Doctor surrenders Rs 60 lakh after IT survey

By Daily Excelsior

-29/03/2019

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 28: A renowned doctor today surrendered Rs 60 lakh after survey by Income Tax Department in his clinic situated in Gujjar Mandi area of Rajouri.

Reliable sources told EXCELSIOR that a team of Income Tax Department led by ITO Rajouri Ramesh Sharma conducted survey in the clinic of Dr Abdul Rashid Choudhary and impounded a number of documents.

The preliminary scrutiny of the documents revealed that Dr Rashid, a General Physician was suppressing the number of patients visiting his clinic in order to conceal the income. It also came to the fore that doctor was utilizing the concealed income in the construction of a hotel near Darhali Bridge, which is almost complete now.

Finding himself in the trouble, the doctor surrendered Rs 60 lakh as undisclosed income.

“Even after surrender of such a huge money, detailed scrutiny of the impounded documents will be conducted by the Income Tax Department”, sources said while disclosing that more doctors, who fall in the list of habitual tax evaders will be targeted by the Income Tax Department in the coming days.

Read more at Education Medical Dialogues:

 NEET PG Counselling 2019 Round 2: MCC asks NRI candidates to submit documents by April 1 

https://education.medicaldialogues.in/neet-pg-counselling-2019-round-2-mcc-asks-nri-candidates-to-submit-documents-by-april-1/

Read more at Education Medical Dialogues: 

NEET PG Counselling 2019: MCC issues notice regarding Free Exit https://education.medicaldialogues.in/neet-pg-counselling-2019-mcc-issues-notice-free-exit/

Don’t use elections as an excuse, say Maharashtra resident doctors

Suyash Karangutkar

MUMBAI, MARCH 29, 2019 00:42 IST

Resident doctors of KEM Hospital put up fruit stalls outside a college campus to protest stipend irregularities.

MARD to launch State-wide protest if issue of stipends not resolved

The Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) on Tuesday appealed to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) and the State Health minister, Deepak Sawant, to not use elections and model code of conduct as excuses in releasing the stipends of resident doctors and hiking them.

The Central MARD has stated in a letter issued on Thursday that they will launch a State-wide agitation if the issue of stipends is not cleared in the coming days.

Resident doctors from Maharashtra have been protesting against stipend irregularities for several months. In December last year, doctors from medical colleges in Nagpur and Aurangabad staged a silent protest by sporting black ribbons on their arms. Showing solidarity, resident doctors from Sion and KEM Hospitals in Mumbai, set up fruit stalls outside college campuses. Doctors from J.J. and Nair Hospitals sported black ribbons as well.

“In a meeting on January 1 with the State Minister for Medical Education and Water Resources, Girish Mahajan, we were promised an assurance letter regarding the hike in our stipend, but we have not received that either. We are being told that the hike will take place only after the elections,” Dr. Kalyani Dongre, president, Central MARD said.

According to the association, doctors from the government medical colleges in Nagpur, Akola, Latur and Ambejogai have not received their stipends for over three months. “The cumbersome nature of [a medical professional’s] work is poorly awarded considering the heap of work and efforts taken by residents doctors. [The authorities] are challenging our patience and taking us for granted. We are not beggars, We are demanding what is ours, what we deserve and what is promised,” the letter read.

“Stipends of resident doctors from peripheral colleges have not reached them. Many have families to run and have to send money back home. This is putting immense financial and psychological strain on doctors,” Dr. Dongre said.

The doctors said that the college administrations and the DMER have been passing around the buck. “While the colleges say they do not have funds, the DMER has been giving us the same reason, and that of the model code of conduct. What we do not understand is that if the administration has no funds, how are the other doctors and hospital staff getting their salaries?Why do only resident doctors have to suffer?” she said.

Meanwhile, Tatyarao Lahane, director, DMER said, “The funds we were receiving have fallen short due to an increase in the number of doctors. We are trying to resolve this at the earliest. About the stipend hike, since the model code of conduct has been applied, we cannot make the appeal to the government before May 23.”

Have an odd-hour flight or train? Take a metro

TNN | Mar 30, 2019, 06.41 AM IST

CHENNAI: Beginning Saturday, metro trains will be available from 4.30am to 11pm as Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is extending operations after months of running trials. A train will be available every 30 minutes from 4.30am to 6am and from 10pm to 11pm, while the existing schedule will be followed between 6am and 10pm. The extension of services will benefit early birds, morning joggers, late shift workers and commuters heading to railway stations or the airport to catch late night and early trains/ flights.

“We have arranged sufficient security and staff required to operate services from 4.30am. We expect the extension of services to attract and benefit more commuters,” a metro rail official said.

At present, metro trains are available from 6am to 10pm. In the new schedule, the first train from Washermenpet, Airport, Chennai Central and St Thomas Mount will depart at 4.30am and the last train at 11pm.

During peak hours — 8am to 11am and from 5pm to 8pm — trains will be available every five minutes across both the corridors from Washermenpet to Airport and from Chennai Central to St Thomas Mount. Every alternate train would be a direct service from Chennai Central to Airport.

During non-peak hours, trains will be operated every seven minutes. The new extended timings will be followed from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, the existing time table will be followed with services from 7.58am to 10pm, officials said.

CMRL has been conducting trial runs for the past six months, operating trains from 4.30am to 11pm, while the actual operational hours continued to be from 6am to 10pm. The trials were done to synchronise operations, duty hours of staff members, requirement of additional manpower at stations and daily maintenance of trains after operational hours. “We have been making station controllers and staff who work on shifts to begin their duty at 4.30am to check for smooth daily operations,” an official said. “We also had to check if our daily maintenance of trains was feasible within the reduced time left after the extension”.

Metro rail was also working to make security arrangements to cover the extended hours. At present, outsourced private security personnel and state police guard metro stations in the city. “Based on the response, we will increase the frequency in the early morning hours,” an official said.

With folded hands', Madras HC appeals to motorists to drive carefully

TNN | Mar 30, 2019, 09.01 AM IST

CHENNAI: Deeply moved by a case in which the father of a girl was killed in a road accident when she was still in the womb of her mother, Madras high court appealed with 'folded hands' to motorists to be careful while driving, as not only their lives but that of other innocent people on the road were in their hands.

"This case should be an eye-opener for vehicle drivers to drive at a normal speed, and follow road rules and regulations. Any violation of road rules like drunken driving, reckless driving and speaking over mobile phone while driving would not only cause death or injuries to third parties, but also cause injuries or death to the driver. The drivers should understand that they are capable of causing death or injury to others due to their rash and negligent driving," a division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and R Pongiappan said on Friday.

The bench made the observation on an appeal moved by Oriental Insurance Company Limited challenging the quantum of compensation awarded to dependants of Ragu, who was killed in a road accident on December 10, 2012.

Rejecting the appeal by the insurer, the court enhanced the award from 18.88 lakh to 25.30 lakh.

Empathising with the daughter of the deceased, the bench said, "Is it a sin to be born as daughter to a woman, who lost her husband in a road traffic accident, due to the negligence of a third party? Given the conservative nature of our society, the answer is in the affirmative, as the girl, who was an unborn child at the time of the accident, could not even see her father's face. He passed away when she was in her mother's womb, thereby casting a stigma on her, even before her arrival in this world." The girl was not only born fatherless, but with a stigma that she, in a way, was responsible for her father's death, as our conservative society would always try to find a scapegoat to fix the blame for an ill-fated tragedy that happened in the life of someone, the judges observed.

Lok Sabha elections: Chitalapakkam residents list out issues for their candidates

TNN | Mar 30, 2019, 11.16 AM IST

CHENNAI: Residents of Chitalapakkam, which comes under Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency, have formed a group - Chitalapakkam rising - and listed out issues that they expect their candidates to resolve.

The residents want the candidates to sign a memorandum which comes with an assurance of finding solutions to several issues that the town panchayat faces. The locality is on the southern periphery of the city, sandwiched between Old Mahabalipuram road and the Chennai-Trichy highway.

For instance, the Chitalapakkam lake is a thorny issue, on which the residents have been agitating for many years now. “We have demanded that the candidate should recover, restore and rejuvenate the lake. The candidate should also ensure that Selaiyur and Sembakkam lakes are restored,” said Sunil Jayaram from the group.

Chitalapakkam has around 39,000 registered voters in the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency which has around 12 lakh voters.

The group has already met DMK candidate TR Baalu who has promised to look into the memorandum. They are scheduled to meet PMK candidate Vaithilingam tomorrow morning. Talks are also on with the MNM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi candidates, Jayaram said. The other issues include adequate drinking water supply, underground drainage system, better access to public transport and implementation of underground cabling for electricity transmissions. The voters feel that this is the ideal time for them to highlight the long-pending issues as all candidates would be soliciting votes. “We are also in touch with the local DMK MLA Raja to co-ordinate on these issues,” Sunil said.