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Minister’s PA, his two sons die as car rams bus at Veppur

Bosco.Dominique@timesgroup.com

Cuddalore: 08.11.2018

The additional senior PA of fisheries minister D Jayakumar, R Loganathan, 69, and his sons L Sivaraman, 28, and L Nirmal Kumar, 26, were killed in a road accident involving his car and a Tamil Nadu state transport corporation bus on the Trichy National Highway near Veppur in Cuddalore district on Wednesday.

Loganathan’s daughterin-law S Shalini, 26, suffered severe injuries, while his three-year-old grandson escaped with minor injuries. Shalini has been admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Trichy.

Police said Loganathan and his family members were returning to Chennai from Thanthondrimalai, their native place in Karur district, after celebrating Diwali. The family members left the village early on Wednesday. Sivaraman was at the wheel.

A TNSTC bus from Veppur was proceeding in the same direction in front of the car. When the car crossed Iyyamkudi near Veppur, the bus suddenly made a turn to enter the service road. Sivaraman could not stop the car which then smashed into the rear of the bus.

Loganathan, Sivaraman and Nirmal Kumar were crushed to death on the spot. The front portion of the car was completely ripped off in the collision. Shalini sustained severe injuries while the boy escaped with minor injuries.

A highway patrol team and a team of policemen arrived at the spot and pulled the injured people out of the smashed vehicle. They were later sent to the Ulundurpet government hospital.

The bodies of the victims have been sent to the GH for postmortem. The Veppur police registered a case against the bus driver, Aadhimoolam from Kallakuruchi, under Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.

Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, who condoled the deaths, said that he had directed the government officials concerned to extend all possible help to the family.



The car rammed into the rear side of the bus, killing three on the spot Loganathan, Sivaraman and Nirmal Kumar were crushed to death on the spot. The front portion of the car was completely ripped off in the collision. Shalini sustained severe injuries while the boy escaped with minor injuries

‘SEIZED CLOSE TO ₹1 CRORE IN RAIDS’

DVAC raids 100 govt offices for festive ‘gifts’, sends reports to depts
A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com

Chennai:08.11.2018

Over the past week, officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) swept in to curb bribery in state government offices, which receive large quantities of ‘gifts’ around Diwali. Simultaneous DVAC raids at transport, police, registration and revenue offices set the cat among the pigeons.

Trucks filled with festive goodies were redirected to orphanages after panic over

the raids set in. As per DVAC report, they conducted several rounds of searches based on tip-offs. A senior DVAC officer said, “We received tips from various quarters and conducted searches in almost 100 places in the past one week. We seized close to ₹1 crore in the raids.”

“We have forwarded detailed reports to various departments concerned for permission to initiate corruption proceedings against staff from whom unaccounted money was seized,” he added.

The DVAC officials have also shared specific details about the huge seizure of money with their colleagues in the income tax department. A senior police officer said, “We reacted at the right time after we were given the go ahead for our searches as the inputs came in in the last minute in some cases.”

Sources said, two trucks loaded with fireworks and sweet boxes in transit on Kamarajar Salai off Marina Beach were redirected to slum clearance board tenements after news of the raids went out. In yet another incident, a van carrying sweets and crackers delivered from a leading hospital in Teynampet was redirected to an orphanage near Guindy, as a ‘surprise’ gift for its imates.

In Coimbatore, a vehicle carrying sweets and gift boxes headed to revenue office in Coimbatore was redirected to an orphanage near Sundarapuram off Coimbatore-Tiruppur road. The series of searches has restricted many government officials from taking gifts directly.

அசல் சான்றிதழ் வைத்திருக்க கூடாது கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு யு.ஜி.சி., அறிவுறுத்தல்

அசல் சான்றிதழ் வைத்திருக்க கூடாது கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு யு.ஜி.சி., அறிவுறுத்தல்

கல்வி நிறுவனங்கள் மாணவர்களின் அசல் சான்றிதழ்களை வைத்திருக்க உரிமையில்லை' என, பல்கலை மானியக்குழு அறிவுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

பல்வேறு காரணங்களால் கல்லுாரியிலிருந்து, மாணவர்கள்விலகும் போது கட்டணங்களையும்,அசல் சான்றிதழ்களையும் தர மறுப்பதாக,புகார்கள் எழும்புகின்றன. இதனை தெளிவுபடுத்தும் வகையில், பல்கலை மானியக்குழு சுற்றறிக்கை அனுப்பியுள்ளது.

சுற்றறிக்கையில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளதாவது:அசல் சான்றிதழ்களின் உண்மை தன்மையை, ஆய்வு செய்தவுடன் மாணவர்களிடம் கல்லுாரி நிர்வாகங்கள் ஒப்படைக்க வேண்டும்.

மாணவர்கள் கையெழுத்திட்ட நகல் சான்றிதழ்களே, கல்லுாரியின் பிற அனைத்து செயல்பாடுகளுக்கும் போதுமானது.அட்மிஷன் முடிவதற்கு, 15 நாட்களுக்கு முன்பு கல்லுாரியிலிருந்து வெளியேறும் பட்சத்தில், 100 சதவீதமும், 15 நாட்களுக்குள் எனில் 90 சதவீதமும், 15 நாட்களுக்கு மேல் 30 நாட்களுக்குள் வெளியேறுபவர்களுக்கு, 50 சதவீத கட்டணத்தையும் கல்லுாரி நிர்வாகம் திருப்பி அளிக்க வேண்டும்.

அட்மிஷனுக்கான கடைசி தேதி அறிவிக்கப்பட்டு, 30 நாட்களுக்குப் பின், கல்லுாரியிலிருந்து வெளியேறும் மாணவர்களுக்கு, கட்டணம் திரும்ப அளிக்க அவசியமில்லை.

இவ்வாறு, சுற்றறிக்கையில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மாணவர்கள் யு.ஜி.சி., இணையதளத்தில், இது குறித்த விபரங்களை பார்க்கலாம்.

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PG student found walking without clothes in women’s hostel 

Staff Reporter 
 
Bengaluru, November 06, 2018 00:00 IST

A postgraduate student of Bangalore University was allegedly found walking without clothes in the women’s hostel on Jnana Bharathi campus on Sunday night. The student has been admitted to NIMHANS for an examination.

According to sources in the university, the third semester communications student was allegedly walking without clothes in the women’s hostel when a home guard on duty told him to return to his hostel. Students also said he was allegedly beaten up by the home guard and later, some of his friends took him to NIMHANS.

“We were shocked. The university should improve security arrangements,” said a student who lives in the hostel. Students registered their protest with the university authorities. Sources said BU had initially employed a private security agency for the security of students. Recently, BU decided to vest this responsibility with the home guards. After the private agency approached the court, BU now has both home guards and agency personnel patrolling the campus. BU has ordered an inquiry. Vice Chancellor K.R. Venugopal termed it a “minor” issue.

Mumbai: Woman dies due to botched-up blood transfusion; hospital, doctor told to pay kin Rs 6 lakh

TNN | Oct 30, 2018, 07.20 AM IST 

MUMBAI: BMC-run Sion Hospital and a senior oncosurgeon have been ordered to pay Rs 6 lakh compensation the husband of a school teacher who died in 2011 following complications after she was given a transfusion with the wrong blood group. The patient, Asha Singh, had been undergoing treatment for gallbladder cancer.

The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission said documents and evidence showed deficiency in service. "Reports of the on-duty doctor and the blood bank technician clearly establish rashness and negligence in the way the blood sample was sent to the blood bank and the grouping and cross matching done, resulting in the patient being given group A blood instead of B blood group," the commission said.

The court, however, refused to grant Singh's claim of Rs 49 lakh. "We are of the opinion that the deceased suffered from very high grade cancer...and life expectancy was about seven months to a year. The claim appears to be exaggerated, so we are of the opinion that based on the receipts submitted by the complainant, medical expenses to the tune of Rs 10,000 and compensation toward mental agony and loss, Rs 6 lakh is just and proper," the commission said.

The complainant, Harindra U Singh, submitted that his wife had received chemotherapy and was responding well. He further stated on September 27, 2011, a routine blood examination revealed her haemoglobin levels had dropped and, as per the advice of senior oncosurgeon Dr KS Sethna, she got admitted to the hospital on October 8.

Singh alleged she received two units of A+ve blood instead of B+ve. She died two days later. Singh submitted an RTI query had revealed the hospital's house officer had sent her blood sample to the blood bank without proper labelling.

The hospital and the doctor opposed the complaint and said since she was admitted on a Saturday, the indoor case records were unavailable and her blood group was not known. They further stated they had conducted tests and after confirming her blood group was A+ve, they gave her a transfusion. They further submitted no reaction to the blood transfusion was observed. Their advocate contended it was a rare case of change in blood group due to immunosuppressive stage of the cancer. They claimed the complainant's wife died due to terminal cancer and not blood transfusion.