Postal Recruitment

தபால் தேர்வில் முறைகேடு: ஹரியானாவசிகளின் தமிழ் புலமை

தமிழ் நாட்டிற்கான தபால் தேர்வில் ஹரியானாவை சேர்ந்த பலரும் தமிழ் மொழியில் அதிக மதிப்பெண்களுடன் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றது சந்தேகத்தை ஏற்படுத்திய நிலையில் சி.பி.ஐ விசாரணையில் தேர்வில் முறைகேடு நடந்துள்ளது கண்டுபிடிக்க பட்டுள்ளது.

தமிழ் நாடு வட்டாரத்திலுள்ள தபால் ஊழியர் மற்றும் அஞ்சல் காவலாளர்களுக்கான 128 காலி பணியிடங்களை நிரப்புவதற்கான ஆன்லைன் தேர்வு டிசம்பர் 11, 2016 அன்று தமிழ் நாட்டிலுள்ள 5 மையங்களில் நடைபெற்றது. எழுத்து தேர்வில் தமிழ், ஆங்கிலம், கணிதம் மற்றும் பொது அறிவு ஆகிய நான்கு பாடங்களில் பெறும் மதிப்பெண்ணின் அடிப்படையில் விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் தேர்வு செய்யப் படுவார்.

இன்னிலையில் இதற்கான தேர்வு முடிவு மார்ச் 2017-ல் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. அதில் ஹரியானாவைச் சேர்ந்த பலரும், மேலும் ஹரியானாவிலிருந்து பதிவு செய்த மகாராஸ்டிரா மற்றும் பஞ்சாபை சேர்ந்தவர்களும் தமிழில் அதிக மதிப்பெண்களுடன் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றிருந்தனர். இதில் ஏதோ தவறுள்ளதாகத் தமிழ் நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் கேள்வி எழுப்பிய நிலையில் இதுகுறித்த விசாரணை துவங்கப்பட்டது.

தமிழில் அதிக மதிப்பெண் வாங்கிய ஹரியானாவைச் சேர்ந்த விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் ஹரியானா மாநில கல்வி முறையின் கீழ் பயின்றவர்கள், அதன்படி தமிழ் மொழி அவர்களின் பாடத்திட்டத்திலேயே கிடையாது. விசாரணையில் பல்வேறு மாவட்டங்களில் இருந்த போதிலும் ஹரியானாவைச் சேர்ந்த 47 விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் ஒரே ஐபி முகவரியில் உள்ள கணினியை உபயோகித்ததும், மேலும் 36 விண்ணப்பதாரர்களின் மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரி ஒன்றாக இருந்ததும் பல்வேறு சந்தேகங்களை ஏற்படுத்தியது.  

விசாரணையில் ஏதோ சில பொதுத்துறை அதிகாரிகளின் உதவியோடு விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் முறைகேட்டில் இடுபட்டுள்ளது உறுதி செய்யப்பட்ட நிலையில், இந்தச் சம்பவம் அரசு ஆன்லைன் தேர்வு முறைகளின் மேலுள்ள நம்பகத்தன்மையை கேள்விக்குள்ளாக்கியுள்ளது.

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Telangana

 TELANGANA

With no scrutiny, corrupt Sub-Registrars had their way

Marri Ramu

HYDERABAD, JUNE 04, 2017 00:00 IST

As there is no system in place for superiors to review the registrations done by them , facilitating fraudulent land deals became easy

Can a Sub-Registrar register five entire villages on someone’s name and yet his or her bosses in the Registration and Stamps Department be unaware of it?

An affirmative answer to this question explains how seeds were sown for the two biggest land scams of Miyapur and Balapur in the three-year-old history of Telangana State. The Sub-Registrar, who is in-charge of registration of specific area (described as sub-district) in the district, is the key position in the department. On the face of it, all transactions in the department were computerised. But the absence of a system to review the work executed by Sub-Registrars by their superiors (immediate boss is District Registrar) makes them all the powerful and immune from scrutiny.

For example, a SR registers sale of a building in Abids and the details are recorded in the office computer. “The software we use doesn’t send any message or alert to the DR or other higher-ups about the registration of the property,” a top official unwilling to be named said.

In other government wings like in the police department, the moment a First Information Report (FIR-which means registration of a case) is issued, all the officers in the department can access it and will get a copy of it in their intra-network. Some of them can be even accessed by the general public. “When the SR finalises a registration, none of the seniors can know about it and that created scope for the scam,” an investigator said.

The only way the DR can find out about such transactions is to specifically seek details of a registration and get the papers. “In a city like Hyderabad where real estate boom is on, the number of registrations would be too high each day and reviewing each registration on day-to-day basis is practically not feasible,” says an official.

Using this loophole in the department, the masterminds of the land scams got the registrations carried out as they wished. In Balanagar land scam, the registered document states that one person had sold five entire villages to another. It sounds ridiculous but the SR apparently went ahead with it since chances of superiors questioning the registration were nil. The two scams are a wake-up call to start corrective measures.

Mysuru will go Trin Trin

Mysuru will go ‘Trin Trin’ from Sunday

Laiqh A Khan

MYSURU, JUNE 04, 2017 00:00 IST

Bright yellow bikes set to boost non-motorised transport, in first-of-its-kind project

The humble bicycle, which has been edged out by cars and other vehicles on Mysuru’s roads over the last few decades is all set to make a comeback.

Trin Trin, the country’s first smartcard-based public bicycle sharing (PBS) initiative will be launched in the City of Palaces on Sunday.

With broad tree-lined roads, steady tourism and smartphone-savvy citizens, Mysuru scored over other cities when Karnataka’s Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) looked for a candidate for the bike venture.

About 450 bicycles will be available, reviving memories of a Mysuru that had neighbourhood bicycle rental shops. But unlike those, Trin Trin offers commuters, for a fee, the convenience of picking up a bicycle from one of 48 docking stations across the city and dropping it off at another. After a month-long trial in December 2016, Trin Trin is all set for a formal launch.

Renting is free for the first one hour and users have to pay Rs. 5 for up to two hours, Rs. 10 up to three hours and so on. Of the 450 bikes, 30 geared ones are for those pedalling up to Chamundi Hills, a distance of seven km from the docking station at the foothills.

Bike sharing offers the city with 8.87 lakh people an alternative as it grapples with 8.15 lakh vehicles. The Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan prepared by DULT for Mysuru had projected that the traffic woes would worsen if, along with public transport, walking and cycling were not promoted.

“Mysuru is a heritage city with good ambience and a strategy to promote cycling was necessary to ensure that the city continues to be liveable and exudes the same timeless charm,” said Murali Krishna, nodal officer from DULT for implementing the project. An opinion survey conducted about four years ago indicated that an overwhelmingly large number of people in the city were ready to use cycles. PBS, in its present form, does not envisage exclusive bicycle lanes at least for the next two years.

Project cost

The cost of the project, partly funded by World Bank’s Global Environmental Facility, for the next six years is Rs. 20.5 crore, covering the maintenance of the docking stations and bicycles. One of the key objectives of the project is to encourage local commuters as well as visitors — Mysuru receives more than 20 lakh tourists annually, including 5 lakh from foreign countries — to use bicycles as a preferred mode of travel.

To rent a bicycle, the citizens of Mysuru or tourists need to register themselves either online or by visiting one of the six registration centres situated close to tourism centres and obtain a smart card after paying Rs. 350, including a refundable deposit of Rs. 250.

At the docking stations, which are largely unmanned, but monitored by CCTV cameras, the commuter should place the smart card on the reader next to the bicycle, which facilitates its release from the dock. While returning, the commuter should slide the bicycle clip into an empty dock before placing the smart card on the reader to lock the bicycle.

Though the bicycles are equipped with a basket and a bell, the absence of a helmet and a rearview mirror was sorely felt during the trials. The authorities will be holding talks with Green Wheel Ride, a Mysuru-based enterprise to which the operations of the project are outsourced, to equip the cycles with a helmet and rearview mirror.

Renting a bycycle

Those who want to rent a bicycle need to register themselves either online or by visiting one of the six registration centres

They will have to obtain a smart card after paying Rs. 350, including a refundable deposit of Rs. 250

Renting is free for the first one hour

Users have to pay Rs. 5 for up to two hours, Rs. 10 up to three hours and so on

Of the 450 bikes, 30 geared ones are for those pedalling up to Chamundi Hills

Pondicherry Medical Admissions

Kiran Bedi reiterates allegation of violations in medical admissions

S Senthalir

PUDUCHERRY, JUNE 04, 2017 00:00 IST

‘Candidates forced to sign bond that they will serve colleges after completing course’

Alleging that candidates selected through Centac counselling for PG medical and dental courses under the State quota were either denied admission or were being admitted under unjust conditions in medical institutions in Puducherry, Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Saturday said: “We have on record from the candidates the kind of exploitation, violations and irregularities that they have been put through.”

Several candidates who were denied admission for not remitting the fees demanded by the self-financing medical colleges and deemed universities were present at Raj Nivas on Saturday morning for a meeting convened by the Lieutenant Governor to get their feedback on grievances related to the admission process.

After collating the feedback forms from the candidates, the L-G told the media: “The candidates have come here on our request. Each one of the students has suffered in one form or the other. We wanted to hear them out as to what has transpired during the process of counselling or admission. They have given us very valuable feedback of irregularities and injustice meted out to them at such an important point of their life. We have heard them and will proceed on what is needed to be done.”

A common complaint, she added, was that some medical institutions were asking for an unjust bond stipulating that after completing the course, the candidates would have to work for the institution for a specific duration.

“We will put in place a system to ensure that the undergraduate students do not undergo what the PG students experienced,” she said.

Parents agitated

Harried parents of candidates who were denied admissions in the self financing medical colleges and deemed universities in Puducherry waited at Bharathi Park for nearly three hours in anticipation of a solution to the imbroglio.

The parents told The Hindu that a few self-financing colleges and deemed universities were forcing the candidates to sign a bond that states they have to work in the medical colleges for five years after completing the PG courses. “Nowhere in the country has any institution asked the students to sign such a bond at the time of admission. Those who have refused to sign are denied admission,” said the father of a candidate on condition of anonymity.

Another parent added their son was asked to pay Rs. 35 lakh in addition to Rs. 5.5 lakh demand draft (DD) remitted at the Centac office. “What is the purpose of conducting counselling or constituting a Fee Committee? Why has the government not approached the courts? They could have filed contempt of court case against these institutions that are violating the law,” he said.

“It has been a month since we slept in peace,” said a mother. Her daughter who got a seat under merit list through Centac counselling under state quota was denied admission in a deemed university. “We need a solution. How long does the government expect us to run for admission? Why cannot they frame clear guidelines for the institutions and ensure that they follow them?,” she said.

Another parent claimed that his daughter was refused admission in a private medical institution even after the the Health Minister intervened. “This is happening despite the UGC giving clear guidelines. The second counselling had to take place only after the candidates selected in the first counselling were admitted in the colleges. We have lost so many seats under state quota because of this uncertainty,” he said. Many parents said their children would have easily got a seat in other States. “As the Centac counselling was conducted many were confident that they could pursue the course in Puducherry.

Tahsildar

Last updated : 04:13 (04/06/2017)

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அவமானம், பணிச்சுமை ! ஆர்.கே.நகரில் இறந்துபோன பெரம்பூர் தாசில்தார் !

 ந.பா.சேதுராமன்

 மீ.நிவேதன்

சென்னை ஆர்.கே.நகர் தண்டையார்பேட்டை தாசில்தார் அலுவலகத்தில், கடந்த 31-ம் தேதி   பெரம்பூர்  தாசில்தார்  இறந்து போனார்... தண்டையார் பேட்டையில் முதியோர் ஓய்வூதியம் வழங்கும்  சமூக பாதுகாப்புத் திட்ட தனி தாசில்தார் பொறுப்பையும்  கவனித்து வந்தவர் மதன்பிரபு.

'இரண்டு நிர்வாகத்தையும் ஒருசேர பார்த்து வந்ததால்தான்    முப்பத்தியெட்டு வயது மதன்பிரபுவின் , வாழ்க்கை   மாரடைப்பில் முடிந்திருக்கிறது' என்று   வருவாய்த்துறை அலுவலர்கள் கொதிக்கின்றனர்.  'பணிச்சுமை, உயரதிகாரிகளின் டார்ச்சர் காரணமாகவே  மதன்பிரபு உயிரிழந்தார் என்ற குற்றச்சாட்டு, மாநில அளவில் போராட்ட வடிவமாக மாறியுள்ளது. சென்னை வியாசர்பாடி, எஸ்.ஏ.காலனியை பூர்வீகமாகக் கொண்ட மதன்பிரபுவுக்கு  மனைவி, ஐந்து வயதில் ஒரு மகள், ஒரு வயதில் ஒரு மகன் என்று   மிகவும் சிறிய குடும்பம். கடந்த  31-ம்தேதி அதிகாலை இரண்டரை மணிக்கு தண்டையார் பேட்டை தாசில்தார் அலுவலகத்தில் இருந்து மதன்பிரபு வீட்டுக்கு வந்திருக்கிறார். மீண்டும் காலை 8-மணிக்கு  அதே அலுவலகத்துக்கு  அவசரமாக வரவழைக்கப் பட்டிருக்கிறார். மதன்பிரபுவிடம் நூற்றுக் கணக்கான பைல்கள் கொடுக்கப் பட்டிருக்கிறது.  பெரும்பாலும் அவைகள் முதியோர் ஓய்வூதியம் தொடர்பான பைல்கள். அவசரகதியில் அவைகளை சரிபார்த்துக்  கொடுத்து விட்டு  அங்கிருந்து பெரம்பூர் தாசில்தார் பணிக்கும் திரும்பி ஓடவேண்டிய நிலை. ஆனால் காலை 11 மணிக்குள் தண்டையார்பேட்டைஅலுவலகத்திலேயே  மதன்பிரபுவின் மூச்சு நின்றிருக்கிறது.  

மதன்பிரபுவின் இறுதி ஊர்வலத்தில், தமிழ்நாடு வருவாய்த் துறை அலுவலர் சங்கம் மற்றும், தமிழ்மாநில வருவாய்த் துறை அலுவலர் சங்கத்தின் சார்பில் பலர் பங்கேற்றனர்.   சங்க நிர்வாகிகளான சி.கே.குமரன், கே.குமரன், வி.சுந்தரராஜன், கே.சி.ராம்குமார் ஆகியோர், "மதன்பிரபுவின்  மரணத்துக்கு காரணமான அதிகாரிகள் மீது  நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கும் வரையில் நாங்கள் போராட முடிவு செய்துள்ளோம். பெரம்பூருக்கு மாற்றப்பட்ட  பின்னரும் மதன்பிரபுவிடம்  தண்டையார் பேட்டை தாலுகா அலுவலக பணியை சேர்த்து கவனிக்கும்படி கொடுத்துள்ளனர்.  அடுத்தடுத்த  நெருக்கடி, ஆளுங்கட்சி பிரமுகர்கள்  அடிக்கடி போன் லைனில் வந்து கொடுத்த டார்ச்சரே, அவர் மரணத்துக்கு காரணம். 'என்னை மிகவும் அவமானப் படுத்துகிறார்கள்'  என்றெல்லாம் எங்களிடம்  மதன்பிரபு சொல்லி வருந்தியிருக்கிறார். 

மதன்பிரபுவுக்கு ஏற்பட்ட பிரச்னையைத் தீர்க்கும்படி நாங்கள்,  சங்கம் மூலமாகவே வருவாய்த் துறைக்கும், மாவட்ட ஆட்சியருக்கும் பலமுறை மனு கொடுத்து விட்டோம். அவர்கள்  இதன்மீது  எந்த ஒரு முடிவும் எடுக்கவில்லை. வருவாய்த்துறையிலும், மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் அலுவலகத்திலுமே  மதன்பிரபுவை வாட்டி எடுத்து விட்டார்கள்.    பலமுறை வருவாய்த்துறை மந்திரி ஆர்.பி.உதயகுமாருக்கு கடிதம் அனுப்பியிருந்தோம். அவரிடமிருந்து  எந்த பதிலும் வரவில்லை" என்றனர். நாமும் மந்திரியைத் தொடர்பு கொண்டு பேச முயற்சித்தோம், அதுவும் நடக்கவில்லை... இரண்டாண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் இதே தண்டையார்பேட்டை தாசில்தார் அலுவலகத்தில்தான்  சத்யபிரசாத் என்ற தாசில்தார் தற்கொலைக்கு முயன்றார்... இப்போது மதன்பிரபு செத்தே போயிருக்கிறார்.  மொத்தத்தில் இங்கே உயிரோடு வாழ்வதில் அத்தனை சிரமம் போலிருக்கிறது...
 

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Kurnool Collector Sridhar comes under scrutiny after not saluting National Flag

Kurnool Collector Sridhar has come under scrutiny during the Telangana Formation Day celebrations held in Kurnool on Friday.

While the National Flag was being hoisted, the Kurnool Collector remained standstill and didnt salute the Flag even though Minister Jupally, Two MLAs and SP were beside him saluting the tricolor.

The collector had done this before as he didn't salute the National Flag even during Republic Day celebrations this year.

However, he explained the reason behind saying that it is not mandatory for a Collector to salute the National Flag as per Rule Book given to them during IAS Training.

Speaking further, Mr Sridhar said that the IPS and police officers wearing uniforms have to salute compulsorily.

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97 year old appears for MA exam

97-year-old appears for MA exam in Patna

Patna: It was a sunny day and Raj Kumar Vaishya had trouble walking. But determined to get a postgraduate degree, the 97-year-old sat for a three-hour MA exam, along with students younger than his grandchildren.

Vaishya, who graduated in 1938, was appearing for his final year MA (economics) examination at Nalanda Open University (NOU), Patna. The exams began on Thursday and will continue till next week.

He wrote in English and used nearly two dozen sheets, an NOU official said.

"He sat for three hours like every other student, most of them younger than his grandchildren.

It surprised us all, including other examinees," the official said.

Early this year, Vaishya was recognised by the Limca Book of Records as the oldest man to apply for a postgraduate degree.

A rare man, Raj Kumar Vaishya has set an example for millions of people who use age as an excuse to give up on their dreams. "I have decided to prove that even at 97 years, one can fulfil their dreams and achieve anything. I am an example," Vaishya told IANS here.

Vaishya said: "I am also trying to send a message to the youth that defeat should never be accepted. I want to tell them not to get upset and depressed. 'Mauka aur awsar har wakt rehta hai, kewal khud pe vishwas hona chahiyea' (There will be always be opportunities for those who believe in themselves)," Vaishya said in mix of Hindi and Urdu.

He was frank in admitting that it is not easy to follow the routine of a student at his age. "It is really difficult for me to wake up early to prepare for the exams. My first exam was on June 1."

Talking about his routine, Vaishya said he has devoted hours every day to studying and worked hard to prepare for the exams. "If I clear MA this year, my long cherished dream will be fulfilled. I hope I pass with a good percentage like in my first year MA exam."

Vaishya enrolled for the course in 2015. He said he has no plans to pursue a PhD.

NOU officials said the 97-year-old had not requested for any special facility for the exam.

Vaishya, who retired from a private firm in Jharkhand in 1980 after having worked there for over three decades, recalled that he wanted to study economics to understand the problems being facing by the people, and the society as a whole, in the country. "The idea is not to get a degree but to study economics. There are many PhD students who have superfluous knowledge."

Born on April 1, 1920, in Bareilly, he did his graduation from Agra University in 1938 and got a degree in law in 1940.

"I failed to pursue a postgraduate programme at the time due to family responsibilities," he said.

A vegetarian and a lover of simple traditional Indian food, Vaishya said he never consumed fried food and always ate in moderation.

"As one approaches old age, one should pick up a hobby. I regularly read books, newspapers, magazines and watch television serials, including popular historical TV serials like Jodhaa Akbar, Razia Sultan and Maharana Pratap," says Vaishya.

A confident and upbeat Vaishya says he can read without glasses and write in both Hindi and English. "I only take the help of a walker after I fractured my back a few years ago," he says.

The perennially happy Vaishya lives with his son Santosh Kumar in Rajendra Nagar Colony, a posh society in Patna. He has been living here for almost a decade after his wife died.

Before this, he lived with his wife in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. He shifted to Patna because there was no one to look after him.

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