சென்னையில் விடிய விடிய பலத்த காற்றுடன் மழை

Updated : டிச 01, 2017 06:29 | Added : டிச 01, 2017 02:10



  சென்னை: சென்னையில் நுங்கம்பாக்கம், அண்ணாசாலை, கிண்டி உள்ளிட்ட பல இடங்களில் விடிய, விடிய கனமழை கொட்டி வருகிறது.

இந்திய பெருங்கடலில், உருவான காற்றழுத்த தாழ்வு மண்டலம், தீவிர புயலாக மாறி, தென் மாவட்ட கடலோர பகுதிகளை புரட்டி எடுத்து வருகிறது. கன்னியாகுமரி, நெல்லை, துாத்துக்குடி மாவட்டங்களில், பலத்த சேதத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. தமிழகத்தின் கடலோர மாவட்டங்களிலும் பலத்த மழை பெய்து வருகிறது.

இந்நிலையில் சென்னையில் நள்ளிரவில் பலத்த காற்றுடன் கனமழை பெய்து வருகிறது. ராயப்பேட்டை, திருவல்லிக்கேணி, மயிலாப்பூர், அண்ணாசாலை, நுங்கம்பாக்கம், வள்ளுவர் கோட்டம், கிண்டி, ஈக்காட்டுத்தாங்கல், வடபழனி, அசோக்பில்லர், கத்திபாரா உள்ளிட்ட பல இடங்களில் கனமழை கொட்டி வருகிறது.

நேற்றைய(நவ.,30) நிலவரப்படி, சென்னையில் 37 மி.மீ., மழை பதிவாகியுள்ளது.

மழை விவரம்:

தரமணி - 47 மி.மீ.,புழல் - 44 மி.மீ.,செம்பரம்பாக்கம் - 41 மி.மீ.,அண்ணா பல்கலை., - 32 மி.மீ.,பூந்தமல்லி - 32 மி.மீ.,

கனமழை: சென்னை, மதுரை உள்ளிட்ட 13 மாவட்ட பள்ளிகளுக்கு விடுமுறை
 


  சென்னை : கனமழை காரணமாக மதுரை, கன்னியாகுமரி, திண்டுக்கல், திருநெல்வேலி, தூத்துக்குடி, தேனி, விழுப்புரம், காஞ்சிபுரம் சென்னை, சேலம், திருவண்ணாமலை, திருவள்ளூர், புதுக்கோட்டை மாவட்டங்களில் இயங்கிவரும் கல்வி நிறுவனங்களுக்கு இன்று(டிச.,01) விடுமுறை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

எச்சரிக்கை:

கன்னியாகுமரி அருகே காற்றழுத்த தாழ்வு நிலை நீடிப்பதால் அடுத்த 12 மணி நேரத்தில் தென் தமிழகத்தில் மிக கனமழை பெய்யும் என இந்திய வானிலை மையம் எச்சரித்துள்ளது. இந்நிலையில், மாநிலத்தின் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளில் தொடர்ந்து இரண்டாவது நாளாக இன்றும் கனமழை பெய்து வருகிறது.

பள்ளி, கல்லூரிகளுக்கு விடுமுறை:

இதனையடுத்து மாணவர்கள் நலன்கருதி, மதுரை, தூத்துக்குடி, திருநெல்வேலி, கன்னியாகுமரி மாவட்டங்களில் இயங்கி வரும் அனைத்து பள்ளி, கல்லூரிகளுக்கும் இன்று விடுமுறை அறிவித்து அந்தந்த மாவட்ட கலெக்டர்கள் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளனர்.

பள்ளிகளுக்கு மட்டும் விடுமுறை

சென்னை, திண்டுக்கல்,விழுப்புரம், காஞ்சிபுரம், தேனி, சேலம், திருவள்ளூர், புதுக்கோட்டை மற்றும் திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்ட பள்ளிகளுக்கு மட்டும் இன்று விடுமுறை அறிவித்து மாவட்ட கலெக்டர் அன்புச்செல்வன் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.

தாலுகாக்கள்:

நீலகிரி மாவட்டத்தில் கனமழை காரணமாக ஊட்டி, குன்னூர், கோத்தகிரி, குந்தா ஆகிய 4 தாலுகா பள்ளி, கல்லூரிகளுக்கு மட்டும் இன்று விடுமுறை விடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

சிவகங்கை மாவட்டத்தில் சிவகங்கை, காளையார்கோயில், மானாமதுரை, இளையான்குடி மற்றும் திருப்புவனம் ஆகிய 5 தாலுகா பள்ளிகளுக்கு மட்டும் விடுமுறை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

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ஜெய்ப்பூர்: ராஜஸ்தான் அரசு ஊழியர்கள், திருமணத்தின் போது வரதட்சணை வாங்கினரா, இல்லையா என்பது குறித்து, பிரமாண பத்திரம் வழங்கும்படி, அம்மாநில அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

ராஜஸ்தானில், கடந்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளில், அரசு துறைகளில் பணியில் சேர்ந்த ஊழியர்கள், தங்கள் திருமணத்தின் போது வரதட்சணை வாங்கினரா, இல்லையா என்பது குறித்த பிரமாண பத்திரத்தை தாக்கல் செய்ய, அம்மாநில அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

இது குறித்து, மாநில அரசு பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு:

பிரமாண பத்திரத்தில், ஊழியர்கள் பணியில் நியமிக்கப்பட்ட தேதி, துறை ஆகியவற்றுடன், திருமணமானவர்கள் என்றால், திருமணத்தின் போது வரதட்சணை வாங்கினாரா, இல்லையா என்பதை குறிப்பிட்டு, கையெழுத்திட்டு, பெற்றோர், மனைவி மற்றும் மனைவியின் பெற்றோரின் கையெழுத்துடன் வழங்க வேண்டும். மேலும், எதிர்காலத்தில், மனைவி அல்லது அவரது பெற்றோரிடம் வரதட்சணை கேட்டதாக புகார்கள் வந்தாலோ அல்லது நீதிமன்றத்தை அணுகினாலோ, அவர்கள் பணியில் இருந்து நீக்கப்படுவர். இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Tricky triangular contest for prestigious R K Nagar 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | S THIRUNAVUKARASU

Published Dec 1, 2017, 6:01 am IST

Two leaves versus rising sun versus hat set for intense competition.



Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam in AIADMK governing council meeting at the party headquarters at Royapettah on Thursday. (Photo: DC)

Chennai: R.K. Nagar will see a triangular contest amongst the same candidates who had fought the aborted April byelection. And they will be carrying the burden of their respective parties out to prove a point.

While the DMK will be attempting to upset a record of ruling party victories in bypolls, AIADMK veteran E. Madhusudhanan will be striving to establish his party's supremacy in this constituency and retain the seat held twice by Puratchi Thalaivi Amma. Snapping at his heel will be TTV. Dhinakaran, who is trying to protect the influence of the Sasikala family and destabilise the EPS government.

Fisheries minister D. Jayakumar might have bravely proclaimed that their only rival was the DMK and not TTV. But the AIADMK cannot afford to ignore Dhinakaran's game plan as he is aware of every trick in their election bag and would either copy them or counter them. His game plan is not to win the election but to deny victory to Madhusudhanan and discredit the party of squandering the goodwill that Jayalalithaa had com-manded.

For the ruling AIADMK it is a prestigious battle it cannot afford to lose. As the ruling party it has to maintain the winning streak ruling dispensations have had for the last two decades. A win will help stabilise its precarious position when it is short of a majority and also justify the Election Commission ruling recognising it as the official AIADMK. It will also in one stroke derail Dhinakaran's challenge and M.K. Stalin's dream of a midterm election.

The AIADMK's winning chances may also be hobbled by bitter infighting within its own camp. But for the insistence of O. Pannnerseelvam, the dominant EPS faction would have picked someone else as the party's candidate instead of Madhusudhanan. Now OPS has to ensure that the internal politics of the AIADMK does not trip his candidate. It is an open secret that the OPS faction has felt shortchanged after its merger with the bigger EPS group.

With the AIADMK engaged in its own internal war and also faced with a rebel in TTV, the DMK appears to be sitting pretty. A divided AIADMK has always helped the DMK win, though such a scenario last happened way back in 1989. The DMK will also be helped by the anti-incumbency of the present government and the absence of a charismatic vote catcher like Jayalalithaa. Winning the byelection will also help M.K. Stalin consolidate his hold in the party.

Unlike in April when Dhinakaran was faced with persistent anger against Sasikala and was unable to even feature her photos in his campaign material, this time he has not been dragged down by such negativity. Instead he will be seen as challenging the AIADMK's popular 'Two Leaves' symbol which may not go down well with AIADMK voters. In fact the ruling party will go to town about the fact that Amma's symbol was being opposed as much by TTV as the DMK, and thus paint him as a lackey of the DMK. For an electorate so used to a contest between the DMK's 'Rising Sun' and the AIADMK's 'Two Leaves', Dhinakaran's 'Hat' might prove to be a nonstarter.

The other imponderable will be the use of money power that the parties might resort to this time too. The EC had cancelled the April 12 byelection on that count once and is keen to prevent a repeat of Tamil Nadu's shameful practice of 'cash for vote'. So this time the contestants might be wary of resorting to flexing their monetary muscle.

The EC has also strictly warned everyone that the play of money would only result in one more cancellation. If it happens it would definitely not be in honour of Jayalalithaa's memory.

ED confirms seizure of Rs 1.59crore from Chennai-based businessman

Siddharth Prabhakar | TNN | Nov 30, 2017, 14:29 IST

CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday confirmed seizure of Rs 1.59crore movable properties of Chennai-based businessman Pradip D Kothari under the newly introduced provisions of Section 37 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for holding foreign assets without proper approvals.

Kothari had US$3,52,258 held in account number 5091365665 of Xenios Foundation in HSBC Bank, Geneva, without RBI permission and without declaring it to income tax Authorities.

 
Further, he could not produce any evidence to show that the amount was repatriated to India. As it is a violation under Section 4 of the FEMA read with regulation 3 of Foreign Exchange Management (foreign currency accounts by a person resident in India) Regulations 2000, the Enforcement Directorate, Chennai, seized Rs 1.59 crore of Pradeep D Kothari, held in his demat account number DP ID: IN300484 with Axis Bank Ltd, Mylapore branch, under the provisions of Section 37A of the FEMA on June 27 this year. .

Holding assets outside India without proper permissions amounts to contravention of the provisions of Section 4 of the FEMA. As per the provisions of newly introduced Section 37A of the FEMA, equivalent value of the foreign assets abroad can be seized in India by the Enforcement Directorate and a petition to be filed before the competent authority to confirm the seizure within 180 days.

HIV pulled them down, love gave hope 

Priya Menon | TNN | Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 00:11 IST

An infected needle turned Arun's* life upside down. In another part of the country, a blood transfusion brought Radhika's* dreams crashing down. But instead of letting their HIV+ve diagnoses fill their lives with negativity, they decided to stay positive. Brought together by a twist of fate and the late Dr Suniti Solomon, the pioneer of AIDS research in India, the couple is now proud parents to a 16-year-old, and productive members of society.

"When I was first diagnosed with HIV, I was terrified," says Chennai-based Arun, who was referred to Dr Solomon of YRG CARE. "She reassured me that I could still lead a normal life as long as I took medication, and adopted a healthy lifestyle. Getting to know other people living with HIV helped me overcome my fears," says Arun, who gave up smoking and drinking.

Two years later, when Dr Solomon asked him if he was looking for a life partner, Arun was ready to take the next step forward. "I hadn't told my parents or siblings that I am HIV+ve so they were keen to see me married. I wanted a companion but didn't want to spoil the life of another person, so I decided to marry a woman who was also HIV+ve," says Arun, an engineer.

Dr Solomon, who documented the first cases of HIV in India in 1986 among sex workers, took voluntary retirement in 1993 to establish YRG Care. In the latter part of her career — as people began living longer with generic anti-retroviral medications and faced the same pressure at home to get married — she began helping healthy patients find life partners. Though the centre has played 'matchmaker' for 30 couples so far, Arun and Radhika's was the first success story.

With Dr Solomon's encouragement, Arun decided to meet prospective brides. That's when Dr Solomon heard about Radhika, a young woman from Maharashtra. And once Arun met her and her family, he was quick to make up his mind.

Radhika, who takes tuitions at home, was also willing to take the plunge. "I didn't want to be alone for the rest of my life, and wanted the emotional support a partner can give," she says. The next hurdle was convincing his parents who were still unaware that he is HIV+ve. Arun's family was quick to come around and the only barrier was language.

But there was another, bigger challenge ahead. The couple, who got married in July 2001, discovered that Radhika was pregnant in September. "We were scared but both of us were on medication and our son, born in 2002, is HIV-ve," says Arun.

Till today, they have not disclosed their HIV+ve identity to friends, Arun's family, or their son.

"There is still some stigma attached to the disease as people have misconceptions about it," says Radhika. "But there is nothing to fear. We take our medicines every day, eat healthy and go to the hospital every six months to check our CD4 (white blood cell counts) and viral loads," says Radhika.

Arun says getting married and having a child has given direction to his life. "If you live on your own, you can get depressed. My outlook to life changed after marriage, and now I have a son to live and work for, which gives purpose to my life," he says.

He has just one word of advice for people. "If you are in the high-risk group, do go to the doctor and get an HIV test done. With timely and regular treatment, you can lead a normal life."

KK Nagar road caves in for the third time 10 days

TNN | Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 00:21 IST

Chennai: A busy stretch in K K Nagar used mostly by school students has caved in for a third time in the last 10 days due to a leaking Metrowater sewer line. The situation has induced worry in locals' minds who fear the road strength has been compromised, especially as another spell of rain is expected to hit the city.

A portion of the road in Alagirisamy Salai in K K Nagar caved in late on Wednesday night with Metrowater officials, at the time of writing, yet to ascertain the cause behind the incident. The cave in happened barely inches away from the last crater which developed on the stretch last week.

"The (Metrowater) workers had been repairing a damaged sewer pipeline for the last 10 days," said a shopkeeper in the vicinity, who didn't want to be named. Metrowater had replaced a pipe crossing over at the junction of Lakshmanaswamy Salai and Alagirisamy Salai. The damaged pipeline, placed on a footpath nearby, appeared rusted and broken.

A third cave in was reported around a week earlier near the Padma Sheshadri Bala Bhavan school premises. "The caved in portion has been covered but it has become a hassle to drop children because of the large barricade placed in the middle," said a parent.

Corporation officials told TOI that the Metrowater's leaking sewer lines were causing problems not only on Alagirisamy Salai but also on Anna Main Road nearby. "There is no problem with our roads. Opposite the Nesapakkam sewage treatment plant, multiple road cave-ins have happened in last two months," the corporation official said.