K.S.R. Institute wins award

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

TIRUCHENGODE, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 00:00 IST

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, has selected K.S.R. Institute for Engineering and Technology here as one of the best technical institutions in the category of “Best practices in AICTE approved institutions”.

K.S.R. Institute for Engineering and Technology is one among the 29 institutions selected by AICTE across the country and four institutions in Tamil Nadu.

The list has been published to motivate best practices in other institutions also.

The best practices of this institution published in the AICTE website are reformed teaching learning process, Centre of Excellence and school outreach programmes.

K. S. Rangasamy, chairman, K.S.R Educational Institutions, and R. Srinivasan, vice-chairman, commended the principal and all the faculty members for their teamwork and support in achieving this.

Railways to operate special train

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

SALEM, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 00:00 IST

The Railways will operate Suvidha special train in the Kollam – Hyderabad section to clear the extra rush.

The train No. 82722 Kollam – Hyderabad Suvidha special train will leave Kollam at 3 a.m. on November 19, 23, 27 and December 1 and will reach Hyderabad at 10.30 a.m. the next day.

The train will halt at Kayankulam, Mavelikara, Chengannur, Tiruvalla, Changanaserry, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrissur, Ottapalam, Palghat, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Vaniyambadi, Katpadi, Tiruttani, Srikalahasthi, Venkatagiri, Gudur, Nellore, Kavali, Ongole, Chirala, Bapatla, Nidubrolu, Tenali, Vijayawada, Madhira, Khammam, Dornekal, Mahbubabad, Warangal, Kazipet, Janagoan, Cheralapali, and Secunderabad.

Advance reservations for the train will open at 8 a.m. on November 14, an official press release of Salem Railway Division issued here on Tuesday said.

Uzhavar Santhais to become Wi-Fi zone

Syed Muthahar Saqaf

SALEM, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 00:00 IST




The Agricultural Marketing Department has commissioned electronic digital price list display board at Suramangalam Uzhavar Santhai in Salem.E. Lakshmi NarayananE_LakshmiNarayanan
The work on the project will commence as soonas the government sanction the fund

All the four Uzhavar Santhais in the city limits will soon get Wi-Fi facility.

The Department of Agricultural Marketing has proposed to commission the facility at Suramangalam, Hasthampatti, Ammapettai and Thathakapatti in the city limits soon. This will enable the large number of consumers visiting the Santhais to access internet.

“All the four markets will be converted into Wi-Fi campuses”, Agricultural Marketing Department sources told The Hindu.

The work on the project will commence as soon as the government sanctioned the needed funds, the sources said.

The department has also proposed to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in these markets for crowd management and also to monitor the movement of anti-social elements.

The department has also commissioned an electronic digital price list display board at the Suramangalam Uzhavar Santhai. The price of the vegetables and fruits are displayed in the digital display board during the working hours every day.

At present, two boards displaying the prices of vegetables and fruits are in place in this Uzhavar Santhai. The digital board will enable the consumers entering through both the entrances to know the price of vegetables and fruits before procuring them. This facility was commissioned last week.

Suramangalam Uzhavar Santhai is a major vegetable market in the city, attracting a large number of consumers and the farmers alike every day.

The department will commission similar electronic digital price list display boards in the other ten santhais functioning in the district in a phased manner shortly.

Referring to the other development works planned in the Uzhavar Santhais, the sources said that the four Uzhavar Santhais of the city and another two in the other parts of the district have cold storage facility. It has been planned to enhance the capacity of the cold storages in the four city Santhais.

The department has also proposed to commission generators in the market in the city, the sources added.

HC bids farewell to Justice Ramesh

Mohamed Imranullah S.

CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 00:00 IST



Proud moment:Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh felicitates 90-year-old lawyer K.M. Santhanagopalan. 

He has been shifted to Madhya Pradesh

The Madras High Court on Tuesday bid farewell to Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh, who has been transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Advocate General Vijay Narayan delivered the farewell address on behalf of the bar and wished the judge a fruitful tenure in his new assignment.

Mr. Justice Ramesh was the second judge in seniority in the Madras High Court after Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani. His place will now be filled by Justice Vineet Kothari, who hails from Rajasthan but is now serving as the fourth judge in seniority in the High Court of Karnataka.

As per a government notification, Mr. Justice Kothari was expected to assume office here before November 24. In the meantime, Mr. Justice Ramesh is slated to assume office in Madhya Pradesh and the last event he attended here on Tuesday was the Seniors Day celebrations by Madras Bar Association.

He and Justice S. Manikumar of the Madras High Court felicitated about 40 advocates who had crossed the age of 80 and two of them, who had touched 90. MBA secretary V.R. Kamalanathan said the event was organised to highlight the importance of learning the art of advocacy from seniors.

Sitting as well as retired judges of the High Court too participated in the event.

SC refuses to stay Sabarimala ruling

Krishnadas Rajagopal

NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 00:00 IST


Review pleas to be heard on Jan. 22; women of all age groups can visit the shrine this pilgrim season

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear in open court review petitions against its majority judgment which lifted a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 years from undertaking the pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.

The review petitions will be heard by an “appropriate Bench” in open court on January 22, next year.

Majority ruling holds

The Review Bench of five judges, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, however, refused to stay the majority judgment by a Constitution Bench on September 28. The majority judgment had declared the exclusion, solely based on the menstrual status of women, to be a smear on individual dignity. It said the bar amounted to “treating women as the children of a lesser God”.

The refusal to stay the judgment would mean that worshippers, both men and women of all ages, can still undertake the pilgrimage when the temple re-opens on November 16 evening for Mandala Pooja.

The pilgrimage season would end on January 20 after the Makaravilakku festival.

Impact on season

“The order of the court to examine its judgment is a positive step. But there are apprehensions that the review petitions would become infructuous once women aged between 10 and 50 enter the temple this pilgrimage season,” Supreme Court advocate Usha Nandini, one of the 49 review petitioners, reacted.

Advocate G. Prakash, who represents the Kerala government in the issue, said the Bench has only taken a prima facie decision to hear the review petitions in open court. “It has not issued notice. On January 22, the same Review Bench will hear the petitioners and decide whether their pleas should be admitted or not,” he said.

TIMES OF INDIA ADV 14.11.2018