Rly board approves operation of express spls

Rly board approves operation of express spls

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Chennai:27.01.2021

Following the approval of the railway board, the fully reserved daily express special trains 06115 / 06116 Chennai Egmore-Puducherry-Chennai Egmore Daily Express Specials will be operated.

According to a press release, with a composition of two second class chair cars, seven general second class coaches and two luggage-cumbrake vans, 06115 Chennai Egmore-Puducherry Daily Express Special train will leave Chennai Egmore at 6.10pm from January 31 onwards and will reach Puducherry at 10.15pm the same day until further instructions. In the return direction, 06116 Puducherry - Chennai Egmore Daily Express Special train will leave Puducherry at 5.35am from February 1 onwards and will reach Chennai Egmore at 9.30pm the same day.

The railway board has approved operation of 06115 / 06116 Chennai Egmore – Puducherry – Chennai Egmore Daily Express Specials

VIT honours coronavirus warriors on Republic Day

VIT honours coronavirus warriors on Republic Day

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Chennai:27.01.2021

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) on Tuesday honoured Covid-19 warriors, including doctors, nurses and paramedical staff for their selfless service during the pandemic period at a Republic Day function held at the institute’s Vellore campus.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) vice-president GV Selvam hoisted the national flag and honoured 75 people, including Covid warriors and security personnel from VIT who had helped the police department during the Covid-19 lockdown.

He also awarded N Vinayagam, deputy superintendent of police, armed reserve, Vellore district and Dr D Baskaran for protecting the people. While Vinayagam facilitated distribution of Kabasura Kudineer to armed reserve police, Baskaran came up with an herbal face mask.

VIT VC Dr Rambabu Kodali, registrar K Sathiyanarayanan, director (students welfare) Dr Amit B Mahindrakar, faculty and staff also took part in the function.

UPSC Exams - Extra Chance For Final Attempt Candidates Would Amount To Differential Treatment : Centre's Affidavit In Supreme Court

UPSC Exams - Extra Chance For Final Attempt Candidates Would Amount To Differential Treatment : Centre's Affidavit In Supreme Court: The Department of Personnel and Training has filed an Affidavit before the Supreme Court submitting that an extra chance will not be provided to candidates who have exhausted all their attempts

Customs seize ₹36 lakh worth gold, smartphones at airport

Customs seize ₹36 lakh worth gold, smartphones at airport

Chennai:26.01.2021

Customs officials seized ₹36 lakh worth gold and electronic gadgets from two passengers who arrived from Dubai at the city airport on Monday.

Based on a tip, customs officials intercepted Rawther Naina Mohamed, 50, and Ibrahim, 46, both of Ramanathapuram, at the exit gate after they arrived from Dubai. Upon searching, gold paste bundles, gold cut bits containing a total 705 grams of gold, worth ₹35.92 lakh were recovered and seized under the Customs Act. Sleuths further found six expensive mobile phones, worth ₹4.2 lakh, in the checked-in baggage and seized them too. Further investigation is on.

Govt regularisation of unapproved plots extended till Feb 28

Govt regularisation of unapproved plots extended till Feb 28

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Chennai:26.01.2021

The state government on Monday extended the scheme for regularisation of unapproved layouts and plots till February 28, more than two years after the scheme ended. The one-time amnesty scheme, The Tamil Nadu Regularisation of Unapproved Layouts and Plots Rules, 2017, was launched in May 2017 and closed in November 2018 after three extensions.

The housing and urban development department said the latest extension was to provide an opportunity to those who missed the chance to apply for regularization.

This followed a letter from the director of town and country planning (DTCP) that representations had been received from various organizations to extend the scheme.

The DTCP suggested the scheme be extended by another six months as many had missed applying for regularization as they did not know it had ended and some others because they expected it would be extended.

Moreover, during the housing and urban development department’s virtual interaction with real estate associations in June last year, there was a demand for extending the scheme, Monday’s order said.

Subsequently, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) also sought extension of the scheme.

Accordingly, the housing and urban development department has extended the scheme till February 28, 2021.

Application for regularization can only be made online, said the order signed by D Karthikeyan, secretary of housing and urban development department.

Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) Tamil Nadu chapter chairman S Sridharan said, “Extending the scheme will bring more housing plots under the bracket of regularization.”

Girl, 5, dies after measles shot: SHRC tells govt to pay ₹2L relief

Girl, 5, dies after measles shot: SHRC tells govt to pay ₹2L relief

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Chennai:26.01.2021

The State Human Rights Commission recommended a compensation of ₹2 lakh to the father of a five-yearold girl who died a day after she was administered the Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccine at the Institute of Social Paediatrics, Stanley Medical College Hospital, in 2018. The commission had taken suo motu cognisance of the incident based on a newspaper report.

D Gopi, father of D G Thanishka, had submitted that the child did not suffer from any health issues before she was administered the vaccine around 11am on May 2, 2018. Within 15 minutes, Thanishka complained of breathless, severe burning in the eyes and fainted. She was then taken to the emergency ward by hospital staff and the parents were not allowed to see her, he said. She was pronounced dead the next day.

In response, Selvi, assistant professor at the Institute of Social Paediatrics, the dean and the head of the department at the institute denied allegations of medical negligence and irregularities. After the vaccination, the child had developed anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction) which was promptly identified and treated. The respondents denied allegations of not allowing the parents to see the child. Further, they said 20 children were administered the shot that day from the same MR vial and no other complications were reported.

Based on the evidence, commission member D Jayachandran observed, “It is not in dispute that the child died due to pulmonary edema with pneumonitis and acute tubular injury of the kidneys. But the respondent has not produced any document to show that the child died due to individual immune response to the vaccine,” and ruled that the Government of Tamil Nadu pay ₹2 lakh relief.

Investment fraud: Properties worth ₹207cr attached

Investment fraud: Properties worth ₹207cr attached

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Chennai:26.01.2021

Enforcement Directorate, Chennai, provisionally attached 1,081 immovable properties spread across 3,850 acres worth ₹207 crore in Madurai, Ramanathapuram and Chennai in a money laundering case where the accused allegedly defrauded public in the guise of investment.

The attached assets are in the name of M/s Disc Assets Lead India Ltd, M/s Eagles Eye Real Estates, M/s Meadow Realtors and its key managerial personnel.

The investigation was initiated by Economic Offences wing of TN police who booked a criminal conspiracy and cheating case against M/s Disc Agrotech Ltd, Disc Assets Promoters Ltd, Disc Asset Lead India Ltd and its directors V Janarthanan, N Umashankar, N Arunkumar, C Srinivasan, T Shyamchander and S Jeevalatha in 2006. They had allegedly collected money from public in various parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala promising them land in return. The money was collected in instalments.

ED initiated a case under Provision of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on TN police’s FIR.

Investigation by the central agency revealed that the directors of the company had floated many entities like Dal Marketing Solutions Pvt Ltd and Aiyan Marketing Solutions Pvt Ltd to collect money from public on behalf of Disc Assets Lead India Ltd to circumvent legal impediments of the SEBI Act. The total money collected amounted to ₹1,273 crore.

Investigation under PMLA by ED revealed that the invested amount collected from depositors was utilised in purchase of immovable properties in Tamil Nadu in the name of the company, its directors and other unrelated entities.

A major portion of the collected amount was siphoned off by the directors of the company through entities which were floated by them with their close relatives as directors or partners. The accused persons had cheated their depositors by neither allotting them land nor returning their investment.