Chennai: Two youths nab mobile thief with FB messenger 

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Published Jun 22, 2018, 6:15 am IST

Youngsters trace stolen phone with help of social media. 


S. Simiyon

Chennai: Social media is a boon or bane. Definitely a boon for a city-based medical representative, who successfully traced his costly mobile phone from a shop and also help the police to nab a 19-year-old boy from Jharkhand.

On June 13, S. Simiyon (24) of Perambur was in a telecom showroom to get a replacement for his lost sim card. “I did not notice a person stealing my expensive mobile phone and was shocked to find the phone missing from the table,” Simiyon told DC.

But Simiyon had managed to recognise the face of the person, who was sitting adjacent to him and showroom management came forward to provide CCTV footage. Unfortunately, the camera did not cover the incident but showed the face of the man clearly. “The showroom employees gave the phone number of the person and I had tried to call the number in vain, as the number was switched off,” he said.

Meanwhile, Simiyon contacted J. Jaffar Hussain (24), his school friend and apprised of the incident. The friends also visited Kilpauk police station and lodged a complaint on the same day. But Simiyon, who had bought the phone on EMI basis did not want to pay instalment amount to the phone he no more owned. “We checked the name of the number given by showroom staff in Truecaller application and found that the name is Pankaj Kumar, matching the name in showroom database,” Simiyon said.

Simiyon also said that he and Jaffar had tried to find the details of the thief in WhatsApp, IMO, Google Duo and other social media platforms, but could not stumble on the details. However, the breakthrough arrived in the form of Facebook Messenger.

“To retrieve the lost password or username, one has to register his mobile number in Facebook Messenger. So we searched the person in messenger by entering the phone number and we found his Facebook account in the name of Pankaj Kumar,” Jaffar said. The two friends did not stop there and established a contact with one of Pankaj’s friends in the Facebook purposely and asked for Pankaj’s number.

Although the Facebook friend remained hesitant to part with the number, Simiyon promised a job for Pankaj. They sought help from their Hindi speaking friend and told Pankaj’s friend that job will be provided for north Indians. Finally, the Facebook friend gave Pankaj’s number.

Simiyon and Jaffer told the same story to Pankaj about the job and asked him to come for an interview. “At first, Pankaj believed what we told and agreed to come to meet us. But later he called and told that he is in his native place in Jharkhand and expressed his ‘inability’ to come in person. But we had already collected details of his stay in the city from him and went to Madhavaram on Wednesday. We caught him and brought him to Kilpauk police station,” a friend said.

Meanwhile, the police recovered the phone and remanded Pankaj Kumar (19) to judicial custody. “Pankaj had visited the city only 10 days ago and had found a job in a furniture shop in Madha-
varam,” the police said.

The recovered phone would be handed over to Simiyon after the completion of court procedures.

HC asks TN govt to consider the plea for raising the retirement age of doctors

Making clear that it had not gone into the merits of the contentions in the representation by the petitioner, the bench said the doctors may be heard through a representative.
 
Published: 21st June 2018 11:49 PM | 



Madras High Court (File|PTI)

By PTI

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to consider a plea for increasing the retirement age of government doctors from 58 years to 65 years.

The first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P T Asha gave the direction while disposing of a PIL from K Purushotham, the Associate Professor of Medicine at the Madras Medical College and General Hospital here.

The bench in its June 18 order noted that it appeared from the affidavit in support of the petition that the Medical Council of India has approved, modified and amended the age of retirement of government doctors and several states had increased the age of superannuation to 65 years.

It directed the Tamil Nadu government officials including the Chief Secretary and the Health Secretary to consider the representation of the petitioner by giving him and other doctors a hearing.

Making clear that it had not gone into the merits of the contentions in the representation by the petitioner, the bench said the doctors may be heard through a representative.

The petitioner, who had made a representation to the authorities concerned on November 23, 2017, on increasing the retirement age, said there were around 800 other government doctors in his age group who will benefit by enhancement of the superannuation age.

He also said several states, including Odisha and Haryana, had raised the retirement age beyond 60 years and hence the Tamil Nadu government could emulate them.

Such a course would benefit and be useful to emerging medical students and also for the general public in getting services of qualified and experienced medical doctors.

P-SC seat reservation: Madras High Court issues notice to Medical Council of India, JIPMER

A scrutiny of the list revealed that students ranked 1,2,4,6,7 and 8 do not fall under P-SC category since their origin was not Puducherry, counsel for the petitioner Srinivasan said.

  Published: 22nd June 2018 12:35 AM | 




Recently, the institute released its merit list for P-SC category in which the petitioner was ranked 10th 

By PTI

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court today issued notice to the Medical Council of India and Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research on a plea seeking a direction to the institute not to allot seats reserved for 'Puducherry Scheduled Community' (P-SC) to non-Puducherry SC students.

Admitting the plea moved by A Sarandev, who was denied a seat in the institute, Justice K Kalayanasundaram directed the MCI and JIPMER to file their responses by June 26.

According to the petitioner, JIPMER has reserved six seats in MBBS course under P-SC category and such seats are available only to persons belonging to scheduled caste students-Puducherry.

Recently, the institute released its merit list for P-SC category in which the petitioner was ranked 10th.

A scrutiny of the list revealed that students ranked 1,2,4,6,7 and 8 do not fall under P-SC category since their origin was not Puducherry, counsel for the petitioner Srinivasan said.

Citing two judgments of the Supreme Court, the petitioner said the apex court had unanimously arrived at a view that migrants are not entitled to the benefits of reservation in the migrated state or union territory.

He then wanted the court to direct the institute to make the admissions to MBBS courses only in strict conformity with the apex court judgments.

As an interim relief, the petitioner appealed to the court to direct JIPMER to reserve one seat under the P-SC category pending disposal of the plea.

Dynamic duo nabs phone thief in a week without any police help

A motivated 23-year-old man tracked down his stolen mobile phone and nabbed the thief without the help of the police within a week.
 
Published: 22nd June 2018 05:10 AM  



For representational purposes

By Sahaya Novinston Lobo

Express News Service

CHENNAI: A motivated 23-year-old man tracked down his stolen mobile phone and nabbed the thief without the help of the police within a week.

S Simiyon, a resident of Perambur, bought an iPhone worth `28,000 on an instalment basis four months ago. On June 13, he went to an Airtel showroom in Purasawalkam to purchase a SIM card. He had placed his phone on the glass table and forgotten to take it while leaving the showroom.

“A few seconds later, I returned to the store only to find my mobile phone missing,” Simiyon told Express. Simiyon lodged a complaint with the Kilpauk police, who, he said, registered a case only after he pestered them for two days.

Realising that the police would not help him, Simiyon decided to find his phone himself. With the help of CCTV footage at the Airtel showroom, Simiyon and his friend Jaffar identified the thief.

Luckily, the ‘thief’ had visited the showroom to port his SIM card and the showroom staff had taken down his number. However, he wasn’t answering when called. Still, using the number, Jaffar and Simiyon found that the suspect had a Facebook profile in the name of Pankaj Sharma from Bihar.

“We texted him on Facebook Messenger but he did not reply. We posed as people from Chennai offering jobs for people from north India,” said Jaffar. Pankaj Sharma, however, did not reply even then.

So, on Tuesday, Jaffar and Simiyon contacted one of Sharma’s friends and got his number. The duo used one of their Bihari friends to contact Sharma and lure him with a job offer.

“Pankaj said he was workiwg at a plywood shop. On Wednesday morning, we were waiting at the spot and when he came around 8.30 am, we nabbed him,” said Jaffar.

Sharma reportedly handed over the mobile phone to Jaffar and his employer took him to the Kilpauk police station. The Kilpauk police arrested Sharma.

Medical students demand hike in stipend 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, June 22, 2018 00:00 IST
At present, a house surgeon is paid Rs. 14,000 as monthly stipend and PGs get Rs. 27,000.

Postgraduate students and interns of government medical colleges in the city organised a human chain at the Madras Medical College on Thursday demanding a hike in stipend.

The students of MMC, Stanley, Kilpauk and Omandurar medical colleges in the city formed the human chain. They have formed the Interns and Postgraduates Association of Tamil Nadu.

At present, a house surgeon is paid Rs. 14,000 as monthly stipend and PGs get Rs. 27,000.

‘Lowest in the country’

The students said the monthly stipend the government paid was the lowest in the country. “It is difficult for us to manage our studies with such a low stipend. We use it to buy books, pay our fees and are expected to do research and publish our work as postgraduates and interns. Lower expense on education reflects on the quality of doctors that the State would get in the long run. We are from middle class families and most of us are over 27 years and we cannot depend on our parents. Those enrolled in courses like M Ch, are over 30 years and have to take care of their families too,” said a student of MMC.

The students say the Central government placed PG doctors on UGC payscale as junior residents.

In Karnataka, candidates pursuing MD/MS are paid Rs. 30,000 in the first year and Rs. 35,000 in the second year. The Central government pays Rs. 90,335 and Rs. 92,436 respectively.

Consider increasing retirement age: HC 

Mohamed Imranullah S. 
 
CHENNAI, June 22, 2018 00:00 IST

The Madras High Court has directed the State government to consider a recommendation made to it by the Medical Council of India (MCI) for increasing the retirement age of government doctors from 58 to 65 years.

The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P.T. Asha passed the order on a public interest litigation petition filed by K. Purushotham, associate professor of Medicine at the city’s Madras Medical College.

In accordance with the MCI’s recommendation, many States, including Odisha, Haryana, Assam and Andhra Pradesh, had enhanced the retirement age of government doctors from 62 to 65, the judges said, and directed the Health Secretary to consider the plea with respect to doctors in Tamil Nadu.

Revised returns can be filed after I-T notice is issued, rules tribunal
Can’t Deny Deduction Outright

Lubna.Kalby@timesgroup.com

Mumbai: 22.06.2018

A tax benefit claimed by a taxpayer in his revised income-tax return, cannot be denied outright by an income-tax (I-T) officer, merely because the revised return has been filed after issue of notice, income-tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) has said.

However, the revised return needs to be filed within the time limits set out in the I-T Act. This order of the Mumbai bench of the ITAT, passed on June 20, will provide relief to several taxpayers. When a mistake is made in the original I-T return, such as not disclosing an income correctly, or not claiming a tax deduction, section 139 (5) the I-T Act permits a revised return to be filed to correct the errors. Currently, the time limit for filing a revised return is before the expiry of twelve months from the last day of the financial year or before the completion of I-T assessment, whichever is earlier.

In this case before the ITAT, Mahesh Hinduja had declared a total income of Rs 4.91 lakh in his original return for the financial year 2010-11. He later filed a revised return declaring a total income of Rs 6.24 lakh. In this revised return he also disclosed long-term capital gains (LTCG) of nearly Rs 50 lakh. However, as he had invested 1.15 crore in a new residential house, he claimed a deduction under Section 54 of the I-T Act. Thus, capital gains were not offered for tax. Under the Act, if an investment is made in another house in India, within the stipulated period of time, then the ‘cost of the new house’ is deducted and only the balance component of the LTCG is taxable. Thus, if the amount of capital gains is equal to or less than the cost of the new house, the entire sum of LTCG is not taxable. To ensure that the taxpayer has not underreported his income or paid less tax, the I-T Act empowers I-T officials to issue a notice asking for further evidence. As the revised return was filed by Hinduja after he had received a notice under section 143(2), the I-T official rejected his claim for deduction. The litigation finally reached the level of the ITAT.

The ITAT noted that the I-T official had rejected the revised return of income as invalid but at the same time had accepted the higher income offered in the revised return, including the LTCGs. Only the claim of deduction under Section 54 had been rejected. “The I-T official has adopted a very selective approach in respect of the revised return of income filed by the taxpayer,” remarked the ITAT.

The ITAT held that the I-T Act does not bar a taxpayer from filing a revised I-T return after issue of notice under Section 143 (2). Hinduja’s case was sent back to the I-T official for examining and allowing the deduction, subject to the fulfilment of conditions prescribed for such claim.