Thai AirAsia to launch new flight service

Special Correspondent

TIRUCHI, August 03, 2017 00:00 IST

Air Asia aircraft at Tiruchi airport.  

It will start from Tiruchi on September 29

Thai AirAsia is all set to launch its direct flight service in the Tiruchi-Bangkok-Tiruchi sector. It will further increase overseas flight movement from and to Tiruchi airport.

The new service will start from Tiruchi on September 29, Santisuk Klongchaiya, Director of Commercial, Thai AirAsia, said here on Wednesday.

He told reporters that the airline would operate the service from Tiruchi on four days in a week – Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

The late night schedule has been fixed in such way that the flight would arrive at Tiruchi at 11.55 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It would leave Tiruchi for Bangkok at 12.50 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

The flight service from Tiruchi to Bangkok (Don Mueang International Airport) offers a multitude of trade, investment and travel opportunities as Tiruchi was not only home to many interesting tourism attractions but also a destination rich in tradition, culture and history, he said.

The airline would enable travellers to fly to other domestic destinations in Thailand including Phuket, Krabi and Chiang Mai as well as to other international destinations such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City and Macau.

Promotional fare
Mr. Santisuk said the airline would offer promotional fare of Rs. 3,399 a trip for those booking tickets between July 31 and August 13, 2017 for travel from September 29, 2017 to August 28, 2018.
To a query, he said based on response the airline would explore the possibility of operating flights on all seven days in a week. Thai AirAsia is operating direct flights to Thailand from Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Kochi.

Soraya Homchuen, Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mumbai said Thailand had received 1.19 million tourists from India during 2016.

The biggest chunk of tourists was from Tamil Nadu because of direct flight connectivity to Bangkok from Chennai. Ms. Soraya said Thailand and India had a long relationship adding that Thai cities had proven popular destinations for Indians.

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Ticket booking begins for Air India’s Madurai-Singapore flight

S. Sundar

Madurai, August 03, 2017 00:00 IST

With AI entry, IndiGO, Jet Airways bring down fare

It is official now. Air India Express will start its Madurai-Singapore direct flight from September 15 with its ticket booking opening on Wednesday late evening.

“Madurai-Singapore sector has a very good traffic potential. A large number of Tamils, who have settled down in the island nation, regularly visit their ancestral home in the southern hinterland close to Madurai and for pilgrimage in southern districts,” Air India Express Chief Executive Officer K. Shyamsundar said.

Besides, the same flight would provide a non-stop service between New Delhi and Madurai.
Mr. Shyamsundar said that flight timings on both New Delhi-Madurai and Madurai-Singapore sectors are very convenient for the passengers. “Those who leave Delhi at 7 p.m. can reach Madurai at 10.15 p.m., just the right time to hit the bed,” he added.

Will help temple visits
Chairman of TourIST (Tour in South Tamil Nadu) Forum of Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry N. Sriram said that now the ethnic Tamils from Singapore could visit Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and four of the six abodes of Lord Murugan located in Madurai, Palani and Tiruchendur.

The lowest one-way fare between Madurai and Singapore was Rs. 7,900. Air India Express would fly a Boeing-737-800 aircraft with a seating capacity of 186 to 189 in an all economy class, he added.

Fares go down
The new flight service would bring down the fare to Singapore, evident from the immediate reaction from IndiGo which reduced its one-way fare to Rs. 4,600 on Madurai-Singapore flight with transit in Chennai, he added. Similarly, Jet Airways had brought down its one-way fare to Rs. 6,700 on the same route.

Mr. Shyamsundar said that Air India Express could lift Madurai’s jasmine and vegetables to Singapore and New Delhi.

According to Madurai Airport Director V.V. Rao, international cargo operation is likely to begin in Madurai soon.

The flights would be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays from Madurai to Singapore. In the return direction, it will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays.
The Air India Express Singapore flight would leave Madurai for Singapore at 11.15 p.m. and reach Singapore at 6.15 a.m. the next day.

In the return direction, it would leave Singapore at 10.40 a.m. and reach Madurai at 12.25 p.m. It would depart for New Delhi at 1.50 p.m. and reach Delhi at 5.05 p.m.

Commencement of international cargo operation would make the service more viable, Mr. Sriram said.

சென்னை விமான நிலையத்தில் அதிரடி சோதனை 1 கோடி மதிப்புள்ள கடத்தல் தங்கம் சிக்கியது: தம்பதி உள்பட 4 பேர் கைது

2017-08-03@ 05:50:36

dinakaran

சென்னை: சென்னை விமான நிலையத்தில் நேற்று அடுத்தடுத்து நடந்த அதிரடி சோதனையில் ரூ.1 கோடி மதிப்புள்ள கடத்தல் தங்கத்தை சுங்க அதிகாரிகள் பறிமுதல் செய்தனர். சிங்கப்பூரில் இருந்து ஸ்கூட் ஏர்லைன்ஸ் விமானம் நேற்று அதிகாலை 2.30 மணிக்கு சென்னை சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம் வந்தது. அதில் வந்த பயணிகளை சுங்க அதிகாரிகள் சோதனையிட்டனர். அப்போது, சென்னையை சேர்ந்த சங்கர் அருணகிரி(42) மற்றும் அவரது மனைவி வனிதா(35) ஆகியோரிடம் இருந்து 1 கிலோ 100 கிராம் தங்கம் இருந்தது கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. சங்கர் அருணகிரி ஜீன்ஸ் பாக்கெட்டில் வைத்திருந்த தங்க பிஸ்கட்டுகளையும், வனிதா  மறைத்து வைத்திருந்த நகைகளையும் அதிகாரிகள் பறிமுதல் செய்து இருவதையும் கைது செய்தனர்.

தொடர்ந்து, அதிகாலை 4 மணிக்கு ரியாத்தில் இருந்து வந்த கல்ப் ஏர்லைன் விமானத்தில் இறங்கிய பயணிகளையும் சுங்க அதிகாரிகள் சோதனையிட்டனர். அப்போது சென்னையை சேர்ந்த ரபீஸ் அப்துல் ஷேக்(44) என்பவரை சோதனை செய்தபோது அவரது உடமைகளில் எதுவும் இல்லை. ஆனாலும் சந்தேகப்பட்டு அவரை தீவிரமாக சோதனை செய்தபோது, காபி தயார் செய்யும் மிஷன் ஒன்றை வாங்கி வந்துள்ளார். அதை திறந்து பார்த்தபோது, அதற்குள் 13 தங்க பிஸ்கட்கள் கடத்தி வந்தது தெரியவந்தது. 1.2 கிலோ எடையுள்ள தங்க பிஸ்கட்டுகளை பறிமுதல் செய்து, அப்துல் ஷேக்கை கைது செய்தனர்.

பின்னர் காலை 6மணிக்கு  துபாயில் இருந்து வந்த ஏர் இந்தியா விமானத்தில் வந்த சென்னையை சேர்ந்த ரபீக்‌ ஷேக்(30) என்பவர் கொண்டு மின்சார பம்புசெட்டில் மறைத்து வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த 1050 கிராம் எடையுள்ள 10 தங்க பிஸ்கட்டுகள் பறிமுதல் செய்தனர். ரபீக் ஷேக் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். சென்னை விமான நிலையத்தில் நேற்று அடுத்தடுத்து நடந்த சோதனையில், ரூ.1 கோடி மதிப்புள்ள 3 கிலோ 300 கிராம் தங்கத்தை சுங்க அதிகாரிகள் கைப்பற்றி உள்ளனர்.

Postal dept rapped for denying info to woman

Rumu Banerjee

New Delhi





The central information commission in an order has ruled that the daughter-in-law has a right to information on pension arrears of her father-inlaw. The case came up after the department of posts refused to share the information citing right to privacy of a third party . The order by information commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu is scathing about the lack of knowledge of law displayed by the chief information officer of the department of posts. It says: “It is pathetic that the CPIO did not bother to know the 2005 amendment to Hindu Succession Act, according to which sons and marriedunmarried daughters will have equal share and the family of the deceased son (wife, sons and daughters) will get the unit of that deceased son.“

 

It then went on to order the disclosure of the information to the appellant and also asked the public information officers to answer a show cause notice on why they should not be penalised for for “illegally denying the information sought“.

The appellant, the daughter-in-law of the deceased son of the pensioner, had asked for the action taken report on a representation letter dated January 2016 with regard to pension arrears of her father-in-law that needed to be settled. The CPIO had contended that the information sought belonged to a third party and thus rejected the RTI application.





Declare AIIMS location on Jan 1, HC tells Centre

Madurai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Ending any scope for further passing of buck on the location of the All India Insttitute of Medical Sciences in the state, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday asked the Centre to identify a location before December 31 and make it public on January 1.

 

Vinod Kumar, an undersecretary in the health ministry , had filed a counter before the court on June 22 saying that it was waiting for the Tamil Nadu government's response to set up the prestigious institute. The state government had to select the appropriate place as per the criteria and communicate it to the health ministry . Thereafter, the ministry would examine the sites, finalise the most suitable one and take further action, the undersecretary had said.





Siddha practitioner held for fatal abortion

Erode TIMES NEWS NETWORK





A 65-year-old siddha practitioner was arrested near Kadambur on Wednesday on charges of murdering a pregnant woman last year by giving her `medicines' to abort the pregnancy . M Thailammal of Thondur near Kadambur, gave `medicines' to K Selvi, 35, of the same village in May 2016 to abort her pregnancy . But a few days later, Selvi became sick and died under mysterious circumstances.

Selvi's body was sent to the Sathyamangalam government hospital for postmortem. Her vital organs were sent for viscera test to know the exact reason for her death.

The Kadambur police also registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC (unnatural death) and initiated investigations. The result of the viscera test which police received recently revealed that Selvi had consumed some `medicines' before her death. Asked about it, her husband Kaliappan said that she was given some siddha `medicines' by Thailammal to abort her pregnancy .
Based on his statement, the police inquired Thailam mal who has confessed to her crime. Based on her statement, the police arrested her for murdering Selvi. “We have alerted the case from unnatural death to murder based on her confession statement,“ the police said. Thailammal was lodged at the Coimbatore central prison after producing before the judicial magistrate of sub-court at Gobichettipalayam on Wednesday .

New rules put state med aspirants in a fix

Pushpa Narayan

Chennai:





MBBS aspirants applying for second round of counselling for seats under allIndia quota or deemed universities category, must make a `calculated decision', as, otherwise, they may lose their right to take part in counselling for state government seats.

 

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) New Delhi has made two things clear: One, students who get allotment under allIndia quota must join the college concerned, and that no other option is left to them.Two, those allotted a deemed university seat would lose their right to take part in any further counselling.

For instance, if a high ranked student makes a casual choice under deemed university category , and is allotted an institute in the northeast, he would be rendering himself ineligible for counselling in his own state. So those sure of a seat in their state or other plac es of their choice shouldn't make a casual choice. The FAQ in the prospectus , however, incorrectly says participation in the all-India or deemed university counselling will render the candidate ineligible for any other counselling.Both the DGHS counselling scheme and the Supreme Court judgment in the Dar-ul-Islam case make it simply clear that it is allotment and not never participation, which would disentitle a candidate from other counselling processes. Tamil Nadu will be among the worst-affected by this restriction as it is yet to start counselling.

The second round of online all-India counselling begins on Saturday and students are locking options. Citing an SC order, the prospectus advises students “to take a calculated decision of continuing in the second round of AIQ [all-India quota]“ as they will not be permitted to quit from that round. But students from Tamil Nadu will be in no position to make a decision as the Directorate of Medical Education is yet to release the merit list. “We don't even have a rank list [unlike other states]. I don't know my daughter stands a chance of admission in a government college here,“ said S Senthil Mohan, a parent.

Tamil Nadu, which moved the apex court after the high court quashed its order on 85% quota for state board students, has put counselling on hold.