Bigamous marriages are offence under IPC: Madras High Court

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN

Published  Jul 27, 2019, 2:02 am IST

It is duty mandatory on the part of the state to ensure that the interest of women is also to be protected and after the death of the public servants.

Madras high court

Chennai: The Madras high court has observed that in spite of the conduct rules stating that bigamous marriages is a misconduct and an offence under the IPC, authorities competent of the various departments across the state of Tamil Nadu are absolutely insensitive towards such issues.

Justice S.M.Subramaniam further said the consequences of insensitiveness in these issues resulting denial of livelihood to the other woman, who married the public servant as the second wife, without even understanding the consequences and the other service conditions.

In many number of cases, illegal marriages were not identified, when the public servants were in service and in most of the cases, the counter claims were arising only after the retirement of the public servants or in the event of the death of the public servants, the judge added.

The judge said, “It is duty mandatory on the part of the state to ensure that the interest of women is also to be protected and after the death of the public servants, the pension benefits as well as the family pension are unable to be settled in large number of cases and the civil litigations instituted in this regard are also pending very long years. Ultimately, the poor widows became dependents of their children or relatives. While the public servants were in service, they lead a decent life and suddenly, they are affected on account of such counter claims. Thus, an effective mechanism is to be provided for the purpose of controlling the bigamous marriages amongst the public servants”.

The judge said when the offences relating to marriages were declared as offences against the state, how the state government employees can commit such offences and such offences committed were taken lightly by the authorities competent. When it was established that the offences against the marriages were punishable under the IPC and public servants were committing such offences against the State, they were left without any action in many number of cases.

The concept of social acceptance or otherwise cannot be pleaded in such type of cases whether such nature of offences were already punishable under the IPC. The acceptance has no legal validity in the eye of law.

Thus, the public servants on entering into the second marriage during the lifetime of the first wife or contracted with any other woman for marriage were all to be prosecuted under the provisions of criminal law. Under these circumstances, the department officials on receipt of any such complaint or information from any source must conduct an enquiry and investigation, if necessary and accordingly, institute actions against public servants both under the discipline and appeal rules as well as by registering a police complaint under the IPC, the judge added.

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Act against govt staff resorting to bigamy: HC

K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com

Madurai:27.07.2019

If any public servant is found to have indulged in bigamy, authorities concerned must initiate disciplinary proceedings and register a criminal case, as bigamy is not just a misconduct, but also a punishable offence carrying seven-year imprisonment, Madras high court has said.

"Authorities competent as well as the higher officials, on information of any such offence of bigamous marriage, must immediately act and initiate all further actions against the public servants. In the event of initiating swift actions, the evil consequences of such bigamous marriages can be brought down to the extent possible," observed Justice SM Subramaniam.

He was passing orders on a petition filed by R Thenmozhi, who is the second wife of a deceased police officer. She had moved the Madurai bench of the court in 2014 staking claim over retirement benefits and other terminal monetary benefits of her deceased husband.

She said that though she married him in 1982, only in 1994 did she come to know that her husband was already married. When she lodged a complaint with Usilampatti police, they conducted a ‘mediation’ and it was ‘agreed’ that her husband would also ‘maintain’ his second family. After his death in 2011, she moved to the court saying she should be paid at least half of the pensionary benefits.

Justice Subramaniam, wondering as to how a police station could conduct ‘mediation’ in respect of the second marriage of a police officer, said, “such a situation is not only painful but also illegal.”

Marrying again during the lifetime husband or wife is an offence punishable with an imprisonment upto seven years and fine under Section 494 of IPC. Section 495 of IPC entails the same offence with concealment of former marriage from a person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted.

The judge also lamented that in a number of cases, illegal marriages were not identified when the public servants concerned were still in service. In most of the cases, counter-claims arise only after the retirement of the public servants or in the event of their death, he said.

All vet science seats filled in TANUVAS

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:27.07.2019

All 260 seats in bachelor of veterinary science and animal husbandry (BVSc and AH) have been filled during the first round of counselling at Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) on Friday. Animal husbandry minister Udumalai K.Radhakrishnan has issued the allotment letters to the top 10 rank holders.

“We have called 789 students and 463 students attended the counselling. At the end of day, we have filled all the 260 seats in veterinary science,” officials said.

The admission is based on class 12 board marks. The cutoff for OC category was 193 marks out of 200. For BC category, 190 marks, 190.5 for MBC, 187 for SC and for ST it is 176.5.

On Saturday, the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University will conduct counselling for B.Tech courses. The university is offering B.Tech. in food, diary and poultry technology.


The University called 789 students, out of which 463 attended counselling. The admission is based on class 12 board marks

High court relief for MBBS aspirant hit by nativity rule

K.Kaushik@timesgroup.com

27.07.2019

The Madras high court has ruled that the communal or nativity status issued to a person by the government cannot be rejected by another wing of the government without a valid reason. Giving relief to an MBBS aspirant whose candidature was rejected due to nativity rules, the court directed the state government to grant him admission after verifying his communal status within three days.

The government had contended that the candidate’s father was born in Sri Lanka and that he studied in various institutions in Karnataka. Additional advocate general stated that the petitioner’s parents are not from Tamil Nadu and therefore nativity cannot be claimed by the petitioner. Justice R Suresh Kumar pointed out that the birth certificate was issued to the petitioner by the Tuticorin municipality while the tahsildar of Tuticorin issued the community certificate as SC in 2009.

“As far as the issue of nativity is concerned, without being a native person of this state, the permanent communal status could not have been conferred by the competent authority. If one wing of the authority of the state conferred a communal status and nativity status to a person, another wing of the state cannot reject it without any valid reason,” observed the judge.

Rejecting the contentions of the government and on perusal of the fact that the petitioner was born and completed his school education in Tuticorin, the judge directed the selection committee to grant medical admission to the petitioner as per the communal ranking obtained by him based on Neet marks in any of the colleges for the academic year 2019-20 after verifying his communal status.

The petitioner, P Karuppasamy, a resident of Tuticorin, had moved the high court this year challenging his inclusion in the list of candidates not eligible due to nativity and for having studied in another state. His candidature was rejected on the ground that he is not a native of Tamil Nadu and therefore, of the SC category in which he was ranked with 408 in communal ranking. The counsel of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had studied up to Class XII in Tuticorin and he has been given community certificate that he belongs to Supreme Court.

Airport to handle 100 more flights
Two Rapid Exit Taxiways To Be Completed By Year-End

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:27.07.2019

The city airport will be able to handle around 100 more flights by the end of the year as two rapid exit taxiways, which are being constructed, are expected to be ready by then. Currently, the airport handles around 400 flights per day. The taxiways will help planes exit the runways soon after landing and move to the taxiway so that air traffic controllers will be able to allow more planes to take off and land from the main and the second runway, thereby increasing the flight handling capacity of the airport.

Sources said the work, which is part of phase two expansion of the airport, is crucial to handle more aircraft. The airport’s capacity will go up to 450 to 500 if the rapid exit taxiways are ready. As the airport does not have rapid exit taxiways, aircraft take around 10 minutes to vacate the runway. In the case of the second runway, it takes longer as planes that land on the second runway have to taxi down and cross the main runway to reach the terminals. “The rapid exit taxiways are planned so that planes that land on the main runway move out quickly and the distance between planes that approach the airport can be reduced. The work is currently underway and around 50% is complete. The rest will be ready by the end of the year. The work is progressing well to meet the deadline,” an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.

As the main runway of the airport does not have a rapid exit taxiway, air traffic controllers have to allocate more space between planes so that there will be enough time for one aircraft to move out before the next lands. The rapid exit taxiways are linked from the main runway to the taxiway that runs parallel to the runway. The taxiways are designed in such a way that they may be used by small as well as larger planes.

“We are also working to straighten a taxiway that leads to the Guindy end of the main runway and plan to build a taxiway parallel to the west side of the main runway. Work is also on to connect a taxiway that runs parallel to the second runway to the main runway so that planes that land on the second runway can reach the terminal faster. This taxiway is crucial because we are using the second runway for landing and takeoffs on Tuesdays and Saturdays when the main runway is closed for maintenance,” the official said. As the second airport for the city is getting delayed, AAI is looking at expanding facilities at the airport to ensure that more planes can be handled and the air side capacity can be augmented to meet the targeted 30 million passengers annually in a few years.


CAPACITY ADDITION: The airport currently handles around 400 flights a day. The number is expected to increase to 450 to 500 a day once the rapid exit taxiways are ready

Two health dept officials set to retire during med admissions

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:27.07.2019

At least two senior officials in charge of medical admissions, director of medical education (DME) Dr A Edwin Joe and selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan, are scheduled to retire on July 31 amid the MBBS/ BDS admissions for the 2019-20 academic year.

The selection committee under the directorate of medical education, conducts the single window online counselling for medical admissions based on merit in NEET and 69% rule of reservation. Almost all seats in the state run medical colleges and self financing colleges for MBBS were taken during the first round of counselling. The seats that fell vacant in government colleges until Thursday will come into the state’s matrix for the second round of counselling.

The details of the new schedule weren’t available till late on Friday. The state committee said it has sent letters to deans of colleges seeking information on the number of vacant seats. “We have asked all colleges for details of students who have not joined after the state and central counselling. We will update the seat matrix once we have the data,” said Selvarajan.

The state is yet to make an official decision on adopting the 10% quota for the economically weaker section, but health department officials said they have received a request for the extension of the service of selection committee secretary until the admission process for MBBS and BDS is complete. “The letter is under consideration. Nevertheless, we will be able to continue the counselling without any hassle,” he said. The health department also shortlisted three senior doctors for the post of DME. “Usually a dean of a medical college takes over as a DME,” a senior official said.

Nandanam Jn made four-way again  Was Closed To Facilitate Metro Work
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:27.07.2019

The fourth light in the traffic signal at the busy Nandanam junction finally began blinking on Friday evening, seven years after it was delinked to facilitate metro rail work on Anna Salai. Motorists can now travel from Venkatanarayana Road in T Nagar to RA Puram in Mandaveli via Chamiers Road (Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Devar Salai) without having to take a detour. A TOI report on March 29 had said that Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) officials had given the go-ahead for reverting to the old arrangement at the junction and that police had begun preparations.

A traffic police officer said, “We have made this a four-way junction, operated manually by our personnel. We will monitor the situation to see if it works. We will also talk to road users and see if there are any pile-ups.”

That it will take some time for motorists to adjust to the situation was evident after the old system came back. S Ramanathan, a software engineer, said vehicles stretched for half a kilometre on all sides. “It took at least 20 minutes to cross the signal.”

As part of the preparation, a traffic enforcement team in March supervised construction of a 200-metre-long median and closed one side of the road. The next month, they allowed traffic on both sides from Cenotaph Road to Anna Salai but had to go back to the old system after complaints of pile-ups.

Police have made North Boag Road, from GN Chetty Road to Residency Towers on Theyagaraya Road, a two-way stretch, erecting barricades in the middle of the road. However, the lack of signboards and police personnel to regulate things have led to many road users continuing to treat North Boag Road as a one-way stretch.

Similarly, Mayor Sundararao Road, linking Anna Salai and GN Chetty Road, has been reversed for vehicular movement. Earlier, only vehicles from GN Chetty Road were allowed to proceed towards Anna Salai via Mayor Sundararao Road. Now, motorists from Anna Salai can also proceed along the road and join GN Chetty Road.



FREE FLOW: Motorists can now travel from Venkatanarayana Road in T Nagar to RA Puram in Mandaveli via Chamiers Road. (Right) Police have also made North Boag Road a two-way stretch

Opened in Feb, this govt hospital has no beds, labs

Srikkanth.D @timesgroup.com

Chennai:27.07.2019

Greater Chennai Corporation’s 24-hour hospital at Kannagi Nagar off OMR, inaugurated by the chief minister on February 27, has little to offer. The corporation is yet to provide beds or medical facilities and doctors and nurses appointed do not serve after evening, said residents.

The hospital, built at ₹9.82 crore, is located in one of the largest resettlement colonies in the city. More than 1.25 lakh people reside in the 23,700 tenements of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board and belong to low-income groups, said T C Karuna, a former ward councillor.

TOI visited the hospital on twice this week and found that there were hardly any patients. The wards and labs on the first floor are not functional.

“The hospital is as good as non-existent. People have to travel more than 10km to reach a government hospital during emergencies,” Karuna said. The nearest government hospital is Voluntary Health Services near Madhya Kailash. The other options, in case of serious illness or injuries, are government hospitals in Chromepet and Royapettah, about 20km from Kannagi Nagar.

On Friday, except for a dozen expectant mothers who had come to the hospital to avail nutrition kits provided by the government, there were no visitors for more than two hours. A doctor on duty said the facility received around 100 patients a day. But residents disputed the claim and said they had to visit other government hospitals located elsewhere.

“My 10-year-old son fell down while playing at school in May and sustained injuries on his forehead. We had to take him to Royapettah for two stitches as there is no facility here,” said K Sumithra who works as a domestic help. V Chinnadurai, a 60-year-old man, had to go to another hospital for treatment after a stray dog bite earlier this month.

A medical officer with the corporation blamed the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha elections for the sorry state of affairs.

Deputy commissioner (health) P Madusudhan Reddy did not respond to questions.


OF LITTLE HELP: The corporation hospital at Kannagi Nagar has no facilities for patients

High score & fee push students to med schools in Russia, China
OC Cut-Off Up From 430 Last Year To 524

Ragu.Raman @timesgroup.com

Chennai:27.07.2019

More and more students from Tamil Nadu are applying to medical universities in Russia, China, and the Philippines as the cut-offs in medical colleges in the state have risen by 100 marks this year. The much lower fee in the medical schools abroad is an added attraction.

At the end of the first round of admission counselling, the cut-off for OC category was 524 marks against 430 last year and BC category was 474 against 375 in 2018. C Ravichandran, managing director, StudyAbroad Educational Consultants, said that as against 60 students last year, the number of students from Tamil Nadu opting for medicine courses abroad rose to more than 180 this year. Even students who had scored 450 marks in NEET this year are opting to study abroad.

“A student belonging to OC category has got 450 marks in NEET and we are sending the candidate to Russia this year. The proposed NEXT test has increased the interest among candidates as all students including those studying in India and abroad, have to clear the exam to practise in India,” said R Sureshkumar, managing director, Truematics, Chennai. The exam would also serve as entrance test for PG courses.

“After round two of medical counselling, the number of students opting for foreign universities would be much more,” Sureshkumar said.

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has made clearing NEET mandatory for even students studying abroad from this year.

Foreign univs cheaper than Indian pvt colleges

Many expected that it would bring down the number of students opting for medical courses in Russia. But high scores in NEET 2019 had the opposite effect. “Though foreign universities will not insist on NEET, students without NEET qualification cannot practice in India. So, they need to be careful while joining foreign universities,” Ravichandran said.

Students and parents said the low tuition fee is one among the main reason for choosing foreign universities. “In deemed universities and private colleges here, a student has to pay 1 crore to 1.25 crore as fees under management quota. Quality universities in Russia and China are charging only around 30 lakh,” a student said.

N.G. Harish from Old Washermanpet has secured 355 out of 720 in NEET 2019. But the first round cut-off for BC category students has increased from 375 to

474 . He has now secured an MD seat in a six-year degree programme in Volgograd State Medical University in Russia.

ராஜினாமா செய்தால் ஓய்வூதியம் இல்லை உயர்நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு 

 
Added : ஜூலை 24, 2019 22:39

மதுரை, ஆசிரியர் பணியை ராஜினாமா செய்தவருக்கு ஓய்வூதியம் வழங்க உத்தரவிட முடியாது என உயர்நீதிமன்ற மதுரைக் கிளை தள்ளுபடி செய்தது. 

மதுரை திருப்பரங்குன்றம் ஆரோக்கியமேரி தாக்கல் செய்த மனுசென்னையில் ஒரு பள்ளியில் 1967 ஜூலை 1 முதல் 1978 செப்.,30 வரை இடைநிலை ஆசிரியராக பணிபுரிந்தேன். 1978 செப்.,30 ல் ராஜினாமா செய்தேன். விதிகள்படி ஓய்வூதியம் பெற எனக்கு தகுதிகள் உள்ளன. ஓய்வூதியம் கோரி தமிழக நிதித்துறை முதன்மைச் செயலாளர், பள்ளிக் கல்வித்துறை முதன்மைச் செயலாளருக்கு பல முறை மனு அனுப்பினேன். நிராகரிக்கப்பட்டது. ஓய்வூதியம் வழங்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு ஆரோக்கியமேரி மனு செய்தார்.

நீதிபதி எஸ்.எம்.சுப்பிரமணியம் உத்தரவு ராஜினாமாவிற்கும், விருப்ப ஓய்விற்கும் வேறுபாடு உள்ளது. அரசியல் கட்சியில் சேர மற்றும் தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடும் நோக்கில் சுய விருப்ப அடிப்படையில் உடனடியாக ராஜினாமா செய்கின்றனர். அதை ஏற்று பணியிலிருந்து விடுவிக்கப்படுகின்றனர். விருப்ப ஓய்வு சில நிபந்தனைகளுக்கு உட்பட்டது. ஒரு ஊழியர் விருப்ப ஓய்விற்கு விண்ணப்பித்தால், 3 மாதங்களில் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட நிர்வாகம் முடிவெடுக்கும். மனுதாரர் கருணை அடிப்படையில் படி வழங்க கோருகிறார். அது சில சிறப்பு சூழ்நிலைகளில் வழங்கப்படுகிறது. மனுதாரரின் ராஜினாமாவை அரசு ஏற்றுக் கொண்டுள்ளது. அவர் ஓய்வூதியத்தை உரிமையாக கோர முடியாது. மனுவை தள்ளுபடி செய்கிறேன் என்றார்.

பி.ஆர்க்., சேர்க்கை விண்ணப்ப பதிவு நாளை நிறைவு

Added : ஜூலை 25, 2019 01:12

சென்னை:பி.ஆர்க்., படிப்பில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான, 'ஆன்லைன்' விண்ணப்ப பதிவு, நாளை முடிகிறது.அண்ணா பல்கலை இணைப்பில் உள்ள, 'ஆர்கிடெக்ட்' கல்லுாரிகளில் மாணவர்களை சேர்க்க, தமிழக அரசின் சார்பில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங் நடத்தப்படுகிறது. இந்த ஆண்டுக்கான கவுன்சிலிங்கில் பங்கேற்க உள்ள மாணவர்களுக்கு, ஆன்லைன் பதிவு, ஜூலை, 15ல் துவங்கியது. இந்த பதிவு, நாளையுடன் முடிகிறது.மாணவர்கள், tneaonline.in என்ற இணையதளத்தில், விபரங்களை பதிவு செய்யலாம். மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங்குக்கு முந்தைய, அசல் சான்றிதழ் சரிபார்ப்பு பணி, மாவட்ட வாரியாக அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள சேவை மையங்களில் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட உள்ளது. விளையாட்டு பிரிவுக்கான சான்றிதழ் சரிபார்ப்பு மட்டும், சென்னையில் நடத்தப்படுவதாக, தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி இயக்குனரகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.***

தனியார் பல்கலை அரசாணை வெளியீடு

Added : ஜூலை 24, 2019 23:53

சென்னை,:தமிழகத்தில், தனியார் பல்கலைகள் துவங்குவதற்கான அரசாணையை, அரசு வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. தமிழகத்தில், அரசின் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் உள்ள பல்கலைகளை தவிர, பல்கலை மானிய குழுவான, யு.ஜி.சி.,யின் அங்கீகாரத்தில், பல்வேறு நிகர்நிலை பல்கலைகள் உள்ளன. இவை, பல்கலைகளுக்கு நிகரான கல்வி நிறுவனம் என்ற வகையில், அங்கீகாரம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது. 

இந்நிலையில், நேரடியாக பல்கலை என்ற அங்கீகாரத்துடன், தனியார் பல்கலைகளை துவங்குவதற்கு, தமிழக அரசு, புதிய சட்டம் இயற்றியுள்ளது. இதன்படி, தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள தனியார் நிறுவனங்கள், தனியாக பல்கலைகள் துவங்குவதற்கு, அனுமதி அளிக்கப்படும் என, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதற்கான வழிமுறைகள் அடங்கிய அரசாணையை, தமிழக உயர் கல்வி துறை, நேற்று வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

முடிந்துபோன கனவாகிறது செங்கோட்டை 'அந்தியோதயா'

Added : ஜூலை 24, 2019 22:38

ஸ்ரீவில்லிபுத்துார் தென்மாவட்ட மக்கள் நீண்டகாலமாக எதிர்பார்த்த தாம்பரம்-செங்கோட்டை அந்தியோதயா ரயில் நடப்பாண்டு அட்டவணையிலிருந்தே நீக்கபட்டுவிட்டது. எனவே அந்த ரயில் மீண்டும் இயக்க வாய்ப்பு குறைந்துள்ளது.கன்னியாகுமரி, திருநெல்வேலி, துாத்துக்குடி, விருதுநகர், சிவகங்கை மாவட்டத்தை சேர்ந்த பலர் சென்னையில் வசிக்கின்றனர். சென்னையில் இருந்து தென்மாவட்ட ரயில்களில் எப்போதும் இட நெருக்கடி நிலவுகிறது.இதனால் 2017ல் தாம்பரத்திலிருந்து விழுப்புரம், கும்பகோணம், தஞ்சாவூர், திருச்சி, காரைக்குடி, மானமதுரை, விருதுநகர், ஸ்ரீவில்லிபுத்துார், சங்கரன்கோயில், தென்காசி வழியாக செங்கோட்டைக்கு பகல்நேர அந்தியோதயா ரயில் இயக்கப்பட்டது. முழுதும் முன்பதிவில்லா பெட்டிகளை கொண்ட இந்த ரயிலில் குறைந்த கட்டணத்தில் சென்னைக்கு பயணிக்கும் வசதியை தென்மாவட்ட மக்கள் பெற்றிருந்தனர்.2017 ல் சில மாதங்கள் இயக்கப்பட்ட இந்த ரயில் நிரந்தர தினசரி ரயிலாக ரயில்வே நேரஅட்டவணை பட்டியலிலும் இடம் பெற்றது. ஆனால் முன்னறிவிப்பின்றி 2018ல் இந்த ரயில் நிறுத்தப்பட்டது. இருப்பினும் ரயில் மீண்டும் இயக்கப்படும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை இருந்தது.இந்நிலையில் தற்போது வெளியிடபட்டுள்ள தெற்கு ரயில்வே நேர அட்டவணை புத்தகத்தில் தாம்பரம்-செங்கோட்டை அந்தியோதயா ரயில் முற்றிலும் நீக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதன் மூலம் இந்த ரயிலின் இயக்கம் இனிமேல் இருக்காது என்ற நிலையை ஏற்படுத்தி உள்ளது.தென் மாவட்ட எம்.பி.,க்கள் குரல் கொடுத்து, தாம்பரம்-செங்கோட்டை ரயிலை மீண்டும் பெற்றுத்தர வேண்டும் என்பது தென்மாவட்ட மக்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்பாக உள்ளது.

சித்தா மருத்துவ படிப்பு மாணவர் சேர்க்கை குறையும்

Added : ஜூலை 24, 2019 22:28

காலதாமத அறிவிப்பு மற்றும் கவுன்சிலிங் காரணமாக, சித்தா மருத்துவ படிப்பில், இந்தாண்டும் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை குறைய வாய்ப்புள்ளது.நாடு முழுவதும், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., போன்ற, அலோபதி மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை, 'நீட்' நுழைவு தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் நடைபெறுகிறது. அதேபோல், 'சித்தா, ஆயுர்வேதா, ஓமியோபதி, யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவம் உள்ளிட்ட, இந்திய மருத்துவ முறை படிப்புகளும், 2018 - 19ம் கல்வியாண்டு முதல், நீட் நுழைவு தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் நடைபெறும்' என, மத்திய ஆயுஷ் அமைச்சகம் அறிவித்தது.

இதுகுறித்து, அனைத்து மாநிலங்களுக்கும், மத்திய ஆயுஷ் அமைச்சகம் சுற்றறிக்கை அனுப்பியது. ஆனால், 2018 - 19ம் கல்வியாண்டு மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை, பிளஸ் 2 மதிப்பெண் அடிப்படையிலேயே, தமிழக அரசு நடத்தியது.இந்தாண்டு, 'யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவ படிப்பை தவிர, சித்தா, ஆயுர்வேதா, யுனானி, ஓமியோபதி ஆகிய படிப்புகளுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை, நீட் நுழைவு தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் நடத்த வேண்டும்' என, மத்திய அரசு உத்தரவிட்டது.பிளஸ் 2 அடிப்படையில் நடத்த அனுமதி கோரிய, தமிழக அரசின் கோரிக்கையை, மத்திய அரசு நிராகரித்தது. ஆனால், இதுகுறித்த அறிவிப்பை, தமிழக அரசு வெளியிடவில்லை. அதற்கு மாறாக, கடந்தாண்டுபோல, பிளஸ் 2 அடிப்படையில் நடத்த நடவடிக்கை எடுத்து வருவதாக கூறி, மாணவர்களை நம்ப வைத்தது.நீட் நுழைவு தேர்வு, மே மாதம் நடந்தது. தமிழகத்தில், ஒரு லட்சத்து, 23 ஆயிரத்து, 78 பேர் எழுதினர். இவர்களில், 59 ஆயிரத்து, 785 பேர் தகுதி பெற்றனர். இவர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோர், அலோபதி மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேரவே, நீட் தேர்வு எழுதினர்.

இந்நிலையில், நீட் தேர்வு முடிவுகள் வெளியான பின், சித்தா உள்ளிட்ட மருத்துவ படிப்புகள், நீட் தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் நடைபெறும் என, சுகாதாரத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் கூறுகின்றனர்.இதனால், சித்தா மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேர நினைத்த, மாணவர்கள் ஏமாற்றம் அடைந்தனர்.மேலும், காலதாமத அறிவிப்பு மற்றும் கவுன்சிலிங் காரணமாக, இந்தாண்டும் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை பாதிக்கப்பட உள்ளதாக, கல்வியாளர்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். - நமது நிருபர் -

அரை மணி நேரத்தில் அத்தி வரதர் தரிசனம்

Updated : ஜூலை 25, 2019 03:06 | Added : ஜூலை 25, 2019 02:57 |

காஞ்சிபுரம் : காஞ்சியில், அத்தி வரதரை தரிசிக்கும் கூட்டம், நேற்று குறைந்து காணப்பட்டது. இதனால், பக்தர்கள் நெரிசலின்றி, அரை மணி நேரத்தில் சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்தனர்.



வி.ஐ.பி., தரிசன வழியில், ஆட்களை அழைத்து செல்வோர் குறித்து, வருவாய் துறை அதிகாரிகள் கணக்கெடுக்கின்றனர். காஞ்சிபுரம், வரதராஜ பெருமாள் கோவில், வசந்த மண்டபத்தில், அத்தி வரதரை தரிசனம் செய்வதற்கு, தினமும் லட்சக்கணக்கில் பக்தர்கள் வந்தபடி உள்ளனர். தமிழகத்தில் மட்டுமல்லாமல், பிற மாநிலத்தவரும், மிகுந்த ஆர்வத்துடன் தரிசனம் செய்ய வருகின்றனர். சனி மற்றும் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமைகளில், கூட்டம் கட்டுப்படுத்த முடியாத நிலை ஏற்பட்டது.

இந்நிலையில், நேற்று முன்தினம், முதல்வர், இ.பி.எஸ்., கோவிலுக்கு வருவதாக செய்தி வெளியானதால், மக்கள் கூட்டம் குறைந்திருந்தது. அதேபோல, நேற்று காலையில் இருந்து, பொது தரிசனத்தில் சென்றவர்கள், 30 நிமிடங்களில் சுவாமி தரிசனம் முடிந்து வெளியில் வந்ததாக பக்தர்கள் தெரிவித்தனர்.வி.ஐ.பி.,க்கள் செல்லும் வழியில், எப்பொழுதும் கூட்டம் அதிகமாக இருக்கும். உயர் அதிகாரிகள், அரசியல்வாதிகள், காவல் துறையினர் குடும்பங்கள், அந்த வழியில், தங்கள் செல்வாக்கை பயன்படுத்தி உள்ளே சென்றனர்.





இதனால், வி.ஐ. பி.,க்கள் செல்லும் வழியில், தினமும் பிரச்னை, தள்ளுமுள்ளு ஏற்பட்டது. அந்த வழியில், யார் மூலம், எத்தனை பேர் தரிசனத்திற்கு அழைத்து செல்கின்றனர் என, விபரம் சேகரிக்கப்படுகிறது. இதனால், வி.ஐ. பி.,க்கள் வழியிலும் கூட்டம் குறைந்து இருந்தது. மேலும், நேற்று, மக்கள் கூட்டம் குறைந்ததற்கு காரணம், அரசியல் கட்சிகளின் முக்கிய தலைவர்கள், 24ம் தேதி கோவிலுக்கு வருவதாக, சமூக வலை தளங்களில் தகவல் பரவியதால், பலர் கோவிலுக்கு செல்வதை தவிர்த்திருக்கலாம் என, அதிகாரிகள் தரப்பில் கூறப்படுகிறது.

ஆடிப்பூரம்

இன்று முதல் ஆடிப்பூரம் உற்சவம்அத்தி வரதர் வைபவம், 1ம் தேதி முதல் சிறப்பாக நடைபெற்று வருகிறது. அத்தி வரதர் வைபவம் இடையே, கோடை உற்சவம், ஆனி கருட சேவை, ஆடிப்பூரம், ஆளவந்தார் சாற்றுமுறை, ஆடி கருடசேவை போன்ற உற்சவங்களும் நடைபெறுகின்றன. இன்று, ஆடிப்பூரம் உற்சவம் துவங்குகிறது. இன்று துவங்கும் உற்சவம், ஆகஸ்ட் 4ம் தேதி வரை நடைபெறும். மாலை, 6:00 மணிக்கு, உற்சவர் புறப்பாடு நடைபெறும்.



கோவிலில் இருந்து புறப்படும் சுவாமி, ஆஞ்சநேயர் கோவில் வரை சென்று, மீண்டும் கோவிலுக்கு திரும்புவார். ஆடிப்பூரம் உற்சவம் காணவும் ஏராளமான பக்தர்கள் கோவிலுக்கு வருவர் என, எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.

துணை ராணுவ பாதுகாப்பு

அத்திவரதர் வைபவத்திற்கு, துணை ராணுவப் படை பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் வரதராஜ பெருமாள் கோவிலை திறக்க கோரி, தொடரப்பட்ட வழக்கு, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில், இன்று விசாரணைக்கு வருகிறது.உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில், காஞ்சிபுரத்தை சேர்ந்த சீனிவாசன் தாக்கல் செய்த மனு: அத்தி வரதரை தரிசிக்க, லட்சக்கணக்கான மக்கள், தினமும் வருகின்றனர்.



இந்த நிகழ்வுக்கு, முறையான பாதுகாப்பு வழங்காததால், நெரிசலில் சிக்கி, 27 பேர் உயிரிழந்துள்ளதாக, உள்ளூர் மக்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.ஆனால், நான்கு பேர் இறந்துள்ளதாக, மாவட்ட நிர்வாகம் கூறுகிறது. கூட்ட நெரிசலையும், பொது மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பையும் கருத்தில் வைத்து, துணை ராணுவப் படை பாதுகாப்பு வழங்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும். மேலும், அத்திவரதர் வைபவத்திற்காக, வரதராஜ பெருமாள் கோவில் மூலஸ்தானத்தை மூடிய, மாவட்ட நிர்வாகத்தின் முடிவையும், ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும்.

இவ்வாறு, மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. பக்தர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பு கோரி, ஏ.ராதாகிருஷ்ணன் என்பவர் தாக்கல் செய்த மனுவுடன் சேர்த்து, இதுவும், இன்று விசாரணைக்கு வருகிறது.

HC suggests special package to dependents of deceased UP government officials instead of job

The High Court bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mittal and Justice Prakash Pahadia batted for equal opportunity in government service to competent persons.

Published: 25th July 2019 12:38 AM 

Allahabad High Court (File | EPS)

By Namita Bajpai

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: In a historic move, Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, suggested the Uttar Pradesh government to make a law for giving a special package to the dependents of deceased government servants who die during their service period instead of giving them a job on compassionate grounds.

Passing the order, the High Court bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mittal and Justice Prakash Pahadia batted for equal opportunity in government service to competent persons so as to balance it with social justice.

The bench, however, dismissed the petitions of one Ankur Gautam and others in this connection.


The court suggested that in the wake of a large number of dependents of deceased government servants and paucity of jobs, the government should find a way to appoint competent persons through open competition to the vacancies resulted due to the death of government servants.

On the other, it should adopt a policy to accord a special package to dependents for sustenance and ensure social justice to them.

The court also advised the government to frame a law through which the dependents should be given an amount equal to the total salary of 3-5 years of the deceased that he would have got if alive and in service.

This would lead to the appointment of a competent workforce through fair competition while the dependents would get adequate financial support.

However, the court upheld the law providing 5 per cent reservation to dependents in police department direct recruitment quota.

The court issued directives to all government departments to frame a social justice law and send a copy to the state chief secretary.

A triple murder that left three victims alive

Mariammal’s daughters, namely Veeralakshmi, Jothilakshmi and Rajeswari, are studying Class XI, X and IX respectively, here in a private school.

Published: 25th July 2019 05:09 AM |

Mariammal’s daughters | Express

By Thinakaran Rajamani

Express News Service

TIRUNELVELI: While the police are yet to make a breakthrough in the triple murder that rocked Tirunelveli on Tuesday, the three daughters of one of the murder victims are now forced to live without parental support. Mariammal, who worked as a housemaid, was killed along with former Tirunelveli mayor Uma Maheswari and the mayor’s husband. Mariammal’s death orphaned the children as their father had died of illness ten years ago.

Mariammal’s daughters, namely Veeralakshmi, Jothilakshmi and Rajeswari, are studying Class XI, X and IX respectively, here in a private school. As the breadwinner of her family, Mariammal raised her daughters by working as a housemaid in three houses, including the house of the former mayor.

Mariammal’s neighbours said she hardly earned Rs 8,000 a month and had always ran short of it to pay her children’s school fee. “Irrespective of her bad health condition, she sleeplessly worked hard for her children’s future,” a neighbour said. K Sankar, a neighbour of Mariammal said, “Though she was uneducated, she encouraged her daughters to take up civil services examination.”


He added that the district administration should take steps to get these children adequate compensation for running their life and pursuing their higher education. A professor, residing in the same street as Mariammal, said, “We planned to submit a petition to opposition leader MK Stalin on behalf of the children. However, Stalin returned to Chennai after paying tribute to the former mayor and her husband. We are disappointed over his ignorance towards the family.”

‘Thief cannot legitimately rob a dacoit’
Rejecting the contention, the judge pointed out that it was the accused, who selectively filed an application under Sec.

Published: 25th July 2019 06:19 AM |

By Siva Sekaran

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Holding that a thief is not entitled to legitimately robbing a dacoit, the Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the orders of a lower court convicting former Congress MP A Anbarasu and another in a cheque bounce case and sentencing them to two years’ imprisonment.

When the criminal revision petitions from Anbarasu and P Mani of Rajiv Gandhi Memorial and Educational Charitable Trust came up last week, their senior counsel told Justice P N Prakash that the late financier S Mukanchand Bothra, who had allegedly lent `35 lakh to the accused in 2002, had not produced his income tax returns to show that the amount was given as loan to the Trust and had not paid tax for it. Hence, the contract (promissory notes) entered into between the lender and the borrower itself is void. He also cited Sec. 23 of the Contract Act to support his claim.

Rejecting the contention, the judge pointed out that it was the accused, who selectively filed an application under Sec. 91 of the CrPC, for production of the income tax returns of Bothra and his sons, leaving out the income tax returns of the other family members. In this connection, Gagan Bothra, one of the sons, had clearly explained that the other members of their family had pooled in their resources to mobilise Rs 35 lakh.

When a person wants loan from another, he is not required to investigate into the means by which his creditor has amassed wealth. If the accused in these cases had wanted to be puritans, they should have told Mukanchand at the threshold itself that being puritans, they would obtain loan only from a person who is also a puritan and who has disclosed all his earnings to the Income Tax Department, the judge said.

“In the opinion of this court, after having obtained a loan, it does not behove of the debtor to repudiate it on the ground that the creditor had earned the money through illegal means. In other words, after having borrowed from a compassionate harlot, can the borrower deny repayment of loan on the ground that she had earned the money immorally and illegally?

The answer to this question can only be an emphatic “No” and nothing else. In short, a thief is not entitled to legitimately robbing a dacoit,” the judge said and dismissed the petitions and confirmed the orders of the lower courts passed in 2015 and 2017. Anbarasu issued two cheques in 2002, which were bounced when submitted for realisation.

Case registered against Arappor Iyakkam for ‘misuse of police logo’
A senior police official, under whose jurisdiction the case was registered, said, “Conducting meetings indoors is out of context in this case.

Published: 25th July 2019 06:19 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Based on a complaint lodged by K Rakesh, a 35-year-old resident of GKM Colony, Peravallur, police registered a case against Chennai-based citizen rights group Arappor Iyakkam for allegedly misusing the police logo.In his complaint, Rakesh said that when he was registering for Arappor’s ‘Know your rights’ programme that was to be held on July 14, he found the Tamil Nadu police logo in the registration page. “The page said that they were inviting the city Police Commissioner and other officials to create awareness about how to approach police to file a complaint. However when I went there, no such event was held,” he said.

Responding to the complaint, Jayaram Venkatesan, convener of Arappor Iyakkam, said that the police had stopped the organisation’s ‘Know your rights’ programme that was supposed to be held on July 7. Following this, the organisation had extended a public invitation to top police officials to attend the event on July 14 for which they used the logo. “It may be called misuse only if we had used the logo for commercial purposes or for other benefits. We have not used it for any such purposes,” Jayaram told Express.

Meanwhile, Arappor Iyakkam released a copy of a letter allegedly sent by the Inspector of Peravallur station to the owner of the hall where the ‘Know your rights’ event was supposed to be held on July 14. The letter said the owner Mathiazhagan should not allow the indoor meeting unless necessary permission was granted by police officials concerned.

A senior police official, under whose jurisdiction the case was registered, said, “Conducting meetings indoors is out of context in this case. While anyone can conduct an indoor meeting, there is no provision in the law that allows the public to use any government emblem for the promotion.”



“The emblem should be used by organisations only when a representative of the government is present at the event. Once the emblem is placed in a website or put up in posters, it is considered an official gathering. It is under this provision we had to file an FIR against the organisation,” the official added.

KU recommends action against college officials

STAFF REPORTER

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

Lapses by University College officials in the conduct of examinations

The University of Kerala has recommended punitive action against officials of University College here for lapses in the conduct of examinations.

A formal recommendation has been submitted to the Principal Secretary (Higher Education) and the Director of Collegiate Education following an inquiry into the recovery of answer sheets from a student’s house.

Following the instruction by Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel, the university has commenced steps to improve its examination system which has come under intense scrutiny in the wake of the University College controversy.

As part of the ongoing measures, the varsity has called a joint meeting of the Principals and chief superintendents of all affiliated government, aided and unaided colleges on Thursday.

Reports denied

In an official statement on Wednesday, the university denied reports that it has failed to adopt remedial measures to address the lacunae in the examination system. The Syndicate subcommittee constituted to probe the lapses has conducted several sittings in the university and the college within a short period. Besides, the Registrar has sought an explanation regarding the undetected loss of answer sheets from the college Principal.

The university has also obtained the details of some of the answer sheets confiscated from the house of the prime accused in a stab case, following a formal request made to the Cantonment police.

The inquiry revealed that these answer sheets had been supplied to the college during the period from 2015 to May 2018.

On the basis of the finding, a formal complaint to initiate criminal proceedings was submitted to the Cantonment station house officer on Monday. A separate complaint was also submitted seeking a probe into the forged seal of the Director of Physical Education.

University has commenced steps to improve its examination system which has come under intense scrutiny .

Ex-VC should take blame: Jaleel

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

The Vice Chancellor and the Syndicate appointed by the previous government cannot shrug off their responsibility in the incident where Kerala University answer sheets were recovered from the house of an SFI leader, according to Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel.

The answer books in question date back to 2015-16, which follows that the then Vice Chanceller and Syndicate are also accountable, Dr. Jaleel told reporters here on Wednesday.

On LDF convener A. Vijayaraghavan's remark that unused answer sheets have only the value of blank paper, the Minister said the remark will not affect the investigation. “But I am not aware of the context in which he made the remark,” he added.

The Minister promised strong measures to check examination hall malpractices. The government will ensure that halls are equipped with surveillance cameras for college and university exams, he said.

Steps will also be taken to ensure that answer books and additional sheets issued in examination halls are properly accounted for.

A road trip from Kottayam to Russia in 55 days

STAFF REPORTER

KOTTAYAM, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

Jomet Mani Poozhikunnel, who will set out on a road trip to Russia from Kottayam on August 5.

A businessman from Kottayam with seven others will begin the journey on Aug. 5

Two cars, eight members, five countries in two months.

On August 5 this year, Jomet Mani Poozhikunnel, a 36-year-old businessman from Kottayam, will set out on an inter-continental road trip from Kottayam to Saint Petersburg in Russia. Over the next 55 days, he will explore and experience the length and breadth of five countries, covering a distance of 20,944 km in the process.

Seven others also

At Coimbatore, Mr. Jomet will join seven other fellow travellers, including four women, who will then proceed in two cars. “The journey will be taken up in two legs — from Coimbatore to China via Nepal and Tibet and then from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg along the Trans-Siberian Highway. It will never be a straightline drive as we plan to hit some of the key destinations en route, including the base camp of Mount Everest,” Mr. Jomet said.

After spending a few days in Russia, the team will return by flight while their cars will be shipped back later.

The journey is being coordinated by Meenakshi Sai, a native of Coimbatore, who had earlier undertaken a similar road trip across 24 countries to London from her home town.

Social media

The group members, all hailing from different States, started chalking out the trip on a social media platform and decided on making their way to Russia after a thorough research of the route and rules for each country. The hardships, challenges, adventures and excitement they will endure on the drive will be updated through various social media platforms.

During the journey, the team will also also organise awareness campaigns on cervical cancer. “We are planning this trip on a shoestring budget but still it will cost around Rs. 12 lakh per person. The expenses will be met personally while the funds to be raised through donation will be expended towards YESTE, a charity institution in Kottayam,” Mr. Jomet said.

Sabu Thomas, Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, will flag off the journey on the varsity campus at Athirampuzha on August 5 morning. From Kottayam, Mr. Jomet will proceed up to Coimbatore via Kanyakumari in his own vehicle.

HC seeks State’s response to grace marks

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

KOCHI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the State government on an appeal seeking to implement fully the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development’s recommendations, including limiting awarding of grace marks to borderline cases and showing marks for extracurricular activities separately on the mark list in the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations.

The appeal was filed by Roshan Jacob from Pathanamthitta and two others against a single judge’s verdict declining to issue a directive to implement the recommendations. The petitioner said a single judge had only directed the State government to implement the recommendation regarding doing away with the practice of awarding moderation marks in examinations.

Though the recommendations were made in 2017, the State government was yet to implement them. In fact, all other States had implemented the recommendations.

If the marks given for extracurricular activities were shown separately on the mark list, these could be seen from the mark list.

As a result, all students, whether they came from State boards or the CBSE, would get an equal opportunity for getting admission to higher studies based on their academic excellence. The admission to higher studies would not depend on the grace marks awarded at the whims and fancies of the state board authorities, the petitioners contended.

Foreign banks cannot engage recovery agents: High Court

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

KOCHI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

Says they can initiate action via diplomatic channel

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has held that foreign banks or financial institutions cannot engage recovery agents for realising the defaulted loan amount from a borrower in the country.

The Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice V.G. Arun observed on Wednesday that if the failure on the part of the borrower to pay back amounted to a criminal offence in a foreign country, the bank could initiate criminal action against the borrower through the diplomatic channel.

Saudi-returned nurse

The court made the observation while disposing of a writ petition filed by a woman from Kollam who had returned after working as nurse in Saudi Arabia against attempts by the recovery agent of Al-Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia, to intimidate her and compel her to pay the defaulted amount. The petitioner said two persons of an agency had threatened her that she would be arrested and taken to Saudi Arabia.

The State Police Chief informed the court that all District Police Chiefs had been instructed to ensure that no unauthorised agents of foreign banks functioned in the State.

High Court rejects pension claim

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday ruled that when an employee has resigned and the same was accepted, he or she cannot claim pension benefits or compassionate allowance.

Justice S.M. Subramaniam said that when an employee resigned and it was accepted by competent authority, Rule 23 of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 operates against him/ her and it means forfeiture of service. Such an employee cannot claim benefit under rules. Even compassionate allowance cannot be granted which is provided under Rule 40. A government servant who is dismissed or removed from service shall forfeit his pension and gratuity.

In case of special consideration, the competent authority may sanction compassionate allowance not exceeding two-thirds of pension or gratuity or both, which would be admissible. The same cannot be provided to employees who have resigned their jobs.

For instance, an employee removed or dismissed from service in view of allegations of unauthorised absence, which is not grave, then the competent authority can decide on compassionate allowance taking family circumstances into account. The same cannot be considered on allegations of grave charges.

The court was hearing a writ petition filed by P. Arokiyamary. She said that after rendering service as a Second Grade Assistant teacher for 11 years, she resigned in 1978. She claimed she was entitled to pension for having served for over 10 years. Her claim was rejected, she said.

Special Government Pleader S. Srimathy submitted that the petitioner was not entitled to pension as she had resigned job, which was accepted by the competent authority. Pension rules contemplates that resignation amounts to forfeiture of service. So, she was not entitled to relief and dismissed the writ petition.

Madurai Bench completes 15 years

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

Turning point: Judges cutting a cake to mark celebration of 15th anniversary of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday.R. Ashok

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, inaugurated on July 24, 2004, completed 15 years on Wednesday.

The Bench has delivered a number of landmark judgements. It has seen a significant infrastructural development over the years. It had been declared as a plastic free zone.

A pet bottle shredding machine was inaugurated recently to improve the situation further. Woman friendly toilets, equipped with sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators, were installed recently. A fire station was inaugurated earlier this year. It has a police station. Justice Clock, an LED board that displays status of cases, will soon become operational.

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court Bar Association organised an event to commemorate the occasion. Sitting Judges at the High Court Bench, Justice S.S. Sundar, Justice G.R. Swaminathan, Justice B. Pugalendhi, Justice K. Ravichandrabaabu and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy and advocates participated in the event.

Senior Advocate N. Krishnaveni, president of MMBA, welcomed the gathering. Its general secretary N. Ilango proposed a vote of thanks.

Bench to decide teachers’ plea seeking exemption from TET

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

Court impleads Secretary in Ministry of Human Resource Development

After a number of writ petitions filed by teachers, who were employed prior to the order that mandated Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) as a criterion for appointment, sought an exemption from the test, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday placed the batch of cases before a Division Bench to decide on the issue.

Justice D. Krishnakumar said the court was inclined to place the writ petitions before a Division Bench of the court to decide whether granting exemption to teachers appointed prior to the amended notification dated July 29, 2011 was in consonance with Section 23 (1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

The Central government enacted the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. Therefore, without impleading the government as a party in the writ petitions, whether the writ petitions filed by the teachers seeking approval of appointment without insisting TET and to grant relaxation for appointment to teachers in the absence of any provision under the Act, was maintainable is what the court wants to know.

The court suo motu impleaded the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development as a respondent in the petitions. The court is of the view that on reading Section 23 of the Act, it clearly shows that teachers appointed must possess minimum qualifications, as laid down by the Academic Authority authorised by the Central and the State Government.

Thus, the teachers appointed on the date the Act came into force have to acquire the necessary minimum qualification to clear TET within the time prescribed by the Central government. A teacher who does not possess minimum qualification at the commencement of the Act shall acquire the minimum qualification within a period of five years as per the Act, the court said.

The State government issued an order in 2011 stating that as per Section 23 (1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was appointed as the Academic Authority by the Central government.

The Academic Authority indicated to all the States that teachers recruited in future should have passed TET, in accordance with the guidelines framed by the NCTE.

Pay IT on time, tax payers told

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

COIMBATORE, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

B. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, speaking at Income Tax Day celebrations in the city on Wednesday.S. Siva SaravananS_SIVA SARAVANAN

Tax payers should remit the Income Tax on time, urged Durga Charan Dash, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Coimbatore, at Income Tax Day programme here on Wednesday.

According to a press release, Income Tax is a major source of revenue in the country to create basic infrastructure for the public. The tax paid comes back to the people in the form of various government schemes. High income people should join hands with the Department and support it by paying the tax on time.

The Chief Commissioner added that the Department is fully computerised and the tax payers can upload online their grievance, applications, and demands. There is a system to track if the grievances are addressed on time.

Income Tax Day is celebrated every year to create awareness among the public on the need to pay Income Tax. This year, competitions were held for school students recently and saplings were planted on July 23. A blood donation camp was organised as part of the programmes on Wednesday in which over 100 people took part. At a meeting later in the day, B.K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore, addressed the participants and the top tax payers were felicitated.

DME declares 4 candidates ineligible

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) has declared four more students ineligible for counselling. While one students was declared as a candidate of another nation, another candidate’s class XII results were not yet released. Two other candidates were said to be ineligible as they had not studied Biology and Physics.

The DME has extended counselling for self-financing dental college seats till Thursday. It has asked all candidates who have qualified in NEET to participate.

At the end of the extended round of first phase of counselling on Wednesday, 271 seats were available under management quota in dental colleges.

Selection secretary G. Selvarajan has sought details of vacancy from principals of self-financing institutions.

‘President can impose conditions while granting clemency to death convicts’

Mohamed Imranullah S.

CHENNAI, JULY 25, 2019 00:00 IST

HC dismisses plea of trio under incarceration for 24 years

Answering a significant question of law, the Madras High Court on Wednesday held that the President, while granting clemency to death convicts, can impose a condition that they should be imprisoned till their death, without being accorded the benefit of remission for any reason whatsoever by the State government concerned.

Justice N. Anand Venkatesh held so while dismissing individual writ petitions filed by three death convicts — A. Sheik Meeran, C. Selvam and V. Radhakrishnan — who had been incarcerated for the last 24 years and had therefore questioned the condition imposed by the President while granting them clemency in February 2012.

Conducting the case for the petitioners, their counsel M. Radhakrishnan argued that a plain reading of Article 72 of the Constitution did not state that the President was empowered to impose conditions while granting pardon and suspending or remitting sentences in cases such as those in which capital punishment had been imposed. He contended that the very fundamental principle of criminal law, which was to reform and rehabilitate the guilty, would pale into insignificance if convicts were not allowed to step out of prisons even after they stood reformed. He also contended that any scheme for premature release of convicts should be made available to all convicts without discrimination.

The counsel also argued that the condition imposed by the then President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, while granting clemency to the three petitioners, was arbitrary, unfair, unreasonable and in violation of fundamental rights under Articles 14 (right to equality before law) and 21 (right to life and personal liberty) of the Constitution.

Rejecting all contentions, the judge concurred with Additional Solicitor General (ASG) G. Rajagopalan that the sovereign power conferred on the President, to grant pardon without wiping out the conviction by a court of law, was of the widest amplitude and that judicial review on the merits of the President’s decision was ordinarily impermissible.

There was a succinct distinction between the judicial power to pass sentence and the executive power to grant pardon, Justice Venkatesh said and added that while granting State pardon, the President acts on a completely different plane and therefore he/she was entitled to go into the merits of individual cases though they had been judicially concluded. The scope of judicial review of a decision taken by the President under Article 72 was very limited and narrow. “What falls within judicial review is only the decision making process in a given case and not the decision per se. If a court does not find that the process was not arbitrary or unreasonable, the decision taken by the President cannot be interfered with,” he said.

The judge said, as rightly argued by the ASG, the pardon as well as the condition come as a package. “It has to be taken either as a whole or it must be dropped as a whole. The convicts cannot be permitted to take the beneficial portion of the pardon in their favour and at a later point of time, turn around and question the condition that comes with the pardon,” he concluded.

In so far as the present case was concerned, the three petitioners had been awarded death sentence by a trial court in 1998 for murdering Ayyavoo, a notorious gangster, in front of a Judicial Magistrate inside a court hall at Nagercoil in December 1994. The High Court as well as the Supreme Court had confirmed the punishment in 1999.

SpiceJet Mangaluru-Delhi flight service from Aug. 4

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Air passengers from Mangaluru will now be able to travel easily to a host of other cities both domestic as well as international via multiple onward connections.FILE PHOTO

SpiceJet will introduce a daily direct flight service between Delhi and Mangaluru on August 4. The flight SG 8642 will leave Mangaluru at 6.15 a.m. and reach Delhi at 8.55 a.m. A pairing flight SG 8643 will leave Delhi at 8.30 p.m. and arrive in Mangaluru at 11.15 p.m. The airlines will deploy its Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the new route. Bookings for the flight are open now, the airlines announced on Wednesday.

“To celebrate the launch of the new sector, the airlines is offering tickets at an all-inclusive introductory fare of Rs. 5599 on Mangaluru-Delhi route and Rs. 5499 on the Delhi-Mangaluru route,” the airlines said in a release.

The enhanced connectivity to Mangaluru will give passengers travelling between the two cities more convenience and flexibility.

Starting on April 1, SpiceJet had announced close to 130 new flights, including 78 connecting Mumbai, 22 connecting Delhi and 10 flights between Mumbai and Delhi, among others, it said.

With the introduction of the new flight service, passengers from Mangaluru will be able to easily travel to a host of other cities both on SpiceJet’s domestic as well as international network via multiple onward connections from Delhi, the release said.

REDUCTION IN BAD LOANS

Canara Bank’s net profit up 17%

New Delhi:25.07.2019

State-owned Canara Bank on Wednesday reported a 17%rise in its standalone net profit to ₹329 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, mainly driven by reduction in bad loans. The bank had registered a net profit of ₹281.5 crore in the April-June period of 2018-19. Total income rose to ₹14,062 crore in the June quarter from ₹13,192 crore in same period a year ago, Canara Bank said in a regulatory filing. At the same time, interest income rose to ₹12,200 crore in the quarter from ₹11,359 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal. The bank’s income from other sources too improved to ₹1,867 crore from ₹1,833 crore.

During the quarter, the bank earned operating profit of ₹2,440 crore. With regard to asset quality, the bank has exhibited improvement with the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declining to 8.7%of gross advances at the end of June 2019, as against 11%as of June 30, 2018.

Net NPA too came down to 5.35%from 6.9%. In absolute value, gross NPAs at the end of June, 2019 declined to ₹39,399 crore from ₹44,659 crore as on June 30, 2018. Net NPAs came down to ₹23,149 crore compared to ₹26,693 crore. As a result, the provisions for bad loans declined to ₹2,282 crore for the first quarter this fiscal, from ₹2,466 crore parked aside for the same period in 2017-18. Overall provisions and contingencies too eased to ₹1,899.13 crore as against ₹2,582.3 crore. Provision coverage ratio as on June 30, 2019 rose to 68.6%from 60.6%at the end of first quarter last fiscal. Total business of the bank improved by 13%to ₹10.59 lakh crore at the end of June, 2019. AGENCIES

Vistara to stop giving plastic water bottles

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New Delhi:25.07.2019

Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had last June banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans to remove all individual-sized 200ml water bottles from its flights. This initiative was implemented on Delhi-Mumbai flights on July 16, and will be extended to all flights across the airline’s network in phases over the coming weeks. Economy Class customers, who were hitherto given water in small plastic bottles, will now be served mineral water in environment-friendly paper cups.”

The airline said it has “reduced single-use plastic usage and has a further 50% reduction target this year. The airline continues to undertake several other eco-friendly initiatives to support its inflight service with minimal use of plastics, by switching to packaging from renewable and bio-degradable sources. Vistara is the first and only carrier in India to serve oxobiodegradable cutlery and pouch to economy class customers.

Airports in India are also increasingly trying to minimise use of plastic.

Govt school ropes in parents as exam invigilators
Rajeev.KR@timesgroup.com

Kozhikode  25.07.2019

: A government school in the district has raised the bar in involvement of parents in academic activity by roping them in as invigilators for examinations.

The Government Higher Secondary School, Kokkallur has assigned as many as 30 parents, who have been tasked with the supervision of the ongoing SSLC unit tests.

The parent-invigilators, selected from the school support group, were provided prior training on how to supervise the examination and about following the required instructions for conducting the exams.

The school authorities plan to have parent invigilators for other school-level examinations in Class X, except the public examinations.

“We launched the initiative as part of efforts to enhance the participation of parents in academic activities at the school. The parent-invigilators have been a successful in ensuring smooth and orderly conduct of examinations and students have reciprocated by maintaining good discipline in the examination hall,” P Pushparajan, headmaster of the school, said.

He said that with parents taking up the role of exam supervisors, there seems to be a psychological factor at work as the students seemed to take extra care to maintain discipline in the exam hall and to ensure that the parents didn’t face any troubles.

“It has also helped to ensure 100% punctuality on the part of students. We are planning to expand it to Class-IX also,” N K Balan Nair, English teacher at the school, said, adding that the respective teacher invigilator assigned to a particular class for the monthly tests remained stationed outside the classroom to intervene, if any need arises.

Full report on www.toi.in

NEW ROLE: A parent-invigilator at work at Government Higher Secondary School, Kokkallur, in Kozhikode

Med college case: CBI chargesheets retd judge, others

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New Delhi:25.07.2019

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has chargesheeted retired Odisha high court justice I M Quddusi and six others for allegedly conspiring to settle the debarment of a private medical college in Lucknow.

Besides the former judge, the CBI has accused Bhawna Pandey, Bhagwan Prasad Yadav, Palash Yadav, Sudhir Giri, Bishwanath Agarwala and Ram Dev Saraswat of corruption and criminal conspiracy. The CBI has alleged that Quddusi, with the assistance of other accused, not only legally guided the functionaries of the private medical college but also assured them of afavourable judicial settlement. The chargesheet was filed before special judge Anil Kumar Sisodia on July 8 and posted for consideration on August 2.

Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, who is representing Quddusi and other accused persons, said, “As there is no public servant in the chargesheet, a corruption case won’t survive. My clients even got bail on the same argument.”

The CBI had carried out raids in Bhubaneswar, Lucknow and Delhi, including at the Greater Kailash residence of Justice Quddusi (Retd). Besides, CBI also raided several private persons and a hawala dealer from whom a ₹1 crore bribe was being collected to be paid on to some government servants in Delhi to settle the matter.

Quddusi and the others were booked under Section 8 (taking gratification in order to influence public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC Sec 120 (criminal conspiracy).

Full report on www.toi.in

The chargesheet was filed before special judge Anil Kumar Sisodia on July 8 and posted for consideration on August 2

Nalini to walk out of prison on parole today

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Chennai:25.07.2019

The country’s longest-serving woman prisoner, Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, would be released on 30-day parole (ordinary leave) on Thursday from the special prison for women in Vellore. She will be accompanied by a team of around 10 armed police personnel to keep a hawk eye on her.

The police department is yet to decide on the exact number of personnel for the security duty. “We are awaiting an official communication regarding the security details and escort for the prisoner,” Superintendent of Police of Vellore K Pravesh Kumar told TOI. A similar arrangement was made when another life convict in the Rajiv assassination case, Perarivalan, was released on parole for 60 days (from August 24, 2017). “We will come to a final decision on the scale of security based on the recommendation of the prison department,” he said.

She had got the 30-day parole to make arrangements for the wedding of her daughter Charitha Sriharan, 27. Nalini got a Madras high court order in her favour on July 5, granting her parole for 30 days.

This is the third time she is being granted leave from prison. Earlier, she came out on parole for her brother Bhagyanathan’s marriage and later for her father’s funeral rites – on both occasions, for a day each. Nalini will be staying in Sathuvachari in Vellore town along with her mother Padmavathy and other family members. When Perarivalan was granted parole by the Edappadi K Palaniswami government on compassionate grounds, after he sought to spend time with his ailing father A Kuyildasan, the police ensured round-the-clock security.

Nalini’s counsel A Pugalendhi said her daughter, who was born in Chengalpet government hospital, was with her mother in the prison for four years. She left for the UK in 2005 where she pursued medicine. “Nalini’s daughter is now a citizen of the UK,” he said.

Fire at Syndicate Bank in Pammal, strong room saved

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Chennai:25.07.2019

A fire broke out in Syndicate Bank branch at Krishna Nagar near Pammal on the Pallavaram-Kundrathur Road in the early hours on Wednesday.

All the furniture, computers, air-conditioners and other items were gutted in fire. The loss is yet to be ascertained. No one was injured in the fire that broke out around 3.30am.

On being alerted by a bank security guard, fire and rescue services personnel from Tambaram rushed to the spot. They broke open the doors and window panes. They battled for about two hours to extinguish the fire.

Later, police and bank officials reached the accident spot. The fire personnel prevented the fire from spreading to the strong room where cash and gold are kept. Police are investigating to determine the cause of the fire. Preliminary inquiries revealed that a spark from an air-conditioner or a computer could have triggered the fire.

BURNT OUT: A spark from an AC or computer might have triggered the fire

ALL-INDIA QUOTA LEFTOVER
Post nat’l counselling, TN to get vacant med seats

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Chennai:25.07.2019

The state selection committee will receive the number of seats vacant in government medical college after two rounds of online counselling conducted by the medical counselling committee in New Delhi. The Centre conducts counselling for 15% of seats that states surrender for the all-India quota (AIQ).

The vacant seats will be returned to the respective state governments, who will fill them up during the counselling conducted locally. “We will be adding the vacant AIQ seats to the seat matrix for the second round of counselling,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan. The committee has asked medical college deans to send in the vacancy details by Thursday evening, he said.

At the end of the extended phase of counselling for dental admissions in TN, there were 271 management quota dental seats vacant. The committee removed names for four students from the common merit list on Wednesday.

Prez can impose conditions while commuting death sentence: HC
Chennai:25.07.2019

The President has the power to impose conditions while commuting death sentences of convicts, as the constitutional power of the President under Article 72 is absolute and wide in amplitude, the Madras high court has held.

Justice N Anand Venkatesh, refusing to interfere with an order of the President commuting the death penalty of three convicts into life imprisonment, but with a condition that they must spend the rest of their lives in jail, said since Article 72 was absolute it would not be possible to lay down any precise and clearly defined guidelines. The judge passed the order on a plea moved by Radhakrishnan, C Selvam and Sheik Meeran who were sentenced to death for murder on October 5, 1998 by a sessions court in Tirunelveli.

All the appeals moved by the convicts were dismissed and on July 15, 1999, the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence. Thereafter, the trio moved mercy petitions to the Tamil Nadu governor and then to the President. On February 10, 2012, the President allowed the mercy plea and commuted the death sentence to life with a condition that the petitioners shall remain for the whole of the remainder of their natural lives in prison without the benefit of remission. The petitioners made an application to the state for premature release, which was rejected citing the condition imposed by the President.

Harsh Vardhan introduces National Medical Commission Bill in Lok Sabha, with a view to replacing Medical Council of India

India Press Trust of India Jul 22, 2019 16:20:13 IST

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which seeks to replace the 63-year-old Medical Council of India (MCI) to reform the medical sector in India, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.


File image of the Lok Sabha. PTI

The bill, introduced by Health minister Harsh Vardhan, also seeks to repeal the Indian Medical Council Act 1956, stating that the Council set up under it was corrupt. It has been alleged that the process by which the MCI regulated medical colleges was flawed.

The new bill has the provision for making national standards in medical education uniform by proposing that the final year MBBS exam be treated as an entrance test for PG and a screening test for students who graduated in medicine from foreign countries. This exam will be called the National Exit Test (NEXT).

At present, different medical colleges have different MBBS exam patterns which means there is no surety of the quality of the medical graduate passing out of MBBS.

The NMC proposal is to ensure a uniform national pattern for final year MBBS exam so that all medical graduates who get the licence to practise conform to uniform national standards and quality.

The bill also puts a cap on fees on 50 percent of seats in MBBS and PG colleges. The NMC will be a 29-member body which would comprise of 20 members selected through nomination, and nine through election.

The medical colleges will have to conform to standards the NMC will lay down. Once they conform and are permitted to operate, there would be no need for annual renewals, the government believes.

215 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் 10% இடங்கள் கூட நிரம்பவில்லை: கடைசி ஒரு சுற்றுடன் முடியப்போகும் பி.இ. கலந்தாய்வு

By DIN | Published on : 24th July 2019 01:32 AM

பொறியியல் கலந்தாய்வில் மூன்று சுற்றுகள் சேர்க்கை முடிந்து நான்காம் சுற்று மட்டுமே எஞ்சியுள்ள நிலையில், 215 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் 10 சதவீத இடங்கள் கூட நிரம்பவில்லை என்பது தெரிய வந்துள்ளது.

தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 479 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் இடம்பெற்றிருக்கும் 1,67,652 பி.இ. இடங்களில் இதுவரை 46,213 இடங்கள் மட்டுமே நிரம்பியுள்ளன. 1,21,439 இடங்களில் சேர்க்கை நடைபெறவில்லை.
முந்தைய ஆண்டுகளைப் போலவே, 2019-20 ஆம் கல்வியாண்டிலும் பொறியியல் படிப்புகளில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை வெகுவாகக் குறைந்திருக்கிறது.

இதுவரை மூன்று சுற்றுகள் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை முடிந்துவிட்ட நிலையில், கடைசிக் கட்டமான நான்காம் சுற்று கலந்தாய்வு வரும் 28-ஆம் தேதியுடன் முடிவடைய உள்ளது.

அதன் பின்னர், பிளஸ் 2 பொதுத் தேர்வில் தோல்வியடைந்து சிறப்புத் தேர்வில் தேர்ச்சி பெற்ற மாணவர்களுக்கான துணைக் கலந்தாய்வும், இறுதியாக விடுபட்டவர்களுக்கான சேர்க்கையும் நடைபெற உள்ளது.
அவற்றில், அதிகபட்சம் 25,000 முதல் 30,000 இடங்கள் நிரம்ப வாய்ப்புள்ளது. அதன்படி 2019-20 கல்வியாண்டில் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களில் 70 ஆயிரம் முதல் 75 ஆயிரம் இடங்கள் வரை நிரம்பும். எனவே, கடந்த ஆண்டைப் போலவே 90 ஆயிரம் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டு பி.இ. இடங்கள் சேர்க்கையின்றி காலியாக விடப்படும்.

ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக சுயநிதி பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளின் நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டு பொறியியல் இடங்களையும் சேர்த்தால் 1 லட்சம் இடங்கள் நிரம்பாமல் இருக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது என்கின்றனர் அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகப் பேராசிரியர்கள்.

இதுகுறித்து கல்வியாளர் ஜெயப்பிரகாஷ் காந்தி கூறியது:
மூன்று சுற்று கலந்தாய்வு முடிந்துள்ள நிலையில் 3 கல்லூரிகளில் மட்டுமே 100 சதவீத இடங்கள் நிரம்பியிருக்கின்றன.
29 கல்லூரிகளில் 85 சதவீத இடங்களும், 36 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் 80 சதவீத இடங்களும் நிரம்பியிருக்கின்றன.

குறிப்பாக 69 கல்லூரிகளில் மட்டுமே 50 சதவீதத்துக்கு மேல் இடங்கள் நிரம்பியிருக்கின்றன. 

215 சுயநிதி பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் 10 சதவீதத்துக்கும் குறைவான இடங்களே நிரம்பியிருக்கின்றன. 

இன்னும் ஒரு சுற்று கலந்தாய்வு மட்டுமே இருப்பதால், இந்தக் கல்லூரிகளில் சேர்க்கை பெரிய அளவில் உயர்வதற்கு வாய்ப்பு இல்லை. எனவே, இந்தக் கல்லூரிகள் தொடர்ந்து இயங்குவது மிகவும் கடினம்.
அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழக உறுப்புக் கல்லூரிகளில்...: அதேபோல, அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழக உறுப்புக் கல்லூரிகளிலும் இம்முறை சேர்க்கை மிகவும் குறைந்திருக்கிறது.

பண்ருட்டி, ராமநாதபுரம், அரியலூர் பகுதிகளில் அமைந்துள்ள அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழக உறுப்புக் கல்லூரிகளில் 5 சதவீதத்துக்கும் குறைவான இடங்களை நிரம்பியிருக்கின்றன.

இயந்திரவியல் பிரிவில் சேர்க்கை சரிவு: பொறியியல் பிரிவுகளைப் பொருத்தவரை, கடந்த ஆண்டுடன் ஒப்பிடும்போது பி.இ. இயந்திரவியல் பிரிவில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கடும் சரிவைச் சந்தித்துள்ளது.
பி.இ. கட்டுமானப் பொறியியல், மின்னியல் மின்னணுவியல் பொறியியல், மின்னணுவியல் உபகரணவியல் பொறியியல், விமானப் பொறியியல் (ஏரோனாடிகல்) ஆகிய படிப்புகளின் சேர்க்கையும் சரிந்திருக்கிறது.

அதே நேரம், பி.இ. கணினி அறிவியல், மின்னணுவியல் தொடர்பியல் பொறியியல் மற்றும் பி.இ. தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பம் (ஐடி) ஆகிய மூன்று பிரிவுகளிலும் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை அதிகரித்திருக்கிறது என்றார் ஜெயப்பிரகாஷ் காந்தி.

35 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் ஒரு மாணவர்கூட சேரவில்லை
மூன்றாம் கட்ட பி.இ. கலந்தாய்வு முடிவில் தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள 35 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் ஒரு இடத்தில் கூட மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடைபெறவில்லை என்பது தெரியவந்திருக்கிறது.

கடைசி சுற்றான 4-ஆம் சுற்றுடன் பி.இ. பொதுப் பிரிவு கலந்தாய்வு நிறைவடைய உள்ளது. இறுதிச் சுற்றுப் பிரிவினர் இடங்களைத் தேர்வு செய்யத் தொடங்கியிருக்கின்றனர். இவர்களுக்கு வரும் 28-ஆம் தேதி இறுதி ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது.

இந்தச் சூழலில், மூன்றாம் சுற்று முடிவில் 35 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களில் ஒரு மாணவர்கூட சேரவில்லை என்பதும், பல பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் ஒற்றை இலக்கத்தில் சேர்க்கை நடைபெற்றிருப்பதும் தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி இயக்குநரக புள்ளிவிவரங்களின் அடிப்படையில் தெரியவந்திருக்கிறது.
அதன்படி, 150 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் 5 சதவீதத்துக்கும் குறைவான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடைபெற்றுள்ளது. அதில் 23 கல்லூரிகளில் 1 சதவீதத்துக்கும் குறைவான சேர்க்கை நடைபெற்றுள்ளது.
வரிசை எண் 445 முதல் 479 வரையுடைய பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில், அதாவது 35 பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை பூஜ்யம் சதவீதமாக உள்ளது.

அத்திவரதரை நின்ற கோலத்தில் தரிசிக்க காத்திருப்பவர்களுக்கு முக்கிய தகவல்!
Published on : 23rd July 2019 02:13 PM |

காஞ்சிபுரம் அத்திவரதர் நின்ற கோலத்தில் காட்சியளிப்பது திட்டமிட்டபடி நாளை மறுநாள் தொடங்க வாய்ப்பில்லை எனத் தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளது.


40 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு ஒருமுறை காட்சிதரும் அத்திவரதர் தொடர்ந்து 23-வது நாளான இன்று இளம் பச்சை வண்ணப் பட்டு உடுத்தி மகிழம்பூ மாலையுடன் பக்தர்களுக்கு அருள்பாலித்து வருகிறார். தொடர்ந்து ஆகஸ்ட் 17-ம் தேதி வரை அத்திவரதர் பக்தர்களுக்கு அருள்பாலிக்க உள்ளார்.

கடந்த 22 நாட்களில் 25 லட்சத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பக்தர்கள் அத்திவரதரை தரிசித்து மகிழ்ந்தனர். ஆகம விதிப்படி அத்திவரதர், 24 நாட்கள் சயன கோலத்திலும், அடுத்த 24 நாட்கள் நின்ற கோலத்திலும் காட்சியளிப்பார். இதனைத் தொடர்ந்து நின்ற கோலத்தில் அத்திவரத பெருமாளைத் தரிசிக்கப் பக்தர்கள் அனைவரும் எதிர்பார்த்துக் காத்திருந்த நிலையில், திட்டமிட்டபடி நாளை மறுநாள் அத்திவரதர் நின்ற கோலத்தில் காட்சிதருவதில் தாமதம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதாகத் தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கிறது.

அத்திவரதர் பற்றி அறியப்படாத சில தகவல்கள்!

ஏனெனில், கடந்த 40 ஆண்டுகளாக அத்திவரதர் சிலை தண்ணீரில் இருந்ததால், சிலையின் உறுதித்தன்மை குறைவாக இருக்கின்றது. இதனால் நின்ற கோலத்தில் காட்சி தருவதில் தாமதம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. அதன்படி, வரும் ஆகஸ்ட் 1-ம் தேதி முதல் 17-ம் தேதி வரை அத்தி வரதர் நின்ற கோலத்தில் காட்சிதருவார் எனத் தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளது.