Newborn girl named Fani in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: 4.5.2019

A 32-yearold woman gave birth at the Railway Hospital here at 11.03am and decided to name her Fani.

Both mother and baby are reported to be healthy. The mother is employed as a helper at the coach repair workshop in the Indian Railways.

The baby, when she grows up, will surely have quite a tale to recount of how one of the strongest cyclones in India in 20 years with its gusting winds and heavy rains lashed across the state, uprooting trees and electric poles, blowing away rooftops and causing widespread damage.

While Fani took her name after today’s(Friday) cyclone, 40 years ago another Indian baby made headlines. In 1979 Skylab Singh, belonging to a Sikh family in Patiala, was named after debris from Skylab, a space station after it made landfall. No one exactly knew whether it would fall in the Indian Ocean or in Western Australia.

Similarly, last year several couples decided to name their newborns ‘Titli’ (butterfly) after their births during the destructive cyclone Titli that struck the coastal belt of Andhra and Odisha in September. AGENCIES


BUNDLE OF JOY: Doctors with baby Fani in Bhubaneswar

Odisha CM: Puri suffered huge damage

Bhubaneswar:4.5.2019

Puri suffered massive damage in Cyclone Fani, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik said here on Friday.

Naveen, who reviewed the situation arising out of the cyclone, said, “Puri town and Puri district, where the cyclone made landfall, suffered huge damage. Energy infrastructure has been completely destroyed. Restoration of electricity is a challenging task.” The chief minister said electricity supply in Ganjam would be restored by Saturday while it is being taken up on a war footing in other places.

Naveen said damage assessment would start once the cyclone crossed Odisha. He added that 12 lakh people had been evacuated to safety in the past 24 hours. “Our immediate priorities are taking care of the people evacuated and staying in cyclone shelters and other such places,” he said. TNN

10,000 villages affected, many homeless as Fani lashes Odisha
State Faces Heavy Rain Risk Along With Bengal, Andhra & Assam: Officials
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

4.5.2019

At least six people were killed and hundreds left homeless as Cyclone Fani hit Odisha on Friday morning, making landfall near Puri and unleashing its full force with wind speed going up to 175 kmph. Though various government authorities confirmed six deaths, PTI put the toll at 8.

The cyclone made landfall south of Puri coast around 8am and then got into Khurda district, of which Bhubaneswar is a part, triggering heavy rainfall along its way. Fani entered Bengal after 10.30pm, hitting the Digha coast with a peak wind speed of 115 kmph. It was scheduled to enter Kolkata’s neighbourhood via Kharagpur with a wind speed of up to 80kmph after midnight. It will exit Bengal through Nadia and Murshidabad on Saturday.

Central Water Commission officials said Odisha, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Assam face a high risk of “receiving extremely heavy rain” in the wake of Fani. The cyclone lashed Bhubaneswar for five hours, with winds gusting up to 100 kmph damaging power and telecommunication lines.

Most arterial roads in the city were blocked by uprooted trees and many low-lying areas remained inundated. It could take up to three days to restore power supply completely in Bhubaneswar. Telecom network broke down in Puri and Bhubaneswar while it suffered partial damage in other parts.

More than 10,000 villages and 52 towns in nine districts of Odisha were affected as heavy rain pounded the state all through the day.

DMK strength will go up to 119 on May 23, says Stalin

Political Bigwigs Campaign Across Tamil Nadu For High Stakes Bypoll For The 4 Assembly Seats

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

4.5.2019

May 23 will signal a new beginning for India and the state with the BJP rule at the Centre and the AIADMK rule in Tamil Nadu coming to an end and Rahul Gandhi going on to become the Prime Minister, said DMK president M K Stalin who started his campaign in Thiruparankundram on Friday.

Canvassing votes for the party’s Thiruparankundram byelection candidate P Saravanan near the Thiruparankundram temple, he walked through the streets and interacted with people promising them that their needs would be looked after when the DMK came to power. People stood on either side of the road and welcomed him with shawls and garlands while some youth clicked photographs with him. Vendors gave him lemons, cucumbers and flowers as a good omen during his visit to their stalls and wished him luck in the elections.

Addressing the gathering at some points, Stalin said that the Thiruparankundram constituency was facing a bypoll not only because of the demise of its former MLA A K Bose, but also because his election in the previous bypoll was set aside by the high court following a legal battle. He said that the AIADMK government was functioning only because Modi was supporting it. Corruption and crime against women were on the rise during the AIADMK regime.

Stalin said the AIADMK had stooped to a level where they misused Jayalalithaa’s name without her knowing it.

STAR CAMPAIGNER: Stalin in Thiruparankundram on Friday

HC stops hotel from using ‘Thalappakatti’ trademark

Chennai:4.5.2019

In a reprieve to ‘Dindigul Thalappakatti’ chain of restaurants, the Madras high court has restrained ‘Star Thalappakatti Briyani Hotels’ from using the trademark ‘Thalappalatti’ until further orders.

Justice S Vaidyanathan granted the interim relief on an application moved by Thalappakatti Naidu Anandha Vilas Biriyani Hotel – group that owns the Thalappakatti chain of restaurants – alleging trademark infringement by Star Thalappakatti Briyani Hotels.

According to the petitioner, in 1957, P Nagasamy Naidu alias Thalappakatti Naidu, the grandfather of the applicant, commenced hotel business specialising in biriyani, at Dindigul. Since he sported a thalapa (head gear), he was referred to as Thalappakatti Naidu and the hotel was named after him as “Thalappakatti Naidu Anandha Vilas Biriyani Hotel”. “There is extensive patronage by the public for the products prepared and served in their restaurants and hotels. The trademark and trading style Thalappakatti Biriyani Hotel has acquired the secondary meaning to denote and connote the product of the petitioner, which assures to the public a unique taste and standard in the food preparations,” the petitioner added.

Vijayan Subramanian, petitioner’s counsel, alleged that some unscrupulous traders are now resorting to adopt the trademark and trading style “Thalappakatti” or “Thalapakattu” for their hotels and restaurant business. Claiming that Star Thalappakatti Briyani Hotels is one such infringer, the petitioner has moved the court. TNN

108 medicos of defunct college get seats in 6 pvt TN institutes
Permission For The Rejig Given, Centre Informs HC

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Chennai:4.5.2019

The Union government has informed the Madras high court that 108 students of the now defunct Ponniah Ramajayam Institute of Medical Sciences (PRIMS) will be accommodated in six other private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu.

Counsel for the Union ministry for health and welfare produced a communication to the effect and informed the division bench headed by Justice M Sathyanarayanan that necessary permission had been accorded to increase the respective number of seats to Raja Muthiah Medical College and Research Institute, Chidambaram; Karpagavinayaga Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, Kancheepuram; Karpagam Faculty of Medical Science and Research, Coimbatore; Tagore Medical College Hospital and Vellammal Medical College Hospital in Madurai, and Adiparasakthi Medical College and Research Institute, Melmaruvathur.

The ministry made the submission on a review application moved by the Tamil Nadu government seeking to review the decision of the court dated February 1, directing the Tamil Nadu government to admit the students in the 22 state-run medical colleges.

As per the directions, the MCI permitted the state to increase seats in the 22 colleges and recommended that 108 students be proportionately adjusted in the colleges through a communication dated March 10. However, expressing various practical difficulties in absorbing the students, the state requested the MCI to accommodate them in the six private colleges.

Considering the request, the MCI permitted the six self-financing medical colleges in the state to accommodate them and issued necessary permission.

Recording the submissions, the bench closed the review application as nothing remains for further adjudication.

The issue pertains to pleas moved by second year students of PRIMS who were denied permission to continue their medical course since MCI refused recognition to the college. Holding the state responsible for their plight, a single judge of the court had initially directed the state to accommodate them in the government medical colleges in the state.

The students were initially asked to be admitted in 22 govt colleges after the MCI refused recognition to Ponniah Ramajayam Institute of Medical Sciences (PRIMS). State appealed for review of the order citing practical difficulties

Madras Univ seeks bailout package from state govt

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Chennai  4.5.2019

: University of Madras which is facing a huge financial crisis has sought a bailout package from the state government. Post the implementation of seventh pay commission the university’s expenditure has increased and pushed it to a financial crunch.

The university has been unable to pay the retirement benefits to the employees for the last one year.“Our monthly expenditure towards salary and pension is around ₹12 crore. But, now it has increased by ₹3 crore per month,” P Duraisamy, vice-chancellor, said. The university convened its syndicate on Friday and in the meeting syndicate members requested the higher education department to give financial aid for the university’s recovery.

“The state government has promised that it would announce a bailout package soon after the elections are over,” a professor said.