Vodafone’s new offer will give you 2GB data per day 

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Published Dec 14, 2017, 2:21 pm IST

Under this plan subscribers will total of 56GB data for a period of 28 days for both 3G and 4G devices.


The new plan also enables users to make unlimited local, STD and roaming calls with a daily cap of 250 minutes, after which 1 paisa per second will be charged.

The battle in the telecom sector is getting fierce as giants such as Jio and Airtel are offering free voice calling and data at dirt cheap prices. Vodafone has also joined the bandwagon with its new Rs 348 prepaid plan which offers 2GB data per day.

Under this plan subscribers will total of 56GB data for a period of 28 days for both 3G and 4G devices. The new plan goes directly in competition with Airtel’s Rs 349 plan and Jio’s Rs 399 plan.

The new plan also enables users to make unlimited local, STD and roaming calls with a daily cap of 250 minutes, after which 1 paisa per second will be charged. There is a weekly cap of 1000 minutes as well. Users can avail up to 5 per cent of cashback if they perform the recharge from the app or the website.

Airtel’s Rs 349 plan in turn, offers 2GB data per day with a validity of 28 days. It offers unlimited local, STD and roaming calling and users also get unlimited local and national SMS.

Bengaluru: Retired doctor in the dock for Aadhaar attestation

By Praveen Kumar, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated: Dec 15, 2017, 08.44 AM IST

Former medical officer accused of attesting address, ID proofs

A retired Resident Medical Officer (RMO) of the state government has landed in a soup after he allegedly issued fabricated attestation of proofs of identities and addresses for the purpose of Aadhaar enrolment and updation. This caught the attention of deputy director of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), who has filed a complaint.

The issue assumes significance as only recently a duty doctor at a government hospital in Jayanagar was accused of having issued Gazetted Officer certificates to three Pakistani nationals without checking their background.

The complaint against Dr Mahantappa Shabadi, retired RMO, government of Karnataka, Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) 11032, was filed by Ashok Lenin, deputy director, UIDAI. The complaint against Shabadi accuses him of omission and commission by issuing fabricated attestation of proofs of identities and addresses. The complaint was registered on Monday. "The incident came to light during back-end checking at the regional office of the UIDAI at Khanija Bhavan on the Race Course Road when the details of the gazetted officers, who attest the Aadhaar enrolment applications, were being scrutinised. When an application attested by Dr Mahantappa Shabadi was being checked, we found that as he had retired, he was not authorised to sign as a gazetted officer," said an official of UIDAI.

In the attestation copy, the doctor's address is given as RMS Layout in Sanjyanagar. Shabadi is also accused of illegally issuing the Gazetted Officer (GO) certificates at proofs. Lenin states in the complaint that this act of the doctor facilitates forgery and fabrication. "Investigation is in the preliminary stages. The police are in the process of collecting documents from the UIDAI to establish their allegations against the doctor," Chetan Singh Rathor, deputy commissioner of police (North), told BM.

When the Sanjaynagar police went to the specified address, they found he had vacated the house. A case under section 419 (cheating by personation) , 420 (cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of IPC, section 34 of The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 has been registered against Shabadi.

All Aadhaar deadline extended to 31 March 

NT Bureau and Agency December 15, 2017



New Delhi: The Supreme Court today extended till 31 March next year the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes.

A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in an interim order, also modified its earlier order with regard to linking of Aadhaar with mobile services and said the deadline of 6 February next year for this purpose also stood extended till 31 March.

The bench, which also comprised justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, said for opening new bank accounts, an applicant will not be required to provide Aadhaar number to the bank.

However, the applicant will have to show proof to the bank that s/he has applied for the Aadhaar number, Justice Chandrachud, who wrote the unanimous interim order, said.

The apex court said the Constitution bench would commence final hearing from 17 January on the petition challenging the Aadhaar scheme itself.

Yesterday, attorney general K K Venugopal had submitted before the top court that the deadline of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes can also be extended up to 31 March next year.

Recently, a nine-judge Constitution bench of the apex court had held that Right to Privacy was a fundamental right. Several petitioners challenging the validity of Aadhaar had claimed it violated privacy rights.

Some petitioners in the top court have termed the linking of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) number with bank accounts and mobile numbers as ‘illegal and unconstitutional’.

Shyam Divan, a senior advocate and one of the petitioners, argued that Aadhaar linking was being extended to all areas like availing of scholarships, nursery admissions and medical treatment for HIV patients in violation of court orders.

“The government has disregarded the court’s earlier orders that continue to have full sanctity and say that until the apex court takes a final decision on Aadhaar, it cannot be made mandatory for all services,” Divan said.

He added that the government should have sought variation of orders limiting mandatory use of Aadhaar.

CJI Misra, however, observed that the court’s earlier orders were passed based on the government’s executive decision, and needed to be tested on the anvil of law, now that the Aadhaar Act is in place.

On 30 October, the apex court referred all Aadhaar cases to a five-judge Constitution bench to be formed by the end of November.

‘Vikram Vedha’ team celebrates 100th day 

NT Bureau December 15, 2017 0


A good film will be celebrated by audience irrespective of when it releases, said actor Madhavan.

Speaking at the 100th day celebrations of Vikram Vedha, Madhavan, said, “When the movie was released, there was chaos and confusion as GST was implemented then. Many said it was a wrong time as people would not come to theatres.”

However, people appreciated the content and made it a hit, said Madhavan.

Directed by Pushkar-Gayathri, the movie was based on the famous tales of Vikram and Vedhal.

It narrated the story of a honest cop Vikram (Madhavan), who’s on a mission to nab a notorious gangster Vedha (Vijay Sethupathi).

Vikram Vedha was Pushkar-Gayathri’s third film after Oram Po and Va Quarter Cutting.

The movie also starred Shraddha Srinath, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Kathir in important roles.

Vijay Sethupathi, said, “It would be a movie to cherish in my career. It won me more fans and admirers.”

He thanked the director-duo for their hard work and conviction in the script.

Shraddha Srinath and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar also spoke on the occasion.

Power shutdown areas in Chennai on 16-12-17

 

 

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Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on 16-12-17 between 9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M. for maintenance work. Supply will be resumed before 4.00 P.M. if the works are completed.

NANDANAM AREA: Jogi thottam, Anbu colony, Power finance corporation building, SM nagar, Ceebros hotel, Karumuthu centre, JVL Plaza, IOC, Voltas Structure, Defence Accounts, Mambalam Telephone exchange, Entire VN road, South Boag road, Melony st, Hindi Pracharashaba area, Amudam colony, Thomas road, Guna complex, Fathima akthar complex, cape Gemini, K.B. Dasan salai, part of Teynampet, Chitaranjan road, Cenetaoph road first st, Alwarpet 1 to 5th st, Cenetaoph first and second lane, part of Chamiers road, Seethamal Extension 1 to 3rd st & cross st, Ganesapuram, Apollo speciality hospital, Rathna nagar, Turnbulls road, Poultry, L.R. Swami building, part of North boag road, Giriappa road, Thyagaraya road.

CIT NAGAR AREA: Model Hutment road, 1 to 6th cross st, 2nd to 5th, Main road of East CIT Nagar, South west boag road, Sadullah st, Abdul Aziz st, Moosa st, South Dhandapani st, part of V.N. road, Moopparapan st, Canal Bank road, Srinivasan st, Gopal st, Siviaji st, Damodaran st, Part of Mannar st, Part of South Usman road, Motilal st, Sarojini st, part of Usman road, Ramanathan st, Rameswaram road, Ranganathan st, Mangair st, Moosa st, Barkit road, Dandapani st, Cresant park st, Jagathesan st, Mylai Ranganathan st, Part of Thanikachalam road, Lotus colony, Nandanam Extension 1 to 15 st, Old Tower Black, part Chamiers road Temple tower Kiviraj building, EVR Periyar building, Anna salai.

Guindy: Guindy Industrial area South phase, A, B, C, D, E and G Blocks, Kathipara junction to No. 120 Mount Road, Ekkattuthangal, Ambal Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Poomagal Street, Ganapathy Colony, Rajiv Gandhi Street, Lazer Street, Sardar Colony and Tiny Sector (Developed Plots and Adjacent areas).

AVADI AREA: Thirumullaivoyal area, Railway car shed, Senthil nagar, Police Quarters, Vaishnavi nagar, Avadi area, C.T.H Road, N.M. Road, Kannikapuram, Gandhi nagar, Cavarapalayam, Telephone Exchange, Shivashakthi nagar, Balaji nagar, Manikandapuram, Kovilpathagai, Poombozhil nagar, Ashok nagar, Kannadapalayam.

PALLAVARAM AREA: Part of Pammal, Pallavaram East & West, Part of Pallavaram GST Road, Keelkattalai, Thirusoolam, Veteran Lines. GANDHI NAGAR & KODUNGIYUR AREA: Kamaraj & Sathyavani muthu Salai, Jambuli & Kattabomman St, Seetharam, RV, Poongavanam & Gandhi Nagar, Part of GNT Road, RC Flats.

Madanandapuram: Annai velankanni nagar, Madha nagarm Kumari nagar, Vasuki nagar, Mugalivakkam main roadm Balaji nagar.





























 

SC tells institutions of higher education that lack of facilities for disabled persons amounts to discrimination

New Delhi: People with disability have a right to get higher education and not making adequate provisions to facilitate their proper education would amount to "discrimination", the Supreme Court said on Friday.

It directed the government institutions of higher education and other such institutions, which were receiving aid from the government, to comply with the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

The Act provides for reservation of not less than five percent seats for persons with benchmark disabilities.

A bench of justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said that appropriate consequential action under the provisions of the act would be initiated against the defaulting educational institutions.



It asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to constitute a committee to consider the feasibility of having guidelines for accessibility of students with disabilities in universities and colleges.

It said the committee would undertake a detailed study to make provisions in respect of accessibility and facilities of teaching for disabled persons and would also suggest the modalities for implementing those suggestions, their funding and monitoring.

"The expert committee may also consider feasibility of constituting an in-house body in each educational institution (of teachers, staff, students and parents) for taking care of day-to-day needs of differently abled persons as well as for implementation of the schemes that would be devised by the expert committee," the bench said, adding that the exercise be completed by 30 June next year.

It said that an action taken report in this regard should be placed before it in July 2018.

The court's verdict came on a plea which had raised three key issues, including the non-implementation of reservation of seats in educational institutions as provided in the act and provision for proper access to orthopaedically disabled persons so allow them to freely move in educational institutions.

The bench noted that a provision under the 2016 Act provided that persons with benchmark disabilities shall be given an upper age relaxation of five years for admission in institutions of higher education.

"Accordingly, we direct that all those institutions which are covered by the obligations provided under Section 32 of the Disabilities Act, 2016 shall comply with the provisions of Section 32 while making admission of students in educational courses of higher education each year," it said.

The court said such educational institutions shall submit a list of the number of disabled persons admitted in each course every year to the chief commissioner or state commissioner.

It said it raised the critical issue of creating a level playing field where all the citizens have equality of fair opportunities to enable them to realise their full potential and experience well-being.

"To ensure the level-playing field, it is not only essential to give necessary education to the persons suffering from the disability, it is also imperative to see that such education is imparted to them in a fruitful manner," it said.

"Not making adequate provisions to facilitate proper education to such persons, therefore, would amount to discrimination," it said.

The bench said that such requirement was to ensure that a student with a disability, after proper education, would be able to lead an independent, economically self-sufficient and fully participatory life.

Regarding the law colleges, the court said intimation about the number of admissions given to disabled students be sent to the Bar Council of India (BCI).

"Other educational institutions will notify the compliance, each year, to the UGC. It will be within the discretion of the BCI and/or UGC to carry out inspections of such educational institutions to verify as to whether the provisions are complied with or not," it said.

Published Date: Dec 15, 2017 08:44 pm | Updated Date: Dec 15, 2017 08:44 pm

கடலூர் மாவட்டத்தில் இருந்து சென்னை வங்கி கணக்கில் ஸ்வைப்பிங் மெஷின் மூலம் ரூ. 44 லட்சம் கையாடல்: மோசடி நபர் தலைமறைவு

Published : 15 Dec 2017 09:16 IST

கடலூர்



கடலூர் மாவட்டத்தில் இருந்து ஸ்வைப்பிங் மிஷின் மூலம் சென்னை தனியார் வங்கி தலைமை அலுவலக கணக்கில் இருந்து ரூ.44 லட்சம் கையாடல் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. பணம் கையாடல் செய்து தலைமறைவான நபரை போலீஸார் தீவிரமாக தேடி வருகின்றனர்.

கடலூர் மாவட்டம் புவனகிரி அருகே உள்ள நத்தமேடு கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர் சோமசுந்தரம் மகன் கணேசமூர்த்தி(40). மாற்றுத்திறனாளி. இவர் ஸ்வைப் பிங் மெஷின் பெற்று, வீட்டில் வைத்துக் கொண்டு ஏடிஎம் கார்டை எடுத்து வருபவர்களுக்கு மெஷினில் ஸ்வைப் செய்து பணம் தருவதை வழக்கமாக கொண்டிருந்தார். அப்பகுதியில் மகாத்மா காந்தி ஊரக வேலை வாய்ப்பு திட்டத்தில் பணியாற்றும் கிராமத்தினர் உள்ளிட்ட சிலர் இதனை பயன்படுத்தி வந்துள்ளனர்.


சென்னை வங்கியில் பணம் மோசடி

இதற்காக எடுக்கும் பணத்துக்கு தகுந்தாற் போல கமிஷன் தொகையை கணேசமூர்த்தி பெற்று வந்திருக்கிறார். இந்த நிலையில் சென்னை கிண்டியில் உள்ள லட்சுமி விலாஸ் வங்கியின் தலைமை அலுவலகத்தில் உள்ள ஏடிஎம் பராமரிப்பு கணக்கில் ரூ.44 லட்சத்து 74 ஆயிரம் பணம் ஸ்வைப்பிங் மெஷின் மூலம் மோசடியாக எடுக்கப்பட்டிருப்பது தெரியவந்தது.

கடந்த ஜூன் 12-ம் தேதி முதல் செப்டம்பர் 1-ம் தேதி வரையில் இந்த பண மோசடி நடந்துள்ளது. அதிர்ச்சியடைந்த வங்கி உயர் அதிகாரிகள் இந்த பணம் யாருடைய கணக்குக்கு சென்றுள்ளது என்று ஆய்வு செய்தனர். இதில் ஆர்பிஎல் வங்கி மற்றும் ஐசிஐசிஐ வங்கிகளுக்கு பணம் சென்று அதில் இருந்து கடலூர் மாவட்டம் புவனகிரி அருகில் உள்ள நத்தமேடு கிராமத்தைச் சேர்ந்த கணேசமூர்த்தி கணக்குக்கு பணம் சென்றிருப்பது தெரியவந்தது.

வங்கி ஊழியர்கள் உடந்தையா?

இதையடுத்து லட்சமி விலாஸ் வங்கியின் தலைமை அலுவலக உயர் அதிகாரிகளின் உத்தரவின் பேரில் நேற்று முன்தினம் இரவு நத்தமேடு லட்சுமி விலாஸ் வங்கி கிளையின் மேலாளர் திருவேங்கடம், கடலூர் மாவட்டம் மருதூர் காவல்நிலையத்தில் கணேசமூர்த்தி மீது பணமோசடி புகார் அளித்தார். அதில், ரூ. 44 லட்சத்து 74 ஆயிரம் வங்கி பணத்தை எடுத்துள்ளார் என்று தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. போலீஸார் வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்து விசாரணை நடத்தி வருகின்றனர்.

வங்கியில் உள்ளவர்கள் உதவி இல்லாமல் இந்த கையாடல் நடைபெற்றிருக்க முடியாது எனவும், இது தொழில்நுட்பத்தை பயன்படுத்தி செய்யப்பட்டுள்ள மோசடி என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. தலைமறைவாக உள்ள கணேசமூர்த்தியை போலீஸார் தேடி வருகின்றனர்.