After month in jail, Aryan Khan returns home to much fanfare

After month in jail, Aryan Khan returns home to much fanfare

Mohua Das & Mateen Hafeez TNN

Mumbai:31.10.2021

Aryan Khan finally returned home on Saturday morning to a hero’s welcome, two days after the Bombay high court granted him bail and almost a month of being lodged at Arthur Road Jail following his arrest in the drugson-cruise case.

Jail officials unlocked the bail box at 5.30am on Saturday to collect Aryan’s release order to initiate the process that had missed its deadline on Friday. While his father, actor Shah Rukh Khan, left home at 8am and managed to dodge the media glare—stationed inside his white Range Rover parked close to the prison ahead of his son’s release—the crowd of onlookers that grew by the minute cheered excitedly at a fleeting glimpse of Aryan, 23, as he emerged from a mini gate at 11.02am with SRK’s bodyguard Ravi Singh briskly escorting him into the SUV, ready to drive back home.

FREE AT LAST: Aryan Khan, 23, left Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai around 11am on Saturday, two days after he was granted bail

‘If we’ve been there for SRK in good times, we need to be with him now’

Fans also gathered outside Mannat, the Khans’ sea-facing bungalow. “If we’ve been there for Shah Rukh in the good times, it’s our responsibility to be here for him in the bad times,” said Aparna Agnihotri from Andheri, member of a fan club.

Fans burst crackers, waving banners that read ‘Stay Strong Prince Aryan’ and chants of “We love Shah Rukh”, even as security guards and a posse of policemen jostled to provide the actor’s car a safe passage back into the building.

If the crowd lined up on pavements outside Arthur Road jail kept the police on their toes, with barricades and ropes to keep onlookers within limits and an eye on suspected pickpockets following reports of at least seven mobile phone thefts outside the jail on Friday, it was a busy day for some of SRK’s biggest fans too.

As the wait for the star son’s arrival grew longer, a man kept the crowd intrigued with his “bhavishya vani” or fortune-telling for the Khan family while two others stopped by to regale fans with the quintessential SRK song ‘Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam’ on their shehnai and dafli.

“Aaj bahut din baad khushi ka mahaul hai,” said Lateef Khan, a 20-year-old from Kurla and member of Team Shah Rukh Khan, a fan club with more than 2 million followers. Upset at not being able to welcome back “Prince Khan” on Friday, he refused to go home and camped with a friend instead in order to board the 6am train for Aryan’s grand arrival.

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FAN FRENZY: Cops and guards struggled to control the crowd in a lane leading to Mannat, Shah Rukh Khan’s home, in Mumbai on Saturday

Embassy warns of long visa wait as US eases curbs

31.10.2021

As the US opens for Indians from November 8, the country’s embassy on Saturday has warned of “significant appointment wait times for some non-immigrant visa categories”. “From November 8, an estimated 30 lakh visa holders from India, with proof of vaccination, will be able to travel to the US under the new air travel policy. Vaccines accepted will include those approved or authorised by the FDA and vaccines with an EUL from the WHO,” it said.

Stalin: TN Day to be celebrated on July 18, not Nov 1

Stalin: TN Day to be celebrated on July 18, not Nov 1

31.10.2021

Reversing a decision of the previous AIADMK government, the ruling DMK on Saturday said the state’s Formation Day will now be celebrated on July 18, in lines with rechristening of its name to Tamil Nadu from Madras Presidency and not on November 1 as announced by former CM K Palaniswami. Chief minister M K Stalin’s announcement drew strong rebuke from the AIADMK, which called it political vendetta

TN not to suspend staff on day they retire

TN not to suspend staff on day they retire

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.10.2021

The state government has issued orders to its departments to take a decision on the departmental action against erring staff three months prior to the date of their superannuation to avoid suspension on the date of their retirement.

In cases, where charges have been framed and disciplinary authority is of the view that withholding pension under the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978, would suffice for the delinquency committed, the authority may allow the staff to retire, said an order. It will not be however applicable in cases where employees are facing criminal cases or probe by the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption.

Any failure on the part of the disciplinary authority to issue final orders three months before the date of retirement of a delinquent officer will be viewed seriously and it will entail severe action against the officials responsible for dragging on the case to the date of retirement of the staff.

It will not be applicable in cases where employees are facing criminal cases or probe by the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption

Give children returning to school warm welcome: CM

Give children returning to school warm welcome: CM

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.10.2021

Tamil Nadu Chief minister M K Stalin has urged teachers and schools to create a welcoming atmosphere for students who will be returning on Monday after a gap of almost one and a half years. Schools in Tamil Nadu will reopen for Classes 1 to 8 on November 1.

In a statement, Stalin urged teachers tospend The first two weeks should be spent in activities and games including storytelling, music, memory enhancing tasks in classrooms, he said.

As the children are returning to school after a huge crisis, the chief minister has urged MLAs, MPs, local body representatives, members of parent teacher associations, principals, teachers to welcome schoolchildren as "we have a responsibility to ensure that children return to schools without fear of a pandemic."

Diwali special buses to ply from Nov 1-3

Diwali special buses to ply from Nov 1-3

State-run, Pvt Buses To Start From 6 Places

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.10.2021

In view of Diwali, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC), State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) and private operators are set to operate extra buses from Chennai to various destinations. To ease congestion and confusion at the boarding points, the State has decided to operate services from six terminuses namely Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT), Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus (MMBT), Poonamallee bus stand, Tambaram Sanitorium bus stand, Tambaram railway station bus stand and KK Nagar bus depot. The special services will be from November 1 to 3 and November 5 to 8.

CMBT: Buses to Velankanni, Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Sengottai, Nagercoil, Thiruchendur, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Virudhunagar, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Erode, Salem, Pollachi and Bangalore

Madhavaram: Buses to Andhra Pradesh and all the APSRTC buses via Red Hills, Gummidipoondi and Uthukottai.

Poonamallee: Buses to Kancheepuram, Arcot, Arani, Vellore, Dharmapuri, Thirupattur and Hosur.

Tambaram Sanitorium: Buses to Tindivanam, Thanjavur, Panruti, Kumbakonam and Vikravandi

Tambaram railway station: Buses from Chennai via Tindivanam to Tiruvannamalai, Gingee, Katumanarkoil, Polur, Vandavasi, Neyveli, Vadalur and beyond.

KK Nagar bus depot: Buses going through East Coast Road to Puducherry, Cuddalore and Chidambaram.

MTC is arranging special connecting buses for passengers to reach the special bus stations. Passengers are requested to follow all Covid norms and wear a mask throughout their journey. TNSTC, SETC and omni buses will take the following routes:-All reserved TNSTC, SETC buses from Koyambedu CMBT will take outer ring road to reach Urapakkam temporary bus station to board passengers who reserved from Tambaram and Perungalathur. As usual SETC buses will ply via Poonamallee high road, Vanagaram, Nazarathpet, outer ring road and reach Vandalur. These buses will not pass through Tambaram and Perungulathur.

Similarly, omni buses operating from Koyambedu bound for other districts should take Poonamallee high road, Vanagaram, Nazarathpet, outer ring road and reach Vandalur. These buses will not pass through Tambaram and Perungulathur. Omni buses towards ECR will be permitted via 100 feet road, Kathipara, Guindy, Sardar Patel road (OMR, ECR) subject to the approval of traffic police. Omni buses should avoid boarding points on 100 feet road, Poonamallee high road in front of CMRL, Alandur Metro, KK Nagar. Instead those passengers can be asked to board from Koyambedu or Urapakkam. All passengers are requested to take note of the above arrangements, plan their travel accordingly, the authorities said.

Passengers have been requested to follow all Covid norms and wear a mask throughout their journey

Indian Bank loses papers, fined ₹3lakh

Indian Bank loses papers, fined ₹3lakh

Chennai:31.10.2021

The Madras high court has imposed Rs 3 lakh cost on Indian Bank for losing title deeds of an immovable property mortgaged by a private company which is currently under liquidation.

Appalled over the bank’s refusal to fix accountability on its officials for the loss of title deeds, Justice R Subramanian said, “this is the most demeaning act that a bank can do.”

“After having lost the documents, which were in its custody, it is unwilling to act against their officers also. I find all is not well with the conduct of the bank in at least attempting to take corrective measures and stop recurrence of loss of documents in future,” the judge added.

The issue pertains to a plea moved by N Shanmugasundaram seeking to direct an appropriate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the bank becoming unable to trace the title deeds and other related documents of the property owned by Sree Visalakshi Mills Pvt Ltd, which is under liquidation.

Since the bank failed to provide a satisfactory answer as to how a title deed deposited with the bank could not be traced and no official of the bank was made liable for the loss, the court said: “It is only after the directions of this court that the bank came forward to make advertisements in newspapers and also lodge a police complaint regarding loss of the documents.”

The fact that no police complaint was lodged upon the loss of the documents itself would demonstrate that the bank was reluctant to fix the responsibility on any of its officers, the court added.

The judge then directed the bank to obtain a certificate of non-traceability from the police concerned and handover the same to the petitioner. tnn

The judge directed the bank to obtain a certificate of non-traceability from the police concerned and handover the same to the petitioner