வாட்ஸ் ஆப்பில் மீடியா ஃபைல்களை மறுபதிவிறக்கம் செய்யும் வசதி அறிமுகம் 

17.04.2018

செல்போன்களில் வாட்ஸ் ஆப்பில் வரும் மீடியா ஃபைல்களை தெரியாமல் அழித்துவிட்டால் மீண்டும் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளும் வசதி அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.
வாட்ஸ் ஆப்பில் வரும் ஜிப், வீடியோக்கள், ஆடியோக்கள் ஆகியவை ஒருமுறை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டால் செல்போனில் சேமிக்கப்பட்டுவிடும்.

சேமிக்கப்பட்ட ஃபைல்களை தெரியாமல் அழித்துவிட்டால் அவற்றை மீண்டும் வாட்ஸ் ஆப்பில் சென்று பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யமுடியாது. இந்த பிரச்சனை தீர்க்கும் விதமனாக மீடியா ஃபைல்களை மறுபதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்வதற்கான வசதி ஆண்ட்ராய்டு வாட்ஸ் ஆப்பில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

7-ஆவது ஊதியக் குழு பரிந்துரைக்கு முன்பு ஓய்வு பெற்றோருக்கான நிலுவைத் தொகைகள்: 2 தவணைகளாக வழங்க தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவு 

17.04.2018

7-ஆவது ஊதியக் குழு பரிந்துரைகள் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்படுவதற்கு முன்பாக ஓய்வு   பெற்றவர்களுக்கான ஓய்வூதிய நிலுவைத் தொகைகளை இரண்டு தவணைகளாக வழங்கிட தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

கடந்த 2016-ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜனவரி 1 முதல் கடந்த ஆண்டு (2017) செப்டம்பர் 30-ஆம் தேதி வரையிலான காலத்தில் ஓய்வூதிய நிலுவைத் தொகைகளை இரண்டு கட்டங்களாக பெற்றுக் கொள்ளலாம் என்று தமிழக நிதித் துறை கூடுதல் தலைமைச் செயலாளர் க.சண்முகம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார்.
அரசுப் பணிகளில் இருந்து ஓய்வு பெறும் ஊழியர்கள், ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு ஓய்வூதிய பணப் பயன்கள் அளிக்கப்படும். அதாவது, பணிக் காலத்தில் பிடித்தம் செய்யப்பட்ட தொகைகள், பணிக் கொடைகள், விடுப்புகளை பணமாக மாற்றிக் கொள்ளுதல் போன்றவை ஓய்வு பெற்ற உடனேயே வழங்கப்படும்.
இந் நிலையில், கடந்த 2016 ஜனவரி 1-ஆம் தேதி முதல் கடந்த ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் 30-ஆம் தேதி வரையிலான காலத்தில் ஓய்வு பெற்ற அரசு ஊழியர்கள், ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு ஓய்வுக் கால பணப் பயன்கள் இரண்டு தவணைகளாக அளிக்கப்படும்.

முதல் தவணையானது, 2017-18-ஆம் நிதியாண்டிலும், இரண்டாவது தவணைத் தொகையானது 2018-19-ஆம் நிதியாண்டிலும் அளிக்கப்படும். ஏற்கெனவே முதல் தவணை அளிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தால், இரண்டாவது தவணையை இந்த மாதத்தில் இருந்தே (ஏப்ரல்) ஓய்வூதியதாரர்கள், குடும்ப ஓய்வூதியதாரர்கள் ஆகியோருக்கு வழங்க கருவூலம் மற்றும் கணக்குத் துறை அதிகாரிகள் கேட்டுக் கொள்ளப்படுகிறார்கள்.

முதல் தவணையைப் பெறாத ஓய்வூதியதாரர்கள் இரண்டு தவணைகளையும் சேர்த்து மொத்தத் தொகையாக பெற்றுக் கொள்ள அறிவுறுத்தப்படுகிறார்கள் என்று தனது உத்தரவில் நிதித் துறை கூடுதல் தலைமைச் செயலாளர் க.சண்முகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

ஏழாவது ஊதியக் குழு: தமிழகத்தில் ஏழாவது ஊதியக் குழு பரிந்துரைகள் கடந்த ஆண்டு அக்டோபர் 1-ஆம் தேதி முதல் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன. எனவே, அதற்கு முந்தைய தேதி வரையில் ஓய்வு பெற்றோருக்கு ஓய்வூதிய பணப் பயன்களை இரண்டு தவணைகளாக வழங்க தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

அக்டோபர் 1-ஆம் தேதிக்குப் பிறகு ஓய்வு பெறுவோருக்கு ஓய்வூதியப் பணப்பயன்களும், தொகையும் மிகையளவு மாறுபடும். எனவே, அக்டோபர் 1-ஆம் தேதிக்கு முன்பாக ஓய்வு பெறுவோருக்கு பணப் பயன்களை இரண்டு தவணைகளாக விரைந்து அளித்திட தமிழக அரசு உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

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Who’s behind Nirmala Devi? 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Apr 17, 2018, 1:35 am IST

Even as she is being grilled, political leaders strongly favour CB-CID or CBI probe as they suspect cover-up operations by ‘high-level persons’.

Chennai: A day after the controversial audio clip of a woman professor luring four girls to do sexual favour emerged and went viral, the big question that remains unanswered is who is behind her.

Even as professor Nirmala Devi of Devanga Arts College in Aruppukottai was arrested by the police on Monday evening, political parties and academicians wondered whether she is just the tip of the iceberg and demanded CBI or CBCID probe to identify the network behind her and bring the culprits to book.

Sources said there could be possible efforts to cover up the entire scandal and after the release of the audio clip, the university and college are acting fast.

“The complaint was not forwarded to the government and officials are not aware of it until it was aired on the television channels,” sources said.

Though three simultaneous inquiries by the college, Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) Vice-Chancellor P.P. Chelladurai, Governor Banwarilal Purohit were ordered into the matter, political leaders including DMK working president M.K. Stalin and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss demanded CBI probe to bring out the truth as high level persons suspected to be involved in the scandal.
The vice-chancellor has announced five-member internal inquiry committee headed by Professor Lellis Thivagar to inquire into the issue.

“It seems top-level officials of the MKU are involved in this scandal. How can the government allow the Vice-Chancellor to form such committee?” asked Anna University former vice-chancellor E.Balagurusamy.

“There are several complaints of sexual harassment filed by girl students in several universities in the state. But so far no action was taken against any professor. Nothing will happen by this committee,” he said adding that the government should immediately order CBCID inquiry so that truth will come out.

He further demanded action against who instigated the professor. “The state government should initiate serious action not only against the woman professor but also the people who wanted college girls.”

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University former vice-chancellor V.Vasanthidevi said the internal committee to inquire into the issue is not adequate. “It must include very strong external members from civil rights groups and prominent persons. We don’t know whether it is the tip of an iceberg. Possibly there could be a network. The entire thing should be brought out,” she demanded.

She also suggested revamp of an entire higher education system in the state. “There must be a total re-examination of the entire university system in Tamil Nadu and very powerful mechanism should be put in place to weed out these elements,” she urged.

Calling the entire episode shocking, N.Pasupathy, vice-president, Association of University Teachers (AUT), said it brought disrepute to the entire higher education set up in the state. “There is an attempt to use the poverty of the girl students. The government should bring all those involved in the issue to the book through a transparent investigation. Those involved in the issue should be severely punished,” he said. Nirmala Rani, advocate and member of AIDWA, who led a protest in the college has opposed multiple enquiries ordered by Governor, the university and the college as it would only lead to secondary victimisation of the poor girl students. “We demand an impartial probe into the issue to bring out all those powerful people behind the assistant professor,” she said.

Judge helps transgender’s mom get death certificate 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Apr 17, 2018, 6:21 am IST

The police said Thara committed suicide but her family and friends alleged that she was killed by the cops in the station. 


Judge Jayanthi (centre) hands over the death certificate to trangender’s mom.

Chennai: Remember transgender Thara who died in mysterious circumstances due to burn injuries inside the Pondy Bazaar police station in November 2016? While the police claimed she committed self-immolation, her family as well as the several transgender friends who had thronged the station to demonstrate after that gruesome incident, alleged custodial murder.

The 38-year-old transgender had gone to the station to get back the key of her scooter which had been snatched by the police after catching her riding on the wrong side of the road. With the cops refusing to return the bike key, Thara refused to budge from the station and was seen by eyewitnesses pacing up and down inside the station in an agitated mood. Next she was seen screaming in flames.

Taken to the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital with extensive burns, she died the following morning. The police said Thara committed suicide but her family and friends alleged that she was killed by the cops in the station.

To add to the misery of the family, they could not get Thara’s death certificate despite making several petitions and pleading before many officials after registering the death with the Corporation of Chen-nai on November 10 (2016), the day after the death. The death certificate was necessary for claiming Thara's dues from the banks and other places.

"We knocked on several doors but only got abuse and rebuke. Finally, on hearing about her compassion, we approached Judge I. Jayanthi of the district legal aid services authority today and in less than two hours, she got us the death certificate”, said Thara’s mother Manna Bai, adding: “Now we will initiate further action on getting justice for my daughter’s death”.

Asked about her humane gesture that went beyond mere adherence to the law books, court arguments and case diaries, Judge Jayanthi told DC: “I believe in delivering justice to the victims as quickly as possible. That's why we are here for, to provide relief to the affected when they come to us as the last resort. I phoned the concerned divisional office of the Corporation and had them send me the death certificate on my whatsup within two hours. I took the print outs and gave the family”.

This is not the first time Judge Jayanthi hit the headlines for doing something out of the book to help the litigant poor. In September last year, she took an elderly couple in an autorickshaw to the TN slum clearance board to get them a plot allotment order that the officials dodged issuing for over 20 years.

Tamil Nadu: With no pantry car, Brindavan, Guruvayur Express travellers starve
By B Anbuselvan | Express News Service | Published: 17th April 2018 02:46 AM |

CHENNAI: Passengers travelling in Brindavan Express and Guruvayur Express have been starved of food and beverages these days as the railways delinked the pantry car recently.Particularly, elderly passengers, ulcer and diabetic patients and those accompanying children for long journeys from Chennai to Bengaluru and Madurai, which take more than five to eight hours, were put to an ordeal for want of food. Brindavan Express leaves Chennai Central at 7.50 am and reaches Bengaluru at 2 pm. The train has been witnessing highest passenger demand throughout the year. In particular, between Friday and Monday, and during festival seasons, every bit of train space including reserved coaches gets occupied by passengers in both directions.

To accommodate more passengers, the Southern Railway replaced the pantry car with additional unreserved coaches increasing the total number of coaches to 24, the highest number of coaches permitted for any train in the Indian railways.Since then, passengers have been forced to depend on food sold by unauthorised vendors at stations, which is mostly unpalatable and poor in quality.“I boarded the train at 7.40 am at Chennai. Though a few vendors sold coffee in the train, I could not get tea. From 12 pm, we tried to buy rice food but could not get anything until we reach Bengaluru. My children and I were starved of food for more than three hours,” said Radhakrishnan of Whitefield, Bengaluru. His complaint over the catering services has been registered with the railways.

The condition of passengers who travel in Guruvayur Express running from Chennai Egmore to Guruvayur is no different. Due to absence of catering service, they are forced to travel with empty stomach as they have no access to proper food between 12 pm and 2 pm.S Merlin of Kollam who recently travelled in Guruvayur Express said the train starts at 8.15 am at Egmore and reaches Madurai around 4.30 pm. “We dont have any food en route and I got only biscuits and water, that too, at higher prices,” she said.

Though the Southern Railway is yet to authorise the IRCTC to appoint vendors for selling snacks and food, a few unauthorised vendors have been selling coffee, snacks and water bottles in the trains.When contacted, an official said pantry car cannot be added to the Brindavan and Guruvayur Expresses as both trains are operated with 24 coaches. “Measures are being taken to introduce on-board catering in the trains, where food and other beverages can be loaded in the en-route stations. The issues will be addressed soon,” said an official.

MLA demands appointment of doctors at Alangulam PHC
  Special Correspondent 
 
TIRUNELVELI, April 17, 2018 00:00 IST

If situation continues, we’ll lay siege to the Collectorate: Poongothai Aladi Aruna

Appealing to the State Government to appoint adequate number of doctors in the upgraded primary health centre at Alangulam, MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna submitted a petition to Collector Sandeep Nanduri on Monday during the weekly grievance redressal meet.

Dr. Poongothai, after submitting the petition, said the condition of the upgraded PHC at Alangulam was in worst shape as the posts of obstetrics and gynaecologist, paediatrician, anaesthetist and orthopaedic surgeon were vacant although buildings and medical equipments were adequately available.

“Though Alangulam taluk witnessed dengue outbreak last year, the Department of Public Health did not any concrete measures to improve this PHC, which conducted only 18 family planning surgeries and 22 cesarean sections last year. The operation theatre is not in use for the past four months for reasons best known to the officials concerned. Hence, the Department of Public Health should take adequate steps at the earliest to make the upgraded PHC into a full-fledged hospital,” Dr. Poongothai said.

She also complained that the Department of Social Welfare and the Department of Rural Development were ignoring the constituency by refusing to implement development works even under the MLA Constituency Development Fund.

“We’ve the doubt that the government is purposely avoiding executing development works in my constituency. If this situation continues, we’ll lay siege to the Collectorate,” she said.

‘Release water’

A group of farmers from Zamin Singampatti, Ayansingampatti, South Paappaankulam and Moolachchi submitted a petition seeking release of water from Manimuthuar Dam for advance ‘kar’ paddy cultivation as the dam now had water for over 80 feet.

However, the district administration is unlikely to recommend the release of water from the dam since the water managers will be relying upon the reservoir to meet drinking water requirements during this summer in the wake of the meagre storage of just 23 feet water in Papanasam Dam.

A couple from Tirunelveli Town said in their petition that their 11-month-old daughter, after being admitted to a private hospital in Tirunelveli Town due to high fever on April 10 last, was referred to another private hospital in Perumalpuram after two days of treatment.

“However, she died as the doctors of the hospital in Tirunelveli Town failed to diagnose the cause of the fever and give appropriate treatment. Hence, the Collector should order an inquiry into the mysterious death of my daughter,” M. Maharani, mother of the deceased baby, said.

Will take stringent action, says V-C 

Staff Reporter 
 
MADURAI, April 17, 2018 00:00 IST



P.P. ChellathuraiS_James
But doesn’t rule out ‘conspiracy’

The Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) has constituted a five-member committee, which includes three female professors, to enquire into the controversy that erupted after a woman faculty member of an affiliated college was heard ‘luring’ four girl students into doing “certain things” in return for academic and financial benefits.

M. Lellis Thivagar, Syndicate member and chairperson of the School of Mathematics, will be the convenor of the committee.

S. Andiappan, Syndicate member and chairperson of the School of Religions, Philosophy and Humanist Thought; S. Rajashabala, Syndicate member and Associate Professor in School of Physics; P. Varalakshmi, Assistant Professor in the School of Biotechnology; and P. Jeyabharathy, Assistant Professor in the School of Youth Empowerment, are the other members.

Vice-Chancellor P.P. Chellathurai, who said he was presently in Delhi, told The Hindu that the committee would investigate all aspects of the issue.

“We will take stringent action if any MKU official is found to be involved. At the same time, we are not ruling out the possibility that the entire audiotape was recorded in an orchestrated manner so as to malign MKU’s reputation,” he said.

Meanwhile, university sources said that the Registrar of the MKU, V. Chinniah, left for Chennai on Monday, reportedly on being summoned by the Governor’s office through the Higher Education Department.

‘Panel disappointing’

The Joint Action Council of MKU (JAC-MKU), a coalition of two teaching and non-teaching staff associations, expressed disappointment over the constitution of the committee.

In an emergency meeting of its executive committee convened on Monday regarding the issue, the JAC-MKU said that it would be inappropriate for the internal committee, involving Syndicate members who were nominated to the Syndicate by the university, to investigate the issue when the audiotape indicated the involvement of senior officials of the MKU.

The JAC-MKU passed resolutions demanding the constitution of a committee by the Higher Education Secretary with members drawn from outside. It also sought transfer of the case to the CB-CID wing of the Tamil Nadu police.

The coalition has also called for a gate meeting at the university campus on Tuesday morning, which is expected to be attended by all members of the two associations, to decide on the future course of action.

We are not ruling out the possibility that the entire audiotape was recorded in an orchestrated mannerP.P. ChellathuraiVice-chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University