Stanley Medical College 1969 batch celebrates golden jubilee

TNN | Sep 15, 2019, 08.56 PM IST

 

CHENNAI: The alumni of 1969 batch of Stanley Medical College on Sunday celebrated their golden jubilee, marking the 50th year of their entry into the institution, which was founded by George Frederick Stanley in 1938. 

The 1969 batch was the first to do MBBS on the present campus while classes for the previous classes had been held in nearby arts colleges.

The celebrations began in the auditorium of the institution on Sunday morning. Former faculty members presided over the function.

Where is Jayagopal? Police have no answer

TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 04.18 AM ISTCHENNAI:

Where is S Jayagopal, the man who put up the poster that killed Subashree? Do the city police really not know?

“Though his mobile number remains switched off, we are not tracking his mobile phone as the section [IPC 336 - act endangering life and personal safety of others] under which the case is filed is bailable. Even if he is arrested, he will be let out on bail immediately,” said a police officer.

Police sources said they were working to strengthen the case against the ex-councillor. “To make it stronger, they can get legal opinion from the public prosecutor and invoke stringent sections or alter the sections,” said advocate V S Suresh.

“We are waiting for the legal opinion. We will decide what other sections would be included at the time of filing the charge sheet,” said assistant commissioner, South traffic investigation, Kumaravel.

But that still does not explain why the police have not so far arrested the man or why legal opinion has not been tendered three days after the incident.

Jayagopal had illegally put up scores of posters on an arterial road at Pallikaranai. One of the posters came loose and fell on Subashree. She was knocked off her bike and came under the wheels of a water tanker.

Despite the public outrage that illegal hoardings had claimed another life in the state, there was no attempt to arrest Jayagopal on Friday. On Saturday, people in Pallikaranai and the media knew that he had been admitted to a hospital. But the police said he wasn’t there when they went to pick him up. The owner of the press that printed the hoarding hasn’t been picked up either.

Tamil Nadu: Bitten by snake in hostel room, girl dies


TNN | Sep 16, 2019, 06.49 AM IST  MADURAI: 

A 14-year-old schoolgirl died on the way to hospital after she was bitten by a snake inside her hostel room. The incident took place on the premises of a government-aided school near Begambur in Dindigul town on the wee hours of Sunday.

The victim was identified as R Varsha, daughter of Raman, a farmer from Periyur village in Kodaikanal block. She was studying in class IX staying on the same school. She fell ill and alerted her friends on the early hours of Sunday.

As froth began appearing in her mouth, warden and the school authorities rushed the girl to government hospital. But the doctors, who checked her, declared that she was brought dead.

The girl had told her friends that she was bitten by something at around 1 pm, but she ignored. After sometime, she became restless as the poison started spreading. During a search later conducted by school authorities, a cobra snake was found inside the box in which the hostel television was set. The snake was beaten to death.

Bees delay Kolkata-Agartala Air India flight

16/09/2019 , Press Trust of india, kolkata

A Kolkata-Agartala Air India flight was delayed for around two hours on Sunday after a swarm of bees was noticed in front of the aircraft while it was taxiing towards the main runway here, an airline official said. The plane with 136 passengers and crew members on board the AI 743 flight was scheduled to depart at 9.40 a.m.

The bees were noticed by the pilots when the Airbus A319 was ready for the take-off. The pilots brought the aircraft to a standstill as further movement could have damaged the plane and harmed the passengers if the bees entered it through the engines, the AI spokesperson said.

Fire services personnel were called to tackle the problem. Before this incident, the flight had been delayed for some time due to a technical snag. The plane finally embarked for the Tripura capital at 12.45 p.m.

BHU students protest over reinstatement of professor
‘He began taking classes a few days ago’ 

16/09/2019 , Press Trust of India, Varanasi 


 
Students during the protest in Varanasi on Sunday.ANIANI

Banaras Hindu University students staged an overnight protest outside the campus gate after a professor, accused of sexual harassment, was reinstated and allowed to take classes. The students have been protesting since Saturday evening, demanding that the professor be punished.

Professor S.K. Chaubey of the Zoology Department was suspended in 2018 after charges levelled by a few students. In June, the BHU executive council revoked the suspension of Mr. Chaubey. However, it censured and restricted him for taking academic classes.

Mr. Chaubey returned to taking classes a few days ago, triggering protests, a student said.

Eight dead, 37 missing as boat capsizes in flooded Godavari
As many as 27 rescued from the vessel that had no permission to operate 

16/09/2019 , Rajulapudi Srinivas , Tharun Boda, Rajamahendravaram 


Going all-out: Rescue operation going on in Godavari. Special ArrangementSpecial Arrangement


In a major tragedy in Andhra Pradesh, a private boat carrying tourists to Papikondalu capsized in Godavari River near Katchuluru village of East Godavari district on Sunday, leaving at least eight dead and over 37 missing. As many as 27 were rescued.

The accident occurred post-noon when the boat ‘Vashista’ headed to the tourist destination against an inflow of about five lakh cusecs of floodwater in the Godavari, which has been in spate for the past several days. The boat, which had no permission to operate from the government, began the trip from Singanapalli Revu in Devipatnam mandal.

Alert locals of Katchuluru village rescued about 14 persons. Most of the tourists who survived were wearing life jackets, locals said.

Admitted to hospital

The survivors were initially admitted to the Rampachodavaram Area Hospital and they quickly recovered.

East Godavari Superintendent of Police Adnan Nayeem Asmi said there were 72 persons on board, including about eight boat crew members, at the time of the accident. Eight bodies have been retrieved.

However, the number of persons on board and the number of victims couldn’t be confirmed as different government agencies, including the district administration and the Revenue Department, were giving different figures.

While some of the rescue teams have been withdrawn from the operation, National Disaster Response Force teams will continue the search for survivors through the night.

An Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) chopper has also been pressed into service. More rescue teams will be engaged early on Monday.

Navy deploys aircraft

The Navy has deployed a Dornier aircraft to assist the rescue operations.

Two Naval helicopters would also be deployed from INS Dega at daybreak on Monday, according to an official release.

Deep divers team

A specialised deep divers team with ‘Side Scan Sonar’ equipment from Uttarakhand will join the rescue operations on Monday.

A majority of the tourists were from Hyderabad, Warangal and Visakhapatnam cities in Telangana.

The State government has announced an exgratia of ₹10 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.

Boat services suspended

The government ordered the immediate suspension of boat services in the region.

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who enquired about the accident, directed the officials to carry out the rescue operations on a war footing.

President Ramnath Kovind tweeted that his prayers were with the bereaved families.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a message on Twitter that he was extremely pained by the tragedy.

Mr. Modi said his thoughts were with the bereaved families and that rescue operations were under way at the site of the tragedy. He also asked available Ministers in the district to visit the spot and supervise the rescue and search operations.

Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan offered his condolences to members of the bereaved families.

Airlines may keep Jet slots till March-end
Foreign traffic rights to be retained 

16/09/2019 , Jagriti Chandra, NEW DELHI 


 
Potential buyers of Jet Airways will weigh airport slots and foreign rights.

The Centre is likely to allow domestic carriers to keep Jet Airways’s slots at domestic airports and its foreign traffic rights until the end of March, or during the winter schedule, a senior official of the Civil Aviation Ministry said.

“The airlines said that a temporary allocation of Jet Airways’s slots and traffic rights for three months put them at a disadvantage as they are left with a shorter booking period as compared to foreign carriers and requested that these be given to them until the end of the winter schedule. We will consider their request,” P.S. Kharola, Secretary, Civil Aviation Ministry, told The Hindu.

The airlines raised the issue at a meeting with the Ministry last week.

The winter schedule will be in force from the last Sunday of October to the last Saturday of March. The government’s decision will help the airlines plan their flights for the winter season before they file their schedule with the Director General of Civil Aviation.

The government has not allotted the airport slots and foreign traffic rights of Jet Airways to other airlines permanently as these could be prime assets for a potential buyer of Jet Airways.