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அடுத்த 4, 5 மாதங்களில் நாடாளுமன்ற தேர்தல் நடைபெற இருக்கும் சூழ்நிலையில், மக்கள் மனதில் ராஜஸ்தான், மத்தியபிரதேசம், சத்தீஷ்கார், தெலுங்கானா, மிசோரம் ஆகிய மாநில சட்டசபை தேர்தல்களில் ஜெயிக்கப்போவது யார்? என்பதே பரபரப்பான எதிர்பார்ப்பாக இருந்தது.

டிசம்பர் 13 2018, 04:00

அடுத்த 4, 5 மாதங்களில் நாடாளுமன்ற தேர்தல் நடைபெற இருக்கும் சூழ்நிலையில், மக்கள் மனதில் ராஜஸ்தான், மத்தியபிரதேசம், சத்தீஷ்கார், தெலுங்கானா, மிசோரம் ஆகிய மாநில சட்டசபை தேர்தல்களில் ஜெயிக்கப்போவது யார்? என்பதே பரபரப்பான எதிர்பார்ப்பாக இருந்தது. அதிலும் இந்தி பேசும் மாநிலங்களான ராஜஸ்தான், மத்தியபிரதேசம், சத்தீஷ்கார் தேர்தல் முடிவுகள் உன்னிப்பாக பார்க்கப்பட்டது. ஏனெனில், இந்த 3 மாநிலங்களில்தான் பா.ஜ.க.வுக்கும், காங்கிரசுக்கும் நேரடி போட்டி இருந்தது. மேலும் 2014–ம் ஆண்டு நாடாளுமன்ற தேர்தலில் இந்த 3 மாநிலங்களிலும் மொத்தம் உள்ள 65 இடங்களில் பா.ஜ.க. 62 இடங்களில் வெற்றி பெற்றிருந்தது. மத்தியபிரதேசம், சத்தீஷ்கார் ஆகிய மாநிலங்களில் கடந்த 15 ஆண்டுகளாக பா.ஜ.க.தான் ஆட்சி அமைத்திருந்தது. 1998–ல் இருந்து ராஜஸ்தானில் ஒவ்வொரு தேர்தலிலும், மாறி–மாறி பா.ஜ.க.வும், காங்கிரசும் வெற்றி பெற்றுக்கொண்டிருந்தன. மிசோரமில் கடந்த 10 ஆண்டுகளாக காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சியும், புதிதாக உருவான தெலுங்கானாவில், தெலுங்கானா ராஷ்டிர சமிதி ஆட்சியும் இருந்த நிலையில், நேற்று முன்தினம் தேர்தல் முடிவுகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டன.

பா.ஜ.க. ஆண்டுகொண்டிருந்த சத்தீஷ்கார், ராஜஸ்தான், மத்தியபிரதேச மாநிலங்களில் காங்கிரஸ் ஆட்சி அமைக்கிறது. மிசோரம் மாநிலத்தில் இந்தமுறை காங்கிரஸ் தோல்வியடைந்து, மிசோ தேசிய முன்னணிகட்சி வெற்றி பெற்றிருக்கிறது. தெலுங்கானாவில், தெலுங்கானா ராஷ்டிர சமிதி கட்சி மீண்டும் ஆட்சியை பிடித்திருக்கிறது. மத்தியபிரதேசத்தில் மொத்தம் உள்ள 230 இடங்களில் காங்கிரஸ் 114 இடங்களில் வெற்றி பெற்றிருந்தது. பெரும்பான்மைக்கு இன்னும் 2 இடங்கள் தேவைப்பட்டநிலையில், 3 சுயேச்சைகளும், 2 இடங்களில் வெற்றிபெற்றிருந்த பகுஜன் சமாஜ் கட்சியும் ஆதரவுக்கரத்தை நீட்டியுள்ளது. இந்தத்தேர்தல் முடிவுகள், பா.ஜ.க.வுக்கு பெரிய சறுக்கல் என்பதை யாரும் மறுத்துவிடமுடியாது. காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியை பொறுத்தமட்டில், 2017–ம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் 11–ந் தேதிதான் அகில இந்திய காங்கிரஸ் கமிட்டி தலைவராக ராகுல்காந்தி பதவியேற்றார். சரியாக ஒரே ஆண்டில் அதே 11–ந்தேதியில் காங்கிரசுக்கு கிடைத்துள்ள இந்த வெற்றி அவரது தலைமைக்கு கிடைத்த பெரிய அங்கீகாரமாகும்.

கடந்த 10–ந் தேதிதான் பா.ஜ.க.வை எதிர்க்க, காங்கிரஸ் உள்பட 21 கட்சிகள் ஓரணியில் நின்று கூட்டம் நடத்தியது. மாயாவதியின் பகுஜன் சமாஜ் கட்சியும், அகிலேஷ்யாதவின் சமாஜ்வாடி கட்சியும் அந்தக்கூட்டத்தில் கலந்துகொள்ளவில்லை. இப்போது பகுஜன் சமாஜ் கட்சி மத்தியபிரதேசத்தில் காங்கிரசுக்கு ஆதரவு என்று அதுவும் இந்த அணிக்கு வந்துவிட்டது. இந்த வெற்றியினால் சமாஜ்வாடி கட்சி மற்றும் சில கட்சிகளும் எதிர்க்கட்சிகளின் அணிக்கு வரவாய்ப்பு இருக்கிறது. இந்தி பேசும் மாநிலங்களிலேயே பா.ஜ.க. வரமுடியாததற்கு, 2 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு ரூபாய் நோட்டு செல்லாது என்று வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்பால், இந்த மாநிலங்களிலுள்ள விவசாயிகள் மற்றும் நடுத்தர சாமானிய மக்கள் அடைந்த பெரியபாதிப்பு முக்கிய காரணமாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இதுபோல வியாபாரிகள், சிறுதொழில் வைத்திருப்பவர்கள், சரக்குசேவை வரியால் பெரும்பாதிப்பு அடைந்திருக்கிறார்கள். மேலும், வடமாநிலங்களில் வெங்காயம், வெள்ளைப்பூண்டு மற்றும் விவசாயிகளின் விளைபொருட்கள் அனைத்திற்கும் உரியவிலை கிடைக்காததால் விவசாயிகளின் வாழ்வில் பெரும்துயரம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. கிராமப்புற மக்களின் பெருந்துயரும், நகர்ப்புற மக்களின் கோபமுமே பா.ஜ.க.வின் சறுக்கலுக்கு முக்கியமான காரணம் என அரசியல் நோக்கர்கள் கூறுகின்றனர்.

Ex-minister Senthil Balaji to quit AMMK, join DMK

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedDec 13, 2018, 1:30 am IST

He could not be reached to confirm if he was joining the opposition DMK, but sources claimed he is likely to join the party soon.

Thanga Tamiliselvan

Chennai: Former State Transport Minister V. Senthil Balaji and loyalist of AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, is likely to join the DMK in a day or two, even as AMMK's propaganda secretary Thanga Tamiliselvan dismissed it as untrue.

Senthil Balaji is among the 18 disqualified MLAs - all supporters of Dhinakaran, who won from the city's RK Nagar Assembly constituency trouncing the ruling AIADMK and DMK. Presently, he is AMMK's organising secretary.

He could not be reached to confirm if he was joining the opposition DMK, but sources claimed he is likely to join the party soon. Media reports quoting former State Minister and DMK's farmers wing secretary M. Chinnasamy, said that Balaji would join the DMK either on Thursday or Sunday when the statue of late DMK president M. Karunanidhi will be unveiled.

Meanwhile, AMMK propaganda secretary Thanga Thamilselvan dismissed reports about Senthil Balaji shifting loyalties to the DMK as untrue. He said in Madurai on Wednesday "Media alone is speculating about Senthil Balaji's decision to join the DMK. It is wrong. He will not leave us. I am in touch with him on a daily basis. He will not join the DMK."

In a surprise development, some of Senthil Balaji's supporters returned to the AIADMK in Karur in the presence of State Transport Minister M. R. Vijayabaskar on Wednesday.

Senthil Balaji's electoral debut was as union councillor from Manmangalam panchayat in Karur union in 1996. He was elected as an independent with the support of a local Kongu caste outfit. Later, he joined AIADMK in 2000 and again he was given a ticket for Karur union councillor election. He won the same seat for the second term in 2001.

He won from Karur Assembly segment in 2011 and was made the Transport Minister but was dropped from the Cabinet in July, 2015.

Though he won from Arvakkuruchi Assembly constituency as AIADMK candidate in 2016 Assembly election, he was disqualified along with 17 others after they rebelled against Chief Minister Edappadi K.Palaniswami.

What about Ponnaiyah medical students: Madras HC

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedDec 13, 2018, 1:47 am IST

Court asks govt whether it can accommodate the 2nd year students.

Madras High Court

Chennai: The Madras high court has asked the state government to clarify as to whether it could accommodate the second year students of defunct Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Medical Sciences in Manamai Nallur in Kancheepuram district, in the Junior 2017-18 batch of second year students studying in the government medical colleges.

Posting to December 13, further hearing of a batch of petitions from second year students of Ponnaiyah medical college, Justice T.Raja orally asked AAG, Narmada Sampath, to give the above clarification.

When the petitions came up for hearing on Wednesday, Deans of two government medical colleges and a professor appeared before the judge and explained the difficulties in accommodating the students of Ponnaiyah college in the second year. Then, the judge asked the senior counsels appearing for the students to argue the case on merits.

Senior counsel S. Prabakaran submitted that as per the Essentiality Certificate issued by the state government, if anything happens to the college and it was closed down, the state government should take the responsibility of protecting the interest of the students. Several judgments of the high courts and Supreme Court say the state government should accommodate the students of the defunct college to the government medical colleges. It was not the fault of the students. They were all meritorious students. The court should take into account the interest and life of the students, he added.

Senior counsel Silambannan submitted that the state government was refusing to accommodate these students on the premise that the government colleges were overloaded since the students of another defunct Annai Medical college were already transferred to the government medical colleges. But, the present batch of students wants to join the 2017-18 batch, who have completed their first year and joined the second year in October 2018, he added.

Senior Counsel P.Wilson submitted that the state government says these students will be accommodated in Self Financing Medical Colleges, which cannot be done. The Self Financing Medical colleges do not have sufficient clinical materials (patients) but government medical have them.

The state government wanted to accommodate 36 students in a deemed university. Was it not a burden for that college? When the government was ready to create more seats and accommodate these students in August 2019, why not now. These students want to join with the junior second year students of 2017-18 batch, which has just started. They may lose two or three months but they will make up the attendance. It was not moral responsibility. It was a legal responsibility of the government to accommodate these students in government medical colleges. The state has to bear the burden. Instead of one teacher, it can provide 2 teachers. The government cannot say accommodating 4 students was a burden, Wilson added.

Chennai: Newly married couple ends life after man’s mom dies

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedDec 13, 2018, 1:59 am IST

A suicide note left by the deceased husband says he was unable to get over the grief.

G. Sarathy

Chennai: A newly married couple allegedly committed suicide at their house in Madipakkam on Wednesday morning, as the man could not get over the pain of losing his mother.

The deceased were identified as G.Sarathy and S.Prashanthi, residents of Balaiah Garden in Madipakkam. The 31-year-old Sarathy and his wife Prashanthi got married five months ago, and both were working for a private mobile company in OMR. Prashanthi was four months pregnant.

According to sources, Sarathy’s mother Lalitha died in November 2017. Sarathy who was very attached to his mother could not cope with the loss.

To help Sarathy get over his depression, his brother Manibalan (35) got him married to Prashanthi in July 2018. However, Sarathy could not lead a happy life as there seemed no end to his grief.

According to the police, a month back Manibalan moved out of the house with his wife and a son and rented another house in the locality. Meanwhile, on Wednesday morning Manibalan tried to contact his brother many times, but in vain. On suspicion, Manibalan visited his house and to his shock found Sarathy and Prashanthi hanging in the bedroom.

On being informed Madipakkam polcie rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies of the couple and sent them to Chromepet government hospital for post-mortem. On searching the house, police found a suicide note written by Sarathy which mentioned that he could not bear losing his mother and had decided to end his life. Prashanthi, who was also depressed by her husband’s behaviour, allegedly committed suicide, said sources. Police are now conducting investigations with Manibalan and his wife.

Tamil Nadu: Encumbrance certificate available online now

The Chief Minister also inaugurated three sub-registrar offices built at a cost of `2.19 crore.

Published: 12th December 2018 03:16 AM 

Chief Minister TN Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam (Photo | EPS)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI : There is no need now to stand in queue in front of the Sub-Registrar offices to get the encumbrance certificate, a certificate of assurance that the property in question, is free from any legal or monetary liability such as a mortgage or an uncleared loan, signed and sealed before proceeding to your bank to get loans or transfer of property.

Now, the certificate will be digitally signed and provided to applicants online, thus ensuring transparency and achieving the goal set by the State government in 2013 to have all registration department services online, said Inspector General of Registration, J Kumaragurubaran, after the inauguration of the services by Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami.

The Chief Minister also inaugurated three sub-registrar offices built at a cost of Rs 2.19 crore.


Giving out details about the QR-coded encumbrance certificate, Kumaragurubaran said, “Under this process, we have amended the rules to make the certificate digitally signed instead of electronically signed. Under this, the applicant will choose the property of his choice and then pay the fee after which the application will automatically be directed to the back end of the office,” said Kumaragurubaran.

“After the same, each and every paper will have a QR code and digital signature will appear on the last page. It will be converted to a PDF file and sent it to you. All you have to do is to scan the QR code through your mobile phone and you will access the encumbrance certificate,” he added.Due to the initiative of the Chief Minister, it was also ensured that applicants do not face trouble in having the transaction online, limited to 11 banks only while registering the documents. “Now it is extended to 58 banks, and covers credit, debit and other cards,” said Kumaragurubaran.

The government by now has made several services available online in rural areas such as to get marriage certificates, society registration, chits or chit funds registering, NOCs, besides providing death and birth certificates. “The birth and death certificates will now be available online for rural applicants only,” he said.“Now all the components of the Registration department are online, except urban integration of the services which we expect to be done by January,” said Kumaragurubaran.

Hassle-free

TN launched the move to digitize the Registration department in 2013

Nearly all the services of Registration department are digitised, except urban integration of services

QR-coded encumbrance certificate launched to help those who need bank loans by mortgaging properties at a click-away

Marriage, death and birth certificates to be available online for those living in rural areas

Revenue staff gets 2-yr jail term in bribery case
A revenue department staff was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday in a seven-year-old bribery case.

Published: 12th December 2018 02:01 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI : A revenue department staff was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday in a seven-year-old bribery case.According to prosecution, R Sekar, then serving as a junior assistant in Mylapore taluk office, had demanded `4,500 as bribe from one C Sekar to issue a patta in 2011. Initially, the complainant paid `500 and the official had asked him to pay the remaining sum the following day.






The complainant approached Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption.R sekar was caught red-handed when accepting the bribe from the complainant.A Special Court under Prevention of Corruption Act on Tuesday pronounced him guilty. Besides the two-year jail term, the judge S Hermies imposed a fine of `3,000 on him.

Chennai doctors rejoice as woman gives birth to 5.2kg boy by normal delivery

The doctors said they believe the child, at 5.2 kg at time of birth, is the heaviest child to be born through normal delivery in this government hospital.

Published: 12th December 2018 02:40 PM 

For representational purposes (File | AP)

By Sinduja Jane

Express News Service

CHENNAI: A 30-year-old woman has given birth to a healthy 5.2 kg baby boy at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children here recently. What has come as a reason for rejoice for the government hospital doctors was that it was a normal delivery, at a time when many of the private hospitals go for caesarean citing even minor complications. The doctors said they believe the child, at 5.2 kg at time of birth, is the heaviest child to be born through normal delivery in this government hospital, which is renowned for maternity care in Chennai.

Speaking to Express, Dr S Vijaya, Director (in-charge) of the hospital said, “This is the first time in the hospital we are having such a heavy baby through normal delivery. The mother had no complications following the delivery. The mother and baby are fine now." She said last time the hospital was handling delivery of a child weighing 5.1 kg, they were forced to go for the c-section.


The delivery was conducted on November 28. “But we have kept the baby on observation to check for any complications due to over-weight. But, now the baby is doing fine and we will discharge him soon," said Dr Vijaya.

For the mother Jayashree, a resident of Saidapet, this was the second child. She had given birth to her first child ten years ago.

"Usually, obese mothers or women with well built body would deliver heavy weight baby (through normal delivery) But, in this case the mother of normal weight,” Dr Vijaya said.