4 லட்சம் கூடுதல் படுக்கைகள் அக்., முதல் கிடைக்கும்: கோயல்

Added : ஜூலை 11, 2019 06:13 |

புதுடில்லி,: 'பசுமை தொழில்நுட்ப பயன்பாட்டிற்கு மாறுவதன் மூலம், அக்டோபர் முதல், தினமும், 4 லட்சம், 'பெர்த்'கள் எனப்படும், படுக்கை இடங்கள், பயணியருக்கு கிடைக்கும்' என, ரயில்வே அறிவித்து உள்ளது.
இது பற்றி ரயில்வே உயர் அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவது:இப்போது, ஒவ்வொரு ரயில்களின் கடைசியிலும், மின்சாரம் வழங்கும், 'பவர் கார்' என, அழைக்கப்படும், இரண்டு பெட்டிகள் இணைக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளன. இதில், டீசல் மூலம், மின் உற்பத்தி செய்யப்பட்டு, ரயில் பெட்டிகளுக்கு வழங்கப்படுகிறது.'ஏசி' வசதியில்லாத பெட்டிகளுக்கு மின்சாரம் வழங்க, பவர் காருக்கு, ஒரு மணி நேரத்துக்கு, 40 லிட்டர் டீசல் தேவைப்படுகிறது. ஏசி பெட்டிகள் என்றால், 65 - 70 லிட்டர் மின்சாரம் தேவைப்படுகிறது.ஒரு லிட்டர் டீசலுக்கு, 3 யூனிட் மின்சாரம் உற்பத்தியாகும். ஏசி வசதியில்லாத பெட்டிகளுக்கு, மணிக்கு, 120 யூனிட் மின்சாரம் தேவை.

இப்போது, உலக நாடுகள் பலவற்றிலும், ரயிலுக்கு மேல் செல்லும் மின்னழுத்த கம்பிகளிலிருந்து, மின்சாரம் பெறப்பட்டு, அது, ரயில் பெட்டிகளுக்கு வினியோகிக்கப்படுகிறது.இந்த முறையில், சுற்றுச்சூழல் மாசடைவது குறைகிறது. ஏனெனில், இதில், காற்று மற்றும் ஒலி மாசு ஏற்படாது. இந்த முறைக்கு, ரயில் பெட்டிகள் மாற்றப்பட்டால், ரயில்வேக்கு, டீசல் செலவில், ஆண்டுக்கு, 6 ஆயிரம் கோடி ரூபாய்மிச்சமாகும்,இதனால், இந்த புதிய முறைக்கு, ரயில்களை மாற்ற முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டு, பணிகள் நடந்து வருகின்றன.வரும் அக்டோபர் மாதம், 5 ஆயிரம் ரயில் பெட்டிகள், இந்த புதிய முறையில் இயக்கப்படும். இதனால், ரயில்களில், பவர் கார் இணைக்கப்பட வேண்டிய அவசியம் இருக்காது. அதற்கு பதில் கூடுதல் பெட்டிகளை இணைக்கலாம்.அதனால், அக்டோபர் முதல், பயணியருக்கு தினமும், 4 லட்சம் படுக்கைகள் கூடுதலாக கிடைக்கும். இதனால், ரயில்வேக்கும் வருமானம் அதிகரிக்கும்.இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.
தனியார்மயமாகாது

ரயில்வேயை தனியார்மயம் ஆக்கும் என்ற பேச்சுக்கே இடமில்லை. இதுவரை, எந்த பயணியர் ரயிலும், தனியார் இயக்க, ஒப்பந்தம் வழங்கப்படவில்லை. இந்த ஆண்டு, ஏப்., 1ம் தேதி வரை, 21 ஆயிரத்து, 443 கி.மீ., துாரத்துக்கு, 189 புதிய ரயில் திட்டங்களின் பணிகள், பல்வேறு நிலைகளில் உள்ளன.பியுஷ் கோயல், ரயில்வே அமைச்சர்

2.94 லட்சம் காலி பணியிடங்கள்

''ரயில்வேயில் காலியாக உள்ள, 2.94 லட்சம் பணியிடங்களை நிரப்பும் பணி நடந்து வருகிறது,'' என, ரயில்வே அமைச்சர் பியுஷ் கோயல் கூறினார்.லோக்சபாவில் நேற்று, கேள்வி நேரத்தின் போது, அவர் கூறியதாவது:ரயில்வேயில், ஜூன், 1ம் தேதி நிலவரப்படி, 2.98 லட்சம் பணியிடங்கள் காலியாக உள்ளன. இதில், 2.94 லட்சம் இடங்களை நிரப்பும் பணி நடந்து வருகிறது.பயிற்சியில் இருப்பவர்கள், விடுமுறையில் இருப்பவர்கள் ஆகியவற்றை கணக்கில் கொண்டு, ஊழியர்கள் தேர்வு நடந்து வருகிறது. ஊழியர்கள் தேர்வில், பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கியவர்களுக்கு, 10 சதவீதம் ஒதுக்கப்படும்.கடந்த, 1991ல், ரயில்வேயில், 16 லட்சத்து, 54 ஆயிரத்து, 985 பேர் பணியாற்றினர். 2019ல், 12 லட்சத்து, 40 ஆயிரத்து, 101 பேர் பணியாற்றுகின்றனர். ஊழியர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை குறைந்துள்ளது; ஆனால், ரயில் சேவையில் பெரும் முன்னேற்றம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது,இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

கட்டணத்தில் சலுகை ரயில்வே கோரிக்கை

Added : ஜூலை 10, 2019 22:43

புதுடில்லி : 'ரயில் கட்டண சலுகையை தாமாக முன் வந்து விட்டு கொடுக்க வேண்டும்' என, பயணியரை ரயில்வே துறை கேட்டுக் கொள்ள உள்ளது.

இது பற்றி, ரயில்வே அமைச்சக உயர் அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவது: மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள், மூத்த குடிமக்கள், மாணவர்கள், ராணுவ வீரர்கள் என பலருக்கும், ரயில்வே, கட்டண சலுகை அளித்து வருகிறது. ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி., எனப்படும் இந்திய ரயில்வே உணவு வழங்கல் மற்றும் சுற்றுலா கழக இணையதளத்தில், டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு செய்பவர்களிடம், சலுகையை விட்டு தருவதற்கான, வசதி செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கும். ரயில் நிலையங்களில், டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு செய்வதற்கான விண்ணப்பத்திலும், இத்தகைய கேள்வி இடம் பெற்றிருக்கும்.

கட்டண சலுகை வேண்டாம் என, பயணியர் தாமாக முன்வந்து தெரிவித்தால், முழுமையாக கிடைக்கும் கட்டணம் வாயிலாக, ரயில்வேக்கு பல கோடி ரூபாய் மிச்சமாகும். இது ஒரு வகையில் கட்டணத்தை மாற்றும் முயற்சி தான். இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

அத்திவரதர் தரிசனம்: இன்று,நாளை நேரம் குறைப்பு

Added : ஜூலை 11, 2019 06:42

காஞ்சிபுரம்: காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் பொது மக்கள் அத்திவரதரை தரிசிக்கும் நேரம் இன்று, நாளை குறைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.



காஞ்சிபுரம் வரதராஜ பெருமாள்கோவில் இன்று ஆனி கருட சேவை நடைபெறுகிறது. இதனைமுன்னிட்டு இன்று மாலை 5 மணி வரை மட்டுமே அத்திவரதரை தரிசிக்க பொதுமக்களுக்கு அனுமதி வழங்கப்படும் என தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.




ஜனாதிபதி வருகை

அத்திவரதரை தரிசிக்க ஜனாதபதி ராம்நாத் கோவிந்த் நாளை காஞ்சிபுரம் வர உள்ளார். இதனை முன்னிட்டு நாளை பகல் ஒரு மணி முதல் மாலை 5 மணி வரையில் பொதுமக்கள் அத்திவரதரை தரிசிக்க அனுமதிக்கப்பட மாட்டார்கள் எனவும் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. கடந்த 10 நாட்களில் அத்திவரதரை 11 லட்சம் பேர் தரிசனம் செய்துள்ளதாக மாவட்ட நிர்வாகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

Criminal action against students submitting fake certificates: C Vijayabaskar

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedJul 11, 2019, 2:28 am IST

Jul 11, 2019, 2:28 am IST

Palanivel Thiyagarajan said students from other States were securing admissions in TN by producing dual nativity certificates.

Dr. C. Vijayabaskar

CHENNAI: Health Minister Dr. C. Vijayabaskar has warned that criminal action would be initiated on those students who submit fake certificates to secure admissions in the ongoing MBBSBDS medical counselling.

Responding to an issue raised in the State Assembly on Tuesday by DMK member Palanivel Thiyagarajan, the Minister said the applications are subjected to 'hawk-eyed scrutiny' and out of 39,013 applications received, a total of 3,516 applications were rejected due to unsatisfactory information.

The minister further said that a team of officials has been appointed to verify the students' birth certificates, the parents' birth certificates, their 10th and 12th mark sheets, community certificates and ration cards to ensure the student is eligible for a seat under the State quota. He noted that the parents and students are also made to sign an affidavit stating that the student and his/her parent is liable for punishment under the law if found to provide false personal information.

Earlier, raising the issue, Palanivel Thiyagarajan said students from other States were securing admissions in TN by producing dual nativity certificates.

Govt doctors hold one-day token fast

The Federation of Government Doctors Associations have announced boycotting of out-patient service in all government hospitals across the State on July 18 if the government failed to hike their pay.

Published: 11th July 2019 04:53 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Federation of Government Doctors Associations have announced boycotting of out-patient service in all government hospitals across the State on July 18 if the government failed to hike their pay. On Wednesday, around 100 government doctors conducted a day’s token fast at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, demanding pay hike. The zonal token fast was also held at Salem and Tiruchy.

Power shutdown on Friday for maintenance

For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by TANGEDCO on Friday from 9 am to 4 pm in these following areas.

Published: 11th July 2019 06:22 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by TANGEDCO on Friday from 9 am to 4 pm in these following areas. According to a statement from TANGEDCO, the supply will resume before 4 pm if work is completed.

Rajakilpakkam  Venkatachalapathy street, Velachery main road, Durga colony 1 and 5, Kamarajapuram, Bajanai Koil Street 1 and 2, VGP Pon Nagar, Indian Bank, Kalamegam street, Bharathidasam street, State bank colony.

Porur
Part of Mount Poonamallee Road, Shakthi Nagar, Parvathi Avenue, Somasundhara avenue, Ganesh Avenue, Aadibagavan Nagar, Kaviya garden, Sterling Avenue, Part of Kundrathur main road, Ambal Nagar, Vanniyar street, Palayakara street, Mangala Nagar, Ramamoorthi Avenue, part of RE Nagar.

137 students allotted MBBS seats in Madurai Medical College

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 11, 2019 00:00 IST

Out of a total 213 seats, 137 students have been allotted seats to Madurai Medical College under the State quota, with 63 admissions, according to its Dean K. Vanitha.

Five candidates have been allocated seats under the All-India category with 32 vacancies. They will get filled in further rounds of counselling, Dr. Vanitha said here on Wednesday.

Only T.N. students will get MBBS merit seats: Vijaya Baskar

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 11, 2019 00:00 IST

A strict mechanism in place to scrutinise documents

Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar assured the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday that any student who does not have nativity in the State will not be allowed to participate in the counselling for government quota seats for medical admissions.

He was responding to a calling attention motion moved by DMK MLA P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan. On Wednesday, he brought the issue to the attention of the Minister that students whose names were in the merit list of other States as well were participating in the counselling in Tamil Nadu.

Replying to the motion, Dr. Vijaya Baskar said the government and the officials were extremely vigilant on the issue. “For the merit seats in the State government quota, 39,013 applications were received. We have put in place a strict mechanism to scrutinise documents that include nativity certificates,” he said.

The Minister said 3,616 applications were declared ineligible during the scrutiny based on the documents submitted. “After the MLA (Mr. Thigarajan) brought this issue to our notice yesterday, two students were found ineligible, two were absent and two were found genuine,” he said.

Dr. Vijaya Baskar said self affidavits were being taken from the students that the information being provided by them is true. If it was found to be false, they could be expelled any time during the course period and criminal action, including filing police cases, would be taken up against them, he added.

The Minister added that only students from Tamil Nadu would be chosen for the 3,968 medical seats under the government quota.

Anna varsity audit cites irregularities in appointments

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 11, 2019 00:00 IST

Raises 38 objections that require immediate follow-up

The local fund audit of Anna University for 2014-15 has raised as many as 38 objections that require immediate follow-up action. During the period, an estimated Rs. 4.61 crore was wasted due to poor management of the university’s human resource.

The varsity appears to have indiscriminately appointed faculty and non-teaching staff without following the university norms and statutes. For instance, the institution has appointed non-teaching staff to the post of executive assistants from April 2013 to March 31, 2014.

The candidates had no typing and computer knowledge — a requirement for the post. The staff were paid Rs. 55,76,364 as salary, which has been objected to.

Degree not recognised

Similarly, the regional centres of the university in Tiruchi and Coimbatore have come in for scrutiny for irregular appointments. In Coimbatore, the university has appointed a faculty whose foreign degree is not recognised by the UGC/AICTE. He was given pay and an allowance component of Rs. 8,05,692.

In the Tiruchy regional centre, candidates with MCA degree through correspondence courses have been appointed as faculty.

The university has paid electricity charges to the tune of Rs. 2.72 lakh, which requires the Syndicate’s approval. Similarly, the university’s Coimbatore centre has paid additional electricity charges to the tune of Rs. 75,000. The Centre for Distance Education’s remuneration and overtime allowance of Rs. 27.46 lakh needs government’s ratification, the report states.

The audit has also noted defects in the monitoring committee report. The merger for AUT, shortage and non-utilisation of software books, journals and furniture amounted to Rs. 1.15 crore. In all, expenditure of Rs. 4,61,68,485 during the year has been objected to by the audit.

CAPTAIN’S TAKE

Kiwis used skill and nous to stump India

GRAEME SMITH  11.07.2019

Social media has already cast its opinion on whether Kane Williamson was right to bat first in the semifinal. I would have done the same if I were in that position, if that seemed the best chance of getting an advantage in the game. On the face of it, New Zealand’s choice to bat first before subsequently taking a cautious approach may seem hard to understand. They had to re-assess targets quickly after seeing how the pitch was playing, something that’s difficult to do mid-innings.

The surface took a lot of spin and managed to fox everyone with how slowly it played. The Indian bowlers responded well in those conditions just as we expected them to. Williamson will have thought that anything around 250-270 in a pressure game would always be competitive.

They banked on getting the key wickets they needed to then put the cat among the pigeons. As we saw, it wasn’t an easy pitch to score fluently on with India falling shy of New Zealand. I thought NZ were short in their first innings, but as I’ve been saying all through the competition — they are street smart. They used their skill and nous to outfox that gun Indian line-up and deserve their place in Sunday’s final.

Looking ahead to England’s semi-final, they’ll be happy to be playing Australia at Edgbaston. The hosts certainly had their struggles against the left-arm pace of Mitchell Starc and Jason Behrendorff in the round robin stage, something I’m sure they’ll have worked on, but they’ve regained their momentum.

Australia, who slipped up against South Africa in their last game, will know that big runs up front will help their cause. Chasing under pressure has a week area for England at times in this tournament. TCM

Gutsy Jadeja claims his piece

Dwaipayan.Datta@timesgroup.com

11.07.2019

Magical knocks often get lost in the sands of time if they don’t come in a winning cause. Ten years down the line, a glance at the World Cup semifinal scoreboard between India and New Zealand will probably make a teenage cricket enthusiast shrug: “But why couldn’t he finish it?”

True, Jadeja couldn’t take India home on a gloomy Wednesday afternoon at the Old Trafford, but his 59-ball 77 gave a resounding reply to one and all who dare to call the Saurashtra man a “bits and pieces cricketer”.

Sanjay Manjrekar’s “Well done Jadeja” tweet at the end of the match could have been considered reconciliatory, had it not come with a wink. It’s probably an indication that the former India middle-order batsman hasn’t backed off from his earlier remark, but it doesn’t matter.

Jadeja has never been a purist’s delight, but the good thing about him is that he never tried to be one. Since he made his India debut ahead of his statemate Cheteshwar Pujara, the southpaw’s career has been an up-and-down journey. Not a vicious turner of the ball, he has often been India’s No. 1 spinner at home and away winning India games, and then, in no time, fell out of favour for one bad day at the office. That’s how he lost his place in the ODI team after they lost in the Champions Trophy final. But the team management at least showed the acumen to keep him in the World Cup 15, probably because of his fielding and ability to clear the fence with the bat.

All his three qualities were on display in the semifinal — 1-34, a brilliant catch and a run-out and then the innings that could so easily have been considered on par with Inzamam ul Haq’s 60 off 37 balls against New Zealand in the 1992 semifinal in Auckland when it looked all but over for Pakistan.

In the list of great World Cup innings, Inzy features prominently, even though he got out with Pakistan 35 short of victory, because they still had Javed Miandad and Moin Khan to take care of business at the end. Dhoni could have embellished this Jadeja knock too with the tag of immortality, had his bat not got jammed a few inches short of the crease.

But then, that was not to be. Dhoni, in many ways, has been Jadeja’s mentor. The left-hander wouldn’t have been the cricketer that he is if MSD had not guided him in the CSK ranks at a time when things had started going wrong for him. For years, the CSK drill that Dhoni and Jadeja had followed in steep run-chases in the Indian Premier League, was on full display at the Old Trafford. The same controlled aggression, the same wait for that one loose ball an over and the same final burst, everything was falling into place. Dhoni guided Jadeja through choppy waters, giving him the confidence to go for the kill, and how close he was!

But then every act of valour doesn’t necessarily come with the winner’s medal and Jadeja will live with it. But for all those “bits-and-pieces” professionals, this innings will be an example of a never-say-die spirit that can make you believe that nothing is impossible!


MIGHTY HEAVE: Ravindra Jadeja hoists one beyond the ropes on way to his fighting 77 on Wednesday

It was a tough game and really pleased. We had to assess conditions quickly and both sides felt it wasn’t a high-scoring track. We thought that 240-250 will help us to put India under pressure. India showed why they are a world class side when they took it really deep through MS and Jadeja. Our character was tested and we came out on top. —Kane Williamson

‘45 mins of bad cricket cost us’

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Manchester:11.07.2019

You have to put up a brave front even if you, the favourites, have lost a World Cup semifinal half an hour back. Virat Kohli had this unenviable job of tacking the media on Wednesday. Hard as he tried to hide his feelings, the heartbreak came out in a nuanced way.

Analysing the result, he said the game changed in the first 40 minutes of India’s batting. “The game pretty much changed in those first 40 minutes and New Zealand deserve a lot of credit because they put up a great display of how to bowl with the new ball. They forced us to make errors. And when you lose 3 for 6, it’s very difficult to come back into the game. Still, our effort was commendable.”

The top order has been serving the team very well right through the World Cup. Don’t you think this was one game the middle order could have won for India?

“You obviously feel bad for the result. Everyone goes out there to win the game and if it doesn’t happen, you feel, like, you could have done things differently or look at things in hindsight. But, yeah, that is why these games are called knockouts because if the opposition plays better, you are out of the tournament. So we have to accept that.

“We are sad but not devastated because the kind of cricket we played in this tournament. We know where we stood as a team and today (Wednesday) we were not good enough and that is the nature of this tournament,” the Indian skipper said with a wry smile.

The target of 240 was a challenging one in the conditions but certainly not very tough for a batting side like India. What did the team think at the halfway stage? “Chasing 240, we were very comfortable. We were confident that we could get the score. But the start is always important. Rohit got a really good ball. I thought my ball was decent. A couple of shot selections could have been better. And New Zealand, the way they bowled, they did not provide any opportunities for us. We are not shying away from accepting that we didn’t stand up to the challenge and we were not good enough under pressure.”

Virat, besides being the big superstar of world cricket, is also the best batsman of the team and its captain. How was he feeling right now? ‘Of course, very disappointed. We played outstanding cricket and to just go out on the basis of 45 minutes of bad cricket is saddening and it breaks your heart. You finish No. 1 in the table and then a spell of bad cricket and then you are out of the tournament. But you have to accept it.”

Virat said Ravindra Jadeja was pumped up to go out and perform for the team. “You saw the passion with which he played and we have seen it in Test cricket a few times, he’s played knocks under tremendous pressure. Having watched Jadeja for 10 years, this is probably his best knock according to me because of the kind of pressure, the stage we were at, almost out of the game and then he produces that... He’s been a very understated but a top quality cricketer for India in the field, with the ball, with the bat… priceless.”

Mentoring in AI gives interns edge at Bennett University

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New Delhi:11.07.2019

Ipsita Pathak, a student of the University of Illinois, US, joined the summer internship at Leadingindia-.ai, a hotspot for Artificial Intelligence (AI) mentoring at Bennett University. She said that she had an exceptional experience and learnt a lot through the live projects with international benchmarks. Similarly, Zakiuddin of IIT Mumbai, working on face detection in challenging situations, was happy that this was exactly the experience and project work he had been craving.

AI will define future career options, and students across the country are scouting for the right place to enhance their new age skills. Not surprisingly, 300 students from 23 states and 79 institutions, including IITs, NITs and IIITs, spent their summer at Bennett University for the Leadingindia.ai internships.

Leadingindia.ai is supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, tech majors NVIDIA and Amazon, and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). More than 800 institutions are mentored in a hub-and-spoke model, and over 7,000 engineering teachers have been trained through 150 workshops across India. Also, over 100 research groups are working on cutting edge solutions in healthcare, security, agriculture and smart mobility.

Some of the AI challenges the students worked on at a three-day deep-learning workshop included multimodal emotion recognition, crop diseases, prediction of disease spread, Richter predictor for earthquakes, quality estimation of the water table and online media harassment detection. The workshop covers reinforcement learning, deep learning, auto-encoders and model compression. A team working on mortality prediction is at second spot in the overall world rankings on the leader board.

The internships are enabled by the NVIDIA DGX V100 supercomputing facility at Bennett University and are marked by frequent hackathons, capable mentors and continuous assessment.

The summer internship is the brainchild of Deepak Garg, director, Leadinginindia.ai and head of computer science engineering at Bennett University. Raghunath Shevgaonkar, vice-chancellor, Bennett University, explained, “This is a unique initiative and can act as a role model for creating a vibrant AI ecosystem in the country. The faculty has put in immense effort and industry and government have proactively participated.”

Bennett University is a Times Group Initiative and is committed to education that provides experiential learning and industry connections.


GETTING FUTURE-READY

Now, many opt for homeopathy to heal their pets

Padmini.Sivarajah@timesgroup.com

Madurai:11.07.2019

T Sharmila owns six dogs and she has no doubts who to approach if they get sick — a homeopathic practitioner. She switched to homeopathy for the pets considering its multiple benefits one of which is the cost factor. She says that skin ailments in breeds such as Labrador used to cost her about ₹2,000 a month before she tried homeopathy. “The coat is now smooth in all my pets, and they are also free of ticks and flees,” she said.

In fact, the trend has been fast catching up not only among those who own pets but livestock as well. They believe that it is effective in treating certain ailments in animals without administering harmful steroids. Assistant veterinary surgeon Dr Joseph Ayyadurai says that homeopathy has better solution for some of the chronic ailments, besides it being cheap too. “It can be given to birds, fish, domestic pets and cattle, and is very effective for animals of all age groups,” he said.

Mastitis is a common disease in cattle, in which the animal suffers from an inflammation in the mammary glands.

Allopathic medication for this treatment costs about ₹500 to ₹1,000, which farmers often find as a big burden, said Dr Ayyadurai. He says the disease can be treated for just ₹20 with homoeopathic medicine. When an animal is repeatedly treated with allopathic medication for mastitis, it can lead to antibiotic resistance and udder fibrosis. He claimed that even fibrosis can be treated through homeopathy and the condition can be reversed.

Vets too are not averse to combining allopathy with alternative medicine. Regional joint director of animal husbandry (incharge), Madurai, Dr N Naganathan, also vouches for the benefits of homeopathic treatment for animals combining with allopathic medication. “We have seen that homoeopathy has good benefits for chronic ailments and skin diseases in animals. When there was an outbreak of foot and mouth diseases in the state in the winter of 2018, homeopathy helped us control and cure the animals immensely.

NEW TREND

CASE FILES ‘DISAPPEAR’

HC orders CBI probe into ₹20cr loan fraud

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Chennai:11.07.2019

The Madras high court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe a ₹20.69 crore loan scam at the Kancheepuram Central Cooperative Bank.

Passing the order on an appeal moved by T K Balu, a retired employee of the bank, a division bench of Justice M M Sundresh and M Nirmal Kumar said, “It is a fit case where the CBI will have to be directed to conduct further investigation.”

According to Balu, there had been three complaints of misappropriation and embezzlement of ₹20.69 crore pertaining to jewel loans availed in the bank’s Pallavaram and Porur branches. Investigation pertaining to the cases in Pallavaram branch was closed on flimsy grounds, the petitioner said. It was claimed that records pertaining to other cases were destroyed in a fire and in the December 2015 flood.

Challenging the closure of the investigation, Balu moved the Madras high court, where a single judge dismissed the petition citing a ruling of the Supreme Court that cautioned courts conferred with powers by Articles 32 and 226 of the Constitution to bear in mind certain self-imposed limitations and not to pass orders directing transfer of investigation in every case to the CBI as a matter of routine.

Aggrieved, Balu preferred the present appeal. When the plea came up for hearing, the bench said that the Supreme Court had also held that in exceptional situations, the extraordinary power of transferring a case to the CBI can be passed sparingly and cautiously, to instil confidence in the minds of the litigants.

“It had also held that an order directing an inquiry by the CBI should be passed only when the high court, after considering the material on record, comes to a conclusion that such material does disclose a prima facie case calling for an investigation by the CBI or any other similar agency,” the bench added.

Noting that the facts of this case would certainly come within the parameters described by the apex court and that the order of the single judge requires interference at the hands of this court, the bench set aside the single judge order and ordered the CBI probe.

State will get 3 new law colleges this yr, says CM

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Chennai:11.07.2019

The state is set to get three new government law colleges this financial year, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced in the assembly on Wednesday.

“The three new colleges are being inaugurated as the number of applications for studying law has been on the rise. Work on the three colleges will commence immediately and a special officer will be appointed to oversee the work in each college,” said Palaniswami. He, however, did not reveal the names of the districts where the colleges will be located.

“Each law college will be established at a cost of ₹3.17 crore and a total of ₹9.52 crore has been sanctioned,” said Palaniswami, adding that infrastructure in Coimbatore law college will be upgraded at a cost of ₹7.7 crore.

As for the infrastructure of courts, the chief minister said a new multi-storey building will be constructed on the Madras high court campus at an estimated ₹202.40 crore. He said all sub-courts functioning within the high court complex will be shifted to the new building.

An integrated court complex will be constructed at a cost of ₹5.09 crore at Srivaikuntam in Tuticorin district. Another integrated court complex will be constructed at Paramathi in Namakkal district at ₹10.93 crore cost, the CM said.

Commercial taxes department officials will get computers and other infrastructure at ₹21.63 crore cost. An integrated commercial taxes department building will be constructed at a cost of ₹23.38 crore in Trichy. The chief minister also announced that own buildings for commercial tax departments will be constructed at various districts at a cost of ₹24 crore.

The government has allocated ₹1,200 crore towards upgrading rural roads in the state. More than 5,000 km of rural roads will be upgraded under the initiative. “Work will be undertaken to repair and renovate roads and dams damaged in delta districts due to Cyclone Gaja at an estimated cost of ₹200.53 crore,” he said.

Loans to the extent of ₹12,500 crore has been set as target for self-help groups across the state. “The national rural economic transformation project will be launched in the state this year. A total of ₹210.27 crore will be spent in the next four years under the scheme in Cuddalore, Erode, Salem, Thanjavur and Trichy districts. This year ₹40.61 crore has been sanctioned,” said the chief minister.

The three new law colleges are being inaugurated as the number of applications for studying law has been on the rise. Work on the colleges will commence immediately

EDAPPADI K PALANISWAMI

TN chief minister

SUMANDEEP VIDYAPEETH NOTIFICATION

2 yrs on, TN varsities begin recruitment to fill vacancies

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:11.07.2019

After a two-year ban on recruitment, Tamil Nadu universities have begun their recruitment process to fill vacancies in their departments.

Bharathidasan University has issued advertisement to recruit 54 faculty in the first phase, on Wednesday. Other universities, including Anna University and Madras University, will soon initiate the process.

As per the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) instructions, Bharathidasan University has decided to follow the UGC guidelines for recruitment taking the institution as a unit for implementing the reservation. “We plan to recruit 54 faculty members based on requirement and priority. It will be done taking the institution as a unit instead of department as per the UGC’s direction. We will follow 200-point roster system to implement the reservation,” said P Manishankar, vice-chancellor of Bharathidasan University. The universities are also worried that huge vacancies would hurt their NAAC accreditation and funding from central agencies. “Though we have 80 vacancies we are filling the vacancies in departments which would get funds from the UGC’s special assistance programme (SAP) and department of science technology’s FIST programme,” he said. To get funds under SAP, a department needs to have a minimum of six faculty members. At present, there are more than 600 vacancies across state universities, while some have more than 40% of posts vacant due to the ban by the higher education department and the UGC in successive years.

To redeploy the excess faculty in Annamalai University, the higher education department banned recruitment in universities in 2017-18 and just when they were planning their recruitment, the UGC banned it last year asking the state and central universities to await the outcome of a case on implementing reservation in higher educational institutions.

Thetwo-year ban and retiring faculty members have reduced the strength in top universities. For example, Anna University has not recruited new faculty since 2014 for various reasons. The vacancies swelled to 230 by May.

“We have taken the approval of the syndicate for recruitment of new faculty members. We are preparing the roster system,” said M K Surappa, vice-chancellor of Anna University.

While the UGC said the institution should be taken as a unit for recruitment, the state universities, including Anna University, do not have clarity on conducting recruitment without the higher education department’s formal decision.

Madras University vicechancellor P Duraisamy said theuniversity wouldseekclarification from the higher education department on whether to consider the institution as a unit or department as a unit to implement reservation. “After getting approval from the state government, we will start the recruitment process,” he said. Higher education secretary Mangat Ram Sharma said the state government will send a formal letter to all universities on recruiting new faculty. “The state universities have so far not raised an issue in recruiting faculty members by taking the institution as a unit. We will decide on this after the formal announcement from the Centre,” he told TOI.

HC asks pvt trust to return 30 acres of land to state govt

Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com

Chennai:11.07.2019

Morethan 44 years after the then M G Ramachandran regime gifted 40 acres of Nanmangalam forest land on the city fringes to Quaid-e-Milleth Educational and Social Trust, the Madras high court has directed the institution to return 29.33 acres of the land to the government immediately. The trust has been paying ₹100 per acre per year and running several educational institutions at the site near Medavakkam.

As for the remaining 10.67 acres which had been put to use by the management, the HC directed it to plant at least 500 fruit-bearing or shade-giving trees suitable to local conditions within six months and maintain them. If this condition is not complied with, the government is free to take back the remaining land also, the court said. This apart, the institution has also been directed to construct, with due permission and approval of the forest department, CMDA and the municipal corporation, a 8-ft stone boundary wall around the 10.67 acres to ensure that no further encroachment of any part of the forest land is made by the trust.

A division bench of Justices Vineet Kothari and C V Karthikeyan passed the order while dismissing the appeal moved by the institution.

On January 10,1975, the then Tamil Nadu government issued a GO allotting 40 acres in Nanmangalam reserve forest in Sholinganallur taluk in Kancheepuram district to the trust, on condition that it should utilise the land only for educational purpose, on payment of ₹100 per acre. The land should be reverted back to the forest department, in case it could not be utilised for the specified purpose for which it was granted.

Subsequently, the trust sought de-reservation of the land which was classified as reserved forest, but as the Forest (Conservation) Act was brought in by the Centre, the trust was compelled to move the Supreme Court for such relief. On September 16, 2011, the apex court, without expressing any opinion, directed the state to consider the case by conducting proper inquiry. On September 25, 2012, the state issued a GO resuming 29.33 acres of the land allotted to the trust as it remained unused. Challenging the order, the trust moved the court which was dismissed by a single judge of the court on August 8, 2018. Aggrieved, the trust moved the present appeal.

NEET merit list: Percentage of state board students declines

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Chennai:11.07.2019

The number of state board students appearing in the medical/dental rank list has come down by 16% since 2017, when NEET based admissions were first implemented.

Data from the state selection committee, which does the admissions for MBBS/ BDS seats in medical college affiliated to the TN Dr MGR Medical University, show a decline in state board students on rank list from 87% to 71%. In 2017, of the 27,212 candidates on the list 23,830 were from the state board and in 2019, of the 31,353 candidates on the list, 22,389 were from state board. On the other hand, there were 8,338 CBSE students in the 2019 rank list compared to 3,382 in 2017.

“Earlier, CBSE students had very little chance to enter medical colleges through the state counselling,” said K Senthil Kumar, who coaches students for NEET examinations. “Many first time students from CBSE and ICSE perform better than their counterparts in state board,” he said.

Before 2017, less than 10% of the students in medical schools were from CBSE or other boards. Many state board students say they are forced to take a break year to get trained for NEET. “Most state students in this generation haven’t faced competitive exams. Nevertheless, with syllabus change and concept based learning things are changing for state board students. We will see tough competition after about three years,” said a private school teacher R Seethalakshmi.

Confusion over nativity stumps medical aspirants

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Chennai:11.07.2019

Two flaws in the prospectus issued by the Tamil Nadu government for MBBS/BDS admissions caused most confusion on the issue of nativity, leading to people from other states applying without fulfilling nativity or domiciliary criteria.

One of the points of the prospectus, released online, read, “Candidates belonging to other states and residing in Tamil Nadu cannot claim nativity of Tamil Nadu and will be considered under open category.”

The next point said, “Candidates who are not native to Tamil Nadu and have studied from Standard VI to XII here will be considered under open category.”

Most parents and students assumed that other state students who have not studied in TN could apply under the open category. On Tuesday, the allotment of a candidate from Rajasthan to Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences was cancelled because she did not go to school in TN.

On Tuesday, names of two students were removed from the merit list because they were not able to prove themselves as natives of TN. Many applications were rejected before the merit list was released and some of them were rejected during off-line counselling in the last two days. “These two points should not have been broken. They should be read together,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

The committee wanted to make it clear applicants should have studied here between Classes VI and XII or should be natives. “Students from other states studying here can apply only under the open category.”

The second problem is the prospectus doesn’t insist on TN natives, who studied from Class VI to XII outside TN, partly or completely, producing the “nativity certificate” with true copies of other certificates.

“Many students did not attest this in the original application. So, we published their names on the merit list but we are verifying them now,” officials said.

Many students and parents released names of at least 100 TN students on rank lists of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on social media; some brought it to the counselling hall for discussion.

In the assembly, health minister C Vijayabaskar, replying to a calling attention motion moved by DMK’s P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan, said officials were also checking the nativity of each parent.

“We appreciate the issues raised by the member and we have taken several steps to save our students. We are asking for students’ nativity certificates, parents’ nativity certificates and ration card. We also take an undertaking in a ₹100 stamp paper,” said the minister.

A total of 1,379 aspirants were alloted seats, out of 1490 called for counselling on Wednesday.

Kiwis Halt India’s Flight
Men In Blue Lose Thriller By 18 Runs
Shashank.Shekhar@timesgroup.com
11.07.2019

As India marched imperiously from one league match to another, a faint, troublesome question lingered in the background. What would happen if the top three failed collectively?

India found out on Wednesday, and it wasn’t pretty. Confronted with a moving ball and skilled bowlers, the fabled top order froze like a deer trapped in the headlights. A late fightback turned what threatened to be a onesided match into a thriller, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Kiwis

from entering their second consecutive World Cup final — and India from bowing out at the semifinal stage for the second straight time.

Ravindra Jadeja did his best to win the match single-handedly. After bowling economically and fielding brilliantly, he clobbered 77 off 59 balls as Indian fans, who had earlier lapsed into shellshocked silence, found their voice again. When Jadeja mishit a slower ball, it was left to M S Dhoni. But Martin Guptill produced a rocket throw that beat a lunging Dhoni by centimetres. The great finisher trudged off the field, very possibly for the last time in international cricket, and he took India’s hopes with him.



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ராமநாதபுரத்தில் அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிக்கு 22 ஏக்கர் இடம் தேர்வு

By DIN | Published on : 10th July 2019 01:45 AM |

ராமநாதபுரத்தில் அமையவுள்ள மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மற்றும் மருத்துவமனைக்காக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ள பட்டணம்காத்தான் பகுதியில் உள்ள காலியிடம்.

ராமநாதபுரத்தில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமைவதற்கான 22 ஏக்கர் நிலம் பட்டணம்காத்தான் அம்மா பூங்கா அருகே தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. அந்த இடத்தை விரைவில் மத்திய மருத்துவக் குழுவினர் ஆய்வு செய்ய
வுள்ளனர்.

தமிழக அரசு மாவட்டம் தோறும் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனைகள் அமைக்க கொள்கை ரீதியாக முடிவெடுத்துள்ளது. அதனடிப்படையில் பெரும்பாலான மாவட்டங்களில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள நிலையில், ராமநாதபுரத்தில் மட்டும் கடந்த 2012 -இல் அரசு அறிவித்தபடி மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமையவில்லை. கடந்த 2016 சட்டப் பேரவைத் தேர்தலிலும், கடந்த மக்களவைத் தேர்தலிலும் ராமநாதபுரம் தொகுதியில் போட்டியிட்ட அனைத்துக் கட்சியினரும் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமைப்பதையே முக்கிய தேர்தல் வாக்குறுதியாக வெளியிட்டனர்.
ராமநாதபுரத்தில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமைக்க வேண்டுமென மத்திய சுகாதாரத்துறை அமைச்சரிடமும் வலியுறுத்தப்பட்டு வந்தது. இந்நிலையில், தற்போது ராமநாதபுரத்தில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமையும் இடத்தை தேர்வு செய்து, அதை கருத்துருவாக அனுப்புமாறு மாவட்ட நிர்வாகத்துக்கு மத்திய, மாநில அரசின் சுகாதாரத்துறைகள் கேட்டுக் கொண்டுள்ளன. தற்போதுள்ள மாவட்ட தலைமை அரசு மருத்துவனை 14 ஏக்கரில் அமைந்துள்ளது.
எனவே அதில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமைக்க முடியாத நிலை உள்ளது. ஆகவே மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மற்றும் அதனுடன் மருத்துவமனையும் அமைக்கத் தேவையான இடம் பட்டணம்காத்தான் பகுதி அம்மா பூங்கா அருகே உள்ளது.
போக்குவரத்து வசதி, மண் உறுதித்தன்மை மற்றும் பாதுகாப்பு உள்ளிட்ட அம்சங்களுக்கு ஏற்றதாகவும் அந்த இடம் உள்ளதாகக் கூறப்படுகிறது. அந்த இடத்தை மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் கொ.வீரராகவராவ் தலைமையில் சுகாதாரத்துறை இணை இயக்குநர் ஸ்டீபன் சகாயராஜ் உள்ளிட்டோர் திங்கள்கிழமை பார்வையிட்டுள்ளனர். 

அதன்படி அரசுக்கு கருத்துரு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்படவுள்ளது. அதன் அடிப்படையில் மத்திய மருத்துவக் குழுவினர் விரைவில் ராமநாதபுரம் வந்து மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி இடத்தை ஆய்வு மேற்கொள்வர்.
அதன்பின் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி அமைப்பதற்கு முறைப்படி அறிவிப்பு வெளியாகும் எனக் கூறப்படுகிறது. 

மேலும், தற்போதைய இடத்தில் அரசு குடியிருப்புகள் கட்டப்பட்டு அவை பயன்பாடின்றி இடிந்த நிலையில் உள்ளன. அவற்றையும் முழுமையாக இடித்து மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி கட்டடம் அமைகக்கப்படவுள்ளதாகக் கூறப்படுகிறது. 

இதை தவிர்த்து மேலும் கூடுதலாக ஒரு இடத்தை தேர்வு செய்யும் வகையில் சர்க்கரைக்கோட்டை ஊராட்சிக்கு உள்பட்ட இடமும் பரிசீலிக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் இடங்கள்: பொதுப் பிரிவு கலந்தாய்வு தொடக்கம்
By DIN | Published on : 10th July 2019 01:52 AM

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளுக்கான பொதுப் பிரிவு கலந்தாய்வு செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை தொடங்கியது.

தரவரிசைப் பட்டியலில் முதல் 10 இடங்களைப் பிடித்த மாணவ, மாணவிகள் சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியைத் தேர்வு செய்தனர். அவர்களைத் தொடர்ந்து வந்த மாணவர்களும் சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியையே விரும்பி தேர்ந்தெடுத்தனர்.

இதையடுத்து கலந்தாய்வு தொடங்கிய ஒரு மணி நேரத்துக்குள் அக்கல்லூரியில் இருந்த இதர வகுப்பினர் மற்றும் பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட வகுப்பினருக்கான இடங்கள் அனைத்தும் நிரம்பின.
அதற்கு அடுத்தபடியாக ஸ்டான்லி மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மற்றும் கீழ்ப்பாக்கம் அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் உள்ள இடங்கள் வேகமாக நிரம்பின. தமிழகத்தில் அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளிலும், தனியார் கல்லூரிகளிலும் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கென 3,968 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்கள் உள்ளன. அதேபோன்று பல் மருத்துவத்துக்கான பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளுக்கு 1,070 இடங்கள் உள்ளன.
நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டை எடுத்துக் கொண்டால் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளில் மொத்தம் 852 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களும், 690 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களும் இருக்கின்றன.
அந்த இடங்களுக்கு தகுதியான மாணவர்கள் விண்ணப்பித்திருந்தனர். அவை பரிசீலனை செய்யப்பட்டு தர வரிசைப் பட்டியல் அண்மையில் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கு 31,353 பேருக்கும், நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கு 25,651 பேருக்கும் தரவரிசைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டிருந்தன.

இந்நிலையில், சிறப்புப் பிரிவினருக்கான கலந்தாய்வு திங்கள்கிழமை நடைபெற்றது. அதில் 48 பேருக்கு இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டன. அதில் மீதமிருந்த இடங்கள் அனைத்தும் பொதுப் பிரிவில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டன.
இந்தச் சூழலில், பொதுப் பிரிவு கலந்தாய்வு செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை தொடங்கியது. அதில் பங்கேற்குமாறு 1013 பேருக்கு அழைப்பாணை அனுப்பப்பட்டிருந்தது. அதில் பெரும்பாலானோர் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.
நீட் தேர்வில் 685 மதிப்பெண்கள் எடுத்து தரவரிசைப் பட்டியலில் முதலிடம் பிடித்த திருவள்ளூரைச் சேர்ந்த மாணவி கே.ஸ்ருதி கலந்தாய்வில் பங்கேற்கவில்லை. அவருக்கு தில்லி எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் இடம் கிடைத்ததால் மாநில கலந்தாய்வில் அவர் கலந்துகொள்ளவில்லை.
அதேபோன்று தரவரிசைப் பட்டியலில் முதல் நிலை இடங்களில் இருந்த மற்ற இரு மாணவர்களுக்கு எய்ம்ஸ், ஜிப்மர் உள்ளிட்ட மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் படிக்க இடம் கிடைத்துள்ளது. இதனால், அவர்களும் கலந்தாய்வில் கலந்து கொள்ளவில்லை.

இந்த நிலையில், நீட் தேர்வில் 677 மதிப்பெண்கள் எடுத்து தரவரிசைப் பட்டியலில் இரண்டாவது இடத்தில் இருந்த ஈரோடு மாவட்டம் அந்தியூரைச் சேர்ந்த ஏ.கே.அஸ்வின் ராஜ் முதல் மாணவராக கலந்தாய்வில் இடத்தைத் தேர்வு செய்தார். அதற்கு அடுத்தபடியாக சென்னை ஐயப்பன்தாங்கல் மாணவர் ஏ.ஸ்ரீகாந்த், கோவை மாணவி ஏ.தன்யா, பெங்களூரில் இருந்து தமிழகத்துக்கு குடியேறிய மாணவி ஷாலினி ஜெயராமன் உள்ளிட்டோர் இடங்களைத் தெரிவு செய்தனர். அவர்கள் அனைவருமே சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியைத் தேர்வு செய்தனர்.

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளுக்கான கலந்தாய்வு வரும் 13-ஆம் தேதி வரை நடைபெறுகிறது. புதன்கிழமை நடைபெறும் இரண்டாம் நாள் கலந்தாய்வில் பங்கேற்குமாறு 1487 பேருக்கு அழைப்புக் கடிதம் அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது.
சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவி
நீட் தேர்வில் 605 மதிப்பெண் பெற்று மாநில தரவரிசைப் பட்டியலில் 118-ஆவது இடம் பிடித்த அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவி ஜீவிதா சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியைத் தேர்வு செய்தார்.

அனகாபுத்தூர் அரசு மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளியில் பயின்ற அவர், கடந்த இரு ஆண்டுகளாக மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளில் சேர தீவிர முயற்சி மேற்கொண்டு வந்தார். தையல் தொழிலாளியின் மகளான அவர் பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட வகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்தவராவார். கலந்தாய்வில் அவர் பங்கேற்ற நேரத்தில் தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள அனைத்து கல்லூரிகளிலுமே இடங்கள் இருந்தன. அவற்றில் சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியை அவர் தேர்வு செய்தார்.
மருத்துவரான பிறகு, தன்னைப் போன்று, பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கிய மாணவர்களுக்கு மருத்துவம் படிக்க உதவப் போவதாக ஜீவிதா கூறினார். பாஜக மாநில தலைவர் தமிழிசை செளந்தரராஜன், ஜீவிதாவின் மருத்துவக் கல்விக்கான செலவை ஏற்பதாகக் கூறியிருந்தது நினைவுகூரத்தக்கது.

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காஞ்சிபுரம்: பக்தர்கள் அதிகம் வருவதால், இன்று முதல், இரவு, 10:00 மணி வரை, அத்தி வரதரை தரிசிக்கலாம் என, காஞ்சிபுரம் கலெக்டர், பொன்னையா தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

காஞ்சிபுரம் வரதராஜ பெருமாள் கோவிலில், அத்தி வரதர் வைபவம், 1ல் துவங்கி, வெகு விமரிசையாக நடைபெற்று வருகிறது.வைபவம் துவங்கியது முதல், பக்தர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்தபடியே இருப்பதால், மாவட்ட நிர்வாகமும், அத்தி வரதரை தரிசனம் செய்வதில், சில மாற்றங்களை செய்து வருகிறது.வைபவம் துவங்கிய முதல் நாளே, 50 ரூபாய் கட்டண தரிசனம் மற்றும் தரிசன இடைவெளி நேரம் ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டது. தவிர, உள்ளூர் பக்தர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட சிறப்பு அனுமதியும் ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டது.

இந்நிலையில், தினமும், லட்சக்கணக்கான பக்தர்கள் வருவதால், இன்று முதல் வரும் நாட்களில், இரவு, 10:00 மணி வரை, அத்தி வரதரை தரிசிக்கலாம் என, கலெக்டர், பொன்னையா அறிவித்துள்ளார். முன்னதாக, இரவு, 8:00 மணி வரை, அனுமதி வழங்கப்பட்டிருந்தது.வரதராஜ பெருமாள் கோவிலின், கிழக்கு கோபுரத்தில், இரவு, 9:30 மணி வரை பக்தர்கள் அனுமதிக்கப்படுவர்.நாளைய தரிசன விபரம்ஆனி கருடசேவை உற்சவம், நாளை நடைபெறவுள்ளது. இதனால், அன்று மாலை, 5:00 மணி வரை மட்டுமே, அத்தி வரதரை தரிசிக்கலாம் என, தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

HRD ministry clears 6 research projects of Tiruvarur Central university

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published  Jul 9, 2019, 5:44 am IST

Tiruvarur, have been approved for funding under the 'Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) scheme of the Union HRD Ministry.

Central University of Tamil Nadu

TIRUVARUR: As many as six project proposals submitted by the faculty of the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur, have been approved for funding under the 'Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) scheme of the Union HRD Ministry.

A release from CUTN said here on Monday that IMPRESS is a fund-granting scheme for research projects that aims to provide a research roadmap to address policy challenges pertaining to society and so, social science areas.

The identified domains encompass the major areas or themes that have been in public policy debate due to new developments, earnest concerns, emerging issues, critical deficiencies, and amplified expectations, it added.

The release said that the six approved project proposals are: Impact of urban Governance on Urban Transformation in Selected Cities of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by Dr K. Kanaka Raju in the Urban Transformation domain; Ethics, Autonomy, Privacy and Regulation: Balancing the Social Media Spheres of Political Influence by Dr Francis P. Barclay and Dr Boobalakrishnan N. in the Social Media and Technology domain; Access and Barriers to Mental Health Care: A Situational Analysis of the Families of Persons with Mental Illness in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, by Dr Chitra K. P. in the Health and Environment domain; Community-based Participatory Research on the Psycho-social Impact, Problems and Reality Responses to Disasters: Study on the Experiences of Women in Gaja-hit Areas by Dr Sivakami N. and Dr Shamala R. in the Health and Environment domain; Gatekeeper's Attitude: Skill and Knowledge about Psychosocial Care for the Disaster Affected by Dr Mamman Joseph C. in the Health and Environment domain; and The Impact of Natural Disaster on the Mental Health of Rescue Workers by Dr Vidhya V in the Health and Environment domain, it added.

The CUTN vice-chancellor Prof A. P. Dash said, "bagging six projects in one go is yet another indication of our commitment to scholarly-impactful research.

Protest has become a way of life in TN: Madras high court

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN

Published  Jul 10, 2019, 6:02 am IST

The judge said even though, this court was liberal in granting permission for protest and demonstration.

Madras high court

Chennai: The Madras high court has said, “Protest and demonstration has become a way of life in this state. This court has already stated that protest and demonstration have become a full time profession for many youngsters in this state. There are issues for which people can protest and conduct demonstration. However, at the fall of the hat, protest is being called for and police protection is sought for. The police is already over burdened with their work and to make police to go and give protection in every place where protest is being held, will put additional burden on the police”.

Justice N.Anand Venkatesh made the observations while dismissing a petition from one Mohanraj, which sought to quash an order of the Villupuram police, denying permission to him to hold a demonstration on June 28 or any other subsequent dates.

The petitioner wanted to conduct a demonstration on the ground that two persons have been illegally arrested by the police and a false criminal case has been foisted against them, besides the grounds of arrest was not mentioned at the time of remand.

The judge said even though, this court was liberal in granting permission for protest and demonstration, the number seems to be increasing by the day and therefore, this court wants to understand in each and every case as to why the demonstration was going to be conducted by any person or association. This court by being liberal in granting permission, does not want to unwittingly become a party for encouraging unwanted protest/demonstration. The purpose, for which the protest was called for in the present case, was totally unwarranted. It was not known as to how this protest will decide whether the case registered was false or the arrest made was illegal. These were matter that should be agitated before an appropriate forum and it cannot be taken to streets, the judge added.

10 per cent quota for EWS would not affect other communities: 

NCBC

NCBC Chairman Bhagwan Lal Sahni and his team, who are on their maiden visit to the southern states, commended the Tamil Nadu government for providing 69 per cent reservation.

Published: 10th July 2019 01:30 AM

By PTI

CHENNAI: The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Tuesday said the 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections would not affect the backward classes or any other communities of the society.


NCBC Chairman Bhagwan Lal Sahni and his team, who are on their maiden visit to the southern states, commended the Tamil Nadu government for providing 69 per cent reservation.

"We are happy that TN has given 69 per cent reservation, be it in education, scholarships or employment," Sahni told reporters here.

‘MKU scamsters altered digital files’

The scam involved issuing of at least 500 bogus provisional certificates and marksheets by the DDE.

Published: 10th July 2019 04:40 AM |

By Jeyalakshmi Ramanujam

Express News Service

MADURAI: The modus operandi of the accused in the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) scam at the Madurai Kamaraj University has involved alteration of digital records at various centres in order to show candidates as having gained admission to the course, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) officials have revealed.

The scam involved issuing of at least 500 bogus provisional certificates and marksheets by the DDE. The key official under the scanner is Additional Controller of Examinations M Rajarajan. Rajarajan allegedly issued over 500 consolidated marksheets to students who claimed to have studied at the study centres run by N Jiji at Future Institute of Technology in Kollam, Abdul Azeez at AIECT Distance Education Campus in Malapuram, A K Suresh at Saga Institute of Management Studies at Malapuram and NB Jayaprakasan at Sarovaram College of Higher Studies at Thrissur.

According to a letter detailing to the Vice-Chancellor, the suspects used password keys and made false entries into digital records to show that the candidates had been admitted on the last date for admission. DVAC found as many as 5058 admissions were made on the last date without photos, parents’ names, phone numbers, and address.


Sources said that the records listed details of these candidates having paid registration fees but these bank details were found to be false after a random verification of records at the State Bank of India, MKU branch, Vijaya Bank, Madurai and Federal Bank, Malappuram. Further, the DD numbers listed under pending fees were also found to be false, sources said. They reportedly used these false entries to issue the consolidated marksheets.

Explaining that course completion certificates are only issued once students have cleared all dues, DVAC sources said Jiji, Azeez, Suresh and Jayaprakasan received consolidated mark statements and provisional certificates for their ‘students’ without submitting the course completion certificate.

Tailor's daughter beats odds, makes it to Madras Medical College

Jeevitha, who studied in Government Higher Secondary School in Anakaputhur, had secured 1,161 marks in Class XII.

Published: 10th July 2019 04:00 AM 

Jeevitha with her mother Bhavani at the counselling centre 

|Express
By Express News Service

CHENNAI: “I was waiting for this day for long and it is finally here. I am very happy,” said P Jeevitha, daughter of a tailor in Anakaputhur, who secured an MBBS seat in the prestigious Madras Medical College, under the open category on the second day of medical counselling. Recently, when Jeevitha, who scored 605 marks in NEET, said that her family won’t be able to afford her medical education, BJP State president Tamilisai Soundararajan came forward to fund her medical education.

Jeevitha, who studied in Government Higher Secondary School in Anakaputhur, had secured 1,161 marks in Class XII. She went to coaching class last year and could score only 351 marks in NEET.

Determined, Jeevitha studied very hard day and night, to secure a government medical seat in Madras Medical College. In her second NEET attempt, she secured 605 this year.

“I don’t know how to express my joy. I want to do gynaecology and obstetrics after MBBS, that is my favourite speciality. I’d like to help poor people like me who can’t afford even NEET coaching classes. I will guide them and give whatever help I can,” said a teary-eyed Jeevitha.“I will definitely do service for the poor after finishing my studies. No other student should go through the difficulties I have gone through in my life. I will study hard.”

She was accompanied by her mother P Bhavani and her younger sister for the counselling. “After news reports, BJP State president Tamilisai Soundararajan came to our home and helped us financially. Not only Tamilisai, C Sylendra Babu, IPS and many others came forward and financially supported us. With that money, I could even pay Jeevitha’s medical college fees,” said Bhavani.“Many close to our family said it’s not possible for her to pursue higher education. We have proved them wrong.”

Social media rumours of dual nativity disrupts medical counselling

First phase of medical counselling was briefly disrupted on Tuesday following allegations that names of 218 candidates in the State list was also present in AP, Karnataka and Telangana rank lists.

Published: 10th July 2019 06:26 AM 

Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar interacting with parents and students who appeared for the counselling in Chennai on Tuesday 

DEBADATTA MALLICK

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: First phase of medical counselling was briefly disrupted on Tuesday following allegations that names of 218 candidates in the State list was also present in AP, Karnataka and Telangana rank lists. 

The issue went viral on social media for a while. “The selection committee officials had a meeting with the Health Secretary after media picked up the issue,” said an official source. “Counselling was stopped in the meantime and students were asked to wait for the allotment order.”


Later, Health minister C Vijaya Baskar handed over allotment orders to top nine rankers in Tamil Nadu. K Shruti, who scored highest in the State, did not turn up as she had secured admission at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

“There is no malpractice in counselling,” said the minister. “The Selection Committee has experts to verify nativity certificates. It can also be verified if a student’s name appears in other state’s rank list. Because of such issues, the government decided to conduct single-window counselling this year and not online counselling,” he said.

Tambaram railway station stands first in commuter patronage

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

The Tambaram railway station has secured its place as the true multi-modal transport hub in the city by topping the list in the number of suburban passengers transported and money earned, among the 85 railway stations. The suburban station, located on the GST Road, provides easy access to both long distance and inter-city bus services.

In the passenger usage data made available to The Hindu by the Southern Railway the Tambaram/Chengalpattu-Chennai Beach section remains the most used section among the four suburban sections with 15 railway stations, crossing the 1 crore threshold, for the financial year 2018-19. Ten out of the 15 stations belong to the Tambaram/Chengalpattu-Chennai Beach section.

The Tambaram railway station alone transported more than 2.75 crore passengers through which it earned the highest collection of Rs. 36.80 crore, while in 2017-18 the commuter usage was 2.68 crore with an earning of Rs. 27.75 crore. The daily footfall was estimated at 75,442 .

The Chennai Beach railway station despite being the the hub for suburban train services, including the Mass Rapid Transit System, Gummidipoondi and Avadi lines, came second with 1.92 crore passengers and a collection of Rs. 14.62 crore.

Medical colleges told to approach High Court

Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 09, 2019 23:27 IST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked an association of private self-financing medical colleges in Kerala to approach the State High Court on the fixation of the annual MBBS course fee for them.

A Bench led by Justice S.A. Bobde, though orally observing that though their cause may be valid, said the managements should first move the High Court.

The colleges said the fee usually charged was about ₹18 lakh in order to cover costs.

But the Admission Supervisory Committee for Professional Colleges in Kerala has fixed a fee that was nearly ₹50,000 more than the fee in the previous years, and ranging from ₹5.85 lakh to ₹7.19 lakh.

The private self-financing medical college managements had said the panel’s decision was taken without considering the actual costs involved in running the colleges.

Saravana Bhavan owner comes to court in ambulance, surrenders

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI/NEW DELHI, JULY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

No option left:P. Rajagopal arrives in ambulance to surrender before a court in Chennai on Tuesday.Special Arrangement

Case pertains to murder of his employee 18 years ago

Nearly 18 years after Saravana Bhavan hotel staffer Prince Santhakumar was kidnapped and murdered, the owner of the chain of hotels P. Rajagopal, the main offender in the case, surrendered in a city court on Tuesday. He was brought in an ambulance as he was not keeping well.

Rajagopal, now 73, was cited as accused number 1 in the kidnap and murder of Santhakumar, who was his employee, in 2001.

When the trial court gave a lower punishment to the convicts in 2004, the State preferred an appeal before the Madras High Court. In 2009, the Madras High Court sentenced him and five others to life imprisonment. Three others were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and two more to two years’ imprisonment.

In March, the Supreme Court confirmed the order of the Madras High Court and gave time till July 7 to the convicts for surrendering to serve prison terms.

Rajagopal’s last-ditch effort to skip incarceration was rejected by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Following the rejection of his plea, he was brought in an ambulance by his staff to the city civil court complex on the Madras High Court campus.

Another co-accused Janardhanan was also brought in another ambulance. Their advocates went to the IV Additional Sessions Court located on the third floor and asked Judge G. Thanendran to accept the surrender of Rajagopal and Janardhanan. They said since they were bed-ridden and on stretchers, they could not bring them to the third floor.

But the prosecution and the Velachery inspector of police opposed this plea. They wanted the court to reject surrender petitions and to issue warrants straightaway. The inspector told the court that when a police officer visited Rajagopal recently, he was sitting in a chair. After a brief argument, the Judge ordered them brought to the court.

Carried on stretcher

Rajagopal alighted from the ambulance. Seven staffers carried him on a stretcher through the narrow staircases to the third floor. When the court staff asked his name and about identification marks, he responded.

Judge Thanendran ordered the police to take custody of the two and lodge them in Central Prison. However Rajagopal was admitted to the Intermediate Care Unit of Government Stanley Medical College Hospital on Tuesday evening. Hospital authorities said doctors were examining him as he had complaints of cardiac ailments, hypertension and diabetes.

Earlier the Supreme Court refused to intervene in a plea by Rajagopal, seeking a direction to the State of Tamil Nadu to admit him in any of three Chennai hospitals of his choice for medical treatment “during the period of his duress.”

“If he was so ill, why did he not choose to indicate it during the hearing of his appeal,” Justice N.V. Ramana asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Rajagopal, on Tuesday.

“You ask the authorities concerned... No adjournments from now,” Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, on the Bench, observed

Alagappa University to start digital evaluation

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:10.07.2019

Alagappa University at Karaikudi in Sivaganga district has shifted its evaluation process to on-screen (digital) form, from the April semester examinations. Officials from the university said that digital evaluation was carried out for postgraduate courses in its 41 affiliated colleges. The process would soon be introduced for all programmes in the near future.

The university recently conducted an orientation course for teachers from affiliated colleges to familiarise them with the system.

Officials told TOI that considering the efficiency and success of this system, they have decided to extend it to all the programmes. They said that earlier while the usual time taken to declare the results was under 30 to 45 days depending on the course, but now due to the digital process, they are able to start evaluation and declare the result on the 12th day itself.

“Further, since the process is digitalised, all unintentional mistakes that are possible including not awarding mark for a certain question, missing a page, error in totalling are completely avoided,” an official from the university said.

As a first step, digitalisation of answer scripts is done through scanning, then they are transported to the valuation centre through the server and finally, digital valuation is done in the intranet lab. The evaluating professor would be able to have the answer key, the digital answer script and the marking sheet on the screen all at a time.

The digital evaluation system, funded under the ministry of human resource development’s RUSA 2.0 (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) scheme was inaugurated by vice-chancellor N Rajendran on May 17 at the university.

MBBS/BDS counselling commences

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:10.07.2019

With more than 800 students scoring above 500 marks, the MBBS/BDS admissions for the open category students that began at the Government Multi-speciality hospital at Omandurar on Tuesday saw several happy faces.

The first few cheers came from top 50 performers when they found that nearly nine of the top 20 candidates skipped counselling, possibly because most of them had already been allotted seats in the all India quota.

By the time 100 students were allotted seats, more than a dozen students had skipped counselling.

“I walked into counselling hall thinking my niece may not get a seat in any college in the city because her rank was below 300. However, she has made it to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital,” said S Varadarajan.

Students’ performance in NEET 2019 is likely to push up cut offs by more than 100 points in certain categories. Minutes after OC seats in Madras Medical College (MMC) were exhausted, selection committee used OC seats from Karur and Pudukottai colleges to accommodate high ranking students from BC, MBC, BCM, SCA, SC and ST in MMC.

At the end of the day, all the OC seats in 23 government colleges were filled up and BC seats were filled up in at least colleges, including colleges in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore. Some students picked up seats in ESIC colleges, IRT Perundurai and self-financed institutions such as Vellamal Medical College and PSG Medical college. There were 83 vacant seats in government dental college and 1,138 vacant seats in self financing dental colleges.

Med aspirants can apply in two states, can’t claim dual nativity
Prospectus Edited, Students Irked

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:10.07.2019

The names of at least 100 MBBS students from Tamil Nadu figuring in rank lists of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were discussed and debated by medical aspirants during the MBBS counselling on Tuesday, as well as on social media. Officials clarified that while applying in two states was not prohibited, students shouldn’t claim nativity in two states.

This year, 31,353 students applied to the state selection committee for 3,968 MBBS seats in government quota and 852 seats in management quota. Among the applicants, 29,101 were native students who studied from Class VI to Class XII here and about 2,096 were natives studied outside the state.

Besides this, 156 students are natives of other states who completed their Class VI to Class XII here.

“While the students in the first two categories can opt for seats in any category after proving their nativity and community, students from other states will be able to use their domiciliary status to apply for only open category seats,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan. Students who are not Indian citizens but have studied in Tamil Nadu from Class VI to Class XII can also apply under the same category as an overseas citizen of India, he said.

Students and parents raised a furore on Tuesday because a line from the 2018 prospectus was deleted in the current year’s edition.

In 2018, the prospectus the state released read, “Even if he/she got an option to apply in more tha one state, and if the candidate applies in Tamil Nadu, as native of Tamil Nadu, he/she cannot apply in any other state showing that state as native.”

This year’s prospectus said candidates belonging to other states residing in TN cannot claim nativity of TN and they will be considered under OC. It also said: “The other state candidates who are not native of TN and have studied from standard VI to XII in Tamil Nadu will be considered under OC.” Students and parents wanted to know if this meant that students from other states can apply to TN institutions even if they had not studied here.

TO SERVE, TO SAVE: Health minister C Vijayabaskar giving MBBS allotment order for the first 10 candidates for the year 2019-20

Muthukumaran medical college not on seat matrix

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:10.07.2019

The medical and dental counselling in the state began with 150 seats fewer on the seat matrix as Sri Muthukumaran Medical College, Hospital and Research Institute was not on the list of colleges.

The state selection committee, which conducts counselling for admission for all colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, put out the seat matrix for 23 government colleges, three staterun self-financing colleges and a dozen self-financing medical colleges on its website. The seats at the newly started KMCH Institute of Health Science and Research, Coimbatore, was added to the state pool, but the absence of seats disappointed several medical aspirants.

Selection committee officials said the Chennai-based college did not have the affiliation from the state medical university, which was mandatory to admit students. “The seat matrix is given to us by the state university. We will not be able to admit students until the university approves it,” said selection committee secretary G Selvarajan.

University officials said they had put the affiliation on hold following infrastructural flaws and inadequate patients at hospital. CMDA had issued a lock, seal and demolition notice to the group for unauthorized construction. “This will affect about seven blocks, including the library, hostels and residential quarters for doctors and nurses of the medical college. If these buildings are not there, the college won’t clear the requirements from the Medical Council of India,” said a senior official at the university. Seven more buildings of the group have also been named in the notice.

The university also quoted the flaws pointed out in two inspection reports. The inspection committees said the number of patients in clinical wards were fewer than the required number. The university officials have written to the state health department and the directorate of medical education about the flaws.

Muthukumaran medical college not on seat matrix

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:10.07.2019

The medical and dental counselling in the state began with 150 seats fewer on the seat matrix as Sri Muthukumaran Medical College, Hospital and Research Institute was not on the list of colleges.

The state selection committee, which conducts counselling for admission for all colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, put out the seat matrix for 23 government colleges, three staterun self-financing colleges and a dozen self-financing medical colleges on its website. The seats at the newly started KMCH Institute of Health Science and Research, Coimbatore, was added to the state pool, but the absence of seats disappointed several medical aspirants.

Selection committee officials said the Chennai-based college did not have the affiliation from the state medical university, which was mandatory to admit students. “The seat matrix is given to us by the state university. We will not be able to admit students until the university approves it,” said selection committee secretary G Selvarajan.

University officials said they had put the affiliation on hold following infrastructural flaws and inadequate patients at hospital. CMDA had issued a lock, seal and demolition notice to the group for unauthorized construction. “This will affect about seven blocks, including the library, hostels and residential quarters for doctors and nurses of the medical college. If these buildings are not there, the college won’t clear the requirements from the Medical Council of India,” said a senior official at the university. Seven more buildings of the group have also been named in the notice.

The university also quoted the flaws pointed out in two inspection reports. The inspection committees said the number of patients in clinical wards were fewer than the required number. The university officials have written to the state health department and the directorate of medical education about the flaws.

Thiruvananthapuram: Patients on rent to fool MCI team, say students 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Jul 7, 2019, 7:26 am IST

They also said the management was taking disciplinary action, including suspension, and registering false police cases.

Kerala University

Thiruvananthapuram: Students of SR Medical College, Varkala, say its management have used patients on rent to fool the inspection team of Medical Council of India. The MCI inspection of the college was held on Thursday following their complaint.

They posted visuals of people being brought in a vehicle through the back side of the college on their Facebook page, Stand with SR Medical College students.

The students allege that it used workers of the NREGA scheme for the purpose. There are also visuals of a protest by over the promised money.

Only one batch admitted in 2016 was now studying in the college. After that, it lost the permission for admissions citing lack of infrastructure. Students also alleged that the management was taking revenge on students who brought out the irregularities by not allowing them to sit for the examinations citing lack of attendance. However, the college authorities denied the allegation.

Speaking to media, S. R. Shaji, its managing director, said that the college offered treatment at low cost for economically weaker patie-nts and more patients were brought in as part of a medical camp.

He also accused them of protesting to get transferred to government medical colleges in case of disaffiliation following the complaints.

Meanwhile, Kerala University of Health Sciences has made it clear that they would cancel its affiliation if the allegations were true.

The students have sought immediate government intervention to ensure that college management provided proper faculty and facilities so that they can complete the course.

They also said the management was taking disciplinary action, including suspension, and registering false police cases.

No actions were taken even though authorities were informed about the lack of clinical practice, patients, labs, hostel and faculties. Most students have already paid `44 to `55 lakh as the full amount of the fee of the entire course, they said.

ராஜகீழ்ப்பாக்கம் ஏரியை சீரமைக்க 13, 14ம் தேதி நீங்களும் வாங்க...!

Added : ஜூலை 09, 2019 00:11

செம்பாக்கம் : 'களமிறங்குவோம்; நமக்கு நாமே...' என, 23 பொதுநலச்சங்கங்கள் ஒன்றிணைந்து, வரும், 13, 14ம் தேதிகளில், தாம்பரத்தை அடுத்துள்ள, ராஜகீழ்ப்பாக்கம் ஏரியை சீரமைக்க முடிவு செய்துள்ளன. இந்தப் பணியில், தன்னார்வலர்களும் கைகோர்க்க, நலச்சங்கங்களின் கூட்டமைப்பு அழைப்பு விடுத்துள்ளது.

சென்னை மட்டுமின்றி, தமிழகம் முழுவதும், தண்ணீருக்கு தட்டுப்பாடு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. நிலத்தடி நீரும் கிடைக்காமல், மக்கள் திண்டாடி வருகின்றனர். அறிவிப்புஎதிர்காலத்தில், இதுபோன்ற நிலை ஏற்படாதிருக்க, 'களமிறங்குவோம்; நமக்கு நாமே...' என, பொதுநலச் சங்கங்கள், தன்னார்வலர்கள், நீர்நிலைகளை சீரமைக்க முன் வர வேண்டும் என, நம் நாளிதழில் அறிவிப்பு வெளியிடப்பட்டது. தொடர்ந்து, விழிப்புணர்வு செய்திகளும், வெளியிடப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. இதைத் தொடர்ந்து, பொதுநலச் சங்கங்கங்கள் ஆர்வமுடன் களமிறங்கி உள்ளன. சென்னையில், சிட்லபாக்கம் ஏரி, சேலையூர் ஏரிகளை தொடர்ந்து, தற்போது, ராஜகீழ்ப்பாக்கம் ஏரியை சீரமைக்கவும், பொதுநல அமைப்புகள் முடிவெடுத்துள்ளன.

சுருங்கியது தாம்பரம் - சேலையூர் அடுத்த, செம்பாக்கம் நகராட்சியில் உள்ள, ராஜகீழ்ப்பாக்கம் ஏரி, ஆக்கிரமிப்பால், 105 ஏக்கரில் இருந்து, 30 ஏக்கராக சுருங்கி விட்டது. இந்த ஏரியை சீரமைக்க, 23 பொதுநலச் சங்கங்கள் ஒன்றிணைந்து, வரும், 13, 14ம் தேதி களமிறங்குகின்றன.இதுகுறித்து, ராஜகீழ்ப்பாக்கம் நலச்சங்கங்கள் கூட்டமைப்பின் செயலர், சீதாராமன் கூறியதாவது:'தினமலர்' நாளிதழில் வெளியான, நீர்நிலைகள் தொடர்பான செய்திகள், நாமும் சமூகத்திற்கு ஏதாவது செய்ய வேண்டும் என்ற, எண்ணத்தை எங்களிடம் உருவாக்கின. அனுமதி இதன் பயனாக, நாங்கள் வசிக்கும் பகுதியில் உள்ள, ராஜகீழ்ப்பாக்கம் ஏரியை சீரமைக்க தயாராகி விட்டோம். 

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