs. 4 lakh from a Kochi-based construction firm

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a top Central Public Works Department (CPWD) official here on charges of accepting a bribe by cheque from a builder. When one of the cheques bounced, the official asked the builder to transfer the money online into his wife’s bank account.

The CBI’s Anti Corruption Branch received information in December 2016 that R. Sampath, Deputy Director-General, Southern Region, CPWD, entered into a criminal conspiracy with M/s Shilpa Projects, Kochi, represented by Srikumar, with respect to a tender related to a CPWD project in Coimbatore.

The official allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs. 4 lakh from the builder. He received two cheques worth Rs. 1 lakh each and deposited them into the account of his wife. After one of the cheques bounced, Mr. Sampath insisted that Rs. 3 lakh be transferred electronically.

The official wanted the firm to account the bribe money as “consultancy charges” in the name of his wife. He insisted that her Permanent Account Number (PAN) be recorded and a proper bill for the consultancy charges be generated. The firm sent the bills by email and SMS to Mr. Sampath and his wife.

The CBI registered a case against the CPWD official, Mr. Srikumar and others under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

Medical aspirants can opt to take NEET in Urdu from 2018, Centre tells Supreme Court

New Delhi: TNN





The Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday that it would allow students aspiring to join medical courses to take the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Urdu but it was not possible to permit them this year as all preparations had been made.

Appearing before a bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice R Banumathi, solicitor general Ranjit Kumar said the government is ready to consider to allow students to take the test in Urdu. “We can do it from next year but it is difficult to do it this year. We cannot put the clock back as preparations have been made for the exam to be held in May ,“ he said.

The Centre was responding to the apex court's order seeking explanation why Urdu was left out as a medium of examination when students are allowed to appear in eight regional languages.. The court was hearing a plea filed by Student Islamic Organisation seeking its direction to the government to prepare question papers also in Urdu for the benefit of Urdu-speaking students to take the test in their language. Some medical aspirants have also filed petition on the issue.





Varsity sticks to UGC norms, drops fancy course names

Madurai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





The academic council of Madurai Kamaraj University on Friday resolved to adopt the amended May 2016 UGC regulations for PhD and MPhil courses and change the nomenclature of two MSc courses and a new MPhil course.Madurai Kamaraj University was yet to adopt the new regulations for the PhD and MPhil courses as specified by the apex regulatory body for higher education to enhance the standards, which included conducting entrance examinations and appointing international faculty for exams among other things. A minimum of 55 per cent marks in post-graduation courses will now be a man datory criterion to apply for Ph.D after completing M.Phil.A member of the academic council and the chairperson of school of energy sciences K Muthuchezhian said that the UGC regulation came into effect on May 5, 2016 and it had to be implemented without further delay . Special Officer K Ravichandran said that a booklet regarding plagiarism would be considered for distribution though the software to detect plagiarism had already been installed in the MKU library after a member raised this issue.
The nomenclature of M.Sc.Microbial Gene Technology that is offered by the Department of Microbial Technology under choice based credit system (CBCS) has been changed to M.Sc. Microbiology . Similar ly the nomenclature of M.Sc.Biochemical Technology offered by the Department of Biochemistry under CBCS has been changed to M.Sc. Biochemistry . This new nomenclature would come into effect from the academic year 20172018. The decision was taken to rename these courses as student demand for the same was decreasing, said Dr P Sudhakar, head in charge department of Microbial technology , MKU.
In addition, a new M.Phil programme, M.Phil in Microbiology under the Deparment of Microbial Technology under CBCS, is being introduced for the new academic year, for which the fee, eligibility and course structure have been framed.
It was alleged at the meet ing that there were irregularities in allotting housing quarters for professors. A Velanganni Joseph, the chairman of the School of youth Empowerment, said that he was a senior professor and a native of Dindigul who had to travel back to Dindigul after completing the coaching sessions which went on till 7 p.m. He had made representations to the Registrar in charge, G Arumugam in this regard but no action had been taken. He also said that there were some faculty members who were enjoying the luxury of having two quarters violating the norms. Council member V Chinniah said that it was aserious issue which should be looked into immediately . They were assured of appropriate action.

No action against doctor who tried to kill her father

Chennai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Nearly eight months after the Chennai police chargesheeted a doctor for trying to kill her 82year-old father -a heart patient on medical support in a city hospital ICU -by pulling the plug after getting his thumb impression on a set of papers, the doctor continues to practise medicine because officials of the Tamil Nadu Medical Council have not issued orders debarring her from practising.On Friday , a group of elected members said the disciplinary committee constituted by the Tamil Nadu Medical Council recommended that Coimbatore-based Dr Jayasudha Manoharan be debarred, but the order was pending as the general council wasn't able to meet. “There is a case pending on who should be president of the council. We are 10 members in the council and at least 7 have to approve any business. That has never happened,“ said former president K Prakasam, a member of the general council. In February 2016, Dr Jayasudha's brother Dr R Jayaprakash lodged a complaint saying she tried to kill their father Dr E Rajagopal.
He also submitted CCTV footage showing her visiting Dr Rajagopal in Dr Jayaprakash's Aditya Hospital in Kilpauk, Chennai, removing a line delivering life-saving medicines through a vein in the neck.
“There are three more cases for which action is pending,“ he said. The term of the council ends in June. The committee has not met to set the ball rolling for the next election to be conducted by May .

ரேஷன் அட்டையில் பெயர் சேர்த்தல் -நீக்கல்: சென்னையில் இன்று சிறப்பு முகாம்

By DIN  |   Published on : 11th March 2017 04:08 AM  

ரேஷன் அட்டையில் பெயர் சேர்த்தல், நீக்கல் உள்ளிட்ட பணிகளை மேற்கொள்ள, சென்னையில் 17 இடங்களில் சனிக்கிழமை (மார்ச் 11) சிறப்பு முகாம்கள் நடைபெறவுள்ளன. முகாம்கள் நடைபெறும் இடங்கள் குறித்து, தமிழக அரசு வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்பு:

1. பிராட்வே பகுதி --சென்னை நடுநிலைப்பள்ளி, எண்.44, ராமசாமி தெரு, (மண்ணடி)
2. ராயபுரம் --பி.ஏ.கே. பழனிசாமி ஆரம்பப் பள்ளி, கிரேஸ் கார்டன் முதன்மை தெரு,
(ரேணி மருத்துவமனை பின்புறம்)
3. பெரம்பூர் --சென்னை நடுநிலைப் பள்ளி, கோகுலம் (பெரம்பூர் பஸ் நிலையம் அருகில்)
4. அண்ணாநகர் --சென்னை மாநகராட்சி, 104 -வது கோட்ட அலுவலகம், லெட்டாங்ஸ் ரோடு, வேப்பேரி (சிஎஸ்ஐ ஈவார்ட்ஸ் மேனிலைப்பள்ளி அருகில்).
5. அம்பத்தூர் --அரசு உயர்நிலைப் பள்ளி, வானகரம் (ஊராட்சி மன்ற
அலுவலகம் அருகில்)
6. வில்லிவாக்கம் --அரசு ஆதிதிராவிடர் உயர்நிலைப் பள்ளி, பழைய திருமங்கலம்,
(செந்தில் நர்சிங் ஹோம் அருகில் -- 13 -ஆவது பிரதான சாலை முடிவில்)
7. திருவொற்றியூர் --ராமகிருஷ்ணா பள்ளி (தெலுங்கு பள்ளி), வடக்கு ரயில்வே ஸ்டேசன்
ரோடு (திருவொற்றியூர் ரயில் நிலையம் அருகில்)
8. ஆவடி --அரசு மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி, தண்டுரை (பட்டாபிராம் ரயில் நிலையம் அருகில்)
9. ஆர்.கே. நகர் --சென்னை துவக்கப் பள்ளி, புதுக்கடை பண்ணை, செரியன் நகர்,
புது வண்ணாரப்பேட்டை (கிராஸ் ரோடு, சக்தி மெட்டல் பின்புறம்)
10. தியாகராய நகர் --அரசினர் மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி, அசோக் நகர் (புதூர் பள்ளி பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் அருகில்)
11. மயிலாப்பூர் --இளநிலை பொறியாளர் அலுவலகம், சாஸ்திரி நகர், அடையாறு (வண்ணாந்துரை பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் அருகில்)
12. பரங்கிமலை --செயின்ட் மார்க்ஸ் மெட்ரிகுலேசன் பள்ளி, ராதா நகர் மெயின் ரோடு (ராதா நகர் வாட்டர் டேங்க் அருகில்)
13. தாம்பரம் --ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய நடுநிலைப் பள்ளி, பொழிச்சலூர் மெயின் ரோடு
(ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய அலுவலகம் அருகில்)
14. சைதாப்பேட்டை --சென்னை மாநகராட்சி நடுநிலைப் பள்ளி, பெருமாள் கோயில் தெரு, மேற்கு மாம்பலம், (மேட்டுப்பாளையம் சர்ச் அருகில்)
15. ஆயிரம் விளக்கு --சென்னை மாநகராட்சி உயர்நிலைப் பள்ளி, ஸ்ட்ரான்ஸ் ரோடு, பட்டாளம் (மகாலட்சுமி திரையரங்கு அருகில்)
16. சேப்பாக்கம் --சென்னை தொடக்கப் பள்ளி, நாகப்பதெரு, புதுப்பேட்டை (மார்க்கெட் அருகில்)
17. சோழிங்கநல்லூர் --ஊராட்சி ஒன்றிய அலுவலகம். ஏழுமலை சாலை, நன்மங்கலம் (ஜெ.ஜெ. பார்க் அருகில்)