எதிர்கால மருத்துவரா? பிடி 300% கட்டண உயர்வு!

Published : 13 Apr 2018 09:14 IST


எந்த ஒரு துறையிலும் தனியார்மயத்தை அனுமதிப்பதும் அதிகாரமளித்தால் முதலாளிகளின் லாப வேட்கை எங்கு இட்டுச்செல்லும் என்பதற்கு இன்னுமொரு உதாரணம் உத்தராகண்ட் மாநிலத்தில் மருத்துவக் கல்வி விவகாரத்தின் மூலம் வெளிப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.

தனியார் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகள் பட்டப்படிப்பு மற்றும் பட்ட மேற்படிப்புக்கான கட்டணங்களை தாங்களே நிர்ணயித்துக்கொள்ள வழிவகுக்கும் சட்டத்தை சமீபத்தில் நிறைவேற்றியது உத்தராகண்ட் பாஜக அரசு. விளைவு உடனேயே தெரிய ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டது. ஸ்ரீ குரு ராம் ராய் இன்ஸ்டிட்யூட் ஆஃப் மெடிக்கல் & ஹெல்ட் சயின்ஸஸ் எனும் தனியார் கல்லூரியும் எம்.டி படிப்புக்கான கட்டணத்தை 300% வரை அதிகரித்தது. கொந்தளித்துப்போனார்கள் மாணவர்கள். விளைவாக அரசு தலையிட்டு முட்டுக்கட்டை போட்டது. ஆனால், சட்டம் ஒன்றை இயற்றிவிட்டு எப்படி எல்லாவற்றையும் தடுக்க முடியும்? அடுத்து, ஹிமாலயன் இன்ஸ்டிடியூட் ஆஃப் மெடிக்கல் சயின்ஸஸ் என்ற கல்லூரி, மருத்துவப் பட்ட மேற்படிப்புக்கான கட்டணத்தை 300%-க்கு மேல் உயர்த்தியுள்ளது. மாணவர்கள் போராட்டத்தில் இறங்கியிருக்கின்றனர். ஏற்கெனவே அரசு நிர்ணயித்திருந்த கட்டணமான ரூ.7,38,835-ஐக் காட்டிலும் அதிகமான கட்டணத்தைக் கல்லூரி நிர்வாகம் பெற்றுவந்ததாக மாணவர்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர். இப்போது மேலும் அது அதிகரித்து ரூ.30 லட்சம் ஆகியிருக்கிறது என்கின்றனர். இதேபோல, குரு ராம் ராய் கல்லூரியில் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ் படிப்பின் முதலாமாண்டுக் கட்டணம் கடந்த ஆண்டு ரூ.19.76 லட்சமாக இருந்ததாகவும் இப்போது அது ரூ. 26.6 லட்சமாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டிருப்பதாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது.

அரசு தங்களுக்கு எந்த நிதி உதவியும் செய்வதில்லை என்றும், தாங்கள் நிகர்நிலைப் பலகலைக்கழகங்களுக்கு தங்கள் கட்டணத்தை நிர்ணயித்துக்கொள்ளும் உரிமை உண்டு என்றும் இந்தக் கல்லூரி நிர்வாகங்கள் அலட்சியமாகப் பதில் சொல்கின்றன. அரசோ வேடிக்கை பார்த்து நிற்கிறது!

சிறுவனுக்கு பாலியல் தொல்லை; இங்கிலாந்து போதகருக்கு 3 ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை

திருநெல்வேலி

Published : 14 Apr 2018 08:23 IST 
 


ஜோனதான் ராபின்சன்

திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டம் வள்ளியூரிலுள்ள ஆதரவற்றோர் இல்லத்திலிருந்த 15 வயது சிறுவனுக்கு பாலியல் தொல்லை அளித்ததாக, இங்கிலாந்து கிறிஸ்தவ போதகர் ஜோனதான் ராபின்சன் (70) என்பவருக்கு, வள்ளியூர் நீதிமன்றம் 3 ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை விதித்து தீர்ப்பளித்துள்ளது.

வள்ளியூர் அருகே சின்னம்மாள்புரத்தில் 1995-ம் ஆண்டிலிருந்து `கிரேல் டிரஸ்ட்’ என்ற பெயரில் ஆதரவற்றோர் இல்லத்தை இங்கிலாந்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஜோனதான் ராபின்சன் நடத்தி வந்தார்.

இந்த இல்லத்தில் தங்கியிருந்த 15 வயது சிறுவனை சென்னை, புதுடெல்லி போன்ற இடங்களுக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்று பாலியல் தொல்லை கொடுத்ததாக, ஜோனதான் ராபின்சன் மீது, பெங்களூரிலுள்ள ஜஸ்டிஸ் அண்ட் கேர் என்ற தன்னார்வ தொண்டு நிறுவனம் வள்ளியூர் போலீஸில் புகார் அளித்தது.

இதன்பேரில் ஜோனதான் ராபின்சன் மீது போலீஸார் வழக்கு பதிந்தனர்.

இதையறிந்த ஜோனதான் ராபின்சன் இங்கிலாந்துக்கு தப்பியோடிவிட்டார். பின்னர் அவரை சர்வதேச போலீஸாரின் துணையுடன் கைது செய்ய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டது.

இந்நிலையில் வள்ளியூர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் கடந்த 26.11.2015-ல் மாஜிஸ்திரேட் முன்னிலையில் அவர் சரணடைந்தார்.

விசாரணை முடிந்து, இவ்வழக்கில், ஜோனதான் ராபின்சனுக்கு 3 ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனையும், ரூ.6 ஆயிரம் அபராதமும் விதித்து, மாஜிஸ்திரேட் செந்தில்குமார் நேற்று தீர்ப்ப ளித்தார்.

Tamil Nadu: 12 registration officials booked for taking bribe

By Bagalavan Perier B | Express News Service | Published: 15th April 2018 05:27 AM |

VILLUPURAM: In a major anti-corruption drive, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption wing of the police has booked a district registrar and 11 sub-registrars in the district on bribery charges. The move comes hours after anti-corruption sleuths raided the premises of district registrar office in the Master Plan Complex in Villupuram on Friday. The raids were conducted based on information that the district registrar was collecting bribe from sub-registrars.

During a raid conducted at a sub-registrar office in Villupuram last month, the sleuths had seized unaccounted money and received information that bribery did not stop even after online registration of documents came into effect. They also got startling information that the sub-registrars were giving a portion of the collected bribe to the district registrar during the monthly meeting of registration officials. Based on this information, the sleuths had been waiting for the next monthly meeting to take place.

On Friday, as planned, a police team under DSP Ashok Kumar went to the district registration office during the monthly meeting. They locked the gates and doors of the premises and started a raid. During the raids, they seized Rs 42,630 from District Registrar Kumaresan’s office and another Rs 50,000 from his official car.

Upon inquiry, Kumaresan could not give a satisfactory explanation for the source of the cash. The officials reportedly seized some documents as well, vigilance sources said. The sub-registrars were also questioned during the raids. Based on preliminary inquiries, the district registrar has been booked for receiving bribes and the 11 sub-registrars for giving bribes. Sources said that Kumaresan would be arrested soon and department-level action be taken against him.

Ex-Union min booked for abusing collector 

TIMES OF INDIA 15.04.2018

Hyderabad: A criminal case was registered against senior Congress leader and former Union minister Sarve Satyanarayana on Saturday on the charges of abusing Medchal district collector Prabhakar Reddy and attacking a revenue official at an official function got up to celebrate the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar in Kukatpally.

While making a speech, Satyanarayana turned towards the collector and rained abuses on him saying the IAS babus will have to face the consequences once the Congress government comes to power in the next elections.

As Satyanarayana kept verbally attacking the collector, revenue inspector Ashwin Kumar objected to his behaviour. At this stage, the former minister lost his cool and pushed away Ashwin causing an injury on his nose.

Police, who were present, intervened and controlled the situation before followers of Satyanarayana and TRS cadre charged at each other. TNN

College suspends student for speech on Kathua murder

Vishnu.Swaroop@timesgroup.com 15.04.2018

Coimbatore: A day after a first year student of the Government Law College here was suspended on the grounds of inciting religious and gender differences on the campus, students of the college on Saturday said there discontent was brewing due to the college authorities’ oppressive methods. R Priya, a first year student, who was suspended on Friday, said that she had given an extempore speech about the recent rape and murder of an eight-year-old Kashmiri girl as part of her English course work, which was misconstrued.

“On Friday, our English teacher asked us to speak on a topic of interest. I chose the minor girl’s murder and said such things happen because the society objectifies women,” Priya told TOI.

“When I was speaking, a few boys from the class went out and stood near the twowheeler parking lot. Professor R Ammu, who came that way, spoke with them and came to the class. She reprimanded me for being a supporter of a students’ outfit. She also reprimanded the English teacher for organising the speech. She then took the students to the principal’s room,” said Priya. She added that she was suspended without being asked for an explanation.

The official communication said Priya had incited gender and religious differences. “She also stopped professor R Ammu, who had gone to investigate the matter, from doing her duty and behaved in athreatening manner,” it said.

Priya was suspended after about 20 students filed a written complaint, college principal KS Gopalakrishnan told TOI.

The suspension order added, “Students, in their complaint, had said Priya had been forcing them to boycott classes to protest against the government and has been posting harsh messages in WhatsApp against those who don’t listen to her. On April 13, she had called some of her classmates male chauvinists and had spoken in a way as to incite religious differences. She had also threatened professor Ammu when she had gone to inquire about her actions,” it said. “It is being ordered that she is suspended from 13.4.2018,” the communication said. It added that Priya cannot enter the college premises without the principal’s permission.

Priya said she was a supporter of the left-leaning student outfit Revolutionary Students’ Front and had participated in the outfit’s activities. “Though I have participated in the outfit’s activities only outside the college, the authorities seem to have acted in undue fear that I would bring the activities into the classroom,” she said.

Tribunal directs MTC to pay ₹3L to accident victim’s kin

TIMES NEWS NETWORK   15.04.2018

Chennai: Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal has directed the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) to pay a compensation of ₹3.35 lakh along with interest to the relatives of a 76-year-old man, who was killed in an accident involving the transport corporation’s bus in Thiruvanmiyur seven years ago.

According to petitioners, the accident occurred on May 3, 2011, when S Devadoss, a security guard at an apartment complex, tried to board an MTC bus at the Ration shop bus stop on LB Road, Thiruvanmiyur. They stated that the bus’s driver drove in a rash and negligent manner, which resulted in the elderly man slipping off the bus’s foot board. The subsequent fall resulted in fatal injuries leading to the death of the septuagenarian.

The petitioners, D Selvi and D Selvam, daughter and son of the deceased, sought a compensation of ₹5 lakh from MTC. However, the MTC, in its counter petition denied the allegation that their driver drove in a rash and negligent manner and argued that their management is in no way liable to pay any compensation.

Principal special judge K Ayyappan, who perused the documents from both the sides, ruled in favour of the petitioners. “No evidence is available to prove that the driver drove in a normal speed except for his testimony,” the judge observed and directed the transport corporation to pay a sum of ₹3.35 lakh as compensation, with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum from 2011. The son and daughter of the deceased are entitled to half the compensation amount, ₹1.67 lakh each.

Unauthorised ticket checkers pocket fine money on buses
City Depot Managers Assign Juniors Illegal Task

Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com 15.04.2018

Chennai: Unauthorised ticket checking inspectors (CIs) at work on Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses are siphoning off funds collected from passengers for ticket-less travel.

MTC recently intensified ticket checking operations, as the number of passengers travelling without buying a ticket increased after the bus fare hike. Taking advantage of this increased surveillance, depot managers have illegally asked junior-rank officers to work as CIs. The fine collected by such staff is not accounted, allege transport workers unions.

In a video clip shot by one of the passengers available with TOI, a group of men wearing white shirts, are seen boarding a crowded MTC bus at Dunlop bus stand near Ambattur on Friday morning. These men identified themselves as special squad constituted by the local manager to keep a tab on ticket-less travel. None of these men carried the usual name badge (containing employee ID). Instead, they wore a ‘badge’ made of paper. Though the conductor grew suspicious, he didn’t stop the team as he was uncertain.

One passenger in his late sixties, who was travelling on the bus using his concession pass, couldn’t produce his ID card and is seen apologising to the team in the video clip. His repeated claims that he forgot to carry his ID proof along failed to convince the ‘ticket checkers’. The ‘special checking squad’ threatened to penalise the old man, and were forced to alight from the bus after other passengers raised objections.

This team constituted by the Ambattur depot manager is completely illegal. The manager instructed his subordinates in the rank of conductors to work as CIs, said K Anbazhgan of Nethaji Transport Union. “The fund collected by this team is unaccounted”. Only conductors with more than 20 years of experience are promoted as CIs.

Despite repeated attempts, MTC authorities refused to comment on this issue. More than 200 odd eligible conductors were not promoted as CIs in the last 12 months. At present, there are hardly 50 CIs to keep a check on 3,000 MTC buses plying across the city and suburbs.

A video grab showing a ‘ticket checker’ in action