மருத்துவமனைகள் உரிமம் விண்ணப்பிக்க இறுதி வாய்ப்பு

Added : ஆக 04, 2019  01:32

சென்னை:தமிழகத்தில், மருத்துவமனைகளை ஆய்வுக்கு உட்படுத்தி, உரிமம் வழங்குவதற்கான, இறுதி வாய்ப்பாக, நவ., 30 வரை கால நீட்டிப்பு வழங்க, சுகாதாரத் துறை முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.

தமிழகத்தில், 70 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட, அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவமனைகள், கிளினிக்குகள் செயல்படுகின்றன; இவற்றிற்கு உரிமம் பெறுவது அவசியம். அதை, ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளுக்கு ஒருமுறை, புதுப்பிக்க வேண்டும்.இந்த நடைமுறைகளுக்கு, மார்ச், 31 வரை அவகாசம் வழங்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால், 80 சதவீத மருத்துவமனைகளும், கிளினிக்களும், அந்த காலக்கெடுவுக்குள் உரிமம் கோரி விண்ணப்பிக்கவில்லை. இதனால், மே, 31 வரை அவகாசம் நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டது. அதன்படி, 24 ஆயிரம் மருத்துவமனைகள், கிளினிக்குகள் புதிதாக பதிவு உரிமம் கோரி விண்ணப்பித்தன.இந்நிலையில், அனைத்து மருத்துவமனைகளும் உரிமம் பெறுவதற்கான இறுதி வாய்ப்பாக, நவ., 30 வரை கால நீட்டிப்பு வழங்க, மருத்துவ சுகாதார சேவைகள் இயக்ககம் முடிவு செய்துள்ளது. இதற்கான அறிவிப்பு, ஓரிரு நாட்களில் வெளியிடப்படும் என, அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.இது குறித்து, மருத்துவ சுகாதார சேவைகள் துறை அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:பதிவு உரிமம் கோரிய, மருத்துவமனைகளில், போதிய உள்கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகள் உள்ளதா என ஆய்வு செய்யப்பட்டு, உரிமம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது. தற்போது வழங்கப்பட உள்ள, வாய்ப்பை பயன்படுத்தி, அனைத்து மருத்துவமனைகளும், உரிமம் கோரி விண்ணப்பிக்கும் என, எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம். நவ., 30க்குள் பதிவுக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்காத மருத்துவமனைகள் மீது, கடும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும்.இவ்வாறு, அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

சிவாச்சாரியார் குடும்பத்திற்கு நிவாரணம்

Added : ஆக 04, 2019 01:08

சென்னை:திருவாரூர் தேரில் இருந்து, கீழே விழுந்து இறந்த, சிவாச்சாரியார் குடும்பத்திற்கு, மூன்று லட்சம் ரூபாய், நிவாரண நிதி வழங்க, முதல்வர், இ.பி.எஸ்., உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார்.

திருவாரூர், தியாகராஜ சுவாமி கோவிலில், நேற்று முன்தினம் நடந்த தேரோட்டத்தில், சிவாச்சாரியார் முரளி, 56, நிலை தடுமாறி விழுந்து, இறந்தார்.அவரது குடும்பத்தினருக்கு, தியாகராஜ சுவாமி கோவில் நிதியிலிருந்து, மூன்று லட்சம் ரூபாய் வழங்க, முதல்வர் இ.பி.எஸ்., உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார்.

Tiruvarur temple priest falls off chariot, dies

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedAug 4, 2019, 6:13 am IST

Sivachariyaar was rushed to the Government medical college hospital here from where he was referred to a private hospital in Thanjavaur.

Even as priest Murali Sivachariyaar was performing the closing poojas to the deity in the temple car, he accidentally fell to the ground from a height of 15 feet.

Tiruvarur: The chief priest of the Sri Thiyagaraja Swamy temple here, Murali Sivachariyaar (56) died after he accidentally fell off the temple car while performing poojas to the processional deity of Goddess Kamalambigai after the temple chariot reached its base at Tiruvarur on Friday night.

The Thiyagaraja Swamy temple is one of the popular Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu and the annual Adipooram festival began on July 24 with flag hoisting ceremony.

As part of the festival, the processional deity of Goddess Kamalambigai was taken in a temple car on Friday through main thoroughfares and reached its base around 8.30 pm. Even as priest Murali Sivachariyaar was performing the closing poojas to the deity in the temple car, he accidentally fell to the ground from a height of 15 feet.

Sivachariyaar was rushed to the Government medical college hospital here from where he was referred to a private hospital in Thanjavaur. But the priest succumbed to head injuries there, police said on Saturday

Aspiring girl medico, U.S. citizen by birth, gets HC reprieve

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN

Published  Aug 4, 2019, 7:00 am IST

Justice G.Jayachandran gave the directive while disposing of a petition from student Abirami Anbalagan.

Madras high court

Chennai: Coming to the rescue of an aspiring MBBS girl student, born to Indian parents but in the US and became a US citizen by birth, who has been allotted a medical seat in Chennai on the condition to produce the Indian citizenship certificate by August 8, the Madras high court has directed authorities to accommodate her in the college provisionally on the condition that if she fails to produce the certificate within 12 weeks, the institute will terminate her admission.

Justice G.Jayachandran gave the directive while disposing of a petition from student Abirami Anbalagan.

Petitioner's counsel P.V.S.Giridhar submitted that the petitioner's father is a practising advocate in Chennai and her mother was a doctor. In 2001, her father was employed in TCS and posted in USA for a year and her mother accompanied him. She was born on June 30, 2001, in USA and she became a US citizen by birth. Her family returned to India in February 2002 itself and she has been residing with her parents in India from then on. The petitioner, who belongs to MBC category, after completing her plus-2and clearing Neet, she applied to the selection committee for MBBS under both government and management quota. Meanwhile, on becoming a major on June 30, 2019, she applied for Indian citizenship on July 8, he added.

Giridhar said the petitioner attended the counseling on July 11, 2019, and during verification of original documents, the selection committee stated that she was not entitled for seat under MBC since she was not an Indian citizen and treated her as an overseas citizen of India. When she approached the secretary, selection committee, she was instructed to get the transfer certificate updated by inserting the reference to her application for Indian citizenship and also an affidavit stating that she has applied for Indian citizenship. Accordingly, she produced the updated transfer certificate and an affidavit. In the second round of counseling on July 31, she was allotted with a seat in ESIC medical college in K.K.Nagar, Chennai.

However, she was not permitted to get admitted to the college and informed that her allotment would be confirmed once she submit the order passed on her application for Indian citizenship and till then the allotment would be withheld. She was further informed that she has to submit the order granting her citizenship within 3 days before the mop-up counseling, failing which allotment would be cancelled. Therefore, the petitioner has filed the present petition, Giridhar added.

The judge directed the authorities to accommodate the petitioner in the ESIC medical college, K.K.Nagar, Chennai, provisionally on the condition that if she fails to produce the citizenship certificate within 12 weeks, the institute will terminate her admission without further notice and on the part of the petitioner, she shall give an undertaking that if she was unable to produce the citizenship certificate within 12 weeks, she will get back all her certificate and also compensate the monetary loss of Rs 10 lakh as mandated in clause 15 of the prospectus, the judge added.

Gujarat HC: He can’t flip his hand but that doesn’t mean he can’t study MBBS

TNN | Jul 25, 2019, 08.05 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: In an important judgment, the Gujarat high court has overturned the decision of the medical board disqualifying Rajkot’s Harshil Upadhyay from participation in medical admission, because he cannot flip his right hand.

While quashing the medical expert’s opinion that Upadhyay is not fit to perform a doctor’s work, Justice Bela Trivedi reminded the government of the ideals of the Disabilities Act and said that it should “endeavour to provide inclusive education to the children with disabilities. The authorities should take all measures to enhance the object of the benevolent legislation by interpreting the provisions of rules and regulations to ensure that the persons with disabilities enjoy the right to equality and the life with dignity.”

Upadhyay is diagnosed with locomotor disability with right hand being affected with bilateral radio ulna synostosis. This restricts supination and pronation of his right hand. The medical board as well as the appellate board said that because of the primary impairment, he would suffer from a mechanical disadvantage to the muscles of the wrist that makes the hand functions difficult. This would hamper his motion rendering him ineligible for performing a doctor’s work.

The student challenged the expert’s decision before the HC, and his advocate Sudhir Nanavati stressed on the provisions of the law that Upadhyay was adjudged 55% disabled, which falls in the benchmark disability – 40% to 80%. Any candidate falling under this range disability is eligible for admission under the quota meant for the physically handicapped.

The state government vehemently opposed Upadhyay’s case and insisted that his case falls under the category which is held as unsuitable for a particular task. It maintained that with disability in his hand, Upadhyay cannot perform all jobs of a doctor. Advocate Nanavati countered this argument by submitting that Upadhyay may not be fit to perform a surgery, but there are various faculties in the field of medicine, he can pursue. His prospects cannot be curtailed only on the ground that he is not suitable for the career of a surgeon.

After hearing the case, the HC quashed the board’s decision which had held Upadhyay unsuitable for a doctor’s work and ordered the admission committee to grant him admission in MBBS under the quota for disabled on basis of his merit.

Talking Point: Should final year MBBS exam be considered as an entrance exam for PG

TNN | Jul 31, 2019, 12.43 PM IST

The National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill 2019 proposes final year MBBS exams to be treated as an entrance test for PG courses. Stakeholders share its pros and cons

More focus on internships

The final year MBBS assessment includes a theory exam and an internship. Most of the students are extremely caught up in preparing for NEET-PG that they are unable to focus on acquiring the skills through the internship. In medical profession, practical skills are more important than theoretical knowledge. If the final exams are treated as an entrance for PG courses, students will have to focus on only one exam and it will allow students to focus on their internships. Maintaining uniform standards of examination, evaluation and teaching in around 450 medical colleges will be a challenge.

- Dr VN Jindal, former dean, Goa Medical College and member of Executive Council, Medical Council of India (MCI)

Uniformity is a must

Entrance exams are conducted with a purpose to check a student’s knowledge of MBBS course as a whole. Hence, focussing on only final year exam will not justify the assessment for the PG entrance exam. Final year exams are theory based and assessment with subjectivity has more chances of bias during evaluation. All the medical colleges across the nation have different standards of examination and evaluation; hence, any national level exam should have a uniform pattern to provide fair chance to all the students.

- Dr VB Singh, principal and controller, Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Medical College, Ajmer

Need to develop soft skills

Medical students aspire for postgraduate courses for career betterment but with entrance exam being the key to get into these courses, students often neglect development of patient treating skills and devote their time in preparing themselves for exam oriented studies to excel in the entrance examination. Competitive entrance exams and skill-based tests should be coupled with assessment of communication skills, scientific and rational approach towards the patient.

- Dr Sandhya Satish Khadse, dean, Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Mumbai

Exam system needs to evolve

The final year MBBS exams are not completely indicative of the level of understanding of the student. The exams are divided into a written and a practical one. The written exams revolve around bookish knowledge and the practicals only manage to scrape the surface of practical skills. Thus, a distinction of merit made on the basis of final year exams in MBBS would be unfair. Our medical entrance examinations system needs to take a cue from the United States Medical Licensing

Examination (USMLE) to design an entrance exam that gauges a student’s ability to render a well-rounded approach with a real-time perspective rather than rote learning that helps neither the candidate nor the healthcare ecosystem in the country.

- Rishabh Shetty, MBBS degree holder and PG aspirant

MBBS students boycott classes across TN to protest NMC Bill

Medical students in other districts also staged various protests.

Published: 03rd August 2019 04:39 AM

Madras Medical College students staging a protest against NMC Bill on Friday | R Satish Babu

By Express News Service

CHENNAI/VELLORE/MADURAI: Hundreds of medical students staged a sit-in at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai, boycotting classes on Friday to protest against the Central government’s National Medical Commission Bill 2019 which makes NEXT (National Exit Test) mandatory for MBBS students to practise in the country.

Around 700 MBBS students of the Madras Medical College staged the protest from 8 am to 5 pm, also opposing the term ‘Community Health Provider’ used in the NMC Bill, which allows persons without medical background and with just six months’ training to practise modern medicine.

Dr GR Ravindranath, general secretary, Doctors’ Association for Social Equality, said, “The President should not give assent for the Bill. The Centre should drop the Bill and bring back Medical Council of India. The six-month bridge courses for anyone to practise modern medicine as proposed in the Bill will be disastrous.”

Medical students in other districts also staged various protests.
Human chain in Vellore: Students of government medical college hospital formed a ‘human chain’ on the premises of the hospital in protest against the Bill and NEXT exam. Over 300 students, belonging to first, second and pre-final years, took part in the protest at Adukkambarai in Vellore district.


In Madurai, 200 students of the Madurai Medical College, in association with the Madurai chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), formed a human chain on Panagal Road near the IMA office. The students wore black badges as a form of protest. The NMC Bill proposes to conduct a common final-year MBBS examination -- the NEXT -- for medical students to obtain licence to practice.

Chennai power shutdown: Check the full list of areas to have electricity cut on August 5
According to a statement from Tangedco, power supply will be suspended from 9 am to 4 pm on August 5th.

Published: 03rd August 2019 06:27 PM

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by Tangedco on August 5 from 9 am to 4 pm in these following areas. According to a statement from Tangedco, power supply will be resumed before 4 pm if work is completed.

RAJAKILAPAKKAM: Velachery main road part, 100 feet road, Rajeshwari nagar and Extension, Dhanalakshmi nagar, Sriram nagar, Santhana Lakshimi st, Ganapathy colony Area.

SOTHUPERUMBEDU: Sothuperumbedu, karanodai, Solavaram Entire area, Sirunium, Kotamedu, Kamarpalayam, vijayanallur, Sembulivaram.

VELACHERY: Part of 100 feet Bye pass road, Venkateswara Nagar, Lakshmi Nagar, Vaduvambal Nagar, MGR Nagar, Orandiamman koil st.


MADHAVARAM: GNT Road, Brindhavam Garden, Prakash Nagar, Ponniaman medu, Periya salai, Thanigasalam nagar, ‘E’ Block, ‘F’ Block Nethaji salai, Ganapathy thottam.

AVADI: Police Battalian II, H.V.F Road, TSP Camp-II , C.T.H Road, B.V Puram, O.C. F Road, Avadi bus stand, Nagammai nagar.

TONDIARPET: K.H Road, Thiyagappa chetty st, Mennambal nagar, Bharathi nagar, New sastri nagar, Motchapuram, JJ nagar, Sudhanthirapuram, Kamaraj nagar.

Submit nationality certificate in 12 weeks, US-born med aspirant told
According to Giridhar, Abhirami’s father, a lawyer in Chennai and mother, a gynaecologist, employed in Maternity Hospital at Shenoy Nagar, moved to USA as he got a job there.

Published: 04th August 2019 06:28 AM

Madras High Court (File Photo | D Sampath Kumar)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has come to the rescue of an 18 year-old US-born girl, who was given admission in first year MBBS course in ESIC Medical College at KK Nagar here, subject to the condition that she should produce her Indian nationality certificate by August 8, by extending time up to 12 weeks. Justice G Jayachendran granted the relief while disposing of a petition from Abhirami Anbalagan, on Friday.

After hearing arguments of petitioner’s counsel PVS Giridhar and counsel for the selection committee and TN Dr MGR Medical University and after going through clause 15 of the prospectus relating to discontinuation fee, the judge said it is necessary to pass orders to accommodate the petitioner in the ESIC Medical College provisionally on the condition that if she fails to produce the Indian citizenship certificate within 12 weeks, the institute is entitled to terminate her admission without further notice.

The petitioner should also give an undertaking that if she is unable to produce the certificate within the stipulated period, she will get back all her certificates and also compensate the monetary loss of Rs 10 lakh, to the college, the judge said.

According to Giridhar, Abhirami’s father, a lawyer in Chennai and mother, a gynaecologist, employed in Maternity Hospital at Shenoy Nagar, moved to USA as he got a job there. Abhirami was born in 2001 in the USA and became a US citizen by birth. The family returned to India in February 2002.

Power shutdown on Monday in parts of Chennai

For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by Tangedco on Monday from 9 am to 4 pm in the following areas.

Published: 04th August 2019 06:33 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by Tangedco on Monday from 9 am to 4 pm in the following areas. Power supply will be resumed before 4 pm if work is completed.RAJAKILAPAKKAM: Velachery main road part, 100 feet road, Rajeshwari nagar and extension, Dhanalakshmi nagar, Sriram nagar, Santhana Lakshimi st, Ganapathy colony area.


SOTHUPERUMBEDU: Sothuperumbedu, Karanodai, Solavaram Entire area, Sirunium, Otamedu, Kamarpalayam, Vijayanallur, Sembulivaram.VELACHERY: Part of 100 feet bypass road, Venkateswara Nagar, Lakshmi Nagar, Vaduvambal Nagar, MGR Nagar, Orandiamman Koil st.MADHAVARAM: GNT Road, Brindhavam Garden, Prakash Nagar, Ponniaman Medu, Periya Salai, Thanigasalam nagar, ‘E’ Block, ‘F’ Block Nethaji Salai, Ganapathy Thottam.

AVADI: Police Battalion II, H.V.F Road, TSP Camp-II , C.T.H Road, B.V Puram, O.C.F Road, Avadi bus stand, Nagammai nagar.TONDAIRPET: K.H Road, Thiyagappa Chetty st, Mennambal nagar, Bharathi nagar, New Sastri nagar, Motchapuram, JJ nagar, Sudhanthirapuram, Kamaraj nagar.

Passengers mark ‘birthday’ of train

04/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER

The crew cut a cake in the presence of passengers on Saturday at Tumakuru Railway Station.Special ArrangementBy Special Arrangement

Several passengers gathered at Tumakuru Railway Station on Saturday to celebrate the ‘birthday’ of the fast passenger train to the State capital.

The Tumakuru-Bengaluru fast passenger train was introduced on August 3, 2013 by then Union minister for railways Mallikarjuna Kharge.

Over the last six years, it has become a lifeline for hundreds of government employees, daily wage workers, security guards, flower and fruit vendors.

Commuters decorated the train with flowers, mango and plantain leaves and buntings. A cake was cut by loco pilot V.N. Prasad, assistant loco pilot Vishweshwara Prasad and the guard of the train N.K. Nirala in the presence of railway police and railway protection force personnel, the station master and passengers.

Members of the Tumakuru Railway Prayanikara Vedike – comprising commuters who use the service regularly – handed over cake and chocolates to passengers in the train. They had started the tradition of celebrating the train’s ‘birthday’ in 2014, and now a lot of passengers look forward to the festivities.

Karanam Ramesh, secretary of the Vedike, told The Hindu, "Around 1,800 passengers travel by this train every day. It is a convenient travel option. The train reaches Bengaluru at 9.50 a.m. We celebrate the train's birthday every year to express our love and gratitude,” he said.

Fast passenger chain services from today

Services every 5 minutes during peak hours and 10 minutes 

otherwise

04/08/2019,

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Fast passenger (FP) services of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will be streamlined from August 4 to avoid bunching of services and ensure a fixed time gap between services.

From 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., one fast passenger will ply every 10 minutes in the Thiruvananthapuram-Kollam, Kollam-Alappuzha, Alappuzha-Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram-Kottarakara and Kottarakara-Kottayam stretches of National Highway 66 and Main Central Road in both directions.

In addition, chain services of KSRTC’s fast passenger fleet will hold services every 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the Thiruvananthapuram-Kayamkulam, Kayamkulam-Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram-Kottayam routes.

During peak hours, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3.30 p.m to 7 p.m., the KSRTC will run fast passenger services every five minutes. However, these services will be restricted to the Thiruvananthapuram-Kollam, Kollam-Alappuzha, Alappuzha-Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram-Kottarakara and Kottarakara-Kottayam stretches.

Currently, KSRTC’s super fast services are operating chain services every 15 minutes.

To adjoining districts

Through the FP chain services, the KSRTC is confining the services to the adjoining districts by maintaining a time difference of five to 10 minutes. The new operation schedule will also put an end to passengers waiting endlessly at bus stations and will encourage long-distance travellers to opt for super fast services.

South Gujarat battered by heavy rain

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,AHMEDABAD

Unlikely visitor: A crocodile being rescued by an NDRF team from Vadodara, Gujarat on Saturday.ANIANI

After Vadodara, it’s now the turn of Surat and other southern Gujarat districts to be battered, prompting the State administration to deploy an NDRF team in Bharuch and shift people from vulnerable locations as extremely heavy rain is predicted.

Due to water-logging, the administration has shifted 2,649 people from Valsad, Surat, Anand, Bharuch and Vadodara districts till Saturday evening.

In less than six hours on Saturday, Olpad taluka in Surat received 298 mm of rain while Umerpada got 204 mm, and Dharampur in Valsad district received 125 mm rainfall.

Mangrol in Surat received 269 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. on Saturday, as per the State Emergency Operation Centre data. The downpour resulted in several areas getting water-logged and the Kim and Auranga rivers flowing near the danger mark, officials said.

Heavy rains in Nashik, Godavari flows above danger mark

04/08/2019, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,NASHIK

Heavy rains in and release of water from Gangapur Dam on Saturday caused the Godavari to flow above the danger mark, said district collector Suraj Mandhare.

He said 17,748 cusecs (cubic foot per second) of water was released leading to the level of the river reaching almost to the deck of Holkar Bridge.

Mr. Mandhare asked people living along the banks of rivers to be alert as water from several dams had been released following heavy rains over the past few days.

Several cusecs of water were released into various rivers from Gautami, Alandi, Bhavali, Waldevi, Palkhed, Chankapur, Punad and Haranbari dams, Mr. Mandhare informed.

Earlier in the day, an Irrigation department official said water had reached up to the neck of the Dutondya Maruti, a statue of Hanuman on the bed of Godavari river, and was a few feet below the Ram setu bridge.

Doctors told to return to work or face action

IMA to meet today to decide on the next course of action

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,NEW DELHI

On protest: AIIMS doctors rallying against the NMC Bill. Sandeep SaxenaSandeep Saxena

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Safdarjung Hospital and others on Saturday directed their doctors on strike to resume work immediately or face disciplinary action.

Doctors from several hospitals across the capital and various parts of the country have been on strike, including emergency services in some hospitals, for the past three days now protesting against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019.

On Friday evening, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan met the doctors and asked them to end the strike in the interest of patients. He maintained that the legislation was in the interest of doctors, patients, medical students and society and added that the Bill was one of the biggest reforms in medical education in India.

The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill on Thursday.

In a statement, the Indian Medical Association, which is now scheduled to meet on Sunday to decide on the next course of action, said: “The Bill is 'anti-poor', 'anti-student' and 'undemocratic' and promotes quackery. Section 32 of the NMC Bill provides for licensing of 3.5 lakh non-medical persons or Community Health Providers to practise modern medicine. This is unacceptable.”

Speaking about the provision, the Minister noted: “There is no question of quackery. The Commission may grant limited license to practice medicine for Community Health Providers (CHP). This concept is recognized worldwide and this concept has also been highlighted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Lancet Journal. Many countries follow a similar arrangement.”

High Court allows teacher’s plea on pension scheme

04/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER, ,MADURAI

The Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday allowed the appeal of a secondary grade teacher who sought a direction to be placed under the old pension scheme, as she was appointed prior to the implementation of new pension scheme.

The teacher, V. Vasanthi of Velipattinam, Ramanathapuram, said that she was appointed to the post of Secondary Grade Teacher in 2002 and her service was regularised in 2004, after she completed a child psychology training programme.

After her service was regularised, she was allotted a Teacher Provident Fund Scheme account. However, nearly nine years later, the allotment of old pension scheme was cancelled on the reason that her service was regularised in 2004, after the new contributory pension scheme came into force.

Her earlier writ petition was dismissed on the ground that she had completed child psychology training only in 2004, therefore she was not entitled to the old pension scheme. She preferred an appeal against the order of the single bench.

Hearing the appeal, a Division Bench of Justices K. Ravichandrabaabu and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy observed that the woman was appointed as a secondary grade teacher in 2002 when the old scheme was in force.

The appointment by the school management and approval of it by School Education department were two different events. Approval of appointment was granted by the department for extending monetary benefits.

It did not mean that date of approval itself had to be construed as the date of appointment for considering applicability of the relevant pension scheme. Approval of such appointment might be granted from the date of appointment.

The woman is entitled to count her service period from the date of her appointment for the purpose of pension.

She must be placed only under the old pension scheme since her appointment was admittedly earlier to the introduction of the new pension scheme, the court said.

Customary divorce not accepted under provisions of law: HC

‘It affects personal liberty and fundamental rights of women’

04/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI

Hearing the plight of a woman, who was deserted by her husband, the Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday called it a classic case where an employee who committed serious misconduct was allowed to escape from the clutches of law; it led to denial of livelihood to the legally wedded wife.

It was hearing a petition filed in 2014 by Banumathi of Madurai, who sought a direction to New India Assurance Company to initiate disciplinary proceedings against her husband. Packiaraj for violating conduct rules. Marriage between the couple was solemnised at Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in 1976 and they have a girl child.

She alleged that her husband had developed an illegal relationship with a married woman, who had children. When she questioned her husband, he was said to have neglected the family before deserting his wife and child. She took up a job as a noon meal worker.

She filed a petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for restitution of conjugal rights. The Family Court at Madurai dismissed the case on the ground that there was a delay in initiating proceedings and that a customary divorce was granted. This was accepted by the employer of her husband. Meanwhile, her husband retired from service with pension benefits.

Justice S.M. Subramaniam observed that the Family Court had not considered the validity of the customary divorce with reference to the provisions of marriage laws. The marriage was solemnised as per Hindu rites and customs. Customary divorce, even prima facie, might not be possible nor be accepted and such a concept of customary divorce was not in prevalence in Madurai with reference to the Act.

A person claiming any such customary divorce as a valid dissolution of marriage must establish that such a custom was in prevalence in society or in the particular community. An indisputable proof was required for establishing a customary divorce.

The concept of customary divorce is not normally accepted in our society or under the provisions of law, the court said.

The dissolution of marriage granted by the competent court of law alone must be taken for the purpose of ascertaining the marriage status of a person.

The Family Court had erred in its verdict. Its judgement could not be accepted as a valid dissolution of marriage.

The HC Bench said that customary divorce was a social evil. It was happening on account of ill-minded male chauvinists.

It was also affecting personal liberty and fundamental rights of women to adjudicate their issues before the competent forum, it said and allowed the woman to approach a competent forum for claiming maintenance.

The court directed the insurance company to initiate suitable action against employees who were accountable for dereliction of duty. It pulled up the authorities for failing to initiate any inquiry against their employee, who had retired with pension benefits. He had conveniently escaped from the clutches of disciplinary proceedings as well as from his responsibilities.

Power shutdown

04/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI

There will be power shutdown in the following areas from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, August 5:

 Sholavandan, Thachampathu, Tiruvedagam, Melakkal, Kachirairuppu, Narayanapuram, Oothukuli, Thenkarai, Mullipallam, Mannadimangalam, Kadupatti, Irumbadi, Alankottaram, Rishabam and Rayapuram.

On Tuesday

There will be power shutdown in the following areas served by Vandiyur substation between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6: Vandiyur, P.K.M Nagar, Managiri, Sourashtrapuram, Yagappa Nagar, Sadasiva Nagar, Karuppayurani, Seeman Nagar, Pandi Koil, Masthanpatti, East Anna Nagar, Veerapanchan, Poolangulam, Pudur, LKT Nagar, Kalmedu.

Medicos learn seriousness, consequences of ragging

A tainted student is highly unlikely to get a government job, says police official

04/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER , MADURAI

P. Mathusuthanan, Chairman, Permanent Lok Adalat, speaking at a programme in Madurai on Saturday. R. Ashok

The District Legal Services Authority conducted a programme on legal measures in place to protect students from ragging at Madurai Medical College here on Saturday.

Chairman of Permanent Lok Adalat P. Mathusuthanan said raising the voice, conducting oneself in a disorderly manner both inside and outside campus and causing physical or psychological harm would amount to ragging under Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997.

He traced the genesis of ragging to a horrific case where a first year student was murdered as a result of ragging in a medical college. “It is important for senior and junior students to mingle with one another in sports and cultural activities instead of bullying,” he said.

Inspector of Anna Nagar police station G. Pethuraj explained the consequences of ragging. “If there is a ragging complaint against a student, even if he cleared all examinations, it is highly unlikely that he would be employed by the government. The process of clearing one’s name from the charge is also time-consuming,” he said.

He said some students put themselves in a vulnerable situation by sharing photos on the social media. “If you find yourself in a victim’s position, do not hesitate to seek the help of police. We have women officers who are able counsellors and can help you come out of a sticky situation. If the offence is major, we will also intervene,” he said.

Dean K. Vanitha said that the college was taking all measures to address all concerns of students and parents.

“First year students have separate timing for mess and attending classes to prevent mingling with the seniors. We follow the clear set of guidelines and procedures and give protection to the students,” she added.

Indian universities get free access to Urkund software

Swedish software was chosen through a global tender process

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

All universities in India, public and private, have been given trial access to anti-plagiarism software Urkund August 2.

Final subscription to access the Swedish software will begin from September 1, 2019, according to a notice from the University Grants Commission (UGC).

“We have a two-pronged approach. As part of the exercise to prevent plagiarism in the coming years, we are providing free of cost anti-plagiarism software to all 900 universities, including private players. It will be available to teachers, students, researchers, everyone,” said Human Resource Development Secretary K. Subrahmanyam. The Urkund software was chosen through a global tender process. While Turnitin is more commonly used by global academics, it was found to be 10 times more expensive without a proportionate increase in features or reliability.

The second step was put in place last July, when the Centre notified the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018. It called for departmental and institutional-level panels be set up to deal with plagiarism complaints, and set up four severity levels of offences with appropriate penalties for students — only from Masters level and above — as well as faculty. All theses, dissertations and academic papers meant for publication must be checked using plagiarism software.

Similarities and offence

There are no penalties for minor similarities, up to 10% of the document. If a thesis or dissertation has similarities up to 40%, it is considered a level 1 offence and students will be asked to submit a revised version within six months.

In a level 2 offence, the similarities are between 40% and 60%, and the student will be debarred from submitting a revised script for one year. Similarities above 60% are considered a level 3 offence and will lead to expulsion, with student registration for that programme being cancelled.

In case of plagiarism in academic and research publications, a level 1 offence will result in being asked to withdraw the manuscript. In case of level 2, the offender will also be denied the right to one annual increment, and will not be allowed to supervise any Masters, M.Phil or Ph.D student for a two year period. A level 3 offence will result in denial of two annual increments and debarment from research supervision for three years.

Repeated offences will result in higher level penalties, including suspension and termination. If plagiarism is detected after a degree or credit has been awarded, that will be suspended for a set period.

A UGC panel on improving research culture, headed by former Indian Institute of Science director P. Balaram, warned that such central regulations could not replace the need for institutional vigilance.

“Institutions must take the responsibility for ensuring academic standards and for emphasising, to both students and faculty, the importance of maintaining the highest standards of integrity in academic research,” said the report submitted by the panel last month.

6,000 yatris fly out of Srinagar

Over 5,800 leave by scheduled flights; others moved by IAF after security alert

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ,NEW DELHI

Valley of fear: People queuing up to stock up on petrol in Srinagar on Saturday.AFP

Nearly 6,000 pilgrims were flown out of Srinagar on Saturday by commercial airlines and the Indian Air Force after the Centre called off the Amarnath yatra and asked devotees to return home, citing security concerns.

As many as 6,216 people turned up at the Srinagar International Airport, out of which 5,829 pilgrims travelled by 32 scheduled flights. The remaining 387 persons were flown on four IAF aircraft to destinations such as Jammu, Pathankot and Hindon, according to a statement from the Airports Authority of India.

Airfares shoot up

The Civil Aviation Ministry has asked airlines to rein in the surge in airfares to help the pilgrims return. Travel portal yatra.com showed airfares in the range of ₹11,000-₹18,000 for a Srinagar-Delhi flight on Sunday.

“Yatris will get special flights and controlled fares but what will happen to patients, students and other people who have to travel,” National Conference leader Omar Abdullah posted on Twitter, urging Minister of State for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri to take remedial steps.

Earlier various airlines, including Air India, IndiGo and Vistara, announced a full waiver on cancellation and rescheduling of flights from and to Srinagar following an advisory from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

Militant killed

Meanwhile, a militant was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Sopore on Saturday morning. One soldier was injured. The gunfight began at Malmanpora after a team of the Army, the police and the CRPF launched a search.

(With inputs from

Peerzada Ashiq)

Heavy rain brings Mumbai to its knees, again

Commuters were the worst-hit as rail, road and air travel came to a halt

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ,MUMBAI

In line: Aircraft waiting in queue for taking off at the Mumbai airport on Saturday. Heavy rain lashed Mumbai, Thane and Palghar districts on Saturday.Vijay BateVijay Bate

Incessant rain that lashed the city since Friday night threw life out of gear again. Commuters on the central railway line were the worst affected, while other forms of commute, too, witnessed disruptions.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 52.2 mm rainfall at the Colaba observatory and 83.8 mm at the Santacruz observatory till 8.30 p.m. on Saturday. The city witnessed 35.67 mm rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 64.88 mm and 68.20 mm rainfall respectively. The Corporation declared a holiday for all public and private schools in light of the rain.

The Mithi swelled in size, crossing the “danger mark” of 3 m and going up to 3.3 m on Saturday afternoon. The authorities evacuated hundreds of people from the Kranti Nagar area in Kurla as a precautionary measure.

The rains had a direct effect on commuters with rail, road and air travel being affected. A spokesperson for the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport said delays of up to 38 minutes in arriving flights and up to 49 minutes for departures were observed on Saturday, but no flights were cancelled.

Civic officials said the Mithi crossing the danger mark, combined with the high tide of 4.9 m, resulted in severe waterlogging on the tracks between the Kurla and Sion stations.

Trains suspended

Train services were completely suspended from 1.55 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., after which trains were run up to Kurla and from Dadar to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, before services could limp back to normal. Several trains stopped midway and commuters, after waiting for over two hours, started jumping off the trains and walking on the tracks till they reached the nearest railway station.

The Western line did not witness much delays. However, on the Harbour line, a part of the footover bridge between Chembur and Govandi stations collapsed on the overhead wires, resulting in services being suspended till 6.32 p.m.

Water logging was recorded in Sion, Wadala, Chembur, Vidyavihar and Ghatkopar in the central and eastern suburbs, and in the Andheri subway, Milan subway, Meghwadi, National College, Bandra, Akriti Mall, Andheri, and Reliance Junction in Borivali in the western suburbs.

Traffic at King’s Circle, Antop Hill, Hindmata junction, Samajmandir Hall, Pratiksha Nagar, Vihar lake, Sheetal Cinema, Kurla, Oberoi junction, Malad and several other areas had to be rerouted.

This year, a qualifying test to avail of free coaching

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“However, there was a definite improvement in the performance overall, as more than 2,000 students who took the free coaching classes cleared the exam this year and we are working towards preparing students better,” he added.

In 2018-19, around 19,000 students from government and government-aided schools across the State enrolled for coaching classes conducted during the weekends. Of this, 2,579 students had been selected for the ‘Thoduvanam’ programme, where they went through a residential crash course one month before taking NEET.

Over 48% of all students in Tamil Nadu who took NEET qualified this year.

Officials have further clarified that there will be no reduction in the number of coaching centres in any of the districts. The test will be mainly based on the Class 11 syllabus and will test the basic subject knowledge of the students. While schools have been instructed to identify and send in a list of students who will be taking the exam, the head of a government school from the city said that teachers have motivated as many students as possible to take up the qualifying exam. Schools across the State have been instructed to compulsorily have practice tests based on competitive exams such as NEET and JEE every Friday starting August 9.

In a circular from the Director of School Education, schools have been informed that they will be sent question papers for the same via email. “Through these measures, we hope to prepare our students to take up competitive exams at the national level and ensure that they do well,” the director said.

Criticizing this move, P.K. Ilamaran, State President of the Tamil Nadu Teachers Association, said that the government should not restrict the opportunity to undergo coaching. “More students should be encouraged instead to attend the coaching classes regularly,” he added.

Diamonds seized

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,CHENNAI

Customs officials at the Chennai airport seized diamonds worth ₹2.25 crore and arrested a Malaysian national.

Azmal Khan Bin Nagor Mera, 48, was intercepted by the Customs officers. Two white bundles, were found concealed in his inner wear. A multi-function cooker was found in his checked-in luggage. Eight bundles were found concealed at the bottom of the cooker. On cutting the bundles open, 55 white mini ziplock pouches, with precious stones were found concealed. “A government-approved valuer certified the stones to be diamonds weighing 2,996 carat, valued at ₹2.25 crore,” said a press release.

Charitable hospital offers dialysis for ₹600

In first phase, a 6-bed facility starts operations at Sulaiha Hassan Dialysis Centre

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,CHENNAI

Murthuzaviya Charitable Hospital, popularly called “the 15 rupees hospital” in the north Chennai neighbourhood of Kodungaiyur, on Saturday launched a dialysis centre for the poor. In the first phase, a six-bed facility for dialysis has started operations in the Sulaiha Hassan Dialysis Centre on the premises of the charitable hospital.

Launching the facility, former Madras High Court Justice K.N. Basha said the dialysis centre would offer services to poor patients who cannot afford huge sums of money for dialysis. “Kidney failure is one of the deadliest conditions. We have to motivate people who donate money for such charitable facilities,” he said.

Presiding over the inaugural event, former Madras High Court Justice G.M. Akber Ali said: “Healthcare is a basic need of the people. But millions of people continue to be denied tertiary healthcare. People who donate money for providing affordable healthcare have to be commended for their initiative.”

Chief Medical Officer S.S.M. Khadri said the launch of the centre was a red-letter day for the charitable hospital.

Murthuzaviya Charitable Hospital president G.S.M.P. Khadri said the centre would offer dialysis services for ₹600. “The new dialysis centre will have six machines. Renal failure is becoming very common in the neighbourhood. Use of painkillers is one of the causes,” Dr. Khadri said.

He said the hospital now charges ₹15 from out-patients. Multispecialty services are offered at ₹50.

IAS officer arrested for scribe’s death in accident

Inebriated Kerala officer rammed bike

04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 

,THIRUVANTHAPURAM

Sriram Venkitaraman

The Kerala police on Saturday arrested high-profile IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman on the charge of alcohol-impaired, reckless driving resulting in the death of K.M. Basheer, a journalist.

The car allegedly driven by 33-year-old Mr. Venkitaraman slammed Basheer’s motorbike in front of the Public Office Complex around 1 a.m. The victim, bureau chief at the Malayalam newspaper Siraj, was flung off his bike and killed almost instantly.

Mr. Venkitaraman was reportedly returning from a party and was accompanied by a woman friend. He was arrested from a private hospital, where the police had admitted him after the accident, and charged under Section 279 (rash driving) and 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC.

Nurse chases bike, nabs chain snatcher

TNN | Aug 3, 2019, 04.57 AM IST

CHENNAI: A 24-year-old nurse caught a man who tried to snatch her three-sovereign gold chain near Red Hills on Thursday night.

The woman, Vinodhini, works at a private hospital at Gandhi Nagar, Red Hills.

Police said Vinodhini was returning from the hospital at 8pm and took a deserted road to reach a bus stop. Two bike-borne men who followed her snatched her chain and phone. But Vinodhini chased the bike before it gathered speed. She pulled the pillion rider by his t-shirt and brought him down. The rider lost control of the bike and the duo fell off the vehicle. She held on to the pillion rider, who had snatched the chain, and cried out for help. Panicked, the rider sped away. Passersby bashed up the chain snatcher before handing him over to the police.

The Sholavaram police identified him as Govindarajalu, 35, from Kavangarai near Puzhal. He is a repeat offender. Police have launched a hunt for the absconding rider.

NEET coaching: Govt to hold screening test, weekly exams

TNN | Aug 4, 2019, 04.17 AM IST

CHENNAI: After drawing a blank in medical admissions, the school education department has prepared a plan to send more students to MBBS courses next year. It wants to select students for NEET coaching through a screening test and will conduct weekly tests at schools.

As per a circular issued by the directorate of school education, the screening test will be conducted on August 7. “The question paper and answer keys for the test will be sent to chief education officers. They should send the scores to the directorate by August 12,” the circular said. It further instructed conduct of weekly tests for students from government and government-aided schools on Fridays.

The department imparted NEET coaching to 19,355 students at 412 centres across the state. It gave residential coaching to the 2,700-odd students at 14 places.

An official said the screening test was not new and was conducted last year. “We have to select students for coaching classes. But if any student wants to attend coaching, we will accommodate him or her,” the official said

For the past two years, the government has provided NEET coaching in collaboration with Speed Medical Institute. As of now, the department has not tied up with any private agency. “The department has trained teachers and materials to conduct the coaching at schools,” an official said.

This NEET, 32 students trained by government-backed coaching centres scored above 300 compared to just 10 last year. The number of qualified students also increased from 1,333 last year to 2,000-plus. However, no student was able to secure a seat.

“Due to the lack of support from the school education department, many students could not get MBBS seats. We prepared speed learning app, study materials and question banks, but nothing reached them,” said Dr Vinayak Senthil, managing director, Speed Medical Institute. He said the institute incurred a loss of Rs 20 crore for NEET coaching. “Though state government allocated Rs 20 crore for it, we have not received any money. They paid Rs 1.96 crore to the internet service provider as bandwidth charges in April,” he said.

Officials said making payment to the institute was difficult since it did not come through a proper tender process. “They have not given us the desired results. Now they cannot talk about the lack of support and payment,” an official said.

New WhatsApp feature to identify ‘viral content’

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New Delhi:04.08.2019

Instant messaging platform WhatsApp has started rolling out a new feature that will let users identify if the message they have received has been forwarded over five times. The new feature, available both on Android and iOS, had been in the pipeline for over a year.

“We’ve recently introduced an update to our forwarded message label that helps people identify when they’ve received messages that were previously forwarded several times. These highly forwarded messages will be marked with a double arrow icon and users will receive a notice when they are forwarding such a message,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said.

Full report on www.toi.in

‘Need more docs & PHCs to face health challenges’

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Chennai:04.08.2019

WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan cycles very often in Geneva, but in her hometown in Chennai she dreads taking her bicycle out, except on weekend mornings, she told a handful of audience, here on Saturday.

The audience comprising senior doctors, health activists and legal experts laughed, but that line summed up the panel discussion, ‘Is India’s vision on healthcare holistic?’, organized by the Chennai International Centre. Insufficient primary health care (PHC) services, scanty human resources and public health policies that don’t meet current needs are some of the challenges facing the healthcare in India, experts said.

“India is ill-prepared to take on the burden of diseases,” she said in her opening remarks. “In Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the shift of burden from communicable disease to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) happened in the 1990s. In Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Odisha, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the number of deaths due to NCDs is more than 50%. Yet. many states are not prepared for the new challenge,” she said. “Countries, including Sri Lanka, Bangaldesh, Nepal and Brazil, have better longevity compared to India,” she added.

Former Union health secretary Kesav Desiraju said scarcity of human resources – doctors, nurses, mid-wives and allied health workers – across the country is affecting healthcare services. “We have fewer human resources than we need, and they are not in places where we need them most,” he said. Although more than 70,000 people pass out of medical colleges, not many join government service. “Many mid-wives aren’t able to conduct deliveries. We need innovative policies. The syllabus for nurses hasn’t changed in more than 60 years,” he said.

Health economist and researcher Shailender Swaminathan said the government should monitor outcomes of treatment in private hospitals empanelled under insurance schemes. “Many countries, including the US, monitor performances,” he said. The out-ofpocket expenditure on healthcare too hasn’t come down substantially in many states, he added.

Experts said government’s focus on healthcare should be beyond hospitals. Pointing out the Thailand health model promoting home dialysis, Dr Swaminathan said states here are outsourcing dialysis units in district hospitals to private sector. “There is growing evidence to show that this isn’t making a difference,” she said.

At the end of the session, moderated by Reach director Dr Nalini Krishnan, panellists said India should think of innovative policies such as providing healthy food through PDS system, levying tax on sugar, tobacco and alcohol for health awareness, improving data collection and research, and providing better environment for better lifestyle.

End strike or you may lose jobs, govt tells docs

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New Delhi:04.08.2019

As doctors of AIIMS and Safdarjung, two central government hospitals, continued to boycott work for the third consecutive day on Saturday in protest against the National Medical Commission Bill, the Union health ministry warned them of punitive action, such as suspension or even termination of service, if they didn’t report to work immediately.

Following the ministry’s direction, the two hospital administrations also issued stern memorandums to the resident doctors asking them to promptly resume work at their respective departments.

In the past three days since the protests over the Bill began, more than 1,000 routine surgeries have been postponed or cancelled across the city’s public hospitals, according to health officials. No new patient is being admitted; doctors are taking care of those already admitted and attending to emergency cases only.

“All members of Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) and student union are hereby directed to resume their duties in their respective departments with immediate effects, failing which strict disciplinary action like suspension/termination of services, vacation of hostel accommodation, etc may be taken,” AIIMS administration said in the memorandum. This was echoed by Dr Sunil Gupta, medical director at Safdarjung Hospital, in another memo random.

Patients and their families are helpless. “What is our fault in all this? I travelled with my 70-year-old father from Dilshad Garden to AIIMS at 7am on Friday because we had an appointment. But when we reached, the doctors simply told us to come on August 14,” Sanjay Paswan, a 34-year-old man, said.

UGLY SCENES: The ongoing protest by doctors outside AIIMS, New Delhi, turned violent on Saturday after a scuffle broke out between them and the cops, injuring a few of them

Athi Varadar: Autos with rate cards to help devotees

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Chennai:04.08.2019

Municipal administration minister S P Velumani on Saturday said rate cards have been displayed in autorickshaws plying around the Devaraja Perumal Temple in Kacheepuram to prevent fleecing of the huge number of devotees visiting for the Athi Varadar festival.

Apress release said the minister chaired a review meeting regarding work to provide basic amenities at the temple. So far, 44 lakh devotees have visited Athi Varadar, with weekends witnessing the highest footfalls of close to three lakh.

Briefing reporters after the meet, Velumani said the number of devotees visiting the temple town is likely to rise in the coming days. “In view of this, 11 two-wheeler parking lots with drinking water and toilet facilities have been set up at a cost of ₹35 lakh. As many as 45 small buses are being operated to ferry devotees from the temporary bus terminuses to the temple,” he said.

Noting that nearly 500 temporary toilets have been established across Kancheepuram for the convenience of visitors, he said about 25 tonnes of solid waste is being cleared on a daily basis. This is apart from the 70 tonnes of waste generated at the town. He further said about 200 lakh litres of water is being distributed at Kancheepuram town everyday.


Minister Velumani said 200 lakh litres of water was being distributed at Kancheepuram town everyday

Despite online system, pregnant women made to visit PHCs for regn

Assigned Nurses Don’t Visit Patients

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Chennai:04.08.2019

R Rathi*, who wanted to register her pregnancy with the state government, thought the system was simple when she filled the online form in the government website under Pregnancy and Infant Cohort Monitoring and Evaluation (PICME). She was allotted a temporary number and an urban health nurse was allotted to her who was supposed to visit her within seven days. However, days turned into weeks and the nurse was not in sight. She was not available over the phone. Finally, she had to go to the urban primary health care centre (UPHC) where she was asked to bring her documents. Later, she registered her pregnancy.

This is the situation for most pregnant women despite an online system in place. In some cases, nurses call up women and force them to visit the UPHC for registration even if they had registered online.

There are 140 primary health care centres in Chennai and as per norms, for every 10,000 people one nurse is recruited. After Chennai expanded, in some areas for 20,000 people there is one nurse. On an average, every nurse has to register at least 15 pregnancies every month and each PHC has about three to five nurses. However, due to staff shortage, most times only two or three nurses are available and they have other duties such as tuberculosis control programme, vector control programme and other camps.

One nurse who did not want to be named told TOI that she got an allowance of ₹500 for travel but in a city like Chennai, if she had to make at least three visits every day, it took her the whole day and the travel amount wasn’t sufficient.

Dr K Kolandasamy, director of public health department, said PICME was made compulsory to avoid fake pregnancies, fake birth certificates and to keep track of pregnant mothers.

Dr M S Hemalatha, chief medical officer, Greater Chennai Corporation, said they would look into the issue. “We brought the online system to ensure that working women who cannot visit the PHCs between 8am and 3pm get better services. But there are problems as people are not available at the residences and nurses find it difficult to travel,” she said.

*(name changed)

IN RISK OF LOSING SEAT

Prove Indian citizenship in 3 months: HC to med aspirant

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Chennai:04.08.2019

For many Indians it might be a dream of their lifetime to get citizenship of the United States of America, but for a Chennai-based teenage girl who is a US citizen by birth, her citizenship has become a roadblock in achieving her dream to pursue medicine in India.

Abirami Anbalagan, who was on the verge of lossing her hard-earned admission to MBBS in ESIC Medical College, KK Nagar, has got some solace after intervention of the Madras high court. Justice G Jayachandran granted her 12 weeks time, as against August 8 deadline fixed by the selection committee, to prove her Indian citizenship and secure her admission. If she fails, with denial of admission, she would be compelled to pay ₹10 lakh to the institution as per the terms of the prospectus.

According to the petitoner, her father was was deputed in the US for over a year while employed in an information technology company. Her mother too accompanied him during his deputation. During their stay her mother gave birth to the petitoner in the US on June 30, 2001. Therefore, the petitoner became the citizen of the country by birth.

In February 2002, the family returned to India and thereafter continued their residence in Chennai. The petitoner completed her entire schooling in Chennai,

qualified NEET 2019 with 455 marks. As she belongs to MBC, she applied for the MBBS counselling in that category and simultaneously applied for Indian citizenship on completion of 18 years.

However, in the first round of counselling her request for MBC quota was rejected since she had not submitted her Indian citizenship certificate. She was treated as overseas citizen of India and assigned only OC category.

When she approached the selection committee, they instructed her to get the transfer certificate from her school with the nationality status as ‘Indian citizenship applied’. After the submission of the certificate, she was alloted a seat in the ESIC medical collage in the second round of counselling.

But she was not allowed to make the payment for the seat and further informed that her allotment would be confirmed once she submits the order passed on her application for Indian citizenship and till then her allotment would be withheld. The committee further infringed her that her citizenship status should be cleared before the mop-up counselling (August 8), failing which the allotment would be cancelled and the seat would be allotted to other eligible candidates during mop-up counselling.

Aggrieved, she has moved the court seeking more time to produce her citizenship certificate. When the petition came up for hearing on Friday, Justice G Jayachendran granted her 12 weeks time to comply.

Customary divorce can never be approved: Madras high court 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Aug 3, 2019, 2:04 am IST

The officials of New India Assurance Company submitted that no enquiry was conducted with reference to the complaint given by Bama.

Madras high court

Chennai: The Madras high court has said, “Customary divorce can never be approved nor recognized by law. The Hindu Marriage Act, which was enacted in the year 1955, recognized such customary divorce and now, after a lapse of 64 years, the practice of granting customary divorce can never be adopted nor be followed and the courts should not approve any such customary divorce granted by few men from the community or the relatives of the husband or wife”.

Justice S.M.Subramaniam gave the ruling while disposing of a petition from Bama (name changed), which sought a direction to the New India Assurance Company Limited to initiate departmental proceedings against her husband for violating the conduct rules.

According to petitioner, the marriage between her and her husband Pandian (name changed) was solemnized on June 9, 1976 at Madurai. Out of the wedlock, she had a girl. While so, her husband had developed an illegal intimacy with one Janaki (name changed), who was a married woman with a living spouse and three children.

Subsequently, he deserted her and her child. She came to understand that the name of Janaki was entered as the wife of her husband. Her litigations for various reliefs went in vain. Finally, she filed the present petition.

The officials of New India Assurance Company submitted that no enquiry was conducted with reference to the complaint given by Bama. However, they had accepted the judgment of the Family Court (Dismissing her petition against entering the name of Janaki as the wife in all his service records based on the customary divorce obtained by her husband) and permitted him to retire from service during the year 2015 and all his terminal and pensionary benefits were also settled. Now, he was receiving pension also, they added.

Holding that the customary divorce obtained by Pandian was null and void, the judge said the judgment of the family court cannot be accepted as a valid dissolution of marriage between the petitioner and her husband. The petitioner was at liberty to approach the competent court for the purpose of claiming maintenance from her husband, the judge added.

Deprecating the act of the officials of the New India Assurance Company in not taking any action on the complaint given by Bama for over 7 years, the judge directed the Regional and Branch (Madurai) Manager of New India Assurance Company to initiate all suitable actions against the officials/employees, who all were accountable and responsible for their negligence, lapse and dereliction of duty in the matter of dealing with the complaint and allowing Pandian to retire from service with all terminal and pensionary benefits.

The judge also directed the two officials to issue circular to all the branches to initiate action against all such complaints or information regarding bigamous marriage etc., and conduct enquiry and institute appropriate actions under the Discipline and Appeal Rules as well as to file criminal case before the competent authority. They were also directed to verify the genuinity or otherwise of the nominations given by the respective employees of the corporation before entering the same in their service records and pension records, the judge added.

பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கிய பிரிவினர் சான்று பெற வழிகாட்டி விதிகள் வெளியீடு

By DIN | Published on : 03rd August 2019 02:29 AM


பொதுப் பிரிவினரில் பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கிய பிரிவினர் சான்று பெறுவதற்கான வழிகாட்டி விதிகள் வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.
வருவாய் நிர்வாக ஆணையர் சத்யகோபால் மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர்களுக்கு எழுதியுள்ள கடிதத்தின் விவரம்:-

பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கிய வகுப்பினர் சான்றிதழைப் பெறுவதற்கு சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மாணவர் அல்லது நபரின் குடும்ப ஆண்டு வருமானம் ரூ.8 லட்சத்துக்குக் கீழ் இருக்க வேண்டும். அதே சமயம், 5 ஏக்கர் விவசாய நிலம் அல்லது அதற்கு அதிகமாக இருந்தாலோ, ஆயிரம் சதுர அடிக்கு அதிகமாக அடுக்குமாடியில் வீடு சொந்தமாக வைத்திருந்தாலோ சான்றிதழ் பெற முடியாது.

இந்தச் சான்றிதழை பெற விரும்பும் மாணவர் அல்லது மாணவியின் வயது 18-க்கு குறைவாக இருக்க வேண்டும். இந்தச் சான்றிதழைப் பெற நினைக்கும் குடும்பத்தினர் கிராமத்திலோ அல்லது நகரத்திலோ இருந்தால் அவர்கள் குறித்து கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலர் தீவிரமாக விசாரிக்க வேண்டும் என்று தனது கடிதத்தில் சத்யகோபால் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

அத்திவரதர் தரிசனத்துக்கு ஆன்லைனில் முன்பதிவு செய்யலாம்: முழு விவரம் இதோ!

By DIN | Published on : 01st August 2019 12:40 PM |

அத்திவரதர் பெருவிழா தொடங்கிய நாள் முதல் தமிழகமே அத்திவரதரின் நாமத்தைத் தான் இடைவிடாது சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது.

கடந்த 31 நாட்களில் 45 லட்சம் மக்கள் அத்திவரதரை தரிசித்துள்ளனர். இன்று முதல் இன்னும் 17 நாட்கள் இருக்கின்றன. இன்னும் எத்தனை லட்சம் பேர் சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்வார்கள் என்று கணிக்கமுடியவில்லை. ஏற்கனவே சயன கோலத்தில் சுவாமியை தரிசித்தவர்கள் கூட நின்ற கோலத்தில் அவரை தரிசிக்க வருவார்கள் என்று மாவட்ட நிர்வாகம் கருதுகிறது. எனவே கூடுதல் ஏற்பாடுகள் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இந்த நிலையில், அத்திவரதர் தரிசனத்துக்கு சகஸ்ரநாம அர்ச்சனை மற்றும் சிறப்பு தரிசனத்துக்கு ஆன்லைன் மூலம் முன்பதிவு செய்யும் வசதி சிறப்பாக செயல்பட்டு வருகிறது.

வரதராஜப் பெருமாள் கோயிலில் நடைபெறும் இவ்விழாவில் பக்தர்கள் அத்திவரதருக்கு ரூ.500 செலுத்தி சகஸ்ரநாம அர்ச்சனை மற்றும் ரூ.300 செலுத்தி சிறப்பு தரிசனத்துக்கு முன்பதிவு செய்துகொள்ள மாவட்ட நிர்வாகமும், அறநிலையத் துறையும் ஏற்பாடு செய்துள்ளன.



நாளொன்றுக்கு 500 பேர் சகஸ்ரநாம அர்ச்சனைக்கு அனுமதிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள். இதற்கு 4 நாட்களுக்கு முன்பே முன்பதிவு தொடங்குகிறது. ஒருவருக்கு ரூ.500 செலுத்தி சகஸ்ரநாம அர்ச்சனை டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு செய்தவர்கள் காலை 6.30 மணிக்கு சகஸ்ரநாம அர்ச்சனைக்கு அனுமதிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள். இந்த நேரம் கூட்டத்துக்கு ஏற்ப மாறுபடுகிறது. முன்பதிவு செய்யும் போது அதனை உறுதி செய்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

www.tnhrce.gov.in என்ற இணையதளத்தில் முன்பதிவு செய்யலாம். இதற்கான முன்பதிவு ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் காலை 10 மணிக்கு தொடங்குகிறது. முன்பதிவு தொடங்கிய சில நிமிடங்களிலேயே ரூ.500 மதிப்பிலான டிக்கெட்டுகள் விற்றுத் தீர்ந்து விடுகின்றன.

சிறப்பு தரிசனத்துக்கும் 4 நாட்களுக்கு முன்பே முன்பதிவு தொடங்குகிறது. ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் முற்பகல் 11 மணிக்கு இதற்கான முன்பதிவு தொடங்குகிறது. ரூ.300 செலுத்தி மாலை 6.30 மணிக்கு மேல் அத்திவரதரை தரிசிக்க முடியும். ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் 1900 டிக்கெட்டுகள் முன்பதிவு செய்யப்படுகிறது. இதற்காக மாலை 6.30 மணிக்கு 950 டிக்கெட்டுகளும், இரவு 8.30 மணி தரிசனத்துக்கு 950 டிக்கெட்டுகளும் முன்பதிவு செய்யப்படுகிறது.

சிறப்பு தரிசனம் மற்றும் சகஸ்ரநாம தரிசனத்துக்கு முன்பதிவு செய்தவர்கள் மேற்கு கோபுரம் வழியாக முக்கியஸ்தர்கள் செல்லும் தனிவரிசையில் அனுமதிக்கப்படுவர். மேலும், இதற்கான விதிமுறைகள் அனைத்தும் முன்பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட நகலில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.



இதில் ஒரு முறையில் 4 பேருக்கு மட்டுமே டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு செய்ய முடியும். ஒவ்வொருவரின் ஆதார் எண்ணும் அவசியம். முன்பதிவு என்ற இடத்தில் கிளிக் செய்து அனைத்து விவரங்களையும் அளிக்க வேண்டும். இடையே ADD என்ற இடத்தைக் கிளிக் செய்து குடும்ப உறுப்பினர்களின் பெயர்களையும் சேர்த்து, கேப்சாவை சரியாகப் பதிவு செய்து சமர்ப்பித்தால், பணம் செலுத்துவதற்கான வாய்ப்பு வரும். அதன் மூலம் உரிய பணத்தை செலுத்த வேண்டும்.



பணம் செலுத்தியதும் உரிய ஆதாரம் கிடைக்கப் பெறவில்லை என்றாலும் கவலைப்பட வேண்டாம். அதற்காகவும் ஒருதனி பிரிவு உள்ளது. அதில் ஆதார் எண் மற்றும் செல்போன் எண்ணைப் பதிவு செய்தால் நீங்கள் செலுத்திய பணத்துக்கான முன்பதிவு டிக்கெட்டுகள் பிடிஎஃப் வடிவில் கிடைக்கும். அதனை பிரிண்ட் எடுத்துக் கொள்ளலாம்.



ஒரே நேரத்தில் ஏராளமானோர் ஆன்லைன் மூலம் முன்பதிவு செய்ய குவிவதால், சில முறைகள் உங்கள் சமர்ப்பிப்பு நிராகரிக்கப்படலாம். தொடர்ந்து முயற்சி செய்தால் நிச்சயம் முன்பதிவு டிக்கெட்டை பதிவு செய்ய முடியும்.



முன்பதிவு தேதியை பதிவு செய்யும் பயனாளர்களால் மாற்ற முடியாது. இன்று பதிவு செய்ய நீங்கள் முயற்சித்தால் நான்கு நாட்களுக்குப் பிறகான தேதியில்தான் முன்பதிவு செய்ய முடியும். அதுவும் சனி மற்றும் ஞாயிறுகளில் இந்த தரிசனங்களுக்கு அனுமதி இல்லை.

ஒரு சில நாட்கள் முன்பதிவு தொடங்கிய 10 நிமிடங்களில் கூட முன்பதிவு முடிந்து விடுகிறது என்பதுதான் ஆச்சரியம்.

எங்கே மனசாட்சியின் குரல்?
By ஆசிரியர் | Published on : 02nd August 2019 01:47 AM 

ரத்தத்தை உறைய வைக்கிறது உன்னாவ் பாலியல் வன்கொடுமை சம்பவமும், அதைத் தொடர்ந்து நடந்து வரும் நீதிக்கான போராட்டமும். பதவி பலம் உள்ளவர்களுக்கு எதிராக சாமானியக் குடிமகன் வழக்கைப் பதிவு செய்வதற்குக்கூட எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டிய போராட்டத்தையும், அரசியல் அதிகாரம் படைத்தவர்களால் எப்படி அடிப்படை சட்ட நடைமுறைகளைக்கூட மாற்ற முடியும் என்பதையும் எடுத்துரைக்கிறது.
குல்தீப் சிங் செங்கர் என்பவர் பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சியின் உத்தரப் பிரதேச சட்டப்பேரவை உறுப்பினர். 2002 முதல் தொடர்ந்து நான்கு முறையாக சட்டப்பேரவைக்குத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படுபவர். ஒருமுறை சமாஜவாதி கட்சி உறுப்பினராகவும் இருந்தவர். வேலைக்காகப் பரிந்துரைக் கடிதம் கேட்டு ஒரு பெண் அவரிடம் சென்றார். 

அந்தப் பெண்ணை - அப்போது அவர் மைனர் - செங்கரும் அவரது சகோதரரும் பாலியல் வன்கொடுமைக்கு உள்ளாக்கி இருக்கிறார்கள். இது நடந்தது கடந்த 2017-ஆம் ஆண்டு ஏப்ரல் மாதம்.
பாதிக்கப்பட்ட அந்தப் பெண், தனக்கிழைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் அநீதிக்கு எதிராக வெகுண்டெழுந்திருக்கிறார். அரசியல் செல்வாக்குடையவர்கள் என்று தெரிந்தும், செங்கருக்கும் அவரது சகோதரருக்கும் எதிராகக் காவல்நிலையத்தில் புகார் அளித்திருக்கிறார். அவரது வாக்குமூலத்தைப் பதிவு செய்த காவல் நிலையத்தினர், குற்றவாளிகளின் பெயரைக்கூட அதில் குறிப்பிடவில்லை என்றால் பார்த்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்.

ஏறத்தாழ ஓராண்டாகியும் தாங்கள் கொடுத்த புகார் மீது எந்தவித நடவடிக்கையும் எடுக்கப்படவில்லை என்பதால், அது குறித்து விளக்கம் கேட்க முற்பட்டார் அந்தப் பெண்ணின் தந்தை. அதுதான் அவர் செய்த குற்றம். அவர்மீது பொய் வழக்கு சாட்டப்பட்டு கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். போலீஸ் காவலில் இருந்த அந்தப் பெண்ணின் தந்தையை, செங்கரின் சகோதரரும், கூட்டாளியும் அடித்தே கொன்றிருக்கிறார்கள். போலீஸ் காவலில் இருந்த ஒருவர் ஏன், எப்படி கொல்லப்பட்டார் என்பது குறித்துக்கூட முறையான விசாரணை நடத்தப்படவில்லை.

தனக்குக் காவல் துறையினரிடம் நீதி கிடைக்காது என்பதை உணர்ந்த அந்தப் பெண், உத்தரப் பிரதேசத் தலைநகர் லக்னெளவுக்குச் சென்று, முதல்வர் யோகி ஆதித்யநாத்தின் வீட்டில் முன்னால் தீக்குளிக்க முற்பட்டபோதுதான், அந்தப் பிரச்னைக்கு ஊடக வெளிச்சம் கிடைத்தது. மக்கள் மன்றம் அந்தப் பிரச்னை குறித்து நிமிர்ந்து உட்கார்ந்து சிந்திக்கத் தொடங்கியது. அந்த அளவுக்கு நமது சமுதாயம் மரத்துப்போயிருக்கிறது என்பதன் அடையாளம் இது.

பொது வெளியில் எழுந்த விமர்சனங்களைத் தொடர்ந்து, முதல் தகவல் அறிக்கை பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது. சிபிஐ விசாரணைக்கு வழக்கு மாற்றப்பட்டது. செங்கர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். ஆனால், அந்த வழக்கை அடுத்தகட்டத்துக்கு எடுத்துச் செல்ல வேண்டிய சிபிஐ, அதைக் கிடப்பில் போட்டது. அந்தப் பெண்ணுக்கு ஒரே ஆதரவாக இருந்த மாமாவின் மீது காவல் துறை ஒரு வழக்கை ஜோடித்து அவரை சிறையில் தள்ளியது.
ரேபரேலியில் உள்ள சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் மாமாவைச் சந்திக்க அந்தப் பெண்ணும், அவரது இரண்டு சித்திமார்களும், வழக்குரைஞரும் காரில் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். அந்தக் காரில் ஒரு லாரி பலமாக மோதி ஏற்படுத்திய விபத்தில் இரண்டு சித்திகளும் சம்பவ இடத்திலேயே உயிரிழந்தனர். அந்தப் பெண்ணும் அவரது வழக்குரைஞரும் மருத்துவமனையில் உயிருக்குப் போராடிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள்.
இப்போதுதான் சிபிஐ விழித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது. நீதிமன்றம் விழித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது. உத்தரப் பிரதேச அரசு விழித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது. ஊடகங்களும், சமூக ஆர்வலர்களும் விழித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள். இந்திய ஜனநாயகம் எப்படிச் செயல்படுகிறது என்பதன் அடையாளம் இது.

காரில் மோதிய வாகனத்தின் எண் பலகை அழிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. அந்த வாகனத்தின் வேகமும், விதிகளை மீறித் தவறான பாதையில் வந்து மோதியிருக்கும் விதமும் இதற்குப் பின்னால் சதி இருப்பதை உறுதி செய்கிறது. ஆனால், உத்தரப் பிரதேச காவல் துறையைப் பொருத்தவரை, இது வெறும் சாலை விபத்தாகத்தான் தெரிகிறது. முதல் தகவல் அறிக்கையில் லாரியின் ஓட்டுநர் பெயரும், அந்த வாகனத்தின் உரிமையாளர் பெயரும்கூட இடம்பெறவில்லை என்பதை என்னவென்பது?
செங்கரின் ஆட்களால் தங்களுக்கு இருக்கும் பாதுகாப்பு அச்சம் குறித்தும், நீதி கேட்டும் உச்சநீதிமன்றத் தலைமை நீதிபதிக்கு அந்தப் பெண்ணின் தாயார் கடந்த ஜூலை 12-ஆம் தேதி எழுதிய கடிதம் அவரது பார்வைக்கே கொண்டு செல்லப்படவில்லை. கடந்த ஜனவரி மாதமே, இந்த வழக்கை வேறு மாநிலத்துக்கு மாற்றும்படி கோரி அவர் எழுதிய மனுவும் தலைமை நீதிபதியிடம் போய்ச் சேரவில்லை. உச்சநீதிமன்றத்தின் நிலைமையே இப்படி என்றால், இந்தியாவில் நடப்பது மக்களாட்சியா இல்லை, மாஃபியா ஆட்சியா என்று கேள்வி எழுப்பாமல் இருக்க முடியவில்லை.
உச்சநீதிமன்றம் தலையிட்டிருக்கிறது. வழக்கு தில்லிக்கு மாற்றப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. இதற்கான இழப்பீடு வழங்க உத்தரவிடப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. நரேந்திர மோடி அரசும், பாஜகவும் இந்தப் பிரச்னையை எப்படி கையாள்கிறது என்பதைப் பொருத்துத்தான் அவர்கள் மீதான நம்பகத்தன்மையும், ஜனநாயகத்தின் மீதான நம்பிக்கையும் உறுதிப்படும்.

கடந்த மக்களவையில் 26% உறுப்பினர்கள் மீது கிரிமினல் வழக்குகள் இருந்தன. 2019-இல் அமைந்த 17-ஆவது மக்களவையில் 43% உறுப்பினர்கள் கிரிமினல் குற்றப்பின்னணி உடையவர்கள். இவர்கள்தான் சட்டமியற்றுகிறார்கள்!

திருவாரூர் தேரில் இருந்து விழுந்த அர்ச்சகர் படுகாயம்

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 02:11

திருவாரூர்:தியாகராஜர் கோவில் ஆடிப்பூர உற்சவ, தேரோட்டத்தின்போது, தேரில் இருந்து தவறி விழுந்த அர்ச்சகர் படுகாயமடைந்தார்.

திருவாரூர் தியாகராஜர் கோவில் ஆடிப்பூர உற்சவ விழா, 24ம் தேதி கொடியேற்றத்துடன் துவங்கியது. நேற்று இரவு, கமலாம்பாள் தேரோட்டம் நடந்தது. நேற்று மாலை, 6:00 மணிக்கு, நிலையில் இருந்து புறப்பட்ட தேர், நான்கு வீதிகள் வழியாக வலம் வந்து, இரவு, 8:30 மணிக்கு நிலைக்கு வந்தது.இதைத் தொடர்ந்து, ஏராளமான பக்தர்கள், தேரில் ஏறி, அம்பாளை தரிசனம் செய்தனர். 

அப்போது, தேரில் அர்ச்சகர் முரளி, 56, அம்பாளுக்கு தீபாராதனை காட்டினார்.பின், தேரில் இருந்து சுவாமியை இறக்குவதற்கு முன், தீபாராதனை காட்டும்போது, கால் தடுமாறி, தேரிலிருந்து விழுந்தார்.படுகாயம் அடைந்த முரளி, திருவாரூர் அரசு மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனையில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டார். அங்கு முதலுதவி செய்யப்பட்ட பின், மேல்சிகிச்சைக்காக, தஞ்சாவூர் தனியார் மருத்துவமனைக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டார்.

தேர்தல் பணியில் ஈடுபட்ட அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கு மதிப்பூதியம்

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 01:39

சென்னை:லோக்சபா பொதுத் தேர்தலில் பணியாற்றிய, வருவாய் துறை ஊழியர்களுக்கு, மதிப்பூதியம் நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
தேர்தல் அலுவலர்களாக, உதவி தேர்தல் அலுவலர்களாக பணிபுரிந்த, மாவட்ட வருவாய் அலுவலர், தேர்தல் தாசில்தார், மண்டல தாசில்தார், தாசில்தார் போன்றோருக்கு, அவர்களின், ஒரு மாத அடிப்படை சம்பளம் அல்லது, 33 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது. இதில், எது குறைவோ, அந்தத் தொகை வழங்கப்படும்.

பறக்கும் படை, நிலை கண்காணிப்பு குழு, வீடியோ கண்காணிப்பு குழு போன்றவற்றில் இருந்த, கோட்டாட்சியர், தாசில்தார், மாநகராட்சி கமிஷனர், நகராட்சி கமிஷனர் போன்றோருக்கு, ஒரு மாத அடிப்படை சம்பளம் அல்லது, 24 ஆயிரத்து, 500 ரூபாய்; இதில் எது குறைவோ, அது வழங்கப்படும்.

கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலர்கள், கிராம உதவியாளர்கள் ஆகியோருக்கு, அடிப்படை சம்பளத்தில், 50 சதவீதம் அல்லது, 17 ஆயிரத்து, 500 ரூபாய்; எது குறைவோ, அது வழங்கப்படும். கம்ப்யூட்டர் பணியாளர்களுக்கு, 17 ஆயிரத்து, 500 ரூபாய்; தேர்தல் தகவல் ஆப்பரேட்டர்களுக்கு, 7,000 ரூபாய், பிரிவு எழுத்தர்களுக்கு, 5,000 ரூபாய் நிர்ணயிக்கப் பட்டுள்ளது.

இத்தொகையை வழங்க, எவ்வளவு நிதி தேவை என்ற விபரத்தை, 10ம் தேதிக்குள் அனுப்பும்படி, அனைத்து மாவட்ட தேர்தல் அலுவலர்களுக்கு, தமிழகத் தலைமை தேர்தல் அதிகாரி, சத்யபிரதா சாஹு, கடிதம் அனுப்பி உள்ளார்.

பண்டிகை கால முன்பணம் உயர்வு

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 00:50

சென்னை:அரசு ஊழியர்கள் மற்றும் ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு, பண்டிகை கால முன்பணம், 5,000 ரூபாயை, 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாயாக உயர்த்தி வழங்க, அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

'ஒரு அரசுக்கு அச்சாணியாக திகழ்பவர்கள், அரசு ஊழியர்கள். அவர்கள் நலனில், அக்கறை கொண்டது, ஜெயலலிதா அரசு.அந்த அடிப்படையில், அரசு ஊழியர்கள் மற்றும் ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு, தற்போது பண்டிகை கால முன் பணமாக, 5,000 ரூபாய் வழங்கப்படுகிறது. இது, 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாயாக, உயர்த்தி வழங்கப்படும்' என, துணை முதல்வர் பன்னீர்செல்வம், சட்டசபையில் அறிவித்தார்.

அதன்படி, பண்டிகை முன்பணமாக, 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வழங்க, தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது. இதற்கான அரசாணையை, நிதித்துறை செயலர், கிருஷ்ணன் பிறப்பித்துள்ளார்.

ஸ்ரீவி.,ஆண்டாள் கோயிலில் நாளை ஆடித்தேரோட்டம்

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 02:07


ஸ்ரீவில்லிபுத்துார்:ஆண்டாள் கோயிலில் நாளை (ஆக.4 ) ஆடிப்பூர தேரோட்டம் நடக்கிறது.

ஜூலை 27ல் கொடியேற்றத்துடன் துவங்கிய விழாவில் தினமும் காலையில் ஆண்டாள், ரெங்கமன்னார் மண்டபம் எழுந்தருளலும், இரவில் வீதிஉலா நடந்தது. இன்று மதுரை அழகர்கோயில் மற்றும் ஸ்ரீரங்கம் ெரங்கநாதர் கோயில் பரிவட்டங்கள் கொண்டுவரபட்டு ஆண்டாளுக்கு சூட்டப்படுகிறது.

முக்கிய நிகழ்ச்சியான ஆடிப்பூர தேரோட்டம் நாளை(ஆக.4) நடக்கிறது. அன்றுஅதிகாலை 5:00 மணிக்கு ஆண்டாள், ரெங்கமன்னார் தேருக்கு எழுந்தருளல் நடக்கிறது. காலை 8:05 மணிக்கு தேரினை பக்தர்கள் வடம்பிடித்து இழுக்கும் நிகழ்ச்சி துவங்குகிறது. தமிழகம் மட்டுமின்றி ஆந்திரா, கேரளா, கர்நாடாக மாநிலங்களை சேர்ந்த ஏராளமான பக்தர்களும் கோயிலுக்கு வந்துள்ளனர். ஏற்பாடுகளை தக்கார் ரவிசந்திரன், செயல் அலுவலர் இளங்கோவன் செய்துள்ளனர்.

மருத்துவ படிப்பை கைவிட்டால் ரூ.10 லட்சம் அபராதம் கட்டணும்

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 01:24





சென்னை:'எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்புகளை பாதியில் கைவிட்டால், 10 லட்சம் ரூபாய் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்' என, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்புக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் முடிந்து விட்டது. இதில், மாநில ஒதுக்கீட்டில் உள்ள அனைத்து இடங்களும் நிரம்பின. கல்லுாரியில் சேர்ந்த மாணவர்கள், படிப்பை பாதியில் கைவிட்டால், 1 லட்சம் முதல், 10 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வரை, அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும் என, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

இதுகுறித்து, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககம் வெளியிட்ட அறிக்கை:அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிப்புக்கு இடங்கள் பெற்ற மாணவர்கள், படிப்பை தொடர விரும்பாவிட்டால், இன்றைக்குள் இடத்தை திரும்ப ஒப்படைக்கலாம்.நாளை மற்றும் நாளை மறுநாள், படிப்பை கைவிடுவதென்றால், 1 லட்சம் ரூபாய் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும். மேலும், 6ம் தேதிக்கு மேல், படிப்பை கைவிட்டால், 10 லட்சம் ரூபாய் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.

அதேபோல், பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்பில் இடங்கள் பெற்றவர்கள், படிப்பை தொடர விரும்பாவிட்டால், நாளைக்குள் படிப்பை கைவிடலாம்.வரும், 5, 6ம் தேதிகளில் படிப்பை கைவிடுவதென்றால், 1 லட்சம் ரூபாய்; 7ம் தேதிக்கு மேல் படிப்பை கைவிட்டால், 10 லட்சம் ரூபாய் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

பி.ஆர்க்., கவுன்சிலிங் தேதிகள் அறிவிப்பு

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 00:53


சென்னை:பி.ஆர்க்., மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான, கவுன்சிலிங் தேதி அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. 

அண்ணா பல்கலை இணைப்பில் உள்ள, இன்ஜினியரிங் கல்லுாரிகளில், மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான, கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்து முடிந்துள்ளது. இதில், 83 ஆயிரத்து, 396 இடங்கள் நிரம்பின. இதை தொடர்ந்து, 'ஆர்கிடெக்ட்' என்ற, கட்டட வடிவமைப்பு கலை படிப்புக்கு, மாணவர் சேர்க்கை துவங்கியுள்ளது.அண்ணா பல்கலை இணைப்பில் உள்ள, 50க்கும் மேற்பட்ட, ஆர்கிடெக்ட் கல்லுாரிகளில், பி.ஆர்க்., படிப்பில் மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றனர். இதற்கான, 'ஆன்லைன்' விண்ணப்பப்பதிவு, ஏற்கனவே முடிந்தது.

இதையடுத்து, கவுன்சிலிங் நடத்தும் தேதி, நேற்று அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. வரும், 6ம் தேதி, கவுன்சிலிங் துவங்க உள்ளது. முதல் நாளில், சிறப்பு பிரிவினருக்கும், பின், 7 மற்றும் 8ம் தேதிகளில், பொது பிரிவு மாணவர்களுக்கும், கவுன்சிலிங் நடத்தப்படுகிறது.சென்னை, தரமணியில் உள்ள, மத்திய பாலிடெக்னிக் கல்லுாரி வளாகத்தில் நடக்கும் கவுன்சிலிங்கில், மாணவர்கள் நேரடியாக பங்கேற்க வேண்டும். மதிப்பெண் விபரங்கள், ஜாதி மற்றும் பள்ளி சான்றிதழ்களை, முன்கூட்டியே தயார் செய்து கொள்ள வேண்டும்.மேலும் விபரங்களை, தமிழ்நாடு இன்ஜினியரிங் கவுன்சிலிங் கமிட்டியின், tneaonline.in என்ற, இணையதளத்தில் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.

திருப்பதி லட்டின் வயது 302

Added : ஆக 03, 2019 00:00

திருப்பதி:திருமலை ஏழுமலையானுக்கு, பிரசாதமாக படைக்கப்படும், லட்டின் வயது, 302 வருடங்கள் என, தேவஸ்தானம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

திருமலை ஏழுமலையானுக்கு, விசேஷ பிரசாதமாக படைக்கப்படுவது லட்டு. இந்த லட்டு, கடலை மாவு, சர்க்கரை, நெய், ஏலக்காய், பச்சை கற்பூரம், பாதாம், முந்திரி ஆகியவைகளை, குறிப்பிட்ட அளவில் சேர்த்து தயாரிக்கப்படுகிறது.திருமலையில், தினசரி, 2 லட்சம் முதல், 3 லட்சம் எண்ணிக்கையில் லட்டு பிரசாதங்கள் தயாரிக்கப்படுகிறது. உற்சவ நாட்களில், 5 லட்சம் லட்டுகள் வரை, சேமிப்பில் வைக்கப்படும்.

இந்த லட்டு நிவேதனம், ஏழுமலையானுக்கு, 1715ம் ஆண்டு, ஆக.2ல், துவக்கப்பட்டது. இந்நிலையில், லட்டு பிரசாதத்திற்கு, இன்று, 302 வயதாகிறது.கடந்த, 2009ல், திருமலை லட்டு பிரசாதத்திற்கு, புவிசார் குறியீடும் வழங்கப்பட்டது. லட்டு பிரசாத விற்பனை மூலம், தேவஸ்தானத்திற்கு, மாதம் ஒரு கோடி ரூபாய் வருமானம் கிடைத்து வருவது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. லட்டு படைத்ததற்கு முன், திருமலை ஏழுமலையானுக்கு, வடை முக்கிய பிரசாதமாக படைக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது.