Colleges asked to examine student records after NEET impersonation

DME, Cops Suspect Larger Racket

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.09.2019

After a first-year medical student of Theni medical college was booked for getting admission without appearing for NEET, the government has directed all colleges to match photos in documents with students attending MBBS classes in government colleges. The directorate of medical education issued the order as it suspects a network of coaching centres and agents is operating a racket.

A seven-member police team from Theni, meanwhile, landed in Chennai in search of the student K V Udit Surya.

On Thursday, based on a complaint from Theni Medical College Dean Dr A K Rajendran, Udit was booked on charges of impersonation, forging documents and conspiracy. Preliminary inquiries revealed the photos of the medico in the college application and the NEET 2019 scorecard didn’t match the identity of the student attending classes. “Udit Surya has not been attending classes and was not on campus. Our team is searching for him in Chennai,” said Theni SP V Baskaran. “Inquiry with Udit is now crucial as we will have to find the person who wrote the NEET exam. We will also get information about the people involved in the network,” he said.

During inquiry, police found that Udit Surya had attempted to pursue medicine in Russia, but discontinued. His father Dr V K Venkatesh, who told TOI on Wednesday that his son wrote the NEET exam in Mumbai and that someone had changed the photographs on his scorecards, could not be reached on Thursday.

Meanwhile, after a day-long discussion with the committee from Theni medical college and selection committee secretary G Selvarajan, director of medical education (in-charge) Dr R Narayanababu asked deans of 23 government medical colleges in the state to verify documents of all students. “We received a complaint that the person who had applied for admission isn’t the one studying in our college. While we were holding inquiry, the student submitted a letter stating he wanted to discontinue the course,” said Rajendran. “It raised suspicion.... We suspect that many other students could have done this,” he said.

In addition to government colleges, the selection committee will urge self-financing medical colleges also to verify documents of students admitted this year. “This year, we opted to hold counselling off-line only because we did not want any such complication. We believe the candidate who came for counselling is the same as the one whose photo is on the admit card. Impersonation should have happened while attending classes,” he said.

Talking Point: Can ethnic attire in convocation ceremonies inculcate national pride

TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 04.12 PM IST

The elaborate robes and caps of convocation ceremonies may take a bow with UGC asking all universities to use traditional garments to instil national pride among students. Education Times spoke to stakeholders if it can reinforce patriotic fervour

Welcome step

Convocation gowns are a legacy of British tradition. If we use an attire which is reflective of Indian culture and climate, I see it as a welcome step. Many Indian higher educational institutes are already in favour of changing the convocation attire to be in tune with the Indian climate and culture. In its second convocation, JNU adopted a simple Indian convocation attire. Wearing an Indian convocation attire has the potential to connect the students with our culture.

- M Jagadesh Kumar, vice chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Pride and prejudice

While western robes were a staple during convocation ceremonies at IIT-Delhi in the past, the convocation committee has plans to launch traditional attire from 2020 onwards. Shedding colonial clothes makes practical sense and the inclusion of handloom or even regional attire will have a positive impact on students' psyche. If we are modernising our curriculum, then why not the dress code? Such a move will boost our khadi and handloom industries.

- V Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT-Delhi

Reflection of Indian ethos

UGC's circular to introduce traditional robes is a syndrome of a larger global discourse of emphasising local traditions against cultural impositions from elsewhere. The western convocation outfit is born out of a specific cultural, geographical and climatological context. Heavy fur-lined robes are typically worn in the colder slimes of northern Europe. The move can have a significant impact on India's demographic and cultural dividend, as they identify themselves with the ethos understood to be uniquely Indian.

- Aryapriya Ganguly, Associate Professor, Indian School of Business & Finance (ISBF), New Delhi

Unjustified move

The decision to introduce traditional robes during convocation ceremonies is unjustified because a convocation ceremony is a special memory in a student's life. How they want it to happen should be entirely their choice from what they wear to what they speak. Changing the type of attire cannot instil a sense of national pride as it is something which has to come naturally to people and actions like these might act against that of what is intended.

- Shivee Dabas, third year student, BA (Honours) English, Hansraj College, Delhi University

Jindal Global University Bags 'Institution of Eminence' Status

Twenty institutions were recommended by the University Grant Commission (UGC) for the IoE status earlier this month.

Education | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: September 17, 2019 21:00 IST



Located in Sonipat, Haryana, the JGU comprises eight inter-disciplinary schools.

NEW DELHI:

The O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has been recognised as the 'Institution of Eminence' (IoE) by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. "Our commitment to excellence is deeply embedded in the vision and mission of our university. The recognition of the JGU as an IoE in its first decade of existence is a tribute to the outstanding contribution of its faculty, students and staff," the founding Chancellor and benefactor of JGU, Naveen Jindal, said on Tuesday.

"This will create new opportunities for expanding the university while breaking new grounds in promoting excellence and innovation. It heralds a new era in our journey towards nation-building," Jindal said.

Twenty institutions were recommended by the University Grant Commission (UGC) for the IoE status earlier this month.

The UGC, at its 542nd meeting on August 2 discussed the N. Gopalaswami-headed empowered expert committee's report recommending 15 public institutions and 15 private institutions for award of the IoE status.

The JGU said with its entry into a select list of top 10 private institutions in the country, it will be freed from regulatory control and given full autonomy.

"This is a red letter day for the JGU and is truly remarkable that the recognition of the JGU as an 'Institution of Eminence' has come during our 10th anniversary celebrations," said C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of the JGU.


"Our entire university community is committed to achieving the IOE mandates and targets, and to meet the overall goal of JGU being ranked a top global university," he said.

Located in Sonipat, Haryana, the JGU comprises eight inter-disciplinary schools. As a part of its application, the JGU submitted a 15-year vision to enter the world university rankings.

It seeks to address academic matters, faculty recruitment, student admissions and scholarship, research, collaborations, infrastructure development and governance, among others.

In July 2019, the JGU was ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in the top 150 global universities that are under 50 years of age. In June 2019, the JGU broke into top 1,000 in the QS World University Rankings 2020. Of the 50 new entrants, the JGU was the youngest university in the list.
3 COMMENTS

Click here for more Education News

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Court says no to plea for CBI probe against Unnao doctors

‘It’s the prerogative of the CBI to conduct the prosecution’

19/09/2019 , press trust of india, New Delhi 

 

A Delhi court has refused to direct the CBI to initiate a probe against the doctors who had treated the father of the Unnao rape survivor when he was injured and in judicial custody, saying it was the prerogative of the CBI to conduct the prosecution.
District Judge Dharmesh Sharma was hearing a plea filed by the counsel of the woman, who was allegedly raped by Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Sengar in 2017.

The court, however, said that if during the course of the trial any evidence surfaces about the role played by any of the doctors in the entire episode, appropriate orders would be passed.
Senior Public Prosecutor Ashok Bhartendu had opposed the plea saying that nothing has come up in their investigation so far to call the doctors as accused before the court.

The plea, filed by advocate Dharmendra Mishra, had alleged that the doctors at the district hospital deliberately did not examine the father of the woman properly at the behest of Sengar.

Charges framed

The court had earlier framed charges against Sengar and nine others for allegedly assaulting and framing the rape survivor's father in an arms case and murdering him in judicial custody.

Proposal to pay students’ CBSE exam fee gets Cabinet approval
The move will benefit 3.14 lakh students, cost govt. ₹57 crore

 19/09/2019 , Special Correspondent , NEW DELHI

The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Department of Education’s proposal that the State government will pay the CBSE examination fee of Class X and XII students of government and government-aided schools, including taken over schools and Patrachar Vidyalayas.

The move is likely to benefit 3.14 lakh students and will cost the government ₹57 crore. This will be implemented from the current academic session (2019-20) onwards.

Giving details, the government said that the DoE will remit the total exam fee of students directly to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) through heads of schools concerned.

The fee will include that paid towards practical examinations for science stream and vocational subjects opted by students of Class XII. “No fee shall be collected from students on account of CBSE board exam fee,” the government said.

₹1,800 per student

“There are 1,79,914 students studying in Class X, and 1,33,802 students in Class XII. There are five compulsory subjects and one optional subject for which fee is to be remitted. This will be ₹1,800 per student,” the government said.

Earlier, the government had announced that it will pay the fees of students after the CBSE notified the hike last month.

The CBSE had increased the fee for general category students from ₹750 to ₹1,500 for five subjects. Justifying the increase in examination fee, CBSE had said that expenditure on Class X and XII exams amounted to approximately ₹500 crore last year and that earnings from student exam fee was less than ₹250 crore.

DGCA grounds 3 IndiGo pilots, 2 engineers

19/09/2019 , New Delhi

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has grounded three pilots and two aircraft maintenance engineers of IndiGo for not reporting vibrations in the Pratt and Whitney engines. The PW engine-powered aircraft have been facing glitches since their induction in 2016. PTI

Insurance investigators can call for road accident records
Police can’t deny information treating them as ‘third party’, rules panel
 
19/09/2019 , S. Vijay Kumar, CHENNAI 


 
State Information Commissioner advised Ramanathapuram SP to instruct all police stations in the district to ensure that accident documents are shared without delay. File Photo

Insurance investigators are entitled under the law to access records relating to road accidents and police cannot deny such details by treating them as “third party”, the Tamil Nadu Information Commission has ruled.

Passing orders on an appeal filed by an Insurance Investigator K. Karuppiah of Madurai, who challenged the denial of a fatal road accident case documents sought by him under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Commission citing a Supreme Court ruling said the petitioner was well within the legal framework to access the road accident case details.

Request rejected

In June 2018, Mr. Karuppiah wrote to the Ramanathapuram Town Crime Inspector seeking copies of the insurance copy, Registration Certificate, driving licence; permit copy, First Information Report, sketch of accident scene, wound certificate and post-mortem copy of a fatal road accident.

The public authority refused to divulge any information on the grounds that it could not be shared with a “third party”.

He stated that the information could be shared only with the affected persons only. The petitioner filed an appeal before the first appellate authority and not satisfied with the reply moved the Tamil Nadu Information Commission. After hearing both sides, State Information Commissioner T. Dhakshinamurthy held that the denial of information to the Insurance Investigator on the grounds that he was a “third party” was incorrect and unacceptable.

He said the Supreme Court in the General Insurance Council and others versus the State of Andhra Pradesh had ruled that police should share accident documents should be shared by the police with Insurance Investigators in order to provide suitable compensation to the victims at the earliest.

The Director-General of Police had also issued a circular in this regard.

Case closed

After the Ramanathapuram police, represented by the Additional Superintendent of Police, agreed to provide the documents sought by the petitioner during the course of the hearing, the Commission closed the case.

Mr. Dhakshinamurthy advised the Ramanathapuram Superintendent of Police to instruct all police stations in the district to ensure that road accident documents sought by Insurance Investigator be issued without any delay.

Though beneficial, common language not possible in India’
Rajini warns that States will oppose imposition of Hindi

19/09/2019 , Staff Reporter, CHENNAI 


Rajinikanth

Actor and Rajini Makkal Mandram founder Rajinikanth on Wednesday said that though having a common language will be beneficial for the growth and unity of a country, such an arrangement was ‘unfortunately’ not possible in India.

When asked about Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark that Hindi alone could be a unifying language in India, the actor said: “Having a common language is beneficial for the growth and unity of any country. Unfortunately, we cannot have that in India. Specifically, we cannot impose Hindi in India. If they [the government] do that, it will be opposed not only by the south Indian States but by some north Indian States as well.”

When asked about the death of Subasri, a young woman who was killed after a banner placed by an AIADMK functionary fell on her, Mr. Rajinikanth said he had already told his fans to avoid putting up banners.

Meanwhile, there were reports that Mr. Rajinikanth had met office-bearers of the Mandram to discuss the future course of his political journey. However, sources in the Mandram said the actor hadn’t held any consultations with its members in the recent past. “The reports about him meeting office-bearers to discuss the perception of him being close to the BJP are all rumours. As he has already mentioned, he will start a political party when the time is right. Until then, he has asked the office-bearers of RMM not to speak about politics,” a source said.

North Indian candidates get lion’s share of railway jobs in Madurai Division 

Official attributes it to Central govt.’s reservation policy 

19/09/2019 , Special Correspondent, Madurai

The Division of the Southern Railway has sought to downplay the large-scale appointment of north Indian candidates to positions in the Division under the all-India recruitment for Group D or Level I posts.

Declining to give a State-wise break-up of the 620 candidates selected for posts including trackman, pointsman, helper and gatekeeper, a senior official said, “We don’t look at the States to which the candidates belong.”

Admitting that many of them were from north India, he attributed this to the Central government’s reservation policy, which offers 7.5% reservation to candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. “In Tamil Nadu, the population of STs is around 1%, while the Central government has provided an all-India reservation of 7.5% in recruitment. People belonging to ST communities, who are in large numbers in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and the northeastern States, do apply for posts in the Railway Recruitment Cell - Chennai, which recruits people for the Southern Railway,” he added.

‘Better chance’

Noting that candidates who have passed Class X can appear for the common online entrance test, the official said they should choose any one Railway Recruitment Cell where they would prefer to be appointed. “With more people from other States appearing for the test and choosing RRC-Chennai and relatively less people from T.N. and Kerala appearing for the test, those hailing from States other than T.N. and Kerala stand a better chance of getting a job,” he explained.

Of the 620 candidates selected for the Madurai Division, 560 have joined duty. All of them appeared for the entrance test held last year and passed it.

The official said people from T.N. are more focused on clearing the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission examination, while candidates from north Indian States tend to concentrate on Railway recruitment.

Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan said the recruitment policy should be changed to accord priority to the local populace.

Lifetime achievement award to cardiologist 

Faculty felicitated at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

9/09/2019 , Special Correspondent, CHENNAI

Faculty and students were recognised and awarded on the founder's day and university day celebrations of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research on Wednesday, a press release said. S. Thanikachalam, chairman and director, cardiac care centre, was among those who were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Others included Damodar Rout, chairman and director, neurosurgery, and J. Ravishankar, director, finance & accounts. D.K. Ratul bagged three gold medals for his performance in general surgery in MBBS. A total of 37 gold medals were presented.

Chancellor V.R. Venkataachalam gave away medals and awards to best students, teachers, nurses, research scholars, sports persons, and alumni. Staff who completed long years of service were given gold medals. Vice Chancellor P.V. Vijayaraghavan and S.P. Thyagarajan, Dean, Research, participated in the event.

HC seeks university’s response to plea by expelled student
Cannot be punished for having rational thoughts, says petitioner

19/09/2019 , Legal Correspondent, CHENNAI

T. Kirubamohan, 27, of Chromepet has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court accusing the University of Madras of having cancelled his provisional admission in a Master’s course in Buddhism for having been an active member of ‘Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle’ which propagates rational thoughts among people.

Justice G. Jayachandran on Wednesday sought the response of the university by Monday. In his affidavit, the petitioner claimed to hail from a socially and economically downtrodden background.

He was basically an electrical and electronics engineering graduate who passed out in 2013 with a cumulative grade point average of 7.1.

Subsequently, because of his interest in social studies, he joined a master’s course in journalism and communication in June 2016 in the University of Madras and completed it in April 2018 with a first class degree.

Thereafter, he applied for M.A. in Buddhism in the Department of Philosophy of the university and paid the necessary fees.

He also surrendered all his original certificates for gaining admission into the course and began attending the classes from June this year.

Letter from varsity

However, on August 28, he received a letter from the university refusing to approve his provisional admission for not submitting a recommendation letter from the head of the journalism and communication department.

Thereafter, the vice-chancellor of the university, in an interview to the media, had stated that the admission was cancelled for having been a member of Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, the petitioner claimed and stated that he could not be punished for having rational thoughts.

He urged the court to intervene and ensure that he completes his studies.

FIR against medico for impersonation
‘Verify records of all first-year students’
 
19/09/2019 , Special Correspondent, THENI/CHENNAI

In the wake of an alleged case of impersonation involving a first-year MBBS student of Government Theni Medical College, an FIR was filed against Udit Surya K.V. on charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating. This was based on a complaint lodged by college dean A.K. Rajendran with the Gandamanur Vilakku police on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Selection Committee of the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) instructed all medical colleges to verify records of first-year MBBS students.

Fingerprinting of students will be mandatory from next year, according to officials.

The case surfaced after the dean received two emails on September 11 and 13 from a person identified as Ashok Krishnan from Chennai, complaining about Udit Surya K.V.

The email said that the boy had attempted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) twice and failed.

On his third attempt, he appeared for the exam in Mumbai and cleared it. However, the subsequent mail claimed that the boy, currently pursuing the course, was not the same person who appeared for the test, and alleged impersonation.

A team headed by the dean conducted an inquiry and forwarded the report to the DME.

பயோ-மெட்ரிக் வருகைப் பதிவேடா?: தலைமைச் செயலக ஊழியர்கள் எதிர்ப்பு

By DIN | Published on : 18th September 2019 05:11 AM



தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் பயோ-மெட்ரிக் வருகைப் பதிவேடு முறைக்கு கடும் எதிர்ப்பு கிளம்பியுள்ளது. இதுபோன்ற நடைமுறை காலநேரம் பார்க்காமல் பணிபுரியும் தங்களுக்குப் பொருந்தாது என தலைமைச் செயலக ஊழியர்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.

பள்ளிகள், முக்கிய அரசுத் துறை நிறுவனங்கள் ஆகியவற்றில் ஊழியர்கள் பணிக்கு வரும் நேரத்தைக் கண்காணிக்க பயோ-மெட்ரிக் முறை நடைமுறையில் உள்ளது. இதுபோன்ற முறையை தலைமைச் செயலகத்திலும் கொண்டு வர ஆலோசிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.


துறைச் செயலாளர்கள் கூட்டம்: அனைத்து அரசுத் துறைகளின் செயலாளர்கள் கூட்டம் அண்மையில் சென்னையில் நடைபெற்றது. இதில் தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் ஊழியர்களின் வருகை, புறப்பாட்டைக் கண்காணிக்க பயோ-மெட்ரிக் முறை கொண்டு வர ஆலோசிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதற்கு துறைச் செயலாளர்களில் ஒரு தரப்பினர் ஆதரவும், மற்றொரு தரப்பினர் எதிர்ப்பும் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

இந்த நிலையில், தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் பயோ-மெட்ரிக் முறைக்கு கடும் எதிர்ப்பு கிளம்பியுள்ளது. இதுகுறித்து, ஊழியர்கள் கூறுகையில், தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் காலநேரம் பார்க்காமல் பணிபுரிகிறோம். குறிப்பாக நிதி நிலை அறிக்கை தாக்கலாகும் நேரங்களில் இரண்டு முதல் மூன்று மாதங்களாக காலை, இரவு என நேரம் பார்க்காமல் பணி செய்கிறோம். இந்தச் சூழலில், பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு இருப்பது போன்று பயோ-மெட்ரிக் முறையைக் கொண்டு வந்தால் ஊழியர்கள் தங்களுக்கு ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட நேரத்தில் மட்டுமே பணிபுரியும் நிலை ஏற்படும். மாலையில், வேலை நேரம் முடிந்தவுடன் பயோ-மெட்ரிக் வருகைப் பதிவேட்டில் கை வைத்து விட்டு செல்லும் மனநிலை ஏற்பட்டு விடும். எனவே, இப்போதைய நடைமுறையே தொடர்ந்திட வேண்டும் என்று ஊழியர்கள் கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

அரசு மருத்துவக்கல்லூரியில் ஒரே பிரசவத்தில் 3 குழந்தைகள்

Added : செப் 17, 2019 23:22




சிவகங்கை, சிவகங்கை அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் பெண் ஒருவருக்கு 3 குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன.ராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்டம் பரமக்குடி தினைக்குளம் சித்ரவேல், துபாயில் பணிபுரிகிறார். கர்ப்பிணியான இவரது மனைவி பொன்ராக்கு 23, பரமக்குடி அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்றார். பரிசோதனையில் 3 குழந்தைகள் இருப்பதை டாக்டர்கள் கண்டறிந்தனர். செப்.4 ல் பிரசவத்துக்காக சிவகங்கை அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டார்.மகப்பேறு மருத்துவ பிரிவு தலைவர் மல்லிகா தலைமையில் டாக்டர்கள் காயத்ரி, பிரசன்னலட்சுமி உள்ளிட்டோர் அறுவை சிகிச்சை செய்தனர். இதில் 1 ஆண், 2 பெண் குழந்தைகள் பிறந்தன.குழந்தைகளுக்கு மூச்சு திணறல் ஏற்பட்டதால் டாக்டர்கள் சிவக்குமார், குணா ஆகியோர் சிகிச்சை அளித்து 12 நாட்கள் கண்காணித்தனர். தற்போது குழந்தைகள் நலமாக உள்ளனர். டாக்டர்களை டீன் குழந்தைவேல், துணை முதல்வர் விசாலாட்சி, கண்காணிப்பாளர் ஷீலா, நிலைய மருத்துவ அலுவலர் மீனாள் பாராட்டினர்.மகப்பேறு துறை தலைவர் மல்லிகா கூறுகையில், 'செப்.4 அன்று பிரசவத்திற்கு வந்த பொன்ராக்குவை சோதித்த போது வயிற்றில் ஒரு குழந்தையின் தலை, ஒரு குழந்தையின் கால் கீழ்நோக்கியும், ஒரு குழந்தையின் உடல் முழுவதும் குறுக்காகவும் கிடந்தது. அறுவை சிகிச்சை எங்களுக்கு சவாலாக இருந்தது' என்றார்.

சர்க்கரை கார்டுக்கு இலவச அரிசி

Added : செப் 18, 2019 00:14

மக்களின் ஆதரவை பெறவும், எதிர்க்கட்சிகளின் போராட்டங்களை முறியடிக்கவும், ரேஷன் கடைகளில், சர்க்கரை கார்டுதாரர்களுக்கும், இலவச அரிசி வழங்க, உணவு துறை முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.தமிழக ரேஷன் கடைகளில், 1.90 கோடி அரிசி கார்டுதாரர்களுக்கு, மாதம்தோறும் இலவச அரிசி மற்றும் கோதுமை; குறைந்த விலையில், சர்க்கரை, பருப்பு, பாமாயில் போன்றவை வழங்கப்படுகின்றன.அதேநேரத்தில், 10 லட்சம் சர்க்கரை கார்டுதாரர்களுக்கு, இலவச அரிசி கிடையாது.மத்திய அரசு, 'ஒரே நாடு; ஒரே ரேஷன் கார்டு' என்ற, திட்டத்தை துவக்கியுள்ளது.இத்திட்டத்தின் கீழ், ரேஷன் கார்டு வைத்துள்ள பிற மாநிலத்தவர்கள், தமிழக ரேஷன் கடைகளில், உணவு பொருட்களை வாங்குவதுடன், தமிழக ரேஷன் கார்டுதாரர்களும், மற்ற மாநிலங்களில் பொருட்களை வாங்கலாம். ஒரே ரேஷன் கார்டு திட்டத்தை செயல்படுத்த, தமிழக அரசு முனைப்பு காட்டி வரும் நிலையில், எதிர்கட்சிகள் எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கின்றன.இதுகுறித்து, உணவு துறை அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவது:ரேஷனில் பொங்கல் பரிசாக, 1,000 ரூபாய் ரொக்கம் வழங்கும் போது, சர்க்கரை மற்றும் எந்த பொருளும் வாங்காத கார்டுகளுக்கு, பணம் வழங்குவதில் பிரச்னை ஏற்பட்டது. இதனால், அந்த கார்டுகளையும் அரிசி கார்டுகளாக மாற்றி, பொருட்கள் வழங்க முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டது. இதற்கு, கூடுதல் செலவாகும் என்பதால், அதை செயல்படுத்தவில்லை.தற்போது, ஒரே ரேஷன் கார்டு திட்டத்தின் கீழ், பிற மாநிலத்தவருக்கு, அரிசி அல்லது கோதுமை வழங்கினால், அதற்கு, அவர்களின் மாநிலங்களில், என்ன விலைக்கு உள்ளதோ, அதே விலை, தமிழகத்தில் வசூலிக்கப்படும்.இதனால், தமிழக சர்க்கரை கார்டுதாரர்கள், அரிசி கேட்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது. ஒரே ரேஷன் திட்டத்திற்கு எதிராக, எதிர்கட்சிகள் போராட்டங்களையும் அறிவித்து வருகின்றன.எனவே, சர்க்கரை கார்டுதாரர்களின் ஆதரவை பெறவும், எதிர்கட்சிகளின் போராட்டங்களை முறியடிக்கவும், சர்க்கரை கார்டுகளுக்கும், இலவசமாக அரிசி வழங்க, முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டு உள்ளது.இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.அரிசி எவ்வளவு?அரிசி கார்டுகளுக்கு, மாதம் தலா, 20 கிலோ அரிசி வழங்கப்பட்டது. தமிழகத்தில், 2016 நவம்பரில், தேசிய உணவு பாதுகாப்பு சட்டம் அமல்படுத்தப்பட்டது. இதையடுத்து, நான்கு உறுப்பினர் உள்ள கார்டுக்கு, 20 கிலோவும்; அதற்கு மேல் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு உறுப்பினருக்கும், கூடுதலாக, 5 கிலோ அரிசியும் இலவசமாக வழங்கப்படுகிறது. - நமது நிருபர் -

அம்மன் கோவில்களுக்கு ஆன்மிக சுற்றுலா ஏற்பாடு

Added : செப் 18, 2019 00:10

சென்னை, தமிழ்நாடு சுற்றுலா வளர்ச்சி கழகம் சார்பில், குலசேகரப்பட்டினம், மேல்மலையனுார், திருவக்கரை ஆகிய, அம்மன் கோவில்களுக்கு, ஆன்மிக சுற்றுலாவுக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.குலசேகரப்பட்டினம்விஜயதசமியை முன்னிட்டு, சென்னை, வாலாஜா சாலை, தமிழ்நாடு சுற்றுலா வளர்ச்சி கழக அலுவலகத்தில் இருந்து, அக்., 4ம் தேதி இரவு, 8:00 மணிக்கு புறப்படும் சுற்றுலா வாகனம், மறுநாள் காலை, 6:00 மணிக்கு, திருச்செந்துார் சென்றடையும்.காலை உணவுக்கு பின், குலசேகரப்பட்டினம், முத்தாரம்மன் கோவிலுக்கு அழைத்து செல்லப்பட்டு, தரிசனத்துக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்படும்.பின், திருச்செந்துார் முருகன் கோவில் தரிசனம் முடித்து, மாலை, 5:00 மணிக்கு புறப்பட்டு, இரவு, 9:00 மணிக்கு மதுரை வந்து சேரும். அங்கு, பயணியர், தமிழ்நாடு ஓட்டலில் தங்க வைக்கப்படுவர். மறுநாள், அழகர்கோவில், பழமுதிர்சோலை, திருப்பரங்குன்றம், மீனாட்சி அம்மன் கோவில், திருமலை நாயக்கர் மஹால் பார்வையிடலாம். இரவு, 10:00 மணிக்கு புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் காலை, 6:00 மணிக்கு சென்னை வந்தடையும்.சுற்றுலா கட்டணமாக, நபருக்கு, 5,400 ரூபாய் வசூலிக்கப்படுகிறது.

 மேல்மலையனுார்ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும் அமாவாசை அன்று, இந்த சுற்றுலா நடத்தப்படும். சென்னையில் இருந்து காலை, 6:30 மணிக்கு புறப்பட்டு, காலை, 11:00 மணிக்கு, மேல்மலையனுார் சென்றடையும். தரிசனம் முடித்து, மதியம், 2:00 மணிக்கு கிளம்பி, மாலை, 3:30 மணிக்கு, பயணியர் மேல்மருவத்துார் அழைத்து செல்லப்படுவர்.அங்கு தரிசனம் முடித்து, இரவு, 7:00 மணிக்கு, சென்னை வரலாம். இதற்கான கட்டணம், நபருக்கு, 975 ரூபாய்.

 திருவக்கரைஒவ்வொரு மாதம் பவுர்ணமி அன்று, சென்னை அலுவலகத்தில் இருந்து, காலை, 6:30 மணிக்கு புறப்படும் வாகனம், திருவக்கரை, வக்கரகாளி அம்மன் கோவிலுக்கு, காலை, 10:30 மணிக்கு சென்று சேரும். பகல், 12:30 மணிக்கு, மயிலம் முருகன் கோவில் தரிசனம் முடித்து, மதியம், 2:00 மணிக்கு, மேல்மருவத்துார் வந்தடையும், அங்கு தரிசனம் முடித்து, மாலை, 5:00 மணிக்கு சென்னை வரலாம். இதற்கான கட்டணம், தலா, 975 ரூபாய். 

இந்த ஆன்மிக சுற்றுலா செல்ல விரும்புவோர், www.ttdconline.com மற்றும் www.tamilnadutourism.org என்ற, இணையதளம் மற்றும், 044- - 2533 3333, 2533 3444, 2533 3850-54 ஆகிய தொலைபேசி எண்கள் மற்றும், 1800 4253 1111 என்ற கட்டணமில்லா தொலைபேசி எண்ணிலும் தொடர்பு கொள்ளலாம்.

Peon takes headmaster’s class at this Gadag govt school

The Secondary School Leaving Certificate is important as the students will be appearing for the board exams.

Published: 18th September 2019 05:47 AM |

Screenshot of a video clip showing B M Kataraki,

By Raghottam Koppar

Express News Service

GADAG: The headmaster of the Government High School at BS Beleri village in Gadag district was caught on camera busy fiddling with his mobile phone even as the mathematics class that he is supposed to handle for Class 10 students was being conducted by the school peon. Shockingly, the headmaster defended it by praising the peon and saying that the latter was more “eligible” to teach mathematics than him.

The Secondary School Leaving Certificate is important as the students will be appearing for the board exams. As most of the villages were hit by the recent floods, the Department of Public Instruction has asked the authorities to run the schools for additional hours to cover the syllabus.

The headmaster of Government High School during
school hours in B S Beleri

The Government High School at BS Beleri village has 65 students, eight teachers, one guest teacher and a headmaster. As many as 25 students are studying in Class 10. While other classes are being conducted by other staffers, the mathematics class was being conducted by school peon Mallesh instead of headmaster B M Kataraki. It is a daily affair in the school and has been going on from the last four months.

The headmaster’s ‘careless approach’ has not gone well with the villagers who are demanding serious action against him. They say that they cannot put their children’s future at risk as there are multiple complaints of the headmaster being busy with his mobile phone during class hours. They say that they cannot put their children’s future at risk as there are multiple complaints of the school headmaster being busy with his mobile phone during class hours.

Headmaster Kataraki defended his action and has a heaped praise on peon Mallesh. “The peon is good in Mathematics and he teaches well, so I have asked him to take the classes. Allegations slammed against me for being busy in mobile phone during class hours are false,” he said. As mobile phone is commonly used as a medium to communicate with higher officials, he used to take a glance at them now and then, he added. However, the students’ version is diametrically opposite to what the headmaster claims.

“Peon Mallesh is taking classes to complete the syllabus. The headmaster is busy with his mobile most of the time. The peon has been teaching us for the last four months,” a student said. While the issue was brought before Block Education Officer N Nanjudayya, he claimed to be unaware about the issue.

As orders dry up amid crackdown, flex printers fear loss of business
The biggest loss would be from commercial advertisers withdrawing cancelling or not placing orders. “Parties order banners infrequently.

Published: 17th September 2019 06:30 AM |

By SJayakumar Madala

Express News Service

TIRUCHY: For Krishnan, a printing agent in the city, September is usually a busy month as orders keep flowing in. With several auspicious days and birthdays of political leaders in the month, his printing machines operate non-stop. But September of this year has been dull, several shops, including Krishnan’s, have not received any orders for banners or hoardings in the last few days.

“Usually we have a good number of orders in September due to the many auspicious days and birthdays of political leaders. But over the past five days, we have not received orders for even a single banner to be placed in front of wedding halls,” lamented Krishnan.

The birthday of DMK leader CN Annadurai on September 15 was celebrated without banners or flagpoles in Tiruchy city announcing the occasion. The September 17 birthday of Periyar is also not likely to be advertised through banners. “We are at risk of incurring huge losses as investments of up to Rs 20 lakh are made to buy printing machines and pay salaries to workers. Now, all them would become jobless.”

The biggest loss would be from commercial advertisers withdrawing cancelling or not placing orders. “Parties order banners infrequently. The major orders come from commercial establishments. With further restrictions expected, many regular customers would choose not to place orders,” said Pranav, an advertising agent.

Sun TV directed to pay fine, run apology

Viewers complained about a serial

18/09/2019, STAFF REPORTER,CHENNAI

The Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has imposed a financial penalty of ₹2.5 lakh on Sun TV as well as directed them to run a video apology after examining complaints from viewers about the content in the serial Kalyana Veedu.

According to the order, complaints had been received based on episodes which aired on May 14 and 15, and June 28 which had shown a woman ordering a group to gang rape her sister in order to seek revenge. The complaints which the Council had received noted that such content would encourage atrocities against women and should not have been aired in a channel being watched by millions.

The council, on examining the video clips based on the complaints, has said in their order that the content violated the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) guidelines which bars content that glorifies violence, as well as incite or encourage viewers to obscene or indecent behaviour.

A notice was issued to the channel and they had subsequently been called for a hearing. In their reply to the council, Sun TV and Thiru Pictures had clarified that all precautions had been taken to ensure that the dialogues were not vulgar and obscene. They apologised to the Council and the order stated that they have consented to agree with their decision as well.

Video apology

A 30 second video apology in Tamil for six consecutive days will be run from September 23 to 28 at the start of every episode of the series when they get aired as well as if they get repeated. The show airs on Sun TV at 7.30 p.m. The order further specified the content of the apology, which states that the channel regrets the prolonged depiction of women’s torture including scenes of gang rape in the episodes of Kalyana Veedu telecast on May 14 and 15 as well as the act of revenge shown on June 28.

Teacher held for hurting student with knife

18/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

 MAYILADUTHURAI

A teacher at a government-aided middle school in Keezhaiyur was arrested by the Sembanarkovil police on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly inflicted wounds on the hands of a physically-challenged Class III female student with a knife, apparently as punishment. Acting on a complaint lodged by the student's parents, the police arrested Bhaskar, 42, and registered cases against him under sections 294 b (using obscene words in public), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) and 505 (2) (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred) of the IPC. He was remanded in judicial custody.

Strike call hits life in Sankarankovil

Residents want the town to be made headquarters of Tenkasi district

18/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,TIRUNELVELI

Normal life in Sankarankovil, Karivalamvanthanallur, Sivagiri, Thiruvenkatam, Veerakeralampudhur and other towns came to a grinding halt as a strike was observed on Tuesday.

After the State Government announced creation of Tenkasi district from Tirunelveli district, Sankarankovil residents urged it to make their town as headquarters of the new district. However, the government that appointed a Special Officer for the Tenkasi district and posted him at Tenkasi to complete preliminary formalities is yet to make a formal announcement on the headquarters.

So, residents formed a coordination committee with traders, workers of powerlooms, advocates, various organisations and representatives of various political parties including the AIADMK to achieve their demand of separate Sankarankovil district. The committee declared a general strike at Sankarankovil, Thiruvenkatam, Sivagiri, Veerakeralampudhur taluks on Tuesday to highlight their demand for separate district. The bandh call had tremendous response as all shops remained closed in these areas.

After taking out a rally from Sri Sankaranarayanar Temple, the rallyists reached the taluk office and submitted a petition to Tahsildar Athinarayanan seeking a separate Sankarankovil district. They justified their demand with a series of arguments.

Sankarankovil, the second largest town of Tirunelveli district, generates more revenue for the Central and the State governments, besides housing a good number of manufacturing units, including over 5,000 powerlooms with 15,000-odd workers, horticultural products, match and cracker industries, brick kiln units etc.

Lodge plaint on impersonation: DME to college

18/09/2019, SERENA JOSEPHINE M.,CHENNAI

The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) has directed the Government Theni Medical College to lodge a police complaint on a case of alleged impersonation involving a first-year MBBS student of the institution. Simultaneously, the college should conduct a high-level inquiry into the case, the DME said.

Last week, the dean of the Government Theni Medical College received an anonymous letter stating that a first-year MBBS student had gained admission through impersonation. College authorities found that the photograph submitted to the college office at the time of admission did not match with the student.

Official sources said the college authorities conducted an inquiry with the student. “A youth from Mumbai had reportedly impersonated the student during the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). After gaining admission to Theni Medical College, the same person came to the college office and submitted the documents that carried his photograph. The photographs are not cross-checked at the time of students joining classes, and they give only an admission slip. Only on checking the photograph did we come to know that a different student had joined the MBBS course,” an official source said.

The authorities also found that the student had made previous attempts to clear NEET. A senior college authority said: “We have a doubt on a student. So, we have referred the case to the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, and are waiting for their reply.”

The DME has asked the college dean to proceed with legal action to ascertain the facts.

Reconsider minimum age for admission to professional courses: HC

18/09/2019, MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.,CHENNAI

The Madras High Court has impressed upon the need for the Centre and State governments, as well as statutory bodies such a Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India and Nursing Council of India, to reconsider the fixation of 17 years as the minimum age for admission into medical, dental, nursing and other courses.

Justice G. Jayachandran said, the minimum age criterion should be revisited at the earliest in view of vast changes taking place in the education system with academically bright students cracking tougher examinations at a young age. Such children’s education should not suffer a break due to the age factor, he added.

The petitioner, S. Malathi, of Nagapattinam, was educationally qualified to be admitted for a bachelor’s course in nursing at a private college. However, she was denied admission since she would be two months short of completing 17 years as on December 31 this year.

Her counsel argued that the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University was not competent to fix the minimum age for admission into nursing in the absence of any instructions from the Nursing Council of India.

On the other hand, the university counsel Ilayaraj Kumar contended that the minimum age was fixed only based on the council’s mandate. The judge held the petitioner would have to wait for one more year to get admission into a nursing course as per the law in force.

Karaikal Exp. gets upgrade

18/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,CHENNAI

The Southern Railway has given an upgrade to the rake of the Chennai Egmore-Karaikal Express, which was flagged off on Tuesday.

The rake modernised under the Utkrisht phase-II project has better sanitation facilities and other passenger amenities. A release issued by Southern Railway said the Chennai Division had identified the Karaikal Express for enhancing passenger comfort with Utkrisht coaches.

The coaches have epoxy flooring, longer lifespan, eco-friendly bio toilets, auto air freshner system to maintain better hygiene and colourful coating on the wash basin. The coaches have been fitted with fire extinguishers and charging points were provided in all reserved coaches.

4,749 job offers made on a single day at SRM campus

18/09/2019, STAFF REPORTER,CHENNAI

A total of 4,749 job offers were made on a single day at the S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology’s (SRMIST) campus in Kattankulathur, on Tuesday, by four big companies in the information technology sector.

A statement by SRMIST said this was significantly higher than the offers made by the same “four big” companies — TCS, Cognizant, Wipro and Infosys — last year, as part of the institution’s ‘day one’ recruitment process. Under the process, the four companies visit the campus, and complete the recruitment process in a day, the statement said.

The highest number of offers were made by TCS (1,437), followed by Infosys (1,315), Cognizant (1,175), and Wipro (822). TCS also made offers to 183 students under its ‘Digital track’, with a higher package of ₹7 lakh per annum.

Airlines play safe with A320Neo, lighten load

Manju.V@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:18.09.2019

The core problem that led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft worldwide has surfaced on the Airbus 320Neo as well. Both these aircraft have a tendency to pitch the nose up excessively to an unsafe degree during certain stages of flight.

The big difference, though, is that unlike Boeing 737 MAX, A320Neo has never had an excessive pitch problem during flights. The problem came up recently only during laboratory testing carried out by the European aircraft manufacturer. But a wary European Union aviation regulator, which had certified the A320Neo safe to fly, has issued an interim directive asking airlines to load the A320Neo in such a manner that the tail-end stays comparatively lighter. This is why airlines such as Lufthansa and British Airways have recently begun to leave the last row of six seats vacant on their A320Neo.

IndiGo’s Istanbul flights drop baggage

IndiGo has, over the past few days, been leaving behind check-in bags of passengers booked on its Delhi-Istanbul flight so that its A320Neo aircraft can carry more fuel to fly against strong headwinds. Unless IndiGo makes certain operational changes, the problem is likely to stay through winter.

‘Pilots may face more workload due to high pitch altitude’

Unlike the European regulator, the Indian aviation regulator hasn’t put out a directive in public yet. But to comply with the European regulator’s directive, Indian carriers have begun to leave the cargo compartment closest to the tail empty, director general of civil aviation Arun Kumar told TOI on Tuesday.

On July 31, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an airworthiness directive, applicable to all A320Neo aircraft. Citing the problem, EASA said that an excessive pitch attitude or a “high nose” could result in increased workload for the pilots. “To address the potential unsafe condition, Airbus (the aircraft manufacturer) issued an aircraft flight manual temporary revision, limiting the centre of gravity envelope, which prevents the aforementioned condition,” said the EASA directive, which came into effect on August 14.

So, what is an aircraft’s centre of gravity and how can it help in preventing an excessive high nose-up pitch?

Centre of gravity is a point around which an aircraft balances itself. An aircraft balances like a see-saw, with its nose on one end and tail on the other. It is loaded with fuel, passengers and cargo in such a way that its centre of gravity remains within a prescribed area through all stages of flight like take-off, climb, descent, and so on.

“If the tail-end is lighter than the nose-end, the aircraft will be nose-heavy and it will tend to pitch downwards. A heavy nose will counteract the excessive nose-up tendency of the A320Neo,” said a senior commander.

India is one of the largest operators of A320Neos with over 100 aircraft in operation. Director-general Arun Kumar said, “On August 7, we held a meeting with airlines and stake holders and asked them to implement the EASA directive. Three out of four Indian carriers that operate the A320Neo have already complied with the directive. These include IndiGo and GoAir.”

Amazon, Barclays among top recruiters at SRM campus

Chennai:18.09.2019

Students of SRM Institute of Science and Technology have received 4,749 offers from top four IT companies in the current placement season, bettering the last year’s count of 3,020 offers.

At the conclusion of day 1of placement, TCS made 1,437 offers, Infosys 1,315, CTS (Cognizant Technology Solutions) 1,175 and Wipro 822. Apart from this, TCS also made 183 offers under its ‘digital track’ scheme (₹7 lakh per annum).

This is the highest number of offers made by these four companies in any single campus in the country, said Sriram Padmanabhan, director, career centre, SRMIST. “More than 120 companies have visited the campus this year since the commencement of the placement season on July 22 and have made close to 6,000 offers as on date,” he added.

Microsoft made the highest offer on the campus, offering ₹41.6 lakh per annum. Recruiters like Amazon (18 offers of ₹32 lakh per annum), Barclays (25 offers of ₹10 lakh per annum) and startup Udaan (4 offers of ₹ 30 lakh per annum) also offered cushy jobs. Veritas and PayPal have made internship offers where selected students will work in the companies during their final semester. TNN

Couple spends ₹40L wrongly credited, jailed

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Tirupur:18.09.2019

In 2012, when ₹40 lakh was mistakenly credited to his bank account, Tirupur-based LIC agent V Gunasekaran saw it as a windfall. Without trying to find out how the amount landed in the account, Gunasekaran and his wife Radha went on a spending spree, bought a property and splurged on their daughter’s wedding. Eventually, the long arm of the law caught up with them. A trial court here on Monday sentenced the couple to three years imprisonment for spending the cash which was credited to one of their accounts by mistake.

The amount sanctioned under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme and the MLA Local Area Development Scheme was meant for civil work to be taken up by the Public Works Department. The PWD authorities had mentioned the account number of Gunasekaran instead of the PWD executive engineer when they took three demand drafts.

According to the prosecution, Gunasekaran, of Rakkiyapalayam, had a savings account in the Tirupur main branch of Corporation Bank, where the EE too had an account. Though the amount was transferred to Gunasekaran’s account, the PWD authorities were not aware of it for eight months. When they realised that the funds had not reached their account, they approached Corporation bank officials who said the money had been credited to the account mentioned in the DD.

When the bank officials checked the account balance of Gunasekaran they found that the entire sum had been withdrawn within days of it being credited.

Senior officials of Corporation bank requested Gunasekaran to re-deposit the money in his account so that the bank could retrieve it. But he failed to do so.

In 2015, assistant general manager Narasimha Giri lodged a complaint with Tirupur city’s Central Crime Branch (CCB) police against Gunasekaran.

CCB registered a case against Gunasekaran and Radha under various Sections, including 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy).

The couple obtained anticipatory bail in the case, and were pursuing it before the Tirupur judicial magistrate court II. “Gunasekaran gave an undertaking to the bank that he would return the cash, but did not honour the assurance despite repeated requests. So, it was a clear case of misappropriation, said additional public prosecutor Ibrahim Raja.

As the prosecution proved the case, JM court II judge D Thirunavukkarasu ordered them to undergo three years imprisonment. The CCB arrested the couple who were sent to the Coimbatore central prison.

With IoE status, VIT eyes top 200 global rankings in next 5yrs

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:18.09.2019

After getting the prestigious Institute of Eminence (IoE) status last week, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is now focusing on research, UG and PG programmes with international collaboration to break into top 200 global rankings in next five years, said VIT chancellor G Viswananthan.

Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, he said, “We have already started planning how to compete with most advanced universities in the world and how to come up in global rankings.”

VIT is one of the 10 private institutions chosen for IoE. “We are planning to start many innovative UG and PG programmes in collaboration with Indian industries and reputable universities abroad with focus on artificial intelligence, data science, cyber physical system, cyber security, smart structures,” Viswanathan said.

Besides, the university also plans to hire post-doctoral fellows to increase the research output.

“Details such as budget allocation for moving up in global rankings are currently being worked out,” Viswanathan said.

The university is also planning to set up a technology park, online learning centre, global skill development centre for equipping the Indian workforce.

“The ongoing economic slowdown has not affected our campus. Last year, 719 companies approached VIT for placement. This year, 3,725 students have already been placed,” he added.

VIT vice-chancellor Anand A Samuel said “Multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approach will be followed in all academic and research activities and the presence of foreign students and foreign faculty members will be increased considerably.”

“We are moving towards 100% digital university. All our processes have been digitised,” he added.

A total of 40,000 students from across India and 55 other countries, are studying at Vellore and Chennai campuses.

பூனையை வீட்டில் வளர்க்கலாமா

Added : செப் 17, 2019 01:40

திண்டுக்கல் : திண்டுக்கல்லில் பூனை வளர்ப்போருக்கு, கால்நடை பராமரிப்பு துறை முன்னாள் இணை இயக்குனர் ராஜேந்திரன் ஆலோசனை வழங்கினார்.

பூனை வளர்ப்பாளர்கள் எலிகளை பிடிக்கவே அவற்றை வளர்க்கின்றனர். பூனையை கூண்டுகளிலோ, ஒரே அறையில் அடைத்தோ வளர்க்க கூடாது. மீறி வளர்த்தால் சுவாச பிரச்னையால் இறக்க நேரிடும். பூனைகளை அவற்றின் விருப்பம் போல் அனுமதிக்க வேண்டும். நாய்களைப் போல் பூனைகளுக்கு நகங்களை வெட்டி விட்டால் அவை அச்சத்தில் இருளில் சென்று மறைந்து கொள்ளும். நகங்கள் வளர்ந்த பிறகே அந்த இடத்தை விட்டு வரும். ஆண் பூனை வளர்ப்பவர்கள் அவற்றிற்கு விதை நீக்கம் செய்து வளர்த்தால் சிறுநீர் கழித்து வீடுகளில் துர்நாற்றத்தை உண்டாக்காது.

பூனையை கழுத்து மற்றும் முதுகு தோலை ஒரு கையாலும், மற்றொரு கையால் நான்கு கால்களையும் பிடித்து துாக்க வேண்டும். நாய்களை போல் எதை கொடுத்தாலும் பூனை சாப்பிடாது. பூனைகளுக்கு வைட்டமின் ஏ சத்துள்ள உணவுகளை கொடுப்பது அவசியம். பூனை குட்டிகள் 2 மாத வயதை அடையும் போது தாயை விட்டு பிரிந்து வாழும். நோய் வந்தால் பூனை வளர்ப்பாளர்கள் வாய் வழியாக மருந்து கொடுப்பது, மேல் பூச்சு மருந்துகளை உடம்பில் பூசுவதை தவிர்க்க வேண்டும். பூனையிடமிருந்து சில நோய்கள் மனிதர்களுக்கும் பரவும் என்பதால் அவற்றை தடுக்க தடுப்பூசி போட வேண்டும், இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.

வேளாங்கண்ணி ரயில் நீட்டிப்பு

Added : செப் 17, 2019 00:46

விருதுநகர், சிவகங்கை மாவட்டங்கள் வழியாக இயங்கும், எர்ணாகுளம் - வேளாங்கண்ணி வாராந்திர எக்ஸ்பிரஸ், நவ., 30 வரை நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.

கேரள மாநிலம், எர்ணாகுளத்திலிருந்து, சனிக்கிழமைதோறும், காலை, 11:00 மணிக்கு புறப்பட்டு கொல்லம், செங்கோட்டை, விருதுநகர், மானாமதுரை, காரைக்குடி, திருச்சி, தஞ்சாவூர் வழியாக, வேளாங்கண்ணிக்கு, மறுநாள் காலை, 7:00 மணிக்கு, ரயில் சென்றடையும்.மறுமார்க்கத்தில், ஞாயிறுதோறும் மாலை, 6:15 மணிக்கு புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் மதியம், 2:00 மணிக்கு, எர்ணாகுளம் சென்றடையும் விதத்திலும், வாராந்திர எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயில் இயங்குகிறது.'செப்டம்பர் வரை இயங்கும்' என அறிவிக்கப்பட்ட, இந்த ரயில் அக்டோபர், நவம்பர் என, மேலும் இரு மாதங்கள் நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

- நமது நிருபர் -

மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் தமிழ்ச்சாரல் துவக்க விழா

Added : செப் 16, 2019 21:16

விக்கிரவாண்டி:  விழுப்புரம் அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் தமிழ்ச்சாரல் துவக்க விழா நடந்தது.

அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி, தமிழ் மன்றம் சார்பில் நடந்த விழாவிற்கு, கல்லுாரி டீன் சங்கர நாராயணன் தலைமை தாங்கி குத்துவிளக்கேற்றி துவக்கி வைத்து பேசினார்.முன்னதாக மருத்துவ கண்காணிப்பாளர் அறிவழகன், ஆர்.எம்.ஓ., கதிர் முன்னிலை வகித்தனர். தமிழ் மன்ற செயலர் மணிகண்டன் வரவேற்றார்.தமிழ் பொங்கலிடுதல் நிகழ்ச்சி நாடகத்தமிழ், ஆடலும், பாடலும் , பாட்டும் கூத்தும், நாட்டுப்புறக் கலைகள், பேச்சு, கட்டுரை, ஓவிய போட்டிகள் நடைபெறுகிறது. வரும் 20ம் தேதி நிறைவு விழா நடக்கிறது.கல்லூரி துணை முதல்வர் அனிதா, துறை பேராசிரியர்கள், நிர்வாக அலுவலர்கள் உட்பட பலர் பங்கேற்றனர்.

நாலு நாள் முடங்குது வங்கி: திட்டமிடாவிட்டால் சிக்கல்

Updated : செப் 17, 2019 08:02 | Added : செப் 17, 2019 07:59

சென்னை: ஸ்டிரைக் மற்றும் விடுமுறை தினங்களால், தொடர்ந்து நான்கு நாட்கள் வங்கி சேவையை பயன்படுத்த முடியாது; வாடிக்கையாளர்கள், முன்னதாகவே திட்டமிட்டு பணிகளை முடிக்க, வங்கியாளர்கள் அறிவுறுத்துகின்றனர்.

மத்திய நிதி அமைச்சர், நிர்மலா சீதாராமன், 10 பொது துறை வங்கிகள் இணைக்கப்படும் என, ஆக., 31ல் அறிவிப்பு வெளியிட்டார். இதற்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து, செப்., 1ல், வங்கி ஊழியர்கள் போராட்டம் நடத்தினர். தற்போது, வங்கி அதிகாரிகள் மட்டும், இரண்டு நாள் வேலை நிறுத்தத்தில் ஈடுபடஉள்ளனர். அதனால், வங்கி பணிகள் அனைத்தும் பாதிக்கப்படும். வரும் 28ம் தேதி, நான்காவது சனிக்கிழமை, 29ம் தேதி ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை. எனவே, தொடர்ந்து நான்கு நாட்கள் வங்கி சேவையை பயன்படுத்த முடியாது.

பணம் செலுத்துவது, பணம் எடுப்பது, காசோலை பரிமாற்றம் என பல்வேறுதேவைகளுக்கு தொழில்முனைவோர், தொழிலாளர்கள், பொதுமக்கள் தினமும் வங்கிகளை நாடுகின்றனர். ஸ்டிரைக், விடுமுறை தினங்கள் என, தொடர்ந்து நான்கு நாட்கள் வங்கி சேவை பாதிக்கப்படும் என்பதால், வாடிக்கையாளர்கள், முன்னதாகவே திட்டமிட்டு வங்கி பணிகளை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டியது அவசியமாகிறது. ஏ.டி.எம்., மையங்களில் தனியார் நிறுவனங்கள் பணம் நிரப்புகின்றன, நான்கு நாட்கள் தொடர் விடுமுறை என்பதால், ஏ.டி.எம்.,ல் பணம் தட்டுப்பாடின்றி நிரப்புவதிலும் சிரமம் ஏற்படலாம். எனவே, அனைத்து தரப்பினரும், வங்கி சார்ந்த பணிகளை முன்னரே முடித்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். அவசர தேவைகளுக்கான தொகையை, முன்னரே எடுத்து வைத்துக்கொள்ளலாம்.

Stray cattle continue to rule Chennai streets

TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 04.20 AM IST

CHENNAI: Little did A R Basha expect to return with a broken harm from his stroll near the Parthasarathy temple, Triplicane. The septuagenarian was attacked by a stray cattle last week and sustained a fracture in the arm. Cattle menace is growing out of proportions on city streets, with an estimated 10 lakh of them in the urban limits, despite specific laws against it.

Hefty penalties, warnings and a spike in cattle impounded by the civic body don’t seem to deter the owners from reining in their livestock. The civic body has impounded 186 cattle and collected Rs 16.7 lakh in fines from April to July. Last financial year, the civic body had impounded 670 cattle and collected a fine of Rs 53 lakh.

“We implemented a new resolution passed in November 2017 last April, under which the penalty for owning a cattle in city limits was increased from Rs 1,550 to Rs 10,750. We have been acting on complaints. As per The Tamil Nadu Animals and Birds in Urban Areas (control and regulation) Act, 1997, cattle cannot be allowed indoors or outdoors in Chennai. There is also the Cattle Trespass (Tamil Nadu) Amendment Act, 1957 that specifies norms against this,” said Dr Kamal Hussain, city veterinary officer, Greater Chennai Corporation.

He said whenever they get complaints, the zonal officials immediately visit the spot and tag the cattle. “We collect fine the first time. If there are further complaints, we seize the animal and send it to the shelters in Pudupettai and Perambur,” he said.

Residents from areas such as Villivakkam, Royapettah have been complaining to the civic body about stray cattle menace for the past few years.

T Viswanath, a Royapettah resident, said, “Stray cattle on North Tank Square Street and Singrachari Street hinder smooth flow of traffic and attack senior citizens. Several of my friends were attacked. The menace continues despite the civic body increasing fine.”

S Manikandan, a resident of Villivakkam, said the menace is bigger than what meets the eye as the cattle are owned by powerful people. “There are nearly 20 cows in several streets such as Agathiar Nagar, New Avadi Road, around the park in Villivakkam. Since the owners are backed by some powerful people, talks are held every time we complain but the cattle are back on the streets. Sometimes mobs attack officials too,” he said.

Booking the violators under the Indian Penal Code section 289 (negligence conduct in respect to an animal) and section 11 (I and J) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, might help, says Dawn William of Blue Cross. These are non-bailable sections and police can confiscate the cattle. “These animals not just cause traffic problems but eat plastic waste. Owners are willing to pay hefty fines as they earn about Rs 250-Rs 320 per kg of the animal for its meat. So unless the owners are arrested, the menace cannot be resolved,” he said.

Sastra students get 2,450 job offers, Rs 28 lakh/ year highest package

TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 10.39 AM IST

CHENNAI: Students from Sastra deemed university in Thanjavur received more than 2,450 job offers from leading companies during this year’s placement. The highest annual pay package was Rs 28.5 lakh, offered by Amazon to 13 students.

Leading recruiters such as Amazon, PayPal, Microsoft, Deloitte, Rockwell Collins, Tiger Analytics, TCS, IBM, Zoho, Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro and Caterpillar were among the companies that visited the campus.

“So far, 70% of students belonging to the 2020 batch are placed, which is 10% more than last year,” said S Vaidhyasubramaniam, university vice-chancellor. “IT product companies have been more aggressive in hiring this year, reaffirming that Indians are skilled not just in IT services, but also in product development,” he added. More than 350 students from Trichy and thanjavur secured job offers from IT companies.

Sastra will mentor 10 engineering colleges to get accreditation within the next two years as part of Margadarshan scheme.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini taken back to prison after spending 51 days on parole Nalini had been staying at the house belonged to State Deputy General Secretary of Dravida Inyakka Tamizhar Peravai at Sathuvachari, Vellore since her release on parole on July 25.

Published: 15th September 2019 06:38 PM

 

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini back to Special prison for women at Thorappadi after her 51-day parole ended on Sunday. (Photo | S Dinesh, EPS) 

By Express News Service

VELLORE: The parole of Nalini, one of the life convicts in the former Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, ended on Sunday. Nalini was taken back to prison after she spent 51 days on parole in Vellore district.

She was taken to the Special prison for women at Thorappadi, amidst tight police security at around 3.30 PM from a house at Sathuvachari.

Nalini had been staying at the house belonged to State Deputy General Secretary of Dravida Inyakka Tamizhar Peravai at Sathuvachari, Vellore since her release on parole on July 25.

The Madras High Court issued an order for 30 days parole to Nalini, so that she could make arrangements for her daughter's wedding. During her parole, she submitted a petition seeking an extension. The HC extended her parole for 21 days, which came to an end on Sunday.


She met her husband Murugan, who is also one of the seven life convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and is lodged at Central prison Vellore.

Nalini was given a tearful adieu by her brother - Backianathan, sister - Kalyani, and her mother- Padma.

Partner has every right to sue the other one: Madras HC

The HC held that under Section 14 of the Partnership Act, property of the firm includes all property rights and interests brought into the stock of the firm.
 
Published: 15th September 2019 04:42 AM

Madras High Court

By Siva Sekaran

Express News Service

CHENNAI: A partner in a partnership firm is entitled to sue other partners, the Madras High Court has held in a significant order, while permitting BR Srinivasa Rao, one of the partners in Cauvery Hospital to take steps to evict the hospital from its current premises in Villivakkam.

According to advocate VS Suresh, Rao’s partners were his close relatives. After certain disputes erupted in the family, Rao sought to evict the hospital from the premises. However, lower courts rejected his plea following which he moved the High Court.

Justice Saravanan of the High Court held that under Section 14 of the Partnership Act, property of the firm includes all property rights and interests brought into the stock of the firm. Unless a contrary intention appears, the property and rights and interest in the property acquired and the money belonging to the firm, are deemed to have been acquired by the firm.

Thus, unless the intention was to amalgamate the premises with that of Cauvery Hospital, it cannot be said that Rao cannot exercise an independent right over the property, which has been settled by his father to him.Therefore, it cannot be said that Rao cannot demand rent or seek for the eviction of the hospital from the premises merely because he also happens to be a partner in it.

Mandatory certification for engg faculty soon, says AICTE chairman He was speaking at a national conference on innovation in higher education, conducted by Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), here on Saturday.

Published: 15th September 2019 04:46 AM 

AICTE  Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe and governor Banwarilal Purohit at conference on Saturday | R Satish Babu
By Express News Service

CHENNAI: All engineering faculty and aspirants may soon have to undergo a mandatory eight-module teacher certification programme, said Anil Sahasrabudhe, the chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He was speaking at a national conference on innovation in higher education, conducted by Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), here on Saturday.

The modules include passion for teaching, creating new curriculum, using Information and Communication Technology, classroom interaction with students, examination methodology, honing innovation and creativity, and administrative and leadership training, among others, he said.

“For teaching in a school, you currently need to have teachers’ training. Whereas, higher education faculty just needs a Ph.D. They do not have any pedagogical training,” he said, adding that many technical educators lack the ability to train students efficiently.

The certification will also include an industrial training to help teachers understand the industrial skill demands. “Teachers will have to spend time at an industry, the way students do an internship. After this, they must implement all their learning for a semester at a college to get their certificate,” said Sahasrabudhe.

Further, the certificate will be mandatory for existing faculty as well as to apply for promotion, he said.

Sahasrabudhe announced that the Ministry of Human Resource Development will soon launch a B.Tech programme on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science. He encouraged other universities to include courses like AI, Data Science, Internet of Things and Block Chain among others into the existing curriculum.

He said that all universities should revise their curriculum every year, to suit the real world needs. “The revision should be continuous and meaningful. We cannot be outdated in a world rapidly transforming everyday.”

Power shutdown in parts of Chennai on Sept 17

Supply will be resumed before 05.00 P.M if the works are completed.
 
Published: 14th September 2019 06:23 PM |

Power shutdown in Chennai owing to maintenance
By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on 17.09.2019 from 09.00 am to 05.00 pm for maintenance work.

Supply will be resumed before 05.00 P.M if the works are completed.

PUZHAL AREA : Jail Quarters, Anthoniyar st (Puzhal), Kannapa swamy nagar, One part of GNT road, Vandivedu, Anna street, PWD st & Market, GNT service road, Kamaraj nagar, M.A Nagar, Padiyanallur, Indira Gandhi salai.

LAKSHMIPURAM AREA : Teachers colony, Venkataeswara nagar, Ganapathy nagar, Krishna nagar, Devi nagar, Kumaran nagar, Iyyappa nagar, Sathya nagar, Bhavani st, Jayanthi nagar, Vivekananda nagar, Kadappa road, Sarathi nagar.


VELACHERY AREA: Ram nagar, By pass, Seetharam nagar, Dandeeswaram, Tansi nagar, Vijay nagar, MGR nagar, Velachery main road Jegannathapuram, Rajalakshmi nagar, TA Koil st, Gandhi salai, KA Ramasamy nagar, Anna garden, VGP Selvan nagar, Anna nagar, Venkateshwara nagar, Murugu nagar, Nehru nagar, Sarathi nagar, Baby nagar, Annai Indra nagar, Park Avenue, Part of Tharamani 100 feet road.

PAMMAL AREA : Balaji nagar, Gurusamy nagar, Venkateswara nagar, Kasthuribai nagar, Sathya nagar, Elumalai st, Pammal main road, Anna nagar area, Signal office road, Gandhi road, Nallathambi road, H.L colony, Pammal, Nehru nagar, Venkateswara nagar (Nehru nagar feeder), Agatheeswara nagar, Bharathi nagar, Pozhichalur bus stand, Prem nagar.

Tamil Nadu: Fake doctor tries to cheat woman of Rs 10 lakh, arrested

TNN | Sep 14, 2019, 05.21 AM IST

CHENNAI:

 A 32-year-old man, who posed as a government doctor, has been arrested on the day of his marriage reception in Madhavaram. The suspect, identified as Karthik of Coimbatore, had cheated another woman posing as a doctor and took Rs 12lakh from her parents.

In the latest incident, he had collected Rs 10lakh from the bride’s mother. The bride’s family became suspicious when the man, on the day of the reception, demanded another Rs 1lakh.

Karthik was introduced by the bride’s family friend Thai Anban of Kolathur. Thai Anban was an engineer in a firm in the city. He had met Karthik six months back in Coimbatore, when he had gone there for official work. The two became friends when Karthik asked Thai Anban to look for a rented house in Chennai as he would be working in the GH. Thai Anban arranged a place for Karthik in Villivakkam. He pretended to hail from a wealthy family and claimed that he was orphan.

Thai Anban’s friend, a nurse, was looking for a bridegroom and they decided to get the woman married to Karthik, police said.

Soon after the marriage was fixed, Karthik collected Rs 10lakh from the nurse.

New Chennai airport terminal to be ready in a year

TNN | Sep 14, 2019, 05.39 AM IST  CHENNAI: 

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is working to complete by September 2020, a new integrated terminal in the space between the domestic and international terminals at Chennai airport. It will be used partly for domestic and international passengers.

A senior AAI official said around 21% of the work was over. “It is moving at a pace good enough to meet the next September deadline. The terminal work is being done in two phases. The first is to complete the building. We will then move the international arrival to the new building and pull down the old one for rebuilding.”

The project is expected to be completed by 2022, he added. AAI chairman Anuj Agarwal held a review meeting on Thursday to assess progress.

Work on the integrated building began in July 2018 at the old Kamaraj domestic terminal. The new building is being designed to help handle domestic and international flights simultaneously. International arrivals are currently operated from the old building which will have to be pulled down and a new building constructed and linked to the integrated building. This will boost the terminal capacity to 30million passengers a year. AAI wants to speed up the work as the airport is expected to get saturated by 2022 and the state government is yet to identify land for the second airport.

Once ready, the new building will handle international arrivals and the existing building would be pulled down. The new international arrival terminal is to be ready by 2022 under a Rs 2,000crore project that is part of the airport’s phase-2 expansion. A domestic terminal and international terminal were commissioned in 2013 in the first phase. “The challenge is to carry out construction when there are two terminals on either side of the plot where passengers are handled. This means we can’t build it like a greenfield airport where work is done on open land. We have to ensure flight operations and passenger movement on the city side are not affected,” said an official. The authorities had to reallocate parking bays for flights away from the terminals. There are not enough aerobridges either as most of them were connected to the already-razed Kamaraj terminal.

In a year, most of the hassles faced by airlines and passengers will be removed, said officials. While the integrated terminal will have aerobridges and a modern check-in and boarding system, parking bays will be closer to reduce boarding time. Feedback is being obtained at all stages to ensure the building is user-friendly. As no feedback from airlines was taken before 2013, when the existing international terminal was being built, the facilities did not match user requirement. AAI has still not been able to open the arrival portion on the ground floor of the existing steel and glass building.

Nurse, boyfriend stage kidnap, held in Chennai

TNN | Sep 15, 2019, 06.45 AM IST  CHENNAI: 

A day after a nurse was reported to have been kidnapped by unidentified men from Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT), police revealed that the kidnap had been staged by the woman and her boyfriend. The two were arrested and are now in jail.

While the woman, A Vidya, 22, of Telangana, is a nurse at a private hospital, her boyfriend Mano, 25, of Karaikal, works in a software firm. Vidya's father Arumugam, had received a call from an unknown number on Wednesday, saying his daughter had been kidnapped, and that he should pay 10 lakh to get her back.

Vidya's brother Vignesh, 24, also received a call with the same demand and to convince him further, Vidya spoke in a choked voice begging to be rescued.

Vignesh lodged a complaint at the Koyambedu police station, and a team headed by joint commissioner B Vijayakumari probed the incident. Mano confessed to hatching a plan to extort money from Vidya's father, as he needed money to go abroad for a job.

Chennai: Inspector turns midwife, helps woman deliver baby on roadside

TNN | Sep 15, 2019, 06.43 AM IST   CHENNAI: 

A woman police inspector on night patrol turned guardian angel for a 26-year-old woman in labour and helped her deliver a boy by the roadside with the help of some rag pickers in Choolaimedu in the wee hours on Friday. New mom Banumathi and her son are said to be doing fine at the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital where they were admitted.

Inspector S Chitra was on her weekly night rounds in Choolaimedu when she found the pregnant woman crying for help on Nelson Manickam Road. Banumathi’s husband Vasanthakumar had gone to get an autorickshaw to take her to a hospital. The couple did not have a cellphone to call for an ambulance.

“She was unable to bear the pain as her water broke. She was well into labour and needed immediate attention,” said Chitra, recalling the experience.

“I decided to take the woman to a hospital in my patrol vehicle, but she had started crowning and a rag picker nearby advised me against it,” said the 2004-batch officer.

With time running out, Chitra asked her driver M Padmavathi to alert a ‘108’ ambulance and mustered courage to tend to the woman herself. Using towels from her car and the support of the rag pickers around, the group walked the woman through the labour, helping her deliver a boy.

“We cut the umbilical cord using pen-knife but didn’t have any clip/ band to tie it. I snatched the twine from which a Lord Hanuman figurine was suspended in my car and used it to tie the cord,” said the officer, a mother of two.

Soon, a ‘108’ ambulance arrived and Banumathi’s husband reached the spot. The mother and child were sent to the hospital. “Only after sending them I realised that I hadn’t even asked the woman her name. Her husband gave me their details as I wanted to visit the child later,” Chitra said.

Appreciation has been pouring in for inspector Chritra and driver Padmavathi since. They were rewarded by city police commissioner A K Viswanathan on Saturday.

Saying she would remember the incident for all her life, Chitra said, “For those 15 minutes, I was not a police officer. All that was in my mind was that two lives were at risk. I never knew I was capable of such a thing.”

Chennai cabbie turns thief to fund daughters’ education, held

TNN | Sep 15, 2019, 06.55 AM IST

CHENNAI: Police have arrested a 50-year-old cab driver, who travelled in his car and resorted to chain snatching in the southern suburbs. The arrested was identified as Balaji of Ayanavaram.

Police sources later quoted the accused as saying that he took to chain snatching to fund the education of his two college-going daughters.

Police had launched a hunt for the culprit after two incidents in Alandur where elderly women were targeted. In both incidents, the victims said the culprit had come in a car, which intrigued police since typically bike-borne men snatch chains.

In one incident in Thillai Ganga Nagar near Adambakkam, a 72-year-old woman was relieved of her 1.5-sovereign chain while she was on her morning walk. According to police, the accused had snatched a gold chain from her while driving the car. In another incident, a 62-year-old woman complained that she was relieved off her 5-sovereign chain. The victim, Malathy, was a resident of 22nd Street in Nanganallur. She was plucking flowers outside the compound wall of her house when a car slowed down. The driver called her on the pretext of asking for directions and when she came near the vehicle, he snatched her chain and fled.

Madras HC orders 86-year-old life convict be freed

TNN | Sep 15, 2019, 06.53 AM IST

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has made it clear that when the medical board recommends premature release of a life convict, then the same cannot be denied on the basis of objections from the director general of prison (DGP) or the inspector general of prison (IG).

Making the observation, a division bench of Justices MM Sundresh and M Nirmal Kumar ordered the release of 86-year-old Bilal Haijiar, a life convict for murder, currently lodged in the Coimbatore central prison, within four weeks.

"This exercise has been done by the medical board in favour of the life convict. The board has clearly opined that the life convict is suffering from multi system and multi organ diseases which are progressive in nature and some of them are dangerous. Therefore, they have recommended premature release of the convict in due compliance of the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules," the bench said. Bilal was convicted under Section 302 of IPC and his life conviction was confirmed by the high court on October 10, 2018.

On January 3, he made a representation to the authorities seeking premature release on health condition.

As it was not disposed of, he moved the court and obtained an order directing the prison authorities to consider his representation.

Stanley Medical College 1969 batch celebrates golden jubilee

TNN | Sep 15, 2019, 08.56 PM IST

 

CHENNAI: The alumni of 1969 batch of Stanley Medical College on Sunday celebrated their golden jubilee, marking the 50th year of their entry into the institution, which was founded by George Frederick Stanley in 1938. 

The 1969 batch was the first to do MBBS on the present campus while classes for the previous classes had been held in nearby arts colleges.

The celebrations began in the auditorium of the institution on Sunday morning. Former faculty members presided over the function.

Where is Jayagopal? Police have no answer

TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 04.18 AM ISTCHENNAI:

Where is S Jayagopal, the man who put up the poster that killed Subashree? Do the city police really not know?

“Though his mobile number remains switched off, we are not tracking his mobile phone as the section [IPC 336 - act endangering life and personal safety of others] under which the case is filed is bailable. Even if he is arrested, he will be let out on bail immediately,” said a police officer.

Police sources said they were working to strengthen the case against the ex-councillor. “To make it stronger, they can get legal opinion from the public prosecutor and invoke stringent sections or alter the sections,” said advocate V S Suresh.

“We are waiting for the legal opinion. We will decide what other sections would be included at the time of filing the charge sheet,” said assistant commissioner, South traffic investigation, Kumaravel.

But that still does not explain why the police have not so far arrested the man or why legal opinion has not been tendered three days after the incident.

Jayagopal had illegally put up scores of posters on an arterial road at Pallikaranai. One of the posters came loose and fell on Subashree. She was knocked off her bike and came under the wheels of a water tanker.

Despite the public outrage that illegal hoardings had claimed another life in the state, there was no attempt to arrest Jayagopal on Friday. On Saturday, people in Pallikaranai and the media knew that he had been admitted to a hospital. But the police said he wasn’t there when they went to pick him up. The owner of the press that printed the hoarding hasn’t been picked up either.

Tamil Nadu: Bitten by snake in hostel room, girl dies


TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 06.49 AM IST  MADURAI: 

A 14-year-old schoolgirl died on the way to hospital after she was bitten by a snake inside her hostel room. The incident took place on the premises of a government-aided school near Begambur in Dindigul town on the wee hours of Sunday.

The victim was identified as R Varsha, daughter of Raman, a farmer from Periyur village in Kodaikanal block. She was studying in class IX staying on the same school. She fell ill and alerted her friends on the early hours of Sunday.

As froth began appearing in her mouth, warden and the school authorities rushed the girl to government hospital. But the doctors, who checked her, declared that she was brought dead.

The girl had told her friends that she was bitten by something at around 1 pm, but she ignored. After sometime, she became restless as the poison started spreading. During a search later conducted by school authorities, a cobra snake was found inside the box in which the hostel television was set. The snake was beaten to death.

Bees delay Kolkata-Agartala Air India flight

16/09/2019 , Press Trust of india, kolkata

A Kolkata-Agartala Air India flight was delayed for around two hours on Sunday after a swarm of bees was noticed in front of the aircraft while it was taxiing towards the main runway here, an airline official said. The plane with 136 passengers and crew members on board the AI 743 flight was scheduled to depart at 9.40 a.m.

The bees were noticed by the pilots when the Airbus A319 was ready for the take-off. The pilots brought the aircraft to a standstill as further movement could have damaged the plane and harmed the passengers if the bees entered it through the engines, the AI spokesperson said.

Fire services personnel were called to tackle the problem. Before this incident, the flight had been delayed for some time due to a technical snag. The plane finally embarked for the Tripura capital at 12.45 p.m.

BHU students protest over reinstatement of professor
‘He began taking classes a few days ago’ 

16/09/2019 , Press Trust of India, Varanasi 


 
Students during the protest in Varanasi on Sunday.ANIANI

Banaras Hindu University students staged an overnight protest outside the campus gate after a professor, accused of sexual harassment, was reinstated and allowed to take classes. The students have been protesting since Saturday evening, demanding that the professor be punished.

Professor S.K. Chaubey of the Zoology Department was suspended in 2018 after charges levelled by a few students. In June, the BHU executive council revoked the suspension of Mr. Chaubey. However, it censured and restricted him for taking academic classes.

Mr. Chaubey returned to taking classes a few days ago, triggering protests, a student said.