MSU stops admissions at affiliated colleges with unqualified faculty

TNN | Jun 10, 2019, 04.44 AM IST

Madurai: Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) in Tirunelveli has issued warnings to all its affiliated colleges that they will not be able to conduct admissions this year for particular courses in which they have faculty who didn’t satisfy the qualification norms set by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Speaking to TOI, registrar of MSU S Santhosh Baboo said that the warnings and instructions were not given to the colleges in the last minute, but a while back so that they had sufficient time to satisfy the norms. “We got lists from all the colleges regarding the courses that had unqualified staff and based on that, we gave instructions to the colleges to not admit students in those programmes. We are very serious about the teaching faculty satisfying the qualification norms as it’s a court direction,” he added.

There are a total of 91 colleges under MSU and according to sources, due to this decision by the university, it is the mathematics and English courses in most of these colleges that are under threat.

“Most of the colleges are not able to get the faculty with necessary qualifications only in mathematics and English and hence holding admissions is an issue in these. In a few cases, commerce programme is a problem as well,” the source said.

Santhosh Baboo said that though the university has stopped the admissions at certain colleges, the institutions would be immediately permitted to resume admissions, provided they managed to ensure necessary steps were taken so that the concerned courses had only qualified staff. He added that to satisfy the UGC norms, the teachers should have either cleared National Eligibility Test (NET)/ State Eligibility Test (SET) or completed PhD.

CMC gets 100% exemption

TNN | Jun 8, 2019, 04.56 AM IST

Chennai: Tamil Nadu health department has accorded a special status to Christian Medical College Vellore in the MBBS admission process for the upcoming academic year.

Besides marking the 100 MBBS seats in the college as a special category, the prospectus has said that “the allotment of MBBS seats at CMC is according to the rules and regulation of CMC”. Counselling for all other self-financing colleges affiliated to the state medical university is done under single window counselling. The colleges surrender about 35-50% of the seats for admission under government quota and the students are admitted to the remaining seats under management quota. The state follows NEET-based rank list and applies 69% reservation. CMC has been exempted from the process this year.

The government prospectus for management quota says, “For admission to MBBS/BDS courses under management quota including NRI seats in self-financing medical/dental colleges in Tamil Nadu and Christian Medical College, Vellore.”

State selection secretary Dr G Selvarajan said the state had decided to make a clear demarcation this year as there were chaos and arguments during counselling last year. In 2017, the century-old college took part in the single-window counselling and admitted only one student for MBBS course. In 2018, during counselling, all 100 seats in the college were declared as management quota seats.

“In 2019, the college will admit 12 meritorious students under open category. Two seats will be reserved for students from scheduled caste and one for a student from the scheduled tribe. One seat will be a central government quota. In addition, 10 seats will be reserved for children of staff working at CMC,” he said. For the remaining 74 seats, admissions will be given based on a recommendation from the missionaries attached to the institution across India.

A senior official from CMC Vellore said the Madras high court has directed the state not to ask private institutions to surrender seats. “We take recommendations of the missionaries because our students serve in rural areas,” the official said.

Parents of several students in the top 1,200 ranks told TOI they were disappointed for the second year in a row. Students say they would opt for CMC as the college charged low fees compared to most self-financing colleges. “It was on top of the list of choices as the college has good clinical material, faculty and library. But with just 12 seats, even a score above 625 in NEET is not adequate,” said Ramesh R, a parent.

While the fee structure for all self-financing colleges is fixed by the fee fixation committee constituted by the government, fee structure for CMC will be adopted as fixed by the institution, it said. There is no fee mentioned against the government quota. Fee for management quota is Rs48,530. “Any change in fee will be intimated on the official website,” it said. Fee for other colleges in management quota is Rs12.5 lakh.

As govt fails to act, locals join hands to clear fishkill at lake

TNN | Jun 9, 2019, 04.10 AM IST

Chennai: A day after TOI reported how tons of fish at Tiruneermalai lake had died and floated for days spreading unbearable stench, the locals joined hands and removed the fishkill. 

With no sign of government assistance to clear the stinking trash, about 40 people from the western suburb off the Chennai Bypass joined hands on Saturday and removed the fishkill and buried it in a pit created within the lake.

Fiheries department officials, however, collected samples from the lake to ascertain the reason for the fishkill.

Thirunageshwaran, assistant director of fisheries in Kancheepuram, who contacted TOI on Saturday, said the chief minister and chief secretary were aware of the fishkill. “Moreover, District Fish Farmers Development Agency has no connection with the lake maintained by PWD,” he said. Later, a person claiming to be an advocate representing DFFDA, called TOI and queried why the assistant director of fisheries was being questioned. Fisheries minister D Jayakumar said the issue would be inquired. Neither Kancheepuram collector P Ponniah nor Thiruneermalai town panchayat officials were available for their reactions.

When contacted, director of fisheries GS Sameeran said the department had initiated steps to bring Thiruneermalai lake under the DFFDA. “We have collected the samples from lake and sent it for testing to Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University to find the reason on why the fishkill happened,” he said. It appears high temperature and inadequate water were the reasons, he added.

Former vice-chairman of Thiruneermalai town panchayat T Jayakumar said about three tonnes of fish was cleared by volunteers.

“We dug a 2m deep pit in the lake and buried the fish. Except for an earthmover provided by the local body, we did not get any government support,” he said.

TNSTC directed to pay Rs 13,001 to passenger for collecting one rupee extra

TNN | Jun 9, 2019, 09.17 PM IST

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has been penalised for collecting one rupee extra from a bus passenger.
The local consumer forum has directed TNSTC to pay Rs 13,000 fine along with the one rupee collected in excess.

K Subarayan, a resident of Namakkal, recently took a TNSTC bus from Paramathi Velur to his home. The conductor demanded Rs 17 from him.

Subarayan said that though the conductor had claimed that it was a limited stop service (LSS), the bus halted at all bus stops to pick up or drop passengers.

When Subarayan questioned this, the conductor got annoyed. This led to a squabble.

Aggrieved over this, the passenger filed a Right to Information (RTI) petition with the state transport department seeking fare details. This is when he got to know that TNSTC Salem had never obtained permission from the department to operate LSS services in the said route.

Also, the conductor was supposed to collect only Rs 16 from passengers for one-way travel between Paramathi Velur and Namakkal.

MBBS admissions: State ranks not declared, students at disadvantage

TNN | Jun 10, 2019, 04.06 AM IST

CHENNAI: Students from Tamil Nadu who will register themselves for the all-India counselling will be at a disadvantage for the second consecutive year if the state does not release the provisional state rank list ahead of time.

As per the tentative schedule released, students will know their state rank on July 2, two days before the single window counselling for the state quota of seats. However, when these students lock their choices for round 1 of all-India quota, they will have no idea of their chances in the state.

In 2018, many states got the data from the National Testing Agency (NTA) and released the students’ provisional rank list. Tamil Nadu did not. “Some students who thought they would get admission at least in self-financing colleges did not lock seats in deemed universities. On the other hand, students who scored low marks blocked their seats in deemed universities and joined them,” said Ganesh R, a tutor at a NEET coaching centre.

In states such as Maharashtra, students were able to calculate their chances based on their ranks and number of seats. “Many of our students were at a disadvantage,” he said.

Getting admissions in medical schools is not just getting good scores, it’s also about making smart choices, said experts. For instance, it is better for students to lock as many choices – including deemed universities – in round 1 because the Directorate General of Health Services does not penalize students for choices in the first round.

“They can take the college or choose for upgrade in second round. But in the second round they have to be careful with the choices they make,” said Pradeepa R, a biology teacher.

Many students have already approached the state selection committee and the directorate of medical education seeking information on the state rank. “We will be able to release it only when the NTA releases it to the state,” said state selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

Car rams barricade, knocks down 2 bikes at Tambaram
Four injured, two in serious condition
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Chennai  10.06.2019

: A 54-year-old man driving at high speed first knocked over a metal barricade and then rammed into two bikes, injuring two of the four riders seriously at the Camp Road-Mappedu Road junciton near Selaiyur on Saturday afternoon.

A CCTV grab of the incident, shows the man stopping his vehicle some distance away and coolly walking away while onlookers rushed to rescue those knocked down. Police later arrested the man, identified as Varadhan of Agaram, and are investigating whether he was drunk at the time.

The seriously injured were two 18-year-olds, Gladson and Vikram, from Selaiyur. The other two were Arumugam (45) and his wife Shanthi (41). None of the four was wearing a helmet.

CCTV footage from the accident site shows the car travelling at a high speed and ramming into the barricade placed on the right side of the road close to the median. The car then proceeds without slowing down and knocks down the two bikes.

Shocked passersby rushed the injured people to hospital in autorickshaws.

Saroja, a woman selling pots on the roadside, said “We were all concentrating on rescuing the victims, even though some of us saw the man who drove the car escaping from the scene.”

Police said that the man could have been drunk or could have pressed the accelarator instead of applying the brake. “We have collected CCTV footage from other junctions to check if he had hit any other vehicle,” said an investigating officer.

Based on a complaint lodged by the injured bikers, the Chromepet traffic investigation wing have registered a case under IPC section 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others).


RECKLESS: The bikers had no way to escape the speeding four-wheeler

CCTV footage fro shows the car travelling at a high speed and ramming into a barricade, placed on the right side of the road close to the median. The car then proceeds without slowing down and knocks down two bikes

Smuggling of gold: Airport officer & four others held

Chennai:10.06.2019

Officials of the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) busted a gold smuggling syndicate at the Chennai international airport on Saturday and arrested five people, including a senior customs officer. Though the names of the officer and the other accused have not been revealed, sources said the officer was of the rank of a superintendent. The crackdown led to a seizure of 23kg of gold worth ₹7.825 crore.

In a communication issued on Sunday, DRI said that on Saturday they apprehended four passengers, who had arrived at Anna International Airport from Singapore and Malaysia, with 12.95kg of gold bars. The delinquent officer, who was waiting to receive the gold from them on behalf of a Chennai receiver, and who was planning to allow the passengers to go undetected, was also arrested. TNN

Revenue inte1ligence seize 10kg gold, ₹24L in cash

The DRI’s follow-up search at the receiver’s residence and that of a near-relative resulted in seizure of further 10.2kg of smuggled gold and ₹24.43 lakh in cash.

Later, while searching a grey-market shop owned by the receiver, officers of DRI recovered 48 drones (restricted for import) valued at about ₹23 lakh, and several high-end cameras and accessories.

The passengers intercepted at the airport were also carrying high-value cameras and accessories.

Though the official release does not mention the exact location of these hideouts, sources said it happened in Egmore area. The arrested five, including the customs officer, have admitted their involvement in the crime, DRI said.

“They said they were involved in smuggling of gold and other goods on repeated occasions,” an official said.

The case is not yet over, as the DRI has upped the efforts to trace the receiver, a resident of Chennai, who is currently absconding.

HUNT IS ON

5 ஆயிரம் காலி பணியிடங்களுக்கு குரூப் 4 தேர்வு: 14 முதல் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்
By DIN | Published on : 08th June 2019 02:55 AM |
 

தமிழகத்தில் காலியாகவுள்ள குரூப் 4 பணியிடங்களுக்கான எழுத்துத் தேர்வுக்கு வரும் 14-ஆம் தேதி முதல் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம். இதற்கான அறிவிப்பை தமிழ்நாடு அரசுப் பணியாளர் தேர்வாணையம் (டி.என்.பி.எஸ்.சி.) வெள்ளிக்கிழமை வெளியிட்டது.

தமிழகத்தில் கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலர் தேர்வும், இளநிலை உதவியாளர், தட்டச்சர் போன்ற பணியிடங்கள் அடங்கிய குரூப் 4 தேர்வும் தனித்தனியாக நடத்தப்பட்டன. இந்த நிலையில், கடந்த 2017-ஆம் ஆண்டு இரண்டு தேர்வுகளும் இணைக்கப்பட்டன. கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலர் பணியிடங்கள் குரூப் 4-பிரிவுக்குள் கொண்டு வரப்பட்டன. அதற்கான தேர்வு அறிவிக்கை கடந்த 2017-ஆம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் 14-இல் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. மொத்தமாக 9 ஆயிரத்து 351 காலிப் பணியிடங்களுக்கு நடந்த தேர்வில் 15 லட்சத்துக்கும் அதிகமானோர் கலந்து கொண்டனர். இந்த நிலையில், மீண்டும் குரூப் 4 தேர்வுக்கான அறிவிப்பை டி.என்.பி.எஸ்.சி. வெள்ளிக்கிழமை வெளியிட்டது.


எவ்வளவு காலியிடங்கள்: தேர்வு குறித்த அறிவிப்பில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளதாவது:-

குரூப் 4 காலிப் பணியிடங்கள் நேரடி எழுத்துத் தேர்வு மூலமாக நிரப்பப்பட உள்ளன. இதற்கான தேர்வு அறிவிக்கை வரும் 14-இல் வெளியிடப்படும். அதாவது அன்றைய தினத்தில் இருந்து டி.என்.பி.எஸ்.சி. இணையதளங்களில் (www.tnpsc.gov.in, www.tnpsc.exams.net) விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம். தேர்வுக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்க ஜூலை 14-ஆம் தேதி கடைசி நாளாகும்.

இதற்கான எழுத்துத் தேர்வு செப்டம்பர் 1-ஆம் தேதி நடத்தப்படும். தேர்வுக்கான கல்வித் தகுதி, வயது, இடஒதுக்கீடு, தேர்வு முறை, தேர்வுக் கட்டணம் உள்ளிட்ட அனைத்து விவரங்களையும் தேர்வாணைய இணையதளத்தில் வரும் 14-ஆம் தேதி முதல் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம் என்று டி.என்.பி.எஸ்.சி. அறிவித்துள்ளது. எத்தனை காலியிடங்களுக்கு தேர்வு நடத்தப்பட உள்ளது என்பது குறித்த விவரத்தை டி.என்.பி.எஸ்.சி. வெளியிடவில்லை.

இதுகுறித்து, தேர்வாணைய வட்டாரங்களிடம் கேட்டபோது, வரும் 14-ஆம் தேதி தேர்வு அறிவிக்கை வெளியிடும்போது காலியிடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை விவரம் தெரிய வரும். 5 ஆயிரம் காலிப் பணியிடங்களுக்கு அதிகமாகவே தேர்வு நடத்தப்படும். இப்போது வரை காலியிடங்களுக்கான விவரங்கள் அரசுத் துறைகளிடம் இருந்து தொடர்ந்து வந்து கொண்டே இருக்கின்றன. எனவே, தேர்வு அறிவிக்கை வெளியிடும் நேரத்தில் காலியிடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரிக்க வாய்ப்புகள் இருக்கின்றன எனத் தெரிவித்தனர். கடந்த குரூப் 4 தேர்வை 15 லட்சத்துக்கும் அதிகமானோர் எழுதினர். இந்த ஆண்டும் தேர்வு எழுதுவோரின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரிக்கும் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.

வெளிநாட்டில் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., 'நீட்' தேர்வு கட்டாயம்

Added : ஜூன் 07, 2019 23:53


சென்னை : வெளிநாடுகளில் மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேரவும், 'நீட்' தேர்வு கட்டாயமாகி உள்ளது. இந்த ஆண்டு முதல், இது, நடைமுறைக்கு வருகிறது.

எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., போன்ற மருத்துவ படிப்புகள் மற்றும், இந்திய மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் சேர, 'நீட்' நுழைவு தேர்வில் கட்டாயம் தேர்ச்சி பெற வேண்டும். இந்த கல்வி ஆண்டுக்கான, நீட் தேர்வு, மே, 5ல் நடத்தப்பட்டது.

தேர்வு முடிவுகள், ஜூன், 5ல் வெளியாகியுள்ளன. விரைவில், தரவரிசை பட்டியல் வெளியிடப்பட்டு, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடத்தப்பட உள்ளது. இந்த ஆண்டு முதல், வெளிநாட்டுக்கு சென்று, மருத்துவம் படிக்கும், இந்திய மாணவர்களுக்கும், நீட் தேர்வு தேர்ச்சி கட்டாயம் ஆகியுள்ளது. இதற்கான உத்தரவை, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலின் நிர்வாக குழு பிறப்பித்துள்ளது.

இந்த உத்தரவின்படி, மத்திய அரசின், வெளிநாட்டு மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான சட்டத்திலும் திருத்தம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த கல்வி ஆண்டு முதல், நீட் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றவர்கள் மட்டுமே, மத்திய சுகாதார துறையில் தகுதி சான்றிதழ் பெற்று, வெளிநாடுகளுக்கு சென்று, மருத்துவம் படிக்கலாம்.

மருத்துவ படிப்பை முடித்து, இந்தியாவுக்கு வரும்போது, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் நடத்தும், சோதனை தேர்வில் தேர்ச்சி பெற வேண்டும் என்றும், அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புக்கு தேர்வானோர் பட்டியல் தாக்கலுக்கு ஐகோர்ட் உத்தரவு

Added : ஜூன் 08, 2019 00:37


சென்னை : முதுகலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கு தேர்வானவர்களின், முழு பட்டியலை தாக்கல் செய்ய, தமிழக அரசுக்கு, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

சென்னையை சேர்ந்த, வழக்கறிஞர், டி.கே.சரவணன் தாக்கல் செய்த மனு: முதுகலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான, விளக்க குறிப்பேட்டை, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்குனர் வெளியிட்டுள்ளார். பயிற்சி முடித்த டாக்டர்கள், அரசு பணியில், ஐந்து ஆண்டுகள் இருக்க வேண்டும். அதற்காக, மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேரும்போது, உத்தரவாதம் அளிக்க வேண்டும். முதுகலை மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேர்வதற்கு, ௪௦ லட்சம் ரூபாய்க்கான உத்தரவாத ஆவணம், முதுகலை பட்டய படிப்பில் சேர்வதற்கு, ௨௦ லட்சம் ரூபாய்க்கான உத்தரவாத ஆவணம் செலுத்த வேண்டும். அதோடு, நிரந்தர அரசு ஊழியர்களிடம் இருந்தும், உத்தரவாதம் பெற்று, தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டும்.

இரு அரசு ஊழியர்களிடம் இருந்து, உத்தரவாதம் பெற வேண்டும் என்பது நியாயமற்றது. பொருளாதார ரீதியில் பின்தங்கிய மாணவர்களால், அரசு அதிகாரிகளை அணுகி, உத்தரவாதம் பெறுவது கடினம். அதனால், மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கை ரத்தாகும் வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. எனவே, நிரந்தர அரசு ஊழியர்களிடம் உத்தரவாதம் பெற வேண்டும் என்ற நிபந்தனைக்கு, தடை விதிக்க வேண்டும்; அதை, ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு, மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மனுவை விசாரித்த, நீதிபதிகள் மணிக்குமார், சுப்ரமணியம் பிரசாத் அடங்கிய, 'டிவிஷன் பெஞ்ச்' பிறப்பித்த இடைக்கால உத்தரவு: முதுகலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கு தேர்வானவர்களின் முழு பட்டியலையும், தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டும். தேர்வை சிறப்பாக எழுதியும், உத்தரவாதம் அளிக்க முடியாததால், தகுதியானவர்கள் படிப்பை தொடர முடியாமல் உள்ளனரா என்பதை கண்டுபிடிக்க வேண்டும். எத்தனை வகுப்பில் காலியிடங்கள் உள்ளன என்ற விபரங்களையும், தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு, டிவிஷன் பெஞ்ச் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது. விசாரணையை, வரும், 10ம் தேதிக்கு தள்ளி வைத்துள்ளது.

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TN’s longest flyover opens for traffic in Salem after 3 years

Inaugurating bridge, CM says GEC project will be completed with public support

Published: 08th June 2019 04:25 AM 

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inspecting the remaining works for the flyover in Salem on Friday | Express

By Express News Service

SALEM: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurated the State’s longest flyover in Salem city on Friday. Built between Ramakrishna Road and AVR Roundana, the flyover measures 2.5 km. It has taken three years and Rs 441 crore for completing the construction. This is part of the two-tier flyover project planned to reduce traffic congestion in areas such as Five Roads, New Bus Stand, Four Roads, Alagapuram Main Road, Saradha College Road and at Swarnapuri.

A part of the flyover – connecting  Ramakrishna Road and AVR Roundana –in Salem which was inaugurated byChief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami
on Friday | Express

The second tier – running nearly perpendicular to this one and connecting Kuranguchavadi with Anna Park – is still under construction. It was the former Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa who had laid the foundation stone for the project in February 2016.

Speaking at the inaugural event, Palaniswami pointed out that it is only Salem that gets flyovers whenever required. While work on a few projects has been delayed due to problems in land acquisition, the government has already inaugurated flyovers at Thiruvagoundanoor, AVR Roundana- Kuranguchavadi and Steel Plant Junction. Those constructed at Mettur Ellis Park and Narasingapuram Appamma Samuthram, at the cost of Rs 5.15 crore, will also be open for public use soon, he detailed.



Meanwhile, flyover work is being carried out at Govindampalayam near Thalaivasal at a cost of  Rs 6.2 crore. Flyovers are also being constructed at Tholasampatti, Narimedu near Konganapuram, Jalakandapuram, Chinnappampatti, Vellalapuram, Akkaraipatti, Muthunaickenpatti, Goundaneri, at Ariyanoor Pirivu Road, Erumaikaran Valaivu near Tharamangalam, and at Kandampatti bypass. More will be constructed soon at Muthunaickenpatti, Tholasampatti, Kallipatti, Vazhapadi and Omalur, he said.

Railway overbridges have been planned at Manalmedu (Rs 50.15 crores), Mulluvadi Gate (`83 crores) and Leigh Bazaar (`46.35 crores), he said. While work at Leigh Bazaar has been stalled due to land acquisition issues, these overbridges will be constructed soon, he assured.

‘Govt will pacify landowners’

Speaking about other projects, the Chief Minister said that the Central government has decided to convert the four-lane Salem-Chengapalli (Coimbatore) highway into an eight-lane road. This is an effort to get the highways – built 15-20 years ago – to keep up with the increased vehicle population. This is why Salem-Chennai eight-lane expressway is being constructed, he pointed out. The government will speak to landowners and pacify them; the State and Central government will fulfil the project with their support, he assured.

Stating that this is Central government project and not one for Edappadi Palaniswami, the Chief Minister said that they would not resort to ‘land grabbing’ for the project. After all, these road projects are being done to reduce accidents, fuel consumption and travel time, Palaniswami said.

Tamil Nadu is in the forefront of infrastructure and road development, he remarked. With Salem district making great strides in development, the government is taking the necessary steps to create employment opportunities for the youth, he said. The Chief Minister pointed out that Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had already said a defence industrial corridor will be created in Salem. While it is a Central government project, the State government will act quickly to ensure it is established at the earliest for the benefit of the youth, he assured.

Defence corridor

The CM pointed out that Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said a defence industrial corridor would be set up in Salem. The State would extend all help to realise it, he said

Anna University V-C denies favouring 92 pvt colleges

However, the university Vice-Chancellor MK Surappa said the allegations are baseless.

Published: 08th June 2019 03:42 AM

By Binita Jaiswal

Express News Service

CHENNAI: President of Private Educational Institutions Employees Association, KM Karthik, on Friday filed a complaint with the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) alleging that the Anna university officials have intentionally concealed names of 92 private engineering colleges, which have been asked to reduce their seats after the varsity’s inspection team found lacunae in faculty and infrastructure.

However, the university Vice-Chancellor MK Surappa said the allegations are baseless. Karthik said he filed an RTI application with the university on May 16 seeking information about the 92 colleges. However, he received no response. Hence, he approached the DVAC. He said he made the request to the university so that students will get a fair chance to select a good college and avoid these institutions. “It is evident that there is a nexus between the university and authorities of the above-mentioned college authorities. The DVAC should thoroughly probe the reasons for concealment of the names of the colleges,” he said.

However, Surappa, who vehemently denied the allegations said, “After our inspection team found lack of infrastructure in the 92 colleges, we reduced their intake capacity and have accordingly informed TNEA committee about it. Students will not suffer in any way as the colleges cannot make admissions beyond the seats permitted to them. There is no nexus. Neither we have shown any kind of favour to them.”

On making the names of the colleges public he said “It is an administrative decision and we have to consult all stakeholders regarding that.”

Submit parents’ papers to prove nativity: TN to med aspirants

To prevent admission of students with dual nativity in MBBS and BDS courses this year, the Directorate of Medical Education’s Selection Committee has tightened the rules.

Published: 08th June 2019 03:41 AM |

By Sinduja Jane

Express News Service

CHENNAI: To prevent admission of students with dual nativity in MBBS and BDS courses this year, the Directorate of Medical Education’s Selection Committee has tightened the rules. Now to establish they are natives of the state, students will have to produce birth certificates, ration cards and qualification certificates of their parents as well. The move comes in the wake of controversy, in recent years, over many candidates, non-natives of Tamil Nadu, applying for courses here.

“Even candidates who are natives of Tamil Nadu have to produce their parent’s birth certificate, ration card and qualification certificate, to seek admission to MBBS and BDS courses in the State,” the Selection Committee said in its prospectus for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in Tamil Nadu. The prospectus was posted online on Friday.

The Selection Committee said, “The candidates should produce true copies of their parent’s certificates such as Birth Certificate, Ration Card, SSLC /10th/ 12th/ degree/diploma/professional course. In case parents are not literate, then ‘no graduation’ certificate for parents should be obtained from the Revenue Authority, to substantiate the parent’s place of birth in Tamil Nadu.”



It further added, “If the candidates do not submit the above-mentioned certificates, then they will be considered under Open Category only.”

The Selection Committee also introduced a new clause stipulating that candidates who are natives of Tamil Nadu but studied from Class 6 to 12 outside the State should also produce the true copies of the above mentioned certificates. The ‘dual nativity’ issue marred the 2017-18 admissions and several such applications were received during 2018-19 as well.

“This is to prevent dual nativity admissions. Last year, we received over 100 dual nativity applications and had to answer to the courts. Hence, this year we made the rules more stringent,” a senior official said.

Transfer a condition of service, observes Madras HC

Says govt staff can’t demand work in particular posting or place, petitions against transfers must not be entertained

Published: 08th June 2019 04:29 AM 

Madras High Court 

By Express News Service

MADURAI: Observing that transfer is a condition of service and that government employees cannot demand work in a particular posting or place, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court stated that the Court should restrain from entertaining petitions challenging administrative transfer orders.

Justice S M Subramaniam made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by a library assistant from Theni, who was transferred to Chennai in the office of Director of Public Libraries for administrative reasons but obtained a stay against the same and continued in the same post for more than eight years.
He further directed the government to transfer the petitioner within four weeks.

The judge opined, “Transfer is incidental to service, more so a condition of service. Any post or place can never be claimed as a matter of choice by the employee. High Court should exercise restraint from entertaining the writ petitions filed challenging the administrative orders of transfer.”

‘Adhere to circular’

Pointing out an order passed by the Principal Seat in September 2018 to avoid pendency of cases, directing the Registrar General of the Court to implement Rule 3A of the Rules to Regulate Proceedings and the subsequent circular issued by the Registrar General to the High Court Bench, the judge noted that no effective steps have been taken by the Registry of the HC Bench to implement the same. If this persists, the confidence in the minds of the litigants regarding the judicial functions would be shaken, the judge stated and directed the Registry to adhere to the order.

Nine courses offered by medical varsity declared illegal by HC

Moreover, medical qualifications obtained so would not be recognised under the Act, he pointed out.

Published: 08th June 2019 04:39 AM |

Madras high court 

By Express News Service

MADURAI: The Madras High Court has declared nine unapproved courses offered by the Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University as illegal and imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on the university, payable to the School Education Department for infrastructure development in government schools.

Justice S S Sundar passed the order while allowing a petition filed by the Doctors Welfare Association of Tamil Nadu in 2018, seeking direction to declare the courses as illegal on charges that they were not approved by the Central government or Medical Council of India (MCI).

The judge observed that Section 10A and 11 of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, read with Section 33 of the Act and the Post Graduate Medical Regulations, 2000, would show that unless a person gets permission from the Central Government for starting a medical course, no admission can be made in any medical course in the country.

Moreover, medical qualifications obtained so would not be recognised under the Act, he pointed out.

He noted that despite the judgments passed by the Court reiterating the above fact, in which the university had also been a party, the university, under the guise of a decision taken by a governing council comprising eminent members, had issued the impugned advertisement in utter disregard for the Court’s directions.

“Public will be misled to believe such unrecognized diploma holders as experts,” the judge stated and allowed the petition by imposing a cost of `5 lakh on the university to be paid to the Secretary of the School Education Department, with directions to the Secretary to utilise the amount to provide infrastructure or facilities to needy government schools in the State.

Centre of Excellence In Accident And Emergency Medicine

08.06.2019

Chettinad Health City was pioneered by the Chettinad Group of Institutions in 2005 with a vision to promote healthcare, education and research. Located 30kms away from Chennai, South India, in a plush green campus of over 1.2 million sq. feet, it houses several medical sciences colleges, research institutions and a world renowned Super-Speciality hospital.

Chettinad Super Speciality Hospital is a centre of excellence providing quaternary care in various specialities at tertiary care prices. Ranked fourth in Chennai in the Times All India Multi speciality Hospital Ranking Survey, May 2019, the hospital constantly strives to achieve optimum patient satisfaction. The hospital also attracts a large number of people from overseas for medical tourism purposes.

24/7 EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CARE

Introduced as part of the super-speciality hospital in 2005, the Emergency and Trauma Care (ETC) department has seen a constant inflow of over half a million emergency patients since inception. Well air-conditioned, sterile and designed to maximize comfort and privacy, this multiple bedded department aims to promote a sense of comfort and wellbeing.

Being an epitome of hope and life to most patients, the ETC team has been instrumental in conducting emergency, life-saving procedures on a day to day basis. As pioneers of emergency care services in India, the emergency care centre at Chettinad guarantees the highest level of skill, expertise and infrastructure.

The ETC department consists of a core-team of highly experienced, internationally trained emergency physicians, speciality consultants and nursing staff who are ably supported around the clock by a team of trustworthy managers, approachable PROs, and other empathetic support staff. The ETC team not only focuses on stabilizing a patient but also on empowering the patient and the patient relatives from the time of admission to the time of discharge.

HIGHLIGHTS:

24 hour Emergency and Trauma Care

Designed to respond quicker

Proven outcomes that are on par with the very best in the world

Multi-speciality prowess to deliver crucial edge in emergency care

TOP OF THE LINE INFRASTRUCTURE

The ETC is well equipped with modern technology and the latest biomedical innovations to provide a high calibre of diagnostic and treatment procedures. Bed side X Rays, Fast scans, emergency tracheostomy, central line insertions and intraosseous lines, nasal and oral intubations, laryngeal mask airway, non-invasive ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure are done. Minor ortho procedures like plaster of Paris cast/slab, closed reduction and internal fixation for undisplaced fractures and joint dislocations are also done by trained professionals in the emergency care department.

PROVIDING EMERGENCY TREATMENT

The ETC consists of perpetually available surgical and medical speciality teams which a readily available such as Neurosurgery, Cardiology, CTVS (cardio thoracic vascular surgery), Medical and Surgical gastroenterology, Urology, Liver/Renal transplant, Nephrology, Vascular surgery, Maxillofacial and Plastic surgery with several aseptically maintained operation theatres for emergency surgical procedures such as craniotomy, PTCA (Percutaneous Transluminal echo, Hand Doppler, ECG, ABG etc. are performed by professionals with utmost care and precision.

Highly precise and critical lifesaving, surgical and medical procedures such as Thrombolysis within the standard window period for brain stroke and myo-Coronary Angioplasty), 24 hours emergency and elective Dialysis , Aneurysmal clipping, facial reconstruction surgeries etc.

Minor Plastic surgery procedures like suturcardial infarction, ICD (Inter-Costal Drainage) in pneumothorax, haemothorax and massive pleural effusions, cervical traction in c-spine injuries, pleural tapping, suprapubic cystotomy, ing in case of facial lacerations, minor vascular injuries, hand and foot injuries are done. Other emergencies like crush injury, tendon injury, partial and complete amputation of fingers and toes are taken up promptly to surgery after initial assessment and care in the emergency department.

Surgical emergencies like acute intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation, perforation peritonitis, obstructed hernia, acute appendicitis, compartment syndrome are taken up immediately for surgery after initial stabilization. Other procedures include Endoscopic banding or sclerotherapy, done for upper gastrointestinal variceal bleeding after initial resuscitation in the ETC.

SAVING LIVES EVERYDAY

The ETC team can be commended for successfully reverting numerous patients who come in without a pulse on a daily basis. Advanced cardiac life support protocols are adhered to in all emergencies, providing the best results in these patients.

Chennai’s most eminent Liver clinic- ‘The Chettinad Institute of Liver Sciences’ conducts successful liver transplants as a lifesaving procedure. This team works closely with the ETC team in treating patients with acute Liver failure as in Rat killer poisoning, Paracetamol overdose, chronic liver failures and other emergencies.

Cross matching, donor harvesting and other transplant related procedures are done in house. Donor organs harvested from several medical institutions are obtained via tie-ups and a recipient registry is maintained to give priority to all patients.

ETC is also ably aided by round the clock Radiology department (which offers all types of MRI, CT, Doppler, Ultrasound etc.), lab services and blood bank providing blood for emergency blood transfusion.

ENSURING EASE AND CONVENIENCE

The ETC team ensues ambulances are well placed logistically in several locations in and around Chennai and Kancheepuram to address emergency pickups. These ambulances are fitted with latest biomedical equipment and well trained staff to provide optimum, emergency first aid and care for patients who are picked up.

True to the fact that medical emergencies can be financially a strain on many, the billing, insurance and financial departments make sure the whole payment process is smooth and not cumbersome. A variety of insurance company tie ups are present and CM scheme coverage is available for various surgical procedures.

Emergency doctors and nursing staff are available by the bed side for all patients and utmost care and comfort is given to everyone. This team constantly strives to achieve effective communication with the patients or patient attenders in all aspects such as diagnosis, treatment planning, prognosis and billing including surplus support that is given in terms of counseling and emotional support.

Above all, stepping into an Emergency and Trauma Care Unit can be a very alarming and stressful situation for anyone. Keeping this in mind, the entire team at Chettinad ETC aim to make the whole experience pleasant for those who come with an emergency medical situation. The vision of the ETC team is to assure that everyone receives globally benchmarked medical assistance. The team therefore functions with utmost care, empathy, kindness, precision and skill to make sure that every patient who walks into the department with pain and worry leave with a smile and in perfect health.

For more details, contact: Chettinad Super Speciality Hospital Chettinad Healthcity campus Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kelambakkam,Chennai Kanchipuram Dist, TN-603103 For appointments: +91 95519 00900, 24 hours helpline: +91 98414 05000; www.chettinadhealthcity.com




OFFERING TIMELY CARE

The management and ETC team coordinate to track important metrics to ensure that the care process is smooth and efficient every single time. This is done by:

Ensuring door to triage happens in less than 5 minutes of arrival

Access to all specialist consultants within the first five minutes of triaging

Door to Cath lab time in 20 mins in case of strokes or heart attacks, etc

Bad sleep quality affects your blood pressure

08.06.2019  TOI

We’ve all heard the adage, ‘early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.’ And while we know the benefits of a good night’s sleep, people hardly know how sleep deprivation harms the human body. According to a new study, a bad night’s sleep may result in an increase in the blood pressure that night and the following day.

The study offered one possible explanation for why sleep problems have been shown to increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and even death from cardiovascular disease. Researchers carried out a study conducted on 300 men and women, ages 21 to 70, with no history of heart problems. Participants wore portable blood pressure cuffs for two consecutive days. The cuffs randomly took participants’ blood pressure during 45-minute intervals throughout each day and also overnight.

At night, participants wore actigraphy monitors — wristwatch-like devices that measure movement — to help determine their sleep efficiency or the amount of time in bed spent sleeping soundly. Overall, those who had lower sleep efficiency showed an increase in blood pressure during that restless night. They also had higher systolic blood pressure — the top number in a patient’s blood pressure reading — the next day.

The latest findings may be an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to understanding the pathway through which sleep impacts overall cardiovascular health.

“Blood pressure is one of the best predictors of cardiovascular health. There is a lot of literature out there that shows sleep has some kind of impact on mortality and on cardiovascular disease. We wanted to see if we could try to get a piece of that story — how sleep might be impacting disease through blood pressure,” said lead study author Caroline Doyle.

The study reinforced just how important a good night’s sleep can be. It’s not just the amount of time you spend in bed, but the quality of sleep you’re getting. Improving sleep quality can start with making simple changes and being proactive.

“Keep the phone in a different room. If your bedroom window faces the east, pull the shades. For anything that’s going to cause you to waken, think ahead about what you can do to mitigate those effects,” said study coauthor John Ruiz.

For those with chronic sleep troubles, Doyle advocated cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, or CBTI, which focuses on making behavioural changes to improve sleep health. — ANI

In a first, MBBS, BDS admissions in TN go online

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:08.06.2019

For the first time, directorate of medical education has called for online registration of application for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses under state quota in government colleges and self-financing medical colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr M G R Medical University.

The link for online registrations has been available on the state health department website (http:// www.tnhealth.org/) and state selection committee website (https://tnmedicalselection.net/) since Friday morning. By evening, 12,584 applications were downloaded and 7,741 candidates have made final submissions, according to the state selection committee secretary G Selvarajan.

Although submissions can be made online, students will have to send the hard copy of the application along with attachments for verification of documents.

“We tried to have the counselling completely online but we decided to go offline this year because we need to do the verification of documents such as nativity,” said health minister C Vijaya Baskar.

The state is also yet to decide on the implementation of quota for economically weaker section. “We may get additional seats if we implement it, but we have not decided anything on its implementation,” he said.

The state has 23 government medical colleges offering 3,250 seats this year. State managed colleges such as Raja Muthiah Medical College IRT, Perundurai and ESIC college in KK Nagar will have 350 seats, besides about 15 self-financing medical colleges.

CMC Vellore exempt from the rules
Only 12 Seats Offered For Open List

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:08.06.2019

The Tamil Nadu health department has accorded special status to Christian Medical College Vellore in the MBBS admission process for the coming academic year.

Besides marking the 100 MBBS seats in the college as a special category, the prospectus has said that “the allotment of MBBS seats at CMC is according to the rules and regulation of CMC”.

Counselling for all other self-financing colleges affiliated to the state medical university is done under single window counselling. The colleges surrender 35%-50% of the seats for admission under government quota and the students are admitted to the remaining seats under management quota.

The state follows the NEET-based rank list and applies 69% reservation. CMC Vellore has been exempted from the process this year.

The government prospectus for management quota says, “For admission to MBBS/ BDS courses under management quota including NRI seats in self-financing medical/ dental colleges in Tamil Nadu and Christian Medical College, Vellore.”

State selection secretary Dr G Selvarajan said the state had decided to make a clear demarcation this year as there was chaos and arguments during counselling last year. In 2017, the century-old college took part in the single-window counselling and admitted only one student to the MBBS course.

In 2018, during counselling, all 100 seats in the college were declared management quota seats.

“In 2019, the college will admit 12 meritorious students under the open category. Two seats will be reserved for students from scheduled caste and one for a student from the scheduled tribe. One seat will be a central government quota. In addition, 10 seats will be reserved for children of staff members of CMC Vellore,” he said.

For the remaining 74 seats, admissions will be given based on a recommendation from the missionaries attached to the institution across the country.

A senior official from CMC Vellore said that the Madras high court had directed the state not to ask private institutions to surrender seats. “We take the recommendations of the missionaries because our students serve in rural areas,” the official said.

Parents of several students in the top 1,200 ranks told TOI that they were disappointed for the second year in a row. Students say they would opt for CMC Vellore as the college charged low fees compared to most self-financing colleges. “It was on top of the list of choices as the college has good clinical material, faculty and library. But with just 12 seats, even a score above 625 in NEET is not adequate,” said Ramesh R, a parent.

While the fee structure for all self-financing colleges is fixed by the state fee fixation committee constituted by the government, fee structure for CMC will be adopted as fixed by the institution, it said. There is no fee mentioned against the government quota. Fee for management quota is ₹48,530.

“Any change in the fee will be intimated on the official website,” it said. Fee for other colleges in the management quota is ₹12.5 lakh.

Health minister C Vijayabaskar said that the state government would do its best to get the government quota seats from CMC Vellore. “We will do our best to sort this out before counselling,” he said.

In 2017, the century-old college took part in the single-window counselling and admitted only one student to MBBS course. In 2018, during counselling, all 100 seats in the college were declared management quota seats

Sympathy can never be allowed to substitute Justice, Delhi High Court Aditi Singh June 5 2019 

07.06.2019

 In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court stated that sympathy would not persuade it to grant justice that would fly in the face of statutory provisions.

“Sympathy can never be allowed to substitute justice”, the Court said.

The observations were recorded in a judgment passed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar in a petition filed by a student suffering from an ailment known as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

The petitioner sought a direction to the Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) to issue an admit card in his name for the upcoming examinations. He had taken admission in the B.Com (Hons) Course at an institute affiliated to GGSIPU. Despite suffering from the ailment, the petitioner successfully cleared the examinations in the first three semesters of the course.

However, owing to the fact that the he had attended only 21% of the classes in the fourth semester, the GGSIPU refused to issue him an admit card for the upcoming examinations.

The petitioner had approached the GGSIPU with a request that his case be treated as a special case, in view of his long-standing medical history. After the request was not entertained, the petitioner moved the Delhi High Court.

The Court noted that the writ petition itself admitted that as per Clause 9.1 of the Ordinance governing the GGSIPU, a student was required to attend 75 percent classes in order to be eligible to appear in the end semester examination. The Ordinance permitted relaxation of only up to 5 percent, with the express stipulation that a student who has aggregate attendance of less than 70 percent in a semester shall not be allowed to give the end semester examination.

Further, as per Clause 9.2, a student detained for shortage of attendance was mandated to take re-admission in the semester for which his attendance fell short. Such a student would have to repeat all papers of the said semester. The University argued that this was the only course of action available to the petitioner.

The Court observed that the petitioner’s claim effectively rested “solely on the ground of sympathy”.

Relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in Ashok Kumar Thakur v. University of H.P, it was recorded that a Court cannot direct or compel an authority to do something which is beyond its legal competence.

The Court observed that although certain prescriptions and discharge summaries were submitted, there was no prescription or documents which would explain the petitioner’s shortage of attendance in the 4th semester of his B.Com (Hons) course, which commenced in January 2019.

In any event, the Court said, it was not possible for it to issue any mandamus to GGSIPU in direct contravention of Clauses 9.1 and 9.2 of the Ordinance.

“This Court regrets, therefore, that it is unable to offer any succour to the petitioner, though it sympathises with his condition.

Sympathy must always inform and temper, but can never be allowed to substitute, justice.”

The writ petition was thus dismissed in limine without any costs.

The petitioner was represented by Advocates Subodh K Pathak, Shashi Ranjan and Adil.

The University was represented by Advocate Jasbir Bidhuri.

Delhi High Court acquits person convicted in 2002 for demanding Rs 250 bribe Aditi Singh June 7 2019

The Delhi High Court recently acquitted a person who was convicted in 2002 for demanding a bribe of Rs. 250.

The judgment was passed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice RK Gauba in an appeal preferred by one Jagan Nath, who was working with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as munshi of a cattle pound in Malviya Nagar.

The complainant in the case, Jeet Ram, had alleged that in July 1991, the appellant had demanded Rs 250 as illegal gratification for the release of his cow, which was taken and kept at the appellant’s cattle pound. Thereafter, an FIR was registered by the CBI and a trap was laid which involved two independent witnesses.

As per the prosecution’s case, during the trap, the appellant reiterated the demand for the bribe and accepted the bribe money in the form of two currency notes of Rs 100 each and one currency note of Rs 50 denomination. The amount was recovered from the inner pocket of his trousers.

The Court was further informed that the currency notes in question had been treated with phenolphthalein powder in the pre-trap preparatory proceedings.

Upon analysis by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), the hands and inner trouser pocket of the appellant gave a positive test for the presence of phenolphthalein powder, which corroborated the acceptance of bribe money.

The trial court thereafter held the appellant guilty as charged based on the evidence gathered during the course of the investigation.

The appellant was convicted for offences under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year with a fine of Rs 250. He was subsequently released on bail, and the sentence was suspended.

After analysing the case, the High Court observed that the complainant “majorly contradicted” his own complaint while deposing before the trial court. Since the complainant denied meeting the appellant the first time when the demand for a bribe was made, the Court stated that the “very foundation of the case leading to the trap” was turned on its head.

The Court further noted that the shadow witness sent by the CBI “would not talk” of the nature of money which was asked by the appellant. In fact, he did not speak of any conversation about the demand of bribe or money other than the legal charges being asked for, the Court said.

The Court stated that the duties of the appellant were to look after the cattle brought to the pound by other municipal staff and to release them upon municipal charges being deposited.

In this light, the Court recorded that the evidence on record, as noted in the judgment, showed that the amount of Rs 250 was not the only money which was recovered from the appellant.

During the appellant’s personal search, an amount of Rs. 2,978 – which represented the municipal charges collected by him as part of his official duties – was also recovered.

The Court observed that there was “a whole a lot of confusion” as to whether the three currency notes amounting to Rs. 250 were recovered along with Rs. 2978 or separately. It further observed that the shadow witness was also not clear about the recovery of the money during the personal search.

“It appears unnatural that the first search would reveal possession of only the bribe money and after such recovery had been effected, the personal search (for the purpose of arrest) would bring out larger amount of money. The sequence of events, as set out in the prosecution case, evoke uneasy feeling as to its credibility, particularly when two crucial witnesses mentioned above are not very sure about the two separate recoveries. This discrepancy is of import as the larger money concededly represented official collections.”

The Court further stated that the trial judge seemed to have proceeded on the assumption that the detention of the cow itself was illegal. Thus, the appellant could not be held responsible for the act, as the municipal official who had brought the cow to the cattle pound for detention would be accountable. However, no effort was made to investigate the case from this perspective, the Court recorded.

Given the facts and circumstances, the Delhi High Court concluded that the possibility that the money demanded by the appellant, as spoken about by the shadow witness, was the municipal charges, could not be ruled out.

Therefore, giving the appellant the benefit of the doubt, the Court set aside the judgment and acquitted the appellant.

The appellant was represented by Advocates Sumer Sethi and Dolly Sharma.

CBI was represented by SPP Nikhil Goel with Advocates Aniruddha Deshmukh and Dushyant Sarna.

இணைப்புக் கட்டணம் செலுத்தாத 109 கல்வியியல் கல்லூரிகள்: மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு முன்பாக செலுத்த கடைசிக் கெடு

By DIN | Published on : 07th June 2019 03:09 AM |

பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கான இணைப்புக் கட்டணத்தை பல ஆண்டுகளாக செலுத்தாத 109 ஆசிரியர் கல்வியியல் (பி.எட்.) கல்லூரிகள், இந்தக் கல்வியாண்டு மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு முன்பாக அந்தக் கட்டணம் முழுவதையும் செலுத்த வேண்டும் என தமிழ்நாடு ஆசிரியர் கல்வியியல் பல்கலைக்கழகம் கடைசி அவகாசம் அளித்துள்ளது.

அவ்வாறு செலுத்தத் தவறினால், மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான அனுமதி மறுக்கப்படும் எனவும் பல்கலைக்கழகம் எச்சரித்துள்ளது.


தமிழ்நாடு ஆசிரியர் கல்வியியல் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் கீழ் 500-க்கும் அதிகமான பி.எட். (கல்வியியல்) கல்லூரிகள் இயங்கி வருகின்றன. இந்தக் கல்லூரிகள் பல்கலைக்கழக இணைப்புக் கட்டணமாக மூன்று கல்வியாண்டுகளுக்கு ரூ. 1 லட்சம் வீதம் பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு செலுத்த வேண்டும்.

ஆனால், பல கல்லூரிகள் இந்தக் கட்டணத்தை செலுத்தாமலே இருந்து வந்துள்ளன. இதுதொடர்பாக பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆய்வு மேற்கொண்டபோது, 122 கல்வியியல் கல்லூரிகள் பல ஆண்டுகளாக இணைப்புக் கட்டணத்தை செலுத்தாமல், பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் வசதிகளைப் பெற்று வந்திருப்பது கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்தக் கல்லூரிகள், அபராதத் தொகையுடன் சேர்த்து ரூ. 1 லட்சம் முதல் ரூ. 8 லட்சம் வரை இணைப்பு கட்டணம் நிலுவை வைத்திருப்பதும் தெரியவந்தது.

இந்த 122 கல்லூரிகளின் பட்டியலை, செலுத்த வேண்டிய கட்டணத்துடன் சேர்த்து பல்கலைக்கழக இணையதளத்தில் கடந்த மே 6-ஆம் தேதி வெளியிட்ட பல்கலைக்கழகப் பதிவாளர், "மே 10-ஆம் தேதிக்குள் இந்த நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்த வேண்டும். இல்லையெனில், பல்கலைக்கழக இணைப்பு அந்தஸ்து உள்ளிட்ட வசதிகள் ரத்து செய்யப்படும்' என எச்சரித்திருந்தார். இந்த கால அவகாசம் முடிவடைந்த நிலையில், ஒருசில கல்லூரிகள் மட்டுமே நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்தின. ஆனால், 109 கல்லூரிகள் செலுத்தவில்லை.

அதனைத் தொடர்ந்து, இந்த 109 பி.எட். கல்லூரிகளின் பட்டியலை கடந்த திங்கள்கிழமை வெளியிட்ட பல்கலைக்கழகம், நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்த மீண்டும் வியாழக்கிழமை வரை கால அவகாசம் அளித்தது. இந்த கால அவகாசமும் முடிவடைந்த நிலையில், 109 கல்லூரிகளும் நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்தவில்லை.

இப்போது மூன்றாவது வாய்ப்பாக 2019-20 கல்வியாண்டு மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு முன்பாக, நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்தவேண்டும் என கால அவகாசத்தை பல்கலைக்கழகம் மீண்டும் நீட்டித்துள்ளது.

இதுகுறித்து பல்கலைக்கழகப் பதிவாளர் (பொறுப்பு) வி.பாலகிருஷ்ணன் கூறியது:

பல ஆண்டுகளாக பல்கலைக்கழக இணைப்புக் கட்டணம் செலுத்தாத 122 கல்லூரிகளுக்கு, நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்த இரண்டு முறை கால அவகாசம் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. இதில் ஒருசில கல்லூரிகள் மட்டுமே தொகையைச் செலுத்தியுள்ளன. இப்போது 109 கல்லூரிகள் நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்தவில்லை. 2019-20 கல்வியாண்டு மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு முன்பாக, நிலுவைத் தொகையைச் செலுத்தவேண்டும் என கூடுதல் அவகாசம் அளிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.

அதன் பிறகும் நிலுவைத் தொகையை கல்லூரிகள் செலுத்தவில்லை எனில், இந்த விவகாரத்தை பல்கலைக்கழக ஆட்சிக் குழுவுக்கு எடுத்துச் சென்று, மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு அனுமதி மறுப்பது உள்ளிட்ட நடவடிக்கைகள் எடுக்கப்படும் என்றார்.

‛'நீட்' எழுத டாக்டருக்குஉயர்நீதிமன்றம் அனுமதி

Added : ஜூன் 07, 2019 03:17

மதுரை:தஞ்சாவூர் பட்டுக்கோட்டை டாக்டர் சதீஷ்குமார் உயர்நீதிமன்ற மதுரைக் கிளையில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனு :

எம்.டி.,(குழந்தைகள் நல மருத்துவம்) முடித்துள்ளேன். இதை படித்தவர்கள் எம்.டி., (புற்றுநோய் மருத்துவம்) படிப்பிற்கான நீட் (சூப்பர் ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி-எஸ்.எஸ்.,) தேர்வில் பங்கேற்க முடியாது என இந்திய மருத்துவக் கவுன்சில், முதுகலை மருத்துவப் படிப்பு விதிகளில் 2019 ல் திருத்தம் கொண்டுவந்தது. இது சட்டவிரோதம். அதை ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும். தேர்வில் பங்கேற்க என்னை அனுமதிக்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு மனு செய்தார்.'
'நீதிபதிகள் கே.ரவிச்சந்திரபாபு, செந்தில்குமார் ராமமூர்த்தி அமர்வு : மனுதாரரை 2019 நீட் (எஸ்.எஸ்.,) தேர்வில் பங்கேற்க அனுமதிக்க வேண்டும். இந்த இடைக்கால உத்தரவு காரணமாக அதை தகுதியாகக் கொண்டு, மனுதாரர் எவ்வித உரிமையும் கோர முடியாது. இறுதி உத்தரவைப் பொறுத்து அமையும். விசாரணை 3 வாரம் ஒத்திவைக்கப்படுகிறது என்றனர்.

மதுரை மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் மேற்படிப்புக்கு கூடுதல் 'சீட்'

Added : ஜூன் 07, 2019 03:26

மதுரை:மதுரை அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் மேலும் இரு மேற்படிப்புகளுக்கு கூடுதல் இடங்களை ஒதுக்கி இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

மதுரை அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் 10 வகையான சிறப்பு மேற்படிப்புகளுக்கும் இடங்களை அதிகரித்து வழங்க கோரிக்கை விடுக்கப்பட்டது. இருகட்ட ஆய்வு நடத்திய இந்திய மருத்துவக் கவுன்சில் எட்டு மேற்படிப்புகளுக்கு இடங்களை அதிகரித்தது.அதன்படி டி.எம்., படிப்பில் இரைப்பை குடலியல் மருத்துவ பிரிவுக்கு 2, சிறுநீரகவியல் பிரிவுக்கு 4, புற்றுநோயியல் பிரிவுக்கு 2, இதயவியல் பிரிவுக்கு 5, நரம்பியல் பிரிவுக்கு 5, உட்சுரப்பியியல் பிரிவுக்கு 2, எம்.சிஎச்., படிப்பில் சிறுநீரகவியல் பிரிவுக்கு 4, புற்றுநோயியல் அறுவை பிரிவுக்கு 4 இடங்கள் கூடுதலாக ஒதுக்கப்பட்டன.

எம்.சிஎச்., படிப்பில் இரைப்பை குடலியல் அறுவை மற்றும் ரத்தநாள சுரப்பிகள் அறுவை பிரிவுக்கு மட்டும் கூடுதல் இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்படவில்லை. தற்போது இரைப்பை குடலியல் பிரிவுக்கு 3, ரத்தநாள சுரப்பிகள் பிரிவுக்கு 2 இடங்கள் கூடுதலாக வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

பேராசிரியர்கள் கூறுகையில், 'ஏற்கனவே எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிப்புக்கு கூடுதலாக 100 இடங்களை பெற்றுள்ளோம். இப்போது மேற்படிப்புகளுக்கும் கூடுதலாக 30 இடங்கள் கிடைத்திருப்பது மகிழ்ச்சி. அதிகரிக்கப்பட்ட இடங்களுக்கு நடப்பாண்டில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கப்படுவர்' என்றனர்

மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளில் கண்காணிப்பாளர் மருத்துவ அலுவலர் பணிக்கு தனி அந்தஸ்து தமிழக சுகாதாரத்துறை திட்டம்

Added : ஜூன் 07, 2019 02:43

சிவகங்கை:அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி மருத்துவமனைகளில் துணை முதல்வர், மருத்துவ கண்காணிப்பாளர், நிலைய மருத்துவ (ஆர்.எம்.ஓ.,) அலுவலர் பணியிடங்களை நிர்வாக நலன் கருதி இப்பணியிடங்களுக்கு தனி அந்தஸ்து வழங்க சுகாதாரத்துறை திட்டமிட்டுள்ளது.

தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி மருத்துவமனைகளில் துணை முதல்வர், கண்காணிப்பாளர், நிலைய மருத்துவ அலுவலர் பணியிடங்களில், துறை பேராசிரியர், சிறப்பு பிரிவு டாக்டர்கள் பதிவு மூப்பின் அடிப்படையில் கூடுதல் பணியிடமாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டனர். இதனால் கல்லுாரி மற்றும் மருத்துவமனைகளில் சிகிச்சை அளிப்பது, நிர்வாக ரீதியிலான பிரச்னைகளை சமாளிப்பதில் சிரமம் ஏற்பட்டது.

இதை தவிர்க்க சீனியர் டாக்டர்கள், பேராசிரியர்களிடம் நிர்வாக பணியில் மட்டுமே ஈடுபட கண்காணிப்பாளர், நிலைய மருத்துவ அலுவலருக்கு விருப்பத்தை சுகாதாரத்துறை கேட்டு வருகிறது.கவுன்சிலிங்கிற்கு பின் நியமனம் மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்குனர் எட்வின்ஜோ கூறியதாவது: நிர்வாகம், கல்வி ஆகிய இரண்டிலும் எவ்வித பாதிப்பும் ஏற்படக்கூடாது.
இதற்காக நிர்வாக பணியில் மட்டுமே துணை முதல்வர், கண்காணிப்பாளர், மருத்துவ அலுவலர்கள் ஈடுபடவேண்டும் என இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் (எம்.சி.ஐ.,) அறிவுரை வழங்கியுள்ளது. இதன்படி கல்லுாரி துணை முதல்வர் பணியிடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டு விட்டன. டாக்டர்களுக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்து முடிந்ததும், நிர்வாக ரீதியாக மட்டுமே செயல்பட கண்காணிப்பாளர், நிலைய மருத்துவ அலுவலர்களை அரசு நியமிக்கும், என்றார்.

பறிபோகிறது 250 மருத்துவ சீட்

Added : ஜூன் 07, 2019 02:33

சென்னை: தமிழகத்தில், உயர்கல்வி மாணவர் சேர்க்கையில், இந்த ஆண்டு, பொருளாதாரத்தில் நலிந்த பிரிவினருக்கான, 10 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீடு அமலாகவில்லை. அதனால், 250 இடங்கள் பறிபோகும் நிலை உருவாகியுள்ளது.

மத்திய அரசின் புதிய சட்டப்படி, பொருளாதாரத்தில் நலிந்த பிரிவினருக்கு, கல்வி, வேலை வாய்ப்பில், 10 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்கப்பட வேண்டும்.இதன் வாயிலாக, முன்னேறிய பிரிவினருக்கு, கூடுதல் இடங்கள் கிடைக்கும். இதை, அனைத்து மாநிலங்களும் பின்பற்றவும் அறிவுறுத்தப் பட்டுள்ளது.

மருத்துவ படிப்பில் மட்டும், 10 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதற்காக, ஒவ்வொரு மாநிலத்துக்கும், கூடுதலாக, 25 சதவீத இடங்கள் வழங்கப்படுகின்றன. ஆனால், தமிழகத்தில் மட்டும், பொருளாதாரத்தில் நலிந்தோருக்கான இட ஒதுக்கீடு முறை, இந்த ஆண்டு அமலுக்கு வரவில்லை. இடஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதற்கான, அரசாணை எதுவும் இதுவரை பிறப்பிக்கப்படவில்லை.

எனவே, தமிழக மாணவர்களுக்கு, மத்திய அரசிடம் இருந்து கிடைக்க வேண்டிய, 250 மருத்துவ இடங்கள் பறிபோகும் அபாயம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. அதேபோல, இன்ஜினியரிங், ஆர்கிடெக்ட், கால்நடை மருத்துவம் என, பல்வேறு படிப்புகளுக்கான, மத்திய அரசின் இடங்களும், சலுகைகளும், இந்த கல்வி ஆண்டில் கிடைக்காமல் போகும்.

Opposition to NEET gains momentum in Tamil Nadu

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | A ARUL PALANI

Published  Jun 7, 2019, 2:51 am IST

Tamil Nadu has about 4,000 MBBS seats in 24 government and 14 private medical colleges.

The students hailing from urban region have better educational facilities. The competitive examination is based on the syllabus of CBSE as opposed to the state's syllabus.

Chennai: Opposition to the NEET has gained momentum in the State with political parties, educationists and social activists raising their voices against it after three medical course aspirant girls committed suicide. They resorted to the extreme step soon after learning that they were not qualified in Neet-2019.

Tamil Nadu has about 4,000 MBBS seats in 24 government and 14 private medical colleges. The State allots central quota of 15 per cent of total seats in MBBS and BDS and 50 per cent in PG medical courses.

Neet examination was introduced in the state amid stiff opposition from the people in 2016. Various political parties expressed their opposition and opposed the Centre for refusing to consider the interests of the people in Tamil Nadu. The 'discriminatory' NEET has allegedly claimed the lives of three lives of medical course aspirants in Tamil Nadu within two days. Earlier, S Anitha and S Prathiba - took their lives after not being able to clear Neet, even though they had passed the 10+2 Examination with distinction in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

Neet has become an emotional issue in the State and there has been hue and cry soon after death of Anitha in 2017. It has been considered discriminatory against students from rural areas and students from government schools, who are pitted against those coming from the urban areas across the country.

The students hailing from urban region have better educational facilities. The competitive examination is based on the syllabus of CBSE as opposed to the state's syllabus.

Dr.G. R. Ravindranath, General Secretary of Doctor's Association for Social Equality, said the Central Government has "clandestinely violated" the reservation policy followed in the country by "cleverly preparing" a separate list for All-India rank and another list for 'Unreserved' category.

Normally the candidates who secured high marks and belonged to all the categories, including OBC, SC and STs, would be included in the All India merit list or Open Merit List and another list - 'Reserved Category', would include the candidates who secured high marks in OBC, SC and STs categories. However, the Centre has violated provisions of the Constitution by introducing 'Unreserved' category. Neet is against the social equality, he said.

Besides, MBBS and Dental courses, the students from State would be discriminated in the admission into Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy, consist of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy as the state government has decided to conduct admission for these courses taking into consideration the marks scored by the aspirants in Neet-2019, from the current academic year onward.

Prior to the introduction of the Neet, at least 20 to 30 students from Government schools got admission into medical courses in the State.

After Neet this has come down to only 2. It may be noted that only 2 students from government schools secured admission into medical colleges in 2017, through the NEET examination and last year it was just 4 students. This year, it is not known the scores of students and no Tamil students secured a berth in the top 50 merit list.

Prince Gajendra Babu, an educationalist says Neet is nothing but a social injustice examination. A majority of students who cleared the exam are from the north meaning they will get more medical seats in our state. A large number of students hailing from Northern India secure admission in medical colleges in the State. The students hailing from TN face hardship when they study medical courses in Northern India.

According to Ramalingam, an educationist, the government has not revised the syllabus of the students for several years. After the introduction of Neet, the Government must have revised the school curriculum suitable to Neet. The school teachers also not updated with the development and improved their teaching method. Government schools also lack infrastructures.

This year the government had not taken sincere efforts to conduct special coaching classes to the medical course aspiring students. Even the crash course was conducted after the 10+2 final examination. Golden period was lost, he added.

Dr.G. R.Ravindranath says "we want the State to be exempted from Neet and highlighting this Tamil Nadu sent two Bills to the Centre for approval. President has not signed these Bills. All the political parties, social activists and people must unite together and fight for exemption the State from the Neet.

Neet politics consumes one more life in Tamil Nadu

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | YAMUNA. R

PublishedJun 7, 2019, 2:19 am IST

M. Monisha took her life after she could not crack the exam for the second time.

On June 5, S. Ritusree and N. Vaishiya of Tirupur and Pattukottai respectively ended their lives following their failure in Neet.

Villupuram/ Chennai: An 18-year-old girl hanged herself at home near Villupuram on Thursday after failing to clear the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Neet), a day after two girls ended their lives in Tamil Nadu for the same reason. A total of three girls have committed suicide within two days in the state after the Neet results were declared.

These deaths could have been avoided — not by scrapping Neet as some politicians irresponsibly claim — but by a combined effort by the parents/families, the educational institutions, the government and the society, insist expert counselors dealing with depression among young people.

M. Monisha took her life after she could not crack the exam for the second time. "She could not succeed in her previous attempt last year and the girl this year has got a very low score in Neet," PTI quoted a Villpuram district police official as saying.

The student, belonging to the fishermen community at Koonimedu Kuppam near Marakkanam, had completed Class 12 from a reputed school at Tiruchengode in Erode district. She studied hard for the exam for a year and was dejected due to her failure. Also, preliminary enquiries revealed that her mother had died recently. She was close to her father and might have felt he would be dejected by her failure, the official said.

On June 5, S. Ritusree and N. Vaishiya of Tirupur and Pattukottai respectively ended their lives following their failure in Neet.

In 2017, Anitha of Ariyalur district had committed suicide following her failure to clear the NEET and it led to protests and widespread demands from the opposition politicians urging the Centre to exempt Tamil Nadu from Neet.

All these young women need not have died, if only their families and the society had not cast heavy burden upon them to prove themselves by succeeding in NEET. The parents and family expect too much from the child, even without properly assessing his/her interests and capabilities. There is always someone else on the race track to be compared with in the perennial contest to win the approval of the parent, the teacher and the society.

"There is a very depressing mood at home if the boy/girl fails in the competitive exam and sullen looks from all around, at a time when the parent and the others in the family should reach out to the kid and tell him/her that the world is not lost if he/she has failed in NEET, that there is surely another shot at the exam, or there are multiple other career choices", says Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar of Sneha Suicide Prevention Centre at Chennai. The Centre has been doing yeomen service to the youth in helping them to come out of their depression and face life with new confidence, thus preventing many suicides over the years.
(With PTI reports)

Tamil Nadu government allows shops to remain open 24 hours a day

According to the order, an employee will not be allowed to work for more than eight hours a day and 48 hours in any week.

Published: 07th June 2019 12:17 AM 

By IANS

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has allowed shops with a minimum of 10 employees to be open 24 hours all days in a year, subject to certain conditions. A government order was issued recently.

According to the order issued under the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishment Act 1947, all shops and establishments employing 10 or more persons can be kept open for 24 hours all days in a year for a period of three years from May 28.

As per the order, every employee will be given one-day holiday on rotational basis and wages, including overtime wages, are to be credited to the employee's bank account.

According to the order, an employee will not be allowed to work for more than eight hours a day and 48 hours in any week. The period of work for an employee in a day will not exceed ten-and-a-half hours, including overtime and 57 hours in a week.


The order states that penal action will be taken in case of violation.

In respect of woman employees, she will not be allowed to work after 8 p.m. on any day in normal circumstances. A woman employee can be allowed to work between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. after getting a written consent and provision of adequate protection for her dignity, honour and safety.

Transport facility will be provided to a woman employee if she works in shifts and there should be rest room, lockers, wash rooms and other basic amenities.

18-year-old Tamil Nadu girl kills self after failing NEET, third from state this year
On June 5, S Ritusree and N Vaishiya of Tirupur and Pattukottai respectively ended their lives following their failure in NEET.

Published: 06th June 2019 06:16 PM |

By PTI

VILLUPURAM: An 18-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself in her house near here Thursday after failing to clear the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, a day after two girls ended their lives in Tamil Nadu for the same reason.

The suicides have prompted Tamil Nadu opposition parties to strongly pitch for exempting the State from the test, a two-year-old demand.

A total of three girls have committed suicide within two days in the state after the NEET results were declared.

M Monisha took her life after she could not crack the exam for the second time this year.


"She could not succeed in her previous attempt last year and the girl this year has got a very low score in NEET," a district police official told PTI.

The student, belonging to Koonimedu Kuppam near Marakkanam in this district, had completed her Class 12 from a reputed school at Tiruchengode in Erode district.

4th Saturdays to be government holiday in Karnataka, casual leaves cut
The cabinet also decided to bring down the number of casual leaves from the existing 15 days to ten for the government employees.

Published: 07th June 2019 01:35 AM |

By PTI

BENGALURU: Karnataka Cabinet Thursday decided to declare fourth Saturdays a holiday for state government employees in addition to second Saturdays.

The in-principle decision was taken based on a recommendation of the state Pay Commission, Rural Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said.

The cabinet also decided to bring down the number of casual leaves from the existing 15 days to ten for the government employees, he told reporters here.

He said that in 2011 the Pay Commission had recommended five-day week and the recent pay panel also stuck to it.



Though the Cabinet discussed about reducing festival and other holidays such as on the occasion of 'jayantis', it felt such a move might hurt sentiments of certain sections.

It was decided to reduce the number of days of casual leave, he added.

He said whether the changes will be implemented immediately or from next year will be decided after discussions with the Chief Minister.

The cabinet also decided to go for counselling through a computerised system for transfer of group C and D government employees to bring in transparency.

A draft Bill to this effect was approved.

Among the other decisions, it resolved to outsource the maintenance of pure drinking water units by calling for tender.

As many as 16,000 pure drinking water units out of the 18,000 approved by the Rural Development department had been installed across the state at taluk levels, Gowda said adding there was no clear policy on their maintenance.

The cabinet asked the Chief Secretary to implement an ordinance promulgated to protect the interests of gazetted officers in 1998 in a way that it does not affect the promotions of officers recruited in subsequent years.

On whether the cabinet discussed about the opposition to its last week decision on sale of 3,667 acres of land to JSW Steel, Gowda said, the issue did not come up.

Differently abled topper hopes to get into AIIMS

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JUNE 07, 2019 00:00 IST

Karvanna Prabu K.K., who has scored 572 and been ranked fifth among the male candidates with physical handicap in the country in NEET, wants to study in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences or Jipmer.

Hailing from Karur, Prabu is the son of Kannan, a surgeon and his mother, Kousalya, is a gynaecologist.

The couple run a clinic in Karur.

Prabu has locomotor disability, caused by congenital cerebral palsy. “My disability is 60% but I am mobile,” says the candidate who completed Class 10 from a State Board school with 491 marks. He switched to a CBSE stream school in Namakkal with the aim of writing NEET. He scored 476 in class 12.

“I was a day scholar and lived with my grandparents,” says Prabu, who has taken both AIIMS and Jipmer entrance tests.

He says he concentrated only on NEET though his school offered him an integrated coaching for the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology. On the coaching, he said the school had hired experts from outside to teach them to crack NEET.

Workshop for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons in the city

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JUNE 07, 2019 00:00 IST

400 specialists from across the world expected to attend

This weekend a workshop for cardiologists and cardiac surgeons will be held in the city.

At the workshop, expected to be attended by experts from Asia, Europe, United States and Australia, the specialists would discuss a method that will be most beneficial to patients.

The ‘Sentient Summit’ will see participation by 400 cardiologists and cardiac surgeons from across the world. The event will have discussions on current breakthroughs in cardiac care technology, said Sai Satish, interventional cardiologist attached to Apollo Hospitals. The summit would discuss how valve therapies can be made less invasive for patients. It would also explore how to make procedures more effective and viable in countries like India where many patients do not have medical insurance and have to pay out of their own pocket. Dr. Satish said often people may require a particular kind of treatment and not necessarily an open heart surgery. The kind of procedure needed could be decided if the surgeon and the cardiologist together discuss the treatment options available for patients.

An international trainer for transcatheter aortic valve programmes, Dr. Satish is hoping to introduce the concept of a ‘heart team’ which will include the patient, the referring physician, the intervention cardiologist, cardiac surgeon and cardiac anaesthetist.

There will be discussions on current breakthroughs in cardiac care technology

Sai Satish

Interventional cardiologist attached to Apollo Hospitals

Competition will be tougher for MBBS and BDS seats

R. Sujatha

CHENNAI, JUNE 07, 2019 00:00 IST

3,350 seats available in govt. colleges, 1,600 in private colleges

Candidates can apply online for MBBS/BDS seats in the State government’s medical colleges from June 7 to 20, the Directorate of Medical Education has said.

Aspirants will be able to download application forms from Friday, said G. Selvarajan, medical education selection secretary. Candidates can approach the medical colleges, e-seva centres or engineering colleges in the case of 11 districts that do not have a medical college, he said.

The competition for medical seats will be tougher this year since 82,480 more students have qualified when compared to last year, across the country.

The cut off has gone up by 15 marks in the general category and by 11 marks for the physically handicapped students.

The good news is that the Medical Council of India had given approval to several government colleges in various States to increase seats.

Tamil Nadu will have 3,350 seats in government medical colleges besides around 1,600 seats in self-financing colleges. This year, the State has planned to commission a new government medical college at Karur and is awaiting approval for 150 seats. The Madurai and Tirunelveli medical colleges have each added 100 seats.

Among self-financing medical colleges, the Kovai Medical Centre Hospital is expected to get the nod to admit 150 students.

While 15% of the seats will be surrendered to the central pool for which counselling will be done by the Directorate of Health Services the rest of the seats will be allocated to the State’s candidates based on a merit list derived by the State. It is anticipated that the cut off in government medical colleges would also go up significantly.

Compensation sought

The Doctors’ Association for Social Equality has called for 50% allocation of seats in medical colleges for students of government schools.

It has demanded that the government seek exemption from admitting students to colleges offering Indian medicine systems of education through NEET.

G.R. Ravindranath, general secretary, has urged the Chief Minister to provide Rs. 50 lakh to the family of students who committed suicide following their failure to qualify in NEET.

The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2019 committee, under the aegis of the Directorate of Technical Education, will start the certificate verification process on Friday at the 45 TNEA facilitation centres (TFCs) in the State.

Candidates would have an opportunity to watch a video presentation on the online counselling process. Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbalagan said the video would be screened at all TFCs for the benefit of aspirants.

“Every aspirant can apply for all the colleges listed in the prospectus if they so wish. Last time, the students had lost an opportunity by not choosing more colleges. We found that most students had chosen only five or six colleges. In some cases only 10 colleges,” he added.