Top court to decide on application of consumer law for edu institutions

Top court to decide on application of consumer law for edu institutions

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:23.10.2020

Do educational institutions come within the purview of consumer protection law so that proceedings could be initiated against them by students or parents for deficiency in services? The Supreme Court has decided to adjudicate on the issue in view of contradictions in its earlier decisions.

Agreeing to hear a plea filed by a group of nine medical students seeking to proceed against Vinayaka Mission University in Tamil Nadu, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee said that point of law on the issue of application of consumer law for educational institutions has to be decided as there were divergence in the views taken by earlier benches of the court.

While admitting the petition filed by the students, the bench sought response from the University which agreed to file reply on the plea within six weeks. “Since there are divergent views of this court bearing on the subject as to whether an educational institution or University would be subject to the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 1986, the appeal would require admission,” the bench said in its brief order.

The students approached the apex court after their petition against the university under the consumer law was dismissed by National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). Rejecting the students’ plea, the commission said, “We are of the considered opinion that the institutions rendering education, including vocational courses and activities undertaken during the process of pre-admission as well as post-admission and also imparting excursion tours, picnics, extra co-curricular activities, swimming, sport, etc. except coaching institutions, will, therefore, not be covered under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.”

The students had filed complaint against the university for deficiency in services and sought compensation of ₹1.4 crore each. They alleged that they took admission in the university in the offshore programme after they were told that the medical degree would be recognised by the Medical Council of India.

POINT OF LAW: SC agrees to hear a plea filed by a group of nine medical students seeking to proceed against Vinayaka Mission University in Tamil Nadu

Docs at govt hospital remove stick from patient’s brain

Bosco.Dominique@timesgroup.com

Villupuram:23.10.2020

A team of surgeons led by neurosurgeon P Pallavan from the Government Villupuram medical college hospital (GVMCH) successfully removed a wooden stick, which had pierced through the left temple of a 42-yearold man and entered his skull when he had an accidental fall from his bike.

S Kumar, a farmer from Mazhavanthangal village, Gingee taluk in Villupuram district fell from his bike while returning from the field on October 7. He was admitted to GVMCH at 10am on the same day. GVMCH dean R Kundavi Devi convened a meeting with the surgeons and specialists to discuss how to remove the wooden foreign body, 7cm in length and 4cm in girth, from the patient’s head.

The experts decided to perform the surgery in two stages.

The first stage involved removing the part of the wooden body (extracranial part) protruding outside the head. The second stage involves cutting the skull in round shapes and removing the remaining wood inside the head (intracranial part).

A team of surgeons led by Pallavan performed the first stage of the surgery and then waited for three days for the patient to stabilise before performing the second stage of the surgery through ‘ring craniotomy’ procedure. The second stage of the surgery lasted for five hours from 6pm to11pm on October 10.

“The patient is recovering well post-surgery. It is a complicated surgery, which needs multi-disciplinary approach. The surgery may cost between Rs10 lakh and Rs15 lakh in a private hospital. GVMCH performed the surgery free of cost under Tamil Nadu chief minister’s comprehensive health insurance scheme,” said Pallavan.

Surgeons removed the wooden stick 7cm in length and 4cm in girth, from the patient’s head in two stages. The second stage of the surgery lasted five hours

Guv seeks time to decide on NEET, Stalin to protest

Guv seeks time to decide on NEET, Stalin to protest

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:23.10.2020

Governor Banwarilal Purohit onThursday said he would need at least three or four weeks' time to arrive at a decision on NEET quota bill that provides 7.5% horizontal reservation to the students of government schools to get admission into medical institutes.

The governor was responding to DMK chief M K Stalin, who had written a letter to him on Wednesday, urging him to immediately give assent to the bill. “I would like to inform that I am seized of the matter and getting it examined from all angles. I need at least 3 to4weekstimeto arrive at a decision. The same has also been informed to the delegation of ministerswhocalled on me recently,” Purohit said in his letter, a copy of which was released by the DMK.

In a statement, Stalin said the delay to take a decision was nothing but dilution of the bill and against the welfare of poor students of government schools. It had become inevitable to resort to agitation against the government’s "non-cooperation and indifference". “The DMK will hold a massive agitation on Saturday at 10am in front of Raj Bhavan, urging the governor to give assent to the bill immediately and against the state government for failing to exert political pressure on the governor,” Stalin said.

Quoting the letter, the DMKchief allegedthe ministerial delegation, which had spoken to the media after meeting the governor last week, had deliberately hidden the fact that the governor was seeking time to take a call. “There are also reports of the governor telling the ministers to implement 10% quota for economically weaker sections, and he would give assent to the 7.5% NEET quota bill,” Stalin said.

Recalling his readiness to jointly protest with the AIADMK to get the assent, Stalin said the CM lacked courage to protest against the governor.

MBBS intake for all India quota seats to start on October 27

MBBS intake for all India quota seats to start on October 27

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:23.10.2020

Admissions for MBBS seats under all India quota in central institutions and deemed universities will begin on October 27.

The schedule released by the medical counselling committee (MCC) says registration for first round will end on November 2. Students can lock choices between October 28 and November 2, results for the first round published on November 5 and those allotted seats given till November 12 to join.

In the second round, participants will be given five days to register from November 18, and can lock choices before November 22. Results will be published on November 25 and vacant seats transferred to state universities on December 3. Registration for mop-up round to central and deemed universities, ESIC, AIIMS and Jipmer will begin on December 10 and allotment will be on December 17. Vacant seats will be transferred between December 28 and 31.

To keep non-serious students away, a non-refundable registration fee and refundable security deposit will be collected from all. They will have to forfeit the refundable deposit of up to ₹2 lakh if they don’t join colleges allotted after the second and mop-up rounds.

Those registering for deemed universities will have to pay the non-refundable registration fee of ₹5,000 and a refundable security amount of ₹2 lakh. For (15% All India Quota)/Central Universities (DU, AMU, BHU and Jamia Millia Islamia,Delhi)/AFMS & ESI, a nonrefundable registration fee of ₹1,000/ for UR candidates, ₹500 for SC/ST/OBC/PH candidates and a refundable security amount for ₹10,000 for UR candidates and ₹5,000 for SC/ST/OBC/PH will be collected.

Single-window counselling will be held for central universities, AIIMS, Jipmer, ESIC and AFMC along with allotment for all India quota seats and deemed universities.

There will be three rounds of counselling for deemed and central universities including a mop-up round of DGHS followed by stray vacancy round at the institution level (list of 10 times the number of vacancies will be sent to institutes which would be exhausted strictly in terms of merit).

பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு இணைப்பு வழங்கவும், இணைப்பை நிறுத்தி வைக்கவும் அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு முழு அதிகாரம் உள்ளது: உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு

பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு இணைப்பு வழங்கவும், இணைப்பை நிறுத்தி வைக்கவும் அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு முழு அதிகாரம் உள்ளது: உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு

பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு இணைப்பு வழங்கவும், இணைப்பை நிறுத்தி வைக்கவும் அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு முழு அதிகாரம் உள்ளது என சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

போதுமான வகுப்பறைகள், ஆசிரியர்கள் இல்லாததால் செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டம், சட்டமங்கலத்தில் உள்ள இரு தனியார் பொறியியல் கல்லூரிகளின் பல்கலைக்கழக இணைப்பை நிறுத்தி வைத்து அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்தது.

இந்த உத்தரவின் அடிப்படையில், 2020-21 ஆம் கல்வியாண்டுக்கு மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடத்த தடை விதித்து, அகில இந்திய தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி கவுன்சில் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்தது.

இந்த இரு உத்தரவுகளையும் எதிர்த்து, கல்லூரிகள் சார்பில் தாக்கல் செய்த வழக்குகளை விசாரித்த சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழக விதிகள், அகில இந்திய தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி கவுன்சில் அதிகாரத்துக்கு கட்டுப்பட்டது எனக் கூறி, பல்கலைக்கழக உத்தரவை ரத்து செய்து உத்தரவிட்டது.

மேலும், இரு கல்லூரிகளுக்கும் புதிதாக நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்பி, நேரில் ஆய்வு செய்து தகுந்த உத்தரவு பிறப்பிக்கவும் உத்தரவிட்டது.

இந்த உத்தரவை எதிர்த்து, அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் சார்பில் மேல் முறையீடு செய்யப்பட்டது. இந்த மேல் முறையீட்டு மனுக்கள் தலைமை நீதிபதி ஏ.பி.சாஹி மற்றும் நீதிபதி செந்தில்குமார் ராமமூர்த்தி ஆகியோர் அடங்கிய அமர்வில் இன்று (அக். 20) விசாரணைக்கு வந்தபோது, பல்கலைக்கழக இணைப்பு மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க அகில இந்திய தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி கவுன்சிலுக்கு மட்டுமே அதிகாரம் இருப்பதாக கல்லூரிகள் தரப்பில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

ஆனால், கல்லூரிகளுக்கு இணைப்பு வழங்கவும், இணைப்பை நிறுத்தி வைக்கவும் சட்டப்படி, அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு அதிகாரம் இருப்பதாக நீதிபதிகள் சுட்டிக்காட்டினர்.

மேலும், அகில இந்திய தொழில்நுட்ப கல்விக் கவுன்சில் விதிகளின்படியே, தரமான கல்வியை வழங்க அண்ணா பல்கலைக்கழகம் நடவடிக்கை எடுத்துள்ளதாகக் கூறிய நீதிபதிகள், இரு கல்லூரிகளின் மனுக்கள் மீது அகில இந்திய தொழில்நுட்ப கல்விக் கவுன்சில் இறுதி உத்தரவு பிறப்பிக்கும் வரை, பல்கலைக்கழக இணைப்பு நிறுத்திவைப்பு உத்தரவை அமல்படுத்தக் கூடாது எனவும் உத்தரவிட்டனர்.

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HC cancels ‘forcible’ adoption of boy, gives custody to mother Child’s Mom Filed Habeas Corpus Petition In Jan

HC cancels ‘forcible’ adoption of boy, gives custody to mother

Child’s Mom Filed Habeas Corpus Petition In Jan

Ajay.Sura@timesgroup.com

Chandigarh:20.10.2020

The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that a child who is being taken to a far off country by way of adoption needs to be protected and added that background checks by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) and its equivalent authority in the foreign country are imperative in the case of an inter-country adoption.

Deciding the ongoing battle over adoption of a minor boy to a couple based in the United States under “pressure” of his grandparents after his father’s death, the Punjab and Haryana high court directed the adoptive parents to hand over custody of the child to his natural mother.

The high court held that the adoption deed shown to be executed on December 3, 2019 is a highly suspicious document as regards its authenticity and secondly, the intention to give the child for adoption was at a time when the petitioner could not be said to be in a stable mental state due to the recent death of her husband.

As the child remained with the adoptive couple, the high court observed that the couple must have been attached with the child, thus it would be appropriate in the interest of the child if the adoptive mother hands over the child by first familiarising him with his natural mother. The process has been ordered to be completed over a period of two weeks.

The matter had reached the high court in January this year after a Chandigarh-based woman (name withheld to protect identity) filed a habeas corpus petition alleging that her minor son had been forcibly taken away from her custody through “forceful” adoption by her in-laws after her husband’s death. She said her father-in-law and mother-inlaw had called her to Patiala in September 2019 and forced her to sign some documents after which her son was given in adoption to the USA-based couple. She approached the HC after the Chandigarh police failed to take any action on her complaint.

She also claimed that her son’s adoption was illegal because the adoption ceremony had taken place in the absence of adoptive parents and the child was taken away from her by the relatives of the adoptive parents, not the adoptive parents themselves.

During the hearing of the case, advocate Anil Malhotra, who was assisting the high court as amicus curiae, had submitted a report alleging that adoption of child is illegal and void and in complete contravention of the provisions mentioned in the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA). Malhotra had also submitted that no giving and taking ceremony took place between the natural mother and adoptive parents, which is also against the statutory provisions. He also submitted that since the adoption is void, the custody of the child should be restored to the mother.

Hearing all the parties, the HC has ordered that the child be restored to the mother.

INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS PROVISIONS

The high court observed that inter-country adoptions must adhere to the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the adoption regulations framed thereunder, with CARA being the authority that is required to go into the question of the appropriateness of any couple/person living abroad to adopt a child from India. It was of the view that the need for protection of children being taken to a foreign country becomes all the more necessary due to too many unfortunate cases of child abuse — sexual, or for the purpose of labouring in houses, in the past.

Oldest GATE examinee is 88 years, youngest 15

Oldest GATE examinee is 88 years, youngest 15

Yogita.Rao@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:20.10.2020

The Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) 2021could be one for the record books. Among those taking the test is an 88-year-old civil engineer, probably the oldest candidate. At the other end of the spectrum is a 15-year-old from Rajasthan, perhaps the youngest to register.

While it is not unusual to see senior citizens appearing for the exam, the organising institutes feel the octogenarian engineer from Uttar Pradesh has set a new benchmark. A 75-year-old candidate is known to have taken the exam two years ago. The premier institutes do not impose an age bar on candidates. With the IITs opening the competitive national test to third-year undergraduate students after a decade, the youngest to apply seems to be a child prodigy.

Delhi govt schools shine in NEET, JEE

Tamanna Goel of Rohini’s Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya is one of the 569 Delhi government school students to have cleared NEET this year.CM Kejriwal lauded such students Tuesday. Fifty-three government school students also cracked JEE (Advanced).

Over 1L of 8.8L total GATE aspirants in their third year

The 15-year-old is in his third-year BTech instrumentation engineering, said Prof Deepankar Choudhury, organising chairman of GATE 2021, from IIT-Bombay. The student will graduate in 2022 and will appear for GATE in his core subject. Usually, BTech graduates who are around 21-22 years old take the exam. With the pandemic delaying graduation plans, the organising IIT has allowed students in the third year to apply as well. Over one lakh of the 8.8 lakh total aspirants are in their third year. Director of IIT-Bombay, Subhasis Chaudhuri, said the institute is delighted at the self-confidence and youthful exuberance of the senior citizen. “We are hopeful to have him as our graduate student also,” he said.

Times View: A new chapter in your life can begin even at 88, that’s the message from the civil engineer. In a country in which life is generally considered to be over after retirement, he has taken a small but important step in shattering stereotypes. The octogenarian is an inspiring figure for millions of elderly in the country.

Number of seats in MBBS course increased to 4,000 in West Bengal: Mamata

Number of seats in MBBS course increased to 4,000 in West Bengal: Mamata

PTI | Oct 20, 2020, 05.17 PM IST

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the number of seats in the MBBS course has increased to 4,000 in the state with the addition of 250 seats in two medical colleges.

Banerjee had earlier underscored the need for increasing the number of medical seats in the state.

"I am pleased to announce that we now have 4,000 MBBS seats for Bengal's vibrant medical students with the initiation of the first MBBS batch in Purulia Govt MCH consisting of 100 seats & the addition of 150 MBBS seats in Gouri Devi Medical College," Banerjee said on Twitter.

Last year, minister of state for health Chandrima Bhattacharya had informed the assembly that the number of MBBS seats in West Bengal was 1,355 when the Trinamool Congress government came to power in the state in 2011.

Now, students can register to be a CA after Class X

Now, students can register to be a CA after Class X

Sindhu.Hariharan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:20.10.2020

In a move that would help aspirants turn chartered accountants six months earlier, industry body Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), as part of a new rule, has allowed students who pass Class X to enrol with the institute for the entry-level CA foundation course. Though registration is allowed after Class X, admission will be regularised only if the student clears Class XII.

Earlier, students could register for the course only after appearing in their Class XII examinations, and write the foundation exam only after a four-month study period. Under the new system, this study period can be completed while pursuing Class XI and XII.

Thus, students who appear for the Class XII examinations in February/March will now be eligible to appear in the CA foundation examination in May, and won’t have to wait for the November exams, ICAI said.

The new rule will help an aspirant become a CA faster due to the early admission, the institute said. The change follows the institute’s regular review of the examination system to make it more contemporary. “This will help students to prepare for the foundation course while studying in Class XI and XII,” said Atul Kumar Gupta, president of ICAI. “They would have time to update their knowledge and acquire requisite techniques to appear for and pass the CA foundation,” he said.

CA foundation exams are held twice a year — in May/ June and in November/December. This year, the exams will be held in December. The foundation course comprises four papers, out of which two are subjective and two objective types.

Industry trackers said the move will help catch aspirants young, and garner a firm commitment from the students’ community towards the profession of chartered accountancy, similar to engineering.

The new rule will help an aspirant become a CA faster due to the early admission

Hospital staff catch rats after viral video

Hospital staff catch rats after viral video

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Salem: 20.10.2020

The administrative staff and officials of Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital have started catching rats in the wards on Tuesday, after a video went viral on social media. “We have caught more than 100 rats in a day since Tuesday morning,” said an official.

A man, whose father was getting treatment at intensive care unit (ICU) in Salem government Super Specialty hospital block in the hospital, found rats freely running around. “I was in the ICU with my father since Monday morning and I had seen more than 20 rats running around the room,” said Raja (name changed). Talking to TOI, he said that the rats were also trying to bite the oxygen lines that were set up at the ICU.

When Raja informed about the rats to the nurses, they told him to adjust to the situation. Shocked over this lethargic attitude of the staff, Raja uploaded the video on social media.

10 MBBS final year students caught cheating in exam

10 MBBS final year students caught cheating in exam

Deepak.Lavania@timesgroup.com

Agra: 20.10.2020

Ten MBBS final year students, including one woman, were caught using unfair means in their ophthalmology exam on Khandari campus of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University on Tuesday. These students of a private medical college were caught by the university officials and police with a micro Bluetooth in their ears and amulets with SIM cards inserted into them around their neck. “The matter has been referred to the university’s committee for unfair means. Following an internal investigation, the committee will take suitable action,” varsity vicechancellor Ashok Mittal said.

According to the university officials, an invigilator in one of the classrooms heard a few students murmuring half an hour after the commencement of the exam. On observing one of the students for a few minutes, the invigilator found that the examinee was pressing an object on the chest, inside the shirt, repeatedly.

On suspicion, the invigilator went close to the student and asked him to show the object. The student rudely refused, claiming that it is an amulet related to his religious belief and cannot be shown to anyone else. The invigilator informed senior officials.

Agra varsity chief proctor Manoj Srivastava said, “As the matter was sensitive, following orders of the vicechancellor, we informed the senior officials of the police. Soon, the superintendent of police (city) along with his team arrived and the students were frisked. Ten students were found wearing a device in the form of amulets around their necks, which had an electric circuit and a SIM card inserted in it. And a micro Bluetooth piece in the ear. Using these devices, the students were writing down answers dictated from outside the exam centre.”

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UNFAIR MEANS: The students had micro Bluetooth in ears, SIM-inserted amulets around their necks and answers were dictated from outside

Consider dismissed police officer’s plea for reinstatement’

Consider dismissed police officer’s plea for reinstatement’

He was convicted of abetment to suicide of a woman

21/10/2020

Staff Reporter MADURAI

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed the State to consider on merits the representation sent by a dismissed police officer, who sought to be reinstated in service.

He was dismissed from service after a trial court convicted him of abetment to suicide of a woman in Thanjavur. However, the High Court had set aside the conviction. Justice Krishnan Ramasamy directed the State to consider the representation of the police officer on merits within four weeks.

The court was hearing the petition filed by C. Sethumani Madhavan from Madurai, who had joined service as a Sub-Inspector of Police in 1996. He was acquitted of the charge in 2019. He said as per the Police Standing Order 67 he should have been reinstated in service following the acquittal and had also sent a representation to the State in this regard, but there was no reply.

He said the failure to consider him for reinstatement was arbitrary and against the settled provisions of law.

Video of rats in Salem GH ward goes viral

Video of rats in Salem GH ward goes viral

21/10/2020

STAFF REPORTER SALEM

A video of rats running inside one of the wards at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital that was shared on social media is going viral.

The video shows rats running under beds and over oxygen supply pipelines in one of the intensive care units at the hospital.

R. Balajinathan, Dean, said large rat traps had been placed at various places in the ward to catch these rodents.

The authorities said there had not been any damage to the equipment.

Tamil Nadu hotelier booked for breaking COVID-19 norms as Rs 10-a-plate biryani offer goes awry

Tamil Nadu hotelier booked for breaking COVID-19 norms as Rs 10-a-plate biryani offer goes awry

Inspector Balamurugan made an alternative arrangement and ordered the food to be distributed to the destitute, poor and persons with disabilities.

Published: 20th October 2020 04:56 AM 

By Express News Service

VIRUDHUNAGAR: A promotional strategy of selling one plate of biryani for Rs 10 has landed a 29-year-old hotelier in hot water on the inaugural day of his restaurant in Aruppukottai on Sunday.

While Zahir Hussain (29), the hotelier, had expected a significant customer turn up, little did he imagine that hundreds would throng his shop, violating pandemic norms, eventually leading to his arrest.

Earlier, Zahir had put up a poster for the Rs 10-a-plate biryani, which offer was valid only for two hours, between 11 am and 1 pm on Sunday.

Sources said, by 10.30 am, several people had started lining up in front of the shop, which number blew up after the shop opened, leaving the road aswarm with people, many of whom did not wear masks or follow physical distancing.

The restaurant had prepared 2,500 packets of biryani, of which they sold nearly 500, by the time the Aruppukottai town police arrived at the spot and attempted to drive the crowd away, many of whom had waited at different spots, blocking most of the road.

Zahir was later taken to the police station and two policemen were stationed in front of the shop to prevent further crowding.

Inspector Balamurugan made an alternative arrangement and ordered the food to be distributed to the destitute, poor and persons with disabilities.

The volunteers arrived in a vehicle and took away the food.

An FIR was registered under Sections 188, 269 and 278 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Section 3 of The Epidemic Diseases Act and Section 54 of The Disaster Management Act against Zahir, who was later granted bail.

The shop was closed down for the day, but was not sealed and the owner has been warned not to attempt anything similar during the pandemic.

COVID-19: Chennai Corporation seals Kumaran Silks in T Nagar for not following safety norms

COVID-19: Chennai Corporation seals Kumaran Silks in T Nagar for not following safety norms

Prominent stores in T Nagar and Purasawalkam localities too are finding it hard to maintain social distancing norms while people are thronging in big numbers ahead of Deepavali. 

Published: 20th October 2020 12:43 PM 

Chennai Corporation sealed Kumaran Silks in T Nagar. 

By Omjasvin M D

Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation sealed Kumaran Silks in the busy T Nagar area on Tuesday after the garment store failed to adhere to the Covid-19 safety norms. 

A video accessed by The New Indian Express showed that large number of customers who were shopping were unmindful of any social distancing norms. Following this incident, the city corporation officials inspected the store and sealed it. 

“Other such shops, which don’t follow the protocols shall be sealed too. Shop owners and public are requested to strictly follow the safety protocols,” tweeted the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in its official Twitter handle. 

While this is one such incident where the GCC has taken action, social distancing norms have gone for a toss in many shopes in the last one month as the festive season begins. 

Prominent stores in T Nagar and Purasawalkam localities too are finding it hard to maintain social distancing norms while people are thronging in big numbers ahead of Deepavali. 

Corporation officials said strict vigilance will be maintained during the Deepavali time to ensure social distancing norms does not go for a toss.

“Crowd management will be done with the help of Chennai police,” an official with the public health department said.

Keep fine amount ready, I will be released soon: V K Sasikala to lawyer

Keep fine amount ready, I will be released soon: V K Sasikala to lawyer

TNN | Oct 20, 2020, 05.51 AM IST

Keep fine amount ready, I will be released soon: V K Sasikala to lawyer

CHENNAI: V K Sasikala, jailed aide of former chief minister Jayalalithaa, has said she may be released from the Bengaluru jail 'soon,' and has asked her legal team to keep the fine amount ready. Besides four-year jail term, she was slapped with a 10 crore fine in the disproportionate assets case.

"She has asked us to keep the fine amount ready," her counsel Raja Senthoor Pandian told TOI on Monday. In a letter written to Pandian on October 15, Sasikala has expressed confidence on being released by jail authorities soon and would inform him as soon as that happens.

The letter also set at rest two other key debates in several platforms. Firstly, she directed Pandian to discuss related issues with her nephew and MLA from RK Nagar constituency, T T V Dhinakaran, who is now general secretary of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK). This move of her's will quell talks of supposed discord between her and Dhinakaran.

Secondly, Sasikala responded to an online article which speculated about her health and a reported conversation with one of her relatives who claimed to have met her at Parappana Agrahara jail recently. "The details published in that online article are completely false. The relative mentioned did not meet me at all," Sasikala said in the letter, Pandian said. She said such rumours were being spread by people who are trying to create political confusion through newspaper articles. Pandian said, "I have been instructed to take legal action against any such malicious news."

More importantly, though she has been convicted, sentenced to undergo four-year jail term, which she is about to complete now, Sasikala has asked Pandian to consult senior lawyers in New Delhi and explore the possibilities of her filing a curative petition in the Supreme Court against her conviction. Sasikala was convicted on February 14, 2017.

Families find retirement homes a safe haven

Families find retirement homes a safe haven

TNN | Oct 20, 2020, 04.20 AM IST

Chennai: Four months ago, in the middle of lockdown, as Covid-19 cases were peaking in the city, music composer Babu Shankar, 57, decided to pack up his Alwarpet home and move with his family to a retirement community near Mamallapuram. “We are waiting out the pandemic here,” says Babu, who stays in the model apartment he has taken on lease at Ziva, a retirement home.

Babu’s daughter Manasa, the youngest resident, loves it in the ‘bubble’, with gardens to walk in, badminton courts and a swimming pool. “I love playing badminton with the thathas here. It’s easier on my parents because the sanitation protocol is maintained and meals taken care of. I just miss my pizzas,” says the medical college student.

Though the community is open only to those aged 50 and above, Viraj Chatterjee, who is in his 40s, managed an early entry on account of being stuck in the city during lockdown. The Hong Kong-based landscape designer was in Chennai working on projects when India went into lockdown. As Ziva was one of the projects he was working on, he struck a deal with them to work out of there. “I’ve created a home office and use it as my base in India. I find working out of a retirement community is convenient both in terms of space, peace and and safety,” says Viraj.

According to Mohit Nirula, CEO of Columbia Pacific Communities, which also focuses on senior living spaces, organic traffic to their website has quadrupled since March, when the lockdown was announced. “During lockdown, People even risked the pandemic and moved in here because of the controlled environment of the living space,” says Nirula, adding there is a waiting list of people who want to buy or rent properties inside communities.

“After the unlock was announced, we have had 25 families moving in. The pandemic seems to have hastened the decision to move in,” says P Suresh, managing director of Arun Excello, which created Ziva.

Reports from Anarock Property Consultant predict that amid the Covid-19 danger, more Indian seniors will seek out retirement homes and assisted living facilities and that the pandemic may reshape the senior living segment in the country. Region-wise, the report says, southern cities have a nearly 70% share of these projects.

“A recurring theme of this pandemic has been seniors living alone, struggling for basics, managing without help and anxious about existing and potential medical issues. There is a need for homes in a setting where these factors are taken care of,” says Anuj Puri, chairman, Anarock.

சென்னை- பெங்களூரு இரட்டை அடுக்கு ரயில் சேவை நாளை தொடக்கம்

சென்னை- பெங்களூரு இரட்டை அடுக்கு ரயில் சேவை நாளை தொடக்கம்

சென்னை: சென்னை சென்ட்ரல்-கேஎஸ்ஆா் பெங்களூருக்கு இரட்டை அடுக்கு(டபுள் டக்கா்) ஏசி ரயில் சேவை அக்டோபா் 21-ஆம் தேதி தொடங்குகிறது.

சென்னை சென்ட்ரல்-கேஎஸ்ஆா் பெங்களூரு இடையே இரட்டை அடுக்கு ஏசி சிறப்பு ரயில் இயக்க ரயில்வே வாரியம் அனுமதி அளித்துள்ளது. அதன்படி, சென்னை சென்ட்ரலில் இருந்து தினசரி காலை 7.25 மணிக்கு இரட்டை அடுக்கு சிறப்பு ரயில் (06075) புறப்பட்டு, அதேநாள் மதியம் 1.10 மணிக்கு கேஎஸ்ஆா் பெங்களூருவைச் சென்றடையும். இந்த ரயிலின் முதல் சேவை அக்டோபா் 21-ஆம் தேதி தொடங்குகிறது.

மறுமாா்க்கமாக, கேஎஸ்ஆா் பெங்களூருவில் இருந்து தினசரி பிற்பகல் 2.30 மணிக்கு இரட்டை அடுக்கு சிறப்பு ரயில் (06076) புறப்பட்டு அதேநாள் இரவு 8.30 மணிக்கு சென்னை சென்ட்ரலை வந்து சேரும். கேஎஸ்ஆா் பெங்களூருவில் இருந்து முதல் சேவை அக்டோபா் 21-ஆம் தேதி தொடங்குகிறது.

இந்த ரயில் அரக்கோணம், காட்பாடி சந்திப்பு, ஆம்பூா், வாணியம்பாடி, ஜோலாா்பேட்டை, குப்பம், பங்காருபேட்டை, கிருஷ்ணராஜபுரம், பெங்களூரு நிலையங்களில் நின்று செல்லும். இந்த ரயிலுக்கான டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை (அக்.20) காலை 8 மணிக்கு தொடங்குகிறது.

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உயிர்வாழ் சான்றிதழ் சமர்ப்பிக்க அவகாசம்

உயிர்வாழ் சான்றிதழ் சமர்ப்பிக்க அவகாசம்

Added : அக் 20, 2020 00:27

சென்னை: ஓய்வூதியம் மற்றும் குடும்ப ஓய்வூதியம் பெறும் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள், உயிர்வாழ் சான்றிதழ் சமர்ப்பிப்பதற்கான அவகாசத்தை, டிசம்பர் வரை எஸ்.பி.ஐ., நீட்டித்துள்ளது.

இது குறித்த, பாரத ஸ்டேட் வங்கியின் சுற்றறிக்கை:ஓய்வூதியம் மற்றும் குடும்ப ஓய்வூதியம் பெறுபவர்கள், உயிர்வாழ் சான்றிதழ் சமர்ப்பிப்பதற்கான அவகாசம், டிசம்பர் வரை நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. வங்கிக்கு நேரடியாக வந்து, உயிர்வாழ் சான்று சமர்ப்பிக்கும் போது, கூட்ட நெரிசல் ஏற்படுவதை தவிர்க்க, நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.

இதன்படி, சேமிப்பு கணக்கின் கடைசி எண், 1, 2 உள்ள வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் திங்கட்கிழமை; 3, 4ம் எண் உள்ளவர்கள் செவ்வாய்; 5, 6ம் எண் உள்ளோர் புதன்கிழமை; 7, 8ம் எண் உள்ளோர் வியாழக்கிழமை; 9, 0ம் எண் உடைய வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் வெள்ளி; சனிக்கிழமைகளில் அனைத்து வாடிக்கையாளர்களும், உயிர்வாழ் சான்று சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம்.

இதன் வாயிலாக, வங்கிகளில் கூட்டம் சேருவதை தவிர்க்கலாம். அதே நேரம், மூத்த குடிமக்கள் தங்களுக்கு ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட தினத்துக்கு பதிலாக, மற்றொரு நாளில் சான்றிதழ் சமர்ப்பிக்க வந்தால், அவர்களை வங்கிகள் திருப்பி அனுப்பக் கூடாது.வேறு ஏதேனும் சேவை தேவையெனில், மூத்த குடிமக்கள் எப்போது வேண்டுமென்றாலும் வங்கிக்கு வரலாம்.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

தீபாவளி கங்கா ஸ்நானம் யாத்திரை ரயில் இயக்கம்

தீபாவளி கங்கா ஸ்நானம் யாத்திரை ரயில் இயக்கம்

Added : அக் 20, 2020 00:18

சென்னை: தீபாவளிக்கு, கங்கா ஸ்நானம் சிறப்பு யாத்திரை ரயிலை, இந்தியன் ரயில்வே உணவு மற்றும் சுற்றுலா கழகமான, ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி., இயக்குகிறது.

இந்த ரயில், திருநெல்வேலியில் இருந்து, நவம்பர், 11ல் புறப்பட்டு, மதுரை, திருச்சி, விழுப்புரம், சென்னை எழும்பூர் வழியாக, பீகார் மாநிலம், கயா சென்றடையும். அங்குள்ள பல்குனி நதியில் நீராடி, விஷ்ணுபாத கோவிலில், முன்னோர்களுக்கு பிண்ட பிரதானம் செய்யலாம்.

தீபாவளியன்று, உத்திரபிரதேச மாநிலம், வாரணாசியில் உள்ள கங்கையில் புனித நீராடி, காசி விஸ்வநாதர், விசாலாட்சி மற்றும் அன்னபூரணி கோவில்களில் தரிசனம் செய்யலாம். அலகாபாத் சென்று, கங்கை, யமுனை, சரஸ்வதி நதிகள் சங்கமிக்கும் திரிவேணி சங்கமத்தில் நீராடலாம்.எட்டு நாட்கள் சுற்றுலாவுக்கு, 7,575 ரூபாய் கட்டணம். மேலும் தகவலுக்கு, ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி., சென்னை அலுவலகத்தை, 90031 40680; மதுரைக்கு, 82879 31977 என்ற எண்களில், தொடர்பு கொள்ளலாம்.

Plea seeks paid leave for women govt. employees

Plea seeks paid leave for women govt. employees

Facilities also sought during periods

20/10/2020

Staff ReporterNew Delhi

A petition before the Delhi High Court has sought direction to the Centre and the Delhi government to grant paid leaves and periodic rest to women employees during time of menstruation.

The plea by Delhi Labour Union said that women be provided special casual or paid leave as menstruation is intrinsically related to human dignity and by not providing separate toilet facilities, breaks to maintain hygiene during the particular period and paid leaves in form of special casual leaves, the authorities are depriving the employees of their dignity.

Overtime allowance

The petition filed, through advocate Rajiv Agarwal, sought direction to grant paid leaves for four days a month to all classes of women employees including daily wagers, contractual and outsourced workers and to pay overtime allowance to menstruating women employees if they opt to work during that period.

Answer scripts found strewn on road

Answer scripts found strewn on road

20/10/2020

Special Correspondent Tiruchi

Some answer sheets of the University of Madras examinations were found strewn on the Tiruchi- Karur national highway at Mayanur in Karur district on Sunday raising eyebrows.

Locals who noticed the papers on the road collected the bunch and informed the police.

Police sources said during enquiry it was revealed that these papers were old answer scripts which were disposed of by the University to the Tamil Nadu Newsprint Limited in Karur as scrap.

The papers were being taken in a lorry to the Tamil Nadu Newsprint Limited when some accidentally fell on the road.

The old answer papers were disposed of by the University of Madras a few days ago to the newsprint unit in Karur, said the sources.

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Allow VRS Application Of The Doctor And Let Him Contest Election; If He Loses, VRS Will Stand Cancelled: Rajasthan HC To State

Allow VRS Application Of The Doctor And Let Him Contest Election; If He Loses, VRS Will Stand Cancelled: Rajasthan HC To State 

Sparsh Upadhyay19 Oct 2020 11:12 AM

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday (16th October) directed the State of Rajasthan and Sawai Man Singh Medical College And Associate Hospital to allow the VRS application of a Doctor and allow him to participate in the Municipal Election and treat him as retired for the said purpose.

The Bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma further directed that in case the Petitioner/Doctor does not participate in the Municipal Election or after having participated in the election, he loses the election,"the petitioner's voluntarily retirement shall be treated as cancelled and the petitioner will have to join back services and give his medical services for the State and be allowed to be posted back on the place where he is presently posted".

Background of the Case

The Petitioner/Doctor submitted before the Court he sought voluntary retirement under Section 50(1) of the Rajasthan Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 1996 in order to contest the municipal election.

It was informed to the Court that the State had rejected the application of the petitioner on the ground that there is a paucity of Gastroenterology in the SMS Hospital and considering the scarcity of specialized doctors his VRS application was rejected.

The Petitioner/Doctor argued that in the case of State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Vs. Achal Singh AIR 2018 SC 3940, the action of the State in denying voluntary retirement on account of the scarcity of Medical Doctors, was approved by the Supreme Court.

However, it was argued that in the present case, the Petitioner/Doctor seeks voluntary retirement for participation in the election and aims to represent the public of the State.

It was contended that a person cannot be denied to participate in the election, however, as there is an impediment for a government servant to participate in the election on account of being a Government servant, the voluntary retirement application was moved by him.

Court's Direction

The Court observed,

"Keeping in view the right of a citizen to participate in the election, in the special circumstances, this Court allows this writ petition and directs the respondents to allow the VRS application and release the petitioner and allow him to participate in the Municipal Election and treat him as retired for the said purpose."

As mentioned earlier, the order of the Court states that in case the Petitioner/Doctor does not participate in the Municipal Election or after having participated loses the election, the petitioner's voluntarily retirement shall be treated as cancelled and the petitioner will have to join back services and give his medical services for the State and be allowed to be posted back on the place where he is presently posted.

A bond in this regard was directed to be submitted by the petitioner. With the observations and directions, as indicated above, the writ petition was disposed of.

திருவாரூரில் செயல்பட்டு வரும் மத்தியப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தரைத் தோவு செய்யும் குழுவின் உறுப்பினராக தமிழ்நாடு டாக்டா் எம்ஜிஆா் மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தா் டாக்டா் சுதா சேஷய்யன்

திருவாரூரில் செயல்பட்டு வரும் மத்தியப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தரைத் தோவு செய்யும் குழுவின் உறுப்பினராக தமிழ்நாடு டாக்டா் எம்ஜிஆா் மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தா் டாக்டா் சுதா சேஷய்யன் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளாா்.

மத்தியப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தராக இருந்த ஏ.பி.தாஸின் பதவிக் காலம் கடந்த ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் 4-ஆம் தேதியுடன் நிறைவடைந்தது. இதையடுத்து பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் பொறுப்பு துணைவேந்தராக முதுநிலை பேராசிரியா் கற்பககுமரவேல் செயல்பட்டு வருகிறாா்.

இந்நிலையில், புதிய துணைவேந்தரைத் தேர்வு செய்வதற்காக 5 போ கொண்ட குழு அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. திருப்பதியில் செயல்பட்டு வரும் தேசிய சம்ஸ்கிருத விஷ்வவித்யாலயாவின் வேந்தா் கோபாலஸ்வாமி ஐயங்காா் அக்குழுவின் ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளாா்

தமிழ்நாடு டாக்டா் எம்ஜிஆா் மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தா் டாக்டா் சுதா சேஷய்யன், இந்திரா காந்தி தேசிய திறந்த நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தா் நாகேஸ்வர ராவ், சுகாதாரத் துறையின் முன்னாள் சிறப்பு இயக்குநா் டாக்டா் சிவ்லால், தில்லியில் உள்ள வேளாண் ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் கல்வித் துறை இயக்குநா் டாக்டா் திலோச்சன் மோஹப்த்ரா ஆகியோா் தேர்வுக் குழு உறுப்பினா்களாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனா்.

அக்குழுவினா் வரும் நவம்பா் இரண்டாம் வாரத்தில் கூடி புதிய துணைவேந்தரைத் தோவு செய்வது தொடா்பாக விவாதிப்பாா்கள் எனத் தெரிகிறது.

முன்னதாக, இதுதொடா்பாக மத்திய கல்வித் துறை இணைச் செயலா் சந்திர சேகா் குமாா், மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தா் டாக்டா் சுதா சேஷய்யனுக்கு கடிதம் ஒன்றை அனுப்பியிருந்தாா். தோவுக் குழு உறுப்பினராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டதை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு புதிய துணைவேந்தரைத் தோவு செய்யும் பொறுப்பை வகிக்குமாறு அதில் சுதா சேஷய்யனிடம் அவா் வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளாா்.

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தேவையின்றி மேல்முறையீடு செய்யக்கூடாது: அரசுக்கு உயர் நீதிமன்றம் அறிவுரை

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தேவையின்றி மேல்முறையீடு செய்யக்கூடாது: அரசுக்கு உயர் நீதிமன்றம் அறிவுரை

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தேவையில்லாமல் மேல்முறையீடு செய்வதை அரசு தவிர்க்க வேண்டும். இதனால் உண்மையான காரணங்களுடன் தாக்கல் செய்யும் வழக்குகளின் விசாரணை தாமதமாகிறது என உயர் நீதிமன்றம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

திண்டுக்கல்லைச் சேர்ந்த கஸ்தூரிபாய் உயர் நீதிமன்றக் கிளையில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனு:

பெரியகுளம் வடகரையில் உள்ள சரஸ்வதி நடுநிலைப் பள்ளியில் கைத்தொழில் பயிற்றுநராக 1972-ல் பணியில் சேர்ந்தேன். 1973-ல் திண்டுக்கல் சாவித்திரி வித்யாசாலா நடுநிலைப் பள்ளியில் நிரந்தரப் பணியிடத்துக்கு மாற்றப்பட்டேன். 26.11.1992-ல் விருப்ப ஓய்வுபெற அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டேன். விதிப்படி ஓய்வூதியம் பெறத் தகுதியுள்ளது.

அதன்படி எனக்கு ஓய்வூதியம் மற்றும் பணப்பலன்களை வட்டியுடன் வழங்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும் என மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டிருந்தது.

இந்த மனுவை நீதிபதி எஸ்.எம்.சுப்ரமணியன் விசாரித்தார். மனுதாரர் வழக்கறிஞர் அப்பாத்துரை ஆஜராகி, மனுதாரர் 20 ஆண்டுகளாகப் பணியில் இருந்துள்ளார். தற்காலிகமாகவோ, நிரந்தரமாகவோ நியமிக்கப்பட்ட ஒருவர் ஓய்வின்போது அவரது மொத்தப் பணிக்காலத்தையும் கணக்கிட வேண்டும். பல ஆண்டுகள் பணியாற்றியவரின் விருப்ப ஓய்வு ஏற்கப்படும்போதே அவர் ஓய்வூதியம் மற்றும் பணப்பலன்களைப் பெறத் தகுதி பெறுகிறார் என்றார்.

அரசு வக்கீல் குணசீலன்முத்தையா வாதிடும்போது, மனுதாரர் பெரியகுளத்தில் தற்காலிகமாக பணியாற்றிய காலத்தையும் சேர்த்து 20 ஆண்டுகள் எனத் தவறாகக் கணக்கிட்டுள்ளார். 18 ஆண்டுகள் 7 மாதம் 27 நாள் மட்டுமே பணியில் இருந்துள்ளார். எனவே, அவரது கோரிக்கை ஏற்புடையதல்ல என்றார்.

இதையடுத்து நீதிபதி பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு:

மனுதாரர் 1992-ல் விருப்ப ஓய்வில் சென்றுள்ளார். ஆனால் 19 ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பிறகே பணப்பலன்கள் கேட்டு மனு அளித்துள்ளார். விருப்ப ஓய்வில் சென்றவர்கள் ஓய்வூதியம் பெற 20 ஆண்டுகள் பணிபுரிந்திருக்க வேண்டும். மனுதாரர் 18 ஆண்டுகள் 7 மாதம் மட்டுமே பணியில் இருந்துள்ளார். இதை அனுமதிக்க முடியாது.

அபராதம் விதிக்க வேண்டும்

இதுபோன்ற கோரிக்கைகளை நிர்ணயம் செய்யப்பட்ட காலக் கெடுவுக்குள் அதிகாரிகளிடம் மனு அளிக்க வேண்டும். உரிய காலத்துக்குப் பிறகு வழங்கப்படும் மனுக்களை ஊக்கப்படுத்த வேண்டியதில்லை. இதுபோன்ற மனுக்களை நிராகரித்து மனுத் தாக்கல் செய்தவருக்கு அபராதம் விதிக்க வேண்டும். இதுபோன்ற மனுக்களை தாக்கல் செய்து நீதிமன்றத்தின் பொன்னான நேரத்தை வீணடிக்கின்றனர்.

பிழைப்பூதியம், ஓய்வூதியம், பணப்பலன்கள் என ஏற்கும் காரணங்களுக்காக பலர் வழக்குத் தொடர்கின்றனர். மனுதாரர் தாக்கல் செய்துள்ள தேவையற்ற மனுவால் அந்த மனுக்களின் விசாரணை தாமதமாகிறது.

அரசுக்கு தேவையற்ற செலவு

அரசுத் தரப்பிலும் தேவையில்லாமல் பல மேல்முறையீடுகள் தாக்கல் செய்யப்படுகின்றன. இதனால் அரசுக்குத் தேவையில்லாமல் செலவாகிறது. மேல்முறையீடு செய்ய சட்டப்பூர்வமான காரணங்கள் இருக்க வேண்டும். இல்லாவிட்டால் மேல்முறையீடு செய்வதை நிறுத்த வேண்டும். மனுதாரரின் கோரிக்கை ஏற்க முடியாது. மனு தள்ளுபடி செய்யப்படுகிறது. இவ்வாறு நீதிபதி உத்தரவில் கூறியுள்ளார்.

ஓய்வூதியர்கள் உயிர்வாழ் சான்றுகளை எந்தெந்த நாட்களில் சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம்: பாரத ஸ்டேட் வங்கி விளக்கம்

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ஓய்வூதியர்கள், உயிர்வாழ் சான்று சமர்ப்பிக்க எந்தெந்த நாட்களில் வர வேண்டும் என்பது குறித்து பாரத ஸ்டேட் வங்கி அறிவிப்பு வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

இதுதொடர்பாக, பாரத ஸ்டேட்வங்கி வெளியிட்டுள்ள சுற்றறிக்கையில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளதாவது:

டிசம்பர் வரை அவகாசம்

ஓய்வூதியம் மற்றும் குடும்ப ஓய்வூதியம் பெறுபவர்களுக்கான உயிர்வாழ் சான்றிதழை சமர்ப்பிக்க, வரும் டிசம்பர் மாதம் வரை அவகாசம் நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

எனவே, வங்கிக்கு நேரடியாக வந்து உயிர்வாழ் சான்று சமர்ப்பிக்கும்போது, கூட்ட நெரிசல் ஏற்படுவதைத் தவிர்க்க ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டு உள்ளது. இதன்படி, தங்களுடைய சேமிப்புக் கணக்கு எண்ணின் கடைசி எண் 1, 2 இருக்கும் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் திங்கள்கிழமையும், 3, 4 எண் இருக்கும் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் செவ்வாய் கிழமையும், 5, 6 எண் இருக்கும் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் புதன்கிழமையும், 7, 8 எண் இருக்கும்வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் வியாழக்கிழமையும், 9, 0 எண் இருக்கும்வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் வெள்ளிக்கிழமையும் வந்து சமர்ப்பிக்க வேண்டும்.

இந்நாட்களில் வர இயலாதவர்கள் சனிக்கிழமைகளில் வந்து சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம். இதன்மூலம், வங்கிகளில் கூட்டம் சேருவதைத் தவிர்க்கலாம். அதேசமயம், மூத்தகுடிமக்கள் தங்களுக்கு ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட தினத்துக்குப் பதிலாக வேறொரு நாளில் சான்றிதழ் சமர்ப்பிக்க வந்தால், அவர்களை வங்கிகள் திருப்பி அனுப்பக் கூடாது.

மேலும், வேறு ஏதேனும் தேவைக்காக வர விரும்பும் மூத்தகுடிமக்கள் எப்போது வேண்டுமானாலும் வங்கிக்கு வரலாம்.

இவ்வாறு சுற்றறிக்கையில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Auto-rickshaw drivers give social distancing norms the go-by in city

Auto-rickshaw drivers give social distancing norms the go-by in city

Most of the three-wheelers are seen overloaded with commuters

19/10/2020

Not safe: Children travelling in a crowded auto-rickshaw in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.K.R. DeepakK.R. Deepak

Staff Reporter VISAKHAPATNAM

Social distancing has gone for a toss in auto-rickshaws in the city. Most of the auto-rickshaws are seen overloaded with passengers for a greater part of the day and on many occasions, not just passengers, even drivers were seen without a face mask, which is mandatory.

Though RTC city buses have resumed in the city, many prefer to travel in auto-rickshaws. Lack of adequate number of RTC buses and confirmed seating are what they say as a reason for choosing the three-wheelers.

Several auto-rickshaws are seen carrying eight to 10 passengers in various routes on a sharing basis. Especially daily-wage labourers, construction workers and college students are being ferried in huge number on a share basis during peak hours. “Ninety per cent of people prefer only share journey. In case of share journeys, we cannot run the show with just two or three persons. We will eventually end up in losses,” said N. Raju, an auto-rickshaw driver from the city.

Another auto-rickshaw driver S. Murali said that COVID-19 lockdown has affected them a lot and they need to clear the debts. “We clean our vehicles before coming onto the roads in the morning. We have to maintain a sanitiser and ask people to wear mask without fail while boarding the vehicle. But during peak hours, we cannot turn them away,” he said.

K. Satyaprasad, who works at a supermarket in the city, boards an auto-rickshaw at Madhavadhara every day in the morning to Dwaraka Nagar and back home in the evening.

“I prefer to travel in auto-rickshaws because we can have a seat first. However these days it seems to be risky with passengers not wearing masks and the vehicle being overcrowded sometimes. I had a heated argument with the driver once on the issue. He asked me to get down if I had problem,” he added.

A senior police officer said that they have informed the auto-rickshaw drivers to adhere to COVID-19 norms for collective good. Drives were also conducted to ensure that all the drivers wear masks, he said.

SC stays HC order on new engg. courses

SC stays HC order on new engg. courses

Courses sanctioned without proper study, says KTU

19/10/2020

K.C. Gopakumar KOCHI

The Supreme Court has stayed the High Court verdict directing the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) to consider the applications submitted by various self-financing engineering colleges seeking affiliation for starting additional undergraduate courses in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain.

The stay order came on a special leave petition filed by the KTU challenging the High Court judgment.

Varsity stance

The university in its petition said the action of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in sanctioning new courses to institutions without a study on the subjects and without consultations with the State government/university/board was in violation of the provisions of the AICTE Act.

The petition said the university decision was in line with the State government’s decision in this regard. The State government had decided to grant new courses in the existing engineering colleges only if they satisfied certain conditions. The conditions are that the new courses should have NBA accreditation, admission in the previous years should be more than 50% of the sanctioned intake, and new courses proposed should be innovative. These conditions are imposed since the demand for engineering undergraduate courses in private self-financing colleges has drastically come down in the past decade.

Study by experts

A study by academic experts said the low rate of admission would make the institutions financially unviable and lead to compromise on faculty and infrastructure. The study opined that indiscriminate sanctioning of courses in below par institutions was against the interests of society. Colleges could aspire for new courses only after getting NBA accreditation for the existing courses, the petition added.

Harsh Vardhan didn’t pull up State: Shylaja

Harsh Vardhan didn’t pull up State: Shylaja

19/10/2020

Special Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram

Health Minister K.K. Shylaja has refuted reports that the Union Health Minister has come down hard on Kerala for the manner in which it allowed COVID-19 containment activities to lose steam, resulting in over 8,000 cases a day now.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, in his Sunday live talk show on Facebook, had said despite the admirable way in which Kerala handled the initial phases of COVID-19 containment, it had been “grossly negligent” during the Onam festivities.

Ms. Shylaja came on her FB page live to say that she had spoken to Dr. Harsh Vardhan, who was always appreciative of how Kerala was handling the crisis. She said the Union Minister had not said anything that was not said by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan about how Kerala was paying the price for the laxity shown by some people during Onam festivities.

She said it was not in Dr. Harsh Vardhan’s nature to make wild accusations about the State. Ms. Shylaja said Kerala’s low case fatality rate, despite the spike in cases was pointed out to Dr. Harsh Vardhan.