TTEs thrash man travelling sans ticket, booked

TTEs thrash man travelling sans ticket, booked

Roorkee:  20.03.2021 

Two travelling ticket examiners (TTE) onboard Rishikesh-Barmer Express (04887) allegedly thrashed a passenger for travelling “without ticket” from Haridwar to Jaipur on Wednesday.

According to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials, the TTEs also caused a delay of around 50 minutes after creating a ruckus at the Roorkee railway station. Soon after the episode, the RPF and the GRP (Government Railway Police) registered separate cases against the two TTEs and the passenger, a resident of Jaipur. According to sources, the passenger was heading to his hometown Jaipur from Haridwar in coach S-4 of Rishikesh-Barmer Express when he was asked by TTE Karandip Singh to show his ticket. To this, he told the official that his trip was unplanned and that he didn’t get the time to book a ticket. This ensued a brawl between the two. Subsequently, TTE Singh was joined by an unidentified colleague and both of them allegedly thrashed the passenger. TNN

MTC told to pay ₹38.5 lakh to accident victim’s family

MTC told to pay ₹38.5 lakh to accident victim’s family

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.03.2021 

A city accident claims tribunal has directed Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) to compensate ₹38.5 lakh to the family of a motorist who was killed after a rashly driven government bus knocked the twowheeler down near Pulianthope four years ago.

D Sumithra of Medavakkam moved the tribunal seeking a compensation of ₹75 lakh for the death of her husband, Deva Manikandan. According to the petition, Deva Manikandan was riding along the junction of 5th street and VOC Nagar, Dr Ambedkar College Road when the MTC bus hit the two-wheeler from behind.

Deva Manikandan suffered multiple fatal injuries and died on the spot. The accident happened in August 2016.

The MTC bus was travelling from Parrys Corner to Periyar Nagar. The transport corporation contended that the bus driver had stopped the bus at Aduthotti bus stop for passengers to alight and had started the vehicle when the motorist overtook the bus from left and lost balance while riding over a heap of blue metal.

In the melee, the motorist hit the bumper of the MTC bus and sustained fatal injuries, the counsel for the transport corporation stated and argued that MTC cannot be held liable to pay the compensation.

The tribunal, after perusing the submissions from both sides, noted that the evidence submitted proves that the accident happened due to the rash driving of the MTC driver and that the transport corporation has not submitted enough evidence to substantiate their claims about negligence by the motorist.

The deceased was 38 years old at the time of the accident and in the engineering business. Considering the age of the deceased and the loss of income to the family, the tribunal arrived at an amount of ₹38.5 lakh as compensation to the family and directed MTC to settle the amount within one month.

Of the total amount, the wife of the deceased, Sumithra, is entitled for ₹18.5 lakh, while the three children of the deceased are entitled for an amount of ₹5.33 lakh each and the parents of the deceased are entitled for ₹2 lakh each.

The tribunal, after perusing the submissions from both sides, noted that the evidence submitted proves that the accident happened due to the rash driving of the MTC driver

City residents meet candidates armed with detailed wishlists

City residents meet candidates armed with detailed wishlists

People In Ambattur Demand Tax Rationalization Ahead Of Polls

Komal.Gautham@timesgroup.com

Chennai:20.03.2021 

Gone are the days when people would submit a general list of demands to political party candidates. Now, heads of residents’ welfare associations come to meetings with candidates armed with specific data — either based on their own surveys or sourced from government agencies — to show how past promises had remained unfulfilled and how new ones should be met.

Residents of Ambattur want property tax calculated on basic street rate and area of the house. S Swaminathan of the JAMBA United Welfare Association, which includes five residential colonies, trots out government data to show how property tax in Ambattur since 2012 has remained ₹3.30 per sq ft against a mere 50 paise per sq ft in Sholinganallur and not more than ₹1 in Adyar and the posh Boat Club area. “If the candidates concerned don’t promise to rectify this anomaly, we will vote for NOTA [none of the above],” he said.

The Tansi Nagar Residents Welfare Association in Velachery wants an integrated market, with secretary M Balakrishanan adding that the government should come up with a policy for sewage treatment based on the demand and population increase. “An additional sewage pumping station on Taramani Link Road will reduce the load on the existing station during rainy days. Also, an additional EB power substation is needed.”

K Mohan of Saidapet said integrated hospitals are the need of the hour. “People still have to go to Triplicane or central for treatment,” he said visited the area.

Kamakshi Subramaniyan of the Kalakshetra Colony Welfare Association says encroachments on Elliot’s beach in Besant Nagar should be cleared and the famous stretch given a revamp. “With the Marina beautification project on, we want the government to focus on Elliot’s beach as well.”

In Perambur, residents say widening of bus route stretches such as Perambur High Road, Madhavaram High Road and Paper Mills Road, providing pedestrian friendly footpaths, laying medians and constructing speed breakers have been promised but never fulfilled.

Finally, residents want the candidates, once elected, to use their office to enforce a proper quality audit system to oversee the infrastructure development work taken up by the local administration. “Put pressure on the state administration to conduct the local body elections and set up a ward committee. Citizens’ participation in matters relating to infrastructure development, security and conservancy can help build a model constituency within the city of Chennai,” several Perambur residents say.

DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY: Residents want candidates to address their concerns

If the candidates concerned don’t promise to rectify this anomaly (property tax rates), we will vote for NOTA (none of the above).

S Swaminathan | AMBATTUR RESIDENT

16-hour surgery relieves cancer patient of pain

16-hour surgery relieves cancer patient of pain

Chennai:20.03.2021 

Surgeons cheered as a 26-year-old patient walked out of the lift and smiled at flashing media cameras. A little more than a fortnight ago, seven surgeons had worked for 16 hours to remove a cancerous tumour that was compressing her spine and abdominal organs.

When the woman, who works at a factory that makes zips for clothes, came to the Cancer Institute (WIA) in Adyar with excruciating pain after concurrent chemo-radiotherapy for four month from August, 2020 failed. Doctors told her surgery was the only option for the tumour, called Chondrosarcoma, which started from the L3 vertebra on the spine.

“We decided to remove the tumour using enbloc resection. This means we would resect the entire tumour in one go,” said senior surgeon Dr Anand Raja.

In the theatre the patient was made to lie down on her stomach. “We started the surgery from the spine. We removed a third of L3, her right kidney and urethra, but we managed to keep all other blood vessels and her bowels intact,” he said.

Five days after the surgery, the patient began to move out of her bed and quickly recovered. TNN

Even relationship claim can’t undo Pocso offence: HC

Even relationship claim can’t undo Pocso offence: HC

It Becomes A Crime Against State: Court

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.03.2021 

Offences under the Pocso Act are not compoundable even if the victim girl after becoming major deposes that she was in relationship with the offender and wanted to settle the issue, the Madras high court has held.

“Once a complaint is registered under Pocso Act, it becomes an offence against the state and, therefore, subsequent compromise will not take away the offence,” Justice P Velmurugan said on Friday.

The judge made the observation while dismissing a petition moved by Marudhupandi challenging conviction and 10 years imprisonment ordered by Dharmapuri mahila court for sexually assaulting the minor victim on promise of marriage.

When the appeal came up for hearing, the victim who is now a major filed an affidavit claiming that she was living together with the offender for the past four years and that they had settled the matter amicably. She, therefore, prayed that the appeal be allowed and the conviction and sentence be set aside, so as to enable them live peacefully.

Refusing to accept the same, the judge said, “Even assuming that victim girl had fallen in love with the appellant and admitted that they are living together for four years, as on the date of commission of offence, provisions of the Pocso Act would attract.”

The court further pointed out that the appellant had not challenged the complaint made against him nor claimed that the girl gave such complaint due to coercion or threat. The victim even in her statement under Section 164 CrPC and deposition before the trial court has clearly stated that the appellant had committed the offence, the court said. “The evidence of the victim girl was very clear that she was 17 years on the day of occurrence and the appellant had made a false promise that he would marry her and against her will, he had sexually assaulted her repeatedly and subsequently, refused to marry her,” the judge said.

Kamal offers SEET to help TN students enter MBBS courses

Kamal offers SEET to help TN students enter MBBS courses

Nivedha.Selvam1@timesgroup.com

20.03.2021 

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) has promised to replace the National Eligibility -cum Entrance Test (NEET) with State Eligibility cum Entrance Test (SEET) for medical admission in the state if the party is voted to power.

It is one of the biggest promises in the party’s manifesto that was released in Coimbatore on Friday. The party has promised to provide jobs for 50 lakh to one crore people and double the per capita income in 10 years.

Saying that most government school students in the state found it difficult to crack NEET, Kamal said SEET question papers will be framed based on the state board syllabus to make it easy for the students.

The MNM has envisioned a plan to revamp the state’s education system by abolishing Class X and XII public examinations and introducing a four-year-long pre-graduation programme from Class IX. The manifesto said only one examination - either public examination or entrance - will be held.

Terming the manifesto a “living document”, Kamal said it was prepared with a long-term vision and not as a poll stunt.

Kamal took a dig at major political parties, saying freebies and doles promised by them would only add more burden to a debt-ridden state. He said MNM had better ideas other than relying only on tax and getting loans to promote growth, generate revenue and bring the state out of debt.

He said the governmentrun enterprises such as Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation could be turned profitable by making employees shareholders.

Referring to the financial assistance that other parties had promised for homemakers, the actor said MNM will create an environment for them to earn by honing their skills. “With skill development, women will be able to earn better on their own.”

MNM has promised to set up ‘makkal’ canteens, which will be different from ‘Amma’ canteens and ration shops. Here, people can purchase groceries and other items at a reasonable price. It also vowed to implement former president A P J Abdul Kalam’s Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) plan to make villages self-sufficient and turn unorganized workers into organized workers. “All the schemes mentioned in our manifesto are practically possible to implement,” Kamal said.

Asked about the recent income-tax raid on the premises of the party’s treasurer A Chandrasekaran, Kamal said it was a raid on an individual and had nothing to do with the MNM. “Action will be taken against him if he is proven guilty.”

தேஜஸ் ரயில் தாம்பரத்தில் நிற்காது

தேஜஸ் ரயில் தாம்பரத்தில் நிற்காது

Added : மார் 18, 2021 23:14 

சென்னை:தேஜஸ் ரயில் தாம்பரத்தில் நிற்காது என, ரயில்வே வாரியம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. சென்னை எழும்பூரில் இருந்து, மதுரைக்கு இயக்கப்படும் தேஜஸ் ரயில், திருச்சி, கொடைக்கானல் ரோடு நிலையங்களில் மட்டும் நின்று செல்கிறது. இந்த ரயில் இரு வழியிலும், ஏப்., 2 முதல், கொடைக்கானல் ரோடு நிலையத்துக்கு பதிலாக, திண்டுக்கல்லில் நின்று செல்லும் என, ரயில்வே வாரியம் அறிவித்துஉள்ளது.

தேஜஸ் ரயில் தாம்பரம் நிலையத்தில் நின்று செல்ல வேண்டும் என்ற, பலரின் கோரிக்கையை ரயில்வே வாரியம் நிராகரித்துள்ளது.சென்னை, சிட்லப்பாக்கத்தை சேர்ந்த தயானந்த கிருஷ்ணன், தகவல் அறியும் உரிமை சட்டத்தில் கோரிய கேள்விக்கு, ரயில்வே வாரியம் அளித்த பதிலில், இந்த தகவல் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.