தாஜ் மஹாலை பார்க்க கட்டணம் அதிகரிப்பு

Added : டிச 11, 2018 01:10



ஆக்ரா, டிச. 11-

உத்தர பிரதேச மாநிலத்தில், தாஜ் மஹாலில் உள்ள கல்லறை பகுதியை சுற்றிப் பார்ப்பதற்கான கட்டணம், 50 ரூபாயில் இருந்து, 250 ரூபாயாக, திடீரென அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.உ.பி.,யில், முதல்வர் யோகி ஆதித்யநாத் தலைமையிலான, பா.ஜ., ஆட்சி நடக்கிறது. இந்த மாநிலத்தின், ஆக்ரா மாவட்டத்தில், 17ம் நுாற்றாண்டைச் சேர்ந்த, தாஜ் மஹால் அமைந்துள்ளது. உலக அதிசயங்களில் ஒன்றாக, இது கருதப்படுகிறது.மொகலாயர்களின் கட்டடக் கலைக்கு சிறந்த சான்றாக உள்ள தாஜ் மஹாலை பார்வையிட, பொதுமக்களிடம், 50 ரூபாய் கட்டணம் வசூலிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது.இந்நிலையில் நேற்று, தாஜ் மஹாலின் முக்கிய பகுதியான கல்லறை பகுதிக்கு செல்வதற்கு, கூடுதலாக, 200 ரூபாய் வசூலிக்க முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டு உள்ளது. இதன் மூலம், முக்கிய பகுதியில், மக்கள் கூட்டம் சேருவது குறையும் என, எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.புதிய கட்டண அறிவிப்பின்படி, உள்ளூர் பார்வையாளர்கள், 250 ரூபாய்; வெளிநாட்டு பார்வையாளர்கள், 1,300 ரூபாய் கட்டணம் செலுத்த வேண்டும். 50 ரூபாய்க்கான டிக்கெட் வைத்திருப்போர், கல்லறை பகுதிக்குள் நுழைய முடியாது.ஆனால், அவர்கள், தாஜ் மஹாலை சுற்றி வந்து, பின்பகுதியை காண முடியும். பின்புறம் உள்ள யமுனை நதியின் கரையையும் காணமுடியும்.

பென்ஷன்' திட்டத்தில் மத்திய அரசு சலுகை

Added : டிச 10, 2018 22:01

புதுடில்லி: மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கான ஓய்வூதிய திட்டத்தின் கீழ், அரசின் பங்களிப்பை, 10 சதவீதத்தில் இருந்து, 14 சதவீதமாக உயர்த்த முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டு உள்ளதாக, மத்திய நிதி அமைச்சர் அருண் ஜெட்லி தெரிவித்தார்.மத்திய நிதி அமைச்சரும், பா.ஜ., மூத்த தலைவருமான, அருண் ஜெட்லி, டில்லியில் நேற்று கூறியதாவது:மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர்களின் நலனை மனதில் வைத்து, தேசிய ஓய்வூதிய திட்டத்தில், நிறைய மாற்றங்கள் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன.இந்த திட்டத்துக்கு, அரசு தரப்பில் இருந்தும், ஊழியர்கள் தரப்பில் இருந்தும், 10 சதவீதம் பங்களிப்பு அளிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது.இதில், அரசு தரப்பு பங்களிப்பை, 14 சதவீதமாக உயர்த்த முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.பணி ஓய்வு பெற்ற பின் எடுக்கப்படும்,60 சதவீத தொகைக்கு, வரி விலக்கு அளிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது. இனி, முழுவதுமாக வரி விலக்கு அளிக்கப்படும்.மத்திய அரசு அலுவலகங்களில் பணிபுரியும், அனைத்துப் பிரிவு ஊழியர்களுக்கும், இந்த வரி விலக்கு, பொருந்தும். இதனால், 2019 - 20 நிதி ஆண்டில், அரசுக்கு, 2,840 கோடி ரூபாய், கூடுதல் செலவு ஏற்படும்.இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.

Central government’s counter-affidavit offers fresh hope Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts

The petition filed in 2014 against the TN government’s decision to remit the life sentences of the seven convicts is still pending before SC.

Published: 11th December 2018 01:48 AM 

Rajiv Gandhi, India's 6th Prime Minister was assassinated on 21 May 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu (Express File Photo)

By T Muruganandham

Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Central government’s counter-affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on November 28, in response to a petition filed by the families of those who lost their kin in the 1991 bomb blast that killed  former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has given fresh hope to the seven convicts in the assassination case who are awaiting the decision of Governor Banwarilal Purohit on their release.

The petition filed in 2014 against the TN government’s decision to remit the life sentences of the seven convicts is still pending before Supreme Court.


The Centre, in its counter affidavit, said: “The petitioner has prayed to restrain the respondents from granting pardons.... till the disposal of the instant writ petition. In this regard, it is stated that the proposal of the government of Tamil Nadu... to release the seven convicts... has already been decided and rejected by the ministry vide order dated April 18, 2018.... No proposal in this regard is pending with the answering respondent and thus, the prayer is infructuous....”

“The Centre has given the green signal to the Governor to release the convicts. There are reports that he was awaiting the SC verdict to take a decision. Though legally there is nothing binding on the Governor to decide on the State’s recommendation, now, even the veil, in the form of the petition, has been removed,
with the Centre calling the petition infructuous,” K Sivakumar, counsel for Perarivalan, one of the seven said.

Man seeks action against sons

STAFF REPORTER

ERODE, DECEMBER 11, 2018 00:00 IST

A 70-year-old man came to the Erode Collectorate on Monday to submit petition.M.GOVARTHANM_GOVARTHAN

A 70-year-old man approached the district administration seeking action against his two sons for grabbing his land and failing to take care of him and his wife.

In the petition submitted to Collector C. Kathiravan during the weekly grievances redress meeting on Monday, K. Ramasamy Gounder of Kumilan Parapu in Chithode said that he was married to Deivalakshmi (65) and they had two sons, Eswaran and Palanisamy. He was running a bakery on his own land for many years and later his sons were running it. He said that his sons forced him out of the bakery and also refused to give money for their living.

He said that in the past two years he was forced to borrow money for their livelihood and he had filed a case in the court seeking financial assistance from their sons for their living. The case was pending in the court, he added.

He said that his sons had prepared fake documents and transferred the land and bakery worth Rs. 1.5 crore in their names. The petition said that his sons had filed a case in the court stating that the property belonged to them and not their parents.

He wanted the district administration to provide protection to him and his wife as they faced threat from their sons and also wanted his property to be retrieved. He also wanted his sons to give them maintenance cost.

Health Dept. to appeal for healthy snacks in offices

STAFF REPORTER

CHENNAI, DECEMBER 11, 2018 00:00 IST

Samosas and fried cashews are the regular accompaniments for tea during office meetings. Now, the Health Department is planning to make an appeal to government and private institutions to opt for healthy snacking during meetings.

“We are planning to issue an appeal to all institutions that at least during these hours, if not necessary, do not load yourself with such things. Instead, opt for healthier options such as fruit or vegetable salad, or peanuts,” J. Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, said at the 18th International Federation of Kidney Foundations Conference (IFKF), organised jointly by the IFKF and the Tamil Nadu Kidney Research (TANKER) Foundation on Monday.

Spreading awareness

Noting that Chennai was the diabetic capital of the country, he said that not much attention was given to prevention. He added that though there is awareness, change in behaviour is yet to come. Gamal Saadi, IFKF president, said there was a need to approach community and governments to increase awareness on kidney diseases.

Latha A. Kumaraswami, managing trustee of TANKER Foundation, said they started with two dialysis machines and presently, their seven dialysis units have 87 machines.

From June 1993 to till November this year, TANKER has provided 2,67,329 free and subsidised dialysis for 1,350 patients.

It has provided support of Rs. 183 lakh to 3,022 patients. The foundation does 3,708 dialyses per month, of which, 3,367 are free of cost.

156 NGOs lose licence to get foreign funds

New Delhi:11.12.2018

The home ministry has suspended foreign funding licence of 156 NGOs and associations issued under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act, 2010, for their failure to open bank accounts in one or more of the banks linked to the public financial management system (PFMS).

Among the associations barred from receiving foreign contributions for a period of 180 days, pending consideration of cancellation of their certificates, is Alliance Francaise de Bombay, a Mumbai-based NGO that is part of an international network and works under the triple umbrella of the French government, Paris-based Alliance Française Foundation and an Indian board.

Though the defaulting NGOs were served showcause notice on June 29 this year for not complying with a central government notice of December 6, 2017 asking FCRA-registered NGOs to open accounts, as mandated in Section 17 of the Act, in one or more banks integrated with PFMS, they had failed to file a response within the prescribed 15-day time limit. Integration of an FCRA-registered NGO’s bank account with PFMS, a web-based application for payment, accounting and reconciliation of government transactions, is aimed at keeping the government up to date about the frequency, number and quantum of foreign contributions made to and utilized by such NGO.

“..the said associations have neither given any reply/ response to the show-cause notice nor opened their bank accounts...in PFMS-integrated banks. Therefore, their certificates are liable to be cancelled as per the provision of Section 14(1)(d) of the FCRA, 2010,” the home ministry stated in an order dated December 6. However, the 156 NGOs did not open their bank account in PFMS-integrated banks which, in December 2017, totalled 32 with the number now going up to 59. TNN

156 NGOs lose licence to get foreign funds


New Delhi:

The home ministry has suspended foreign funding licence of 156 NGOs and associations issued under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act, 2010, for their failure to open bank accounts in one or more of the banks linked to the public financial management system (PFMS).

Among the associations barred from receiving foreign contributions for a period of 180 days, pending consideration of cancellation of their certificates, is Alliance Francaise de Bombay, a Mumbai-based NGO that is part of an international network and works under the triple umbrella of the French government, Paris-based Alliance Française Foundation and an Indian board.

Though the defaulting NGOs were served showcause notice on June 29 this year for not complying with a central government notice of December 6, 2017 asking FCRA-registered NGOs to open accounts, as mandated in Section 17 of the Act, in one or more banks integrated with PFMS, they had failed to file a response within the prescribed 15-day time limit. Integration of an FCRA-registered NGO’s bank account with PFMS, a web-based application for payment, accounting and reconciliation of government transactions, is aimed at keeping the government up to date about the frequency, number and quantum of foreign contributions made to and utilized by such NGO.

“..the said associations have neither given any reply/ response to the show-cause notice nor opened their bank accounts...in PFMS-integrated banks. Therefore, their certificates are liable to be cancelled as per the provision of Section 14(1)(d) of the FCRA, 2010,” the home ministry stated in an order dated December 6. However, the 156 NGOs did not open their bank account in PFMS-integrated banks which, in December 2017, totalled 32 with the number now going up to

59. TNN