BDS seats to go up to 100 at Pondy institute

BDS seats to go up to 100 at Pondy institute

Bosco.Dominique@timesgroup.com

Puducherry:10.08.2021

The Puducherry government has issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to society-run Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences (MGPGI) to increase the number of BDS seats from 40 to 100 from the 2022-23 academic year. The institute will now submit a proposal on increasing the number of teaching and non-teaching faculty members and equipping it with additional infrastructure to handle the increase intake.

Of the 40 BDS seats offered by the institute, 29 are reserved for the Union territory of Puducherry, six reserved under all India quota and five for non-resident Indians (NRI)/foreign students/ NRI-sponsored students. Centralized admission committee (Centac) will admit the students to BDS programme based on their score in the National eligibility cum entrance test (Neet).

The institute also proposes to increase one seat each in the six postgraduate speciality courses offered by it from the next academic year to introduce reservation for candidates under economically weaker sections (EWS).

The institute offers postgraduate courses in six specialities - oral pathology, oral medicine, oral surgery, prosthodontics, periodontics and conservative dentistry. It offers three seats in oral pathology and two each in the other five disciplines. Six seats are reserved for Puducherry while six under all India quota and one for NRI / foreign students / NRI-sponsored student.

The institute, which was established in 1990 in a temporary building with just two rooms, grew leap and bounds and was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi dental college and hospital in 1995 and was upgraded to present status as MGPGI in 2005.

The BDS and MDS programmes offered by the institute are recognized by the Dental Council of India, and Union health and family welfare ministry. The institute is permanently affiliated to the Pondicherry University (A central university). It is an autonomous body under the Puducherry government and is administered by a board of governors headed by the chief secretary to the government as the chairman.

Reserve medical super-specialty seats for TN

PMK founder-leader S Ramadoss urged the Tamil Nadu government to pass a law reserving all government-sponsored super-specialty seats in government medical colleges in the state for those from TN.

Ramadoss in a statement on Monday expressed shock over reports that doctors from other states, who joined super-specialty courses in government medical colleges, after being sponsored the TN government, had left for their respective states on completion of the course without coming forward to work in TN as per the contract.

He condemned the doctors from other states who study in government medical colleges and later refuse to serve the people of the state. He said the state was filling all 334 seats in 19 super specialty disciplines in government medical colleges till 2017. But the Centre started filling these seats from 2017 and scrapped 50% reservation for government doctors in admission to super specialty courses. TNN

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HC refuses to quash rape FIR after settlement between parties

HC refuses to quash rape FIR after settlement between parties

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:  09.08.2021 

The Gujarat high court has refused to quash rape charges against a man even after the victim filed an affidavit and gave her consent to quash the FIR lodged by her.

The HC rejected the quashing petition because the rape survivor told the court that the relationship was not consensual and that she was given her consent for quashing of the FIR under the influence of the family members.

The case was from Devbhoomi Dwarka district. On April 15, Jamkhambhaliya police registered an FIR for rape at the instance of a married woman. Within a month of filing of the complaint, the accused managed to convince the victim to withdraw her complaint by involving the family members. With the consent petition filed by the accused in the high court, the victim filed an affidavit granting her consent for junking the FIR.

Man injects cyanide in wife’s drip, arrested

Man injects cyanide in wife’s drip, arrested

Bharuch:  09.08.2021

A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing his wife by injecting cyanide solution into her drip bottle while she was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ankleshwar town nearly a month ago, police said.

The crime, which was committed by the accused as a result of marital discord, came to light on the basis of a forensic report received by the police on Friday, nearly a month after victim Urmila Vasava (34) died while undergoing treatment for chest pain, an Ankleshwar city police station official said.

The FSL report established that Vasava died as cyanide was injected into her body, which the police said was procured by her husband Jignesh Patel from the factory in Ankleshwar, where he worked.

On the morning of July 8, the victim complained of chest pain and was taken to the private hospital. PTI

Oppn may use ‘OBC bill’ to seek 50% quota cap removal

Oppn may use ‘OBC bill’ to seek 50% quota cap removal

Subodh.Ghildiyal@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: 09.08.2021 

The opposition may use the 127th constitutional amendment bill in Parliament, intended to restore power of states to maintain “state list” of OBCs, to demand that the government make a provision to remove the 50% cap on reservations.

While the removal of 50% cap on quota is an old demand of OBC outfits, there is an indication that even Congress may join the bandwagon as part of the 127 th amendment bill. The convergence of views emerged as part of a discussion held between Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Congress and NCP leaders on Sunday night. The bill seeks to undo the May 5 Supreme Court judgement, which was delivered in the Maratha quota issue where the quota provision was rejected because of the 50% cap that it breached.

The Modi government is set to introduce the 127th amendment bill in Lok Sabha on Monday and it will come up for discussion in the two Houses during the week.

As the opposition is demanding that a discussion on Pegasus be held before any other agenda, a meeting of floor leaders of opposition parties called by leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge will take a final call on whether to join the debate on OBC bill and make a break in the blockade of Parliament. There is a view in the opposition that they can join the debate as it’s their issue, while pushing for their agenda of 50%, thereby holding the blockade temporarily.

The demand for 50% cap waiver is an issue the BJP government will have to negotiate. The discussion between Maharashtra parties and Congress showed “that there was little benefit in restoring the power of states to identify state list of OBCs if the cap on reservation stayed”. It was said that 27 states have pending issues of reservation hampered by the 50% ceiling.

While the opposition parties, which comprises many regional outfits, are for the bill, it is also seen as a government ploy to break the blockade over Pegasus.

While the removal of the 50% cap on quota is an old demand of OBC outfits, there is an indication that even Congress may join the bandwagon