Pregnant woman dies after taking abortion pill in Tamil Nadu

Pregnant woman dies after taking abortion pill in Tamil Nadu

The baby also died. According to police, Murugesan (43) of Manapparai admitted his wife Sumathi (40) in the Tiruchy GH for stomach problem on Thursday last week.

Published: 01st February 2021 03:43 AM 

By Express News Service

TIRUCHY: An eight-month pregnant woman from Manapparai in Tiruchy died after taking abortion pills without a prescription from a doctor on Sunday.

The baby also died. According to police, Murugesan (43) of Manapparai admitted his wife Sumathi (40) in the Tiruchy GH for stomach problem on Thursday last week.

On checking, a doctor found out that the patient had taken abortion pills without consultation with doctor. Since she was already eight months pregnant, consuming pills resulted in the death of the mother and fully-grown fetus. Sources said that Sumathi allegedly took the decision to abort due to mental stress. Investigation is underway.

Tamil Nadu govt extends lockdown with relaxations till February 28: Here's what's allowed

Tamil Nadu govt extends lockdown with relaxations till February 28:

 Here's what's allowed

Colleges and schools for Class 9 and 11 will resume from February 8. 100% seating capacity in cinema halls from February 1.

Published: 31st January 2021 02:17 PM 

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami (File photo | EPS)

By T Muruganandham

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday extended the lockdown period in the state till February 28 with more relaxations by adhering to Standard Operating Procedures.

The relaxations included the resumption of classes for students of Standards IX and XI, undergraduate and postgraduate (including diploma courses) from February 8, 100 per cent seating capacity for cinemas/theatres/multiplexes from February 1, permission for devotees taking a holy dip at Rameswaram sea, round the clock functioning of petrol bunks, opening of swimming pools and exhibition halls.

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Social, political, entertainment, sports, cultural, educational and religious gatherings will continue to be allowed with a maximum of 50 percent of the hall capacity or with a ceiling of 600 persons in closed spaces. Earlier, only 200 persons were allowed. For those programmes which are held in open places, 50 percent seating capacity only will be allowed.

Grievance Redressal Days can be observed in all districts.

Sports events, including cricket, are allowed with 50 percent seating capacity.

Stating that the positivity rate had come down to one percent due to the concerted efforts of the Tamil Nadu government, the CM said, "During the past 10 days, new coronavirus cases have been reduced to around 550 per day while the active cases which stood at a whopping 50,000 had come down to 4,629. Now, the lockdown has been extended for one more month considering the views expressed by the District Collectors and members of the Health Experts Committee."

The restrictions on international flight services except those allowed by the Centre will continue. The lockdown will be enforced fully in containment zones across the state.

Sasikala can’t contest polls till 2027

Sasikala can’t contest polls till 2027

01/02/2021

Mohamed Imranullah S. CHENNAI

Former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s close aide V.K. Sasikala, who got released from prison recently after serving a four-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case, can neither contest an Assembly election nor a Parliamentary election till January 27, 2027, though there is no legal bar on her leading a party.

Section 8 of the Representation of the People (RoP) Act of 1951 lists instances where a person will suffer disqualification from contesting elections if he/she gets convicted for certain offences. Section 8(1)(m) brings a conviction under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act of 1988 under the ambit of disqualification

The provision also states that if a person has only been fined by a court of law for offences such as indulging in terror activities, rape, subjecting women to cruelty and promoting enmity between two groups, listed under Section 8(1), he/she will stand disqualified for six years from the date of such conviction. But if he/she has been imprisoned for those offences, then the disqualification will begin from the date of such conviction and continue for a further six years from the date of release from prison.

Since Sasikala was imprisoned besides being fined, she will stand disqualified for six more years from the date of her release. The trial court had found her guilty under sections 109 (abetment of an offence) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, read with sections 13(1)(e) [being in possession of wealth disproportionate to known sources of income] and 13(d) [criminal misconduct by public servant] of the PC Act of 1998.

Petition dismissed as petitioner has no required qualification: HC

Petition dismissed as petitioner has no required qualification: HC

01/02/2021

Staff Reporter Madurai

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a petition filed by a man who had sought a direction to the authorities to register his clinic under the Tamil Nadu Private Clinical Establishments (Regulation) Act. He obtained a Diploma Certificate in Community Medical Services in 2005. He had set up the establishment and wanted the recognition.

The court was hearing the petition filed by K. Thangavelu who had completed a Diploma, the certificate for which was issued by the Indian Council of Medico Technicals and Health Care. The application to recognise his establishment was rejected by the Joint Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Karur district.

The rejection was challenged.

During the course of the hearing, the Standing counsel for the Tamil Nadu Medical Council C. Karthik submitted that a registered medical practitioner is a person who possesses any of the government recognised medical qualification and was enrolled in the register of Council or Board or any other body recognised by the State.

Rule 2 (1) (i) of the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments (Regulation) Rules defines a doctor as a registered medical practitioner offering consultation or treatment under Allopathy or AYUSH, it was submitted. Justice G. R. Swaminathan dismissed the petition taking note of the fact that the petitioner had not acquired the required qualification in any of the mentioned systems of medicine

டாக்டர்கள் கோரிக்கை: அரசுக்கு உத்தரவு

டாக்டர்கள் கோரிக்கை: அரசுக்கு உத்தரவு

Added : பிப் 01, 2021 00:21

சென்னை: மத்திய அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு இணையான சம்பளம் வழங்கக் கோரிய மனுவுக்கு, தமிழக அரசு பதில் அளிக்க, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

செங்கல்பட்டு அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி டாக்டர் பெருமாள் பிள்ளை, மதுரை மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி டாக்டர் தாஹிர், தேனி மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி டாக்டர் நளினி உள்ளிட்ட எட்டு டாக்டர்கள், தனித்தனியாக உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் மனுக்கள் தாக்கல் செய்தனர். மனுக்களில் கூறியிருப்பதாவது:மத்திய அரசு பணியில் உள்ள இளநிலை மருத்துவர்களுக்கும், தமிழகத்தில் பணியாற்றும் முதுநிலை மருத்துவர்களுக்கும் இடையே, 40 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வரை சம்பள வேறுபாடு உள்ளது.அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்கான சம்பள மறு ஆய்வு குறித்து, 2009ம் ஆண்டில் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவை அமல்படுத்தவில்லை.

இதனால், எங்களுக்கு பெரிய அளவில் இழப்பு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. எங்கள் கோரிக்கைகளை நிறைவேற்ற, அரசுக்கு உத்தரவிட வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.இம்மனுக்கள், நீதிபதி மகாதேவன் முன், விசாரணைக்கு வந்தன. மனுக்களுக்கு பதில் அளிக்கும்படி, அரசுக்கு உத்தரவிட்டு, விசாரணையை பிப்., 3க்கு, நீதிபதி தள்ளி வைத்தார்.

STORY BOARD Queen’s aide, never the queen, Sasikala PARAKH, PARAKH!

STORYBOARD

Queen’s aide, never the queen, Sasikala PARAKH, PARAKH!

ARUN RAM

01.02.2021

For those who waited for the scene of V K Sasikala walking out of jail on January 27, fire in her eyes and fury in her steps, it was an anticlimax. The former aide of J Jayalalithaa was wheeled into a Bengaluru hospital with Covid-19 days before her prison term was to end. Now that she is out of the hospital, the next big scene would be a cavalcade screeching to a halt at House No. 179, Habibullah Road, T Nagar coming Sunday, and Sasikala stepping out of one of the cars. Will she wave at the gathering or will she greet them with folded hands? Will there be fire in her eyes?

Optics aside, what matters will be how she makes her second shot at politics. It’s not just the last additional ‘a’ from her name that Sasikala shed to come on her own after Jayalalithaa died on December 5, 2016. She took charge of Veda Nilayam and the party, but not for long. The Supreme Court verdict in the disproportionate wealth case soon took her away from the remaining comforts and sent her to the confines of the Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru, where she served a four-year sentence.

Sasikala wasn’t righteous, but she was wronged. People she handpicked to be the chief minister and ministers backstabbed her. Those who fell at her feet till four years ago now treat her as an untouchable. Those who ate out of her hands are now baying for her blood. If the prison term hasn’t done something magical to her psyche, Sasikala isn’t going to be silent or subservient. The first clear indication to this effect came in the form of a full-page article in Namadhu MGR, now the mouthpiece of the AMMK led by Sasikala’s nephew T T V Dhinakaran that averred that Sasikala would reclaim the leadership of the AIADMK. Not many would have missed that when she left the Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday, the flag on her car wasn’t that of the AMMK — it was of the AIADMK.

That, however, appears to be a tall order now. But for a lone former minister (Gokula Indira) and a few functionaries, nobody from the ruling party has expressed sympathies, leave alone support, for Sasikala. CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and several ministers have said she would have nothing to do with the party. But then, there are feelers that can’t be dismissed as blabber, though they come from people like K P Munusamy who on Sunday said the party may consider an apology from TTV for readmission.

Politics is a drama of surprises, but if Sasikala decides to be her old self, she has the potential to spoil the AIADMK’s plans. Besides having money power — which, however, may not match that of the resurgent AIADMK — Sasikala continues to hold considerable sway over sections of the thevar caste which has traditionally stood by the AIADMK. Today, the balance of power in the ruling party has shifted from the thevar community to the gounder community from which the chief minister hails. Deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, a thevar, has not been able to expand his base beyond some Theni villages.

While EPS & Co, which runs the government in the name of Amma, has opened a Jayalalithaa memorial and a temple for her and MGR, it can never claim the proximity Sasikala had to the former AIADMK prima donna. Sasikala will silently project her incarceration as a penance, a punishment Jayalalithaa should also have undergone had she been alive. But what could ultimately fuel Sasikala’s revenge is her politically weak position.

Albert Einstein said weak people revenge, strong people forget, intelligent people ignore. If the father of the theory of relativity doesn’t make sense to Sasikala, American author Jodi Picoult, whose protagonists are mostly women, should. Picoult said, “When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves.”

arun.ram@timesgroup.com

‘If TTV apologises, we may reinduct him, Sasi’

 ‘If TTV apologises, we may reinduct him, Sasi’

01.02.2021

News of V K Sasikala’s impending return to Chennai caused a churn in Tamil Nadu politics with AIADMK leaders letting loose a fusillade of pungent statements. AIADMK deputy coordinator K P Munusamy caused quite a stir when he told reporters in Krishnagiri on Sunday that the AIADMK may consider taking back Sasikala’s nephew and AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran if he wrote a letter of apology to the party and expressed regret for “whatever he did''. When reporters asked him if a merger of the AIADMK and AMMK was possible, Munusamy said, “It is not possible under any circumstance. Dhinakaran had tried to oust the current regime and destroy the AIADMK. How can we accept such a person?” It was the norm for the party to take back anyone who realised their mistake and tendered an apology, he said. TNN