IIT-Madras ranked best institution, IISc top univ

IIT-Madras ranked best institution, IISc top univ

Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:10.09.2021

Continuing its good run for the third year in a row, IIT-Madras has topped the ‘India Rankings 2021’ released by the ministry of education on Thursday, while in the colleges category Delhi’s Miranda House and Lady Shri Ram College for Women retained the first and second positions among the top 100. IIT-Madras retained top position in the ‘engineering’ and ‘overall’ categories.

Among the universities, IISc-Bangalore is ranked number one, followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). In the research category, that was introduced this year, IISc-Bangalore emerged topper and IITMadras second.

This is the sixth edition of the India Rankings instituted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the ministry of education, which now ranks higher education institutions in 11 categories.

Poor performance by Guj in overall rankings

The poor performance of Gujarat in the latest NIRF ranking continued into 2021. IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) ranked 33 in the ‘overall’ national ranking announced on Thursday, Gujarat University (GU) ranked 43rd in the ‘Universities’ category. The only saving grace for Gujarat was performance of institutions in various categories. TNN P 5

Tamil Nadu has 19 institutions in top 100 Indian universities

Number of unique applicants to the rankings have increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 4,030 in 2021 whereas the total number of applications for ranking in various categories have increased from 3,565 in 2016 to 6,272 in 2021.

Stating that IISc is the benchmark in research, which IIT-Madras will work towards, professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director, IIT-Madras, said, “We are delighted to maintain our pre-eminent position in the NIRF rankings yet again which indicate that we are constantly improving in all the parameters. In fact, all the institutions are improving which is a good thing. IIT-Madras continues to excel in teaching, research, and innovation, and has launched several new initiatives to implement the National Education Policy (NEP).” While not much have changed in terms of the rankings of the top institutions in the category of overall, engineering, law, medical and management, the college category has maximum changes with Loyola College (3), St Xavier’s Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah (5) breaking into the top five for the first time. However, Delhi University, which itself has not featured in the overall and university top10, has five of its colleges in the top10 and12 in the top 20 categories. There are 28 colleges in the top 100 from Delhi, followed by eight each from Chennai and Coimbatore.

Region-wise, Tamil Nadu has 19 institutions in top 100 universities, followed by Maharashtra with12 and10 from Karnataka. In the overall category too the numbers are same for Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. However, Delhi with seven in top 100 overall pips Karnataka with third highest numbers of institutions in this category.

HC: Freezing of bank a/cs would affect right to life

HC: Freezing of bank a/cs would affect right to life

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Bengaluru:10.09.2021

Freezing of bank accounts would affect the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution, the high court has observed.

Justice Mohammed Nawaz made this observation while allowing a petition filed by Narayana Yadav, a New Delhi-based businessman, and directed the CEN police station at Yadgir to intimate the banks to defreeze his accounts. The defreezing is subject to the petitioner-businessman abiding by his commitment to give a bank guarantee for a sum of ₹3.7 lakh, the court said.

Yadav had challenged the June 22, 2020 notice issued by police, directing the manager of Axis Bank to freeze his account and linked account numbers, four in all.

The action was based on a complaint from Ludra Mary, a resident of Shahpur in Yadgir, who alleged that she received a mail on May 27, 2020 stating that she had won ₹48.5 lakh lottery. To get hold of the same, she had to log in to a certain website. Accordingly, she entered the password and the user name provided and filled up the information requested. In response, she was asked to deposit a certain amount to the account numbers provided. Until June 10, 2020, a total of ₹3.7 lakh was deposited in those accounts, but thereafter Ludra did not get the promised money.

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Covid vaccines 97% effective in preventing deaths: Tracker data

Covid vaccines 97% effective in preventing deaths: Tracker data

Also Helps To Monitor Reinfection & Breakthrough Infection After Vax

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New Delhi:10.09.2021

Anti-Covid vaccines available in India are around 97% effective in preventing mortality, whereas vaccination significantly reduces hospitalisation, the assessment of real time vaccination data captured by the ‘Covid Vaccine Tracker’ has revealed. The soon-to-belaunched tracker also provides data for the government to monitor reinfection and breakthrough infection after vaccination, officials said.

Analysis of data shows that a single dose of Covid vaccine is 96.6% effective in preventing death, whereas two shots provide a 97.5% shield, ICMR director Balram Bhargava said. The data is for the April-August period and does not distinguish between the different Covid vaccines currently being administered in the country, he added.

“The vaccines are diseasemodifying in that they prevent serious disease and death. They are not diseasepreventing. So, breakthrough infections will occur even after the vaccination and that is why we keep on recommending that even after vaccination one must continue to use mask and adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour,” Bhargava said.

The tracker combines data from CoWIN, the national Covid-19 testing database and the Covid-19 India portal of the health ministry to understand trends in vaccinations. “The data so far has shown the same effectiveness across all age groups in preventing mortality,” Bhargava said.

Meanwhile, the causality assessment details of 88 reported serious adverse events following Covid immunisation shows 61 have consistent causal association to vaccination. Of these 61 cases, 37 were vaccine product related reactions, whereas 22 were immunization anxiety related reactions. Two cases were immunization error related reactions.

Apart from these 61 cases, another 18 have inconsistent causal association to vaccination (coincidental — not linked to vaccination) including three death cases. The remaining nine cases (of the 88) were in the “indeterminate category” including two death cases, says the AEFI report, approved by its national committee on June 28.

Currently, Serum Institute of India’s Covishield constitutes majority of the doses administered in the country, followed by Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin that is gradually increasing supplies. Russia’s Sputnik V is also being administered.

Woman gang-raped by eight workers after couple attacked in AP’s Guntur

Woman gang-raped by eight workers after couple attacked in AP’s Guntur

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Vijayawada:10.09.2021

A couple was attacked and the woman gang-raped by eight people near Medikonduru bypass road in Guntur district late on Wednesday night.

According to Medikonduru police, the incident took place between 9.30pm and 12 midnight when eight people waylaid the couple returning home on their bike after attending a wedding in Guntur city.

The police said as the couple crossed Paladugu crossroads, eight people stopped them, threatened them with knives, and robbed gold ornaments and cash from them. They then assaulted the husband, restrained him, and took the woman to the nearby agricultural field and gang-raped her before fleeing from the scene at around 12 midnight. The couple then went to Sattenapalli police station to lodge a complaint. However, as the incident took place at Medikonduru police station limits, the case was transferred to the latter police station. Medikonduru police registered a case. The investigation was later transferred to Disha police.

The Disha police said that they have identified the accused as workers involved in the construction of a cold storage plant in the vicinity. Out of the eight accused, six are from Odisha while the rest are from Vizianagaram district.

The woman was sent to Guntur Government General Hospital (GGH) for treatment. The police said that they are yet to make the arrests and a team led by DSP Jessy Prashanthi visited the crime scene with a dog squad and collected evidence to trace the accused.

Party flags on vehicles only during polls: HC

Party flags on vehicles only during polls: HC

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Madurai:10.09.2021

Madras high court has observed that the purpose of having party flags or designation boards or portraits of party/communal leaders or advocate/press stickers is only to prevent the police from stopping the vehicles and to flout the law. Taking into account the report submitted by the DGP and transport officials in this regard, a division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran (since retired) and Justice B Pugalendhi observed that fixing of flags of any nature is not authorized by law and is illegal.

The court referred to an incident where police found huge quantity of ganja in a car with advocate sticker about three years ago in Theni. “It has become an order of the day in the state that almost 50% of the vehicles either have party flags or designation boards or portraits of party/communal leaders or advocate/press stickers. This menace has to be addressed, failing which the criminal activities will continue to be committed by the above modus operandi.”

The judges observed that as stated by the DGP, the police may face difficulties while discharging their duties as they may hesitate to stop and check such vehicles as the people travelling in them enter into heated arguments, resulting in law and order problems.

The court said vehicle owners may be permitted to fix party flags on their vehicles during elections if they are involved in election works for any political party. At other times, no one except constitutional authorities has got any right to do so. They directed the authorities to instruct owners of vehicles to remove such portraits within 60 days, failing which the authorities shall remove the same and impose fines on the vehicles.

The judges also issued a series of directions to the authorities to ensure that lights and number plates were fixed in vehicles according to Motor Vehicles Act and Rules. The court passed the order while disposing of a PIL filed by V Ramesh, an advocate from Madurai district who sought actions against the misuse of advocate stickers in vehicles.

R N Ravi is new governor of TN, Purohit off to Punjab

R N Ravi is new governor of TN, Purohit off to Punjab

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Chennai:10.09.2021

The President on Thursday appointed RN Ravi,the Centre's interlocutor and retired IPS officer, as the new governor of Tamil Nadu. The incumbent Banwarilal Purohit has been moved as governor of Punjab. He was earlier holding additional charge of Punjab.

RN Ravi was the governor of Nagaland, the communique said. Chief minister M K Stalin greeted R N Ravi on his appointment, wishing that his arrival to Tamil Nadu wil encourage its growth and prosperity.

He also extended a “loving and respectful” farewell to outgoing Governor Banwarilal Purohit.

In his message, Stalin greeted Ravi over his appointment. “Let your arrival encourage Tamil Nadu's growth and prosperity,” he said in a tweet. “Tamil Nadu welcomes you,” he added.

32 TN colleges among top 100 in NIRF ranks

32 TN colleges among top 100 in NIRF ranks

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Chennai:10.09.2021

Five state universities slipped in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2021 released on Thursday. While Anna University slipped by four places in both university category and engineering category to be ranked 16 and 18 respectively, University of Madras slipped six ranks from 22 to  28.

In the colleges category, Loyola College was ranked the third best college in the country, moving up three places. But, Presidency College slipped two ranks to 7th. As many as 32 colleges from Tamil Nadu featured among the top 100, the same as last year.

Christian Medical College in Vellore has retained its third position among medical colleges. In the engineering category, IIT Madras was the top ranked institute, NIT Trichy was ranked 9th and Vellore Institute of Technology 12th.

Anna University vicechancellor R Velraj said the reduction in the number of PhD admissions and more students discontinuing their engineering degrees to join medicine as main reasons for the slip in the ranking.

"The university fixed a qualification criteria for PhD admissions, which resulted in fewer admissions. With engineering counselling scheduled ahead of medical counselling last year, more students discontinued their courses after getting medical admissions. It affected our scores in graduation outcomes," he said. Madras University vicechancellor S Gowri said the vacancies among the faculty members will be one of the reasons for the slip in ranking. "We will study the reasons and try to improve our ranking," he said.

Bharathiar University from Coimbatore slipped from 13 to 14 while Bharathidasan University in Trichy came down from 53 to 57 in the university category. Madurai Kamaraj University also slipped from 60 to 63.

However, Alagappa University in Karaikudi have moved up from 36 to 33 and Periyar University in Salem jumped 10 places from 83 to73.

In the dental colleges category, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences came in third, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research was ranked 8 and SRM Dental College was ranked 10th. Among the pharmacy colleges, JSS College of Pharmacy in Ooty was ranked 7th.

MBBS admissions at Madurai AIIMS unlikely this year

MBBS admissions at Madurai AIIMS unlikely this year

Health Minister Ma Subramanian said it is unlikely the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai will be able to admit students in the current academic year (2021-22).

Published: 09th September 2021 05:47 AM |

For representational purposes

By Lalitha Ranjani

Express News Service

MADURAI: Health Minister Ma Subramanian said it is unlikely the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai will be able to admit students in the current academic year (2021-22). The plan to commence classes this year came up at the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in June, but the minister said the options suggested by the Union government for conducting classes were not feasible. This comes days ahead of this year’s NEET on September 12. Since last year, admission to MBBS courses at AIIMS and JIPMER has been based on NEET scores.

Speaking to TNIE, Subramanian said, “During the meeting with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on September 3, it was conveyed that none of the suggestions put forward regarding temporary arrangements were feasible for the State. TN is for beginning admissions only after construction of the planned buildings at Thoppur. Thus, we insisted on expediting the project. The Ministry acknowledged the practical difficulties in meeting the criteria of the National Medical Commission to admit students at AIIMS this year.”

The Union government had suggested three temporary options to begin classes this year for 150 students of Madurai AIIMS: to host them at JIPMER in Puducherry, at a government medical or arts college in Madurai, or at any private medical college in Madurai. The State did not find these options viable and instead suggested 50 students each be accommodated at the Madurai, Theni, and Sivaganga government medical colleges. However, all these options have now been ruled out.

‘Temporary campus will not reflect well on TN’

Subramanian explained JIPMER was ruled out as it would not be appropriate when the project concerned Tamil Nadu. Starting classes at a private medical college in Madurai, too, is out of question as AIIMS is an autonomous institution of national importance. Similarly, accommodating the students at the Madurai Medical College is not feasible since the college already admits 250 MBBS students every year.

An additional 150 students would burden the college which does not have the required infrastructure. The final option of admitting 50 students each at Madurai, Theni, and Sivaganga government medical colleges was also deemed logistically unfeasible. “It will only lead to inconvenience for the faculty and students,” he added.

“Most students securing admission to AIIMS are from northern States and would have greater expectations of the amenities as provided at other AIIMS. It would not reflect well on TN to accommodate them in a hastily-arranged temporary campus,” Subramanian said. On June 30, commencement of classes from this year was mooted during the hearing of a plea at the Madurai Bench.

The petitioner, a law student, sought a direction to the Union and State governments to take steps to commence the functioning of the institute at a temporary campus, until the construction of the main building was completed. It was then that the Union government told the court it was willing to start outpatient services and MBBS classes at a temporary alternative space identified by the TN government.

Meanwhile, Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan said except for vague correspondences and submissions of affidavits at the court, neither a MoU nor a concrete plan of action was chalked out by the Union Health Ministry to immediately start MBBS admissions at a temporary campus. Hence, after explaining the technical aspects, the State has insisted that the Union government fast-track the construction of AIIMS, he added.

THE ROAD SO FAR

JUNE 30 Centre tells HC it is keen to start outpatient services & classes, subject to availability of alternative space & manpower till the building is set up

JULY 7 State says Union govt suggested three places in Puducherry and Madurai to temporarily conduct MBBS classes for 150 students

JULY 26 TN says it sought an AIIMS report on the proposal to take 50 students in 2021- 22. Also says students can be taught at nearby govt colleges

AUG 17 AIIMS executive director says Centre is ready to start classes at any of the colleges chosen by TN, subject to infrastructure requirements. State seeks time.

Errors in Covid vaccine certificates headache for students

Errors in Covid vaccine certificates headache for students

Issues include wrong number, name, age, and dates of vaccination

Published: 09th September 2021 06:56 AM 

A health worker administering a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a student at Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College in Chennai | R Satish Babu

By KV Navya

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Several students who have taken vaccines for Covid-19 are reportedly not being allowed inside their colleges as they are unable to download their vaccination certificates from CoWin portal owing to issues like erroneous contact number, name, age, and same dates for first and second doses. A few of the colleges that insist on vaccination certificates are Loyola College, Chellammal Women’s college, and AM Jain college.

“I got the first dose at a government school in Meenambakkam in July. I have not even received a single message and thought it would take a 10-15 days. It, however, has been two months now and the officials at the vaccination centre have stopped responding. They said they could arrange for a certificate saying I got vaccinated in September,” said A Tamizhselvan, a student of AM Jain College. He added the college is not accepting the vaccination card issued at the centre at the time of vaccination as proof.

When contacted, a staff of the college said they are not accepting the cards because it is easy to duplicate them. Vaccination certificates are being insisted on to ensure everyone in the college is safe, especially in the backdrop of numerous cases erupting in schools across the State.

Similar is the plight of Aishwarya from Chellammal Women’s college in Guindy. She has been skipping college since September 1 and running from pillar to post to get her vaccination registered. “If we register as if we took a jab in September, the second dose will be delayed. I took my first dose in July. I know at least three of my friends facing similar issues,” she said. The college authorities could not be contacted for their response.

The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has instructed the health department officials to establish a help desk in State and Health-Unit-District levels to sort out issues raised by citizens on Covid-19 vaccination, including non-issuance of vaccination certificate, certificate correction, merging of certificates, and others.

It may, however, be noted that the Tamil Nadu government had said that Covid-19 vaccination is not mandatory to attend physical classes in colleges across the State.

How to make corrections in certificates

The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has instructed the health department officials to help State residents with vaccination-related issues. To lodge a complaint, the public can visit www.cowin.gov.in, click on register/sign in, enter mobile number, click on ‘Get OTP’, enter OTP, and click on ‘Verify’. After entering the account page, click on the ‘Raise an Issue’ tab

60 engg colleges in Karnataka to offer 4-yr BSc course this yr

60 engg colleges in Karnataka to offer 4-yr BSc course this yr

SruthySusan.Ullas@timesgroup.com

Bengaluru:09.09.2021

Around 60 engineering colleges may introduce a BSc Honours course in Science from this academic year. On Tuesday, the Visvesvaraya Technological University sought government nod to start the course which is in sync with the new National Education Policy (NEP).

The 4-year BSc (Hons) programme will have Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) subjects. The science and engineering departments will conduct classes on campus and each college can have 60 students per course.

“This course will be different from those in degree colleges given the emphasis on STEM subjects. The open electives, project work and internship will be STEMcentric and from engineering background,” said vicechancellor Karisiddappa.

Proposal to choose students through CET

The open electives, project work and internship will be STEM-centric and from engineering background like Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity and Internet of Things, among others. It’ll be like courses offered in the Indian Institute of Science and other premier technological institutions,” said vice-chancellor Karisidappa.

There is a proposal to select students through the Common Entrance Test. Engineering colleges offering this programme will be chosen based on NAAC and NBA accreditation and Local Inspection Committee reports. With government colleges not having NBA accreditation, they’re unlikely to offer the course this year. “As most engineering colleges have placement cells, students can benefit from them,” the VC said.

While admission to all BSc programmes in most colleges is over, VTU hopes its course will enthuse those keen to join. “Some students passionate about STEM subjects may want to join an engineering college. Others may prefer pure sciences over engineering. The number of students completing PU course is higher than last year because of the all-promotion policy. The increase in seats will benefit them,” Karisidappa said.

The course will be in sync with NEP. Students can opt for electives from other streams like humanities. NEP allows forming a cluster or collaborating with other educational institutions and engineering colleges will be encouraged to do it

Karisiddappa VTU VC

Tax filings reflect portal bug getting fixed: Govt

Tax filings reflect portal bug getting fixed: Govt

1.2 Crore Returns For FY21 Filed With 76.2L Taxpayers Using New Online Facility: CBDT

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New Delhi:09.09.2021

After weeks of tussle with Infosys, the vendor for the new tax portal, the government on Wednesday said that several technical issues on the faulty platform are being “progressively addressed” and this was reflected in the “positive” return filing trends.

So far, nearly 1.2 crore returns for the last financial year have been filed, with over 76.2 lakh tax payers using the new portal’s online utility for the purpose, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said.

Describing it as an encouraging trend, CBDT said nearly 95 lakh income tax returns have been e-verified, with over seven lakh having been processed. E-verification of returns is a pre-condition for processing of returns.

The statement marks a change in the department’s tone towards Infosys, which had blamed India’s premier IT company for the glitches on the platform. It comes days after RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya attacked Infosys for funding “anti-India forces” and messing with the portal. RSS, however, distanced itself from the report.

Amid complaints from the vocal tax professionals, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman resorted to “summoning” Infosys CEO Salil Parekh twice and has now set a deadline of September 15 for making the portal glitch-free.

Even now, several taxpayers are complaining about their inability to log in or file their returns.

“The ministry of finance has been regularly monitoring the resolution of issues with Infosys, which is the Managed Services Provider for the project… It is reiterated that the (income tax) department is continuously engaged with Infosys to ensure a smooth filing experience to taxpayers,” CBDT said. It added that return filing has increased to 3.2 lakh daily in September.

In addition, taxpayers have been able to view over 8.7 lakh notices issued by the department under the faceless assessment, appeal or penalty proceedings and over 2.6 lakh responses have been filed so far. “An average of 8,285 notices for e-proceedings are being issued and 5,889 responses are being filed in September 2021 on a daily basis,” the tax department said.

The numbers are also meant to signal to taxpayers that things are improving and they should go ahead with filing their returns as the deadline is fast approaching.

SSG nurse gets Florence Nightingale award

SSG nurse gets Florence Nightingale award

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Vadodara:09.09.2021

She has worked without a single-day off during Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, she was among the first in nursing staff at Central Gujarat’s biggest hospital — SSG Hospital — in Vadodara to handle a Covid-19 positive mother and her newborn when almost everyone feared the deadly virus.

Two years ago, when most wards were heavily waterlogged, she along with resident doctors and support staff ensured that the gynaecology and obstetrics department continued to function.

On September 15, her dedication to the profession will be recognized as President Ramnath Kovind will confer the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 virtual on Bhanumati Gheewala fondly called sister Bhanuben.

The Indian Nursing Council, a statutory body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, confers the award to recognize the contribution of healthcare workers.

The 56-year-old head nurse performs her duty six days a week at the government hospital and on the seventh day she provides her voluntary services at Ramkrishna Mission to support their child welfare activities.

Bhanuben who joined as a nurse in 1988 underwent training in gynaecology speciality at Chandigarh in 2000 and finished Nurse Practitioner Midwives course in 2010.

She also kept upgrading herself. “For years, we had been following conventional methods. It was after a workshop on alternative birth positions in July 2019 that we started practicing birth positions featuring reclining, squatting or side-lying which have physiological and psychological advantages over the conventional posture,” said Bhanuben.

“It is indeed a matter of pride for entire SSG Hospital that our nursing staff Bhanuben has been selected for this prestigious award,” said professor Ranjan Aiyer, medical superintendent at SSG Hospital.

Bhanumati Gheewala worked relentlessly during pandemic

Biological, adoptive parents fight for girl’s custody

ADOPTIVE PARENTS HAD BEEN CHILDLESS, HAD BIOLOGICAL CHILD LATER

Biological, adoptive parents fight for girl’s custody

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Ahmedabad:09.09.2021

A 16-year-old girl’s adoptive parents and biological parents have moved the Gujarat high court in a legal battle for her custody.

The case is from Jamnagar district, where a couple had given their daughter for adoption to their uncle and aunt, because the older couple did not have a child then. Later, the adoptive parents had a girl born to them and the biological parents began asserting their rights over their daughter.

During the hearing before the bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice V D Nanavati, it was submitted that the biological parents took custody of the child when she was at school in August 2011. Since then, she has been living with her biological parents, who also claimed before the court that the child is not willing to leave her biological parents.

As the dispute between the biological and adoptive parents grew worse, the biological parents moved a local court and demanded that the adoption deed be cancelled. On the other hand, the adoptive parents insisted on enforcement of the adoption deed. The adoptive parents have been arguing that there is no law under when the adoption deed can be cancelled, and thus they will remain the parents of the child and responsible for her all her life. The dispute twice reached the high court but remained unsolved.

The judges told the lawyers that the girl is 16 years of age and in two years she will attain majority, so both parties should allow her to decide with which set of parents she wants to live with. The judges also said that such litigations are very painful, “In the fight between the biological and adoptive parents, we don’t want the girl to suffer, and that is for sure.” When the high court insisted that both parties try to reach an amicable solution to the problem, the lawyers from both sides expressed inability and the court was informed that there was a case of assault, for which one of the litigating parties was convicted and sentenced to jail. He is out on bail and is contesting hard for the custody. Upon hearing this, the judges said, “You continue to fight. Let them draw swords but spare the girl.” As the lawyers continued to insist on the hearing, the judges reiterated their request for an amicable solution and said, “Even the judgment is not going to solve the problem.” The court finally decided to hear the case at length on Monday.

While the girl is now 16, the dispute has been in court for 10 years. During this time, one of the litigants had assaulted the other and was convicted and jailed for it

India-UAE route 8th in top 10 country pair list

India-UAE route 8th in top 10 country pair list

Manju.V@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:09.09.2021

After a three-month absence, India-UAE is back in the top 10 list of country pairs, with airlines slated to fly around 12 lakh seats this month, making it the eighth busiest international route in September, show numbers released by OAG, a UK-based aviation data firm. What separates this eighth ranker from most of the country pairs in the top 10 listing, though, is the air fare — with the cheapest return fare on non-stop flights from cities such as Delhi, Mumbai to Dubai this weekend starting at Rs 65,000.

TOI compared 48-hour advance purchase fares on flights operating between the top 10 country pairs and found passengers flying India-UAE, Mexico-US and Spain-Italy this month would be paying the most for air tickets, especially those spending on 48-hour advance purchase tickets for travel this weekend.

On Wednesday, the cheapest return ticket on non-stop flights from Mumbai to Dubai for travel this weekend (September 10, return September 13) started at Rs 62,000, offered by Emirates, and for travel from Delhi it was Rs 70,000, on Fly-Dubai. Weekend flights to Dubai are in high demand as a 24-hour advance purchase flight cost a tad less — Rs 60,000 return fare on a non-stop flight from Mumbai to Dubai for travel on Thursday, that is. For cheaper options there were transit flights, like the Mumbai-Lucknow-Dubai Air India return flight, the fare for which began at Rs 50,000 for travel this weekend.

Pre-pandemic, Mumbai-Dubai return fare began at Rs 26,000 for a round trip. Then again, the number of seats on offer were high. For instance: In September 2019, airlines flew 32% more seats between India and UAE as compared to September 2021, shows OAG data.

The demand for flights to the UAE is particularly high this month with IPL 2021 to be held there from September 19. Dubai is also the most popular medium-haul international holiday destination out of India. With the UAE opening up for fully vaccinated passengers from India on August 30 after a four-month-long ban, air fares have jumped. UAE-India was the second busiest country pair globally from January to April, till the second Covid-19 wave disrupted the trend.

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TN to buy 2,213 new diesel buses

TN to buy 2,213 new diesel buses

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Chennai:09.09.2021

Tamil Nadu plans to purchase 2,213 new diesel buses and 500 electric buses within the next two months to replace the older vehicles in the fleet, transport minister Raja Kannappan announced in the assembly on Wednesday.

Replying to the debate on demand for grants for the transport department, Raja Kannappan said, "The new buses will be purchased with interest free loan from German bank KfW (German Development Bank) which will cover 80% of the cost and remaining 20% will be funded by the state."

The government entered into an agreement with KfW to procure 12,000 BS-VI buses and 2000 electric buses in a span of five years from 2021. There are 17,333 buses plying in the state.

Scholarship for graduates

Scholarship for graduates

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Chennai:09.09.2021

The government will change the norms to provide educational scholarships to the students of ‘first generation’ rather than ‘first graduate’ to help more members of a family get benefits, according to backward classes, most backward classes and denotified communities welfare minister S S Sivasankar.

HC wonders how a 16-year-old can be allowed to write NEET

HC wonders how a 16-year-old can be allowed to write NEET

Legal Correspondent

CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 07, 2021 01:06 IST

If a minor has good knowledge about politics, can he/she be allowed to vote? asks judge

If a 16-year-old has good knowledge about politics, can we allow him/her to vote in elections? the Madras High Court asked on Monday while hearing the plea of a 16-year-old girl to allow her to write National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) though the minimum age required to appear for the medical entrance test was 17 years.

Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Krishnan Ramasamy raised the query during the hearing of a writ appeal preferred by National Testing Agency (NTA) against a single judge’s order to allow the 16-year-old to write NEET and one more writ petition filed by the student SP. Shree Harini of Kumbakonam seeking permission to write the test.

Senior counsel G. Rajagopalan, representing the NTA, contended that the single judge had erred in allowing the 16-year-old girl to write the test when the regulations clearly state that the candidates must have completed 17 years of age as on December 31, 2020. He said the courts should not interfere in such decisions taken by the National Medical Commission (NMC).

On her part, NMC counsel Subharanjini stated that there was a difference between the intelligence of a student and his/her maturity. Stating that certain amount of physical as well as mental maturity was required to undergo medical courses, the counsel said the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of a student could not be considered a measure of his/her maturity.

Adding a rider that she might sound a little rude, the counsel said: “We do not want somebody giggling in the anatomy room after joining medical college.” While recognising that the writ petitioner might be a brilliant student with a very high IQ, the counsel said, still, she could not be allowed to write NEET in violation of the regulations.

On his part, senior counsel AR.L. Sundaresan, representing the student, said he was not challenging the age criteria fixed by NMC but only insisting upon carving out an exception for an academically brilliant student. Pointing out that Central Board of Secondary Education had permitted her to write Plus Two examinations, he said, she could not be forced to waste one year to write NEET.

He urged the court to permit the student to write NEET scheduled on Sunday and then take a decision on allowing her to join MBBS or not. However, warning that a possible poor performance in NEET might also demoralise the student and affect her psychologically, the judges decided to pass orders on the writ appeal as well as the writ petition on Tuesday.

Inter-dept disputes should be resolved by govt, not courts: SC

Inter-dept disputes should be resolved by govt, not courts: SC

AmitAnand.Choudhary@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:  08.09.2021

As disputes between government departments always end up in courts, the Supreme Court on Tuesday raised question on why the Centre is reluctant to intervene to sort them out instead of depending on court to adjudicate the dispute.

While hearing a legal battle between Registrar General & Census Commission and LIC, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M M Sundresh said that some kind of mechanism should be put in place by the government to resolve such disputes and court should not be burdened with such cases.

The court said that there are many such cases being filed in courts including disputes between public sector units and tax department. “I have not found government taking a stand to sort out such problems and they always want court to sort out the problems,” the SC said. The SC was hearing an appeal filed by Census Commission challenging Gujarat HC verdict holding that services of LIC employee could not be asked for census work by the commission.

The HC had quashed the order passed by commission requisitioning the staff of LIC and held that the corporation was not a local authority within Census Act.

Free darshan at Tirumala resumes from Sept 9

Free darshan at Tirumala resumes from Sept 9

Tirupati:  08.09.2021

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has decided to resume free darshan at Tirumala temple from September 9. The temple body had suspended free darshan and pedestrian darshan at the hill temple in April following the outbreak of the second wave of Covid-19, while continuing to facilitate paid darshan at the hill temple.

After assuming charge as TTD chairman for a second consecutive term, YV Subba Reddy had announced that the temple body would resume free darshan for common devotees soon. Accordingly, the temple administration on Tuesday announced that the slotted sarva darshan (free darshan) will be resumed at the temple from September 9 with some restrictions.

To start with, only 2,000 devotees would be allowed in a day under the slotted sarva darshan system. TNN

BPharm grad fakes being a gynaec, held

BPharm grad fakes being a gynaec, held

Hyderabad:08.09.2021

A woman who tried to dupe a hospital posing as a gynaecologist has been arrested along with her associate. The accused Moulika of Papi Reddy Colony in Lingampally is a BPharmacy graduate.

She became close to businessman T Venkata Ganapati Surya Satyanarayana Murthy from the same colony who told her to pose as a doctor and gave her fake documents. Using the fake documents, Moulika set up Sri Sai Clinic in Papi Reddy Colon, the police said.

Four days ago, Moulika joined as a gynaecologist in a hospital at RC Puram and management asked her for original certificates of her medical degrees and later, management filed a complaint with the police. TNN

Supreme Court Not Meant Only For People Living Near Delhi; Madras HC Judge Justice Kirubakaran Urges Centre To Amend Constitution To Set Up Regional Benches

Supreme Court Not Meant Only For People Living Near Delhi; Madras HC Judge Justice Kirubakaran Urges Centre To Amend Constitution To Set Up Regional Benches: “ Location of Courts and Tribunals in New Delhi alone,without having Regional Benches, causes

Medical Professionals Cannot Be Held Negligent Merely Because The Treatment Is Not Successful Or Patient Dies During Surgery:

Medical Professionals Cannot Be Held Negligent Merely Because The Treatment Is Not Successful Or Patient Dies During Surgery:

 Supreme Court

LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK

7 Sep 2021 7:58 PM

The Supreme Court observed that a medical professional cannot be held negligent merely because the treatment is not successful or the patient dies during surgery.

To indicate negligence, the bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and AS Bopanna said, there should be material available on record or else appropriate medical evidence should be tendered.

The court said that the principle of res ipsa loquitur (mere occurrence of some types of accident is sufficient to imply negligence) can be applied when the negligence alleged is so glaring and not based on perception.

In this case, the claimant's wife, who was admitted in the Hospital after diagnosed with kidney stone, died after a surgery performed on her. Alleging medical negligence, the approached the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The NCDRC held the Doctor and Hospital guilty of medical negligence and has directed payment of Rupees Seventeen Lakhs only with interest as compensation.

In appeal, the bench noted that in this case, apart from the allegations made by the claimants before the NCDRC, there is no other medical evidence tendered by the complainant to indicate negligence on the part of the doctors.

"It is clear that in every case where the treatment is not successful or the patient dies during surgery, it cannot be automatically assumed that the medical Page 13 of 27 professional was negligent. To indicate negligence there should be material available on record or else appropriate medical evidence should be tendered. The negligence alleged should be so glaring, in which event the principle of res ipsa loquitur could be made applicable and not based on perception. In the instant case, apart from the allegations made by the claimants before the NCDRC both in the complaint and in the affidavit filed in the proceedings, there is no other medical evidence tendered by the complainant to indicate negligence on the part of the doctors who, on their own behalf had explained their position relating to the medical process in their affidavit to explain there was no negligence.", the court said.

The Court also observed that enquiry that was conducted by the District Magistrate cannot be considered as medical evidence to hold negligence on the part of the doctors or the hospital in the matter of conducting the second surgery and the condition of the patient. Allowing the appeal, the court observed:

23. In the above circumstance when there was no medical evidence available before the NCDRC on the crucial medical aspect which required such opinion, the mere reliance placed on the magisterial enquiry would not be sufficient. Though the opinion of the civil surgeon who was a member of the committee is contained in the report, the same cannot be taken as conclusive since such report does not have the statutory flavour nor was the civil surgeon who had tendered his opinion available for cross­examination or seeking answers by way of interrogatories on the medical aspects. Therefore, if all these aspects are kept in view, the correctness or otherwise of the line of treatment and the decision to conduct the operation and the method followed were all required to be considered in the background of the medical evidence in the particular facts of this case. As indicated, the mere legal principles and the general standard of assessment was not sufficient in a matter of the present nature when the very same patient in the same set up had undergone a successful operation conducted by the same team of doctors. Hence, the conclusion as reached by the NCDRC is not sustainable."

Case: Dr. Harish Kumar Khurana vs. Joginder Singh ; CA 7380 OF 2009

Citation: LL 2021 SC 425

Coram: Justices Hemant Gupta and AS Bopanna

Advocate Christi Jain appeared for the anaesthetist and Advocate Liz Mathew appeared for the hospital.

தாம்பரம் நகராட்சி பகுதியில் சாலைகளில் விதிகளை கடைபிடிக்காமல் வேகத்தடைகள்

தாம்பரம் நகராட்சி பகுதியில் சாலைகளில் விதிகளை கடைபிடிக்காமல் வேகத்தடைகள்

தாம்பரம்  08.09.2021

தாம்பரம் நகராட்சி பகுதியில் சரியான விதிமுறைகளை கடைபிடிக்காமல் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள வேகத்தடைகளால் விபத்துகள் ஏற்படுகின்றன.

வேகத்தை குறைப்பதற்காகவும் விபத்தை தடுப்பதற்காகவும் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகின்ற 'ஸ்பீடு பிரேக்' எனப்படும் வேகத்தடையால் தாம்பரம் சுற்றுப் பகுதிகளில் தினசரி விபத்துகள் ஏற்படுவதுடன், உயிரிழப்புகளும் ஏற்படுகின்றன.

சாலைகளின் எந்த இடங்களில் வேகத்தடைகள் அமைக்கலாம் என்பதை சாலை பாதுகாப்பு குழு ஆய்வு செய்யும். இந்த குழுவின் அறிக்கைப்படி மாவட்ட நிர்வாகமும், நெடுஞ்சாலைத் துறையும் பரிசீலனை செய்து வேகத்தடை அமைக்க ஒப்புதல் வழங்கும். பின்னர், விதிமுறைப்படி வேகத்தடையும், அது குறித்த எச்சரிக்கை பலகைகளும் அந்த இடங்களில் வைக்கப்படும்; இதுதான் நடைமுறை. ஆனால், யாரும் இதன்படி செய்வதில்லை என்ற புகார் எழுந்துள்ளது.

சமீபத்தில் சேலையூரை சேர்ந்த ஹேமகுமார்(30) என்ற இளைஞர் கிழக்கு தாம்பரம், பாரத மாதா சாலையில் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள வேகத்தடையால் தவறி விழுந்து தற்போது உயிருக்கு ஆபத்தான நிலையில் பெரும்பாக்கத்தில் உள்ள தனியார் மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்று வருகிறார்.

இதுகுறித்து சமூக ஆர்வலர்கள் கூறும்போது, "பாதுகாப்பு மற்றும் வாகனங்களின் வேக கட்டுப்பாடுக்கு பயன்பட வேண்டிய வேகத்தடைகள் மரண மேடுகளாக மாறுவதற்கு, முறையான உயரத்தில் வேகத்தடைகள் இல்லாததும் அதற்கான எச்சரிக்கை பலகைகளை எங்கேயும் முறையாக வைக்காததுமே முக்கிய காரணங்களாகும்.

வேகத்தடை விதிமுறைகள்

குறைந்தது 40 மீட்டருக்கு முன்பாக வேகத்தடை என்றஎச்சரிக்கை பலகை வைக்கப்பட்டிருக்க வேண்டும். 17 மீட்டர் ஆரம் கொண்டதாகவும், 3.7 மீட்டர் அகலத்துடனும், அதிகபட்சமாக 10 செ.மீ. உயரத்திலும் மட்டுமே வேகத்தடைகள் இருப்பது அவசியமாகும். பிரதிபலிக்கும் வகையிலான பெயின்டை வேகத்தடை மேடுகளின் மீது பூச வேண்டும். 10 மீட்டர் தொலைவுக்குள் இரு வேகத்தடைகளை ஏற்படுத்தக் கூடாது. ஆனால் இந்த விதிகளை உள்ளாட்சி அமைப்புகள், நெடுஞ்சாலை துறையினர் பின் பற்றுவதில்லை என்றனர்.

இதுகுறித்து தாம்பரம் நகராட்சி ஆணையர் இரா.லெட்சுமணன் கூறும்போது, "விபத்து நடந்த பாரத மாதா சாலையில் ஆய்வு மேற்கொண்டு, விதிகளை மீறி அமைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தால் உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும். தாம்பரம் முழுவதும் வேகத் தடைகளின் மீது பிரதிபலிக்கும் வகையிலான பெயின்ட் அடிக்கப்படும். எச்சரிக்கை பலகை வைக்க நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ளப்படும்" என்றார்.

தொடர்ச்சியாக 3 முகூர்த்த நாட்கள் கொரோனா பரவல் அதிகரிக்குமா?

தொடர்ச்சியாக 3 முகூர்த்த நாட்கள் கொரோனா பரவல் அதிகரிக்குமா?

Added : செப் 07, 2021 22:20

கொரோனா பரவலை கட்டுப்படுத்த, திருமண மண்டபங்களுக்கு விதிக்கப்பட்ட கட்டுப்பாடுகளில், தமிழக அரசு தளர்வு அறிவித்துள்ளது. ஒரே நேரத்தில், 50 பேர் வரை திருமண மண்டபங்களில் கூடலாம். அதனால், திருமண மண்டபங்கள் திறக்கப்பட்டு, ஏராளமான திருமணங்கள் நடந்து வருகின்றன.

இந்நிலையில், இன்று, நாளை, நாளை மறுநாள் என மூன்று நாட்கள், முகூர்த்த நாட்களாக வருகின்றன. அதனால், மீண்டும் கொரோனா பரவல் அதிகரிக்க கூடும் என்ற, அச்சம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

இது குறித்து, தமிழ்நாடு திருமண மண்டப உரிமையாளர் சங்கத்தின், திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்ட தலைவர் அசோகன் கூறியதாவது: சென்னையில், 2,000 உட்பட தமிழகம் முழுதும், 7,000 திருமண மண்டபங்கள் உள்ளன. கொரோனா பாதிப்புக்கு பின், மண்டபங்களில் திருமணம் செய்ய முன்வருவதில்லை. ஏற்கனவே, முன்பதிவு செய்திருந்தவர்கள் மட்டுமே, தேதியை மாற்றி வைத்து தற்போது திருமணம் செய்கின்றனர்.

ஏற்கனவே, மாலை 6:00ல் இருந்து மறுநாள் மாலை 6:00 மணி வரை என, 24 மணி நேரம் கணக்கிடப்பட்டு, மண்டபம் வாடகைக்கு விடப்பட்டது. இப்போது காலை 6:00ல் இருந்து மாலை 6:00 மணி வரையிலான, 12 மணி நேர கணக்கில் வாடகைக்கு விடப்படுகிறது. அத்துடன் வாடகையையும் குறைத்துள்ளோம்.

யாரும் பெரிய விழாவாக திருமணத்தை நடத்துவது இல்லை. 100 அல்லது, 150 பேரை வரவழைத்து திருமணத்தை நடத்தி முடிக்கின்றனர். அதனால், பெரிய திருமண மண்டங்கள், இரண்டு அல்லது மூன்று 'மினி ஹால்'களாக மாற்றி அமைக்கப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. எனவே, நோய் பரவல் அச்சுறுத்தல் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது என்று சொல்வதை ஏற்க முடியவில்லை. பெரும்பாலான திருமண மண்டபங்களில், கொரோனா கட்டுப்பாடுகள் பின்பற்றப்படுகின்றன.

மக்களுக்கும், கொரோனா குறித்த விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்பட்டிருக்கிறது. கட்டுப்பாடுகளை மீறி திருமண மண்டபங்களில், ஒரே நேரத்தில் நுாற்றுக்கணக்கானோரை கூட்டினால், உரியவர்கள் மீது அரசு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கட்டும். அதே நேரம், மண்டப உரிமையாளர்கள், மண்டபங்களை நம்பி வேலைக்கு இருப்போரின், பொருளாதார நிலைமைகளை மனதில் வைத்து அரசு அதிகாரிகள் செயல்பட வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.

தொற்றை கட்டுப்படுத்தும் வகையில், திருமண உள்ளிட்ட நிகழ்ச்சிகளில், 50 நபர்கள் மட்டுமே பங்கேற்க வேண்டும். நிகழ்ச்சிகள் நடைபெறுவதை, covid19.chennaicorporation.gov.in/covid/marriagehall என்ற இணையதளத்தின் வாயிலாக, மாநகராட்சிக்கு தெரியப்படுத்த, மண்டப உரிமையாளர்களுக்கு அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

திருமணம் போன்ற சுப நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் பங்கேற்கும் அனைவரும், முக கவசம் கட்டாயம் அணிய வேண்டும். நுழைவு வாயிலில் கைகளை சுத்தம் செய்த பின், உள்ளே செல்ல வேண்டும். உணவு அருந்தும்போது, கூட்டம், கூட்டமாக அமரக் கூடாது. இடைவெளியுடன் அமர வேண்டும்.முக கவசம் அணியாத நபர்களுக்கு, 200 ரூபாய் அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும்.

அதேபோல, திருமண மண்டபங்களில், 50 பேருக்கு மேல் அனுமதித்தால், அதன் உரிமையாளர்களுக்கும் அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படும். இந்த மூன்று நாட்கள், அதிகளவு நிகழ்ச்சிகள், சென்னையில் நடைபெற உள்ளதாக தகவல் வெளியாகி உள்ளது. கூடுதல் குழுக்கள் அமைக்கப்பட்டு, கண்காணிப்பு தீவிரப்படுத்தப்படும்.

-ககன்தீப்சிங் பேடி,

கமிஷனர், சென்னை மாநகராட்சி

நீட் தேர்வுக்கான ஹால் டிக்கெட் வெளியீடு

நீட் தேர்வுக்கான ஹால் டிக்கெட் வெளியீடு

Updated : செப் 07, 2021 15:05 | Added : செப் 07, 2021 15:03

புதுடில்லி: நடப்பு 2021ம் ஆண்டுக்கான நீட் தேர்வுக்கான ஹால் டிக்கெட் வெளியிடப்பட்டது.

எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., பி.டி.எஸ்., சித்தா, ஆயுர்வேதம், யுனானி, ஓமியோபதி உட்பட இளநிலை மருத்துவப்படிப்புகளுக்கு நீட் தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடத்தப்படுகிறது. நீட் நுழைவுத் தேர்வு வரும் 12ல் நாடு முழுதும் நடக்கவுள்ளது. மொத்தம் 16 லட்சம் மாணவர்கள் தேர்வு எழுத உள்ளனர். இதற்காக நாடு முழுவதும் 198 தேர்வு மையங்கள் அமைக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளன.

நீட் தேர்வுக்கான ஹால் டிக்கெட் நேற்று இணையதளத்தில் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. அதனை, https://www.nta.nic.in/ என்ற இணையதளத்தில் இருந்து, விண்ணப்ப எண், பிறந்த தேதியை குறிப்பிட்டு மாணவர்கள் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம்.

Drop the bottle and grab your bail: Madras HC tells two drunkards

Drop the bottle and grab your bail: Madras HC tells two drunkards

All he did was to ask the duo, who were seeking bail after getting arrested over a drunken brawl, to give a written assurance stating they won’t booze again.

Published: 08th September 2021 05:02 AM 

By Express News Service

MADURAI: Sometimes, a little leap of faith can go a long way. With the simplest of remedial measures, Justice B Pugalendhi of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday, might have just helped two men lay off the bottle. All he did was to ask the duo, who were seeking bail after getting arrested over a drunken brawl, to give a written assurance stating they won’t booze again.

The court was hearing a bail petition filed by Shiva and Karthik, both Tiruchy natives. On July 25, the duo were having booze with their friend Suresh at a bar. Reportedly, an argument broke out between them and in the melee, Shiva and Karthik attacked Suresh with a beer bottle. The duo were soon arrested and remanded in judicial custody.

Subsequently, the accused persons moved a lower court seeking bail, which was denied over objection from police. Further, they approached the Madurai Bench of High Court with their petition. The duo contended that the police had foisted the case on them and lodged them in prison for over 37 days. They also assured the Court that they will accept any conditions imposed on them if let out on bail.

Recording the submission, Justice B Pugalendhi said the root cause of this crime was alcoholism. “Only due to it, the accused are in jail right now. If the duo are willing to give a written affidavit stating they will not consume liquor and create problems in the future, I will consider granting them bail,” he told the petitioners’ counsel. The Court also set September 13 as the deadline for filing the affidavit and adjourned the case.

Bail sought, with assurance to accept conditions

The duo, who were arrested for a drunken brawl and were remanded, had moved to a lower court seeking bail. With a police objection denying the bail, they approached the HC and assured the court that they would accept any conditions for a bail

TN Assembly witnesses heated debate over NEET

TN Assembly witnesses heated debate over NEET

The State Assembly on Tuesday again witnessed a heated debate over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions.

Published: 08th September 2021 05:07 AM 

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By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The State Assembly on Tuesday again witnessed a heated debate over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions. Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian announced he is ready for a separate exclusive debate over the issue in the House.

AIADMK member N Thalavai Sundaram said ruling party members and the Health Minister had repeatedly charged that NEET was implemented during the Edappadi K Palaniswami regime but the exam was implemented as per a Supreme Court order.

Responding to him, Subramanian asked the AIADMK member whether the previous (AIADMK) government informed the House about the Union Home Ministry sending back the State’s resolution over NEET and about the State resolution being rejected by the President of India. He further asked whether the AIADMK regime had taken steps to meet the President and put pressure on him to grant his nod for NEET exemption.