Extension of deadline for admission sought

BENGALURU, AUGUST 01, 2018 00:00 IST

Owing to the delay in the second round of counselling for medical seats under the all-India quota, the State Medical Education Department has written to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare seeking an extension for the last date to complete the admission process.

Mallya case: India told to submit video of jail

Vidya Ram

LONDON, AUGUST 01, 2018 00:00 IST



Vijay Mallya leaves the court in London on Tuesday.AFPAFP
Judge seeks details of Mumbai prison

India has three weeks to submit a video showing the natural light available to inmates of Barrack 12 of Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai as fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya’s defence team claimed the Indian government’s assurances “cannot be relied upon.”

The closing oral submissions have been postponed to September 12, after the judge was ‘unable’ to hear the case as scheduled.

At the brief hearing, Prosecution Barrister Mark Summers updated the judge on some of the prosecution’s recent submissions, since the April 27 hearing

Med admn counselling extended by 2 days

Chennai:01.08.2018

Counselling for admission to self-financing medical colleges under management quota has been extended by two more days as 128 more seats are left vacant, state selection committee secretary G Selvarajan said. On Tuesday, the committee called 3,612 candidates and 693 attended counselling. Of these 286 students were allotted seats and 407 were waitlisted. On Monday, of 422 students who attended, 101 students were allotted seats and 321 others were waitlisted. TNN

HC confirms ex-minister’s acquittal in colour TV case

Fraud Caused ₹10.16Cr Loss To State: CBI

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:01.08.2018

Nearly 25 years after creating a splash by registering corruption case against a then key member of former CM J Jayalalithaa’s first cabinet, TM Selvaganapathy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) lost the case, as Madras high court confirmed Selvaganapathy’s acquittal on Tuesday. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the purchase of 40,000 colour television sets between 1994 and 1996 for free distribution to panchayats. According to the CBI, the suspected fraud caused a loss of ₹10.16 crore to the exchequer.

However, rejecting the case on Tuesday, Justice G Jayachandran said: “After a careful perusal of the entire records and the submissions made by counsel, this court finds that the reasons given by the trial court for acquitting the accused is a plausible view. The prosecution failed to conduct the investigation properly and collect adequate materials to place before the court to substantiate the charges.” He was passing orders confirming the acquittal order passed by the special court for CBI cases, and dismissing an appeal filed by the central agency.

Failure on the part of the prosecution in marshalling the evidence to adequately prove the charges forced the trail court to acquit the accused.“This court is not inclined to interfere with the findings of the lower court,” the judge added.

There were two parallel proceedings in the matter. While the first case registered by CBCID featured former chief minister Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala and the then local administration minister Selvaganapathy, the CBI case did not name the first two as accused. Though all the accused were convicted by a trial court in August 2009, the high court reversed the verdict and acquitted all the accused in the CBCID case.

The CBI had also initiated penal proceedings in the colour TV scandal against senior officials of Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) which supplied the TVs. The case was separately tried in a special court for CBI cases. In January 2009, the CBI court acquitted all the accused, against which the CBI preferred the present appeal.

The charges were that Selvaganapathy, as minister of local administration, allegedly entered into criminal conspiracy with C Bommai Nayakar, then branch manager of ECIL, Chennai and B Purushothaman, deputy general manager, ECIL of Secundrabad and received ₹40.60 lakh as illegal gratification.

The CBI registered a case under sections120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating) of IPC and under sections 7,13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Gang rape of 11-yr-old: Family wants all 17 accused to get death penalty

Many Gather At Valluvar Kottam To Stage Protest

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 01.08.2018

Slogans against rape and child abuse rent the air as hundreds came together at Valluvar Kottam on Tuesday evening to condemn the brutal gang rape of a 11-year-old over a period of seven months.

While the girl’s sister and father demanded that all the rapists be hanged, other protesters chanted, ‘we condemn rape’, ‘rise up against sexual violence’, and ‘fight back now, don't wait until your daughter and sisters are raped’. The child’s sister said she was hoping for a speedy trial in the case and maximum punishment for the rapists.

She said the child is still recovering and has not returned to school.

“It will take a while for her to cope with the trauma. The girl is being given regular couselling,” she said, adding that she decided to participate in the event to create awareness and help prevent such incidents in the future.

Upset over some people blaming the family members for being negligent and not spotting behavioural changes in the girl, another relative said the men targeted the girl when she returned from school and when she went down to play inside the apartment complex.

“The family did not expect this to happen within a gated community,” said the relative.



“When even adults are wary of confronting sexual predators, it isn’t fair to expect the girl to gather the courage and report the issue to her family, since she was being threatened by her assaulters to remain silent,” he said.

Activists and other families from the apartment complex where the rape occurred expressed their solidarity with the girl and her family. Several passersby also joined in and highlighted the need for stringent punishment for those who abuse children.

The hearing impaired child was assaulted by at least 17 men who drugged her with injections, spiked soft drinks and other substances.

The incident came to light when she reported it to her sister on July 15.

Five men petition mahila court for bail
Chennai:

Five of the 17 accused arrested in the gang rape have approached a mahila court here for bail. The applications have been filed by prime accused Murugesh, Jai Ganesh, Surya, Jayaraman, and Rajasekhar. The petitions are likely to be taken up for hearing by judge Manjula by the end this week. Though advocate associations had said its members would not represent the accused, some of the suspects families had managed to find lawyers to defend their men while a few others have got lawyers through the free legal aid scheme. Recently, the court allowed the police custodial interrogation of the accused. On Tuesday, all the 17 were once again remanded back to judicial custody till August 10. TNN

Daughter co-pilots airhostess mom’s last flight

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi :01.08.2018

The public announcement system crackled when Air India’s Bengaluru-Mumbai flight commenced its descent on Tuesday morning.

Passengers half expected the usual information of congestion and delayed landing, but what Captain Paresh Nerurkar said from the flight deck brought tears to many eyes.

He told the flyers that the plane’s senior-most airhostess, Pooja Chinchankar, will retire on landing — after 38 years of service. And that her legacy will be carried forward by Pooja’s daughter, Ashrrita, who was with him in the cockpit as co-pilot on the Airbus A-319 to Mumbai, where the Chinchankars live.

Pooja walked down the aisle to the applause of the flyers. And when the flight landed at Mumbai airport, the Chinchankars greeted the passengers as they deboarded.



Pooja (L) and Ashrrita Chinchankar

Mom would address me as captain: AI pilot

“They were all gushing how alike we looked and wished the best for my mother’s retired life,” said an emotional Ashrrita as Pooja, 58, looked at her proudly, her lifelong dream fulfilled.

“When I joined Indian Airlines in 1980, there were only two woman pilots in the company, including Captain Saudamini Deshmukh (India’s first woman commander). Some years later, I had a daughter and I wanted her to become a pilot. During her growing years, she saw me getting ready to go to the airport in my graceful uniform of a flight crew, interacting with my colleagues and the family flying together for vacations,” Pooja said.

When Ashrrita was completing school, her mother and father, bank manager, asked her if she wanted to become a pilot. “I went to Canada for my pilot training in 2006 when India was seeing huge demand for pilots (new airlines like IndiGo, Kingfisher, Air Deccan, SpiceJet and GoAir had just started operations then). When I returned in 2008 with my commercial pilot licence, the recession had begun and there were no jobs for pilots,” Ashrrita said.

This was the time when Indian carriers had started feeling serious strain after Jet and Kingfisher’s expensive takeovers of Air Sahara and Air Deccan, respectively, and Air India-IA combine facing merger woes. The family struggled in this phase to keep Ashrrita’s licence valid.

Finally in 2016, she got a job in Air India and joined on the A-320 fleet.

Pooja, manager inflight service (senior cabin crew), wanted her daughter to do her retirement flight which was on Tuesday. In the morning, the duo operated AI 603 from Mumbai to Bangalore and then a quick turnaround back to Mumbai as AI 604. “AI is my family. I will take her legacy forward in the airline. We want AI to be the star in the sky,” said Ashrrita.

In a tweet to Ashrrita, AI said: “Our heartfelt wishes to your mother and you for this special flight when she passes the baton on to you to have the privilege of serving our passengers with dedication. The legacy lives on.”

வேளாங்கண்ணி - தாம்பரத்துக்கு சிறப்புக் கட்டண ரயில்

By DIN | Published on : 01st August 2018 04:19 AM |

 வேளாங்கண்ணியில் இருந்து தாம்பரம், சென்னை சென்ட்ரல், நாகர்கோவிலுக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில்கள் இயக்கப்படவுள்ளன.
வேளாங்கண்ணி-தாம்பரம்: வேளாங்கண்ணியில் இருந்து செப்டம்பர் 5-ஆம் தேதி இரவு 11.45 மணிக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில் (06086) புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் காலை 10 மணிக்கு தாம்பரத்தை அடையும்.

தாம்பரத்தில் இருந்து ஆகஸ்ட் 29, 31 ஆகிய தேதிகளில் மாலை 5 மணிக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில் (06087) புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் அதிகாலை 3.10 மணிக்கு வேளாங்கண்ணியை அடையும்.

வேளாங்கண்ணியில் இருந்து செப்டம்பர் 1, 6 ஆகிய தேதிகளில் இரவு 11.45 மணிக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில் (06088) புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் காலை 10 மணிக்கு தாம்பரத்தை வந்து அடையும்.

சென்ட்ரல்- வேளாங்கண்ணி: சென்னை சென்ட்ரலில் இருந்து ஆகஸ்ட் 30, செப்டம்பர் 6 ஆகிய தேதிகளில் பிற்பகல் 3.30 மணிக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில் (06089) புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் காலை 3.10 மணிக்கு வேளாங்கண்ணியை சென்றடையும்.

வேளாங்கண்ணியில் இருந்து ஆகஸ்ட் 31, செப்டம்பர் 7 ஆகிய தேதிகளில் இரவு 11.45 மணிக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில் (06090) புறப்பட்டு, மறுநாள் முற்பகல் 11.15 மணிக்கு சென்னை சென்ட்ரலை அடையும்.

இதுதவிர, நாகர்கோவில்-வேளாங்கண்ணிக்கு சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில் இயக்கப்படவுள்ளது. சிறப்பு கட்டண ரயில்களுக்கான டிக்கெட் முன்பதிவு புதன்கிழமை (ஆகஸ்ட் 1) காலை 8 மணிக்கு தொடங்குகிறது என தெற்கு ரயில்வே செய்திக் குறிப்பில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.