ஜனவரி 7இல் நீட் தேர்வு!



மருத்துவப் பட்ட மேற்படிப்புகளுக்கு  ஜனவரி 7ஆம் தேதி நீட் தேர்வு நடைபெறவுள்ளது.
நாடு முழுவதும் அரசு, தனியார் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகள், நிகர்நிலைப் பல்கலைக்கழகங்களில் எம்டி, எம்எஸ் பட்ட மேற்படிப்பிலும் டிப்ளோமா மேற்படிப்பிலும் 153 மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் 35,000க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இடங்கள் உள்ளன. இந்த இடங்களுக்கு 2018-19ஆம் கல்வி ஆண்டு மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நீட் தேர்வு மூலம் நடத்தப்படவுள்ளது.
இத்தேர்வுக்கு அக்டோபர் 31ஆம் தேதி முதல் நவம்பர் 27ஆம் தேதி வரை ஆன்லைனில் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம் என அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. அதன்படி, தமிழகத்தில் அரசு, தனியார் மருத்துவர்கள் 20,000 பேர் உட்பட நாடு முழுவதும் 1 லட்சத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் விண்ணப்பித்துள்ளனர். நீட் தேர்வு ஆன்லைன் மூலம் வரும் ஜனவரி 7ஆம் தேதி நடத்தப்படுகிறது.
தமிழகத்தில் சென்னை, கோவை, மதுரை, நெல்லை, சேலம், திருச்சி உட்பட நாடு முழுவதும் 128 நகரங்களில் இத்தேர்வு நடக்கிறது. தேர்வு முடிவுகள் ஜனவரி 31ஆம் தேதி வெளியிடப்படும் எனத் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

MKU flouts norms, picks new professors to be PhD guides

By Jeyalakshmi Ramanujam  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 27th December 2017 03:03 AM  |  

 

MADURAI: Flouting norms, the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) has appointed freshers as research guides for PhD students. The appointments have created talk among academicians, who are saying that the move will put the future of the students at stake.

MKU recently sanctioned guideship for 250 professors working in affiliated colleges, in violation of the rules and regulations of the University Grant Commission (UGC). As per the rules, to be a PhD supervisor, a university professor should have five research publications in refereed journals. An associate and assistant professor of a university or deemed university or a college must have at least two research publications in the refereed journals.

A research supervisor or co-supervisor who is a professor cannot guide over three MPhil and eight PhD scholars. An associate professor can guide two MPhil and six PhD scholars. An assistant professor can guide one MPhil and four PhD scholars, as per the norms.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Head of a Department said, “MKU has sanctioned guideship of 10 to 20 freshers who obtained their doctorate last year and who do not have the required number of published research papers. Some of the publications of the guideship candidates do not fall under the UGC’s prescribed list of refereed journals.”

Professor C Pichandy, former president of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) said that the appointments would affect the PhD students. He also said that if the guideship of a professor is cancelled, the students’ academic pursuit would be in jeopardy. “If students are trained under mentors without experience, there are chances of the’ PhDs getting cancelled,” he said.

Talking about the issue, P P Chellathurai, MKU Vice Chancellor, said, “As per the UGC norms 2016, permanent professors, associate and assistant professors need to have two publications in refereed journals. The UGC norms and regulations does not talk about the teaching experience.” He added, “We received over 300 applications. Some of them were already long pending. Earlier, MKU had followed the UGC norms of 2009. For approving the guideship, the application was sent to experts inside and outside the university. They had taken a year to approve. We are following the 2016 norms of the UGC.”

Bicycle lifter from Kumbakonam held, 20 cycles seized

By Express News Service  |   Published: 27th December 2017 02:58 AM  |  

 

CHENNAI: A 50-year-old man who came to the city in search of a job became a bicycle thief, but ran out of luck and fell into the police net during a routine check on Monday night. Police recovered 20 bicycles from him.

“H Sridhar, a native of Aduthurai village in Kumbakkonam, was riding a bicycle at Ashok Nagar when he was stopped by police who were on a routine vehicle check.  During interrogation, they found him suspicious and took him to the police station for further inquiries,” said Shankar, crime inspector, Ashok Nagar.

“During inquiries, he said he had stolen more than 100 bicycles in various areas, including Ashok Nagar, Kodambakkam, T Nagar and Mambalam. He would sell them for prices ranging from `600 to `1,500 per cycle,” he added.

Two months ago, he had allegedly stolen a postman’s bicycle at Postal Colony. “The postman had parked his bicycle and had gone to deliver a letter at an apartment. When he returned, his cycle was missing and his bag had been discarded a few metres away. A complaint was filed. Police then recovered a CCTV footage which provided the clue.

  

Based on this, police circulated Sridhar’s photo to all stations and to the public, and the police nabbed him on Monday. Police also said Sridhar was married and was residing at Kancheepuram along with his wife and two children. “He would come to the city everyday and would travel around in local buses to steal bicycles,” said the officer.

A case has been registered and he was remanded to judicial custody by a local magistrate court.

Issue GO to release pension arrears to retired STC staff: HC

By Express News Service  |   Published: 27th December 2017 02:57 AM  |  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the State government to issue a government order (GO) for the disbursement of arrears of pension to retired employees of transport corporations forthwith.  The payment should be made to the employees, as per the procedure hitherto followed, a division bench of justices S Manikumar and R  Suresh Kumar said on December 22.

Originally, R Mayandi Servai (82), a retired TNSTC employee, based in Madurai, sent a post card to another bench of justices M V Muralidaran and N Seshasayee, when they were sitting at the vacation bench in Madurai on May 16 last. He claimed that the benefits due to him had not been settled even after 24 years after retirement. There were 100s of similarly-placed employees. Taking a serious note of the post card, Justice Muralidaran had directed the High Court registry to treat it as a suo-motu PIL. Thereafter, the case was transferred to the principal seat of the High Court in Chennai and posted before the present bench.

When the matter came up on December 22, Advocate-General N Vijay Narayan submitted that in spite of heavy financial crisis faced, action was being taken to release an advance of `175  crore towards settlement of remaining statutory dues to the retired employees of State Transport Undertakings. Necessary GO would be issued shortly, he said.

The bench noted that as ordered earlier, `379 crore ought to have been sanctioned and disbursed by December 15 last as the second instalment towards arrears to the retired employees under various heads. However, `175 crore alone is sought to be sanctioned, due to financial crunch.

The AG submitted that as the Transport Minister was out of station, the GO could not be issued immediately, but assured that the same would be issued forthwith, enabling disbursement of `175 crore towards settlement of the statutory dues, to the retired staff by December 26. The matter has been posted for further hearing on January 3.

Suo motu PIL from a post card

R Mayandi Servai (82), a retired TNSTC staff, sent a post card to a bench of Justices on May 16 last. He claimed that benefits due to him had not been settled even 24 years after retirement. There were 100s of similarly-placed staff. Taking a serious note of the post card, Justice Muralidaran directed the HC registry to treat it as a suo-motu PIL.

Rs 5L for baby girls born on Dec 31 midnight

Bengaluru, dhns: Dec 28 2017, 1:31 IST 

All baby girls born in the city at the stroke of midnight on December 31 will get a cash incentive of Rs 5 lakh each, Mayor R Sampath Raj announced on Wednesday.

"Only babies born naturally at BBMP hospitals will be eligible," the mayor said at a BBMP Council meeting on Wednesday.

Drunk driving on New Year eve? Chennai cops won’t give NOC for passport 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Dec 28, 2017, 5:55 am IST

Eight fatal accidents were reported in the city in the beginning of 2017, said city police.



Service roads along the city beaches - Marina and Elliots - will be closed for traffic and separate parking spots will be allotted, police said.

Chennai: City police seem to have found a solution to curb overspeeding and drunk driving on city roads on during New Year eve - a menace that endangers lives of riders and public every year. The top brass of the city police has informed that details of traffic violators on New Year's eve will be kept in the commissioner's office and if the violator applies for passport, police "No objection Certificate" (NOC) will be denied.

"Since most of the traffic violators on New Year eve are youngsters in their early and late 20s, we believe this announcement will act as a deterrent," a senior police officer said. Unruly motorcyclists has been a recurrence more often resulting in fatal accidents and grievous injuries on New Year day.

Most of the accidents on New Year’s eve are reported between 9 pm and 3 am, a police officer noted adding that all flyovers and bridges in the city will be closed for traffic from 11 30 pm on December 31 to 3 am on January 1, 2018.

“Public are supposed to use service lanes under the flyovers,” the officer added. Accident prone stretches in the city have been identified such as Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), East Coast Road, Kamarajar Salai and the roads would be heavily barricaded with blinkers. City police have planned to put up 176 vehicle checkpoints and about 3,500 traffic personnel would be deployed on duty across the city. Service roads along the city beaches - Marina and Elliots - will be closed for traffic and separate parking spots will be allotted, police said.

Not enough railway timetables: Passengers 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Dec 28, 2017, 6:03 am IST

Every year when the railway announces the new timetable, the book would be sold to the passengers at railway stations.



The railway had released new and modified train timetables that came into effect from November 1.

Chennai: Two months after the new railway timetable was released and implemented, non-availability of south zone timetable keeps regular rail passengers in the dark on the modified operations of trains.”

Every year when the railway announces the new timetable, the book would be sold to the passengers at railway stations. After nearly two months, the new books are not available this year,” K. Baskar, former member, Chennai Divisional Railway Users' Consultative Committee (DRUCC), said.

The railway had released new and modified train timetables that came into effect from November 1. Although the new changes can be seen in the Southern Railway website, regular passengers turn to timetable for checking running of trains.

Baskar added that the timetable was made available on the same day when changes come into effect until previous year. “Now it becomes doubtful that the railway set to divest the usual practice,” Baskar added.

“There are some issues in the tender process. We have to reprint the books. The issues will be sorted out and a sufficient number of timetable books will be made available to the passengers soon,” the official added.

Due to the lack of timetables, many regular passengers miss trains, as the running time of most of the trains is advanced or postponed. Southern Railway should take steps to release the books immediately, urged K. Baskar.