சென்னை, சேலம் உள்பட 9 மாவட்டங்களுக்கு கனமழை எச்சரிக்கை!!

சென்னை, சேலம் உள்பட 9 மாவட்டங்களுக்கு கனமழை எச்சரிக்கை!!

தென்மேற்கு வங்கக் கடலில் உருவாகியுள்ள குறைந்த காற்றழுத்தத் தாழ்வுப் பகுதியானது வலுவிழந்தது என சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் இயக்குனர் பாலசந்திரன் தெரிவித்தார்.

சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர், காஞ்சிபுரம், விழுப்புரம், திருவண்ணாமலை, வேலூர் உள்ளிட்ட மாவட்டங்களில் பரவலாக நல்ல மழை பெய்து வருகிறது.
இந்நிலையில், அடுத்த 24 மணி நேரத்திற்கு தமிழகம் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியின் சில இடங்களில் கன முதல் மிக கனமழை பெய்யக்கூடும் என சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மைய இயக்குனர் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

இன்றைய வானிலை குறித்து அவர் கூறியதாவது, காற்றழுத்தத் தாழ்வுப் பகுதியானது வடமேற்கு நகர்ந்து வலுவிழக்க கூடும். சென்னை மற்றும் அதன் புறநகர் பகுதிகளில் இடைவெளி விட்டு மழை பெய்யும். அடுத்த 24 மணி நேரத்திற்கு தமிழகம் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியின் சில இடங்களில் கன முதல் மிக கனமழை பெய்யக்கூடும். சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர், காஞ்சிபுரம், விழுப்புரம், திருவண்ணாமலை, வேலூர், ஈரோடு, கரூர், சேலம் ஆகிய 9 மாவட்டங்களில் கனமழை பெய்யும்; புதுச்சேரியில் அதி கனமழை பெய்யும் என சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மைய இயக்குனர் பாலசந்திரன் தெரிவித்தார்.

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சியோமி நிறுவனம் ரெட்மி நோட் 4 , ரெட்மி நோட் 5 , நோட் 5 ப்ரோ என தொடர்ந்து இந்தியாவில் மொபைலை வெளியிட்டு தன்னை நிலையாக நிலை நிறுத்தியது. இந்நிலையில் சியோமி நிறுவனத்தின் அடுத்த படைப்பாக ரெட்மி நோட் 6 ப்ரோ இந்தியாவிற்கு வந்தது.

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இருந்த போதிலும், நாளை முதல் விற்பனையை முன்னிட்டு இந்திய வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு இரண்டு மாடலுக்கும் ரூ.3000 தள்ளுபடி  வழங்கியுள்ளது. அதன் படி 4 ஜிபி / 64 ஜிபி மாடல் : ரூ. 12,999 | 6ஜிபி / 64 ஜிபி மாடல் ரூ. 14,999 க்கும் சலுகை விலையில் கிடைக்கிறது. இந்த சிறப்பு தள்ளுபடி நாளை மட்டுமே. நாளை சரியாக 12 மணிக்கு விற்பனை தொடங்கும் என்பதை நினைவில் கொள்க.

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Dharmapuri bus burning case: Justice not done, says Kokilavani’s father 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | ZAKEER HUSSAIN

Published Nov 21, 2018, 6:47 am IST

Justice has not been done to the untimely and cruel death of three women students, Veerasamy said. 


Tamil Nadu Agricultural University logo

Namakkal: Expressing shock and anger at the setting free of the three accused in the February 2000 Dharmapuri bus burning case, the father of one of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) students who perished in that fire, said here on Tuesday that the remission of life-sentence for them "is unjust".

"Honesty and justice have all but vanished in this case,”lamented Veerasamy, father of the girl student victim Kokulavani, speaking to reporters here a day after the three accused in the case were released from the Vellore central prison on a order of the State government based on the Governor accepting its recommendation for remission of sentence.

The unimaginably shocking and mindless act of arson in which the bus carrying TNAU students went up in flames near Dharmapuri that year, was triggered allegedly by AIADMK volunteers who went amok following the former Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa sentenced by the lower court in the Pleasant Stay Hotel case that year. She was later acquitted in appeal.

A visibly upset Veerasamy said the Kokilavani's mother who was bed-ridden since the tragedy overtook their family, said his wife too passed away last year after a lot of misery and trauma the family underwent.

"There is no democracy here, it is all dictatorship,”he fumed asking how the State government could ask the Governor to reconsider his earlier decision that the three accused in this case could not be set free,”said Veerasamy. "Justice has not been done to the untimely and cruel death of three women students,”he added. "The release of the three accused pains us a lot,”rounded off Veerasamy.

Chennai: Anna varsity convocation to be held on December 22 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Nov 22, 2018, 2:43 am IST

Over 1000 scholars are likely to be awarded PhD in the convocation. 


Anna University

Chennai: Over one lakh candidates set to receive their degrees at the 39th annual convocation of Anna University that is scheduled to be held on December 22.

According to the statement released by the University, PhD scholars and first rank holders will receive their degrees and gold medals in person during the convocation and all other candidates will be receiving their degrees in absentia. Over 1000 scholars are likely to be awarded PhD in the convocation.

Among the persons who have called in person, the gold medalists in bachelor degree programmes shall be permitted to receive their degrees on the dais.

The convocation admit cards will be sent to all candidates who will be receiving the degrees in-person. The 35 students from affiliated engineering colleges and 31 students from university departments have secured the first rank at the university level and likely to be awarded gold medals.

The university's 38th convocation was held in June after Professor M.K. Surappa assumed charge as the Vice-Chancellor of Anna University.

Fewer Sabarimala pilgrims from Tamil Nadu this season 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | JV SIVA PRASANNA KUMAR

Published Nov 23, 2018, 3:02 am IST

Men of various age groups take ‘deeksha’ marking the commencement of the annual Sabarimala pilgrimage during this month. 


Tamil Nadu accounts for the largest number of pilgrims which Sabarimala attracts annually and the devotees undertake the pilgrimage by observing a ‘vrattam’ for 48 days.

Chennai: The Tamil month of Karthigai is a favourite season for Lord Ayyappa devotees to spiritually connect with the Lord. But the number of pilgrims bound for Sabarimala from Tamil Nadu this season has not seen a rise. This may be owed to the restrictions imposed by the police on pilgrims’ movement at the Valiya Nadapandal in neighbouring Kerala.

Tamil Nadu accounts for the largest number of pilgrims which Sabarimala attracts annually and the devotees undertake the pilgrimage by observing a ‘vrattam’ for 48 days. Men of various age groups take ‘deeksha’ marking the commencement of the annual Sabarimala pilgrimage during this month.

The devotees wear a special chain beaded with Rudraksha and Tulsi beads. Women who attain 50 years and girls below 10 years, also, take up the arduous vrattam and trek to Sabarimala. However, they are now forced to defer their religious voyage due to the unexpected turn of events at Sabarimala.

“Many devotees do not want to take the risk of visiting the temple of Lord Ayyappa now due to the restrictions imposed by the Kerala government and police. Because prohibitory orders were in place there, how could devotees who always travelled in groups, expect take up the trip alone now,” asks V. Subramanian, Secretary of Jankalyan.

Police are expected to instil confidence among the people, but things appear to be contrary. The police are filing cases against devotees and are dissuading group travel, which is the hallmark of pilgrimage to Sabarimala, says a BJP senior. “Devotees cannot chant the name of Lord Ayyappa now. This is something weird and unacceptable,” he adds.

When the agitations erupted in the neighbrouing State following the Supreme Court verdict directing the temple authorities to lift the ban on menstrual women’s entry, a large number of Ayyappa devotees who could not make to Sabarimala had to complete the vrattam at the Lord Ayyappa Swamy temple at Raja Annamalai Puram here.

The restrictions imposed by police on the pilgrim movement at Valiya Nadapandal, where pilgrims used to rest earlier, continued on Wednesday too. The hill shrine was opened on November 16 evening for the over two-month-long pilgrimage season amid heavy security and protests.

On the fifth day of the annual pilgrim season on Wednesday, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan had visited amid some unsavoury experiences with the police.

Pon Radhakrishnan harassed again in Sabarimala 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J.V. SIVA PRASANNA KUMAR

Published Nov 23, 2018, 2:42 am IST

The Kerala police 'humiliated' Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan again on Thursday. 


Pon Radhakrishnan

Chennai: The Kerala police 'humiliated' Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan again on Thursday. The Minister was forced to spend 45 minutes on the road as police checked his vehicle, say party sources.
While he was returning from Sabarimala after offering prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple, the Kerala police 'deliberately' blocked the Union Minister's vehicle several times, the party has alleged.

Refuting the charge that the police targeted him, Mr Radhakrishnan claimed that the Kerala government and police's primary target was devotees visiting Sabarimala.

"They don't want devotees to visit Sabarimala. There is no place (for Ayyappa devotees) to stay there. They are now restricting movement too as never before in the past….they are making a series of blunders," he said.

The Minister, however, refused to discuss the incident involving the altercation between him and the police SP at Nilackal on Wednesday but said the Kerala government has engineered a master plan to "destroy the Lord Ayyappa Swamy temple."

Mr Radhakrishnan's vehicle was intercepted when he was returning from Lord Ayyappa temple on Thursday and another vehicle, a part of his convoy, was stopped on suspicion that Sabarimala protesters were travelling in it. However, party workers alleged that their car was stopped at several places by police and they were subjected to harassment. They were allowed to go only after the Minister spoke to the officials.

On Tuesday, the Union minister had engaged in a brief war of words with the police in Nilackal over the restrictions on private vehicles heading for Pamba, the last entry point to the Lord Ayyappa shrine. Though SP Yatish Chandra, had said Radhakrishnan could travel in his official vehicle, he proceeded to Pamba from Nilackal in a state-run KSRTC bus as a mark of protest against the restrictions that were “causing difficulties” for pilgrims. “If this is the treatment meted out against me (a Central minister) just imagine what would be the fate of other devotees,” he said and asserted that Lord Ayyappa temple belonged to Ayyappan devotees and not the Kerala government.

It was a shame that the police have filed cases against those who lighted camphor for the Lord and discouraged devotees from travelling in groups or singing bhajans together.

Kerala govt will be sent packing home, communists will be decimated: BJP

Contending that police cannot stop a Central minister’s car or his
convoy for any reason, BJP Yuva Morcha’s All India vice president A.P. Muruganandam asserted that Kerala government’s growing hatred for Lord Ayyappa devotees only signalled the last days of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s government. “Pinarayi’s ego will literally decimate the Communist party… he will go down the history as captain of Titanic ship called CPI (M),” he said.

The BJP, he said would take up the issue of the SP misbehaving with the Minister and also organise a bandh in Kerala and Tamil Nadu soon. On Thursday, following the ‘harsh’ treatment meted out to Mr. Radhakrishnan, the BJP members staged protest in Kanyakumari district.

The Kerala police have filed cases against 2,600 BJP members for protesting against the government decision to impose restrictions on Ayyappa devotees, Muruganandam said.

“The situation in Sabarimala is not what it used to be in the past. I don’t think, police there appear to treat the devotees on humanitarian grounds. No one walks the area wearing shoes in the past. But not now. The arrest of Ayyappa devotees has become a regular affair in Sabarimala. No one can bear this. It remains desolate like a battlefield,” Radhakrishnan described shortly after returning from his pilgrimage to Sabarimala.

He claimed there are barricades all around and the police claimed the barricades were meant to prevent fringe elements from entering the temple. “The question is how will they identify the fringe elements?” he asked.

On his video going viral in the social media, Radhakrishnan said it doesn’t matter. What is important was the big mandapam, where bhajans are held wears a deserted look now.

SC sets aside Madras HC order giving 196 marks to students who wrote NEET-UG in Tamil

The top court directed that from year 2019-20, NEET-UG examination will be held by the newly constituted National Testing Agency instead of the CBSE.

Published: 22nd November 2018 09:47 PM |
 

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By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Madras High Court order awarding 196 grace marks to the NEET-UG 2018 aspirants who had opted to write the test in Tamil language on account of error in translation.

The top court directed that from year 2019-20, NEET-UG examination will be held by the newly constituted National Testing Agency instead of the CBSE.

A bench of justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said that "the method adopted by the Madurai bench of Madras High Court is manifestly arbitrary and unjustified and cannot be sustained".

"For these reasons, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court of Madras dated July 10, 2018. We direct that from the year 2019-20 onwards the NEET-UG Examination will be conducted by the National Testing Agency and the bilingual examination will be conducted after the question paper is translated," the bench said.


It noted that the list of students who opted to give the NEET-UG, 2018 Examination in Tamil after the addition of 196 marks is "startling".

Referring to the list, the bench said that a student who got 260 marks has been awarded a total of 456 marks and a student with 137 marks becomes entitled to 333 marks and the student who got 92 marks becomes entitled to 288 marks.

"Even students who have 21 marks been entitled to 217 marks.It is clear that the High Court lost sight of the primary duty of Court in such matter that is to avoid arbitrary results," the bench said.

The bench further said that the High Court has made no attempt to see whether the students have in fact attempted answers to the questions, which were claimed to be imperfectly translated and has proceeded to award the full marks for 49 questions to all candidates who had opted to write the examination in Tamil.

"We see no attempt in the impugned judgement to have the marks evaluated by an independent expert body instead the High Court resorted to blind allocation of full marks for each of the questions," the bench said.

The total number of students that appeared in the NEET-UG, 2018 was 13,23,672 and approximately 10.5 lakh took the test in English language while about 1.5 lakh opted for regional languages and of them nearly 24,000 candidates had taken it in Tamil language.

"Because of a mistake in translation which could have been detected and avoided by the students, we find it unjust that all the students across the board who took the examination in Tamil have been awarded four marks for all the 49 questions without any reference to the answer of those questions," the bench said.

It said that the consequence is "equally unjust" and "unacceptable" as the students who gave the examination in Tamil were "unduly benefited" only because they opted to give examination in Tamil.

Noting that there were some students who might have otherwise failed but for the addition of marks by the High Court most of the students who opted Tamil language have scored higher than those who gave the examination in English and other regional languages.

"This was mainly due to the blind allocation of 196 marks to every student who gave the exam in Tamil," the bench said.

On July 20, the apex court had stayed an order of the high court awarding 196 grace marks.

It had then said that prima facie it appears that after the judgment of the high court, the students who had opted for the Tamil language are in an advantageous position over others.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which conducted the examination has challenged the high court order and contended that 24,000 students who had opted Tamil language will now be getting around 750 marks out of 720 marks in total.

The Madras High Court had on July 10 ordered the CBSE to grant 196 marks -- 4 marks each for 49 erroneously translated questions -- in the Tamil version of this year's NEET-UG examination to the students who took the exam in the regional language.

The high court had directed the CBSE to consequently revise the list of eligible candidates and publish it afresh.

The petitioner, senior CPI(M) leader and Rajya Sabha MP T K Rangarajan, had moved the high court seeking full marks for the 49 questions, saying keywords in Tamil questions were wrongly translated from English and this caused confusion among the students.

There were 180 questions with a total mark of 720 in the NEET.

The high court had said that the students who took the NEET for admission to medical and dental colleges in Tamil should be suitably compensated to provide a level-playing ground.

The CBSE conducted the NEET on May 6 in 136 cities in 11 languages, the results of which were announced on June 4.