Monday, August 21, 2017

Andhra Pradesh: Orthopedician attacks Hospital Superintendent with HIV infected blood needle

Andhra Pradesh: In an extremely bizarre incident, an orthopedician working with the Proddatur Government Hospital in the Kadapa district allegedly attacked the hospital superintendent with an injection containing HIV infected blood, while the senior was making rounds. The incident goes back to Friday night,...

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Power shutdown in many parts of Udupi tomorrow

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

MANGALURU,AUGUST 21, 2017 00:00 IST

Power supply will be affected in many parts of Udupi district on Tuesday between 9.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. as MESCOM is undertaking emergency maintenance works.

The following areas are to be affected: Those fed by 11 kV Kodavoor feeder, including Salmara, Kola, Malpe town, Vasukinagara, Hanumanthanagara and surrounding areas.

All areas serviced by 33/11 kV Karkala Sub Station, including Ajekar, Yennehole, Shirlal, Bailur, Hirgana, Palli, Ninjur, Karkala, Tellar, Jarkala, Bandimutt, Pattonjikatte, TMC Water supply and surrounding areas.

Bajagoli, Mudar, Mala, Mallaru, Kervashe, Eadu, Nalluru, Jodukatte, Renjala, Sanuru, Kuntalpadi and surrounding areas. Areas fed by Tallur and Kundapura sub stations, including Herikudru, Tallur, Uppinakudru, Hemmady, Katbelthur, Devalkunda, Vandse, Chittur, Hosur, Kunjadi, Jadkal, Mudur, Hattiyangadi, Kanyana, Kenchanur, Gulvadi, Kavradi, Karkunje, Bellala, Ajri and surrounding areas.

Localities catered to by 11 kV Shiriyara feeder, including Yadthadi, Kavadi, Shiriyara and surrounding areas, and areas covered by Halady sub station, including Bailuru, Haladi, Bidkalkatte, Haikadi, Goliyangadi, Belve, Ardi, Shedimane, Hengavalli, Madamakki, Heskatthur, Halladi-Harkadi, Hardalli-Mandalli, Shankaranarayana, Amasebail, Jaddinagadde, Rattadi, Ullur and surrounding areas.

Alliance Air to launch Chennai-Tiruchi service

R. Rajaram

TIRUCHI,AUGUST 21, 2017 00:00 IST

From August 30, the number of airlines in this sector will increase to two

Domestic air service here is to get augmented with Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India, deciding to launch service in the Chennai – Tiruchi – Chennai sector.

The new service will begin on August 30 with the airline having worked out the arrival and departure timings.

Alliance Air, which is already operating services to different destinations across the country, has decided to operate ATR 600 type aircraft in the Chennai – Tiruchi – Chennai sector. According to airline sources the airline will operate one service in the morning from Chennai to Tiruchi and back.

The flight will leave Chennai at 7.35 a.m. and arrive at Tiruchi at 8.35 a.m.

After a 30 minute halt at Tiruchi, the aircraft will depart at 9.05 a.m. and land Chennai in 10.20 a.m.

The sources expect a good patronage in the new service as the rates are expected to be competitive.

Connectivity

The morning Chennai flight will provide connectivity to passengers coming from other countries and headed to Tiruchi and neighbouring districts.

With this, the number of airlines operating in the Chennai – Tiruchi – Chennai sector will increase to two.

Private carrier Jet Airways is already operating daily services in the Chennai – Tiruchi – Chennai sector using ATR type aircrafts.

Air India Express which had been operating daily flights in the Chennai – Tiruchi – Chennai leg withdrew the service in mid February despite good patronage much to the disappointment of travellers who have been seeking more domestic connectivity to cover major cities from Tiruchi.

Chennai is the lone domestic destination at present that has direct air connectivity from Tiruchi.

The new service from Alliance Air comes at a time when there have been persistent demands from the travel industry circles for operating services to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Early last month, a high-level delegation from IndiGo airline met the Tiruchi airport authorities and expressed interest in operating services in the Tiruchi – Chennai and Tiruchi – Bengaluru sectors.

power shutdown

SALEM,AUGUST 21, 2017 00:00 IST

There will be no power supply in the following areas from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday (August 21) due to maintenance works on the Veerapandi sub-station:Aataiyampatti; Velanatham; Marulayampalayam; Pethampatti; Rajapalayam; Koolipatti; Ettimanikkampatti; Rakkipatti; S. Papparapatti; Sennagiri; Muthanampalayam; Yerikkadu; Veerapandi; Palampatti; Konayanayakkanur; Arasampalayam; Pudupalayam; Vaniyambadi; Fairoji; Uthamacholapuram; Ariyanur; Seeragapadi; Sithaneri and surrounding areas.

There will be no power supply in the following areas from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday (August 21) in the following areas due to maintenance works on the Taaramangalam sub-station: Taaramangalam; Kadampatti; Sikkampatti; Tholasampatti; Amarakunthi; Athirampatti; Pasalathanur; Athikattanur; K. R. Thoppur; Azhagusamuthiram; Karukkalvadi; Krishnampudur; Maramangalathupatti; Konagappadi; M. Settipatti; Kaaraisavadi; Kalarpatti; Semmankoodal; Muthunayakkanpatti; Alaiyanur; Kuyavanur; Kariyampatti; Thuttampatti and Kottamedu areas.

Cleanliness awareness campaign launched at Coimbatore, Salem junctions

STAFF REPORTER

COIMBATORE,AUGUST 21, 2017 00:00 IST

As part of the fortnightly cleanliness awareness campaign (Swachch Pakhwada) of the Indian Railways, volunteers of the NSS unit of the Sri Ramakrishna Arts and Science College in Coimbatore launched an awareness drive at Coimbatore Railway Junction on Saturday.

They enacted skits and street plays in Tamil with an explanation in Hindi in front of the railway junction. Over 200 NSS volunteers are involved in cleaning the frontage of the junction and the platforms in the presence of Station Master Chinnaraj, principal of the college K. Karunakaran, and Lions Club of Coimbatore Town president Ramprakash.

The programme is organised by the Salem Division of the Southern Railway in association with the Lions Club of Coimbatore Town and Sri Krishna Arts and Science College.

Salem Divisional Railway Manager Hari Shankar Verma inspected the ongoing development works at the Coimbatore junction on Saturday evening. He announced various passenger amenities including pick up and drop facility at the podium of the railway station a few days ago. He directed the officials to speed up the ongoing works related to passenger amenities at the junction, railway sources here said.

SALEM

The Salem Railway Division launched the campaign recently.

The inaugural day of the campaign (Wednesday) was observed as Swachch awareness (cleanliness awareness) day in all the major railway stations. All stakeholders such as railway staff, railway cleaning staff, railway contract cleaning staff, passengers, cab / auto drivers who used railway stations were assembled at the different stations and cleanliness pledge was administered to them by the senior railway officials. They took the pledge of remaining committed towards cleanliness; that they would neither litter nor let others litter; and they would inculcate the habit of cleanliness among their family members.

A.Vijuvin, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, administered the pledge in Salem Railway Junction. Senior officials administered pledge in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, and Uthagamandalam Railway Stations.

The campaign would be continued till August 31.

Proposal for more medical seats hailed

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI,AUGUST 21, 2017 00:00 IST

The Doctors Association For Social Equality (DASE) has welcomed the government’s reported move to consider the creation of 2,500 more medical college seats after seeking approval for the same from the Medical Council of India.

3,000 more seats

In a press release, the organisation said that the Central government should make efforts to ensure that Tamil Nadu is allotted 3,000 more seats in order to be able to accommodate aspirants who wrote the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and those who were aiming for admission on the basis of their Class XII marks.

The organisation also wants Tamil Nadu to conduct a separate entrance examination for the State Board students who seek admission to medical colleges.

Engineering students in a fix over arrear exams

R. Sujatha

CHENNAI,AUGUST 21, 2017 00:00 IST

Anna University’s decision to disallow students from 2010 batch to take arrears from this year has left several students high and dry.

The university had decided to implement the University Grants Commission norm that the candidates should complete their degree within seven years of joining the course in the case of engineering, and eight years for architecture students. The university officials said the students with arrears forced it to extend the number of days of exam schedule.

Very few students

In some cases, there were just a handful of students for whom the university had to prepare question papers relevant to the syllabi followed at that time. The university revises its syllabi (regulations) every four years.

Recently, the university released the timetable for November/ December semester, which did not contain details of exams for students up to 2010 batch.

Nagendra, who joined Valliammai College of Engineering in 2010, said he had to forgo a year as he had been too ill. “I should have passed in 2014 but was detained for a year for want of attendance and finished the course in 2015. I have five papers and I can finish it this semester,” he said.

An alumnus of Agni College of Technology, who joined in 2008, had 25 arrears when his class graduated in 2012. “I had a job until last year. I used to take leave from work before exams. It was after my mother’s death in 2014 that I realised the need to complete the degree. I finished 15 papers last year. Now I have only two papers,” he says.

N. Ashok of Theni, who studied in Madha Engineering College in Chennai, said as a Tamil-medium student he had found the subjects difficult.

University officials said the decision had been taken after several rounds of meeting by the Syndicate. “We are only implementing the UGC norm,” said Registrar S. Ganesan. The Controller of Examination, G.V. Uma, said there might be several hundreds of such candidates since 2000, when the university became an affiliating body.

The students proposed to meet Higher Education Secretary on Monday to give them another chance.

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