Canara Bank employees against merger of smaller PSU banks 

PTI

Published Nov 24, 2017, 6:39 pm IST

Merger would not bring any relief to the ‘ailing’ banking industry as the increasing Non Performing Assets.

Gross NPA in Canara Bank as on September 30 this year stood at Rs 39,164 crore while the net NPA at Rs 25,166 crore. (Photo: DC)

Chennai: The employees of Canara Bank on Friday requested the Centre not to consider cross merger of smaller public sector banks having high NPAs.

"Centre has already ensured the merger of five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with SBI. Now it is pushing for the second round of cross mergers with public sector banks", founder of Canara Bank Staff Federation S Revanna said.

The merger would not bring any relief to the "ailing" banking industry as the increasing Non Performing Assets (NPAs) pass the burden from one entity to another, he said in a press release.

The gross NPA in Canara Bank as on September 30 this year stood at Rs 39,164 crore while the net NPA at Rs 25,166 crore, he said.

The Federation would hold the fourth edition of the two day All India Conference here from Saturday.

Over 800 delegates were expected to participate in the event which would be formally inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.

During the two day conference discussions and deliberations affecting bank employees and the industry would be taken up, the release said.

Pondicherry Central University gets new vice chancellor 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | KAVYA M

Published Nov 25, 2017, 7:36 am IST

Gurmeet Singh, professor of the department of chemistry, Delhi University, has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor.



Gurmeet Singh, professor of the department of chemistry, Delhi University, has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor.

Puducherry: Gurmeet Singh, professor of the department of chemistry, Delhi University, has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Pondicherry Central University. A press release from the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) said that President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Prof. Singh for a period of five years from the date of assuming office or until he attains the age of 70 which is earlier.

Prof. Singh did his PG and PhD from the Delhi University. He has 33 years of teaching experience and has administrative experience in Delhi University, where he worked as the proctor. He has published around 100 research articles and guided numerable students in the field of chemistry. He had held several positions including member of the executive council of Delhi University, deputy proctor and proctor of the university, a member of the subject expert committee of University Grants Commission (UGC) among others.

He is also a Governing Council member of the Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (SAEST) at CECRI campus, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and was appointed as a special observer in West Bengal assembly election in 2011. He had received several awards and honours for his contribution in the field, including ‘Meritorious contribution award’ during the 14th conference of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), USA and Annapurna award by SAEST.

The post of vice-chancellor of the University fell vacant on August 17, 2015 — more than two years ago after Chandra Krishnamurthy, the former vice-chancellor was sacked by MHRD on charges of plagiarism and fraud. The university faced many downhill experiences since then including MHRD declaring Pondicherry University as among the 11 “non-performing” universities, in the rankings by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). The MHRD decision comes after much pressure from faculty members and students of the university who raised concerns over the absence of a permanent vice-chancellor and other administrative staff.

Anitha suicide case: Tamil Nadu top officials summoned to Delhi 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Published Nov 25, 2017, 7:18 am IST

Mr. Murali said the conviction rate against atrocities against Dalits in Tamil Nadu was very low.



The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has summoned the Tamil Nadu chief secretary, director general of police (DGP) and the administrators of Ariylur district including SP, Ariyaur, at New Delhi on December 12, for an enquiry regarding suicide of the Dalit Girl and a MBBS aspirant at a village in Ariyalur district recently.

TIRUCHY: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has summoned the Tamil Nadu chief secretary, director general of police (DGP) and the administrators of Ariylur district including SP, Ariyaur, at New Delhi on December 12, for an enquiry regarding suicide of the Dalit Girl and a MBBS aspirant at a village in Ariyalur district recently.

The NCSC’s vice-chairman L. Murali told newsmen at Tiruchy after reviewing the Adi Dravida welfare measures in the district with the Tiruchy collector K.Rajamani and others, that though the NCSC had received an interim report on the death of Ms. Anitha by the Ariyalur district administration, the NCSC was not fully satisfied with that report, hence, it has summoned the higher officials of the State, he added.

Mr. Murali said the conviction rate against atrocities against Dalits in Tamil Nadu was very low, at three to four per cent because of various reasons. Hence, NCSC has asked the state official machinery to give enough protection to the witnesses of such incidents besides giving adequate training to the witnesses for deposing their evidence in a proper way, he added.

He said the NCSC has so far covered 12 districts across Tamil Nadu and had received three important set of complaints namely, retrieval of Panchami lands, reservation issue and the Dalits not being able to avail the Adi Dravida welfare schemes. He said he has asked the respective district collectors to file detailed reports on these three factors. Among others, M. Mathiyalagan, director NCSC, S.Lister, senior inquiry officer for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and P. Pandiyaraja, Awareness and Vigilance Committee on SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, Madurai, participated in the meeting.

Airtel takes on Vodafone; offers unlimited calling and 1GB data per day for Rs 198

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

 

Published Nov 24, 2017, 8:45 pm IST

The new plan will offer users 1GB data per day and unlimited voice calls to any other network.

 

 

 Under this plan users will get 1GB 3G and 4G data every day and is valid up to 28 days.

The telecom warfare is getting fierce day-by-day as the operators are providing their subscribers huge data packs and voice calling offers at dirt cheap prices. Now Airtel has announced a new plan for its prepaid subscribers at Rs 198 which will offer them 1GB data per day and unlimited voice calls to any other network.

Under this plan users will get 1GB 3G and 4G data every day and is valid up to 28 days. It should be noted that the company is yet to officially announce the plan, but according to TelecomTalk the plan is available for select users and is also listed in the best recharges category on the MyAirtel app.
This new plan will go directly against the Rs 199 plan from Vodafone which offers both calling and internet benefits. It offers 1GB data which comes with a validity of 28 days and unlimited calling also has lot of limitations.

Under this plan users will only be able to make 250 minutes of both local and STD calls for free everyday and there is 1000 minutes weekly limit. If users make more than 250 minutes calls in a day they will be charged 30 paisa per minute. Also if users call 300 unique numbers in a week, the company will charge 30 paisa per minute for the remaining validity of the plan.

உணவுக்குழாயில் சிக்கிய தாயின் மெட்டி: நான்கு மாதங்கள் போராடிய ஒரு வயதுக் குழந்தை! 

By DIN  |   Published on : 24th November 2017 06:34 PM

டேராடூன்: எதிர்பாராமல் விழுங்கி விட்ட தாயின் மெட்டி ஒரு வயதுக் குழந்தையின் உணவுக்குழாயில் சிக்கிய நிலையில், காரணம் தெரியாமல் நான்கு மாதங்கள்  போராடி பின்னர் ஆபரேஷன் செய்து அகற்றிய வினோத சம்பவம்  நிகழ்ந்துள்ளது.

உத்தரகாண்ட் மாநிலம் டேராடூனைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு தம்பதியினரின் ஒரு வயதுக் குழந்தை பிரேம்குமார். கடந்த ஒரு மாததிற்கு முன்னரில் இருந்து, இந்தக் குழந்தை தொண்டையிலிருந்து வினோதமான சப்தங்களை எழுப்புவதும், உணவு அருந்தும் போது மிகவும் சிரமப்படுவதுமாக இருந்துள்ளது.

குழந்தையின் பெற்றோர் காரணம் தெரியாமல் ஒரு மாதமாக பல்வேறு மருத்துவர்களிடம் சென்று காண்பித்துள்ளனர். பல சோதனைகளையும் செய்துள்ளார். ஆனால் யாராலும் சரியான தீர்வினைக் கொடுக்க இயலவில்லை.

பின்னர் இறுதியாக பெரிய தனியார் மருத்துவமனை ஒன்றில் நடைபெற்ற சோதனையின் பொழுதுதான் குழந்தையின் தொண்டையில் வெள்ளிப் பொருள் ஒன்று சிக்கி இருப்பது கண்டறியப்பட்டது.சோதனைகளின் முடிவில் அது ஒரு மெட்டி என்பது தெரிய வந்தது. பின்னர் கடந்த 18-ஆம் தேதி அந்த மருத்துவமனையில் நடந்த சிக்கலான ஒரு ஆபரேஷன் மூலம் அந்த மெட்டியானது குழந்தை தொண்டையில் இருந்து நீக்கப்பட்டது.

இது தொடர்பாக அந்த மருத்துவமையின் தலைமை மருத்துவர் சிங் செய்தி நிறுவனம் ஒன்றுக்கு அளித்த பேட்டியில் கூறியதாவது:

இப்படி ஒரு பொருள் தொண்டையில் சிக்கிக் கொண்ட பின்னர் மூச்சுத் திணறலோ, நோய்த் தொற்றோ ஏற்படாமல் அந்த குழந்தை உயிர் பிழைத்திருந்ததுஆச்சர்யம்தான். உணவுக் குழாயின் ஆரம்ப பகுதியில் அந்த மெட்டி சிக்கிக் கொண்டாலும், அதன் வடிவம் காரணமாக குழந்தைக்கு  உணவு உள்ளே செல்வதில் பிரச்னை ஏற்படவில்லை.இனிமேலும் தாமதம் ஏற்பட்டிருந்தால் குழந்தையின் உணவுக் குழல் அழிந்து, நெஞ்சில் நோய்த் தோற்று உண்டாகி குழந்தை இருந்திருக்கும்.

இவ்வாறு அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

2 brothers, relative hacked to death in separate incidents

TNN | Updated: Nov 25, 2017, 00:47 IST
 
2 brothers, relative hacked to death in separate incidentsTNN | Updated: Nov 25, 2017, 00:47 IST
Dindigul: Three sanitary workers, all relatives, were hacked to death in broad daylight in Dindigul at three different places causing panic in the city on Friday. Police said the murders seemed to have been well-planned as all three men were murdered by the same people.

The victims were identified as Veera, 36, and Saravanan, 35, sons of Gurusamy of Municipal Colony in Dindigul, and their relative Balamurugan, all sanitary workers in the Dindigul Corporation.

The three men were working in three different locations on Friday morning. While Veera was working in Nagal Nagar, Bava lodge area, Saravanan was in Ponnappa Nadar Sandhu near the bus stand and Balamurugan on Siluvathur Road.

Balamurugan was hacked to the death by a gang which came on two-wheelers. Another gang chased Veera and hacked him to death almost the same time. Saravanan was also found murdered on Friday morning.

Dindigul North police rushed to the spots and recovered the bodies and sent them for postmortem to the Dindigul government hospital, where the relatives of the victims demanded that their killers be arrested immediately. Police suspect previous enmity behind the killings.

Superintendent of police, A Saravanan has constituted a special team to nab the killers.

Five post offices to collect passport applications

Special Correspondent 

 

MADURAI, November 25, 2017 00:00 IST

To benefit senior citizens and those living in remote places

Five post offices in Dindigul, Karaikudi, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar and Nagercoil in Madurai region had been identified for collection of applications from public seeking passport, said Regional Passport Officer

 A. Maniswara Raja here on Friday.

Speaking to reporters, he said that the Ministry of External Affairs initiated the idea for the benefit of senior citizens and those residing in remote places which were very far away from passport offices or Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs). The applications submitted with necessary documents at the designated post offices would be processed at the PSKs and passports issued after police verification.
The five post offices would start collecting passport applications before the end of current fiscal. Based on need and response from people, the service would be extended to more post offices.
The Madurai RPO, which had issued a little over a million passports in the last five years, had been upgraded to ‘A’ category from ‘B’ this year. Sustained campaigns and awareness among people had led to drop in interference by touts, he said.

The RPO, which had issued 2.48 lakh passports this year, had brought down the pending applications from 20,000 to below 500, thanks to coordination among police and other agencies. The time taken for issuing passports had also come down from 30 days to 15 days.

Mr. Maniswara Raja, an Indian Forest Officer, who was on deputation to the Ministry of External Affairs, has been transferred back to Gujarat (his parent cadre) and will join duty as Conservator of Forests.