Now, car repair at your doorstep

Hyundai Motors India Limited (HMIL) felt that such services would help customers keep their cars fit.
Published: 10th January 2019 01:26 AM 

Kun Hyundai has reserved six motorcycles at a time for doorstep service

By Express News Service

CHENNAI : Don’t have the time to spare your Hyundai car for service or repairs? Kun Hyundai has now introduced a ‘doorstep service’ that includes mini services and repair jobs that will be a boon for customers. Kun Hyundai is the only dealership that has reserved six motorcycles at a time for the purpose of this doorstep service.


Hyundai Motors India Limited (HMIL) felt that such services would help customers keep their cars fit. The idea has been executed by the dealership with bikes that have a box attached on the rear side. This box contains hand tools like a pedal pump, jack, dry wash kit and spares. It also has side racks for carrying fresh and used engine oil.

The doorstep service vehicles were flagged off at Kun Hyundai’s 3S facility at Shollinganallur on Wednesday by Pratap Raghuvanshi, group head (service), HMIL and Nagesh, zonal parts and service head, HMIL SRO1, along with the top management of Kun Hyundai.

“Kun is one of the biggest dealers for Hyundai Motors India and is known for its reliability and transparency for 20 years,” said a senior spokesperson of the dealership. “Kun has its state-of-the-art service facilities located in Shollinganallur, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Kattupakkam, Anna Salai, Arumbakkam, Adyar, Kottivakkam and Pallikaranai in Chennai besides dealerships in Hyderabad, Nellore and Puducherry. We will have one of these bikes stationed at each of the nine dealership branches in the city and will expand to Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry soon.”

Varsities can no longer recruit faculty members

BENGALURU, JANUARY 11, 2019 00:00 IST

Universities will no longer have the authority to recruit faculty members. In a move that it hopes will keep a check on corruption in the recruitment process, the Higher Education Department has announced that hiring will henceforth fall under the purview of the Karnataka Examinations Authority.

MCI teams inspect medical colleges in two places

Madurai Bureau

TIRUNELVELI/MADURAI, JANUARY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

To check whether facilities are sufficient to increase intake

A four-member Medical Council of India (MCI) team began its two-day inspection of Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) in Palayamkottai on Wednesday to check whether the facilities available were adequate for providing quality medical education to 250 students every year.

The team, headed by Chandrakant from Nagpur, visited all the departments of the 52-year-old hospital and inspected the facilities at outpatients and inpatients sections.

They also interacted with Dean S.M. Kannan and heads of various departments to understand the hospital’s role in providing medical assistance to poor patients from Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts.

Based on the team’s report, the MCI will decide on increasing the number of students to be admitted to the college from 150 to 250.

As the TVMCH has augmented its infrastructure over the past few years and introduced new departments to provide quality healthcare to poor patients, the Centre sanctioned Rs. 120 crore for establishing a super-speciality block, for which the State government has released its contribution of Rs. 30 crore.

The facility is likely to be inaugurated through videoconferencing when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Madurai later this month to lay the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Similarly, a four-member MCI team began its inspection of Madurai Medical College. The team, led by G.V. Prakash from Tirupati, inspected works taking place in the college, including establishment of an academic block, newly constructed hostels and administrative block.

The MCI team members, who interacted with Dean (in-charge) S. Shanmugasundaram, checked whether the facilities available would be sufficient to provide quality education to 250 students. They also assessed the faculty strength and enquired with some of the heads of departments about the treatment provided at the hospital and patient inflow.

Dr. Shanmugasundaram told them that they had recently laid the foundation stone for the construction of a bigger lecture hall and an academic block to house six non-clinical departments at a total cost of Rs. 37 crore. He also said work was on to construct new hostel blocks for men and women.

MCI teams inspect medical colleges

Madurai Bureau

MADURAI/TIRUNELVELI, JANUARY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

To check whether more students can be accommodated

A four-member team from the Medical Council of India (MCI) began its two-day inspection of Madurai Medical College on Wednesday to check whether the facilities available were sufficient to increase the student intake from 150 to 250 from next academic year.

The team, led by G.V. Prakash from Tirupati, inspected the works taking place in the college, including establishment of the academic block, newly constructed hostels and the administrative block.

The team will submit its report to the MCI, based on which a decision will be taken on increasing the student intake.

The MCI team members, who interacted with Dean (in-charge) S. Shanmugasundaram, checked whether the facilities available at the college would be sufficient to provide quality education to more students.

They also assessed the faculty strength and enquired with some of the heads of departments about the treatment provided to patients and patient inflow.

Dr. Shanmugasundaram told them that the foundation stone was laid recently for the construction of a huge lecture hall and an academic block to house six non-clinical departments at a total cost of Rs. 37 crore. He also said works were in progress for construction of new hostel blocks for men and women.

Similarly, a four-member MCI team began its two-day inspection of Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) in Palayamkottai to check the facilities to accommodate 250 students.

The team, headed by Chandrakant from Nagpur, visited all the departments of the hospital and inspected the facilities at outpatients and inpatients sections.

They also interacted with Dean S.M. Kannan and heads of various departments to understand the hospital’s role in providing medical assistance to poor patients from Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts.

Based on the team’s report, the MCI will decide on increasing the number of students from 150 to 250.

As the TVMCH has augmented its infrastructure over the past few years and introduced new departments to provide quality healthcare to poor patients, the Centre sanctioned Rs. 120 crore for establishing a super-speciality block, for which the State government has released its contribution of Rs. 30 crore.

The facility is likely to be inaugurated through videoconferencing when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Madurai later this month to lay the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

‘Rs. 1,000 Pongal payment a policy decision’

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JANUARY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

D. Jayakumar

The State government's decision to give Rs. 1,000 as cash support to all ration card holders for the Pongal festival was a “policy decision”, and only the people are the reviewing authority, Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar said here on Wednesday.

“Whether it is acceptable or not is for the people to decide,” he said, when asked about the High Court’s observations on the issue.

Clarifying that he was not saying that the courts did not have locus standi , Mr. Jayakumar said, “I respect the judiciary. I am basically a lawyer. My personal opinion is that the policy decision taken by the government can be reviewed best by the people.”

When asked about the rationale behind increasing the cash support from Rs. 100 to Rs. 1,000, the Minister pointed to inflation and price rise. The prices of goods have increased by about 25%-30%, he said.

HC orders immediate uploading of its judgments on website

Legal Correspondent

CHENNAI, JANUARY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

Directs officials to act on the basis of downloaded web copies

In a welcome move aimed at avoiding hardships caused to lawyers and litigants due to the delay in obtaining certified copies of court orders, the Madras High Court directed its Registry to upload its orders and judgments on the official website immediately after the judges sign them.

Issuing the direction, Justice S.M. Subramaniam made it clear that the advocates concerned could download the orders as well as judgments from the official website, attest them with their name, seal and Bar council enrolment number and communicate them to the respondents concerned for complying with the orders.

“In the event of communicating any such orders/judgments downloaded and printed from the official website of the High Court, the authorities concerned are bound to receive the same and verify the authenticity of the copy of the order with the official website of the High Court and thereafter implement it without any delay,” the judge said.

It was further clarified that the government officials could not refuse to entertain web copies of the orders and judgment communicated to them by the advocates concerned.

“All officials are directed to acknowledge receipt of such orders and act accordingly,” the judge said and warned them of action if they refuse to accept them.

The judge instructed the High Court Registry to mark a copy of his present judgment to the Chief Secretary so that a circular in this regard could be issued to all government departments in the State. Registrar General C. Kumarappan was also directed to issue a similar circular to all lower courts in the State instructing them to accept webcopies of High Court orders.

After directing the Chief Secretary to issue the circular within four weeks, the judge ordered to list the matter once again on February 14 for reporting compliance.

Police verification easier now with new online service

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JANUARY 10, 2019 00:00 IST

Easy access:Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan, along with ADGP Seema Agarwal, launching the service portal on Wednesday.M. Vedhan

The streamlined, citizen-centric system is aimed at prompt resolution of requests

The State police have introduced an online ‘Police Verification Service’. Through this, citizens and private companies can apply for employment, tenant or domestic help verification certificates on the Tamil Nadu Police website.

In Chennai, City Police Commissioner A.K.Viswanathan formally launched the online service in the presence of State Crime Records Bureau chief and ADGP Seema Agarwal and other police officers. She said the aim of the new service would be to verify the identity of the person, his/her current address and to check if he/she has any prior criminal cases in the police records.

‘Only for State’

“This service is applicable only for verifying persons who are residing in Tamil Nadu. The police verification will be completed within 15 days from the date the application is received. This service completely dispenses with the need for the applicants to visit a police station,” Ms. Agarwal said.

Mr. Viswanathan said the new system was foolproof and citizen-centric. He said the police had received 2,27,698 applications for verification for issuing passports in 2018. Of them, only 505 applications were pending while others had been disposed of.

The government has fixed a charge of Rs. 500 per application for individuals and Rs. 1,000 per application for private companies/institutions. The applicants can pay online using credit or debit cards and through net banking.

Consent letter

The applicant would be able to download the police verification report (PVR) from the website or have a copy of it sent to thethe registered e-mail ID. They can also track the application’s status. The consent letter of the person to be verified is mandatory for applying, except in cases of ‘self-verification’. This has been implemented to prevent frivolous applications.

Ms. Agarwal said the current website for complaints has received 1.37 crore hits since its inception in 2013. As many as 3.32 lakh online complaints have been received and disposed of since then. From 2016, over 5.5 lakh persons viewed FIRs on the website and over 1.5 lakh summons were sent through the SMS service.