Chennai: Now, get the duplicate mark sheets of class 10 and 12 in two weeks 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | A RAGU RAMAN

Published Jul 30, 2018, 2:50 am IST

Many candidates demand the duplicate certificates at the last minute.

The directorate is issuing duplicate certificates to students in the event of loss of original certificate, for pursuing higher studies or for getting employment.

Chennai: Removing the procedural delays in obtaining the duplicate mark sheets in case of certificates being lost or damaged, the Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) has enabled the applicants to get the duplicate certificates in just two weeks, which would otherwise take anywhere between six months to one year.

As per the new procedures, they do not need Tahsildar's certificate and the DGE would issue duplicate certificates before the same was notified in the Gazette to avoid the delay. The applications also would be received directly from candidates instead of receiving them through the district educational officer's office.

The directorate is issuing duplicate certificates to students in the event of loss of original certificate, for pursuing higher studies or for getting employment.

The DGE is maintaining over 1.2 crore certificates of the candidates who appeared for class 10 and 12 from 1978 to 2018 in both digital format and hard copy. It has also uploaded the application form to get the duplicated mark sheets on the official website www.dge.tn.gov.in

“On an average, the directorate is receiving 20,000 applications per year seeking duplicate mark sheets. It would take three to six months to even the fast-tracked applications to get the duplicate mark sheets,” sources said.

Due to the delay in getting the duplicate copies, the candidates used to get a certified copy of the mark list (CCM) which is valid for only a short period.
Many government departments and foreign universities are not accepting CCM in place of original certificates. Many candidates demand the duplicate certificates at the last minute.

“We have decided to take the applications directly from the candidates instead of taking them through district educational officer's office to reduce the delay,” said D.Vasundradevi, director of government examinations. The Tahsildar's certificate is also not necessary.

Another point where the delay happens is with the Gazette publications. “At one time, we can notify only limited names in the Gazette. It used to delay the issuance of duplicate certificates. So, we will issue the duplicate mark sheet before the notification and then publish it in the Gazette,” she said.

Digitization of mark sheets also helped the officials. “Earlier, we used to check with the old records. Now, after digitization, the verification process has become a lot simpler. We can safely say that the candidates would receive duplicate mark sheets within two weeks,” D. Vasundradevi observed.

As per the existing procedures, the candidates have to submit their filled in application to the headmaster of the school where they studied and they would forward the application through DEO's office to DGE.

They have also to enclose FIR copy in case they permanently lost the certificate and a certificate from the Tahsildhar also should be enclosed along with the application for the authenticity of loss of original certificate. After verifying the records, the officials from the Directorate of Government Examinations would then send a list for gazette publication of students who lost their certificates. Following the publication in the Gazette, the duplicate certificates would be sent to the schools through DEO's office.

Kanniyakumari- Chennai Express delays to end soon

Since introduction of the link, Kanniyakumari Express is often delayed by 30 minutes to five hours.
 
Published: 30th July 2018 03:10 AM |

 

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By Express News Service

CHENNAI:From August 1, delayed operation of Kanniyakumari- Chennai Express may be a thing of past with Railways deciding to terminate the rake link between the train and Island Express.The move was taken by Railways in response to repeated complaints from a section of rail passengers over frequent delays and poor punctuality of Kanniyakumari Express, it is said.

Official sources said Southern Railway (SR) received one rake from South-Western Railway (SWR) to withdraw the rake link between Kanniyakumari Express and Kanniyakumari-Bengaluru Island Express.

“Now the two rakes have been integrated with Chennai- Thoothukudi Pearl City Express. So, four rakes of two trains will be maintained at Thoothukudi,” said a senior railway official.

Aiming at optimum utilisation of rakes, on July 1, 2014, SR introduced rake link between Island Express and Kanniyakumari Express, with primary maintenance at Bengaluru. The move helped railways to save two rakes.

The Island Express from Bengaluru is scheduled to reach Kanniyakumari at 3.20 pm, while the same rake will depart as Kanniyakumari-Chennai Express at 5.20 pm. In the short span of time, the coaches are being cleaned and taken back to the platform.

Since introduction of the link, Kanniyakumari Express is often delayed by 30 minutes to five hours.

“Due to doubling works in Thiruvananthapuram division, the rake link is being terminated temporarily. One rake of Kanniyakumari Express will be operated bearing the name of SWR,” the official said.

Medical aspirant permitted to attend counselling

The Madras High Court has directed the Selection Committee to permit a deserving candidate to participate in the counselling for admission to medical courses under the reservation quota.
 
Published: 29th July 2018 04:35 AM |

Madras High Court. (File photo | EPS)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Selection Committee to permit a deserving candidate to participate in the counselling for admission to medical courses under the reservation quota.

If he fails to produce the community certificate within the stipulated time, his admission would become invalid, Justice S Vaidyanathan has said.

The judge was disposing of a writ petition from N V Bharadhan, who belonged to Kuruman community. He sought more time to produce the certificate and in the meanwhile to allow him to participate in counselling.

It is not in dispute that the petitioner belongs to Kuruman (ST) community, the judge said and added that to substantiate the same, the student had also filed the community certificates of his parents and his brother.

2-day counselling for MBBS, BDS management seats begins today

Counselling for MBBS and BDS management seats in self-financing colleges will be conducted today and tomorrow (July 30 and 31) .
 
Published: 30th July 2018 03:03 AM | 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI:Counselling for MBBS and BDS management seats in self-financing colleges will be conducted today and tomorrow (July 30 and 31) .According to the selection committee of the Directorate of Medical Education, the counselling will begin at 9 am at the Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital, Omandurar Estate on Monday.

Meanwhile, the selection committee posted in its official website the vacancy position in self-financing college under management quota, as on July 29, as 247 seats.The committee had postponed the counselling after the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court ordered the CBSE to award grace marks to students who took NEET in Tamil language for errors committed in the question paper. The CBSE moved the Supreme Court against the order and the case is pending in the apex court.

However, the selection committee is yet to announce dates for the second phase of counselling as the second round of the all-India quota counselling by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services has been put on hold because of court cases.

Many unhappy as MTC increases cut services on congested routes

As part of a study to increase the passenger patronage, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has increased cut services on highly congested long-distance routes.

  Published: 30th July 2018 04:04 AM | 
Image for representational purpose for MTC buses. (EPS file photo)
By B Anbuselvan

Express News Service

CHENNAI:As part of a study to increase the passenger patronage, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has increased cut services on highly congested long-distance routes.About 30 per cent of 5A (T Nagar to Tambaram East) services has been reduced into T Nagar-Madipakkam service, while 99 (Adyar-Tambaram West) has also been reduced and converted into cut services between Adyar and Sholinganallur and between Sholinganallur and Tambaram West.

While the move was dubbed as an effort to cater for more commuters by the MTC, a section of commuters charged that the state transport corporation was minting money indirectly by forcing the commuters to buy two tickets. “The deluxe bus ticket fare from T Nagar to Tambaram East was only `35 in a direct bus. But, we have to spend ` 48 when the cut service gets terminated at Madipakkam as I have to take another bus,” said S Amudhan of T Nagar.

Similarly, A51 (Tambaram East-High Court) and V51 (T Nagar-Tambaram West) routes also have got more cut services from Velachery to Tambaram.“People from Narayanapuram and Medavakkam Colony have only bus services to reach Broadway, Anna Salai and Central railway station. When buses from Tambaram East get terminated at Velachery, we have to wait for another bus to go to Broadway,” said another commuter R Sathish of Narayanapuram.

With the fleet capacity of 3,100 buses, the MTC caters for about 33 lakh commuters in Chennai city and parts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. The buses are operated on 833 routes from 33 depots.

Until January 2018, on an average, a MTC bus operated for about 260 km and carried about 1,200 commuters a day. However, the numbers had fallen below 1,000 passengers recently.

P Balakrishnan, president, State Transport Employees Union (CITU), MTC, justified the decision saying that cut services would reduce the waiting time of passengers on en-route bus stops. “When Guduvanchery or Tambaram-bound buses from Broadway reach Saidapet, they get fully crowded and commuters find no space. The cut services will provide seats, besides increasing the revenue for the MTC,” he said. 

A senior official from the MTC said that on an experimental basis, cut services increased in densely-populated areas. “Depending upon the patronage, we will review the services,” said the official.

V Subramaniam, Project Director of Traffic and Transportation Forum in Chennai, said that introducing cut services would control the rush-hour panic. “But, higher ticket fares have forced several lakhs to migrate to trains. For the recent deaths of five rail passengers at St. Thomas Mount, the MTC also should be blamed.”

பெற்றோரை கைவிட்டோருக்கு என்ன தண்டனை?

பெற்றோரை கைவிட்டோருக்கு என்ன தண்டனை?

பெற்றோர் மற்றும் மாற்றுத்திறனாளி சகோதர, சகோதரிகளை ஒழுங்காகப் பராமரிக்காத அரசு ஊழியர்களின் சம்பளத்தில் 10 முதல் 15 சதவிகிதம் வரை பிடித்தம் செய்ய அஸ்ஸாம் மாநில அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.

நாட்டில் மூத்த குடிமக்களை அவர்களின் பிள்ளைகளே கைவிடும் சம்பவங்கள் தொடர்கதையாகி வருகிறது. பல பகுதிகளிலும் அதிகரித்துவரும் முதியோர் இல்லங்களே இதற்கு நேரடி சாட்சியாகும். பெற்று, வளர்த்து ஆளாக்கிய பெற்றோரை, அவர்களது வயதான காலத்தில் கவனித்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டியது பிள்ளைகளின் கடமையாகும். இந்த நிலையில், இதை சட்டம் போட்டுக் கட்டாயமாக்க வேண்டிய சூழ்நிலை தற்போது நிலவுகிறது.

இந்தப் பிரச்சினை தொடர்பாக, நீதிமன்றங்களில் பல வழக்குகள் தொடரப்படுகின்றன. இந்த நிலையில், இந்தப் பிரச்சினைக்குத் தீர்வு காணும்விதமாக, அஸ்ஸாம் அரசு புதிய வழிமுறையைக் கண்டுள்ளது. இதுதொடர்பாக, அஸ்ஸாம் மாநில நிதியமைச்சர் ஹிமாந்த பிஸ்வாஸ் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் கூறியதாவது: "அஸ்ஸாமில் தங்களது பெற்றோரை ஒழுங்காகப் பராமரிக்காத அரசு ஊழியர்களின் சம்பளத்தில் பிடித்தம் செய்யப்படும். போதிய வருவாய் ஆதாரம் இல்லாததால் அன்றாட வாழ்வுக்காகத் தங்களது பிள்ளைகளை நம்பி பல பெற்றோர் உள்ளனர்.

அந்தப் பிள்ளைகள் அரசுப் பணியில் இருந்து, தங்களது பெற்றோரை ஒழுங்காகப் பராமரிக்கவில்லை என்றால் அவர்களது சம்பளத்தில் 10 முதல் 15 சதவிகிதம் வரை பிடித்தம் செய்யப்படும். மேலும், தங்களது மாற்றுத்திறனாளி சகோதர, சகோதரிகளையும் அரசு ஊழியர்கள் பராமரிக்க வேண்டியது அவசியம்.

இதுதொடர்பான மசோதா மாநிலச் சட்டப்பேரவையில் கடந்த ஆண்டு நிறைவேறியது. இந்த மசோதாவுக்கு மாநில அமைச்சரவை அண்மையில் ஒப்புதல் அளித்தது. இதையடுத்து இந்தப் புதிய சட்டம் அக்டோபர் மாதம் 2ஆம் தேதி (காந்தி ஜெயந்தி) முதல் அமலுக்கு வருகிறது. பிள்ளைகளைச் சார்ந்திருந்த போதிலும், ஓய்வூதியம் பெறும் பெற்றோருக்கு இந்தச் சட்டம் பொருந்தாது" என்று தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

 

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‘Imran made Pakistan cricket team a cohesive unit. That ability has led to his rise in politics’

Abhimanyu.Mathur@timesgroup.com 30.07.2018

International cricket in the 1980s was brimming with superstars. Talk of batsmen and you had Vivian Richards, Javed Miandad, Martin Crowe, et al. The bowling cupboard was replete with the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Wasim Akram, and Bob Willis. But the players who dominated this era were four fast bowling allrounders — Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, and Imran Khan. Now, as one of that illustrious quartet is all set to assume the highest office in his land, we naturally turn to his Indian rival/counterpart/friend Kapil Dev on what Imran Khan as Prime Minister means for India-Pakistan relations, including the cricketing ties between the two nations.

“It’s a great achievement. Cricket is a tiny thing when compared to the country. Whatever he achieved on the field is dwarfed in front of this achievement,” says Kapil.

There is a lot Kapil has in common with Imran. They were both fast bowling allrounders. Both were World Cup-winning captains and both are widely considered to be among the best cricketers to have emerged from the subcontinent. Having played against Imran in 49 international matches, Kapil knows a thing or two about his former rival. Talking about the attributes that have helped him reach these heights, Kapil says, “He always had passion. You can still see that in him. It took him 25 years to get where he is now in his political career, and he has worked hard for it. I think he is a good leader. He has shown that in cricket, and I hope that he can take Pakistan towards betterment as Prime Minister, too.”



KAPIL DEV



THE GOOD OLD DAYS: Imran Khan, Kapil Dev in the early ’90s

‘Whatever Imran achieved on the cricket field is dwarfed in front of this one achievement’

The former India captain says Imran’s leadership skills, which helped him bring several of Pakistan’s mercurial cricketers together, have also worked well in his political career. “His greatest achievement was to make the Pakistan team a cohesive unit. That team contained some very talented but ego-centric players. He got them all to play together and do well together. That ability of his to get such diverse people together is what — I believe — has led him to such heights in the world of politics,” Kapil says.

Of course, as a cricketer, Kapil says that Imran’s victory brings him personal joy, too. He elaborates, “Personally speaking, it feels great that a cricketer who represented his country, and someone whom I know personally, is now the Prime Minister of his country. There have been cricketers who have been MPs and ministers, but this is unprecedented. I hope this inning of Imran is even better than his previous one.”

Many have also posited that with a cricketer now leading Pakistan, the time might soon come when India and Pakistan will play bilateral cricket series again, something they haven’t since 2007. However, Kapil says that cricket might be on Imran’s agenda given that he is a former cricketer himself, but we should not mistake that it will be one of his top priorities. He says, “Imran has already stated that he wants better relations with India, so I’m hopeful that the cricketing ties between the two nations will resume. I’m a firm believer that the two countries should play bilateral series, but I think he would have greater concerns right now. Sports would come later. Imran is a cricketer himself, so I know that will be on his mind as well, but probably not as his top priority.”

The Indian all-rounder is also irked by a lot of news outlets focussing on Imran’s personal life right now. He tells us, “Why bring all that up now? Let’s talk about all the good the man has done. He won his country a World Cup, made them into one of the best teams in the world. Let us hope he can work with the same honesty and zeal as the PM, too.”



Kapil Dev and Imran Khan in Canada in early ’90s

‘WHEN SOMEONE IS SO CLEAR IN THEIR THINKING, LIKE IMRAN IS, ONE CANNOT DEBATE THEIR POLITICS’


KAPIL DEV

Kapil and Imran met several times after they both retired from the game, but Kapil says even though Imran had already floated his party by then, politics was never discussed by the two. “We usually talked cricket only,” says Kapil. However, he remembers one incident when he felt compelled to ask Imran about his fiery brand of politics. He recounts, “I did ask him once that why was he so aggressive in his speeches. I wanted to know if he had thought it through, given the political climate in Pakistan. He just said that he wasn’t afraid to die fighting for the cause he believed in. When someone is so clear in their thinking, one cannot debate them and their politics.”