ஓய்வூதிய பலன்களில் பங்கு கோரிய 2வது மனைவியின் மனு தள்ளுபடி

ஓய்வூதிய பலன்களில் பங்கு கோரிய 2வது மனைவியின் மனு தள்ளுபடி

Added : மே 18, 2021 23:49

சென்னை:கணவரின் ஓய்வூதிய பலன்களில் பங்கு கோரிய, இரண்டாவது மனைவியின் மனுவை, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் தள்ளுபடி செய்தது.

காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள அரசு பள்ளியில், முருகேசன் என்பவர் ஆசிரியராக பணியாற்றினார்; உடல் நிலை சரியில்லாமல் இறந்தார். ஓய்வூதிய பலன் வழங்கக்கோரி, அவரின் இரண்டாவது மனைவி அம்மு, உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனு:

என் கணவர் ஏற்கனவே திருமணமானவர் என்பது எனக்கு தெரியாது. ஓய்வூதிய பலன்களை பெற, முதல் மனைவி முயற்சி செய்துள்ளார். எனக்கும், ஓய்வூதிய தொகையில், 50 சதவீதம் பெற உரிமை உள்ளது. எங்களுக்குள் உடன்பாடு ஏற்பட்டதால், முன்னர் தொடர்ந்த வழக்கை வாபஸ் பெற்றேன்.அதன்பின், உடன்பாட்டை மீறி, தனக்கு ஓய்வூதிய பலன் வழங்கும்படி, அரசு உயர்நிலைப் பள்ளி தலைமை ஆசிரியரிடம், முதல் மனைவி மனு அளித்தார்.

அதை தொடர்ந்து, முதன்மை கணக்காளருக்கு தலைமை ஆசிரியர் கடிதம் அனுப்பி உள்ளார். ஓய்வூதிய பலன்களை, சமமாக வாரிசுகளுக்கு வழங்கும்படி உத்தரவிட வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, மனுவில் கூறியுள்ளார். மனுவை விசாரித்த நீதிபதி எஸ்.வைத்தியநாதன் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு:

இந்த வழக்கை தொடர, மனுதாரருக்கு தகுதி இல்லை. சட்டப்பூர்வ வாரிசுகள் சார்பில், அவர்களின் தாய் என்ற முறையில், வழக்கு தொடர்ந்து இருக்க வேண்டும். அதற்கு பதில் அவரே இந்த வழக்கை தொடர்ந்துள்ளார். அதனால், அவர் கோரிய நிவாரணத்தை வழங்க முடியாது. மனு தள்ளுபடி செய்யப்படுகிறது.

சட்டப்பூர்வ வாரிசுகள் சார்பில் அதிகாரிகளிடம் விண்ணப்பிக்க, இந்த உத்தரவு தடையாக இருக்காது.இவ்வாறு நீதிபதி உத்தரவிட்டார்.

N Chennai gets spl focus in vax drive

N Chennai gets spl focus in vax drive

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.05.2021 

Greater Chennai Corporation has come up with a new strategy to control spread of Covid-19 in north Chennai. Though the region had a high number of cases during the first wave, infections were once again on the rise during the past few weeks, particularly in areas such as Tondiarpet, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Royapuram, Manali and Madhavaram. Officials noticed that a possible reason could be due to low vaccination figures in the areas.

“We have now asked zonal teams to hold more camps in the areas. On Wednesday, 66 vaccination camps were held in the city north. Tondiarpet alone had 30 camps and 486 people were vaccinated,” said Alby John, GCC deputy commissioner, health.

Active cases in the zones saw a dip on Wednesday. Zones such as Thiruvotiyur and Manali that had 1,846 and 982 active cases on May 17 saw a slight drop of infections on Wednesday and had 1,821 and 938 infections. Cases fell in Royapuram from 2,411 on Tuesday to 2,376 on Wednesday, and by 88 to 3,854 in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar.

Population density, more slum settlements and lack of awareness were seen as major challenges in dealing with infections in the north. “Vaccination is the only way to break the transmission chain here,” said an official.

“Unlike in other zones, residential welfare associations in northern region were not very active. We roped in “Strengthening fever surveillance, adding more focus volunteers to ensure those in home quarantine do not step out, ensuring proper assistance and follow up on tests, distribution of medicine kits to symptomatic patients and tele counselling at zonal level, along with vaccination camps, have helped reduce the rate of transmission,” said the corporation commissioner, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, adding that efforts will be scaled up in the coming days.

GCC holds vax drives at residential hubs

GCC holds vax drives at residential hubs

40,000 People Vaccinated In Over 450 Camps Held In Two days

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.05.2021 

Greater Chennai Corporation conducted 208 special vaccination camps on Tuesday and 250 on Wednesday and has vaccinated about 40,000 people through them. The civic body plans to expand vaccination drives further and vaccinate more than 35,000 people a day.

GCC wants to ensure that before Thursday, when vaccination for 18 years and above will open in the state, at least 80% of those above 45 years are vaccinated. The city has vaccinated about 60% of the 22 lakh people above the age of 45 years.

“I want to ensure that we are vaccinating more people every day and I have asked all the field support teams (FST) to ensure that more camps are held,” GCC commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi said.

Fever surveillance workers have been asked to collect data on vaccinations extensively, including names of people above 45 from all residential welfare associations. “The civic body is getting ready to vaccinate all starting Thursday. Before that, we want to meet the target of vaccinating more people in the other age groups and the only way to do that is to hold massive vaccination camps,” said a zonal official.

Residential associations such as FOMRRA (Federation of OMR Resident Associations) have been working with the civic body in this regard. On Wednesday, vaccination camps were organised at gated communities along OMR and those 45+, looking for either first dose or second dose of CoviShield, were vaccinated. “Senior citizens, people who are wheelchair-bound and those with complications that prevented them from visiting hospitals/PHCs greatly benefited from the drive. With the vaccination for those under 45 opening up in the next few days, FOMRRA hopes to organize more camps,” said Harsha Koda, the association’s cofounder.

Apart from this, the civic body has instructed officials from the zonal enforcement teams to ensure that no shop is open after 10am. Bedi is holding a review with all the zonal field support teams via video conferencing every day to ensure that they stay motivated. A total of 382 shops have been sealed from April 9 till May 18 and a fine of ₹1.6 crore has been collected.

“We also want to increase testing. This is a war to be won and we all need to work to ensure the rate of transmission is cut,” Bedi said on Wednesday.

A total of 15,137 fever camps have been held in the city from April 1 to May 17 this year and about 8.4 lakh people had attended them, a press release from GCC said.

MULTIPRONGED APPROACH: Greater Chennai Corporation held vaccination camps at various residential spots along OMR on Wednesday

Now, a temple for ‘Corona devi’ near Coimbatore

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Now, a temple for ‘Corona devi’ near Coimbatore

Nivedha.Selvam1@timesgroup.com

Coimbatore:20.05.2021 

A temple to ‘Goddess Corona Devi’ has come up on the outskirts of Coimbatore, which already has a Plague Mariamman temple that came up when the scourge struck a century ago.

The Kamatchipuri Adhinam consecrated the one-and-a-half-foot-tall, black stone idol on its premises near Irugur on Tuesday and the poojas continued on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the adhinam said special poojas would continue for 48 days but would not be open to the public in view of the pandemic protocols.

In a video released by the adhinam, Sri Sivalingeswara Swamigal said, “following the footsteps of our ancestors, we have installed an idol for ‘Corona Devi’ because we believe God will help the hapless. We will be conducting special prayers for 48 days and only adhinam staff will be allowed to participate in the prayers.

Devotees would be allowed to enter only after the special prayers are completed.” He asked them to pray from their homes.

He urged the public to follow all government guidelines, stay at home, consume healthy foods and cooperate with the government to contain the spread.

In early 1900s, hundreds of people died of the plague pandemic and many others fled the city. Seeking divine succour, people visited Plague Mariamman temple, which is located between Big Bazaar and Raja streets in Coimbatore and performed special poojas for the deity.

In June last year, a temple priest in Kadakkal in Kollam district ha installed a ‘Corona Devi’ idol in a makeshift shrine attached to his house.

SEEKING DIVINE HELP: The temple near Irugur on Tuesday

Unabated surge: 365 deaths, 34,875 fresh cases in TN

Unabated surge: 365 deaths, 34,875 fresh cases in TN

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:20.05.2021 

After recording a dip for three days, fresh Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu rose to 34,875 compared to 33,059 on Tuesday. This included 6,267 fresh cases in Chennai.

The city has seen an increase of 281 cases from the 6,297 cases it reported on Tuesday. Of the 365 Covid deaths across the state, 91 were from Chennai.

Total case tally touched16.9 lakh and cumulative death toll touched18,734. Meanwhile, the state recorded a steady drop in vaccination to 45,755 on Wednesday compared to 50091 on Tuesday and 63,101 on Monday. So far, the state has given more than 70.5 lakh doses of the vaccine.

Highest cases

The state continued to record the highest number of fresh cases in the country for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.

While Maharashtra reported 34,031 new Covid-19 cases, Karnataka reported 34,281 new cases and Kerala had 32,762 fresh cases. Active cases in Tamil Nadu are however fewer in Tamil Nadu compared to Maharashtra (4.2 lakh), Kerala (3.2lkh) and Karnataka (5.5 lakh).

All districts in red

All 37 districts in the state reported more than 200 new cases on Wednesday. Sivaganga, which reported184 cases on Tuesday, registered 210 cases – the lowest in the state followed by Perambalur (218). After Chennai, Coimbatore (3250) reported the highest number of cases. While Chengalpet reported 2,275 cases, five other districts – Tiruvallur (1778) , Tiruppur (1573), Trichy (1459), Erode(1362)andMadurai(1156) -- crossed the four digit mark.

Deaths spiral up

Barring Kallakurichi, Perambalur and Sivaganga, all other districts reported deaths on Wednesday. After Chennai, Chengalpet reported 46 deaths and Kanyakumari logged 23. Together with 18 deaths in Tiruvallur and eight deaths in Kancheepuram, the Chennai region had 163 deaths -- 45% of deaths in Tamil Nadu. With 17 deaths Coimbatore reported the highest number of deaths in the region, while Madurai reported14 and Trichy 13.

New Dean takes charge

New Dean takes charge

20/05/2021

R .Suganthy Rajakumari

Special Correspondent Virudhunagar

R. Suganthy Rajakumari has assumed office as new Dean of Government Medical College here on Wednesday. She was hitherto Dean of Kanniyakumari Medical College, Asaripallam.

Earlier, she had served as Professor of Dermatology in Tirunelveli MCH, Kilpauk MCH, Sivaganga Medical College, Madurai Medical College and Thanjavur Medical College.

She had completed her MBBS from Tirunelveli Medical College and was gold medalist and best out-going student during her post-graduation in Madras Medical College.

She said that she was able to increase the number of beds in KMCH from 850 to 1,206 during her tenure as Dean and got a dedicated electricity feeder to the hospital that saved huge money on fuel for generators.

Besides renovating dilapidated buildings, she got furniture and equipment for the hospital through sponsors.

She began her duty by planting neem saplings on the medical college hospital premises.

“Virudhunagar has got a dry climate and the hospital and college premises need lot of shade. I have brought 1,000 neem saplings to be planted here,” she said.

She said that she would approach the Department of Forest to plant at least 2,000 saplings in the college and hostel premises. She has invited to philanthropists to donate furniture like drip stands, stretchers, wheelchairs, disposable bedsheets, sterile gloves and N95 masks.

Foreign medicos to join fight against virus

Foreign medicos to join fight against virus

State eases restriction on internship

20/05/2021

S. Vijay KumarCHENNAI

In a significant order, Tamil Nadu has lifted the restriction on the intake of students for internship at government medical colleges as a one-time measure to handle COVID-19.

“We have decided to rope in the foreign medical graduates [under the Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship or CRRI] as part of the measures to strengthen the health workforce to manage the situation,” Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian told The Hindu.

The decision will pave the way for about 500 foreign medical graduates to join the health workforce. They have been waiting for internship, having completed their degree at foreign universities and cleared the qualifying examination conducted by the National Medical Commission.

The decision followed a proposal sent by the Director of Medical Education (DME), who underscored the urgent need for measures to contain COVID-19 cases that had reached “alarming proportions” with increased mortality.

NOC sought

The DME requested the government for permission to issue no-objection certificate (NOC) for the CRRI to students of other States, private colleges and other universities and foreign medical graduates without any ceiling.

The proposal was to relax the Tamil Nadu Medical Council’s stipulation that medical colleges issue the NOC to foreign medical graduates and students of other States after ensuring that the admission under the CRRI did not exceed 10% of the MBBS seats allotted by the National Medical Commission.