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தமிழர்களுக்கென்று சிறப்பான நாகரீகம் உண்டு என்பதை எந்த வரலாற்று ஆசிரியராலும் மறுப்பதற்கில்லை. தமிழ் நாகரீகம் எந்த அளவு பரவியிருந்தது என்பதற்கும், அதன் சிறப்புக்கும் சங்ககால இலக்கியங்களே சாட்சி. நாகரீகம் வளர்ந்த சமுதாயத்தில் உடல் நலனை பாதுகாக்க பல்வேறு அம்சங்கள் இருப்பதைப் போலவே, மருத்துவ முறையும் இயற்கையாகவே இருக்க வேண்டும். எனினும், இருக்கும் ஆதாரங்கள் வைத்து பார்த்தால் தமிழகத்தில் சிறந்த மருத்துவ முறை இருந்ததை தெரிந்துகொள்ள முடியும். மனிதகுலத்தின் வரலாறு எவ்வளவு பழமையானதோ அதே அளவுக்கு மருத்துவத்தின் வரலாறும் பழமையானதாகும். தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தின் புனித நூலான திருக்குறளில் மருத்துவம் பற்றிய மனித சிந்தனைகள் பெருமளவில் இடம் பெற்றிருக்கின்றன.

காலப்போக்கில் தமிழக மருத்துவத்திற்கு சித்த மருத்துவம் எனப் பெயர் வந்தது. இந்த மருத்துவத்தை சித்தர்கள் செய்ததால் அதற்கு அவ்வாறு பெயர் வந்தது. சமண மதத்தவர்கள் தமிழகம் வந்தபிறகு தமிழக மக்களின் வாழ்வில் பெரும் மாற்றம் ஏற்பட்டது. அவர்கள் மருத்துவக் கல்வியை குறிப்பாக சித்த மருத்துவக் கல்வியை பரப்புவதில் ஆர்வமாக இருந்ததால், தமிழகத்தில் மருத்துவம் பரவியது.

இந்தியா முழுவதும் சித்தர்கள் பரவியிருந்தாலும் அவர்களின் மருத்துவ நூல்கள் தமிழ் மொழியில் மட்டும்தான் எழுதப்பட்டிருந்தன. எனவே, சித்த மருத்துவம் தமிழ் மருத்துவம் என்றும் அழைக்கப்பட்டது.

தமிழகத்தில் மருத்துவக்கல்வி வரலாறு: கிபி 900 - 1200 ஆண்டு சோழர்கால கல்வெட்டுகளில் இருந்து தென்னிந்தியாவில் உள்ள மருத்துவமனைகள் மற்றும் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகள் குறித்த தகவல்களை அறிய முடியும். அவற்றில் செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள திருமுக்கூடல் நகரில் அமைந்திருக்கும் 1067 ஆண் ஆண்டின் வீர ராஜேந்திர சோழனின் கல்வெட்டு குறிப்பிடத்தக்கவை. இந்த கல்வெட்டுகளில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி, விடுதிகள்ஸ மருத்துவமனை போன்றவற்றை பற்றி விவரங்கள் பெற முடிகிறது.

அந்தக்காலத்தில் திருமுக்கூடல் நகரில், வைத்திய சாலை(அதுல சாலை) என்ற பெயரில் ஏராளமான மருத்துவமனைகள் இருந்துள்ளன. இவை ஒவ்வொன்றிலும் 15 படுக்கைகள், ஒரு அறுவை மருத்துவர், இரு செவிலியர்கள், ஒரு முடி திருந்துபவர் மற்றும் இரு பணியாளர்கள் இருந்துள்ளனர். மருத்துவர்களுக்கு வைத்திய விரித்த அல்லது வைத்யகம் என்ற பெயரில் ஊதியம் வழங்கப்படும். அதுமட்டுமின்றி தமிழகத்தில் ஒவ்வொரு ஊரிலும் சவர்னன் என்ற பெயரில் பரம்பரை மருத்துவர் ஒருவரும் இருந்துள்ளார். நோய்களுக்கு சிகிச்சை அளிக்க சிறிய கிளினிக் இருக்கும் அந்த கிளினிக்கில் இருக்கும் மருத்துவவரை வைத்தியன் என்றும், அறுவைசிகிச்சை மருத்துவரை கள்ளி யாக்கிரயாய் செய்வான் என்று அழைப்பது வழக்கம்.

தமிழகத்தில் அலோபதி என்ற புதிய மருத்துவமுறை ஐரோப்பியர்களால் குறிப்பாக ஆங்கிலேயர்களால் அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டது. தமிழ்நாட்டில் தொடக்கத்தில் கிழக்கிந்திய கம்பெனியின் நோயுற்ற போர்வீரர்களுக்கு மருத்துவம் அளிப்பதற்காகத்தான் மேலைநாட்டு மருத்துவமனைகள் அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. பின்னர் இவை வளர்ச்சியடைந்து அரசு மற்றும் பொதுமக்களுக்கு மருத்துவம் அளிக்கும் விரிவான மருத்துவ முறையாக மாற்றம் பெற்றது.

சென்னை: சென்னையில் முதல் மருத்துவமனை 1664 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆண்ட்ரூ கோகன் என்பவரின் வீட்டை வாடகைக்கு எடுத்து தொடங்கப்பட்டது. அப்போது அந்த மருத்துவமனைக் கட்டிடத்திற்கு மாத வாடகையாக அப்போதைய நாணயமான 2 பகோடாக்கள் தரப்பட்டது. இதன் மூலம் தமிழ்நாட்டில் முதல் மருத்துவமனை தொடங்கப்பட்ட நகரம் என்ற பெருமையை சென்னை பெற்றது. அதன்பின்னர் இங்கிலாந்து போர் வீரர்களுக்கு மருத்துவம் அளிப்பதற்காக 1679 ஆம் ஆண்டு சென்னையில் ராணுவ மருத்துவமனை தொடங்கப்பட்டது. 1745 ஆம் ஆண்டு சென்னையில் கடற்படை மருத்துவமனை தொடங்கப்பட்டு 1790 ஆம் ஆண்டு வரை செயல்பாட்டில் இருந்து வந்தது. அதுவரை அங்கு சிகிச்சை பெற்று வந்த கடற்படை வீரர்கள், அதன்பிறகு காரிசான் மருத்துவமனைக்கு மாற்றப்பட்டனர். அதைத்தொடர்ந்து 1808 ஆம் ஆண்டு புதிய கடற்படை மருத்துவமனை கட்டப்பட்டது. இது 1831 ஆம் ஆண்டு வரை பயன்பாட்டில் இருந்து வந்தது. அதன்பின்னர் துப்பாக்கி ஊர்தி மருத்துவமனையாக மாற்றப்பட்டது.

1816 ஆம் ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் 24 ஆம் தேதி சென்னையில் வெளியடப்பட்ட பொது அறிவிப்பின் மூலம், சென்னையில் 983 பகோடா செலவில் தொழு நோயாளிகளுக்கான தனி மருத்துவமனை அமைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. பின்னர் இந்த மருத்துவமனை சென்னை அரசு தொழுநோய் மருத்துவமனை என பெயமாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டது. 1921 ஆம் ஆண்டு வெலிங்டன் பிரபு ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில் அந்த மருத்துவமனை மூடப்பட்டது. அதற்குபதிலாக செங்கல்பட்டில் வெலிங்டன் தொழுநோய் மருத்துவமனை என்ற பெயரில் புதிய மருத்துவமனை கிற்ஸ்துவ அறக்கட்டளை மூலமாக தொடங்கப்பட்டது. 1819 ஆம் ஆண்டு சென்னை எழும்பூரில் இந்தியாவின் மிகப்பழமையான கண்மருத்துவமனை தொடங்கப்பட்டது.

தோற்றமும் வளர்ச்சியும்: தமிழ்நாட்டில் மருத்துவக் கல்வி வரலாற்றில் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க காலம் 1835 ஆம் ஆண்டுதான். அந்த ஆண்டில் இருந்துதான் கிழக்கிந்திய நிறுவனத்தின் சென்னை மாகாண அரசு மருத்துவக்கல்வியை முறைப்படி அங்கீகராம் அளித்து ஊக்குவிக்கத் தொடங்கியது.

இந்தியாவின் தலைச்சிறந்த மருத்துவக்கல்லூரிகளில் ஒன்றாக விளங்கும் சென்னை மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி 1835 ஆம் ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி 13 ஆம் தேதி சென்னை மருத்துவப்பள்ளி என்ற பெயரில் தொடங்கப்பட்டது. இதனை அப்போதைய அரசின் ஆணைப்படி, ஆளுநர் பிரடெரிக் ஆதம் திறந்துவைத்தார். இந்த மருத்துவப் பள்ளியின் முதல் வகுப்பு 1835 ஆண் ஆண்டு ஜூலை 1 ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கியது. 1838 ஆம் ஆண்டு தனியார் மாணவர்களும் இந்த மருத்துவப் பள்ளியில் சேர அனுமதி அளிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த பள்ளியில் அனைவருக்கும் இலவச மருத்துவம் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. அதன்பின் ஆண்டுகள் செல்லச் செல்ல ஏராளமான மாணவர்கள் இந்த பள்ளியில் சேர்ந்து படிக்கத்தொடங்கினர். இதனால் சென்னை மருத்துவப்பள்ளியின் புகழ் வேகமாக பரவியதால் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட மருத்துவக் கல்வி நிறுவனமாக மாறியது. மும்பை மற்றும் கொல்கத்தா மருத்துவ பள்ளிகளுக்கு இணையானதாக கருதப்பட்டது. 1850 ஆம் ஆண்டு அக்டோபர் 1 ஆம் தேதி முதல் சென்னை மருத்துவ மருத்துவப் பள்ளி தரம் உயர்த்தப்பட்டு சென்னை மருத்துவ கல்லூரியாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

1851 ஆம் ஆண்டு அப்போதைய ஆளுநராக இருந்த சர் ஹென்றிபோர்ட் சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழத்தின் மூலம் மருத்துவம் மற்றும் பொறியியல் கல்வி வழங்கப்பட வேண்டும் வலியுறுத்தினார். இதனிடையே அதாவது 1854 ஆம் ஆண்டு சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியை மருத்துவம் மற்றும் அறுவை மருத்துவத்திற்கான காலணி பள்ளிகளில் ஒன்றாக அறிவிக்க வேண்டும் என லண்டனில் உள்ள ராயல் காலேஜ் சர்ஜனுக்கு கோரிக்கை விடுக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த கோரிக்கை 1855 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஏற்கப்பட்டதாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

1863ல் 1857 ஆம் ஆண்டின் 27வது சட்டத்தின்படி சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகம் தொடங்கப்பட்டது. இந்த பல்கலைக்கழகத்திற்கு மருத்துவப்பட்டங்கள் மற்றும் பட்டயங்ககளை வழங்கும் தனி உரிமை தரப்பட்டது. அதன்படி, மருத்துவக் கல்வியில் பட்டம் பெற விரும்புபவர்கள் சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் மருத்துவத்துறை நடத்தும் தேர்வில் பங்கேற்று தேர்ச்சி பெறுவது அவசியம் என்று சென்னை அரசு அறிவித்தது.

சென்னைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் 1857 ஆம் ஆண்டு நடைமுறைக்கு வந்தாலும், 1863 ஆம் ஆண்டில்தான் அதற்கு தேர்வு நடத்தி பட்டம் வழங்கும் அதிகாரம் வழங்கப்பட்டது.

தேர்வு நடத்தி பட்டம் வங்கும் அதிகாரம் சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் இருந்து சென்னை பல்கலைக்கழகத்திற்கு மாற்றப்பட்டதை அடுத்து இந்தியாவில் குறிப்பாக தமிழகத்தில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி வரலாற்றில் ஒரு புதிய சகாப்தம் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டது. இது மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி வளர்ச்சியில் ஒரு திருப்புமுனையாக அமைந்தது. அதன்பின்னர் சென்னை மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி வேகமாக வளர்ந்து, அனைத்து திசைகளிலும் திறன் பெற்று முழுமையும் தற்சார்ப்பும் பெற்றது.

1857 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜனவரி 11 ஆம் தேதி பிறப்பிக்கப்பட்ட பொதுஆணையின்படி சென்னை மருத்துவக்கல்லூரியில் மற்றொரு புதிய வரலாறு படைக்கப்பட்டது. அந்த ஆணையின்படி பால்ஃபர் நகரில் உள்ள தலைமை அறுவை மருத்துவரின் பரிந்துரையை ஏற்று சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் பெண்களை சேர்ப்பது பற்றி வேறு எந்த மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி நினைத்துக் கூட பார்க்காத நிலையில் சென்னைக் கல்லூரி இதை சாதித்து. அந்த நேரத்தில் இந்தியாவை ஆண்ட இங்கிலாந்தில் கூட மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் கூட பெண்கள் சேர்க்கப்பட வில்லை என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

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சென்னை: புதன்கிழமை பெய்த கன மழையின் போது சென்னை விமான நிலையத்தின் மேற்கூரையில் இருந்து மழை நீர் ஒழுகிய சம்பவம் குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்யும் பணிகள் நடந்து வருகிறது.

சென்னையில் கடந்த புதன்கிழமை இரவு கன மழை பெய்தது. சுமார் 10 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையான சென்னை விமான நிலையக் கட்டடத்தின் மேற்கூரையில் மழை நீர் ஒழுகியது. உடனடியாக அதிகாரிகள் அதனை சரி செய்யுமாறு உத்தரவிட்டனர். நீர் ஒழுகிய இடங்களில் எல்லாம் பிளாஸ்டிக் டப்பாக்களை வைத்து மழை நீர் வெளியே சிந்தாமல் பார்த்துக் கொள்ளப்பட்டது.

இது குறித்து விமான நிலையத்தின் இயக்குநர் ஸ்ரீகுமார் கூறுகையில், விமான நிலையத்தின் மேற்கூரை ஒழுகுவது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்து வருகிறோம். வடகிழக்குப் பருவ மழை தொடங்குவதற்குள் அதனை சரி செய்து விடுவோம். இது மிகச் சிறிய விஷயம். உடனடியாக சரி செய்யப்படும் என்று தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

இந்த சம்பவம், திமுக எம்.பி. கனிமொழி தனது டிவிட்டர் பக்கத்தில் புகைப்படத்துடன் பதிவிட்டதன் மூலம் வெளிச்சத்துக்கு வந்தது. முதலில் மேற்கூரையே பிளந்து கொண்டுவிழும், தற்போது இது ஒழுக வேறுச் செய்கிறது என்று பதிவிட்டிருந்தார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., சேர்க்கையில் ஆள் மாறாட்டம் டாக்டர் குடும்பம் ஓட்டம்; உதவிய அதிகாரிகள் யார்?

Updated : செப் 21, 2019 00:20 | Added : செப் 20, 2019 22:47

சென்னை,: மருத்துவ படிப்பு மாணவர் சேர்க்கையில், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் செய்வதற்கு, உதவிய அதிகாரிகள் யார் யார் என்ற, கேள்வி எழுந்துள்ளது.

சம்பந்தப்பட்ட, டாக்டர் குடும்பம் தலைமறைவாகி உள்ளதால், விசாரணையில் தொய்வு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.சென்னை, தண்டையார்பேட்டையை சேர்ந்தவர், வெங்கடேஷன்; சென்னை, ஸ்டான்லி அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் டாக்டராக உள்ளார்.இவரது மகன், உதித் சூர்யா, இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளாக, நீட் தேர்வு எழுதியும், தேர்ச்சியடைய வில்லை.

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இந்தாண்டு, மஹாராஷ்டிரா மாநிலம், மும்பையில் தேர்வு எழுதி, 385 மதிப்பெண்கள் பெற்று, கவுன்சிலிங்கில், தேனி அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., இடம் பெற்றார். மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககம் மற்றும் தேனி மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி முதல்வருக்கு, இம்மாதம், 11 மற்றும் 13ல், புகார் ஒன்று வந்தது. அதில், உதித் சூர்யா என்ற மாணவர், நீட் தேர்வில், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் செய்து, கல்லுாரியில் சேர்ந்ததாக கூறப்பட்டிருந்தது.

விசாரணையை துவங்கிய, பேராசிரியர் குழுவினர், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் செய்ததை, புகைப்பட ஆதாரங்கள் வாயிலாக கண்டுபிடித்தனர். இதையடுத்து, மாணவரிடமும், பெற்றோரிடமும், மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி நிர்வாகம் விசாரித்துள்ளது. அப்போது, படிப்பை கைவிடுவதாக, மாணவர் கடிதம் அளித்துள்ளார்.இது குறித்த செய்திகள் வெளியே கசிந்ததும், ஒரு வாரத்திற்கு பின், போலீசில் கல்லுாரி முதல்வர், ராஜேந்திரன் புகார் அளித்துள்ளார்.

இதனால், இந்த மோசடிக்கு, கல்லுாரி நிர்வாகம் உதவியுள்ளதா என்ற, கேள்வி எழுந்துள்ளது. அதேபோல, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங்கில், அசல் சான்றிதழ் தான் சரிபார்க்கப் படும்; உதித் சூர்யா விவகாரத்தில், யாருடைய சான்றிதழ் சரிபார்க்கப்பட்டது என்ற, கேள்வியும் எழுந்துள்ளது. எனவே, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை குழுவினரும் உதவினரா என்ற, சந்தேகம் உள்ளது.

இதற்கிடையில், ஆள்மாறாட்ட விவகாரத்தில் சிக்கிய, மாணவனின் குடும்பத்தினர், தலைமறைவாகி உள்ளனர்.தனிப்படை போலீசார், நேற்று ஸ்டான்லி அரசு மருத்துவமனையில், டாக்டர் வெங்கடேஷன் குறித்து விசாரித்தனர். டாக்டர் குடும்பம் பிடிபட்டால் மட்டுமே, இந்த விவகாரத்தில், உண்மை வெளிச்சத்துக்கு வர வாய்ப்புள்ளது.

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இந்த சம்பவம் குறித்து, தேனி மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி முதல்வர், மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்குனர், நாராயணபாபுவிடம் அறிக்கை சமர்ப்பித்தார். அதையடுத்து, முறைகேடு தொடர்பாக, விரிவான ஆய்வு நடத்த முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டது.அதன்படி, முதலாம் ஆண்டு, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., -- பி.டி.எஸ்., மாணவர்களின் ஆவணங்கள் சரிபார்ப்பு பணிகள், அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவமனைகளில், நேற்று துவங்கின. சென்னை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி, கீழ்ப்பாக்கம் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், மாணவர்களை உடன் வைத்து, அவர்களின் அசல் ஆவணங்கள் சரிபார்க்கப்பட்டன.

இந்நிலையில்,சென்னை, நந்தம்பாக்கம் வர்த்தக மையத்தில்,மருத்துவ சுற்றுலா கண்காட்சியை துவக்கி வைத்த பின், சுகாதாரத் துறை அமைச்சர், விஜயபாஸ்கர் கூறியதாவது:நீட் தேர்வில், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் செய்தது தொடர்பாக, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககத்தின் வாயிலாக, விசாரணை நடத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. காவல் துறை விசாரணையும் நடக்கிறது. நீட் தேர்வை, தமிழக அரசு நடத்தவில்லை; மத்திய அரசால் நடத்தப்படும் தேர்வு. இதற்கு, தேசிய தேர்வு முகமை தான் பதிலளிக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

'மனித தன்மை வேண்டும்'

தமிழ்நாடு டாக்டர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர்., மருத்துவ பல்கலை துணைவேந்தர், சுதா சேஷய்யன் அளித்த பேட்டி:தேனி மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில் நடந்துள்ள சம்பவம் வருத்தமளிக்கிறது. இந்த சம்பவத்தை தொடர்ந்து, முதலாம் ஆண்டு மாணவர்களின் விபரங்களை சரிபார்க்க, பல்கலை.,யின் இணைப்பு கல்லுாரிகளை அறிவுறுத்தி உள்ளோம். விபரங்கள் சந்தேகம் அளிக்கும் வகையில் இருந்தால், 24 மணி நேரத்திற்குள் பல்கலைக்கு தெரிவிக்க வேண்டும்.

பல்கலைக்கும், மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கும் நேரடி தொடர்பு இல்லை. ஆனால், இதுபோன்ற முறைகேடுகள் நடக்கும் போது, எந்த மாதிரியான நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என, தேர்வு குழுவினருடன் ஆலோசித்து வருகிறோம்.மருத்துவ துறையில் சேர வேண்டும் என்ற ஆர்வத்தில், முறைகேட்டில் ஈடுபட வேண்டாம்; எந்த துறையும் தரக்குறைவானது அல்ல. வயதில் சிறியவர்கள் முறைகேட்டில் ஈடுபட, பெரியவர்கள் உறுதுணையாக இருக்க கூடாது. அனைவரும், மனித தன்மையுடன் செயல்பட வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

முதுநிலை ஆசிரியர் பணி தேர்வு 1.85 லட்சம் பேருக்கு அனுமதி

Added : செப் 20, 2019 23:21

சென்னை, :முதுநிலை ஆசிரியர் பணிக்கான தேர்வு 154 தேர்வு மையங்களில் நடக்கும் என்றும் 1.85 லட்சம் பேர் எழுத உள்ளதாகவும் ஆசிரியர் தேர்வு வாரியம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.இதுகுறித்து ஆசிரியர் தேர்வு வாரிய தலைவர் லதா வெளியிட்ட செய்திக்குறிப்பு:அரசு பள்ளிகளில் காலியாக உள்ள முதுநிலை ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் உடற்கல்வி இயக்குனர் நிலை -1க்கான தேர்வு வரும் 27 28 29ம் தேதிகளில் நடக்கிறது. தமிழகம் முழுவதும் 154 தேர்வு மையங்களில் காலை மாலை இரு வேளைகளிலும் நடத்தப்படும் தேர்வில் 1.85 லட்சம் பேர் பங்கேற்க உள்ளனர்.தேர்வுக்கான ஹால் டிக்கெட்டை 1.03 லட்சம் பேர் இதுவரை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்துள்ளனர். அவர்களில் பெரும்பாலானோர் டி.ஆர்.பி.யின் மாதிரி பயிற்சி தேர்வுக்கு இணையதளம் வழியே முயற்சித்துள்ளனர்.இந்த தேர்வில் கணினி வழியில் 150 கேள்விகளுக்கு பதில் அளிக்க வேண்டும். ஒவ்வொரு கேள்வியும் வரிசையாகவோ முன்னும் பின்னுமாகவோ தேர்வு செய்யப்படும் வகையில் அமைக்கப் பட்டுள்ளது.தேர்வர்கள் இந்த பயிற்சி தேர்வுகளை ஆசிரியர் தேர்வு வாரியத்தின் www.trb.tn.nic.in என்ற இணையதளத்தில் மேற்கொண்டு தேர்வு குறித்த நடைமுறைகளை தெரிந்து கொள்ள அறிவுறுத்தப் படுகிறது. இந்த பயிற்சி தேர்வின் வினாக்கள் முழுவதுமாக தேர்வர்களின் பயிற்சிக்காகவே தயாரிக்கப்பட்டவை.இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

14 மாவட்டங்களில் இன்றும், நாளையும் கனமழை பெய்யும்'

Added : செப் 20, 2019 22:52

சென்னை, 'தமிழகத்தில், 14 மாவட்டங்களில், இன்றும், நாளையும் கனமழை பெய்யும்' என, சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் அறிவித்துள்ளது. அந்த மையம் கூறியுள்ளதாவது: தமிழகத்தை ஒட்டிய ஆந்திர கடற்பகுதியில், வளிமண்டல மேல் அடுக்கு சுழற்சி ஏற்பட்டு உள்ளது. அதனால், தமிழகத்தின் வட மாவட்டங்களில், கனமழை பெய்துள்ளது. மேலும், தமிழகம் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியில், இன்றும், நாளையும் கனமழை தொடரும். அதாவது, திருவள்ளூர், காஞ்சிபுரம், திருவண்ணாமலை, விழுப்புரம், கடலுார், பெரம்பலுார், அரியலுார், தஞ்சாவூர், திருவாரூர், நாகை, புதுக்கோட்டை, வேலுார், ராமநாதபுரம் மற்றும் சிவகங்கை மாவட்டங்களில், சில இடங்களில் கனமழை பெய்யும். சென்னையில் வானம் மேகமூட்டத்துடன் காணப்படும். அதிகபட்சம், 33 டிகிரி செல்ஷியஸ் வெயில் பதிவாகும். சில இடங்களில் மிதமான மழைக்கு வாய்ப்புள்ளது. நேற்று காலை, 8:30 மணி நிலவரப்படி, 24 மணி நேரத்தில், தமிழகத்தில் அதிகபட்சமாக, புதுக்கோட்டை மாவட்டம், உடையாலிபட்டியில், 7 செ.மீ., மழை பெய்துள்ளது.இவ்வாறு, சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் கூறியுள்ளது.

சவுதி அரேபியாவில் வேலை விண்ணப்பங்கள் வரவேற்பு

Added : செப் 20, 2019 22:52

சென்னை, -சவுதி அரேபியாவில், முன்னணி மருத்துவமனையில் பணிபுரிய, விண்ணப்பங்கள் வரவேற்கப்படுகின்றன.சவுதி அரேபியா நாட்டில், ஜுபைல் என்ற இடத்தில் உள்ள, முன்னணி மருத்துவமனைக்கு, 35 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட, 'டிப்ளமா' அல்லது பி.எஸ்சி., படித்த, ஆண் செவிலியர்கள்; 40 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட, இரண்டு ஆண்டு பணி அனுபவம் உள்ள, பி.எஸ்சி., படித்த, பிசியோதெரபிஸ்ட் என்ற இயன்முறை மருத்துவர்கள், பெருமளவில் தேவைப்படுகின்றனர்.மேலும், ஆண், பெண் மருத்துவர்கள்; பெண், 'லேப் டெக்னிஷியன், எக்ஸ்ரே டெக்னிஷியன்' தேவைப்படுகின்றனர். விருப்பம் உள்ளவர்கள், அயல்நாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு நிறுவனத்தின், ovemclsn@gmail.com என்ற, 'இ - மெயில்' முகவரிக்கு, வரும், 30ம் தேதிக்குள் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்.ஊதியம் மற்றும் பணி விபரங்களை, அயல்நாட்டு வேலைவாய்ப்பு நிறுவனத்தின், www.omcmanpower.com என்ற, இணையதளத்தில் பார்க்கலாம்

HC impleads institution in education loan case

21/09/2019, STAFF REPORTER, ,MADURAI

The Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday suo motu impleaded the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare department in a petition filed by a woman who sought the sanction of an educational loan, the application for which was rejected based on her father’s CIBIL score.

Justice M. Sundar also impleaded Air Carnival Aviation Academy, Coimbatore, where the petitioner had joined B.Sc. (Aircraft Maintenance). She was dismissed from the college for not paying her fees. The case was adjourned to September 26.

The petitioner, R. Gayatri from Madurai, said that she got admission to the course under the management quota. With no scholarship offered by the college, she had to approach the State Bank of India branch at Y. Othakadai, Madurai, for an educational loan under Vidya Lakshmi scheme.

She said that the bank authorities rejected the application based on the CIBIL score of her father. Subsequently, she was dismissed from the college for non-payment of fees. Unable to continue her studies, she filed the petition before the High Court.

Govt. effects major reshuffle of officers

Tiruppur, Namakkal and Nagapattinam districts get new Collectors

21/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

In a major reshuffle, the State government shifted senior IAS officers and Collectors of some districts on Friday evening.

B. Chandra Mohan has been named Secretary of Energy Department, replacing Md. Nasimuddin, who has been posted as Secretary in Labour and Employment Department.

M. Asia Mariam has been posted Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency.

Rajendra Kumar has been transferred and posted as Secretary in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department, a portfolio hitherto additionally held by Hans Raj Verma. Jothi Nirmala has been posted as Inspector-General of Registration, according to a government order issued by the Chief Secretary. Ramesh Chand Meena is posted as Member-Secretary of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.

S. Nagarajan, Madurai Collector who was transferred without a posting, is appointed Project Director of Tamil Nadu Health System Project. The services of Kakarla Usha have been placed for appointment as Chairperson and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation.

S. Suresh Kumar was named Director of Minorities Welfare and Anu George is Director of Industries and Commerce. Mahesan Kasirajan is posted as Secretary in Tamil Development and Information Department, M. Vallalar has been posted as Commissioner of Backward Classes. K.S. Palanisamy, Collector of Tiruppur, is transferred and posted as Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. K. Vijayakarthikeyan is named Tiruppur Collector.

K. Megraj was named Namakkal Collector. K. Baskaran appointed Commissioner of Municipal Administration. M.P. Sivanarul and S. Divayadharshini have been named Special Officers for the formation of Tirupattur and Ranipet districts respectively.

Praveen P. Nair is appointed Nagapattinam Collector.

Commissioner of Excise

D. Mohan is posted as Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise. K. Senthil Raj has been posted as Mission Director, National Health Mission. Anne Mary Swarna has been posted as Chairperson of Tamil Nadu Medical Services Recruitment Board. G. Govindaraj is appointed Registrar of Cooperative Societies. B. Maheswari is named Additional Commissioner of Land Administration and Kranthi Kumar has been posted Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes for Erode division.

A.K. Kamal Kishore has been posted Additional Collector (Development) and Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency in Tiruvarur and I.S. Mercy Ramya has been named as the former’s counterpart in Kanniyakumari district. S. Natarajan has been posted Additional Secretary in Environment and Forests Department.

B. Priyanka, B. Vishnu Chandran and M.S. Prasanth have been posted as Additional Collector (Development) and Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency in Madurai, Thoothukudi and Nagapattinam districts respectively.

Raja Gopal Sunkara and M. Pradeep Kumar have been posted as Additional Collector (Development) and Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency in Cuddalore, Ramanathapuram districts respectively. K.M. Sarayu has been posted Project Officer, Hill Area Development Programme in Udhagamandalam.

Shreya P. Singh and Johny Tom Varghese have been posted Additional Collector, Tirunelveli and Director for the Welfare of Differently Abled respectively.

A.R. Rahul Nadh would be Deputy Secretary to Government (Protocol), Amar Kushwaha has been posted as Additional Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. S.P. Amrith is posted as Joint Commissioner of Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments in Arulmighu Subramaniya Swami Tirukoil in Tiruchendur. V. Jaya Chandra Bhanu Reddy has been posted Joint Commissioner of Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments in Arulmighu Dhandayuthapani Swami Tirukoil in Palani.

The Chief Secretary posted 10 young IAS officers, who were earlier posted in Delhi, to various posts across Tamil Nadu.

HC suspends G.O. on teacher appointment

21/09/2019,MADURAI

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday suspended an order passed by the School Education department, which stated that no fresh appointment of teachers would be made in aided schools until surplus teachers under the same management were exhausted. A Division Bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and R. Tharani suspended the G.O. and posted the case for further hearing to September 30. The court was hearing an appeal preferred by the State on the appointment of teachers.

Manpower shortage haunts Urban Primary Health Centres

With rising patronage, these facilities are overburdened

21/09/2019, P.A.NARAYANI, ,MADURAI

The recent death of a 22-year-old pregnant woman at K. Pudur Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) has brought into limelight the problem of overburdened UPHCs in the city.

Currently, 31 UPHCs are under Madurai Corporation’s purview. According to the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) norms, each UPHC must be manned by a medical officer, four staff nurses, a pharmacist, and two hospital workers.

But the K. Pudur UPHC, which is one of the 21 maternity centres, has only two staff nurses and a maternity assistant. Documents procured by a women and child rights activist A. Veronica Mary indicate that there is an increase in patient patronage for the centre. For instance, there has been an 82.74% increase in the number of in-patients to the facility from 277 in 2016-2017 to 1,605 in 2018-2019. The number of outpatients has also registered a 21.50% increase.

With the increased patronage, the understaffed facility is usually overburdened, says a staff nurse. “The two staff nurses have to juggle between day and night shifts and have to work for almost all days in a week. As the weekly off cannot be availed owing to shortage of personnel, we just work for a few hours during our weekly off,” said the staff nurse.

Also, the medical officers have to take care of multiple UPHCs simultaneously, said City Health Officer (in charge) S. Vinoth. According to him, there are seven vacancies to the post of medical officers and 69 vacancies for the post of staff nurses across the UPHCs.

“Since the facilities are overburdened, it increases the possibilities of human error. Also, it is essential that there are sufficient medical staff present at the centres to take the right decisions during the ‘golden hour,’ which is regarded critical for saving lives,” said Ms. Mary.

The Directorate of Public Health is conducting counselling to fill the vacancies, said Mr. Vinoth.

K. Kolandaisamy, Director, Public Health, said that the appointment order for four doctors had been issued and the other three posts would be filled soon. He said the Medical Services Recruitment Board had recruited 3,000 staff nurses and the vacancies would be filled in two weeks.

Authorities from various departments must conduct an audit and amend the NUHM norms to increase the sanctioned medical personnel for UPHCS, said Ms. Mary. “In Madurai, for instance, there is a need to have 120 doctors across the UPHCs to ensure round-the-clock medical services,” she said.

Power shutdown today
21/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,MADURAI

In view of maintenance works there will be no power supply in the following areas from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on September 21:

Samayanallur, Thenur, Thodaneri, Sathyamoorthi Nagar, Vairavanatham, Nagari, Athalai, Paravai Main Road, Mangayarkarasi College, Pothumbu, Kovilpappakudi, Visthara Apartments and Paravai Market.

Rajakkalpatti, Maravarpatti, Chathiravellapatti, Valayapatti, Errampatti, Konapatti, Palamedu, Chinnapalamedu, Manickampatti, Senthamangalam, Pondhugampatti, 66 Mettupatti, 66 Usilampatti, Alanganallur, Kottaimedu, NSM Sugar Mill Road, 15B Mettupatti, Kuravankulam, Siruvalai, Ambalathadi, Alagapuri, A.Puthupatti, A.Kovilpatti, Vaikasipatti, Ayyur, Muduvarpatti, Aathanur, Achampatti.

Vadipatti, Katchaikatti, Ramayanpatti, Poochampatti, Ayyankottai, Vairavanatham, Nagari, Chockalingapuram, Kattakulam, Kutladampatti, Mettuneerathan, Kulasekarankottai, Semminipatti, Ramanayakkanpatti, T.Mettupatti, Ellaiyur, Ramagoundanpatti, Andipatti, Thethur, Kozhinchipatti, Vadugapatti, C.Pudur, Thanichiyam, Melachinnanampatti, Alankottaram, Thirumalnatham, Rayapuram, Rishabam, Nedungulam.

Income Tax relief for domestic companies

21/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,PANAJI

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Friday that a domestic company would now be allowed to pay income tax at the rate of 22% (from 30%), subject to the condition that it won’t avail any other (tax) incentives or exemptions.

“There will be no Minimum Alternate Tax levied on them and the effective tax rate for such firms will be 25.17%, including all surcharges and cess,” the Minister said.

To spur fresh investments and boost Make in India efforts, for new manufacturing companies incorporated after October 1, 2019, and commencing production by March 31, 2023, the income tax rate will be 15%, from 25% at present.

The effective tax rate for these companies will be 17.01%, compared to 29.1% now. These firms will also be exempt from Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT).

“In order to provide relief to firms who want to continue with the existing regime of exemptions, we are giving some MAT relief — the tax rate has been reduced from 18.5% to 15%,” the Minister said.

These tax cuts include a reduction in the surcharge on corporate income tax from 12% to 10%, pointed out Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey.

The President has promulgated the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 to bring into effect the slew of corporate tax rate cuts announced on Friday.

Mohanlal chargesheeted for illegal possession of ivory

21/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,KOCHI

Mohanlal

Actor Mohanlal has been chargesheeted by the Kerala Forest Department for illegal possession of ivory and failing to inform the Chief Wildlife Warden about its possession and its transfer.

G. Dhaniklal, Range Forest Officer, Kodanad, submitted the chargesheet against the actor and three others for offences committed in violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 at the judicial first class magistrate court. The alleged offence was committed in 2011.

P.N. Krishnakumar of Olloor, K. Radhakrishnan of Thripunithura, and Nalini Radhakrishnan of Chennai have also been arraigned as accused.

The offences are punishable with imprisonment up to seven years and a fine since the case is related to the sale and transfer of ivory, a wildlife trophy from elephants, a Schedule One animal, which has been accorded maximum legal protection, said forest officials.

Mr. Krishnakumar, the second accused, illegally transferred the two ivory tusks in his possession to Mr. Mohanlal and abetted in keeping them at the residence of the actor. The third accused purchased ivory from Tamil Nadu without any documents and illegally brought them to his home at Thripunithura and later transferred it illegally to Mr. Mohanlal. Ms. Radhakrishnan, the fourth accused, kept the ivory in her possession for 11 years, said the chargesheet

Specialists can work for govt. post-retirement

21/09/2019, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,CHANDIGARH

Specialist doctors in Punjab could now offer their services for five more years after their retirement at the age of 60.

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, in an official statement, said the specialist doctors could serve in the Health and Family Welfare Department after their retirement.

Specialist doctors such as gynaecologists, surgeons, orthopaedics, radiologists, anaesthetists etc. will work as consultants against the vacant 384 posts till the time regular appointments are made, he said.

Initially, each consultant may be appointed for a period of one year on contract basis. It may be extended on the basis of their performance, he said.

The remuneration allowed to these consultants should not be more than the last pay drawn minus pension, the Minister said.

He said specialist doctors shall only be appointed for performing clinical duties.

EC to appeal against quashing of R.K. Nagar bribery case
A single judge of HC struck down the FIR in March 2018

21/09/2019, MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.,CHENNAI

The Election Commission has decided to go on appeal to the Supreme Court challenging an order passed by a single judge of Madras High Court on March 13 last year quashing a First Information Report (FIR) registered by Greater Chennai police in April 2017 regarding alleged bribing of voters during the campaign for Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (popularly known as R.K. Nagar) byelection which got rescinded.

Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and N. Seshasayee were informed of EC’s decision during the hearing of a batch of four writ petitions, including the one filed by N. Marudhu Ganesh, DMK candidate, in 2017. All the four petitioners had insisted upon initiation of penal action against Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar and others for having allegedly attempted to bribe voters to make T.T.V. Dhinakaran, who was then in AIADMK (Amma) and contested as an independent, win the byelection.

According to the petitioners, the EC had rescinded the bypoll to the constituency on April 2017 after the Income Tax Department conducted searches at several places and seized crucial documents from the residence of the Health Minister. The documents were related to ₹89.65 crore having been reportedly given to various ministers, including the Chief Minister, for being distributed among voters of R.K. Nagar.

After the Income Tax Department forwarded the documents to the EC, the latter rescinded the bypoll notification and instructed the Returning Officer to lodge a police complaint. Accordingly, the Abhiramapuram police here filed an FIR on April 21, 2017 without naming anyone as an accused. Subsequently, Tiruttani MLA P.M. Narasimhan of the AIADMK filed a petition in the High Court to quash the FIR.

Although the petitioner was in no way connected to the case, a single judge of the High Court allowed his petition and quashed the FIR on the ground that it had been booked solely on the basis of an unsigned paper which contained the names of some ministers. The order was passed without the knowledge of the ECI. The Abhiramapuram police alone had been heard before the FIR was quashed.

The news of the FIR having been quashed came to light only in December 2018 when a Division Bench led by Justice Sathyanayranan was hearing the the batch of four writ petitions. Taking serious note of the issue, the judges came down heavily on the police for having let the FIR get quashed.

The batch of cases were heard last on January 24. After a lull of about eight months when they got listed on Friday, advocate G. Janani, representing EC counsel Niranjan Rajagopalan, sought time. When the judges insisted on knowing the stand of ECI, she said, a decision had been taken to go on appeal against single judge’s order.

Govt. evolves norms for redeploying surplus teachers
School Education Dept. rules out new appointments

21/09/2019, DENNIS S. JESUDASAN,CHENNAI

The School Education Department has decided not to allow fresh recruitment of teachers in government and aided schools till all “surplus teachers” are re-deployed in various classes and if necessary, in other schools.

“While deploying surplus teachers, no additional expenditure should be incurred by the government. New appointments should not be made while [re]deploying surplus teachers,” the G.O. stated, which was issued in the light of the Madras High Court judgment in April this year on the issue.

The State government had informed the High Court that over ₹444 crore was being spent towards salaries of over 6,300 teachers, who were employed in surplus, in the State-run and government-aided schools across the State.

While making appointments, between number of postings approved by the government for that respective school in 1991-92 and the postings necessary for the existing student strength as on August 1 that year, the lower figure should be considered for appointments, a G.O. issued in this regard specified.

The guidelines said that Bachelor of Teaching (B.T.) assistants, if found in surplus in a school, could be considered for second grade postings in elementary schools, if there was a need. Likewise, if there were vacancies in postgraduate (PG) assistant posts, B.T. assistant teachers possessing necessary qualification could be redeployed.

If there were multiple schools (aided by the government) run by a single private management, vacancies within all of them could be filled with surplus teachers among those schools by the management.

A list of surplus teachers redeployment to other schools is to be maintained by the authorities.

Scope for relocation

In case the teachers were willing to accept postings in junior classes, they could be considered for redeployment in schools run by the same private management or other, it stated. Once the redeployment of teachers was completed within a district, surplus teachers in schools would be considered for re-deployment to other districts through the Director of School Education, according to the G.O..

Impersonation case: hunt on to trace medico, his parents
Udit Surya moves court seeking anticipatory bail
21/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ,CHENNAI

A special team of police personnel from Theni district visited the residence of the parents of Udit Surya, who allegedly secured admission to Government Theni Medical College by using a proxy to take the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

It has intensified efforts to trace the student and his parents who have been absconding since the scandal broke out.

Anticipatory bail sought

In a related development, Udit Surya moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail. Refuting the charges levelled against him, he has stated mental health issues and depression as reasons for withdrawing from the course.

The police team headed by inspector T. Usha visited the apartment in Tondiarpet where Udit Surya and his parents, Dr. Venkatesan and Kayalvizhi, stayed.

They interacted with the neighbours, since the couple and their son were not at home. Sources added that the police are scrutinising call records of the trio, bank transactions and CCTV camera footage to trace them.

A senior official of Government Stanley Medical College Hospital said the team inquired about Dr. Venkatesan, who works as a casualty medical officer at the hospital. “He has been on medical leave since September 16,” he said.

The case surfaced after College Dean A. K. Rajendran received two emails on September 11 and 13 from a person identified as Ashok Krishnan, complaining that Udit Surya took the NEET twice but failed.

In his third attempt, he appeared in Mumbai and cleared the test. However, the subsequent mail claimed that the boy who is pursuing the course was not the person who appeared for the test.

Jadavpur univ VC faces flak for campus ruckus

Raj Bhavan Release Points At Serious Lapses On Police Part To Contain Situation

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kolkata:21.09.2019

The office of Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday piled up pressure on the vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University and police, saying it had taken note of the “serious lapses by the VC” and the failure of the police to provide adequate “security arrangements for the governor” during Thursday’s six-hour campus ruckus.

A Raj Bhavan release on Friday referred to the “issue of serious lapses by the VC, including virtual abandonment of his obligations, and the apparent (police) failure in attending to the situation appropriately and inadequate security arrangements for the governor/chancellor during his visit”. The issues were “receiving his (governor’s) attention for way-forward steps”, the communique added.

The statement, combined with a directive to JU to submit a report on Thursday’s incidents within 48 hours from Friday, has put university officials in a bind. Governor Dhankhar’s presence, and his firsthand observation of the incidents on the campus from close quarters, would add to VC Suranjan Das’s discomfiture, they admitted. “The governor’s first-hand view of the incidents leaves little room for any report that may be contradictory,” a JU official said.

Junior Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo was assaulted and abused by a section of JU students after he had gone there to attend an event organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students’ wing of BJP. The governor had rushed to the campus on Thursday evening to “rescue” Babul after speaking to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who, according to Trinamool Congress seniors, requested him not to go there.

Das was in hospital on Friday and was not available for comment. There were reports on Thursday itself that he was under pressure to resign, prompting senior Trinamool ministers to come out in his support and assure him that he had “no reason to worry”.

Mamata, who was in Delhi on Thursday, chose to ignore the issue after returning to Kolkata on Friday. The party, too, issued a tame release, saying that it “stood by” its Thursday’s response and added that it expected the “governor to give justice to the VC, professors and students”.

“The administration played a peaceful role to resolve the problem amicably. We must punish the culprits who assaulted students, including girls, and ransacked the campus,” the party said.

But it made “one thing very clear: universities are autonomous institutions and police cannot enter a university campus without the VC’s permission”, according to “a timehonoured tradition”.

Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh came out in support of the Raj Bhavan complaints against the state administration. “The governor had to virtually perform the police’s role,” Ghosh said. “We will pay back on the same coin if CPMNaxal-Trinamool cadres assault a Union minister,” he added.


IN VAIN: Police try to manage BJP supporters during a protest rally against the assault on party leader Babul Supriyo

More med frauds tumble out as colleges scrutinise docus
Fraudster Was Caught Once Earlier
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai/Madurai:21.09.2019

Nearly 10 days before the Theni Medical College dean filed complaint against a first year MBBS student for impersonation, his counterpart in Madurai had flagged another student who had come to the college with a fake allotment order of the New Delhi-based Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

On September 10, more than a month after the college closed admissions to the 250 MBBS seats at Madurai Medical College, one Riyas from Andhra Pradesh came to the college clutching an ‘allotment order’ by the MCC. Medical college dean Dr K Vanitha, who became suspicious, informed the Tallakulam police. While at least two other candidates, who too had come with similar admission orders, managed to flee before the police arrived, Riyas was detained for inquiry.

Riyas told police that he did not clear the NEET-2019 examination, but one Vickram Singh from New Delhi told him that he could get him a seat in a medical college for a payment of ₹40 lakh. “His parents had negotiated with Vickram Singh and paid Rs6 lakh in three instalments. After payment of ₹4 lakh, Riyas was handed over a ‘copy’ of an ‘allotment order’. The ‘order’ was handed over to him at the Madurai airport,” police said. At least 60 students were cheated by Singh, according to statement from Riyas.

Meanwhile, more information about the Theni college impersonator has tumbled out. It is not the first time K V Udit Surya is being sent out of a medical school. In November 2016, the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University refused to register his name, as he had joined the course without clearing NEET that year. In February 2017, the Medical Council of India had also directed the dean of Ponniyah Ramajayam Insititute of Medical Science to discharge Udit Suriya and 35 other students of the college, who had joined the course without NEET qualification.

On Friday, all medical colleges – government and private – under the state medical university have been asked to verify whether the students who have been given admission are the same ones attending the classes. Some colleges said they had already verified the documents and the students.

Udit Surya moves HC for bail

Madurai: The first year MBBS student of Theni Medical College and suspected NEET impersonator, K V Udit Suriya, has moved Madras high court for anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in connection with the case. He claimed that the two images — one in his college identity card and the other found on NEET marksheet and admit card — appeared different because of lighting during photo session. He said that he had severe psychiatric issues. TNN

Now senior govt staff won’t be paid less than juniors

Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:21.09.2019

Pay anomalies are an integral part of government service. Government employees either end up in courts seeking remedies or await the mercy of their superiors to set right anomalies. But now, the state government has introduced a new system to ensure that seniors don’t get paid less than their juniors.

Pay anomalies are common in state government service. There are superintending engineers in the public works department drawing less salary than executive engineers who report to them. A senior revenue official noticed recently that his junior was drawing a higher salary. An assistant director in the art and culture department had a harrowing time getting pay anomaly rectified after charges against him, for which his pay was docked, were not proved.

Chief secretary K Shanmugam recently issued an order to all heads of departments to prepare detailed salary statements of their staff, following a new format, to identify and rectify pay anomalies, mainly instances of seniors drawing less salary than juniors. “It has been noticed by the personnel and administrative reforms department that the particulars which are furnished by the heads of the departments /administrative departments in Secretariat regarding the service details and pay drawn particulars are not sufficient to compare and justify the pay anomaly,” the chief secretary said. Also, the pay fixation details of many employees were found to be erroneous on cross-checking with service registers. The heads of departments also failed to provide authenticated copy of the seniority list.

Interestingly, the instructions for rectifying pay anomalies – of juniors getting paid more than seniors – was issued long ago. Subsequently, many pay commission recommendations were implemented by the finance department and fundamental rule provisions were amended too.

Tamil Nadu Secretariat Association president, S Peter Anthonysamy, said the new format would replace complicated formats followed by various departments in the past. “There used to be hundreds of queries earlier, and the files used to be pending for up to 15 years. The new format will benefit the staff and avoid the delay,” Anthonysamy said. The seniors are guaranteed the arrears after the anomalies are rectified, he said.

HC moved on Anna Univ exam rules

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:21.09.2019

Several engineering studentsfrom colleges affiliated to Anna University have approached the Madras high court seeking to recall the recent amendments made to the rules on arrears and re-exams. Admitting the plea, a division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and N Seshasayee ordered notice to the university.

According to K M Moulee and nine others, who are pursuing engineering in a college in Namakkal, the changes to the choice-based credit system (CBCS) meant students who fail in the theory course can reappear only with regular students when that course is offered the next time/year. Earlier, students could reappear for the exam in the following semester.The number of arrears students could have was also limited, they said. “The structure of the examination and passing requirements can’t be changed in the middle of the academic session. The newly amended CBCS is discriminatory since the regulations applied to only self-financing institutions and not to other students under the university,” the petitioners said.

Primary Health Care doctor plays hide and seek with patients

Express visited the centre along with a resident who was suffering from toothache. She was given 2 tablets by the staff nurse, and asked to drink plenty of water.

Published: 20th September 2019 04:52 AM |

For representational purposes

By Nirupama Viswanathan

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Beyond the walls of what looks like an untroubled island within Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board premises at Perumbakkam where a Primary Health Care centre is situated, all seems to be not well.

The only doctor on duty comes in at 9 am, but does not stay past 11 am on most days, lament local residents. The doctor is mandated to stay in the Centre till 4 pm, they point out. But, it does not happen.

Express visited the Centre twice, in a gap of three weeks. Both times, it was the single nurse on duty who doubled up as the doctor. There is just this nurse and a compounder in this PHC that is supposed to cater to a population of 13,000 families, most of them who have been evicted from central areas of the city and resttled in TNSCB tenements here.

Express visited the centre along with a resident who was suffering from toothache. She was given 2 tablets by the staff nurse, and asked to drink plenty of water. Till recently, the sanitary worker was writing the prescriptions, alleged the residents.

Worse still, residents said that until recently, the hospital worker (sanitary worker) on duty wrote prescriptions and supplied available medicines. On days when there was a staff shortage, this hospital worker took on an entire shift himself which meant that he was the only person in the entire hospital, handling any case- emergency, or otherwise, that came to him, endangering the lives of the average 160-180 patients that visited the PHC daily. In many cases, he is taken to be the doctor by residents who earnestly hang on to his every word.

"Such is the value for our lives. For a long time, we thought he was the doctor and locals here still ask him for medicines. It is not the hospital worker's fault. If the doctor had been on duty in the mandated hours, why would sanitary worker be forced to take up this work too," said Priyadharshini K, a resident of the tenements.

A few hospital staff Express spoke to, confirmed that this was indeed the case but now he has been asked to stay away from attending to patients. Now, the pharmacists and nurses take over the work of treating the patients after the doctor leaves.

No maternity care

Perumbakkam is one among the four of the 40 PHCs under the Chengalpattu health unit district that do not have maternity care. With its population of over 50,000, there would be around 80-100 EDDs (Estimated Date of Delivery) for a given day. All these cases are sent instead to other health centres- private and public.

According to official data, the Medavakkam health care centre presently handles most number of deliveries of the 40 PHCs, handling 38 deliveries in the last month. Express found the labour ward and the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) ward at Perumbakkam PHC to be locked.

When contacted, a senior health department official said the hospital worker was not authorised to treat patients and that he would personally inspect the PHC. As for maternity care, he said since the Perumbakkam PHC was new, maternity care services have not been initiated yet."We have the infrastructure in place and we will begin maternity care soon."

Family of medical student caught for NEET fraud missing
The family of the student, who was allegedly involved in impersonation and joined the Government Theni Medical College, was absconding on Thursday, according to the police.

Published: 20th September 2019 04:54 AM 

By Express News Service

THENI/CHENNAI: The family of the student, who was allegedly involved in impersonation and joined the Government Theni Medical College, was absconding on Thursday, according to the police.

“When we went to K V Udit Surya’s house at Tondiarpet, it was locked and we are trying to trace them. Father of Udit Surya is a doctor working in the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital,” police said.

Meanwhile, the Dean of the Government Theni Medical College Hospital and committee members, who inquired about the impersonation case, met the Director of Medical Education and submitted photos of two candidates who were alleged involved in malpractice on Thursday.

Speaking to Express, a senior Health official said, “One student wrote the NEET in Mumbai, attended counselling, got allotment order from the selection committee secretary and joined the medial college. After 20 days, that student disappeared and a new candidate began to attend classes. We collected three photographs – one that was on the NEET hall ticket and another two that were given to the department and the college hostel. The photographs given to the college department and the hostel were different from the one on the hall ticket”.

Meanwhile, the Director of Medical Education sent a circular to all government medical colleges and self-financing colleges, requesting them to constitute a special committee comprising the vice-principal and heads of the departments to verify immediately all MBBS students.

“If any student is on leave, the student should have to report back to college for verification. Photos attached to the NEET admit card and selection committee allotment order should be physically verified with the students admitted in their respective colleges,” the circular said.

Madras High Court expresses security concern

The two Lankans are suspected of being involved in several heinous crimes such as rape, murder and gang war in Sri Lanka and had entered into India through Tamil Nadu to escape punishment.

Published: 20th September 2019 05:17 AM |

Madras High Court (File Photo | D Sampath Kumar/EPS)

By Express News Service

MADURAI: Castigating the State government and the Intelligence Department after two Sri Lankan accused — lined up for deportation but ‘inadvertently’ released from the Puzhal Prison-II — escaped, the  Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court raised concerns about the security apparatus along India’s coast.
Hearing a Habeas Corpus Petition filed by two Sri Lankans — Sanga Srantha and his associate Mohamed Saffras — seeking direction for deportation, a bench comprising Justices S Vaidyanathan and N Anand

Venkatesh expressed doubt whether this serious lapse was a mistake.  The issue, if not addressed, would create an impression that terrorists or dangerous criminals could illegally enter and leave India seriously affecting India’s security apparatus along the coast, they added.

Explanation sought from the magistrate

The judges also criticised the Judicial Magistrate-II of Ramanathapuram that he, despite knowing that the proceedings against the accused in connection with their illegal entry into India was being withdrawn only to facilitate their deportation, had failed to mention that crucial aspect in his discharge order. Moreover, the discharge order had been communicated directly to the prison authorities, instead of going through the police officials concerned, they noted and sought an explanation from the magistrate, along with the original case records and dispatch register, at the next hearing on October 3.

The two Lankans are suspected of being involved in several heinous crimes such as rape, murder and gang war in Sri Lanka and had entered into India through Tamil Nadu to escape punishment.

Nursing with spirituality
Most of the physical illnesses have their roots in psychic causes or the psychic factors — especially one’s negative outlook, negative attitude, negative thinking and erroneous lifestyle.

Published: 19th September 2019 06:20 AM |

By Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Most of the physical illnesses have their roots in psychic causes or the psychic factors — especially one’s negative outlook, negative attitude, negative thinking and erroneous lifestyle. However, this truth still lies hidden from so-called modern human’s view that one’s outlook, attitudes and lifestyle are determined by the ethical and spiritual aspects of his personality. As a result of this lack of realisation, only a few steps have been taken by the health scientists to give a spiritual touch to the environment in hospitals and a moral and spiritual orientation to the doctors, surgeons and nurses.

There might be some hospitals and institutions that may be training nurses while keeping above-mentioned factors in view, but their numbers are indeed small. A nurse is a unique soul who will pass through our life for a minute and impact it for an eternity. Hence, it is very important for such a person who is responsible to look after a patient’s well being, to take care of her/his mental as well as spiritual health. Nowadays, many nurses are spiritually inclined and they have those qualities within them, but if the health authorities give this aspect due importance in training, then things would be much better at hospitals.

Each one of us react differently to a situation of stress depending on our values, belief system, weakness and spiritual strength. Therefore, the delicate job of nurses requires that their functioning must have spiritual qualities also. A patient must be free from mental stress and in order to achieve it, he/she must have his/her spirit also healed by receiving spiritual treatment along with medical treatment. By receiving spiritual treatment, he/she would become strong enough to face stress in his/her life without getting affected by tension, trauma or depression.

It should be understood in this context that if a patient gets cured, but does not change his attitude and outlook and gets emotionally disturbed again and again, he/she will then have to be treated again for the same or for a more complicated disease. So, in order to get a lasting cure, the psychological, social and mental aspects of his/her personality have to be attended to, and for that purpose, it is essential that he/she should get spiritual treatment also.

It is high time that health professionals across the globe realise that a comfortable bed and room does not enable a patient to have rest, nor do sedatives or pain killers remove his/her pain for a long period if there is a trauma or a conflict in the patient’s mind. It is necessary to provide spiritual wisdom that would give him/her peace and emotional stability. There is a power within each one of us, which helps us regain health. This inner power has to be re-awakened because anyone who has lost the will to be well or the will to live cannot survive for long.

Our strong and awakened will can work wonders in matters of health. Positive thinking, positive attitude, faith in the Almighty as well as spiritual meditation can repair what seems to be impossible for medical science. Medicines play their own role, but a person’s inner power along with harmony of mind, intellect and emotions enable nature to work its way to good health. Medication removes the barriers and meditation awakens the inner power and helps nature in process of cure. So, let us practise meditation along with medication to achieve fast recovery from all kinds of physical and mental ailments.

Power shutdown in parts of Chennai on September 20, here's the list

Power supply will be cut from 9 to 5 in areas like RA Puram to Madhavaram.

Published: 19th September 2019 01:05 AM

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: For carrying out maintenance work, power supply will be suspended by Tangedco on Friday (September 20) from 9 am to 5 pm in the following areas. Power supply will be resumed before 5 pm if work is completed. Here is the list:

RA PURAM: RA Puram 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Main Road, RA Puram 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cross Street, RK Nagar 1st, 2nd Street, RK Nagar 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cross Street, Greenways Road, Bishop Garden, Bishop Garden Extn, Bagyarathi Street, Vishwanathan Street, Kamarajar Salai, Chamiers Road, Co-operative Colony, Sri Ram Nagar North, South and West, Boat Club House Road, Sathya Narayana Avenue, Crescent Avenue, ABM Avenue, St Marys Road, Padavettamman Street, Turn Bulls Road, Prithivi Avenue, Thiruvenkadam Street, Auscin Nagar, Ganapathy Colony, Chamiers 1st Lane, Adyar club gate Road, Bughs Road, RK Puram, Shunmugapuram, Venkat Raman Street, Kesavaperumal Puram (North, Central, East), Annai Sathya Nagar 1st to 5th Street, Annai Teresa Nagar, Govinda Samy Nagar, Kattapomman Street, Elango Street, Sringeri Mutt Road and Vanniampathy Street.

CMBT AREA: Athinath Godown, V S Mani Nagar part, MRH Road, 200ft road, Natraj nagar, Guru Ragaventhira nagar, Srinivasa nagar, Ring road housing sector, Santhi colony, Mettuma nagar.

MADHAVARAM: Leather Estate, Jumbuli colony, KKR Town, KKR Garden, Ravi Garden, Alex Nagar, ABCD Colony, Metha Nagar, Padmavathy nagar, Logambal nagar, Chittinest Bhasahyam nagar, Subramani nagar, Telephone colony south, S RC Metha, Little Wings.

VELACHERY: Old Taramani, Mahatma Gandhi nagar, Anbazhagan nagar, Thiruvallur salai, Natarajan street, Seethapathy nagar, Jayanthi street, Gandhi salai, Thiruveethi amman koil st, Vellalar street.

PUZHAL: Nagappa Estate, MGR nagar, Puzhal, Cycle shop, Anna Ninaivu nagar.

Chennai electrocutions: Chitlapakkam has many electric poles waiting to collapse

Chitlapakkam, where the collpase of an electric pole recently killed a man, has too many poles that are rusted and dilapidated cables.

Published: 20th September 2019 06:22 AM |

Near MIT flyover towards Chitalapakkam, a electric pole is seen to be bent, almost on the verge of collapsing.

By Madhumitha Viswanath

Express News Service

CHENNAI: The recent death of Sethuraj who was electrocuted after a damaged electric pole fell on him, has shocked the suburban locality of Chitalapakkam in Chennai. A visit to the locality by Express revealed that this was an accident waiting to happen. Contrary to the electricity minister's statement, Chitlapakkam is filled with old, rusted, ill-maintained poles weighed down by a maze of cables.

Near Tambaram Sanatorium after crossing the MIT flyover, Express spotted an electric pole which was bent in the middle with the cables almost touching the ground. Near NSN school in Chitalapakkam, a
transformer and an electric pole next to it were both rusted. The cement coating on most of the poles had chipped off and the rusted rod was seen inside. Also each pole had many strings of heavy cables
hanging and clustered.

A few more areas in Chitalapakkam which have damaged electric poles are Ramanar Street, MMDA Nagar, Kalaivanar Street, Ragavendra Salai, Babu Street, Kalyanasundram Street, Nehru Street, Gandhi Street, Shankaranarayana Street, Kaveri Street, Gomathi Street and Pradeep Avenue.

Severe shortage of manpower

Cap Overhead electric cables lying dangerously low on Pamban Swamigal Street in Chitalapakkam as road was not milled.

Locals alleged that the main problem behind this issue was inadequate manpower with the Panchayat that has resulted in the shoddy maintenance of poles. They said that Sethu Raj's death could have been
prevented if Tangedco and Chitalapakkam Panchayat officials had carried out routine maintenance of poles, cables and transformers in the area.

"There are around 60,000 people living in Chitalapakkam alone which is divided into 18 wards. But there are only two workers employed by the Panchayat to maintain and repair electric poles. There are close to 100 poles which need to replaced immediately and this can only be done with more workers ," said Pallavi Kannadasan, a resident of Chitalapakkam.

P Viswanathan, a local activist, through an RTI reply found that there are just 11 officials taking care of electricity issues pertaining to Nehru Nagar in Chitalapakkam. "Nehru Nagar alone has 133 transformers, 54 poles and as many as 19,627 services connections. How can just 11 officials from Tangedco manage day to day maintenance? Also, there is a serious coordination problem between Tangedco and Panchayat officials," he said.

Dangers of low lying cables

Moreover, lack of milled roads has caused the cables to hang dangerously low. Six month ago, in Pamban Swamigal Street where almost all overhead cables lie very low, roof of a school bus touched the cables. After repeated complaints by residents it was raised higher after a month. But now they have come back to its previous state.

Poles erected by the Panchayat are 18 ft (low tension cables) and 24 ft tall (high tension cables). And for stability four to six ft of the pole is buried underground. But as roads are not milled in
Chitalapakkam before a new layer of tar is laid, height of the road keeps increasing. This inturn makes the gap between the cable and the road lesser and lesser.

Residents said that officials had temporarily fixed cement bases to some poles and the ones without the base sway dangerously even during light rains. Though the cement layer outside the entire length of the
pole is intact, the parts inside are rusted which makes the pole snap easily.

"For single poles that are located in dead ends, stay wires must be fixed on either side. These wires will give support and hold them in place. The pole which fell on Sethu Raj was a single one. If it was
stabilized with a stay wire it wouldn't have fallen on him," said Lakshmi Krishnakumar, a resident and a close friend to Sethu Raj's family.

As a permanent solution, residents demanded that all rusted electric poles be replaces with new ones before monsoons set in by October. "It is sad that only after a person's death officials take our complaints seriously. Another rusted pole on the street where Sethu Raj lived was hurriedly replaced on Thursday morning," said Lakshmi.

A Tangedco official said that a new batch of electric poles have been sent on Thursday to be replaced in the Tambaram division under which Chitalapakkam comes. " Assistant and additional engineers of each ward are inspecting the entire locality to spot out old poles and will replace them with the new ones. Minister also asked the public to inform their local Tangedco office if they spot poles in a bad  condition," he added.

DDU College hostellers stage protest
20/09/2019, STAFF REPORTER,NEW DELHI

Hostellers at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College in Dwarka staged a protest on Wednesday night that continued till Thursday afternoon over poor living conditions. The protest was dispersed, without getting any assurance, after alleged threats from the administration.

Students who wished to remain anonymous said that the outburst was a consequence of months of complaints that had gone unheeded. Their major issues include, problems with the quality of food and water, strict curfew timings and unavailability of Wi-Fi. Students were not given basic facilities. These problems allegedly led to health problems among students, they alleged.

Transport strike leaves commuters stranded

20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

Commuters were left stranded on Thursday as several transport unions organised a day-long strike in the Capital. Several schools remained shut and transportation hubs like the New Delhi railway station and ISBT at Kashmere Gate bore a deserted look as autorickshaws, private buses, app-based cabs and other taxis stayed off the roads.

The strike was called to protest the “hefty” fines being levied under the amended Motor Vehicles Act.

Need to raise awareness about silent aortic diseases: expert
Exclusive centre inaugurated at SIMS Hospital

20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Dr. V.V. Bashi, director, ICAD, with N. Ram, chairman, THG Publishing Private Ltd, at the event. S.R. Raghunathan

A year ago, B. Elankumaran, now 31, experienced severe chest pain. Earlier, he had shortness of breath and mild pain, but had not given it a second thought. This time, he was hospitalised. Doctors told him his condition was serious — he had an aortic dissection and a genetic condition, Marfan syndrome. Referred to Chennai, he was told that he would require surgery within 24 hours. The surgery was done, and now, he says he is fine.

Mr. Elankumaran was one of the few patients who spoke at the inauguration of an exclusive centre for aortic diseases, set up by the Institute of Cardiac & Aortic Disorders (ICAD), SIMS Hospital, on Thursday.

V.V. Bashi, director, ICAD, said September 19 is observed as World Aortic Disease Awareness Day and stressed the need for more awareness about aortic conditions. Since these were generally silent diseases, they came without warning, and could be fatal if untreated, he said. He also spoke of challenges in the Indian sector, such as transportation to centres of treatment, expense and availability of care. N. Ram, chairman, THG Publishing Private Ltd, who inaugurated the Centre, highlighted the need for awareness, and the media’s role in this. “Media has a credible information function,” he said.

The centre will treat a range of aortic diseases and also create awareness. A website on the diseases was also launched. Vice-president of the hospital Raju Sivasamy, and interventional radiologist K. Murali participated.

Class 11 students can opt for five or six subjects

Children allowed to leave out math or biology

20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Higher secondary course programmes will offer students a choice of taking either five subjects or six subjects.

Students who join Class 11 will be allowed to choose a cluster of core subjects from the 2020-2021 academic year.

In an order, the School Education Department said that students could either choose to study only five subjects from the next academic year in class 11 and 12 or opt for six subjects, if they wish to study an extra subject.

The subjects are divided into three parts — Part I - language; Part II - English; are mandatory. In Part III - students must select three core subjects, in tune with the combinations that the department has listed.

The students who wish to study medicine or allied health courses if they wish, can leave out mathematics and study only five subjects. Students aspiring for engineering can omit biology. Those who opt for five subjects will take exams for 500 marks and those taking four core subjects will appear for six exams each for 100 marks. Similar combinations have been specified for arts and vocational streams.

If students want to keep their engineering and medicine options open, they can chose six subjects. The department has given a list of groups — comprising three core subjects and four core subjects in different combinations — the students can choose from.

A senior official from the department said that the decision to offer students the option of taking up five subjects was taken to reduce their stress and enable them to concentrate better on subjects of their choices. There has been speculation since early this year that the department was planning to introduce this option.

Teachers welcome move

The Tamil Nadu Teachers Association welcomed this move. “While the move is a well thought out, there also needs to be focus on teacher training and the content that students will be studying. The syllabus was revamped for a majority of the classes this year and more attention needs to be given to implementing teacher training programmes before changes are brought in for assessment and examination methods,” said K.R. Nandhakumar, State general secretary, T.N. Nursery Primary Higher Secondary Matriculation and CBSE Schools Association.

Learn entrepreneurial skills while studying, says expert

20/09/2019, STAFF REPORTER, MADURAI

Business sense: M. Krishnan, Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, speaking at the launch of EDII Hub in Madurai on Thursday. S. James

During the course of study, one must learn skills to become entrepreneurs as the service sector alone could not provide jobs to the 7.5 lakh students who pass out of colleges in the State every year, said S. Nagarajan, Director, Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII) of the State government here on Thursday.

Speaking at the inauguration of EDII Hub at Madurai Kamaraj University, the first non-engineering university in the State to have such a project, he said, “The purpose of the programme will not be fulfilled unless the students run their own enterprises during the course of the project. The students can explore possibilities, set up businesses on the college campus and get trained to understand the market,” said Mr. Nagarajan.

Professors and heads of more than 70 autonomous and affiliated institutions of the university participated in the event. Through this programme, colleges affiliated to MKU will have to form an entrepreneurship development cell (e-cell), upload their activities on a common portal and the best performing colleges will be rewarded. The programme also offers faculty development workshops and intense training classes for aspiring entrepreneurs.

“Many colleges have e-cells and incubators, but they are not utilised optimally,” said R.V. Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII. “Tamil Nadu has 60 incubation centres, but most of them are not functional. They undertake awareness campaigns once a year, but there is no follow-up,” she said. Calling for optimal utilisation of the project, Ms. Shajeevana said the programme would enhance the brand name of the institution and help in better placements.

In addition to the programme, the college would also support the research scholars through funds sanctioned under Phase II of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme, said M. Krishnan, Vice-Chancellor. “The initiative will be successful if at least 50% of institutions affiliated to MKU operate their own e-cells,” he said. V. Vidya Chellam, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, MKU, was present.

HC says ‘no’ to liquor shop near college

20/09/2019,MADURAI

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday restrained the authorities concerned from putting up a Tasmac-run liquor outlet near a college and a de-addiction centre in Alagarkoil here.

A Division Bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and R. Tharani allowed the petition filed by B. Saravanan, Principal of GMS MAVMM Polytechnic College, who sought a direction to restrain the authorities from putting up the shop.

The petitioner complained that the proposed liquor shop was being set up near a polytechnic college at Naickanpatti near Alagarkoil. There was de-addiction centre also nearby, he said.

Though a liquor shop was shifted from the area in 2017 following agitation from students and residents, steps were being taken to bring back the shop, he said.

IRCTC offers tour package to Nepal

20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,MADURAI

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited offers an AC tourist train package - ‘Mukthinath Darshan’ and ‘The Glory Kingdom - Nepal’ from Tiruchi from October 19 to November 1.

According to a press release, passengers will be provided First AC, Second AC and Third AC accommodation on the train and hotel accommodation at places of halt. During train travel, south Indian vegetarian meals, snacks with tea or coffee, tour escort and security on train would be provided. The exclusive tourist train would have a pantry car, dining car and generator car for uninterrupted power supply. The package cost for the 13-day-tour starts at ₹53,330 per person.

The composition of the train is - one first AC coach, three second AC coaches, three third AC coaches, one pantry car, one dining car and two power generator cars.

The tour covers Naimisaranyam, Ayodya, Mukthinath, Pokhara and Kathmandu.

‘The Glory Kingdom - Nepal’ package includes Lucknow- Lumbini- Pokhara- Kurintar-Kathmandu. It costs ₹50,600 per person. For more details and facilitation, passengers can contact 82879 31977 or 0452 2345757. Details are also available on the website www.irctctourism.com.

Sekar Reddy back in TTD Board

In 2016, the A.P. govt. sacked him citing seizure of cash from his house by the CBI

20/09/2019, S. VIJAY KUMAR,CHENNAI

Sekar Reddy

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday nominated industrialist Sekar Reddy as a special invitee to the Board of Trustees, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD). He was also made president of the Local Advisory Committee of TTD in Tamil Nadu.

In December 2016, the Andhra Pradesh government had sacked Mr. Reddy from the TTD Board stating that the CBI had seized over ₹100 crore cash and huge amount of gold from his house in Chennai. The order had, however, said, he was not involved in any irregularity concerning TTD matters.

Mr. Reddy recently wrote to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy contending that the contents of the Government Order (GO) removing him from the post of TTD Board were factually incorrect. He argued that the CBI had conducted a search on his premises more than a week after the GO was issued.

The search referred to in the order was actually conducted by the Income Tax Department and the seizure was only ₹12 lakh. Other seizures made in the case belonged to SRS Mining firm in which he was one of the partners. The cash seized on the company premises was accounted for and advance tax duly paid. “I have been unfairly treated in the hurried removal of my membership of the TTD Board without any verification or enquiry,” he said and sought re-inducting into the TTD Board.

Of the three FIRs registered against him by the CBI, two were quashed by the Madras High Court and the chargesheet was not filed in the third till date.

Others nominated as special invitees to the TTD Board and made Local Advisory Committee presidents were Bhumana Karunakara Reddy, MLA, Tirupati; Rakesh Sinha, Member of Parliament, Delhi; Kupendar Reddy, Bengaluru; Govinda Hari, Hyderabad; Dusmanth Kumar Das, Bhubaneswar; and Amol Kale, Mumbai.

All of them would hold office for a period coterminous with the tenure of the Board that was fully constituted with 28 members on Wednesday.

Second judge from State in Supreme Court

Justice V. Ramasubramanian gets picked on merit

20/09/2019, MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.,CHENNAI

V. Ramasubramanian

Tamil Nadu is all set to get a second judge in the Supreme Court with President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday clearing the elevation of Justice V. Ramasubramanian from the date he assumes charge of his office and the Centre issuing a notification.

Pursuant to his elevation, Justice Ramasubramanian, now the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, will remain in office till June 2023 even as Justice R. Banumathi, only judge from Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court at present, retires from service on July 19, 2020.

The Supreme Court once had a complement of three judges from Tamil Nadu with successive elevation of Justices F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, C. Nagappan and R. Banumathi in April 2012, September 2013 and August 2014 respectively.

However, after the retirement of Justice Kalifulla in July 2016 and Justice Nagappan in October 2016, Justice Banumathi remained the sole representative of the State in the Supreme Court. Justice Ramasubramanian’s elevation comes after a gap of five years since a judge from Tamil Nadu was elevated to the apex court.

A well-known scholar in Tamil and a master of the art of writing judgments, he was born on June 30, 1958 and obtained his bachelor’s degree in science from Vivekananda College in Chennai before graduating in law from the Madras Law College and enrolling as a member of the Bar on February 16, 1983.

After 23 years of practice as a lawyer in the High Court and other judicial fora, he was elevated as an additional judge of the Madras High Court on July 31, 2006 and as a permanent judge on November 9, 2009.

He was sworn in as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court on June 22, 2019 and continues to hold the post till date. The decision taken by the Supreme Court collegium to elevate him to the Supreme Court bypassing the seniority had led to discontent among certain sections. Nevertheless, the collegium remained steadfast in its decision to consider merit too.

Landmark ruling

During his tenure in the Madras High Court, Justice Ramasubramanian had delivered several landmark verdicts. In one judgment on a trademark dispute raised by a web portal, he had delved deep into the Internet age ever since its beginning in 1969 with just four computers located at University of California.

In that judgment, he had said the Trademarks Act of 1999 speaks of honest practices in business at two places, but does not indicate anywhere as to what constitutes honest practice. “It may perhaps be due to the fact that persons who follow honest practices in everyday life do not need a definition from the statute book, while for others no amount of definition would be of any use,” he added.

He so went on to state: “Honesty is actually an animus of mind. It can never be discovered either by words spoken by a person or by acts of omission and commission committed by him. Therefore, one can only make inferences from the circumstances.”

Retired staff of STC get their dues
20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday distributed cheques towards pending retirement benefits to retired employees of various State-run transport corporations.

Retirement benefits of ₹1,093 crore were to be distributed to the beneficiaries. The pending dues were to be paid to employees who retired between April 2018 and March 2019.

Mr. Palaniswami inaugurated 288 housing quarters for police personnel, built on Papanasam Sivan Salai in Mylapore.

Police team searches for medico
20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

A special team of police personnel from Theni district visited the city residence of Udit Surya, a student of Theni Medical College accused of impersonation to secure a seat in the medical college. Following complaints of impersonation and fraud, he surrendered his seat.

Udit Surya was charged with having someone else write the NEET exam and attend the counselling on his behalf. This was revealed after a complaint was sent to the authorities of the college. The special team constituted by Theni district SP visited a house in Tondiarpet based on the address given by Udit Surya in his document. Police sources said, “We went to the place which was mentioned in the application to conduct an inquiry. But no one was available in the said address. We will conduct further inquiry.”

Wettest day of year, highest rain in Sept.

20/09/2019,CHENNAI

The city has recorded the highest rainfall for a single day in September in a decade. Nungambakkam recorded 10.4 cm for a 24-hour period, ending 8.30 a.m. Thursday.

Access to Internet is a basic right: Kerala HC

Upholds college student’s plea

20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,KOCHI

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that the right to have access to the Internet is part of the fundamental right to education as well as the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Justice P.V. Asha made the observation while ordering the principal of Sree Narayanaguru College, Kozhikode, to re-admit a student who had been expelled from the college hostel for using her mobile phone beyond the restricted hours.

The court observed, “When the Human Rights Council of the United Nations has found that the right of access to Internet is a fundamental freedom and a tool to ensure right to education, a rule or instruction which impairs the said right of the students cannot be permitted to stand in the eye of law.”

The verdict came on a petition filed by Faheema Shirin, a third-semester B.A. English student of the college at Chelanur, challenging her expulsion for not adhering to restrictions on the use of mobile phone. As per the rules of the girls’ hostel, inmates were restrained from using mobile phones from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. She, along with a few other inmates, had protested against the restriction, as it was hampering their learning process.

CBI books 2 agri dept officers over harvester machine supply

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Chennai:20.09.2019

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chennai, has registered a case of cheating and forgery against two officials from the agriculture department in Salem and the administrative director of a firm supplying harvester machines based on a complaint by a farmer, who was allegedly cheated of ₹19.39 lakh while purchasing a machine.

The case was registered on Wednesday by the anticorruption branch of CBI based on the Madras high court’s direction. The complaint was earlier rejected by a judicial magistrate in Attur. The high court suspects that the officials may have colluded to swindle the public exchequer and ordered a CBI probe.

According to the complainant V Ramakrishnan, a resident of Attur taluk in Salem, the assistant executive engineer of the agricultural engineering department, assistant engineer and the administrative director of South East Farm equipments Pvt Ltd in Salem cheated him.

Ramakrishnan said that in 2010-11 he had submitted an application at the agriculture department office for purchasing a paddy harvester machine. The application was scrutinised by the assistant executive engineer and it was accepted as it fulfilled the criteria.

The office later issued a supply order with a conditional clause that the machine was to be supplied within 15 days. The cost of the machine was ₹19.39 lakh. Of this, ₹15.39 lakh was paid to the South East Farm Equipments Pvt Ltd and the balance amount of ₹4 lakh was to be paid as a subsidy by the agricultural engineering department to the company, Ramakrishnan said. However, the company did not supply the machine as on date, Ramakrishnan alleged.

The trio have been accused of preparing a fake invoice by using a machine and chassis number which was purchased by Ramakrishnan earlier and swindling ₹4 lakh. He also stated that ₹15.39 lakh was not repaid to him and he did not get the paddy harvester machine as well.

The case was booked on Wednesday by the anti-corruption branch of CBI, Chennai, based on the Madras high court’s direction

Med seat for daughter: Cop conned of ₹1L

Chennai:20.09.2019

A woman police inspector was cheated of ₹1 lakh by an overseas education agency which promise a medical seat for her daughter in Poland. Following her complaint at the Mylapore police station, the agency owner was detained and the money was returned.

Shalini, 45, a CB-CID inspector at Old Police Commissionerate and a resident of police quarters in Pallavaram, allegedly paid ₹1 lakh to the agency at Alwarpet three months ago after it promised to get her daughter a medical seat in Poland. She approached police as the agency did not return the money.

Shalini’s daughter did not clear NEET and the family wanted to send her abroad for MBBS. “The girl’s documents were not cleared so the agency was not able to send her,” said a police officer. TNN

Sri Krishna sweets

Mining baron Sekar Reddy is TTD spl invitee

Chennai:20.09.2019

Sand mining baron A J Sekar Reddy, who was arrested by CBI and enforcement directorate (ED) in 2016 after ₹170crore new and demonetised notes besides 127kg gold were seized from him, has been appointed special invitee of Tirumalai Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Only on Wednesday, the Andhra Pradesh government had nominated 24 TTD board members. The present GO has named seven people, including Reddy, from various cities as special invitees.

Reddy is at present incharge of the TTD’s information centre in T Nagar as well as the newly constructed temple at Kanyakumari. He has been made special invitee as he is the president of local advisory committee. “God has given me another chance to work for Him,” Reddy told TOI.