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NEET case: HC grants interim relief to student
Directing a student to cooperate with the inquiry in connection with the NEET impersonation case, the Madras high court has granted interim relief to him by asking the authorities not to arrest him till November 28. V Ravikumar and his son, residents of Chennai, filed two separate petitions before the high court seeking anticipatory bail as a case was registered against them in connection with NEET impersonation. Ravikumar said his son had cleared NEET and the allegation of impersonation in the exam arose due to mismatch of photograph in the hall ticket. When the case came up for hearing on Tuesday, Justice G R Swaminathan inquired as to whether the student was involved in impersonation. However, the student said he himself had appeared for the examination.
DVAC books Tamil Univ ex-VC for graft: The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption has booked the former vice-chancellor and former registrar of Tamil University in Thanjavur and two others for malpractices and irregularities in the appointment of faculty and non-teaching staff at the institution during their tenure. Dr G Baskaran, former vicechancellor, S Muthukumar, former registrar, G Sakthisaravanan, personal assistant to the former VC, and N Baskaran, former director of distance education, Tamil University, were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Photo of abandoned girl released: The Trichy district administration on Tuesday released the photo of a four-month-old girl found abandoned on a bathing ghat at Mannachanallur in Trichy on July 19. Locals rescued the infant and Childline volunteers admitted her in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital. After basic treatment, the baby was kept in the hospital. She was named Prathiksha. The baby was later handed over to Saranalayam, an adoption centre in Coimbatore with a temporary custody order by the child welfare committee of Trichy.
Two trucks gutted in fire at Tasmac godown: Two trucks parked outside a Tasmac godown at Thuvakudi in Trichy were gutted on Tuesday. Security guards on duty at the godown found one of the trucks on fire around 6am. The fire spread to the other vehicle parked nearby. On being alerted, fire and rescue services personnel from the Navalpattu station rushed to the spot. A fire tender was deployed. One more team of firemen from BHEL also joined the operation. The teams extinguished the fire in 40 minutes, but by then both the vehicles were gutted. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the trucks were parked at the godown around 11pm on Monday to load liquor for supply in neighbouring districts.
Teacher suspended for corporal punishment: A mathematics teacher in Alangariyur panchayat union middle school in Erode district was on Tuesday suspended for resorting to corporal punishment. Selvaraj S of Bhavani beat 12 Class VII girls after they allegedly failed to complete homework given by him, A Eesan, a villager said. Soon, the district school education authorities and police reached the school. After inquiry, Bhavani district education officer K Palani suspended Selvaraj.
NEET case: HC grants interim relief to student
Directing a student to cooperate with the inquiry in connection with the NEET impersonation case, the Madras high court has granted interim relief to him by asking the authorities not to arrest him till November 28. V Ravikumar and his son, residents of Chennai, filed two separate petitions before the high court seeking anticipatory bail as a case was registered against them in connection with NEET impersonation. Ravikumar said his son had cleared NEET and the allegation of impersonation in the exam arose due to mismatch of photograph in the hall ticket. When the case came up for hearing on Tuesday, Justice G R Swaminathan inquired as to whether the student was involved in impersonation. However, the student said he himself had appeared for the examination.
DVAC books Tamil Univ ex-VC for graft: The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption has booked the former vice-chancellor and former registrar of Tamil University in Thanjavur and two others for malpractices and irregularities in the appointment of faculty and non-teaching staff at the institution during their tenure. Dr G Baskaran, former vicechancellor, S Muthukumar, former registrar, G Sakthisaravanan, personal assistant to the former VC, and N Baskaran, former director of distance education, Tamil University, were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Photo of abandoned girl released: The Trichy district administration on Tuesday released the photo of a four-month-old girl found abandoned on a bathing ghat at Mannachanallur in Trichy on July 19. Locals rescued the infant and Childline volunteers admitted her in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital. After basic treatment, the baby was kept in the hospital. She was named Prathiksha. The baby was later handed over to Saranalayam, an adoption centre in Coimbatore with a temporary custody order by the child welfare committee of Trichy.
Two trucks gutted in fire at Tasmac godown: Two trucks parked outside a Tasmac godown at Thuvakudi in Trichy were gutted on Tuesday. Security guards on duty at the godown found one of the trucks on fire around 6am. The fire spread to the other vehicle parked nearby. On being alerted, fire and rescue services personnel from the Navalpattu station rushed to the spot. A fire tender was deployed. One more team of firemen from BHEL also joined the operation. The teams extinguished the fire in 40 minutes, but by then both the vehicles were gutted. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the trucks were parked at the godown around 11pm on Monday to load liquor for supply in neighbouring districts.
Teacher suspended for corporal punishment: A mathematics teacher in Alangariyur panchayat union middle school in Erode district was on Tuesday suspended for resorting to corporal punishment. Selvaraj S of Bhavani beat 12 Class VII girls after they allegedly failed to complete homework given by him, A Eesan, a villager said. Soon, the district school education authorities and police reached the school. After inquiry, Bhavani district education officer K Palani suspended Selvaraj.
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