MCI

National level Powerlifting champ joins MBBS, gets ragged at Ernakulam Medical College  Campus

Published on November 9, 2019 | Last Updated on November 9, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: In a brutal ragging incident surfaced recently from Government Medical College Ernakulam (GMC Ernakulam), a National Level Powerlifting Champion, who joined MBBS this year at the institute; sustained grievous injury on right shoulder after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of 12 senior medicos.

The fresher MBBS student’s right shoulder bone got dislocated and he was admitted in the medical college hospital for treatment.

In his complaint to the medical college Principal, the MBBS student alleged that 12 senior medical students including house surgeons at the GMC ragged him and displaced his shoulder bone. The incident allegedly took place on November 6 midnight during the arts festival at the medical college campus.

With the injury; the MBBS student, who is supposed to participate in National Powerlifting competition, in January 2020; may not be able to do so. The doctor has also advised the medico one month rest.

When asked if any action is being taken by the institute authorities on this case, Vice-Principal Dr P Anil Kumar informed Onmanorama that the student’s complaint would be forwarded to the police and a three-member council at the medical college, comprising Heads of Departments (HoDs), would be constituted to probe the ragging incident.

Medical Council of India’s updated definition includes the following to define ragging as, “Any act of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted at another student (fresher or otherwise) on the ground of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender (including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origins, linguistic identity, place of birth, place of residence or economic background.”

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS) had suspended seven students of the 2018 MBBS batch for three months for ragging the junior students and making them tonsure their heads. A fine of Rs 25,000 was also slapped on each of them. Besides, a penalty of Rs 5,000 was imposed on all 150 students of the 2018 batch.

Othet states

WB Medical Council suspends 3 Apollo Gleneagles Hospital doctors on medical negligence

Published on November 9, 2019 | Last Updated on November 9, 2019 State : West Bengal

Bengal: Holding negligence in the treatment provided to a four month old baby on the part of three Apollo Gleneagles Hospital doctors, the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has now suspended three doctors associated with the case for a period of three months.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the WBCERC has also awarded a compensation of Rs 30 lakh to the baby’s family, who died on April 19.

The case goes back to April 2017 when a four month old baby who was admitted to the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital for a colonoscopy died primarily because of an aesthetic overdose.

Alleging Medical Negligence on part of the hospital and its doctors, the parents approached the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) and the WBMC. The WBCERC held the doctors as well as the hospital guilty of negligence.

“Apollo Gleneagles Hospital is guilty of mismanagement and misrepresentation of facts, deficiency in services, negligent. It is also having come to the conclusion that three doctors seemed to be negligent in carrying out the treatment as expected,” the Commission said in its order.

Regarding the conduct of the doctors, the commission observed

It may be so that doctors have a set of activities in carrying out a procedure. However, in this particular case it is clear that none of the two important doctors in the act i-.e., Dr. Goenka and Dr. Mahawar ever saw the patient physically to assess whether she is capable of undergoing such a procedure. Moreover, none of his team doctors evaluated critical parameters of the baby. The Commission is surprised to note that if a doctor does not evaluate a patient properly before carrying out a procedure it clearly falls under the domain of negligence. We can safely conclude that neither Dr. Goenka nor Dr. Mahawar were aware of the baby’s condition prior to the procedure and they went ahead mechanically in carrying out the colonoscopy. Even though on records it is satisfying that the colonoscopy itself was uneventful as also revealed from the x-rays, the same could not be said regarding condition of baby to undergo anaesthesia and recover back. In view of the foregoing discussions it is amply clear that the hospital did not manage the baby in an appropriate manner, there was lack of communication between the duty doctors, consultant doctors and nurses, the baby was kept for over three days in the hospital for no apparent medical reason and therefore the hospital, the three attending doctors, viz., Dr. V R Srivastava, Dr. Mahesh Kumar Goenka and Dr. Sanjay Mahawar seem to be negligent in treatment and the hospital is additionally guilty of deficiency in services which it is required to professionally provide for, lack of coordination, mismanagement, misrepresentation of facts and making the patient to over stay.

Since the commission can only try hospitals, the medical negligence part was being probed by WBMC, with PTI now reporting that the state medical council has called for the suspension of the doctors .

As per the order of the WBMC, the names of the three doctors would be removed from the council’s website and they would not be allowed to work at any medical facility in the state, a senior official said. The council in September conducted the final hearing in the death case.

A WBMC source informed the news agency that the verdict will be out soon.

MCI

MBBS, PG Medical fee to get regularized in private medical colleges; MOHFW, MCI BOG on the Job

Last Updated on November 7, 2019

New Delhi: Bringing a sense of relief to medical aspirants across the country, MBBS, as well as PG Medical fee at various private medical colleges and deemed universities will be brought under control from the next academic session

In the light of the fact that the formation of National Medical Commission (NMC) to replace the existing Medical Council of India (MCI) may take some more time, the Union Health Ministry has asked the Board of Governors (BoG) to prepare draft guidelines for the fee structure in private medical colleges and deemed universities from the next academic session.

The same will form the base document, once the National Medical Commission (NMC) replaces the MCI

In its letter to the BoG, the Health Ministry said it has initiated the process of formation of the National Medical Commission, Medical Advisory Council and the four autonomous Boards and it is likely to take some time.

“The Commission on its constitution will also frame guidelines for determination of fee which may be enforced from the academic session 2021-22.

“It has been desired that the BoG may prepare draft guidelines for determination of fees and all other charges of 50 per cent of private medical colleges and deemed universities as envisaged under the NMC Act 2019 so that the Commission on its constitution may utilise the same and so that it can be enforced from the next academic session–2020-21 — onwards for both UG and PG medical admissions,” the letter read.

Meanwhile, the ministry has also asked private medical and dental colleges across the country to charge fee for only the first year from students at the time of admission.

The BoG, which is vested with the powers of the MCI, has now initiated consultations with states and sought their suggestions for framing draft guidelines for the fee structure.

The Board of Governors has been requested to prepare draft guidelines for fee regulation so that it can be used as a base document by NMC, a senior Health Ministry official said.

Once the NMC comes into being, the Medical Council of India will automatically get abolished. The president dissolved the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2018 and a BoG was appointed to perform its functions.

Medical Dialogues has repeatedly reported about the rising fee at private medical colleges.

While earlier capitation fee was an issue, with the advent of NEET, the official MBBS fee at most private medical colleges skyrocketed, with the entire course fee even crossing Rs 1 crore in many cases. This is bound to create some financially burdened doctors, the government has repeatedly worried

Read Also: MCI BOG preparing guidelines for MBBS, PG Medical fee regulation: Health Ministry

Both the Roy Choudhury Committee and the Parliamentary Standing Committee expressed concerns regarding the high cost of medical education for students and gave recommendations in favour of capping the fees.

However, given the fact that IMC Act, 1956 has no provision for the regulation of fees the erstwhile MCI refused to interfere with the MBBS fee structures at private medical colleges citing lack of mandate, which further became a bone of contention between the medical council and the government

With the takeover of the Medical Council of India by the Board of Governors, the government directed the BOG to come up with solutions, to tackle this growing problem.

The document so prepared by the BOG will be base for future policies as well

RTI

RTI Reply: NEET Exam brought Rs 192 crore revenue to government, no account of how it was spent

Published on November 8, 2019 |

New Delhi: Exam fee for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the gateway to MBBS,BDS as well as AYUSH admissions in the country, earned the Ministry, through its exam conducting body, upwards of Rs 192 crores this year, a RTI reply has recently revealed.

However, the response which was given to the RTI query by Neemuch-based activist Chandrashekhar Gaud, was not able to give a reply on how this money was spent by the government.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that from this year (2019) government had replaced CBSE and constituted a new body National Testing Agency (NTA) for the purpose of conducting various entrance examinations for admissions to professionals courses in the country. Besides conducting NEET for medical entrances, NTA, which is a not-for-profit organisation and fall under Human Resources Development ministry also conducts various other exams including UGC-NET,JEE for engineering entrances and many more.

For Conducting NEET 2019,which was held on May 5 this year , the online application fees was fixed and charged by NTA at Rs 1400 for general and OBC category candidates and Rs 750 for SC/ST candidates. Around 15,19,375 candidates applied for the exam of which 14,10,755 candidates appeared

These calculations revealed that the Central government through NTA earned more than Rs 192 crore from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) fees in 2019, as per the information received under the RTI.

Replying to a RTI query from Neemuch-based activist Chandrashekhar Gaud, the National Testing Agency which conducts the NEET exam and comes under the Human Resources Development ministry, said it collected Rs 192,43,22,162 as entrance fees from the 15,19,375 candidates, who enrolled themselves for the exam in 2019.

Speaking to news agency IANS, The RTI activist said that the National Testing Agency must clarify how much it spent on the conduct of the exam in public interest.

Though the National Testing Agency, which conducts the exam claims to be a not-for-profit organisation that makes arrangements for the exams from the funds collected through fees, it is yet to give details of how it spends the Rs 192 crore it collected this year.

This is not the first time the Centre earned such a whopping amount from the candidates. The Medical Council Committee (MCC) in 2018 earned more than Rs 18 crore through the online counselling process while it spent only Rs 2.76 crore on the its conduct, the RTI revealed.

This means that in 2018, the MCC earned a profit of Rs 15.56 crore. What happened to this amount is not known.

The testing agency, when asked by the news agency, refused to give details about the fees determination process citing various rules of RTI.

Court News

NO Biology: Delhi HC relief to candidate for MBBS abroad denied eligibility certificate by MCI
Court Decision,

Published on November 9, 2019 |

New Delhi: Proving relief to an foreign MBBS candidate who was refused issuance of eligibility certificate by the Medical Council of India (MCI) needed for MBBS abroad as he did not study biology in 11th and 12th standard, the Delhi Court has directed MCI to review the matter afresh

The case concerns an foreign MBBS candidate, who had applied to MCI for an eligibility certificate to pursue MBBS course abroad in 2017. This particular he had not taken biology as a subject in grade XI and XII standard. His subjects at the time were English, physics, chemistry, mathematics and Sanskrit as his subjects in grade XI and grade XII. He in 2016 however, sat for an exam in botany and zoology in 2016 and was issued a certificate in that behalf by the Board of Intermediate Education, in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

Given that he did not have biology as a subject in class 11 and Class 12, his application was rejected by the MCI. After his application was rejected by the MCI, he moved the HC and sought direction to the apex medical council to issue eligibility certificate to him as required under the Eligibility Requirement For Taking Admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002.

He urged the bench to quash the orders passed by the MCI cancelling his application.

In response to the petition, the counsel appearing on behalf of the MCI had referred to an earlier HC judgment on a similar matter where the bench had then held,

“Lack of any empirical study, supporting the MCI’s conclusion that those who qualify from regular scholastic study in the 10+2 exams with additional subjects of biology/biotechnology either at one go, or after a year, do so without laboratory experience render Regulation 4(2)(a) to that extent arbitrary, Juxtaposed with clause (b) of Regulation 4(2) which talks of Intermediate state boards which does not bespeak of any such disqualification, the intentional and arbitrary nature of the regulation stands out in sharp relief. As outlined in para 24, the MCI’s regulations are based on its conclusions rather on any data or objective material. For these reasons, it is held that the category covered in SI. No. (7) of the clarification issued by MCI and the regulation (Regulation 4 (2) (a)) to the extent it sets out the impugned disqualification “Furthermore, study of Biology/Biotechnology as an Additional Subject at 10+2 level also shall not permissible…” are hereby set aside as discriminatory and arbitrary.”

After perusing the aforementioned judgment excerpt, the HC bench observed that Clause 4(2)(a) of the 1997 Regulations to the extent it forbade the issuance of an eligibility certificate to those applicants who had studied biology as an additional subject was set aside.

It noted that, in this case, the medico had sat for an exam in botany and zoology in 2016 and was issued a certificate in that behalf by the Board of Intermediate Education, in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

The bench observed that it is apparent that the impediment which was in the way of the MBBS student had been removed. Therefore, the bench disposed of the petition while issuing the following directions:

(a) The petitioner will make a representation via his father (as the petitioner is located outside the country) for issuance of an eligibility certificate.
(b) The representation will be made within one week of the receipt of a copy of this order.
(c) The MCI will dispose of the representation within two weeks from the date of receipt of the representation.

“Needless to add, if the petitioner is still aggrieved, after the disposal of the representation by the MCI, he will have liberty to take recourse to an appropriate remedy as per law.” the court added

அறிந்ததும் அறியாததும்: மவுனம் பேசியதே!

ஆங்கிலத்தில் மட்டுமல்ல பிரெஞ்சு, ஜெர்மன் மொழி, இந்தோனேசிய மொழி, இத்தாலி மொழி, ஸ்பானிஷ், டர்கிஷ் உள்ளிட்ட பல மொழிகளில் மவுன எழுத்துக்கள் உள்ளன. “அதுதான் உச்சரிக்கத் தேவை இல்லையே, அப்புறம் எதற்கு அநாவசியமாக இந்த எழுத்துக்களைச் சொற்களுக்கு இடையில் எழுத வேண்டும்?” என்று தோன்றலாம்.

ஆங்கில மொழி என்பது பிற மொழிகளின் கலப்பால்தோன்றிய மொழியாகும். 85 சதவீத ஆங்கிலச் சொற்கள்ஜெர்மன் மொழி, பிரெஞ்சு, லத்தின் ஆகிய மூன்று மொழிகளில் இருந்து பெறப்பட்டவை. 12 சதவீத ஆங்கிலச் சொற்கள் கிரேக்கம், சீனம், ஜப்பானிய மொழிகளில்இருந்து உயிர்பெற்றவை. இப்படி பிற மொழிகளின் தாக்கம் அதிகம் இருப்பதால்தான் மவுன எழுத்துகள்கொண்ட மொழியாக ஆங்கிலம் விளங்குகிறது.


ஆனால், திகைத்துப்போக வேண்டியதில்லை. மவுனசொற்களுக்கான வரையறையைப் புரிந்துகொண்டுவிட்டால் அதை தவிர்த்துவிட்டு ஆங்கிலச் சொற்களைச்சரியாக உச்சரிக்கக் கற்றுக்கொண்டுவிடலாம்.

இதோ சில உதாரணங்கள்

1. மவுனமான H

Hour, Honest, Heir, Honour உள்ளிட்டவை பிரெஞ்சுமொழியில் இருந்து பெறப்பட்ட ஆங்கிலச் சொற்கள்.

இவற்றில் முதல் எழுத்தாக H இடம்பெறும்போது அங்கு H மவுன எழுதாகிவிடும்.

அதுவே, Hotel, House போன்ற அசலான ஆங்கிலச் சொற்களின் முதல் எழுத்தாக இடம்பெறும்போது H அதற்கான ஒலியுடன் உச்சரிக்கப்படும்.

2. மவுனமான K

N என்ற எழுத்துக்கு முன்னால் K இடம்பெறும்போதெல்லாம் K மவுன எழுத்தாகிவிடும். அப்போது அந்தச் சொல்லை N-ல் இருந்துதான் உச்சரிக்கத் தொடங்க வேண்டும்.

Knowledge, Knight

3. மவுனமான L

D, F, M, K, ஆகிய எழுத்துக்களுக்கு முன்னால்இடம்பெறும்போது L மவுனமாகிவிடும். உதாரணத்துக்கு, would, half, palm, yolk. (ஆனால், scold (ஸ்கோல்ட்) என்று சொல்லும்போது L கேட்குதே என்று ‘திட்டாதீர்கள்’. விதிவிலக்கு உண்டு!)

4. மவுனமான M

N-க்கு முன்னால் M இடம்பெற்றால் அது மவுன எழுத்தாகிவிடும். உதாரணத்துக்கு, mnemonic.

5. மவுனமான N

M-க்குப் பின்னால் N வந்து, அதுவே சொல்லின்கடைசி எழுத்தாக இருக்கும்போது N மவுனமாகிவிடும். உதாரணத்துக்கு, Column, Hymn, Solemn.

தொடர்ந்து மவுன எழுத்துக்களைப் பற்றிப் பேசுவோம்!

படுக்கை இல்லாமல் வரண்டாவில் சிகிச்சைபெறும் உள் நோயாளிகள்: மதுரை அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் குளிரிலும், கொசுக்கடியிலும் தவிக்கும் பரிதாபம்

மதுரை  10.11.2019

மதுரை அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் போதிய ‘பெட்’ வசதியில்லாமல் உள்நோயாளிகள், இந்த குளிரிலும், மழையிலும் வரண்டாவில் சிகிச்சை பெறும் பரிதாபம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

மதுரை அரசு மருத்துவமனை, சென்னை அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு அடுத்து மிகப்பெரிய மருத்துவமனையாக உள்ளது.

தினமும் 2,500 முதல் 2800 நோயாளிகள் சிகிச்சைக்கு வருகின்றனர். ஆனால், நிரந்தரமாகவே 3,500 பேர் உள்நோயாளிகள் சிகிச்சைப்பெறுகின்றனர்.

மருத்துவமனையில் 3 ஆயிரம் ‘பெட்’கள் மட்டுமே உள்ளதால் நோயாளிகளுக்கு ‘பெட்’கள் கிடைப்பதில்லை. அதனால், சிகிச்சைப்பெறுகிற நோயாளிகளை சிகிச்சைக்கு காத்திருக்கும் நோயாளிகளுக்காக, அவசரம் அவசமாகவே டிஸ்சார்ஜ் செய்யப்படுகின்றனர்.

தற்போது மழைக்காலம் தொடங்கிவிட்டதால் மருத்துவமனையில் வைரஸ் காய்ச்சல் நோயாளிகள், டெங்கு காய்ச்சல் நோயாளிகள், மற்ற உடல் நலகுறைவால் வரும் நோயாளிகள் இரட்டிப்பாகி உள்ளது. ஆனால், வார்டுகளில் போதிய ‘பெட்’ வசதியில்லை. அதற்காக நோயாளிகளை மருத்துவர்கள் திருப்பி அனுப்ப முடியாது என்பதால் அவர்களுக்கு நெருக்கடி ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

அதனால், மோசமான நிலையில் உள்ள நோயாளிகளை ‘பெட்’களிலும், மற்ற நோயாளிகளை அந்தந்த வார்டுகள் முன் வரண்டாவில் படுக்க வைத்து சிகிச்சை அளிக்கின்றனர். குளுக்கோஸ் ஏற்றும் ஸ்டாண்டுகளை வைக்க இடமில்லாமல்

சுவர்களில் கம்பியை அடித்து ‘ட்ரிப்ஸ்’ ஏற்றுகின்றனர். சிலருக்கு வரண்டாவிலே ஸ்டாண்டுகள் வைத்து ‘ட்ரிப்ஸ்’ ஏற்றுகின்றனர்.

முதியவர்கள், குழந்தைகள் கூட இந்த மழைக்காலத்தில் குளிர்காற்று வீசும் நேரத்தில் தரையில் படுத்து சிகிச்சைப்பெறுவதால் அவர்கள் உடல்நிலை மேலும் மோசமடைகிறது. ஏற்கெனவே மருத்துவமனையில் கொசுத் தொல்லை அதிகமாக உள்ளதால் பலர், சிகிச்சையைத் தொடராமல் இடையிலே தனியார் மருத்தவமனைக்கு சென்றுவிடுகின்றனர். பண வசதி சுத்தமாக இல்லாத தனியார் மருத்துவமனைக்கு செல்ல வாய்ப்பே இல்லாத அடித்தட்டு ஏழை உள் நோயாளிகள் மட்டுமே அத்தனை சிரமங்களையும் தாங்கிக் கொண்டு சிகிச்சை பெறுகின்றனர்.

மதுரை அரசு ராஜாஜி மருத்துவமனை, பழைய மருத்துவமனை கட்டிடம், அண்ணா பஸ்நிலையம் கட்டிடம், சூப்பர் ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி மருத்துவமனை ஆகிய மூன்று இடங்களில் உள்ளது.

பழைய மருத்துவ கட்டிடத்தில் செயல்படும் மருத்துவப்பிரிவுகளில் மட்டுமே இடநெருக்கடியும், போதிய ‘பெட்’ வசதியும் இல்லாமல் உள்ளது. அதேநேரத்தில், அண்ணாபஸ்நிலையம் மருத்துவமனை கட்டிடம், மல்டி ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி மருத்துவமனை கட்டிடப்பிரிவுகளில் செயல்படும் வார்டுகளில் பயன்பாடில்லாமல் ‘பெட்’கள் உள்ளன.

மருத்துவமனை நிர்வாகப்பிரிவு மருத்துவ அதிகாரிகள், மருத்துவ சிகிச்சை, பணியாளர்கள் வருகையை மட்டுமே கண்காணிக்கின்றனர். நோயாளிகளுக்கான வசதிகளை மேம்படுத்தவும், அவர்களுடைய பிரச்சினைகளை காது கொடுத்துக் கேட்பதும் இல்லை.

மருத்துவமனை பணியாளர்கள் கூறுகையில், ‘‘எந்தளவுக்கு மருத்துவமனையில் இடநெருக்கடி, அடிப்படை கட்டமைப்பு வசதி இல்லையோ, அதே அளவுக்கு நோயாளிகளுக்கு சிகிச்சை அளிக்கும் மருத்துவர்கள், கவனிக்கும் செவிலியர்கள், மருத்துவப்பணியாளர்கள், மருந்துகள் வழங்கும் மருந்தாளுநர்கள் வரை ஆட்கள் பற்றாக்குறை உள்ளது. மருத்துவ மாணவர்களை வைத்தே மருத்துவமனையை அன்றாடம் சமாளிக்க வேண்டிய உள்ளது.

ஒவ்வோர் ஆண்டும் நோயாளிகள் வருகை சதவீதத்தை தணிக்கை செய்து, அவர்களுக்கான ‘பெட்’ வசதியையும், உடைந்த ‘பெட்’களுக்குப் பதிலாக புதிய ‘பெட்’களை வாங்கவும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும். ஆனால், பல வார்டுகளில் உடைந்த ‘பெட்’களுக்கு செங்கல் கொடுத்து முட்டுக்கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

பெட் வசதிகளை அதிகரிக்க வேண்டும். அதற்கு சரியான திட்டமிடுதல் இல்லை. ‘பெட்’ பற்றாக்குறையை தற்காலிகமாக நோயாளிகளை வரண்டாவில் படுத்து சிகிச்சை பெறுவதை தவிர்க்க அண்ணா பஸ்நிலையம் விபத்து, காய சிகிச்சைப்பிரிவு, மல்டி ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி மருத்துவமனை மற்றும் பழைய மருத்துவ கட்டிடப்பிரிவுகளில் சரிவிகிதமாக நோயாளிகள் பிரித்து, சிகிச்சை பெற வைக்கலாம்.

வார்டில் இடம் இல்லாமல் இடவசதியுள்ள கட்டிடங்களுக்கு அந்த சிகிச்சைப்பிரிவுகளை மாற்றலாம். மல்டி ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி மருத்துவமனை கட்டிடப்பிரிவில் இன்னும் மருத்துவ சிகிச்சைப்பிரிவுகள் முழுமையாக செல்லவில்லை. மருத்துவமனை ‘டீன்’ மற்றும் உயர் அதிகாரிகள் நிர்வாகப்பணிகளில் மட்டுமே கவனம் செலுத்தாமல் நோயாளிகளுக்கான சிரமங்கள், அவர்களுக்கான வசதிகளை மேம்படுத்த மருத்துவமனையில் உயர்மட்ட குழுவை அமைத்து ஆய்வு செய்ய வேண்டும்.

தேனி, சிவகங்கை மருத்துவக்கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனைகளிலும் ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி சிகிச்சை பிரிவுகள் முழுஅளவில் மேம்படுத்தாமல் உள்ளது. அதனால், அந்த மருத்துவமனையில் இருந்து உயர் சிகிச்சைக்கு நோயாளிகள் மதுரைக்கு அதிகளவு பரிந்துரை செய்யப்படுகின்றனர். இதைத் தடுக்க, அங்கு ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி சிகிச்சைப் பிரிவுகளை முழுமையாக செயல்படுத்த வேண்டும், ’’ என்றார்.

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சேலத்தில் விடிய, விடிய கொட்டித்தீர்த்த கனமழையால் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான வீடுகளுக்குள் தண்ணீர் புகுந்தது.

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சேலம்,

சேலம் மாநகரில் நேற்று முன்தினம் இரவு 11.30 மணிக்கு தொடங்கிய மழை இடைவிடாமல் விடிய, விடிய கொட்டித்தீர்த்தது. சேலம் அம்மாபேட்டை, கிச்சிப்பாளையம், சிவதாபுரம், பழைய சூரமங்கலம், கன்னங்குறிச்சி, கொண்டலாம்பட்டி, பழைய மற்றும் புதிய பஸ்நிலையங்கள், பள்ளப்பட்டி, அழகாபுரம் என பல்வேறு இடங்களில் மழை வெளுத்து வாங்கியது. இதனால் மழைநீர் சாலையில் பெருக்கெடுத்து ஓடியது. தாழ்வான பகுதிகளில் மழைநீர் குளம்போல் தேங்கி நின்றது.

வீடுகளுக்குள் வெள்ளம் புகுந்தது

சேலம் ரெயில் நகரில் உள்ள ஏரி நிரம்பியதால் அங்கிருந்து தண்ணீர் வெளியேறி பழைய சூரமங்கலம், பெரியார் நகர் மற்றும் சுற்றுவட்டார பகுதிகளில் உள்ள வீடுகளுக்குள் வெள்ளம் புகுந்தது. இதனால் பொதுமக்கள் விடிய, விடிய தூங்காமல் பெரிதும் அவதியுற்றனர். மேலும் அவர்கள் வீடுகளில் புகுந்த மழைநீரை வெளியேற்றும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டனர்.

நேற்று காலை மழைநீர் வீட்டுக்குள் புகுந்த ஆத்திரத்தில் பொதுமக்கள் சேலம் புதுரோடு பகுதியில் திடீரென சாலை மறியலில் ஈடுபட்டனர். இதனால் அங்கு பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது. மேலும் போக்குவரத்தும் பாதிப்பு ஏற்பட்டது. இதுகுறித்து தகவல் கிடைத்ததும் சூரமங்கலம் போலீசார், மாநகராட்சி அதிகாரிகள் சம்பவ இடத்துக்கு விரைந்து சென்று அவர்களிடம் பேச்சுவார்த்தை நடத்தினர். தொடர்ந்து பொதுமக்கள் ஜி.வெங்கடாஜலம் எம்.எல்.ஏ. வீட்டை முற்றுகையிட்டனர். இதையடுத்து ஜி.வெங்கடாஜலம் எம்.எல்.ஏ. பெரியார் நகர் பகுதியில் பார்வையிட்டு ஆய்வு செய்தார்.

பொருட்கள் சேதம்

கிச்சிப்பாளையம், கருவாட்டு பாலம், பச்சப்பட்டி, நாராயண நகர், களரம்பட்டி ஆகிய பகுதியில் உள்ள சாலைகளில் தண்ணீர் பெருக்கெடுத்து ஓடியது. இதனால் சாலையில் உள்ள பள்ளம், மேடு தெரியாமல் வாகன ஓட்டிகள் பெரிதும் சிரமத்துக்கு உள்ளானார்கள். தாழ்வான பகுதிகளில் உள்ள வீடுகளில் மழைநீர் புகுந்ததால் பொதுமக்கள் வெளியே வர முடியாமல் சிக்கி தவித்தனர். பச்சப்பட்டி பகுதியில் குடியிருப்புகளை மழைநீர் சூழ்ந்தது. இதனால் வீட்டுக்குள் சிக்கியவர்களை அந்த பகுதி வாலிபர்கள் ஸ்ட்ரெச்சர் மூலம் மீட்டு வந்தனர்.

சேலம் நகரில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான வீடுகளில் மழை தண்ணீர் புகுந்தது. வீடுகளில் தண்ணீர் புகுந்ததால் அரிசி, பருப்பு உள்ளிட்ட உணவு பொருட்கள் மற்றும் எலக்ட்ரானிக் சாதனங்கள் நனைந்து சேதம் அடைந்தன.

வீடுகள் இடிந்தன

கனமழையினால் சேலம் மணக்காடு பகுதியில் செல்வி, ராஜீவ், லட்சுமி ஆகியோரின் கூரை வீடுகள் உள்பட 5 பேரின் வீடுகள் இடிந்தன. வீட்டிற்குள் இருந்தவர்கள் முன்கூட்டியே வெளியே வந்ததால் அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக உயிர் தப்பினர். வீடுகள் இடிந்து விழுந்ததால் டி.வி., மிக்சி உள்ளிட்ட பொருட்கள் தண்ணீரில் நனைந்து சேதமானது.

மேலும் மழைநீரை வெளியேற்றும் பணியில் மாநகராட்சி ஊழியர்கள் ஈடுபட்டனர்.

பராசரன் யார்

Added : நவ 10, 2019 04:20

அயோத்தி வழக்கில் மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் பராசரன் 93 வாதம் திருப்புமுனையை ஏற்படுத்தியது. இவரது தளராத உழைப்பும் நினைவாற்றலும் அனைவரையும் கவர்ந்தது.'2.77 ஏக்கர் நிலத்தை ஹிந்து அமைப்பான ராம் லல்லாவுக்கு வழங்க வேண்டும்' என உச்சநீதிமன்றம் தீர்ப்பு வழங்கியது.

இந்த அமைப்பு சார்பில் உச்சநீதிமன்றத்தில் வாதாடியவர் பராசரன்.இவரது தலைமையில் யோகேஸ்வரன் அனிருத் சர்மா ஸ்ரீதர் அஸ்வினி குமார் உள்ளிட்ட வழக்கறிஞர் குழு இயங்கியது. வழக்கு விசாரணையின் போது இவர் 'ராமர் பிறந்த இடத்தில் 433 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் மசூதி கட்டி பாபர் செய்த தவறை சரி செய்ய வேண்டும். அயோத்தியில் எந்த மசூதியில் வேண்டுமானாலும் தொழுகை நடத்தலாம். அங்கு 50 - 60 மசூதிகள் உள்ளன. ஆனால் இந்துக்களுக்கு ராமர் பிறந்த இடம் இது மட்டுமே. இதனை மாற்ற முடியாது' என வாதாடினார்.

40 நாள் விசாரணையில் எந்த இடத்திலும் உணர்ச்சிவசப்படாமல் வாதத்தில் பங்கேற்றார்.விசாரணையின் கடைசி நாளில் முஸ்லிம் தரப்பு சார்பில் ஆஜரான வழக்கறிஞர் ராஜிவ் தவானுக்காக நீதிமன்றத்துக்கு வெளியே காத்திருந்தார். அவருடன் புகைப்படமும் எடுத்துக்கொண்டார்.1927 அக். 9ல் திருச்சி ஸ்ரீரங்கத்தில் பிறந்தவர். 1958ல் வழக்கறிஞராக பதிவு செய்தார். உச்சநீதிமன்ற வழக்கறிஞராக பல ஆண்டுகள் இருந்துள்ளார். 1979ல் தமிழகத்தில் ஜனாதிபதி ஆட்சி அமலில் இருந்த போது தலைமை வழக்கறிஞராக இருந்தார். 1983 - 1989 வரை இந்தியாவின் அட்டர்னி ஜெனரலாக பதவி வகித்தார். 2003ல் இவருக்கு பத்மஸ்ரீ விருதும் 2011ல் பத்ம விபூஷண் விருதும் வழங்கப்பட்டது. 2012 - 18 ராஜ்யசபா நியமன எம்.பி. யாக பதவி வகித்தார்.

பவுர்ணமி கிரிவலம்: உகந்த நேரம்

Added : நவ 10, 2019 03:54

திருவண்ணாமலை:திருவண்ணாமலை அருணாசலேஸ்வரர் கோவிலில், பவுர்ணமி தோறும், லட்சக்கணக்கான பக்தர்கள் கிரிவலம் சென்று அருணாசலேஸ்வரர், உண்ணா முலையம்மனை தரிசனம் செய்து வருகின்றனர்.

நாளை இரவு, 7:09 மணி முதல், 12ம் தேதி இரவு, 8:13 மணி வரை, ஐப்பசி மாத பவுர்ணமி திதி உள்ளது.அது, பக்தர்கள் கிரிவலம் செல்ல உகந்த நேரம் என, கோவில் நிர்வாகம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

43 மார்க்கிற்கு, 'அவுட் ஆப் சிலபஸ்' அண்ணா பல்கலை தேர்வில் குளறுபடி

Added : நவ 10, 2019 00:51

சென்னை:அண்ணா பல்கலை செமஸ்டர் தேர்வில், மருத்துவ எலக்ட்ரானிக்ஸ் பாடத்தில், 43 மதிப்பெண்களுக்கு, 'அவுட் ஆப் சிலபஸ்' கேள்விகள் இடம் பெற்றதால், மாணவர்கள் அதிர்ச்சி அடைந்துள்ளனர்.
அண்ணா பல்கலையின் இணைப்பு இன்ஜினியரிங் கல்லுாரிகளில், டிசம்பரில் நடத்தப்பட வேண்டிய செமஸ்டர் தேர்வுகள், ஒரு மாதம் முன்னதாக, நவம்பர், 6ல் துவங்கின. முதல் நாளிலேயே, வினாத்தாள், 'லீக்' ஆனதாக புகார் எழுந்தது. இது குறித்து, நம் நாளிதழில் செய்தி வெளியானது. இதையடுத்து, 'பிற்பகல் தேர்வுக்கான வினாத்தாளை, ஒரு கல்லுாரியில் மாற்றி கொடுத்து விட்டனர். 'பின் தவறு சரி செய்யப்பட்டு, வேறு வினாத்தாள் வழங்கப்பட்டது' என, பல்கலையின் தேர்வு கட்டுப்பாட்டு அலுவலகம் விளக்கம் அளித்தது.

இந்நிலையில், நேற்று காலையில், 2017ம் ஆண்டு பாடத்திட்டத்தின்படி, மருத்துவ எலக்ட்ரானிக்ஸ் தேர்வு நடந்தது. அதாவது, 2017ம் ஆண்டு பாட திட்ட கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலாக, 2013ம் ஆண்டு பாட திட்ட கேள்விகள் மாற்றி கேட்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.வினாத்தாளில், 'ஏ, பி' பிரிவில், 15ம் எண்ணில், லேசர் மற்றும் தெர்மோகிராப் தொடர்பான கேள்விகள்; 9ம் எண்ணில் இடம் பெற்ற, லேசர் அறுவை சிகிச்சை குறித்த கேள்வி.மேலும், அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்கு பயன்படும் நுரையீரல் இயந்திரத்தின் செயல்பாடுகள் குறித்த கேள்விகள் பாட திட்டத்தில் இல்லாதவை என, மாணவர்கள் மற்றும் பேராசிரியர்கள் தரப்பில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இந்த, 'அவுட் ஆப் சிலபஸ்' கேள்விகள் வந்ததால், கருணை மதிப்பெண்களாக, 43 மதிப்பெண்கள் வழங்க வேண்டும் என, கோரிக்கை எழுந்துள்ளது. இதுபோன்ற பிரச்னை, வரும் தேர்வுகளில் வராத வகையில், வினாத்தாளை சரியாக அமைக்குமாறு, அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கு மாணவர்கள் வலியுறுத்தி உள்ளனர்.

அறைகள் வாடகை திருமலையில் உயர்வு

Added : நவ 10, 2019 02:14

திருப்பதி:திருமலையில், தேவஸ்தானத்திற்கு சொந்தமான அறைகளின் வாடகை, இரு மடங்காக உயர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

திருமலையில், ஏழுமலையானை தரிசிக்க வரும் பக்தர்கள் தங்குவதற்காக, தேவஸ்தானம், 7,000 வாடகை அறைகளை கட்டியுள்ளது. இதில், இலவச அறைகள் முதல், 50 ரூபாயிலிருந்து, 12 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வரையிலான வாடகை அறைகளும் உண்டு. இவற்றை, பக்தர்கள் நேரடியாகவும், 'ஆன்லைன்' முன்பதிவு மூலமும் பெற்று வருகின்றனர்.இந்நிலையில், நந்தகம் வளாகத்தில் உள்ள அறைகளின் வாடகையை, தேவஸ்தானம், 600 ரூபாயிலிருந்து, 1000 ரூபாயாக உயர்த்தியுள்ளது.கெளஸ்துபம், பாஞ்சன்யம் வளாகத்தில் உள்ள ஓய்வறைகளின் வாடகை, 500 ரூபாயிலிருந்து 1,000 ரூபாயாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த வாடகை உயர்வு, நேற்று முதல் அமல்படுத்தப்பட்டது.தேவஸ்தானம், எவ்வித முன்னறிவிப்பும் இல்லாமல், அறைகளின் வாடகையை உயர்த்திஉள்ளதால், திருமலைக்கு வரும் பக்தர்கள், சிரமப்பட்டு வருகின்றனர்.

தள்ளாத வயதிலும் மன உறுதியுடன் வாதாடிய கே.பராசரன்

Added : நவ 10, 2019 07:05





புதுடில்லி: அயோத்தி நிலம் யாருக்கு சொந்தம்? என்பது தொடர்பான வழக்கை தினமும் விசாரிக்க தலைமை நீதிபதி ரஞ்சன் கோகோய் தலைமையில் 5 நீதிபதிகள் அடங்கிய அரசியல் சாசன அமர்வு கடந்த 40 நாட்கள் விசாரணை நடத்தி நேற்று (09.11.2019) பரபரப்பு தீர்ப்பு வெளியிட்டது.
இந்த 40 நாட்களில் நடந்த விசாரணையின் போது வாதாடி வந்த 92 வயது தமிழக மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் பராசரனிடம் தலைமை நீதிபதி ரஞ்சன் கோகாய், “உங்கள் வயதுக்கு மதிப்பளித்துச் சொல்கிறேன். ஒரு நாற்காலி போடச் சொல்கிறேன். அமர்ந்து வாதங்களைச் சொல்லுங்கள்” என்றார். அதற்கு, “வக்கீல் நின்று வாதிடுவதுதான் முறை. நிற்க இயலாது போனால் நீதிமன்றம் வருவதை நிறுத்திக் கொள்வேன்” என மன உறுதியுடன் 92 வயதிலும் நின்றுகொண்டே வாதாடினார் தமிழகத்தைச் சேர்ந்த மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் கே.பராசரன்.

HC allows student to travel abroad

10/11/2019, STAFF REPORTER ,MADURAI

The Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday permitted a medical student, named accused in a case, to travel to Russia to continue his studies.

The court was hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by A. Palanikumar of Dindigul. He filed the petition seeking a direction to the police to produce his daughter before the court.

After his daughter went missing, he had filed a complaint with the police against his elder brother’s family. The elder son of his elder brother had also gone missing.

The court was told that the police were taking all steps to trace their whereabouts. It was informed that the younger son was to leave for Russia, to continue his studies. Taking cognisance of the submission, a Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and N. Anand Venkatesh permitted B. Sathishkumar to leave for Russia . He was directed to furnish his Russian contact number, residential address and his email address to the police.

4,500 paramedical staff to be appointed

10/11/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,THANJAVUR

As many as 4,500 paramedical personnel would be appointed through Medical Services Recruitment Board by this monthend, Health Minister C.Vijayabaskar said here on Saturday.

“A total of 2,345 nurses, 1,234 village health nurses and 90 physiotherapists will be appointed,” he told the media after inaugurating a Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) centre and a clutch of other new facilities at Thanjavur Government Medical College Hospital.

Explaining the various facilities added to the hospital, Mr. Vijayabaskar said that apart from the TAEI centre, a modular operation theatre had been opened at Department of Orthopaedics under Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme at an estimate of ₹30 lakh.

Facilities

Five modular operation theatres at the multi-super speciality building of the hospital; a state-of-the-art central sterile services department; a 56-bedded high-end super speciality intensive care unit; a CATH lab; Biplanar Cath Lab; 128-slice CT scanner and a digital X-ray machine were also commissioned on Saturday.

The facilities have been established on a par with international standards and would benefit not only people of Thanjavur but neighbouring districts too, he said.

R. Doraikkannu, Minister for Agriculture; R.Vaithilingam, Rajya Sabha Member; A. Annadurai, Collector; and Kumudha Lingaraj, Dean, were present.

HC allows arrested youth to continue MBBS in Russia

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:11.10.2019

The Madras high court has granted permission to a youth arrested in a case to continue to pursue MBBS course in Russia. Petitioner Palanikumar, a resident of Dindigul district, had filed a habeas corpus petition before the high court Madurai bench seeking to produce his 17-year old daughter who, he said, was being detained by his brother Baskaran’s family.

Sempatti police registered a case against Baskaran, his wife and two sons. The prosecution case is that Baskaran’s elder son, who was in a relationship with the petitioner’s daughter, went away with her. The court had also granted bail to Baskaran, his wife and younger son. The additional public prosecutor submitted that the police were taking steps to find the petitioner’s daughter and Baskaran’s son. Baskaran’s counsel submitted that his client’s family is also helping the prosecution in the case. The counsel further submitted that the younger son of Baskaran who was pursuing MBBS course in Russia was arrested the previous day when he was making arrangements to go to Russia to continue his second year course. The counsel therefore requested to permit him to travel abroad and pursue his studies.

A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed that taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, they were modifying the conditions imposed in the earlier order passed for Baskaran’s younger son. The judges said the pendency of investigation will not be a bar on Baskaran’s younger son to travel abroad and pursue his studies. The judges also directed the youth to furnish the entire details regarding his residential address, email address and contact number in Russia to the police, and adjourned the case to November 25.

The judges said the pendency of investigation will not be a bar on Baskaran’s younger son to travel abroad and pursue his studies

UGC suggests curricula to suit industry needs

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:11.10.2019

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended in its report, named ‘Enabling and Enhancing University and Industry Linkages’, that universities should frame curricula and programmes to suit industry needs.

The UGC has released a draft of the report on its website and sought comments from teachers, students and researchers, to be submitted before November 22. The report said the gap between industry and academia was one of the biggest challenges impeding innovation in present times.

The working group recommended a set of measures to bridge this disconnect. It recommended industry specific research and development (R&D) schemes by setting up ‘R&D Innovation Support Centres’ at select universities in association with ministry of small and medium enterprises.

The report also suggested dedicated courses on entrepreneurship, intellectual property rights and technology commercialisation. “This will promote industry engagement in curriculum designing and give a fresh perspective to academic learning,” it said.

It also recommended introduction of a jointly funded PhD programme in which student will work on industryoriented problems, which would enhance the chance of employment.

It also wanted universities to help faculty to take up entrepreneurship. It said entrepreneurs should get funds from ‘equity-based funds and lowinterest loans’, which will help stimulate academic entrepreneurship.

Anna University and Madras University have already implemented many suggestions in the report. “Anna University already has technology innovation centres with industry collaboration,” a senior professor from the university said.

Educational consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi welcomed the suggestions and called for greater mobility between academia and industry. “Engineering is in decline mainly because 60% of the current syllabus is outdated. That is why the multi-national companies now opt for online tests more, instead of visiting campuses,” he said.

Univs to form clubs for cultural exchange

Coimbatore:10.11.2019

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities and higher education institutions to form ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ (EBSB) clubs to promote cultural exchange between the states.

UGC has paired up states and union territories into twos for the purpose. Higher education institutions in the states have been asked to conduct events to showcase the culture of each other.

A communication from UGC to the vice-chancellors of universities across the country dated November 6 said that to strengthen understanding and appreciation between cultures, ‘all higher education institutions and their affiliated colleges and institutes are requested to have EBSB clubs, whose aim would be to propagate language and culture of the paired state through various activities’.

In its guideline for the direction, UGC asked higher education institutions to establish the clubs and through them, conduct activities to promote cultural connect. “The idea is that each year one state should connect to any other state in India on reciprocal basis. The mutual exchange would promote knowledge of the culture, traditions and practices of different states,” the guideline said. TNN

IIT-M student hangs self on campus

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:11,10,2019

A first-year student committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room on the IIT-M campus on Saturday, police said. This is the fourth such incident at the prestigious institute since December 2018.

The deceased has been identified as Fathima Latif, a student of MA humanities and development studies (integrated), and a native of Kollam in Kerala. On Saturday, her family members tried to reach her over phone but failed and contacted her friend in the adjacent room at Sarayu hostel.

As her calls went unanswered, Fathima’s friend alerted the hostel warden. Security guards broke open the door and found Fathima hanging from the ceiling.

The woman might have committed suicide early on Saturday morning as one of the hostellers saw her walking towards the room from the washroom in the wee hours, police said.

The Kotturpuram police registered a case and the body was sent to the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) for postmortem. Police said no suicide note was recovered from Fathima’s room. However, inquiries revealed that Fathima had been depressed after scoring low marks in a semester exam. A case has been registered and further investigation is on.

“It is with deep grief and sadness that IIT Madras has to inform the passing away of a first-year undergraduate student of humanities and social sciences department,” an IIT Madras release said.

Extending condolences to the family and friends of the deceased student, it said, “This is an irreparable loss to the institute and the family. Police have been informed and the institute is cooperating with the authorities.”

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Asst professor selection: PhD holders getting undue advantage, say aspirants

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:10.11.2019

In the previous assistant professors’ recruitment conducted in 2015, 56% of the selected candidates held PhD without NET/SLET/SET qualifications, pointing to the undue advantage that PhD holders have in the recruitment process.

According to RTI data, of 1,016 assistant professors appointed in 2015, 568 had completed PhD and166 had completed PhD with NET/SLET/SET qualification. Only 282 candidates with NET/SLET/SET qualifications were appointed.

Though NET/SLET and PhD are considered as equal qualifications for teaching in arts and science colleges, undue advantage was being given to PhD holders in the selection process, aspirants said. As per the scheme of selection notified by the Teachers Recruitment Board, PhD holders get the maximum of nine marks for educational qualification, followed by six marks to candidates with MPhil and NET/SLET/SET qualification. Candidates with PG and NET/SLET/SET qualification get only five marks.

Professors said PhD was not required for teaching and awarding more marks to PhD holders will lead to low quality PhD holders. “State government should treat all qualifications as equal. Awarding more marks will give undue advantage to some,” a senior professor from University of Madras said.

The state government, in an order on why there wasn’t a common recruitment test, said candidates with NET/SLET/SET have already cleared an exam and having to clear another exam will added trouble for them. Hence, interview was chosen as the mode of selection for recruiting assistant professors, it said.

“But, RTI data shows that interview is not helpful to candidates who have cleared UGC and state government’s qualifying exam. The selection gives more weightage to PhD holders. We want either a written exam or equal weightage for all qualifications,” said V Thangaraj, president of Tamil Nadu All Government Colleges UGC-qualified Guest Lecturers’ Association.

NET SLET Association also demanded equal weightage. “The marking system is wrong and NET or SLET qualification should get weightage equal to PhD,” said A R Nagarajan, adviser to NET SLET Association.

“Counting experience up to eight years for entry level post is not needed. Assistant professors’ entry level salary is equal to IAS officers’ entry level salary. While conducting written test for group IV posts, the government should select assistant professors based on a written test to ensure fair selection,” he added.

Officials said the recruitment is based on the state government’s policy and government order. TRB has notified 2,331 assistant professor posts in government arts and science colleges as vacant and the last date to apply for them is November 15.

6L students get 2 more shots to get dist edu degrees

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:10.11.2019

Around six lakh students who enrolled for distance education courses at University of Madras from 1980-81 to 2013-14, will get only two more chances to clear arrears and earn the degrees. Meanwhile, a new regulation by the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) will soon give just two-year extra window for UG and PG students to complete degrees.

“In the wake of new guidelines, we wanted to give a final opportunity for around six lakh candidates who have enrolled in distance education programmes since 1980-81 and are yet to receive their degrees,” said K Ravichandran, director, Institute of Distance Education (IDE), University of Madras.

Students will get a chance in December 2019 and another in May 2020 to clear backlogs. “If they are not able to clear their arrears in two chances, the candidates have options to convert the degrees into certificate courses and diplomas,” he added.

Candidates who clear four papers will get certificates, and clearing eight core papers will get them diplomas. They can also enrol to the courses again and need not sit for exams of subjects they cleared previously.

“The university offered basic sciences and professional degree courses in the distance mode. Many of the courses have been scrapped now while some are old. We need to work with subject experts to set question papers and evaluate answer scripts. It will involve a lot of work,” Ravichandran said.

The university is now receiving online applications from students of older batches and will continue to do so till November 22. Students pursuing professional degrees have to pay ₹10,000, and PG and UG students ₹7,000 and ₹5,000 as exam fee to the IDE. Candidates will be allotted exam centres along with regular students within Tamil Nadu.

The institute also commenced admissions for calendar year 2020 on November 8. During the academic year admissions in June/July, more than 21,000 students enrolled, which is 10,000 more than last year, said the IDE director. While MBA, MCA attracted more than 40% candidates, courses like psychology, BCom, MCom and cyber forensics saw high interest too.

RAM MANDIR WITHIN SITE

SC Settles, By Unanimous Verdict, Centuries-Old Hindu-Muslim Conflict By Granting Entire 2.77-Acre Disputed Land To Deity Ram Lalla, One Of The 3 Claimants In The Case; Directs Centre To Appoint Trust In 3 Months To Manage Construction Of Temple
Balancing Act: 5 Acres At ‘Prominent Place’ For Masjid In Ayodhya

Dhananjay Mahapatra & Amit Anand Choudhary TNN

New Delhi:10.11.2019

A five-judge Supreme Court bench on Saturday settled the centuries-old Hindu-Muslim dispute that had been in courts for 70 years through a unanimous verdict and handed over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid disputed land for construction of a Ram temple. It also allocated five acres at a “prominent place” in Ayodhya for a mosque.

The bench said the verdict weighed in favour of deity Ram Lalla because the Hindu parties could produce better evidence to substantiate their right over the disputed land. However, the bench was also unanimous that the Muslim parties too had established a competitive right over a part of the land. Hence, it used its inherent powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to direct the Centre/UP government to allot five acres at a prominent place in Ayodhya for construction of a mosque. The bench ordered framing of a scheme and its implementation through a trust, to be set up by the Centre, within three months for construction of the temple

and its management.

The bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer took just 23 days to author a common judgment running into 929 pages.


Sunni & Shia boards won’t file review pleas

UP Sunni Waqf Board and Shia Central Waqf Board, parties to the case, welcomed the SC verdict and said they would not file review petitions. Iqbal Ansari, another litigant, lauded the order. However, AIMPLB’s Kamal Farooqui and AIMIM chief Owaisi said they were “disappointed”. P10

CJI Ranjan Gogoi reads out 26-page summary of Ayodhya judgment

Top Court Turns Down Nirmohi Akhara’s Suit

The bench had reserved its verdict on October 16 and delivered it on November 9. CJI Gogoi read out a 26-page summary of the judgment for close to 40 minutes in a packed courtroom. “Jai Shriram” chants from advocates in black robes echoed immediately after the pronouncement of judgment, inserting a discordant note to the otherwise smooth process.

The judgment was along anticipated lines. After parsing the hearings, legal eagles were expecting the bench to turn in a verdict favouring the construction of Ram Mandir at the disputed site. But the 5-0 score came as a surprise.

The SC set aside the September 30, 2010, verdict of the Allahabad high court, which had divided the core disputed area of 1,487 square yards, included the disputed 2.77 acres of plot, into three equal parts and allotted one part each to Ram Lalla (the area under the central dome of the demolished mosque), Nirmohi Akhara (outer courtyard including Ram Chabutra and Sita Rasoi) and the rest to Sunni Waqf Board.

Nirmohi Akhara became the biggest loser on the day as the SC dismissed its 1959 suit staking claim to the site as time barred and refused to even recognise its right as a ‘shebait’ (priest), thus robbing it of any major role in the to-be-constructed temple. The apex court ordered that it would get “appropriate representation” on the trust, but that would be like a participation certificate, with the court leaving it to the Centre to determine what would constitute “appropriate representation”.

The directive that construction of the temple be assigned to a trust to be set up by the Centre comes at the cost of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, which was set up by the VHP in 1985 to construct and manage the proposed Ram temple. However, the Sangh Parivar constituent, which spearheaded the temple movement, should still get to play a key role in the matter, considering that the court has given the Centre a decisive say in determining the composition of the proposed trust.

The verdict was celebrated by temple votaries. Those arrayed on the opposite side were, obviously, not satisfied, but there were signs suggesting an acquiescence, if grudging, into the outcome: something that raised the prospect of an awkward closure of the vexed mandir versus mosque question that has left an indelible imprint on politics and society.

Political parties also restrained their impulse. BJP and Sangh Parivar, starting from PM Narendra Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and BJP chief Amit Shah, exercised restraint. Political parties and other outfits, who had opposed the mandir campaign, also calibrated their reaction to suit the need for peace.

In its order, the court said, “The central government shall, within three months, formulate a scheme pursuant under Sections 6 and 7 of the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act, 1993. The scheme shall envisage setting up of a trust with a board of trustees or any other appropriate body under Section 6. The scheme shall make necessary provisions in regard to the functioning of the trust or body, including on matters relating to the management of the trust, the powers of the trustees, including the construction of a temple and all necessary, incidental and supplemental matters.”

The SC told the governments at the Centre and the state that handing over of the disputed site to the trust must coincide with the handing over of five acres of land at a prominent place in Ayodhya to the Sunni Waqf Board for construction of a mosque. “The Sunni Waqf Board would be at liberty, on the allotment of the land, to take necessary steps for the construction of a mosque on the land so allotted together with other associated facilities,” the bench said, adding that till the scheme and allotment of alternative five acres to the Waqf Board was worked out, possession of the disputed land would continue to remain with the Centre.

ON GUARD: A security officer standing guard at Sri Krishna Janmasthan temple in Mathura

விபத்துகளுக்கு காரணமாகும் புறவழிச் சாலைகள் 






எஸ்.விஜயகுமார்.

தமிழகத்தில் முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த சாலைகளில் ஒன்றான, சேலம்- உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை நான்கு வழிச் சாலையில், 8 இடங்களில் உள்ள புறவழிச் சாலைகள் இரு வழிச்சாலைகளாக உள்ளன. இதனால், நாளுக்குநாள் விபத்து அபாயம் அதிகரித்து வருவதால், இந்த புறவழிச் சாலைகளை உடனடியாக நான்கு வழிச்சாலை களாக மாற்றவேண்டும் என்று சமூக ஆர்வலர்கள் வலியுறுத்தி உள்ளனர்.

தமிழகத்தின் மேற்கு மாவட்டங்களான நீலகிரி, கோவை, திருப்பூர், ஈரோடு, சேலம் ஆகிய மாவட்டங்கள் மட்டுமின்றி, கேரள மாநிலத்தின் கொச்சி, திருச்சூர், பாலக்காடு நகரங்களை சென்னையுடன் இணைக்கும் பிரதான சாலையாக சேலம்- உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை நான்கு வழிச்சாலை உள்ளது. குறிப்பாக, இந்தச்சாலையை கொங்கு மண்டலத்தின் நுழைவு வாயில் என்றும் கூறலாம்.

சேலம்- உளுந்தூர்பேட்டையை இணைக்கும் இந்த 136 கிமீ., நீள நெடுஞ்சாலை, ஒரு முனையில் திருச்சி- சென்னை நெடுஞ்சாலையையும், மறுமுனையில் பெங்களூரு- மதுரை மற்றும் சேலம்- கோவை நெடுஞ்சாலைகளை இணைக்கிறது. இந்த சாலையில், தினந்தோறும் பல ஆயிரம் வாகனங்கள் பயணிக்கின்றன.

இருப்பினும், பல்வேறு காரணங்களால் பாதுகாப்பற்ற சாலையாகவே இருந்து வருகிறது. இதனை 4 வழிச்சாலை என்று கூறினாலும், புறவழிச்சாலைகள் அனைத்தும் இரு வழிச்சாலையாகவே உள்ளன.

குறிப்பாக, சேலம் மாநகரை அடுத்த உடையாப்பட்டி, வாழப்பாடி, ஆத்தூர், சின்னசேலம், கள்ளக்குறிச்சி, தியாகதுருகம், இலவனாசூர்கோட்டை, உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை என 8 இடங்களில் உள்ள புறவழிச் சாலைகள் இரு வழிச்சாலையாகவே உள்ளன.

4 வழிச்சாலையில் சராசரியாக மணிக்கு 100 கிமீ., வேகத்தில் பயணிக்கும் வாகனங்கள், திடீரென இரு வழிச்சாலையில் நுழைய வேண்டியுள்ளது. சென்டர் மீடியன் கூட இல்லாத இரு வழிச்சாலையில், அதிவேக வாகனங்கள் எதிரெதிரே கடந்து செல்லும்போது விபத்து ஏற்படுகிறது.

பல உயிர்களும் பலியாகிவிட்டன. இந்தச்சாலை நெடுகிலும் எண்ணற்ற கிராமங்கள் உள்ளன. கிராம மக்கள், 4 வழிச்சாலையை கடப்பதற்கு எந்தவொரு கிராமத்திலும் சுரங்க நடைபாதை அமைக்கப்படவில்லை. இதுவும் விபத்துகள் அதிகரிக்க முக்கிய காரணமாக உள்ளது.

புறவழிச்சாலை அமைந்துள்ள ஒவ்வோர் ஊரில் இருந்தும் வெளியேறும் பேருந்துகள் உள்ளிட்ட வாகனங்கள் அனைத்தும் 4 வழிச்சாலையின் குறுக்கே புகுந்து, மறுபுறம் உள்ள சாலையை அடைய வேண்டி உள்ளதாலும் விபத்து ஏற்படுகிறது. எனவே, சேலம்- உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை 4 வழிச்சாலையில் உள்ள 8 புறவழிச் சாலைகளையும் உடனடியாக, 4 வழிச்சாலையாக மாற்று
வதற்கு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என்று பல்வேறு தரப்பினரும் தொடர்ந்து வலியுறுத்தி வருகின்றனர்.

இது குறித்து சேலம் மாவட்ட பாஜக பொதுச்செயலாளரும் சமூக ஆர்வலருமான எஸ்.என்.செல்வராஜ் கூறும்போது, ‘ சேலம்- உளுந்தூர்பேட்டை 4 வழிச்சாலை பாதுகாப்பற்ற முறையில் அமைக்கப் பட்டிருப்பதால், ஏராளமான விபத்துகள் நிகழ்ந்து, அவற்றில் பலர் உயிரிழந்துவிட்டனர்.

இது குறித்து, தகவல் அறியும் உரிமைச் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் பெற்ற தகவல்கள் அச்சமூட்டுபவையாக உள்ளன. இந்த சாலையில் சேலம் மாவட்டத்தில் மட்டும் 2012-ம் ஆண்டு ஜனவரி முதல் 2017 ஜூன் வரையிலும் 344 விபத்துகள் ஏற்பட்டு, அதில் 117 பேர் உயிரிழந்துவிட்டனர். 126 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்தனர்.

இதே சாலையில் சேலம் மாவட்ட எல்லையில் தொடங்கி உளுந்தூர் பேட்டை (விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம்) வரையிலான சாலையில் 2012-ம்
ஆண்டு தொடங்கி 2019 அக்டோபர் வரை 1,573 விபத்துகள் நிகழ்ந்து, அவற்றில் 417 பேர் உயிரிழந்து விட்டனர். 53 பேர் படுகாய
மடைந்தனர். ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக சேலம்- உளுந்தூர் பேட்டை 4 வழிச்சாலையில், 2012-ம் ஆண்டு தொடங்கி 2019 வரை சுமாராக 2 ஆயிரம் விபத்துகள் நிகழ்ந்து, 530-க்கும் மேற்பட்டோரின் உயிர் பறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

ஒப்பந்தப்படி 2013-ம் ஆண்டுக்குள் புறவழிச்சாலைகளை 4 வழிச்சாலைகளாக மாற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற நிலை இருந்தாலும், விலை மதிப்பற்ற மனித உயிர்களை இனியும் பலி கொடுக்கக் கூடாது என்பதற்காக, மத்திய, மாநில அரசுகள் துரித நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்’ என்றார்.

BREAKING| Ram Mandir to be built on disputed Ayodhya site; Alternate land of 5 acres to be alloted for construction of Mosque

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Published on November 9, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj

Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ, S.A. Bobde, Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ, has directed that disputed land to be given to Trust for construction of Ram Mandir, putting an end to decades of uncertainty ever since the Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992. It also directed that a suitable plot of 5 acres must be granted to Sunni Waqf Board to set up a Mosque.

While reading out the verdict, CJI said that as per the testimony of Hindus & Muslims, both were offering prayers at the disputed site and that Sunni Waqf Board was not able to prove adverse possession over the disputed property.

Key takeaways from the verdict that was read out in Court Number 1 today: 

Unanimous verdict

SLP filed by Shia Waqf Board challenging the order of 1946 Faizabad Court dismissed

Ram Janma Bhoomi not a juristic person but Ram Lalla is.
Babri Masjid was not built on a vacant land. There was an underlying non-Islamic structure as per ASI’s report.

Titles can’t be decided on faith and belief but on the claims. 

Historical accounts indicate the belief of Hindus that Ayodhya was the birthplace of Lord Ram.

Sunni Waqf Board can’t claim adverse possession.

There is no evidence that Muslims abandoned mosque.Hindus always believed birthplace of Lord Ram was in inner courtyard of mosque. Clearly established that Muslims offered prayer inside inner courtyard&Hindus offered prayers in outer courtyard.
Alternate site of 5 acres to be allotted to Muslims to construct mosque.

Disputed land to be given to Trust for construction of Ram Mandir.

Yesterday, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi held a meeting on Friday with Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari and state DGP Om Prakash Singh to take stock of law and order situation in the state.

Security arrangements have been beefed up across the country, especially in Ayodhya, in view of the impending judgment in the case. Section 144 has been imposed in the district till December 10. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had held a meeting on Thursday via video conferencing with all district magistrates and senior officials directing them to crack down on those trying to disrupt peace. He also asked the officials to stay alert and pro-active. The Uttar Pradeh government has ordered closure of all educational and training institutes till Monday.

Between August to October, the Supreme Court held a day-to-day hearing for 40 days on a batch of petitions challenging Allahabad High Court’s order trifurcating the 2.77 acres of the disputed land at Ayodhya into three equal parts to Ram Lalla, Sunni Waqf Board and Nirmohi Akhara. The 16th-century Babri Masjid was demolished on December 6, 1992.

 https://blog.scconline.com/post/2019/11/09/breaking-ram-mandir-to-be-built-on-disputed-ayodhya-site-alternate-land-of-5-acres-to-be-alloted-for-construction-of-mosque/

39 ஆண்டாக, 'அரியர்' இருந்தால், தேர்வுக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்

Added : நவ 09, 2019 00:11

சென்னை : 'சென்னை பல்கலையில், 1980ம் ஆண்டு முதல் படித்தவர்கள், 'அரியர்' இருந்தால், தேர்வுக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்' என, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

சென்னை பல்கலையின் தேர்வு கட்டுப்பாட்டு அதிகாரி, பாண்டியன் வெளியிட்ட செய்தி குறிப்பு:சென்னை பல்கலையின், தொலைநிலை கல்வி திட்டத்தில், 1980 - 81ம் கல்வி ஆண்டு முதல், தற்போது வரை படித்தவர்களில், யாருக்காவது சில பாடங்கள் தேர்ச்சி பெறாமல், 'அரியர்' இருந்தால், அந்த தேர்வை எழுதி தேர்ச்சி பெறலாம்.இதற்காக, இந்த ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் மற்றும் அடுத்த ஆண்டு மே மாதம், தேர்வில் பங்கேற்கலாம் என, சலுகை திட்டம் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

டிசம்பர் தேர்வில் பங்கேற்க விரும்புவோர், சென்னை பல்கலையின்,www.ideunom.ac.in என்ற இணையதளம் வழியே விண்ணப்பங்களை பெற்று, நவ., 22க்குள் சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம். மேலும், விபரங்களை, பல்கலைக்கு நேரில் வந்தும் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

டிக்டாக்கில் மூழ்கிய மனைவி: பூரிக்கட்டையால் அடித்து கொன்ற கணவன்

Updated : நவ 08, 2019 17:53 | Added : நவ 08, 2019 17:41




பிரகாசம்: ஆந்திரா மாநிலத்தில் டிக்டாக்கில் மூழ்கிய மனைவியை பூரிக்கட்டையால் அடித்து கணவன் கொன்ற சம்பவம் பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.

சமீ பகாலமாக பலரும் தங்களின் இயல்பு வாழ்க்கையை மறந்து சமூக வலைதளங்களில் மூழ்கியுள்ளனர். இது அவர்களுக்கும் அவர்களை சார்ந்த மற்றவர்களுக்கும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்பது தெரியாமல் அந்த மாயையில் சிக்குகின்றனர்.

ஆந்திர மாநிலம், பிரகாசம் மாவட்டத்தில் டிக்டாக் செயலியால் ஒரு கொலை சம்பவம் அரங்கேறியது அதிர்ச்சியை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. தல்லூர் கிராமத்தை சேர்ந்த பாச்சூ, டெய்லராக உள்ளார். இவருக்கு பாத்திமா என்ற மனைவியும் பள்ளி செல்லும் வயதில் இரு குழந்தைகள் உள்ளனர்.





பாத்திமாவுக்கு டிக்டாக்கில் வீடியோ வெளியிடும் பழக்கம் இருந்து வந்தது. வீட்டிற்கு அருகில் உள்ள வயல்வெளி, தோட்டம் என பல்வேறு இடங்களுக்கு சென்று, நடனமாடி வீடியோ வெளியிட்டு வந்துள்ளார். இதனை பலமுறை பாச்சூ கண்டித்தும், பாத்திமா கேட்கவில்லை.

ஆத்திரமடைந்த அவர், வீட்டில் இருந்த பூரிக்கட்டையால் அடித்தும், கழுத்தை நெரித்தும் மனைவியை கொன்றுள்ளார். மாட்டிக் கொள்வோம் எனக் கருதி, மனைவியை தூக்கில் தொங்கவிட்டு தற்கொலை செய்தது போல் நாடகமாடினார். போலீசாரின் கிடுக்கிப்பிடி விசாரணையில் கொலையை ஒப்புக்கொண்டார். பாச்சூ கைது செய்யப்பட்டார்.

Madras high court stays charge memo issued against doctor

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedNov 9, 2019, 2:18 am IST

According to petitioner, already the Central govt has fixed basic salary of Rs 56,000 for the doctors working in the government medical hospitals.

Madras high court

Chennai: The Madras high court has stayed the operation of the charge memo issued against a doctor, who participated in the recent strike, demanding pay
hike.

Justice M.Dhandapani granted the interim stay on a petition filed by Dr.S.Syed Naser, an assistant surgeon in orthopedics in government PHC at Nainampatti of Salem district, challenging the charge memo issued against him.

The judge said considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the very same issues raised in all other writ petitions, all the cases are directed to be posted along with similar cases. The counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the very same petitioners were already transferred to faraway places, apart from issuing charge memos. “Interim stay on the charge memo issued. Post along with batch of cases. Call on November 18, 2019”, the judge added.

According to petitioner, already the Central government has fixed basic salary of Rs 56,000 for the doctors working in the government medical hospitals. The Central government already brought 6th pay commission and 7th pay commission with regard to the basic salary for the doctors. The state government for so many years had not followed the central government’s guidelines.

Therefore, various doctors associations sent representations to the authorities. But, there was no response. Hence, the doctors went on indefinite strike from October 25, 2019. While so, the Chief Minister and the health minister issued a press release on October 30 stating that doctors demand will be solved and also called the entire doctors to report to duty. Accordingly, the Federation of Government Doctors Association, in which he was a member decided to withdraw the strike on November 1 and reported to duty. Subsequently and secretly, the state government issued transfer orders and charge memos. The orders were issued without any administrative reasons, he added.

Suburban trains partially cancelled in Chennai-Tambaram section on Nov 9, 10

17 suburban train services cancelled in Chennai - Tambaram section on November 9 and 10 due to engineering works.

Published: 08th November 2019 06:41 AM 

Image for representational purpose only

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: As many as 17 suburban train services would be cancelled between Chennai and Tambaram on November 9 and 10 to facilitate engineering works, according to a statement from Southern railways.

Chennai Beach - Tambaram local trains departing from Chennai Beach at 11 pm, 11.20 pm, 11.40 pm, and 11.59 pm on November 9 have been cancelled.

Similarly, Tambaram - Chennai Beach departing from Tambaram at 10.15 pm, 10.25 pm, 10.45 pm, 11.25 pm and 11.45 pm on November 9 also will not ply.

The Chengalpattu - Chennai Beach local leaving Chengalpattu at 11.10 pm on November 9 is cancelled.

Cancellations on November 10:

The Chennai Beach - Chengalpattu local leaving Chennai Beach at 3:55 am, 4.35 am, and 4.55 am November 10 will be partially cancelled between Beach and Tambaram. The train run from Tambaram as per the schedule of regular trains, said the statement.

The Chennai Beach - Tambaram local leaving Chennai Beach at 4:15 am, on November 10 is fully cancelled.

The Tambaram – Chennai Beach local leaving Tambaram at 3:55 am, 4.15 am and 4.35 am on November 10 is fully cancelled, said the statement.

Officials blocked from WhatsApp for using ‘suspect’ group name
The name ‘Child Sex Ratio Decline’ rings alarm bells at instant messaging platform

09/11/2019, TANU KULKARNI ,BENGALURU

A WhatsApp group initiated by an official with the Department of Women and Child Development ( DWCD) has run afoul with the instant messaging platform, which reportedly took objection to the group name and blocked it. What’s worse, officials from the Department of Primary and Secondary Education, who were added to the group, found that their numbers were blocked by WhatsApp. The name of the group that has caused so much trouble — ‘Child Sex Ratio Decline’.

While officials are not clear why such stringent action was taken, they believe the use of the words ‘child’ and ‘sex’ may have triggered WhatsApp’s alarm. The Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD), Dakshina Kannada, has approached the cybercrime police station in Mangaluru, where the police filed a non-cognizable report and have reached out to the platform.

“We received a letter from the department about a week ago stating that numbers of all the people who were added to the group as well as the administrator has been blocked after they created the WhatsApp group. The cybercrime police have acknowledged the issue,” said the police.

An official of the Education Department, who was part of the group, said all group members were part of a workshop titled ‘Gender sensitisation and legal awareness’ that was conducted by the DWCD along with other departments.

This was part of the Union government’s flagship — Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme. “After the workshop, we wanted to share the best practices carried out in the district, and discuss the medical and social perspectives pertaining to the issue. We also wanted to stay in touch and follow up on this. So a WhatsApp group was created in October. We were surprised when we learnt that our numbers had been blocked,” said a source. The source added that at least 18 officials were blocked from WhatsApp.

One of the affected officials said that he was finding it difficult to coordinate assignments at work as he could no longer use the messaging platform. “This is a great inconvenience as I am unable to receive timely updates on several activities of the department. We want our numbers to be unblocked at the earliest,” he added.

The Child Sex Ratio is the number of females per thousand males in the 0 to 6 age group and is one of the most important child welfare indicators. The ratio in Karnataka, according to the 2011 census, is 948. The same ratio for Dakshina Kannada district is 947, which is a decline from 952 in 2001.

High Court for audio/video recording of witness statements

09/11/2019, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI

With the list of hostile witnesses getting bigger each day resulting in acquittals, the Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday wondered if it can put to use audio/video electronic means for recording statements so that the witnesses who disown their statements can be confronted.

A Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and N. Anand Venkatesh observed that if the trend of hostile witnesses was allowed to continue, people will lose faith in criminal justice system. Recording of examination of witnesses by police will make it easier for prosecution to confront witnesses.

“It will bring in an element of deterrence and make the witness think twice before he disowns the statement given to the police.” Also, this will enable the witness to substantiate before the court whether the statement was actually given by him or not.

The court said similar provisions were added to Criminal Procedure Code which deals with recording of statements by Metropolitan Magistrates or Judicial Magistrates. Also in POCSO cases, the special courts were recording the statements of victims.“We are living in an era where science has grown so much and it is high time that electronic means were used extensively in investigation and quality of investigation is substantially improved,” the court said.

The court sought the assistance off Bar associations of the HC Bench. The court further directed the State Public Prosecutor and Additional Public Prosecutor to take necessary instructions from the police, to assist the court. The case was posted for hearing on November 13.

HC imposes cost on parent in NEET impersonation case

Judicial custody of fathers of three students extended

09/11/2019, B. TILAK CHANDAR , A. 

SHRIKUMAR,MADURAI

The Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday imposed a cost of ₹5,000 on a parent accused in the NEET impersonation case for filing another bail petition, just days after he was denied the relief by the High Court Bench. The bail petition was dismissed.

Calling the intention of the petitioner an abuse of the process of law, Justice V. Parthiban observed that the court cannot remain a mute spectator to such an act. The petitioner cannot take the court for a ride. The cost is imposed for making a mockery of the court, the judge said.

The State submitted that there was no change in the circumstances of the case that warranted the petitioner to file a fresh petition seeking bail. The court had denied bail to five parents in the NEET impersonation case, while granting relief to their wards.

Custody extended

The Theni Judicial Magistrate (JM) Court extended judicial custody of the fathers of three students arrested in the case.

They were arrested by the CB-CID for hiring an impersonator to clear the NEET exam and securing seats in MBBS admissions 2019. The three accused were produced before the JM, N. Panneerselvam, who extended their custody for the third time, and ordered them to be produced again on November 22.

7 teachers found to have used fake qualifications
09/11/2019,BERHAMPUR

After several RTIs filed by locals, seven government school teachers in Odisha’s Ganjam district were found to have secured appointment using fake qualification certificates. According to sources, investigation is on to ascertain the authenticity of certificates of around 20 more teachers serving in government schools. A special cell has been set up in the district to verify certificates submitted by junior teachers.

Onions to be imported from Dubai, Egypt

09/11/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

With onion prices breaching the ₹100 per kg mark in Delhi and soaring to ₹80 in other metros, the Centre has decided to import the staple from Dubai, Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. The first shipments are likely to arrive by November 15, according to officials in the Consumer Affairs Ministry.

Public sector trading agency MMTC, which operates under the Commerce Ministry, has issued a tender to import 2,000 tonnes from Dubai, said an official.

15th Annual Convocation 2019

THENI RAPE & MURDER

SC stays execution of TN convict

New Delhi:09.11.2019

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of a death row convict who has been held guilty by the lower court and the Madras high court for brutally killing a college girl and her lover after raping her near Suruli hills in Theni district of Tamil Nadu in 2011.

Abench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi admitted the special leave petition (SLP) of condemned prisoner Kattavellai alias Devakar challenging the March13 verdict of the Madurai bench of the Madras high court upholding his conviction and award of the death penalty in the twin murder case. “The appeal is admitted. The execution of the death penalty is stayed,” the bench, which also comprised Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, said. The top court, in April, had quashed the trial court’s warrant of execution of the death sentence of the convict issued on March 27 saying that he cannot be hanged without being given the opportunity to exhaust all available legal remedies. Devakar had then not filed the SLP in the apex court against the high court verdict.

“Be that as it may, as the period for filing of a special leave petition/an appeal against the order of conviction and sentence passed is yet to be over, we are of the view that the warrant for execution of death sentence, dated March 27, 2019, is contrary to the law laid down by this Court... We deem it proper, without issuing any notice, to set aside the said warrant of execution of death sentence and allow this petition,” the SC had said. PTI

₹5,000 fine imposed on NEET accused

Madurai:09.11.2019

The Madras high court has imposed ₹5,000 on a petitioner, who filed a second petition seeking bail as he was arrested in the NEET impersonation case. The court imposed the cost observing that the petitioner is making a mockery of the process of law.

The petitioner, C A Davis had moved the high court Madurai bench seeking bail in the case. When the petition was heard on Friday, the state government submitted that there is no change in circumstance that warrants the petitioner to file a fresh petition seeking bail.

Taking note of the submissions, justice V Parthiban observed that the intention of the petitioner is to make mockery of the process of law and stampede the process of law.

The judge further observed that the court cannot be a mere spectator to the act committed by the petitioner. TNN

AIADMK uses pension as poll tool

Sets Target To Identify 5L Beneficiaries

Julie Mariappan & A Subburaj TNN

Chennai:09.11.2019

With local body polls around the corner, the ruling AIADMK is racing against time to identify old age beneficiaries for the government’s social security pension scheme. This comes in the wake of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami expressing displeasure at a party meeting on Wednesday that a mere 1.5 lakh applications were received during the CM’s special grievance redressal scheme, while the government had set a target of five lakh.

The revenue department issued an order last week to sanction old age pension to five lakh new eligible persons from current fiscal that would cost an additional ₹618 crore to the exchequer. “We are working hard given the limited time before notification of local body polls. We have spread the word to all local functionaries in the constituency to identify the eligible beneficiaries and sanction the pension,” said a senior AIADMK leader, who attended the party meeting. Until September this year, 29.64 lakh people avail monthly pensions under nine schemes, including 12.52 lakh old age pensioners. The Jayalalithaa government enhanced the pension for all categories from ₹500 to ₹1,000 from 2011.

The AIADMK functionaries said applications were pouring in. “We only recommend, and the officials oblige our requests. I received 30 applications today,” said a district secretary. Incidentally, the AIADMK government deleted some six lakh beneficiaries in 2015, when it had to do an annual verification, as per the guidelines of the Centre’s National Social Assistance Programme. In the wake of an uproar from the opposition in the state assembly, the government cited duplications, deaths, change of address and non-fulfilment of certain eligibility criteria as reasons. The Centre also sponsors partially the pension schemes for old age, widows and differentlyabled.

Elders above 60 years, destitute and those falling below poverty line are eligible to avail the pension, but many a time, the affluent get paid, it is alleged. The Coimbatore district administration had received 21,000 applications seeking old age pension in the recently held CM’s special grievance redressal programme in the district.

Lack of proper mechanism had people like C K Vijayalakshmi of Teachers Colony in Anupanadi in Madurai waiting for months to get her application moving in the district collectorate, while A Venkatesh of Ponnammapet in Salem could get it done for a relative, Neela, but not before paying a tout ₹4,000. The state should strictly implement the law for maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens that guarantees monthly allowance from children and legal heirs, and orders imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month for violations.

(With inputs from Padmini Sivarajah, V Senthil Kumaran)

SR vigilance officials in Salem to investigate sick leave scam

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:09.11.2019

Southern railway vigilance officials from Chennai are camping in Salem for the past two days to probe complaints that some station masters misuse sick leave to go on long holidays to their home towns or hill stations.

Sources said the role of officials at the railway hospitals in the division is under scanner. Vigilance officials are investigating if bribes were paid to obtain false medical certificates.

Employees who were supposed to be on sick leave for 10-14 days returned from holiday and got a medical certificate dated a day before they rejoined duty.

After TOI reported this practice, many station masters complained that they, guards and pointsmen were being denied leave as there were a lot of vacancies. "Senior officials are not taking steps to fill these vacancies and station masters are overworked," said EK Babu, a senior office-bearer of the All-India Station Master Association (AISMA).

In fact the letter from Salem division sent to Vigilance itself highlights the vacancy issue. A large number of station masters are from north and eastern India. "They have to take leave to visit their families at least once or twice a year but it is difficult to get leave. They use the sick leave route for this," said a station master based in Chennai.

After the vigilance took up the case, the medical department officials in Salem has released all employees who were currently marked as sick, sources said.

₹35L compensation for family of man mowed down by bike

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:09.11.2019

An accident claims tribunal in the city has directed an insurance firm to pay ₹35.9lakh to the family of a man who was fatally knocked down by a two-wheeler near Kandhan Chavadi in 2016.

The family moved the tribunal seeking a compensation of ₹1crore.

The petitioner, D Anjugam, said in her petition that her husband Dakshinamurthy was crossing the road near the Kandhan Chavadi bus stop when a rashlydriven motorcycle hit him. He was taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital where he died three days later.

The two-wheeler owner submitted before the tribunal that Dakshinamuthy was crossing the road negligent of road traffic rules and was responsible for the accident. The bike owner further contended that his vehicle had a valid insurance at the time of the accident and hence the insurance firm was liable to pay compensation, if any.

Counsel for the insurance firm contested the age, income and other particulars of the victim.

“The victim suddenly crossed the carriageway unmindful of the oncoming vehicle. Further, the motorcycle owner was not in possession of a valid driving licence at the time of the accident and had violated provisions of motor vehicles act,” the counsel submitted.

After examining the submissions and documents, the tribunal held that the accident happened only due to the negligence of the motorist.

Noting that the deceased was aged 40 at the time of the accident and was a contractor earning a monthly income of around ₹25,000, the tribunal computed other factors such as loss of future income for the family and medical expenses and held that they are eligible to receive a compensation of ₹35.9lakh.

After examining the submissions and documents, the accident claims tribunal held that the accident happened only due to the negligence of the motorist.

VIT entrance application sale begins

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:09.11.2019

The sale of printed application forms for VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE-2020) for BTech programmes was launched at the Vellore Head Post Office on Friday by chancellor G Viswanathan. VITEEE will be held from April 13 to April19, 2020, as a computer-based test in 120 cities in India as well in Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat and Qatar.

The application forms can be obtained by providing a demand draft for ₹1,250 drawn in favour of VIT, payable at the respective campus or by cash payment at 22 select post offices across the country. The last date for applying is February

29. For further details go to www.vit.ac.in.

Quack held for third time in 4 years

Chennai:09.11.2019

Police have arrested a quack for the third time in four years at Siva Kanchi in Kancheepuram.

Thirumalai, 40, of Periya Kancheepuram had been operating his ‘clinic’ a few streets from his house for more than six years. Even after his arrest in 2016 and 2018, Thirumalai, who was allegedly proficient in siddha and acupuncture, continued to practise allopathy, said a police officer.

He had been operating his new clinic a few streets from his previous facility after coming out of prison, police said. Residents alerted qualified doctors in the area, who tipped off the joint director of medical services in Kancheepuram.

On Friday, a team of doctors along with senior officials and police personnel from the Siva Kanchi police station carried out a search at his clinic and found allopathic medicines which he was prescribing to patients.

Based on a complaint, the Siva Kanchi police registered a case under Section 15 and 15 (3)

(a) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. They arrested and remanded Thirumalai in prison after producing him before a magistrate’s court on Friday.

Thirumalai was arrested twice in 2018 and jailed. TNN

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9.11.2019

Man found murdered near Mamallapuram

A 53-year-old man was found murdered at Echur Erikkarai near Mamallapuram on Thursday. Manjunathan was employed as a supervisor at a construction firm at Anupuram in Kalpakkam. Preliminary inquiries revealed that Manjunathan left his house after he received a call on his mobile and didn’t return. Based on his wife Poonkothai’s complaint, a case has been registered. He is survived by Poonkothai, a school teacher, daughter and son.

23-yr-old barges into house, tries to sexually assault widow: A 23-year-old man has been arrested for barging into the house of a widow in Muttukadu and attempting to sexually assault her when she was sleeping with her two daughters. The arrested, identified as Shreeban, a resident of Muttukadu, was nabbed after the woman revealed his identity. Based on her complaint, the Kanathur police arrested Shreeban, member of the housekeeping staff at a private firm.

Tasmac outlets to remain closed on Sunday: Tasmac shops, bars and clubs serving liquor in the city will remain closed on Sunday on account of Milad un-Nabi. There shall be no sale of liquor at any other related commercial establishments as well, said a press release issued on Friday by Chennai collector R Seethalakshmi.

TNPSC asks candidates to upload scanned documents: Candidates who have been admitted provisionally for second phase of certificate verification or counselling for assistant agricultural officer posts, should upload their scanned original certificates through listed e-Seva centres from November 18 to November 22. The counselling will be held on December 3, according to a Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) release. Those, who fail to upload documents, will not be considered for the next stage of selection process.

Pay bribe and pray for a water connection here
In Spite Of Arrest Of Official, Graft Rampant

Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com

Chennai:09.11.2019

Residents of areas added to Greater Chennai Corporation in 2011 struggle to get water and sewage connections eight years down the line. While red tape is rampant, residents say authorities refuse to process filled-in applications unless a bribe is paid.

While officials dismiss this as a wild allegation, an FIR filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) last week shows officials employing delaying tactics to extract money from applicants. The FIR came following the arrest of a superintending engineer of Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (Metrowater). According to the FIR, Metrowater senior engineer R Vijayakumari allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹1lakh for processing an application from a gated community of 93 residentsin Nolambur for water andsewer connections.The residents’ group had paid a fee of ₹37.42lakh towards infrastructure development and connection charges. They had also bought meter chambers for water connections, rain water harvesting system and water meters. Metrowater officials inspected the place and issued a ‘job completed’ certificate, but the department did no ground work to provide water and sewage connections. Residents said the engineer asked for ₹1lakh bribe, half of it as advance. DVAC laid a trap and caught the official red-handed taking ₹50,000 from the residents.

Residents of peripheral areas of the city have similar complaints of officials demanding bribe,either directly or by delaying the work. D Sundarraman, 76, general secretary of Venkatapuram Residents’ Welfare Association in Ambattur, said it is difficult to prove bribery in the government departments, but many knew it happens. “Some files are processedquickly,while others gather dust,” he said.

Banu Vishwanath, president of Piruthipakkam Residents’ Welfare Association in Ambattur, said officials exploit the desperation and ignorance of residents to demand bribe. Ramalingam, another resident of Ambattur,said60 residentsin WestBalajiNagar gotwater connection without bribe as they were supported by a non-governmental organisation that took up civic issues. “When residents approach individually, huge amounts have to be paid as bribe,” he said. Residents said they chose to settle in these neighbourhoods by buying a homewiththeir lifetimesavings as they could not afford houses in the city. But even after these areas were added to the city, the benefits of being part of the corporation are yet to reach them.

A Metrowater official said many residents had not got connections asthey wereopposedto the corporation’s property tax rates. He, however, declined to comment on complaints of corruption in the department.


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