DVAC raids 20 houses, offices of cops, Tasmac staff

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Chennai:21.07.2019

Two days after Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Kancheepuram, booked 10 police, Tasmac and PEW officials including former DSP of Mamallapuram R Subburaju, the agency’s sleuths on Saturday raided 20 houses and offices linked to the accused in different districts.

The others booked are T Kannan, former Tiruporur inspector, A Ahamed Ullah, former assistant commissioner (excise), Kancheepuram, M Balakrishnan, former assistant commissioner (excise), Kancheepuram, V A Ravichandran, DSP (PEW), Kancheepuram, M Pandi, former Kelambakkam inspector, and M Chiranjeevi, former Mamallapuram inspector.

Several officers on the list had been transferred after Tasmac agent Nellaiyappan of Tiruporur committed suicide in front of the Mamallapuram police station on May 28 after accusing them of demanding huge bribe to run bars illegally.

The house of DSP Subburaju in Palavakkam, former ADSP (Prohibition Enforcement Wing, Kancheepuram) A Manikkavelu’s official quarters in Mylapore, Madurantakam PEW inspector A Arockiaraj’s house in Chidambaram, apart from the office of former district manager (Tasmac) Iyyavu in Kancheepuram were among those raided on Saturday, said DVAC sources.

Gold, cash, fixed deposit receipts and several other crucial documents are said to have been seized. The DVAC first information report (FIR) said only five of the 106 Tasmac bars functioning in Kancheepuram district that includes several Chennai suburbs are legal.

The FIR said Chiranjeevi collected bribe from illegal bar owners between May 2018 and February 2019 and gave it to senior jurisdictional police officers. Manikkavelu recommended that inspector Chiranjeevi be given additional charge of PEW units in Kancheepuram to collect bribes for himself and others, said the FIR.

Inspector Arockiaraj, who held additional charge of PEW Mamallapuram, allegedly allowed illegal bars to sell liquor from other states, it added.

IN THE NET: Gold, cash, fixed deposit receipts and several other crucial documents are said to have been seized

Plan for 1,200sqft bldgs in 30 days

Applications For Permit Pending For Over A Month To Be Deemed As Approved

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Chennai:21.07.2019

Constructions less than 1,200sqft in area awaiting planning permission for more than 30 days will be deemed approved, deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam said on Saturday. This would largely benefit small projects such as independent houses, whose constructions are stalled due to inordinate delay in obtaining the plan sanction.

In the assembly, Panneerselvam, who holds housing and urban development department portfolio, said the move will be applicable for all constructions across Tamil Nadu, including areas under the jurisdiction of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).

While the CMDA has delegated powers to local bodies including Greater Chennai Corporation to provide planning permissions for basic constructions such as ground+one or stilt+two buildings, the respective local bodies issue the permits in rest of Tamil Nadu.

Builders’ Association of India’s Southern Centre chairman, S Ramaprabhu, said the move would speed up the clearance of applications for planning permissions. “If applicants provide all documents required for issuing planning permission but there is a delay, it would be considered as deemed sanction. Independent houses will be the largest beneficiaries,” he said.

The development comes in the backdrop of the government launching a regularisation scheme for unapproved plots in 2017.

As per government data, 3,434 applications were received in Chennai Metropolitan Area, while nearly six lakh applications were filed across rest of the state for regularisation under the amnesty scheme. “Under such circumstances, the new announcement would ease construction in the regularised unapproved plots,” Ramaprabhu added.

The state government has also eased the norms for obtaining planning permission for industrial buildings for a specified area.

Panneerselvam said industries constructing buildings within an area of 25,000sqft and not exceeding the height of 18.30m in approved industrial layouts can self certify the planning permissions.

Applicants need not visit any office after filing their documents for the purpose, he said, adding that orders for the purpose would be issued soon.

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AFTER 20 YEARS

Boy given HIV+ blood gets ₹20 lakh, govt job

Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com

Chennai:21.07.2019

More than two decades after acquiring AIDS due to wrong transfusion of HIVinfected blood at the government-run Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children in Chennai, the victim will receive a compensation of ₹20 lakh and a suitable government job, a city court ruled on Saturday.

“The doctors at the hospital who treated the victim are held liable for medical negligence and the hospital is directed to pay ₹20 lakh as compensation together with interest at 6% per annum from the date of filing of the suit till the date of realisation,” XVII additional city civil judge V Thenmozhe said. “This court would like to suggest that the government consider the victim’s case as a special one and appoint him in any post suitable for his educational qualification,” she said, directing the hospital to pay ₹1.5 lakh to the victim as cost of the suit.

In December 1998, the victim, then a six-month-old boy, was admitted to ICH over complaints of diarrhoea.

Hospital failed to prove blood was tested: Court

It was found that his small intestine and large intestine were intertwined and immediate surgery was required to set it right. During the surgery, he received a blood transfusion and was later discharged on March 11, 1999.

Two days after his discharge, he fell ill again and was admitted as an inpatient and treated for a few days. In September 1999, he suffered severe cold and swelling in the neck. ICH doctors advised his parents to take him to Thoracic Medicine Centre in Tambaram Sanatorium.

After several tests, Tambaram Sanatorium Hospital doctors informed the boy’s family that he was infected with HIV. The family moved the high court which suggested it move a civil suit for damages and directed the hospital to pay ₹50,000 towards medical expenses.

Opposing the demand, the hospital contended that blood used for the child was screened for HIV, Hepatitis B and other viruses. As per a SC direction all blood bags were screened for HIV and as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, records were to be destroyed after 5 years, Hence, records of 1999 were not available, it said.

Concurring with P Uma, counsel for the victim, the court said the hospital had not produced any documentary evidence to prove the blood transfused to the boy was tested/ screened to ensure it was not affected by HIV and other virus.

Noting that it is a frequent complaint that government medical institutions lacked adequate and proper qualified staff, equipment and maintenance, the judge said, due to such reasons people are forced to spend on private health care substantially.

No. of girls migrating for edu rising much faster than boys
Rise Fastest In ‘Backward’ States: Census

Rema.Nagarajan@timesgroup.com  21.07.2019

Many more girls are moving out of their states in search of education than in the past and the pace at which this is changing is most rapid in the states generally viewed as backward. This heartening trend emerges from just-released census 2011 data.

While the number of boys migrating across states for education in the nine years preceding the census grew by 13% compared to the nine years before the 2001census, the jump for girls was four times higher at 52%.

As a result, girls went from being over a third the number of boys who migrated out of their state for education in 1992-2001 to almost half the number of boys by the 2011 census, which recorded a total of 5.4 million migrating for education within India. This change in the gender skew was highest in states such as Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and UP. Among larger states, in Punjab and Tamil Nadu, girls were over 82% and 74% of the number of boys leaving for education in other states.

Though not as dramatic an increase as that for education, women migrating for work or employment increased by 31% compared to just 10% for men.

More Kerala girls move out for edu than boys

However, their share in the total number of people migrating for work, over six million, was just 12% in 2011, a marginal increase from 10% in 2001.

In Delhi, the number of girls doing so increased by more than one and a half times from less than 9,000 to almost 23,000. Big states, which saw a similar jump, though not as dramatic, were West Bengal, UP and Haryana.

In Bihar, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, the number of girls migrating out of the state for education almost doubled in 2011 over the 2001 numbers.

In Rajasthan, it jumped by 82% and in Uttar Pradesh by 78%.

In both censuses, Kerala was the only state with more girls than boys migrating for education with the skew increasing in 2011.

Bihar was at the bottom, where girls were just 23% of the number of boys leaving for studies. In Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh too this proportion was low, about 36% and 39%, respectively.

Women’s share in those migrating for work was the lowest in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, just over 7% in 2011. The highest share was in Chhattisgarh, with women constituting 29%, followed by Kerala with 25% and Karnataka with 20%.

87% seats vacant after 2nd round of engg counselling

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:21.07.2019

In a new low, a mere 13% of engineering seats have been filled after two rounds of counselling in Tamil Nadu. Of the 1,66,582 seats, only 21,532 have been filled so far.

A closer scrutiny reveals that only 27 of 494 engineering colleges have been able to fill more than 50% of sanctioned intake. Of these 27 institutions, 12 are government and government-aided institutions. “Usually, more than 40,000 seats are filled by the time cut-off drops to 150 marks from

200. This year, only around 21,000 seats were filled so far. In terms of admissions, this would be one of the lowest in recent years,” a principal from city engineering college said.

Last year, 72,648 seats were filled at the end of counselling. This year, the number is expected to be around 60,000.

But, consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi expects more seats to be filled in the next rounds. “For the third and fourth rounds, 70,164 students were called. More than 40,000 seats could be filled. After completing academic, vocational and supplementary counselling, the total may cross 75,000,” he said. Still, more than one lakh seats could fall vacant adversely affecting colleges.

More than 1L engg seats may remain vacant

Of the 1,51,574 seats available in selffinancing engineering colleges, only 13,379 seats were filled after two rounds. There are only a few takers for seats in Anna University’s constituent and regional campuses. Of 8,840 seats, only 3578 seats were filled, experts said.

P Selvaraj, secretary of Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges, said it was the continuation of a downward trend over the last few years. “The negative publicity that engineers are not getting jobs is keeping students away. We have taken some measures to create awareness for engineering courses. Hopefully, the trend will reverse from next year,” he said.

After the relaxation of facultystudent ratio by All India Council for Technical Education, more than 22,000 faculty members lost their jobs in 2018. This year, faculty members fear there would be more job cuts.

30 patients in govt hosp fall ill after taking antibiotic drug
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Ramanathapuram

Thirty patients, who were administered an antibiotic drug at the Ramannathapuram district government headquarters hospital on Thursday, developed fever with shiveringand itching. Following this, the state health department has instructed the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) to conduct a test on the samples of the antibiotic injection, Cefotaxime.

The medicine is administered regularly to patients to treat bacterial infections. On Thursday, about 50 patients were administered the injection.

Ramanathapuram collector K Veera Raghava Rao who visited the hospital on Thursday night, told reporters that all the 30 who developed health issues were administered the ‘new batch’ of antibiotics.

“The usage of antibiotics from this particular batch has been stopped. All the 30 were immediately provided alternative medication and they are normal, but are being monitored as a precaution,” he added.

Speaking to TOI, health secretary Beela Rajesh said the health department has ordered an inquiry on two fronts: TNMSC to test the quality of the drug which was provided to the patients, and the joint director of health services (JDHS), Ramanathapuram, to check if there was a procedural lapse. “We have asked for the report to be submitted within 24 hours and after that, we will get to know more details,” she said.

Officials from the hospital said that all those who experienced issues were from the general surgery ward (male).

They added that patients in other wards, who were administered the same were completely normal. “We are yet to determine the exact reason. We are investigating the issue,” Ramanathapuram JDHS, Dr A Sakaya Stephen Raj said.

Temple News

One more devotee dead at Aththi Varadar temple
Pilgrims forced to wait for many hours; lack of amenities & rude behaviour add to woes

Published: 20th July 2019 04:07 AM

Due to lack of a separate queue, the differently-abled are forced to join the general queue; crowds throng the Aththi Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram for darshan;

By Omjasvin MD  Express News Service

CHENNAI: A septuagenarian died on Friday after visiting the Aththi Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram. Earlier on Thursday, four out of 12 persons who fainted while waiting in queue for darshan died. Total death toll at the temple premises since the beginning of the 40-day festival has now risen to seven. The deceased, Arumugam, was from Virugambakkam. He collapsed at the temple around 2.45 pm and was rushed to the Kancheepuram GH, where he was declared as ‘brought dead’.

Crowd & chaos
A little child was also admitted to the hospital on Friday. She fell from a barricade kept at the temple and hurt her leg. Express spoke to devotees,crowds doctors and officials at the temple, and their statements indicate shortcomings in crowd management. “Many senior citizens are visiting the temple though they cannot bear the crowd and congestion,” say medical officials. The general queue enters the premises through the East Mada Street, and people had started queuing there from 5 am.

With thousands flooding the temple for darshan, devotees say it takes them as much as nine hours to see the deity. “There are multiple lines and people coming from all directions,” says 58-year-old P Subramani, who has come from Salem with 27 others. “Many people jump the queue... fights break out... but police don’t seem to care about it. There are so many lines that we got confused.” M Velu from Chennai says the police had been making them run around in circles.

“The general queue has been frozen for hours, but the police are busy help VIPs,” says Velu. “There is no proper ventilation... just small fans. Children and the elderly are finding it difficult to breathe.”
Devotees also complained about bad odour and lack of drinking water in the temple. The authorities have replaced chlorinated water with RO purified water. But there are complaints of tumblers being stolen and the water drums being inaccessible. The e-toilets are also in an inaccessible location, in an open land far from the east gate. There was no water in these toilets when Express visited the place.

Police highhandedness?

Several local people have alleged police harassment, both physical and verbal. “A woman officer called me fat, and said I was taking up space meant for three people,” says 67-year-old N Rajam from Vellore. 

“I had been waiting for five hours in the queue. I was so tired that I could not move. The police officer got irritated and, instead of helping, harassed me,” says Rajam.

Kalaiarasan of Coimbatore says police at the sanctum sanctorum were merciless. “We waited for nine hours for darshan, but were not allowed to pray for even a few seconds. Once we reached the sanctum sanctorum, the pushing and jostling started. Some even tripped and fell.”About 5,000 police personnel have been deployed at the temple. But they seemed helpless as the crowd did not thin even after 5 pm.

“We have deployed personnel all around the temple, to manage parking, traffic diversions and queues,” a senior official said. “There’s limited space here while the crowd keeps swelling.”Kancheepuram Collector P Ponniah was not available for comment. Officials at the collectorate said he was around the temple for the most part of the day, keeping everything in check. The 40-day-long festival will end on August 17.

‘kids, elderly stay away’

The government on Friday issued a public advisory for people visiting the temple. Signed by the Kancheepuram Collector and published in major dailies, the message said the size of crowd thronging the temple was increasing on a daily basis. The minimum waiting time for darshan ranged between 4 and 6 hours. The authorities requested elderly persons, those with health conditions, pregnant women and those with infants to avoid visiting the temple

Devotees say it takes them as much as nine hours to see the deity
There are multiple lines, and as a result, fights break out
Lack of proper ventilation is another concern. Children and the elderly are finding it difficult to breathe Devotees also complained about bad odour and lack of drinking water

Court News

Don’t send govt doctors abroad, suggests Madras HC

There is a dearth of medical professionals in India, observes Madurai bench of Madras HC

Published: 20th July 2019 04:25 AM |
Madras High Court

By Express News Service

MADURAI: Observing that there is a dearth of medical professionals in the country and government doctors should not be sent on deputation out of India, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court suggested the State government to take a policy decision in this regard.

Justice R Mahadevan passed the order while dismissing a petition filed by one T Alexander Devaraj, on behalf of his wife D Lily Manoharan, challenging the punishment of ‘removal from service’ due to her unauthorised absence from duty in Madurai after she completed her foreign medical service in Kuwait. The judge observed, “When the country is facing a dearth of medical professionals... sending a doctor to foreign service is unjustifiable.”

Hence, government must take appropriate steps as a matter of policy to ensure that none of the doctors from our country is deputed to any other country, stated the judge. With regard to the case in hand, the judge noted that Lily had been granted permission to join foreign medical service in Kuwait in 1992 and the same had been extended till 1996. However, she failed to join duty till 2003 and even after that she took several months of unearned leave till February 2004, a month prior to her retirement, he added.

Moreover, Lily, despite claiming that she had been absent due to cardiac illness, could not produce medical records to prove the same nor did she appear for the enquiry proceedings, the Judge pointed out and dismissed the petition. Earlier, the judge directed the health department to avoid lapses in future in taking action against erring doctors.

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Madras High Court rejects doctor's plea against dismissal for overstaying on foreign deputation

The judge said a government servant who is rendering such public service like medicine should not be sent on deputation out of India for any reason.

Published: 19th July 2019 07:28 PM |

Madras High Court

By PTI

MADURAI: The Madras High Court bench here Friday observed that government servants such as doctors should not for any reason be sent on deputation overseas when there was already a dearth of such professionals in the country.

Justice R Mahadevan made the observation while rejecting a plea of Dr

D Lilly Manoharan seeking to quash a government order dismissing her from service for overstaying in Kuwait after being sent on deputation.

The petitioner, who was suspended a day before his retirement and then dismissed, had sought a direction to the officials concerned to sanction pension and other terminal benefits.

The judge said a government servant who is rendering such public service like medicine should not be sent on deputation out of India for any reason.

"It is high time, the government has to take appropriate steps as a matter of policy as they are necessary to ensure that none of the doctors from our country are sent to any other country either on deputation or otherwise, when already there is a dearth of such professionals in our country," he said.

The judge questioned the inaction of officials for long time though disciplinary action was initiated against her way back in 1997.

The doctor was permitted to join foreign medical service for a year from September 1992 which was later extended till September, 1996.

But she did not return and continued there till 2003.

In fact, after issuing show-cause notice in 1997, nothing progressed till 2003, when the doctor was allowed to join duty back home.

However, she remained absent once again.

During this time, the officials should have acted swiftly with departmental proceedings, but they chose to suspend her a day before she was to retire, the judge said.

The inaction on the part of the officials had led to filing of the present petition, he said and directed officials of the health department not to repeat such lapses in future and ensure that steps were taken then and there, when delinquency was committed by a government servant.

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No government doctor must be deputed abroad: Madras high court

Jul 20, 2019, 2:19 am IST

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Doctor is considered as a savior at all times and is highly responsible person, who can save human life.

Madras high court

Chennai: Pulling up the state government for sending a doctor in government service to foreign service, the Madras high court has said the government servant, who is rendering such public services, should not, for any reason, be sent on deputation out of India and it is high time, the government took appropriate steps as a matter of policy, as are necessary to ensure that none of the doctors from our country are deputed to any other country either on deputation or otherwise, when already there is a dearth of such professionals in our country.

Justice R.Mahadevan made the observation while dismissing a petition from Dr.D.Lilly Manoharan represented by her power agent and husband T.Alexandar Devaraj, which sought to quash an order of the state health secretary, removing her from service, for overstaying abroad without permission.

The judge said the petitioner's wife was a doctor by profession and it is not known as to why she should be sent out of India, when she was in government service. When the country is already facing a dearth of medical professional proportionate to attend to those suffering from various ailments, sending a doctor in government service to foreign service is not justifiable. Medical profession is one of the noblest professions among all the professions, through out the world. The responsibilities attached to the post of a doctor are lesser than the privileges they could enjoy. Doctor is considered as a savior at all times and is highly responsible person, who can save human life. It is the most demanding profession throughout the globe, the judge added.

Dismissing the petition, the judge said even though the authorities have initiated disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner’s wife during the year 1997 for her overstay abroad beyond the one permitted, when she came back to India during the year 2002, surprisingly, she was permitted to join duty without any observation as to the continuance of the departmental proceedings against her, even after her joining, during 2003. In fact, after issuing show cause notice during 1997, nothing has progressed till 2003, when the petitioner’s wife was unceremoniously permitted to join duty. Further she once again remained absent and at least at this stage, the authorities ought to have swiftly proceeded with the departmental proceedings. Ultimately, the authorities have suspended her from service on March 30, 2004, one day prior to her retirement and retained their right to proceed against her departmentally. Thereafter, the authorities conducted enquiry and passed an order on January 25, 2015, removing her from service, which was questioned in this petition. “Thus, the inaction on the part of the respondents (authorities) has been given rise to the filing of the present petition by the petitioner claiming equity, which the respondents (authorities) could have avoided. Therefore, this court specifically directs that the respondents (health authorities) herein and all other departments shall not repeat such lapses in future and ensure that steps are taken then and there, when delinquency is committed by the government servant”, the judge added.

Doctors raise doubts over proposed National Medical Commission

One of the major contentions is that the bill does not clearly state if NEXT will be considered the main exam or whether NEET would continue as well.

Published: 18th July 2019 11:50 PM

By IANS

NEW DELHI: Doctors have expressed apprehensions over the proposed PG entrance exam format following Cabinet's approval for setting up a National Medical Commission (NMC) on Wednesday.


One of the major contentions is that the bill does not clearly state if National Exit Test (NEXT) will be considered the main exam or whether National Eligibility cum Entrance test (NEET) would continue as well.

Key features of the bill are: the common final year MBBS exam would be known as National Exit Test (NEXT) and would serve as licentiate exam for entrance to PG medical courses and as a screening test for foreign medical graduates.

The Bill provides that the national entrance test, that is NEET, common counselling and NEXT would also be applicable to Institutes of National Importance (INIs) such as AIIMS to have common standards in the country.

The Federation of Resident Doctor's Association (FORDA) has demanded immediate withdrawal of the proposal of the exit exam and the one allowing people trained in alternative medicine to head or to be a member of the proposed NMC bill and omission of the clauses pertaining to limit members from diverse medicine backgrounds.

"We demand immediate constitution of Indian medical service to take care of healthcare system in India and draft policies based on recent developments on the welfare of the general population. We also want efforts to improve teaching methods and system in college nationwide," said Dr. Sunil Arora, General Secretary, FORDA.

Sumedh, President of Federation of Resident Doctor's Association, said the Bill raises certain doubts. "This (bill provisions) will lead to chaos at postgraduate as well as MBBS level. For instance, how about those who have given NEET and not qualified? Similarly, what happens to someone who has cleared MBBS but is not happy with the PG seat offered and wants a different course?"

Experts said the Bill may lead to favouritism. "It also doesn't mention whether exam will be based on practicals or theory. In case of a practical exam, favouritism can play a role," added Sumedh.

Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, President of the Heart Care Foundation of India, said "They have accepted some demands of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). They have also not mentioned anything about the bridge course".

10 dead in collision between bus, van near Kallakurichi

Ten people died and six others suffered grievous injuries when an omnibus and van collided head-on near Kallakuruchi in the wee hours of Thursday.

Published: 19th July 2019 04:58 AM

Mangled remains of the van that collided with a bus near Kallakurichi in the wee hours on Thursday | Express
By Express News Service

VILLUPURAM: Ten people died and six others suffered grievous injuries when an omnibus and van collided head-on near Kallakuruchi in the wee hours of Thursday. While the bus was on the way to Chennai from Coimbatore, the pick-up van was carrying contract workers, sources said. Police suspect driver of the van might have dozed off, resulting in the vehicle veering to the opposite lane.


According to a police official, Sanakaresawaran of Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram was a manpower agent and had sent 14 workers, hailing from Jharkhand to Kanageyam from Kancheepuram for TNEB work. They were travelling in a van driven by M Manikandan (32) of Deivavinayagapuram in Madurai. K Meenatchi Sundaram (33) of Govindanallur in Virudhunagar district accompanied them as a guide and K Lingam (19) of Deivanayagapuram too joined the workers.

On Thursday morning, the van was plying on the Kallakuruchi bypass road when it collided with the bus. In the accident, bus driver A Rajendiran (56) of Alangulam in Tirunelveli died on the spot and spare driver Ravichandran (28) of Vilanguruchi in Coimbatore suffered injuries.

Similarly, van driver Manikandan, workers K Kharu Rajak (30), K Anon Rajak (19), L Seman Rajak (28), A Chottu Kumar (23), L Raj Ponnia (30) and K Anoj Ponia (35) died on the spot while seven more workers suffered injuries. Based on information, policemen from Kallakuruchi station under inspector S Valli rushed to the spot and sent the injured to the government hospital in Kallakuruchi.

6 die in Thoothukudi as car rams bridge wall
Thoothukudi: Six persons died when their car rammed into the wall of a bridge and fell into a 20-foot-deep pit near Karunkulam in Thoothukudi district on Thursday. Sources said that the deceased were bound for Tiruchendur from Sivakasi. The injured were admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital. ENS

Nalini’s plea to direct Guv on release quashed

The bench pointed out that Article 361 of the Constitution insulates the Governor from being questioned or make him answerable before any court with regard to the discharge of his official duties.

Published: 19th July 2019 04:22 AM

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini (File | EPS)
By Express News Service

CHENNAI: A division bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday refused to direct the Governor to affix his approval on the recommendations dated September 9, 2018, of the State cabinet for release of Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Accepting the contentions of Advocate-General Vijay Narayan, a bench of Justices R Subbiah and C Saravanan dismissed the writ petition from Nalini.


The bench pointed out that Article 361 of the Constitution insulates the Governor from being questioned or make him answerable before any court with regard to the discharge of his official duties. It gives complete immunity and privilege to him in the discharge of his constitutional obligations.

“Therefore, questioning the discharge of the act of the Governor or failure to discharge his constitutional obligations cannot be subjected to judicial scrutiny under Article 226 of the Constitution by arraying him as a party to the writ proceedings,” the bench said.

Govt. doctors boycott OP services

STAFF REPORTER

SALEM/NAMAKKAL, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Federation of Government Doctors Association staging a demonstration in Krishnagiri on Thursday.

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Doctors of government hospitals here boycotted out-patient (OP) services for two hours on Thursday pressing various demands.

Close to 200 doctors took part in the protests in Salem and boycotted OP services between 8 a.m and 11 a.m. The protests were held demanding pay hike based on Dynamic Assured Career Progression scheme, counselling to postgraduate service doctors’ posts instead of direct posting, 50% quota in postgraduation studies for government doctors and appointment of doctors according to patient ratio instead of reducing doctor positions according to suggestions by Medical Council of India.

T.Senthil Kumar, convener of Federation of Government Doctors Association, said that patients were attended to after the protests. He added that the government should call them for talks and hear their grievances.

In Namakkal, close to 400 doctors from Namakkal district headquarters hospital and primary health centres took part in the protests. The doctors raised slogans against the government and demanded the government to pay heed to their demands.

In Krishnagiri, members of the Federation of Government Doctors Association staged a demonstration.

PA to Collector dies in accident

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

PUDUKOTTAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Personal Assistant (Accounts) to the Collector, Pudukottai, succumbed to injuries she sustained in a road accident in the town on Wednesday.

The deceased, T. Balachandra, 57, Personal Assistant to Collector, was riding pillion on a motorcycle driven by her husband Thirugnanasambandam in the late hours on Tuesday when a two-wheeler rider rammed their vehicle from behind at South Fourth Street in Pudukottai town.

Balachandra fell down along with her husband.

As she sustained head injury, she was admitted to the Pudukottai Medical College Hospital .

On Wednesday morning, Balachandra passed away.

The Pudukottai Town Police have registered a case.

All Nippon Airways to start flights from Chennai to Tokyo from October

STAFF REPORTERCHENNAI

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Direct flights to Tokyo, starting October

Starting October, there will be direct air connectivity between Chennai and Japan, as All Nippon Airways will start flights from the city to Tokyo. Services will begin from October 27 and bookings will open from July 24.

Appointments of V-Cs, faculty must be transparent: Governor

STAFF REPORTER

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Only then education of the desired quality could be delivered, he says

Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday said the selection process of Vice-Chancellors and teaching faculty should be transparent to deliver education of the desired quality.

Delivering the inaugural address at the regional summit on ‘Quality and Sustainable Education’ organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) along with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the Governor said the country was on the threshold of realising the benefits of demographic dividend with more than half of India’s population below 25 years of age.

“At least 10 million youth enter the country’s workforce every year. The benefits of the demographic dividend will be realised fully when this large workforce finds gainful employment,” he said.

The Governor highlighted that Tamil Nadu had done better in getting more students enrolled for higher education with its Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 46% surpassing even that of China, which was at 39.5%.

Terry Durnnian, Chief Education, Unicef, highlighted the conference’s theme of ‘Realizing the full human potential through inclusive and holistic education,’ and said focus was needed on learning outcomes.

Veterinary counselling from July 25

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Call letters available on Tanuvas website

The counselling for veterinary courses will be held from July 25 to 27. On July 25, in the first session at 9 a.m., counselling will be held for special categories (sportspersons, wards of ex-servicemen and differently able persons).

In the second session at 11.30 a.m, counselling for vocational stream of B.VSc and Animal Husbandry will be held. The counselling for academic stream of B.VSc will be held on July 26 from 9 a.m. and on July 27, counselling will be held for B.Tech (food/poultry/dairy technology).

Candidates may visit the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Tanuvas) website, www.tanuvas.ac.in, to verify their cut-off marks, rank in the merit list and download call letters.

SMS alerts

Eligible candidates should come to the venue an hour ahead of the scheduled time along with the call letter. Candidates are required to bring the required documents/certificates mentioned in the letters.

Alerts have been sent to eligible candidates by SMS and e-mail, according to the Chairman of the Admission Committee (UG), Tanuvas.

Alerts have been sent to eligible candidates by SMS and e-mail

Governor releases special postal cover on Athi Varadar

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Governor Banwarilal Purohit released a special cover and special cancellation on Athi Varadar at Raj Bhavan on Thursday.

The Tamil Nadu Postal Circle has brought out this special cover to commemorate the ‘Athi Varadhar Festival 2019’ in Kancheepuram based on a proposal from the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department.

Special UV printing

A total of thousand special covers have been printed with special UV printing and each cover is priced at Rs. 50.

The Department of Posts has also printed one lakh non-UV special covers considering the huge number of devotees thronging the temple.

These covers are available at Rs. 20 each at the Anna Road Head Post Office Philately Bureau as well as at the special stalls, which have already been put up near the Devarajaswami Temple at Kancheepuram. Ganga Jal bottles (250 ml sourced at Gangotri at Rs. 30 per bottle) have also been made available for sale for the devotees visiting the temple.

Chief Postmaster General, M. Sampath, Postmasters General J. Charukesi and R. Anand; Secretary to Governor R. Rajagopal, and Commissioner from Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department K. Phanindra Reddy participated in the event.

A total of thousand special covers have been printed

Relatives attack nursing students as patient dies

STAFF REPORTER

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Fault them for administering an injection to the patient

Five nursing students were reportedly assaulted by relatives of a patient who died after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital (KGH) for Women and Children on Wednesday.

The students were pursuing diploma course in general nursing at the School of Nursing, KGH, an associated institution of the Government Medical College, Omandurar Estate. They were attending to an elderly woman admitted with complaints of fever. On Wednesday, the patient reportedly vomited blood and collapsed. The students rushed her to the casualty ward. However, she suffered a cardiac arrest and died.

“Following this, the patient’s relatives manhandled them. They had to be stopped by the hospital staff and security,” K. Boominathan, State president of the Government Trained and Trainee Nurses Association, said. However, they did not sustain injuries. The relatives alleged that the students had administered an injection to the patient. He said there were no duty doctors at the ward at that time, and it was the students, who rushed the patient to the casualty ward in a stretcher.

Police complaint

“The director of KGH and dean of the medical college have not lodged a complaint with the police. All hostel students have been granted three days leave, and told not to leave the hostel,” he claimed. The association demanded that a formal complaint be lodged with the police.

Cannot direct Governor to release Rajiv case convicts: HC

Mohamed Imranullah S.

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Nalini Sriharan

Holds as not maintainable a writ petition filed by Nalini

The Madras High Court on Thursday held as not maintainable a writ petition filed by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict S. Nalini seeking a direction to the Governor to “countersign” a recommendation made by the State Cabinet on September 9 for premature release of all seven life convicts.

A Division Bench of Justices R. Subbiah and C. Saravanan said that no such direction could be issued to the Governor since the person holding the office had been insulated, under Article 361(1) of the Constitution, from being questioned or made answerable to courts of law with respect to discharge of his / her constitutional functions and duties.

The judges agreed with Advocate General Vijay Narayan that the immunity so conferred on the Governor of a State was unfettered and it could not be intruded by the High Court in exercise of the power, to issue writs, conferred on it under Article 226 of the Constitution. The personal immunity under Article 361 was clear and specific, the judges said.

‘No judicial scrutiny’

Authoring the verdict, Justice Subbiah observed that neither the discharge of a constitutional duty by the Governor nor the failure to discharge such an obligation could be subjected to judicial scrutiny under Article 226 by arraying him / her as a party to the writ proceedings since Article 361 completely insulates the person holding the office.

“In this case, even assuming that the Governor of the State did not take into account the advice given by the Council of the Ministers, it will not be a ground for the petitioner to file this writ petition and contend that the protection of life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been infringed.

“The privileges and immunity conferred on the Governor of the State under Article 361 of the Constitution of India is a clear bar for the petitioner to file the present writ petition. The Governor cannot therefore be equated with government instrumentalities, enumerated under Article 12, who are amenable to the writ jurisdiction of this court,” he said.

He said the Supreme Court had in Rameshwar Prasad versus Union of India (2006) held that a Governor could not be made answerable to the courts.even in cases where allegations of mala fide had been attributed.

SC begins publishing judgments in Tamil

Legal Correspondent

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Credit must go to DMK president: Wilson

The Supreme Court began publishing its judgments in various languages from Thursday and the first verdict to be translated and uploaded on its website in Tamil was the one delivered on March 29 confirming the life sentence on popular restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan’s founder P. Rajagopal.

The translated versions of the Supreme Court judgments can be accessed by clicking on the link titled ‘vernacular judgments’ on the home page of the court.

Alternatively, English as well as the translated copies of the judgment can be accessed by clicking on the link ‘judgments’ and then carrying out a search using the case number or other details. All translated vernacular judgments carry a condition at the end that they are meant only to help litigants understand the verdict in their language.

It is also made clear that for all official purposes, the judgments delivered in English alone would be taken into consideration.

Elated over judgments being made available in Tamil, senior counsel and Rajya Sabha member P. Wilson said the credit must go to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M.K. Stalin, who sent a delegation of his party MPs to meet Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and impress upon him the need to translate the verdicts in the classical language too.

“Initially, the Supreme Court had not included Tamil among the vernacular languages in which it intended to release its judgements. It was only because of the efforts taken by DMK president that the CJI agreed to release the verdicts in Tamil too,” he asserted.

The translated judgments can be accessed via the link titled ‘vernacular judgments’ on the court’s home page

A school dropout’s recipe for success

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Paying respects:People gather outside Saravana Bhavan owner P. Rajagopal’s residence in K.K. Nagar.K. Pichumani

Rajagopal’s Saravana Bhavan chain is synonymous with quality and taste

P. Rajagopal’s rise from penury to prominence was the stuff of dreams. Born in Punnai Nagar in the erstwhile Tirunelveli district on August 5, 1947, he had to struggle to reach the position he occupied before his death, setting up a chain of eateries that became synonymous with quality and standardisation of taste, hygiene and size of portions.

A school dropout, he was sent to Valparai at a young age, where he worked at an eatery. Thereafter, he moved to Chennai and started working during the late sixties as an errand boy in a Mylapore vessel store. He had to supplement his family income, primarily derived from agriculture. Rajagopal did not let go any opportunity to learn — he learnt the art of management from the vessel merchant. It was at this time that he was attracted to the spiritual discourses of the late Kirubanandha Variyar, who would go on to become his guide later in life.

This was followed by his stint as a trader. He started a grocery store in K.K. Nagar. The idea of starting a hotel struck him when his customers frequently complained about the lack of a good eatery in the vicinity. And soon enough, an opportunity came his way.

The owner of Kamatchi Bhavan, an eatery located close to his shop, declared his intention to give up the place as it was not viable anymore. Acquiring the eatery, Rajagopal and his wife started cooking and serving food at cheaper rates, running it first in the same name, and then renaming it as Saravana Bhavan in 1981.

A senior journalist recalls, “I used to visit the small hotel run by Rajagopal in early 1980s. It earned a reputation for clean and tasty food at affordabale rates. They served a meal for Rs. 3 then.” M.G. Sivagnanam, author of Vetri Meethu Asai Vaithen (I desired success), a biography of Rajagopal, said Rajagopal learnt the art of business from his former employers whom he respectfully referred to asMudhalali .

“He treated his employees very well, and they used to fondly refer to him asAnnachi (elder brother),” Mr. Sivagnanam said. With about 4,000 employees, Rajagopal knew each of them personally. He offered welfare schemes to his employees, unimaginable at the time.

Success mantra

Rajagopal himself shared the secret of his success once with the Hindu : “All you need is proper planning and execution, besides having the mental toughness to face challenges. One should also learn by experience.”

Along with his children, he slowly built branches/franchises across the world, serving a certain kind of South Indian cuisine, nearly identical in its taste everywhere. He expanded the business rapidly after setting up the first offshore restaurant in Dubai. Today, there are 83 Saravana Bhavan units worldwide, with 40 in India.

Travel by sleeper coach may cost you more

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

A quarterly tax of Rs. 4,000 a berth and Rs. 3,000 a seat mooted

The State government tabled a Bill in the Assembly on Thursday to amend Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974, to levy taxes on omni buses with sleeper facilities.

Through this law, motor vehicles tax could be levied on omni buses with sleeper berth facilities registered both in Tami Nadu and in other States and Union territories. This could lead to higher fares.

The Bill, introduced by Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar in the House, pointed out that at present there was no provision in the Act to levy motor vehicles taxes on omni buses with sleeper berths and those with seats.

“Hence, the government has decided to amend the Act to levy taxes on such omni buses,” the Bill said.

To be called Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Bill provides for levying a quarterly tax of Rs. 4,000 a single berth in omni buses registered in Tamil Nadu with sleeper berths and an addition of Rs. 3,000 if the vehicle offered a seat too.

Tax for non-T.N. buses

As for such omni buses registered in other States and Union territories, the tax would be Rs. 800 a seat or Rs. 1,000 per single berth per entry if the temporary licence was for a period not exceeding seven days.

If the temporary licence was for a period exceeding seven days but not exceeding 30 days, the vehicle would be charged Rs. 2,000 a seat or Rs. 2,500 per single berth per entry. If the licence was for more than 30 but within 90 days, it would be Rs. 5,000 per seat or Rs. 5,500 per single berth per entry.

A senior official said the law was primarily aimed at curbing tax evasion by omni bus owners

The Bill was likely to be passed in the House on the last day of the ongoing session on Saturday.

Edappadi announces Tenkasi, Chengalpattu districts

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

Tirunelveli and Kancheepuram districts to be bifurcated, govt. tells House

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced the creation of two more districts with Tenkasi and Chengalpattu as their headquarters. With this, the number of districts in Tamil Nadu rises to 35.

Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, Mr. Palaniswami said the decision follows requests from Ministers, MLAs and the general public that new districts should be created out of big districts to ensure better administration.

He said Tirunelveli would be bifurcated to create a new district with Tenkasi as the headquarters. Similarly, Kancheepuram would be bifurcated to create a new district. Chengalpattu would be the new headquarters. The Chief Minister said each new district would have an IAS officer as a special officer.

Special allocation

In January, Mr. Palaniswami announced creation of Kallakurichi district, carved out of Villupuram.

Since Villupuram Municipality was celebrating its centenary, the Chief Minister on Thursday allocated Rs. 50 crore for developing infrastructure. The money would be used for providing drinking water, street lights, roads, underground drainage, bus stands, parks, anganwadis, ponds and municipal service centres.

The new Tenkasi district is likely to comprise Alangulam, Tenkasi, Kodayanallur, Vasudevanallur and Sankarankoil Assembly constituencies under its administration.

A few days ago, Mr. Palaniswami had announced in Tenkasi that the government was considering creating a new district.

While welcoming the creation of new districts, PMK founder S. Ramadoss said Vellore district, which had the maximum number of 13 Assembly constituencies should be split into three with Arakkonam and Tirupattur as separate districts.

Final decision awaited

Revenue Minister R.B. Udayakumar, however, said a final decision had not yet been taken on the areas to be covered under the new districts and the special officers would hold public hearings before finalising the jurisdiction.

Asked whether Kumbakonam would be made a new district, he said the local MLA G. Anbalagan had been making the demand and it was under the consideration of the government.

Rajagopal, owner of Saravana Bhavan, dies

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 19, 2019 00:00 IST

P. Rajagopal

He was sentenced in a murder case

P. Rajagopal, 72, owner of Saravana Bhavan restaurants, who was ailing, died in a city hospital on Thursday morning. Last week, he surrendered in a sessions court to serve the life sentence awarded to him for abduction and murder of an employee in 2001. The court later allowed him to be shifted to a private hospital for treatment.

He is survived by two wives and two sons and leaves behind a legacy in the form of the Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants.

Rajagopal was named the prime accused in the kidnapping and murder of Prince Santhakumar. According to the prosecution, either upon the advice of an astrologer or having become besotted with Jeevajothi, Santhakumar’s wife, he evinced a keen desire to take her as his third wife, and urged her to split up with her husband.

Faced with resistance from her, Rajagopal made several failed attempts, with the help of others, to break the couple up. On his instructions, hired hands kidnapped Santhakumar, killed him and dumped the body in the forest area of Tiger Chola near Kodaikanal, the prosecution argued. After the trial concluded in a special court at Poonamallee, Rajagopal was awarded a 10-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine in 2004.

Univ allows you to improve your exams written 2 decades ago
Rajeev.KR@timesgroup.com

Kozhikode:19.07.2019

Calicut University has come up with an extraordinary solution to help former students, even those who completed their course a quarter of a century ago, to improve their results.

Those who completed their course in 1995 to 2019 can appear for a “special supplementary and improvement examination” to be held by the university. Authorities said the decision would be helpful to students who couldn’t score enough marks in their student days.

Interestingly, the varsity had tried its hands at the improvement examination in the past too but had to stop it in 2015, three years after its commencement, after it ran into controversy over difficulties in revoking the earlier degree certificates and other technical issues.

Syndicate examinations standing committee member K K Haneefa said the decision to conduct the examination was taken on request from former students, mainly those who failed to score the minimum marks of 50 or 55% required to appear for various eligibility tests or for promotions.

“The single-chance exam will be held on the basis of syllabus corresponding to the student’s year of study. The examination wing will make a list of all syllabi and schemes followed by the varsity from 1995 onwards,” a senior official said.

Full report on www.toi.in

FALL OF AN EMPIRE

A GLOBAL DOSA STARTUP, WITH A SIDE OF MURDER
P Rajagopal Charted A Remarkable Success Story, Until The Law Caught Up With Him
Jayaraj.Sivan@timesgroup.com  19.07.2019

If the dosa almost has the status of national dish today, some of the credit goes to P Rajagopal, a school dropout who started as a cleaner in a restaurant and went on to establish India’s answer to McDonalds. Saravana Bhavan, his restaurant chain which now extends from Madras to Manhattan, became a global startup when few were even aware of the term. However, there was as much masala in his life as the crispy dosas his outlets dished out. When he died in a hospital in Chennai on Thursday, the 72-year-old was serving a life sentence for murder.

The drama unfolded in 2001 when Rajagopal decided to take a third wife. The only problem: the woman he intended to marry, Jeevajothi, daughter of Rajagopal’s manager, was already married to Prince Shanthakumar. Rajagopal went to the extent of engaging a black magician to make Jeevajothi hate her husband, and tried everything from lavish gifts to threats. When all that failed, Rajagopal arranged for one of his employees to take out Shanthakaumar. “Either being besotted with Jeevajothi or being advised by astrologer, P Rajagopal had evinced keen desire to marry her as his third wife, even though she was already married to Prince Santhakumar” — This opening sentence quoting the FIR, set the tone for the high court’s damning verdict imposing a life sentence on Rajagopal in 2009. However, till July 18, 2019, the ‘dosa king’ had not spent a day in prison.

In March, the apex court confirmed the life term, giving him time till July 7 to surrender. Rajagopal made a last-ditch effort to stave off prison when he moved the Supreme Court again on July

8. By then, he had lost so much credibility that the court trashed his request, saying his ‘illness’ was not raised before the court during the hearing of the appeal. Left with no option, Rajagopal was brought on a stretcher for surrender on July 9, and was taken to Stanley Government Hospital instead of jail on health grounds. There was scepticism when his son Saravanan again moved the high court seeking permission to take Rajagopal to a private hospital for treatment saying doctors at Stanley had changed his medication, owing to which his condition had worsened. The court allowed him treatment at Vijaya hospital where he met his end.

A farmer’s son, Rajagopal left his native village Punnaiyadi (now rechristened Punnai Nagar) as a young boy. After a few months as a cleaner at a restaurant in Valparai in Coimbatore district, he joined his uncle’s grocery shop in Mylapore, Chennai, as a helper. Later, he worked at a utensil shop. He then tried his luck at business – first with a small grocery shop in Ashok Nagar in the 1970s and then a departmental store. Four years later, Rajagopal, who was from the Nadar community, made a foray into a turf Brahmins considered their own — vegetarian food. The first Saravana outlet came up at KK Nagar in Chennai in 1981. Today, it has 27 branches in India, with 20 of them in Chennai alone. The group has branches in 23 other countries such as the US, UK and Australia, giving the diaspora a familiar taste of home.

Rajagopal’s involvement in the murder not only led to his downfall, but cast a shadow on his business as well. Crowds started thinning at the oncefamous buffet at Sarvana’s Peter’s Road branch, which perhaps boasted of the best vegetarian spread at that price in Chennai. Two years ago, the outlet was sealed by the corporation for lack of adequate parking facility. With competition catching up, Saravana Bhavan’s heyday may be over.

For his employees, Rajagopal was Annachi — elder brother. “Annachi’s biggest contribution was standardising taste of food across all outlets,” said G Selvaraj, who worked with Rajagopal for 37 years. “He called himself the prime worker, and could handle every department of the restaurant, though he never sat at the cash counter. Apart from salary, which was always higher than the competition, he paid us rent, education allowance for our wards and medical allowance for us and our parents,” added Selvaraj.

(With inputs from A Subramani and Rajesh Chandramouli)

MANY FACES OF A MAN: 1. Saravana Bhavan in Paris is among the 23 branches across the world apart from 27 in India;

2. P Rajagopal was Annachi (elder brother) to his employees;


3. Rajagopal being arrested in the Shanthakumar murder;


4. with his sons P R Sivakumar (right) and P R Saravanan

Tambaram and Pallavaram could be part of Chennai dist
Sivakumar.B@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.07.2019

With the formation of Chengalpet district, Tambaram and Pallavaram taluks, which are currently under Kancheepuram district, could be annexed to Chennai district, sources said. Chengalpet, Sriperumbudur, Tirukazhukundram and Uthiramerur taluks will be part of Chengalpet district, said sources. The government is, however, yet to take a decision regarding annexing Pallavaram and Tambaram to Chennai district.

Until 1997, Chengalpet was a district headquarters and Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur taluks were under it. But when the district was bifurcated and Tiruvallur was carved out as a separate district, Chengalpet lost the district headquarters status to Kancheepuram.

Tenkasi district is likely to have Tenkasi, Sengottai, Sivagiri, Sankarankoil and Veerakeralampudur taluks. As per the 2011 census, Tenkasi and Chengalpet have a population of 70,545 and 62,569. Tenkasi is an assembly constituency as well as a Lok Sabha constituency and is a major tourist attraction as Courtallam falls is just 5km away.

Tirunelveli district formed in 1790 is being divided for the second time. In 1986 it was split to form Tuticorin district. The present Tirunelveli district, which measures 6,759sqkm, is one of the biggest in terms of area. Welcoming the creation of the new district, people of Tenkasi felt it could attract industries and generate more jobs.

Meanwhile, people of Kumbakonam have been upset that their demand for a separate district has been ignored yet again. In terms of revenue, population and heritage, Kumbakonam stands on top of the table, former secretary of Thanjavur District Small and Tiny Industries Association, A Giri, said. Revenue minister R B Udayakumar said the government would soon make an announcement about formation of Kumbakonam district.

Officials will visit areas, redress grievances

Chief minister Palaniswami on Thursday said a new grievance redressal mechanism – chief minister’s special grievance redressal scheme — would be put in place by August. Under the scheme, officials would visit urban and rural areas to redress grievances of people. District collectors would announce the dates of officials’ visits to each region. Officials from rural development, revenue, municipal administration/ corporation and other departments would take part. They will collect petitions from people and resolve them within a month, he said. TNN

Dental student becomes doctor sans internship

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.07.2019

A dental student, who did not complete her oneyear compulsory internship as she was on maternity leave, was conferred a BDS degree by the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University.

Going by the records of Priyadarshini Dental College, the woman worked in the hospital on the day of her C-Section and months that followed without a break. Irked by the serious lapse, the university asked the college to return her degrees in March. The degrees haven’t been returned and Karishma Irfan continues to remain on the rolls of the Tamil Nadu Dental Council registry, which permits her to practise legally. No action has been taken against the college that issued “false” completion certificate.

In February, university officials found that Irfan’s application for “condonation of break” in compulsory rotatory internship due to maternity was pending. But by then, the college declared her fit to receive BDS degree. “The internship is done in the college and the certificate is given by them. At least 10 department heads sign the attendance and give remarks on performance. The records show that a day after her delivery she has been transferred to the department of periodontics. She worked there for a month and the department has marked her performance as ‘excellent’,” an official said. Irfan was awarded the degree last July.

The university registrar Parameswari Srijayanth, on March 11, sought an explanation from the college chairman V G Rajendran, also the Tiruvallur MLA, on how he gave Irfan completion certificate dated September 30, 2017, when he had signed an application for condonation of break in internship due to her maternity leave in March2017. The medical certificates attached to request for break in internship said she delivered on March 30, 2017, and required five months of rest.

“It is unfortunate that the signatory in compulsory rotatory internship certificate and covering letters for condonation is the same dean, by name M K Venkat Prasad. It is surprising to note a candidate who had a C-Section on March 30 was able to do her internship on the same day and around the perinatal period,” Srijayanth’s letter said. She had asked for an explanation and for return of Irfan’s degree certificate and provisional pass certificate.

Hospital dean Dr Venkat Prasad did not comment. But college sources said the dean appeared before the vice chancellor Dr Sudha Seshayyan and explained the “clerical error”. Sources said the college had written to the university on June 12 that it tried to contact the candidate “requesting” her to return the certificate but she wasn’t able to because she had met with an accident. “We have applied for a revised schedule for her internship,” a college source.

Dental Council of India member S M Balaji said state authorities should ensure this was an isolated case. “It is important for the university and state dental council to verify the log book of every student before giving them degrees,” he said.

UNDER SCANNER

Four killed in stampedes as crowd control fails at Athi Varadar fest

A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.07.2019

Four people died in minor stampedes that broke out as huge crowds flocked to Kancheepuram for darshan of Athi Varadar on Thursday, considered especially auspicious as it was the day after the lunar eclipse.

The stampedes were triggered by rumours that the authorities planned to cut darshan timings. People waiting in queues on narrow roads started pushing and shoving in their bid to get ahead, said witnesses.

Police said Narayani, 60, from Avadi, and Anandavel, 47, from Salem were stepping out after worshipping the deity when they got caught in a stampede near the temple’s east tower. Stampedes near the west temple tower left Natarajan, 60, a resident of Triplicane, and Ganga Valli, 60, from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh dead. Lakshmi Narayanan, 60, from Karnataka was injured and hospitalized. Huge crowds have been visiting the Devarajaswamy temple since July 1 when the idol made from the wood of fig tree (athi) was brought out from an underground water tank. The idol, displayed every 40 years for 48 days, was last seen in 1979.

From the beginning, pilgrims have been complaining about poor facilities such as insufficient loos and food and water. They’ve also had to wait for eight hours or more for darshan, especially on the weekends. On Thursday, there were also unconfirmed reports that adozen people had fainted after waiting in long queues.

Rumours about plan to cut darshan timings sparked the stampedes

CM gives ₹1L solatium, Stalin faults state govt

A police officer said, “Two of the four died of natural reasons, as they suffered cardiac and other problems.”

Pattabiram-based T Sadagopan, who had to stand in line for three hours to reach the eastern tower, said, “Around 1pm, an ambulance drove through the queue to rescue a devotee requiring immediate medical attention on the temple premises. As the vehicle was moving amid the crowd, people fell over each other creating panic,” he said. This led to a nearstampede situation, where at least 40 people fainted, he added.

“The irony was that none from the district machinery came to our rescue. After we realized that it would be dangerous to continue the pilgrimage, we returned to the temporary bus terminus by shelling out ₹500 to a two-wheeler to drop us there,” he added. Sadagopan charged that crowd mismanagement was the key reason for Thursday’s episode. Despite repeated attempts, TOI could not reach Kancheepuram collector P Ponniah for his reaction.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced a solatium of ₹1 lakh each to the families of the four deceased. He said all the four who died had darshan and left the temple when they developed health complications and were taken to the temporary medical camps nearby. “They were brought dead, with three of them having ‘high BP history’ and one person suffering from convulsions (fits). Another devotee died on July 3, after falling down the steps of the main temple.” he said.

Earlier, DMK chief M K Stalin accused the government of botching things up and not making proper arrangements for the oncein-40-years pilgrimage.

(With inputs from Yogesh Kabirdoss in Kancheepuram)

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திருக்கோவிலுார்: மருத்துவம் படிக்க இடம் கிடைத்தும் பணமின்றி தவித்த மாணவிக்கு 'தினமலர்' நாளிதழ் வாசகர்களின் உதவியால் அவரது கனவு நனவானது.

விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம், திருக்கோவிலுார், கணக்குப் பிள்ளை வீதியைச் சேர்ந்தவர், ஸ்ரீதேவி, 18; இவரது தந்தை 10 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் இறந்து விட்டார். தாய் ராணி தையல் தொழில் செய்து மகள் ஸ்ரீதேவி, மகன் புகழேந்தி, 16; ஆகியோரை படிக்க வைத்து வருகிறார். ஸ்ரீதேவி திருக்கோவிலுார் பெண்கள் மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளியில் 2015-16ம் கல்வி ஆண்டில், 10ம் வகுப்பு தேர்வில், 492 மதிப்பெண்கள் பெற்று, அரசுப் பள்ளிகள் வரிசையில், மாவட்ட அளவில், இரண்டாம் இடம் பெற்றார்.

இதேபோல் பிளஸ் 2 தேர்வில் 1,131 மதிப்பெண்களுடன், நீட் தேர்வில் 462 மதிப்பெண் பெற்றார். மருத்துவ கலந்தாய்வில், திருச்சி எஸ்.ஆர்.எம்., மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் இடம் கிடைத்தது. கல்லுாரியில் சேர்வதற்கான கடைசி நாள் வரை கல்விக் கட்டணம் செலுத்த வழிதெரியாமல் தவித்து வந்தார். இதுபற்றிய செய்தி கடந்த 13ம் தேதி 'தினமலர்' நாளிதழில் வெளியானது. அதனைத் தொடர்ந்து 'தினமலர்' வாசகர்கள், 'வாட்ஸ் ஆப்' குழுவினர், தொழில் அதிபர்கள், அரசியல் பிரமுகர்கள் என பலரும் முன்வந்து உதவிக்கரம் நீட்டினர்.

இதுகுறித்து மாணவியின் தாய் ராணி கூறுகையில், 'கல்லூரியில் இடம் கிடைத்தும் கட்டணம் செலுத்த முடியாமல் மருத்துவ படிப்பு கனவாகி விடுமோ என்ற அச்சத்தில் பரிதவித்தோம். 'தினமலர்' நாளிதழ் முன்வந்து எங்களின் நிலையை வாசகர்களுக்கு எடுத்துக் கூறியது. இதன் மூலம் நல்உள்ளம் கொண்ட வாசகர்கள், தொழிலதிபர்கள், சமூக வலைதளங்களில் பார்த்தவர்கள் பலரும் உதவிக்கரம் நீட்டினர். இதன்மூலம் மகளின் இந்த ஆண்டுக்கான கல்வி கட்டணம் செலுத்தப்பட்டு விட்டது. எங்களுக்கு சமயத்தில் உதவிய 'தினமலர்' நாளிதழ் நிர்வாகம், வாசகர்கள் மற்றும் பல்வேறு வகைகளில் உதவிய அனைத்து உள்ளங்களுக்கும் நன்றியை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன்' என்றார்.

சி.ஏ., சான்றிதழ்களுக்கு பிரத்யேக எண்

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திருப்பூர், 'சார்ட்டர்ட் அக்கவுன்டன்ட்'கள் அளிக்கும் சான்றிதழ்களுக்கு, பிரத்யேக எண் நடைமுறை அமலுக்கு வந்துள்ளது. இதன்மூலம், போலி சான்றிதழ் முறைகேடுகளைத் தடுக்க முடியும்.வருமான வரி தாக்கல்நிறுவனங்களின் வரவு - செலவு கணக்கு, கடன் தகுதி, தணிக்கை சான்றிதழ் மற்றும் வங்கி நடைமுறை, பங்குச் சந்தை, வருமான வரி தாக்கல் உள்ளிட்ட, பல்வேறு நிதி தொடர்பான விஷயங்களுக்கு, சார்ட்டர்ட் அக்கவுன்டன்ட்கள் - சி.ஏ., மூலம் அளிக்கப்படும் ஆவணங்கள், ஏற்புடையவையாக கருதப்படுகின்றன. நாட்டில், 1.5 லட்சம்,முழுநேர தொழில் முறை, சி.ஏ.,க்கள் உள்ளனர்.இந்திய சார்ட்டர்ட் அக்கவுன்டன்ட்கள் இன்ஸ்டிடியூட் - ஐ.சி.ஏ.ஐ., - செயலர் ஜலபதி, நமது நிருபரிடம் கூறியதாவது:ஐ.சி.ஏ.ஐ., பிரத்யேக அடையாள எண் - யு.டி.ஐ.என்., - திட்டத்தை அமலாக்கியுள்ளது. சி.ஏ., ஒருவர் மூலம் சான்றளிக்கப்படும் மற்றும் அட்டெஸ்ட் செய்யப்படும் ஒவ்வொரு ஆவணத்துக்கும், இந்த எண் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.சான்றளிப்புபிப்., 1 முதல், சான்றளிப்புகள், ஏப்., 1 முதல், ஜி.எஸ்.டி., மற்றும் வரி தணிக்கை அறிக்கைகள், ஜூலை, 1 முதல் அனைத்து அட்டெஸ்ட் நடவடிக்கைகளுக்கும், இந்த பிரத்யேக எண், நடைமுறைக்கு வந்துள்ளது.உதாரணத்துக்கு, 19304576AKTSBN1359 என்ற அடையாள எண்ணில், முதல் இரண்டு இலக்கங்கள் - ஆண்டின் இறுதி இரண்டு இலக்கங்களையும், 304576 என்பது, ஐ.சி.ஏ.ஐ., உறுப்பினர் எண்ணையும், AKTSBN1359 என்பது, ரேண்டம் முறையில், தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்ட எண்ணையும் குறிக்கும்.இந்த எண்ணின் உண்மைத் தன்மையை, வங்கிகள் சோதித்துக் கொள்ளலாம். சான்றுக்கு கையெழுத்திடும் போது, இந்த எண், உருவாக்கப்படுகிறது. முழுநேர சான்றளிப்பு நடைமுறையில் செயல்படும், சி.ஏ.,க்கள் மட்டுமே, 'யு.டி.ஐ.என்., போர்ட்டல்' மூலம், பிரத்யேக எண்ணைப் பெற முடியும்.நடவடிக்கைஇதுதொடர்பாக ரிசர்வ் வங்கி, இந்திய பங்குச்சந்தை உள்ளிட்ட நிதி ஒழுங்குமுறை அமைப்புகள், யு.டி.ஐ.என்., சான்றிதழ்களை கட்டாயம் கேட்டுப் பெறலாம். யு.டி.ஐ.என்., எண் இல்லாமல், சான்றிதழ் வழங்கினால், சி.ஏ., க்கள் மீது ஒழுங்கு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும்.இவ்வாறு, ஜலபதி கூறினார்.

பி.டி.எஸ்., கவுன்சிலிங் 172 இடங்கள் நிரம்பின

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சென்னை, தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டில் நேற்று 172 இடங்கள் நேற்று நிரம்பின.தமிழகத்தில் அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கு 1070 பி.டி.எஸ். இடங்கள் உள்ளன. ஏற்கனவே சென்னை அரசு பல் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில் மாநில அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டில் உள்ள 85 இடங்களும் நிரம்பின.தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டில் 234 இடங்கள் நிரம்பின. மீதமுள்ள 751 இடங்களுக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் ஒமந்துாரார் அரசு பல்நோக்கு மருத்துவமனை வளாகத்தில் நேற்று துவங்கியது.கவுன்சிலிங்கில் பங்கேற்க 1660 மாணவர்கள் அழைக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில் 253 பேர் தான் பங்கேற்றனர். அவர்களில் 172 பேருக்கு பி.டி.எஸ். இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டன. பொதுப்பிரிவினருக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் இன்று நடைபெறுகிறது.

ரயில் கால அட்டவணை புத்தகம்

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2019 23:39

சென்னை, தெற்கு ரயில்வேயின், புதிய ரயில் கால அட்டவணை புத்தகம் விற்பனைக்கு வந்துள்ளது.தெற்கு ரயில்வே 2019 - 20க்கான புதிய ரயில் கால அட்டவணை இம்மாதம் 1ம் தேதி முதல் நடைமுறைக்கு வந்துள்ளது. சென்னையில் இருந்து புறப்படும்; வந்து செல்லும் 49 ரயில்கள் 5 நிமிடங்கள் முதல் 25 நிமிடங்கள் வரை வேகம் அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.சென்னையில் இயக்கப்படும் 117 புறநகர் ரயில்களின் நேரம் 5 நிமிடங்களில் இருந்து 45 நிமிடங்கள் வரை மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது. அரக்கோணம் - செங்கல்பட்டு; காஞ்சிபுரம் - செங்கல்பட்டு - தாம்பரத்திற்கு, தலா, இரண்டு புறநகர் மின்சார ரயில்கள் புதிதாக இயக்கப்படுகின்றன.தெற்கு ரயில்வே எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் மற்றும் பயணியர் ரயில்களின் கால அட்டவணை மட்டும் இணைய தளத்தில் வெளியானது. ரயில் கால அட்டவணை தயாரிப்பு தாமதத்தால் விற்பனைக்கு வைக்கப்படவில்லை. தற்போது தெற்கு ரயில்வேயின் புதிய ரயில் கால அட்டவணை புத்தகம் விற்பனைக்கு வந்துள்ளது.இதில், தெற்கு ரயில்வே, தென்மேற்கு ரயில்வே, தென் மத்திய ரயில்வே மற்றும் கொங்கன் ரயில்வேயில் இயக்கப்படும் ரயில்கள் விபரம் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது. புத்தகத்தின் விலை 40 ரூபாய். ரயில் நிலையங்களில் டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு மையங்களில் கிடைக்கும்.சென்னை புறநகர் மின்சார ரயில்களின் கால அட்டவணை ரயில்வே இணையதளத்தில், நேற்று வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. அட்டவணை புத்தகம், இன்னும் ஒரு வாரத்தில், 5 ரூபாய் விலையில் விற்பனைக்கு கிடைக்கும்.

இயற்கை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்க நாளை கடைசி சித்தா படிப்புக்கு எப்போது

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2019 23:30

சென்னை, யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவ படிப்பிற்கான விண்ணப்பம் பெற நாளை கடைசி நாள். சித்தா உள்ளிட்ட மருத்துவ படிப்பிற்கு இன்னும் விண்ணப்பம் வழங்கப் படவில்லை.யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவ படிப்பிற்கு அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில் 60; தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் மாநில அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டிற்கு 358; நிர்வாகஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கு 192இடங்கள் உள்ளன. பிளஸ் 2 மதிப்பெண் அடிப்படையில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடைபெற உள்ளது.இயற்பியல், வேதியியல், உயிரியல் அல்லது தாவரவியல், விலங்கியல் பாடங்களை படித்தவர்கள் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம். விண்ணப்பங்கள் சென்னை - அரும்பாக்கம்; திருநெல்வேலி - பாளையங்கோட்டை; மதுரை - திருமங்கலம்; நாகர்கோவில் - கோட்டார் ஆகிய நான்கு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் வினியோகிக்கப்படுகிறது.மேலும் www.tnhealth.org என்ற இணையளத்திலும் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம்.இதுவரை 2000க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் விண்ணப்பங்களை பெற்றுள்ளனர். விண்ணப்பங்கள்பெற நாளை கடைசி நாள்.சித்தாவுக்கு எப்போது?இந்நிலையில் சித்தா ஆயுர்வேதம் யுனானி ஓமியோபதி ஆகிய படிப்புகளுக்கு இன்னும் விண்ணப்பங்கள் வினியோகம் செய்யப்படாதது குழப்பத்தை ஏற்படுத்திஉள்ளது. இதுகுறித்து இந்திய மருத்துவம் மற்றும் ஓமியோபதி துறை அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:சித்தா ஆயுர்வேதா உள்ளிட்ட மருத்துவ படிப்புகள் 'நீட்' நுழைவு தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் நடைபெற உள்ளது. இதனால் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். - பி.டி.எஸ்.கவுன்சிலிங் முடிந்த பின் சித்தா படிப்பிற்கான விண்ணப்பங்கள் வினியோகித்து கவுன்சிலிங்நடத்தப்படும். இவ்வாறு அவர்கள்கூறினர்.

இன்ஜினியரிங் 4ம் சுற்று கவுன்சிலிங் கட்டணம் செலுத்தும் தேதி மாற்றம்

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2019 22:49

சென்னை, இன்ஜினியரிங் கவுன்சிலிங்கில், நான்காம் சுற்றுக்கான, கட்டணம் செலுத்தும் கால அவகாசம் மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது.தமிழ்நாடு இன்ஜினியரிங் ஆன்லைன் கவுன்சிலிங் நடவடிக்கைகள், ஜூலை, 3ல் துவங்கின. மொத்தம், நான்கு கட்டங்களாக ஆன்லைன் கவுன்சிலிங் நடத்தப்படுகிறது. 'கட் ஆப்' மதிப்பெண் அடிப்படையில், மாணவர்கள், நான்கு சுற்றுகளாக பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.மொத்தம், ஒரு லட்சம் பேர், இந்த கவுன்சிலிங்கில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

முதல் மற்றும் இரண்டாம் சுற்றுக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்து முடிந்து உள்ளது. மூன்றாம் சுற்று மாணவர்களுக்கான விருப்பப் பதிவு, இன்று துவங்க உள்ளது. வரும், 20ம் தேதி, மாலை, 5:00 மணிக்குள், விருப்ப பாடங்கள் மற்றும் கல்லுாரிகளை பதிவு செய்ய வேண்டும்.அதேபோல், நான்காம் சுற்றில் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ள மாணவர்களுக்கு, இன்று முதல் கட்டணம் செலுத்த, அவகாசம் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. தற்போது, தர வரிசை அடிப்படையில், கால அவகாசத்தில் மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. மாணவர்களின் தரவரிசை அடிப்படையில், இன்று முதல், 22ம் தேதி வரை கட்டணம் செலுத்தலாம் என, கவுன்சிலிங் கமிட்டி அறிவித்துள்ளது.முறைகேடு இல்லை'இன்ஜினியரிங் ஆன்லைன் கவுன்சிலிங்கில், எந்த முறைகேடும் நடக்கவில்லை' என, உயர்கல்வி துறை அறிவித்துள்ளது.இதுகுறித்து, தமிழக தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி இயக்குனர், விவேகானந்தன் வெளியிட்ட செய்திக்குறிப்பு:இன்ஜினியரிங் ஆன்லைன் கவுன்சிலிங், 100 சதவீதம் வெளிப்படை தன்மையுடன் நடக்கிறது.
பல்வேறு பல்கலைகளில் அனுபவம் பெற்ற பேராசிரியர்கள் இணைந்து நடத்துகின்றனர். இதில், எந்த முறைகேடும் நடக்கவில்லை. மாணவர்களுக்கு பிரச்னைகள் இருந்தால், 044 - 2235 1014, 044 - 2235 1015 என்ற எண்ணில் புகார் தெரிவிக்கலாம்.கவுன்சிலிங்கில் பங்கேற்கும் மாணவர்கள், தங்களுக்கான, 'யூசர் ஐடி' மற்றும் பாஸ்வேர்டை, வேறு நபர்களிடம் தர வேண்டாம். ஆன்லைன் கவுன்சிலிங்கில் சந்தேகங்கள் இருந்தால், அருகில் உள்ள இன்ஜினியரிங் கவுன்சிலிங் கமிட்டியின் சேவை மையத்தை அணுக வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

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ஜூலை 18, 2013 கவிஞர் வாலி:

திருச்சி மாவட்டம், ஸ்ரீரங்கம் அருகே, திருப்பராய்துறையில், ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் ஐயங்கார் -- பொன்னம்மாள் தம்பதிக்கு மகனாக, ௧௯௩௧ அக்., ௨௯ல் பிறந்தார். ஓவியராக வேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணத்தில், சென்னை வந்த அவர், மலைக்கள்ளன் படம் மூலம், பாடலாசிரியராக அறிமுகமானார். 15 ஆயிரம் பாடல்களுக்கு மேல் எழுதியுள்ளார். பொய்க்கால் குதிரை, சத்யா, ஹே ராம், பார்த்தாலே பரவசம் போன்ற படங்கள், 'கையளவு மனசு' என்ற, 'டிவி' தொடரிலும் நடித்துள்ளார்.கடந்த, 1973-ல், பாரத விலாஸ் படத்தில், 'இந்திய நாடு என் வீடு' என்ற பாடலுக்காக தேசிய விருது பெற்றவர். ஐந்து முறை, மாநில அரசின் விருது, 2007ல், பத்மஸ்ரீ விருதும் பெற்றார். இவர் எழுதிய, 'பாண்டவர் பூமி, கிருஷ்ண விஜயம்' ஆகிய கவிதை தொகுப்புகள், புகழ் பெற்றவை. 2013 ஜூலை, 18 ல் காலமானார்.அவர் இறந்த தினம் இன்று.

வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல்: 31ம் தேதி கடைசி நாள்

Updated : ஜூலை 18, 2019 07:37 | Added : ஜூலை 18, 2019 03:48 

சென்னை : கடந்த 2018 - 19ம் நிதியாண்டுக்கான அபராதமின்றி வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம் ஜூலை 31ல் முடிகிறது.

கடந்த 2018 - 19க்கான வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம் ஏப்ரலில் துவங்கியது. ஆண்டுக்கு 2.5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் உச்சவரம்பை தாண்டும் அனைவரும் வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டியது அவசியம்.வரி ஆதாய நடவடிக்கையில் ஈடுபட்டு வருமான வரி உச்சரவரம்புக்குக் குறைவாக இருந்தாலும் கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வது கடந்த ஆண்டு முதல் கட்டாயம் ஆகியுள்ளது. இதற்கான அவகாசம் ஜூலை 31ல் முடிகிறது.

வருமான வரி அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது: கடந்த 2018 - 19ம் நிதியாண்டின் அபராதமின்றி வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம் ஜூலை 31ல் முடிகிறது. இதற்கு பின் வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வோர் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும். ஆண்டுக்கு 5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வரை வருவாய் ஈட்டுவோர் 1000 ரூபாய், அபராதமும், ஐந்து லட்சம் ரூபாய்க்கு மேல் வருவாய் ஈட்டுவோர் டிச. வரை 5000 ரூபாயும், ஜன. முதல் மார்ச் வரை 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாயும் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.

மேலும் ஆண்டுக்கு 5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வருவாய் ஈட்டுவோருக்கு வருமான வரி விலக்கு அளிக்கப்படவில்லை. வரி ஆதாயத்திற்கு பின் 2.5 லட்சம் முதல்5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வருவாய் இருந்தால் 2.5 லட்சத்திற்கு மேல் உள்ள தொகைக்கு வருமான வரி உண்டு. ஆனால் அந்த வரித் தொகையை தள்ளுபடி செய்வதற்கான சலுகை தான் நடப்பு 2019 - 20ம் நிதியாண்டில் இருந்து நடைமுறைக்கு வருகிறது. இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷன் அமைக்க மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல்

dinamalar 18.07.2019

நாட்டின் மருத்துவ கல்வியை சீரமைப்பதற் காக, தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷனை அமைக்க, பிரதமர் மோடி தலைமையில் நேற்று கூடிய, மத்திய அமைச்சரவை முடிவு செய்துள்ளது. இதற்கான புதிய மசோதாவுக்கு, கேபினட் ஒப்புதல் அளித்துள்ளது.

அமைச்சரவை கூட்டத்திற்கு பின், பத்திரிகை யாளர்களை சந்தித்த, மத்திய தகவல் மற்றும் ஒலிபரப்புத்துறை அமைச்சர், பிரகாஷ் ஜாவடேகர் கூறியதாவது: தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷனை ஏற்படுத்த, மத்திய அரசு
திட்டமிட்டுள்ளது. மருத்துவ கல்வியை சீரமைப்பதற்கான இந்த நடவடிக்கை, தற்போது செயல்பாட்டில் உள்ள, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலை மாற்றி அமைக்கும்.

இதற்காக தயாரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள மசோதாவில், பல அம்சங்கள் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன. குறிப்பாக, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிக்கும் மாணவர், இறுதி ஆண்டில், 'நேஷனல் எக்சிட் டெஸ்ட்' எனப்படும், 'நெக்ஸ்ட்' தேர்வு எழுத வேண்டும்.அது, இரு வித குறிக்கோள் களை கொண்டுள்ளது. ஒன்று, இதில் வெற்றி பெறுபவர்கள் தான், இந்தியாவில் டாக்டராக பணியாற்ற முடியும்.இரண்டாவது, இந்த தேர்வில் பெற்ற மதிப்பெண்களே, முதுகலை மருத்துவம் படிப்பதற்கான தகுதியாக கருதப்படும்.

மேலும், வௌிநாடுகளில் மருத்துவம் படித்த மாணவர்களுக்கும், இந்த தேர்வு, சோதனை தேர்வாக இருக்கும். இந்த தேர்வில் வெற்றி பெற்ற பிறகு, இந்தியாவில் மருத்துவ சேவை புரிய, தனியாக தேர்வு எழுத தேவையில்லை. அதே நேரத்தில், 'நீட்' தேர்வு, பொதுவான கவுன்சிலிங் மற்றும் 'நெக்ஸ்ட்' தேர்வு மூலம் தான், 'எய்ம்ஸ்' மருத்துவமனை யில் படிக்க முடியும்.இவ்வாறு, பிரகாஷ் ஜாவடேகர் கூறினார்.

- நமது சிறப்பு நிருபர் -

Medical Council of India secretary general re-employed till 2020: Government order

Rakesh Kumar Vats, a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been re-employed on contract basis till September 25, 2020.

Published: 18th July 2019 12:08 AM

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-employment of Secretary General of Medical Council of India Rakesh Kumar Vats for over one year, according to a government order.

Vats (now retired), a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been re-employed on contract basis till September 25, 2020, it stated.

"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-employment of Rakesh Kumar Vats...as Secretary General, Board of Governors, Medical Council of India on contract basis beyond the date of his superannuation June 30, 2019 up to September 25, 2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the order stated.

The MCI acts as regulator of medical education in India for establishing "uniform standards of higher qualifications" in medicine and recognition of medical qualifications in India and abroad.

Tamil Nadu government-aided school NEET topper gets MBBS seat in SF college
Meanwhile, according to the Selection Committee data, this year 31,353 eligible candidates applied for medical counselling 2019-2020.

Published: 18th July 2019 04:08 AM

By Sinduja Jane

Express News Service

CHENNAI: M Keerthana, who secured the highest NEET score among government and government-aided school students this year, secured a government quota MBBS seat in a self-financing college in the first phase of counselling.

According to Directorate of Medical Education officials, Keerthana, who studied in a government-aided school secured a seat in self-financing medical college in the State during the first phase of medical counselling which ended on Friday. Keerthana secured 453 in NEET.

Speaking to Express, her father N Muthurathinam, said, “Keerthana secured 551 marks in Standard XII and studied at Savitri Vidyasala Hindu Girls Higher Secondary School, a government-aided- school in Tiruchy. Her NEET score was 453. She got a government seat at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College at Perambalur”.“Keerthana who completed her Standard XII this year prepared at home for NEET reading CBSE books,” he said.



Meanwhile, according to the Selection Committee data, this year 31,353 eligible candidates applied for medical counselling 2019-2020. Among them, 17, 618 are old students. Also, among the total eligible students, 23,291 are from State Board.

According to the School Education Data, 2,557 candidates from government and government-aided schools cleared NEET. Only four students secured above 400 in NEET and 28 candidates secured between 300 and 400.

Meanwhile, Selection Committee officials are yet to provide data on the total number of government and government-aided school candidates who secured medical seat this year. The State conducted NEET coaching classes for government and government-aided school students.