சிறை தண்டனை, 'ஜாலி' அனுபவிக்கும் லாலு:

19ல், 17 மாதங்கள் மருத்துவமனையில், 'சிகிச்சை'

ராஞ்சி:பீஹார் மாநில முன்னாள் முதல்வர், லாலு பிரசாத் யாதவ், 71, மீதான, கால்நடை தீவன ஊழல் வழக்குகளில், 19 மாதங்களாக அவர் சிறை தண்டனை அனுபவித்தாலும், அதில், 17 மாதங்கள், மருத்துவமனைகளில், சகல வசதிகளுடன், சொகுசாகவே உள்ளார்.



ராஷ்டிரீய ஜனதா தளம் கட்சியின் முன்னாள் தலைவரான, லாலு பிரசாத் யாதவ் மீது, பல ஆயிரம் கோடி ரூபாய், கால்நடை தீவன ஊழல் வழக்குகள் தொடரப்பட்டுள்ளன. மூன்று வழக்குகளில் சிறை தண்டனை பெற்றுள்ள அவர், ஜார்க்கண்ட் மாநிலத்தின், ராஞ்சி நகரில் உள்ள, பிர்சா முண்டா மத்திய சிறையில், 2017 டிசம்பர் முதல் அடைக்கப் பட்டு உள்ளார்.

கடந்த, 17 மாதங்களாக, அந்த சிறையின் கைதியாக இருந்த போதிலும், 19 மாதங்கள், டில்லி மற்றும் ராஞ்சி நகரங்களில் உள்ள, அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில், குளுகுளு, 'ஏசி' அறையில், கட்டில், மெத்தை, 40 போலீசார் பாதுகாப்புடன், சொகுசாகவே அவர் உள்ளார். அவருக்கு, நீரிழிவு, உயர் ரத்த அழுத்தம், இருதய கோளாறுகள் இருப்பதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.

இதற்காக அவர், மருத்துவமனையில்

அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டு, கட்டணம் செலுத்தும் வார்டில், பல மாதங்களாக, தொடர்ந்து சிகிச்சை பெற்று வருகிறார். எனினும், அவருக்கு வந்த நோய் தான் குணமாகவில்லை. ராஞ்சி அரசு தலைமை மருத்துவ மனையின் தலைமை டாக்டர், ஒவ்வொரு வாரமும், சிறை நிர்வாகத்திற்கு அனுப்பும் கடிதத்தில், லாலுவின் உடல் நிலை சீராகவில்லை என தெரிவிப்பதால், தொடர்ந்து மருத்துவமனையிலேயே லாலு இருக்கும் நிலை ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

இதற்கு இடையே, மகன் திருமணத்திற்காக, சில நாட்கள், 'பரோலில்' வந்த லாலு, மீண்டும் ராஞ்சி அரசு மருத்துவமனையில், அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். அவரை போல, பல, வி.ஐ.பி.,கள், சிறை தண்டனையை, மருத்துவமனைகளில் கழிக்கும் நிலைமை, பீஹாரில் சகஜமாக உள்ளது.

எருமைகளின் கொம்புக்கு எண்ணெய்

இன்னொரு வழக்கிலும் சிக்குகிறார்பல நுாறு கோடி ரூபாய் கால்நடை தீவன ஊழலில், பீஹார் முன்னாள் முதல்வர், லாலு பிரசாத் யாதவ் மற்றும் அவரின் கூட்டாளிகள் சிக்கியுள்ள நிலையில், அவர்களின் பழைய முறைகேடுகள், இப்போது வரிசைகட்டி, அம்பலமாகி வருகின்றன.எருமை மாடுகளின் கொம்புக்கு எண்ணெய் தடவஎனக் கூறி, மோசடியாக, 16 லட்சம் ரூபாய் சுருட்டப்பட்டதும் அதில் ஒன்றாக அம்பலப்பட்டுள்ளது.


ஐக்கிய ஜனதா தளம் கட்சியை சேர்ந்த, முதல்வர், நிதிஷ்குமார் தலைமையிலான, பீஹார் சட்டசபையில், கால்நடை தீவன ஊழல் விவகாரம் குறித்து, சமீபத்தில் விவாதிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆளும் தரப்பினர் அப்போது கூறியதாவது:கால்நடை தீவன

ஊழல் வழக்கின் ஓர் அங்கமாக, அப்போதைய, ஒருங்கிணைந்த பீஹாரில், எருமை மாடுகளின் கொம்புகளில் தடவ, 50 ஆயிரம் லிட்டர் கடுகு எண்ணெய், 16லட்ச ரூபாய்க்கு வாங்கப்பட்டதாக, கள்ளக் கணக்கு காண்பிக்கப்பட்டது.

இதுபோல, ஏராளமான முறைகேடுகளை, முதல்வராக இருந்த லாலு செய்துள்ளார். கால்நடை தீவன முறைகேட்டில், 658 கோடி ரூபாய்க்கு இன்னும் கணக்கு காண்பிக்க முடியாத நிலை உள்ளது. இது தொடர்பான வழக்குகள், சி.பி.ஐ., வசம் உள்ளதால், கணக்கை இன்னும் சரிகட்ட முடியவில்லை.

கால்நடை தீவன முறைகேட்டில் தொடர்பு உடையவர்கள், போலி பில்களை சமர்ப்பித்து, பல நுாறு கோடி ரூபாயை திருடியுள்ளனர். அந்த பணத்தில், மன்னர்கள் வாழும் அரண்மனை போல வீடுகளை கட்டி உள்ள னர். அந்த வீடுகளின் குளியல் அறைகள் கூட, பளிங்கு தரைகளால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளன.இவ்வாறு, பல தகவல்கள், பீஹார் சட்டசபையில், சமீபத்தில் விவாதிக்கப் பட்டன.

சேலம் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரத்து

Added : ஜூலை 29, 2019 06:25


சென்னை: சேலம் - சென்னை எழும்பூர் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயில், இன்று(ஜூலை 29) ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மும்பை தாதர் - சென்னை எழும்பூர் இடையே இயக்கப்படும், தாதர் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் பெட்டிகள், எழும்பூரில் இருந்து, சேலம் செல்லும் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயிலில் இணைத்து இயக்கப்படுகின்றன. மும்பை தாதர் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டதால், நேற்று, சென்னை எழும்பூரில் இருந்து, சேலத்திற்கு இயக்கப்படும் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டது. இதன் காரணமாக, சேலத்தில் இருந்து, சென்னை எழும்பூருக்கு, இன்று இரவு, 9:20 மணிக்கு இயக்கப்படும் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் ரயிலும், ரத்து செய்யப்படுவதாக, தெற்கு ரயில்வே அறிவித்துள்ளது.

Thai Airways celebrates 15 years of Bengaluru connection

Event was attended by travel agents, corporate firms, airport officials, frequent flyers and others from the travel ecosystem

Published: 29th July 2019 06:09 AM 

Thai Airways

By Express News Service

BENGALURU: The official flag carrier airline of Thailand, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), celebrated its completion of 15 years of service in Bengaluru at Shangri-La hotel, Palace Road on Friday. Titled ‘Vibrancy of the Garden City’, the celebration ended on a high note with cultural events. Jeerawoot Janchaisang (right)
and Napasorn Ekpankul

Having started their operations in March 2004, THAI has taken over 1.1 million passengers from Bengaluru to more than 60 destinations across the world. Presently, they operate non-stop flights daily between Bangkok and Bengaluru.

Chutintorn Gongsakdi, ambassador of Thailand to India, inaugurated the function. “While some countries like the Philippines and Vietnam don’t have direct flights to India, we have eight flights to Thailand from here. Being an innovation hub, Bengaluru plays an important role in the relationship between the two countries. Indian friends and acquaintances do tell me that Thai Airways is a preferred choice of airline for flying to Thailand. This is flattering indeed, for Thais are essentially humble people. But nevertheless, we are a nation with a strong sense of pride in memorable service from the heart. We would like to promote more cultural and economic tie-ups with the city,” he said.


Gongsakdi thanked the Government of India for facilitating increased air connectivity between Thailand and India by providing more air traffic rights. “Thailand looks forward to seeing more air connectivity to welcome 2 million Indian tourists this year, leading to an overall number of 10 million by 2030,” he added. Indian tourists currently enjoy free Thai visa-on-arrival till October 31.

The event included a traditional royal Thai dance performance by Jeerawoot Janchaisang and Napasorn Ekpankul. The dancers in their elegant golden colour traditional attire, jewellery and headdresses, enthralled the audience by their slow-paced and rhythmic movements. A live demonstration of ‘Meing Kham’, a traditional hors d’eoeuvre from Thailand was also held.

NEET for engg courses, but not now: AICTE chairman

A National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for engineering courses will be introduced but not now said All India Council for Technical Education chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe on Sunday.

Published: 29th July 2019 04:56 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: A National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for engineering courses will be introduced but not now said All India Council for Technical Education chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe on Sunday.

Sahasrabudhe, who was here to attend the convocation of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, said it is on their mind to conduct NEET for engineering courses also, but they have been not able to implement it for a few reasons, one of which being States’ resistance.


“As NEET is a national-level test we will have to follow one curriculum and CBSE will be the obvious choice. NEET cannot be implemented unless the States align their curriculum with the same level and same style as that of CBSE. Discussions are on and someday it will happen, but not now,” he said on the sidelines of the event.

On large-scale vacant seats in engineering colleges he said, “Vacancy in engineering colleges has been there for the last four -five years. It is nothing new. The number of seats in engineering courses has increased in recent years due to which vacancy figures are high. Secondly, people have realised there are multiple opportunities other than engineering. Earlier, parents used to push their kids into engineering or medicine, but now they are choosing fields in arts, liberal arts, music, drama and this is a better realisation.

But, engineering will continue to be there as it provides you learning into multiple disciplines.

He stressed there is a need to reduce the number of engineering colleges to ensure only quality education is imparted. In due course, colleges providing quality education alone will survive. To reduce the number of seats, AICTE has decided not to allow opening of any new engineering college for the next two years, he said.

Speaking at the convocation, Sahasrabudhe expressed happiness as the country ranked 52 in the Global Innovation Index 2019, while it was 81st in 2015. “In four years, we have improved with reforms. Now, we aim to achieve the top 10 rank in the next five years and we have all potential for it,” he concluded.

Chennai power shutdown: Full list of areas to have electricity suspended tomorrow

In view of maintenance work, power supply will be suspended on July 30 from 9 am to 4 pm in the following areas:

Published: 28th July 2019 10:52 PM


By Express News Service

In view of maintenance work, power supply will be suspended on July 30 from 9 am to 4 pm in the following areas:

Tiruvanmiyur: Part of Indira Nagar, Periyar Nagar of Tiruvanmiyur, East and West Kamaraj Nagar, Part of LB Road, Thiruvalluvar salai, Part of SastriNagar section area, Avvai Nagar, Rajaji Nagar, Nethaji Nagar, Kannappa Nagar, AGS Colony, Swaminathan Nagar, AIBEA Nagar, Kalathumettu area, P.T.C. colony, Venkatesapuram, Sriram avenue, Natesan colony, Natco colony, Vivekanandar st, Selvaraj avenue, part of ECR road, Part of OMR (Kandhanchavadi), Dr. VSI Estate.

Kodambakkam: Kodambakkam and surrounding areas, Zakaria colony, Ganga Nagar, Inbarajapuram, Sriramapuram part of Choolaimedu, Artheyapuram 1 st and 2 nd st, Bajanakoil st, Rangarajapuram, Kamaraj colony, United India colony, CRP Garden, Viswanathapuram, Vadapalani, Sowrashtra Nagar, part of Arcot road, Sankarapuram area, Subburayan Nagar, Kannadasan st, Balaji st, Bappathiammal st, 4th Avenue Ashok Nagar, Kamarajar colony entire area, Ambedkar road, Ragavan colony, Sippay garden, Murukesan Nagar, R.N Nambiyar st, Vathiyar thottam, Karnan st, Vengeeshwara Nagar, Palayakaran st, V.O.C main road, Corporation colony, Pookkaran st, Duraisamy road, Desigar st, Sannathi st, AlagiriNagar main road, Nerkundram pathai, Vivekanantha colony.

Alamathy: Alamathy, Singillikuppam, Koduvalli, Vino Nagar, Vanian Chatram, Pudukuppam, Kannigapuram, Old Erumaivettipalayam, Morai Anna Nagar, Kamalam Nagar, Bharathi Nagar, Veerapuram, Poochiathipet, Karanipettai, New Kanniamman Nagar, Moorai, Guruvoyal, Maagaral Kandigai Ayillachery, Agaramkandigai, Sethupakkam, Part of Vellanoor, TSP Camp Battalion III.


Alwarthirunagar: Balaji Nagar, Anbu Nagar, Velan Nagar, Lakshmi Nagar, Radha Avenue, Syndicate colony, Sambantham Nagar, Indira Gandhi Nagar, Thirumalai Nagar, Ramakrishna salai, Alwarthiru Nagar Annex, New colony, CV koil, Nehru st, AVM Avenue, Alacrity, Arcot Road part, Thangal Ulvai st, Oththa Pillaiyar koil st, Lamak st, Solai Krishnan st, Janaki Nagar, Chowdry Nagar 8 th st to 18 th st, Bethanai Nagar 1 st st, Pragasam salai.

Redhills: Redhills GNT road (part), T.H Road, Aalamaram, M.A Nagar, R.G.N Colony, Kamaraj Nagar, Sothupakkam (part), Dharga road, Pudhu Nagar, Balaji Nagar, Shanthi colony, Bypass road (part), Theerthakarayanpattu (part), Vishnu Nagar, C.R.B Nagar, Grandlyne, Vadakarai, M.H.Road, Krishna Nagar, Alinjivakkam, Kottur, Selva vinayagar Nagar, Vilangadupakkam, Theeyampakkam, Kosappur.

Perambur: Police Quarters, B and C Mill Quarters, Astapujam st, Kalathiappa st, Dharmaraja koil st, Strahans road 1 st to 5 th st, Pensioner's Lane, Mangapathy st, Parasuraman st, Yacoob Garden st, Yacoob garden lane, Appasamy st, New Firhans Road, Alexander village, Belvider village, Darga st, Old Vashaima Nagar, SMS st, Brick Kiln Road, Thideer Nagar, Venkatammal Samathy st, Chellappa st, Padavattamman st, SS puram A and B st, Part of Pursawalkam, Perambur High road 1 st and 2 nd st, Arunthathi Nagar, Mettupalaym, SBOA colony 1 st and 2 nd st, Jamaliya Nagar, Desai colony, Mangalapuram, Adhi sesha Nagar, Semathamman colony, CYS road, Krishnadoss 1 st to 5 th st, IFT Lane, Shaik Bedi Lane, Haji Adbul sahib st. North town Estate Tower fully, Perambur Barracks Road, Vichur Muthiappan st, K.M Garden, Narasingha, Perumal st, Angalamman koil st, KLP project.

Thandalam: Thandalam, Thandalam Service Road, Anugraha avenue, Everest Garden, Royal Nagar, Manimedu, Akash Nagar, Tharapakkam, Gayathri Avenue, Vigneswara Nagar, Thandalam Barathi Nagar.

Thirunageswaram: Balaji Nagar, Moondraam Kattalai, Kollacherry, Big st, Small st, South Malayambakkam, Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Nadaipaathai st, Thachar st.

Woman dies after falling from upper berth of Bengaluru-bound train
She fell when she was alighting; doctors say she may have died of spinal injury.

Published: 28th July 2019 06:20 AM |

For representational purposes 

Express News Service

BENGALURU: In one of the rarest accidents to have taken place inside a train, a 40-year-old woman who slipped when alighting from the upper berth of an AC coach died within a couple of hours due to suspected internal injuries. The incident took place on July 22 inside the Udyan Express, which was heading to Bengaluru from Mumbai.

The deceased, Saraswathi Banisal, a Kolkata native, was employed at Jayanagar. It is not clear whether she was employed in a beauty parlour or ran her own outlet here. She was returning from Mumbai where she had been on a short visit to enhance her skills, a source said.

A bit overweight, Banisal fell from the berth when she tried to alight from the berth well before it was to enter the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru City) railway station, said a railway official.


“One of the passengers tweeted to the Railway Ministry about her fall. The Government Railway Police, railway officials and doctors were immediately alerted. Medical help was waiting on Platform three for the arrival of the train,” the official said.

Dr S Snehalatha, general physician at a free clinic run by Manipal Hospitals in the concourse area of the station, said, “Two of our paramedical staff rushed to the station at 8.30 am. The train reached only after 9 am due to delays. They entered the compartment and checked all of her vital parameters which were alright. The patient was answering basic questions coherently and and looked alright. They later brought her to the clinic on a stretcher for double checks.”

En route, she even kept telling the police to be careful about her bag as it contained valuables.

At the clinic too, her condition was assessed and initially she sounded okay. “However, her speech soon became blurred and she kept forgetting to answer a basic question like her residence in Bengaluru. Since we suspected an internal head injury to be causing a loss of consciousness, we decided to rush her by ambulance to the nearby KC General Hospital,” Dr Snehalatha said.

Apart from a nurse from the clinic, the ambulance also had a nurse and a GRP cop accompanying her. Later, the doctor received a call from the staff on board that the oxygen level was saturating. “I told them to increase the oxygen supply since they were nearing the hospital. As they reached the hospital, there was no response from her. Doctors waiting for the ambulance outside conducted a few basic tests and declared her as brought dead,” she added.

The patient may have suffered from a spinal cord injury or an internal head injury which only the post mortem report will make clear, she said. TNSE spoke to Alpana, her younger sister in Kolkata who said she was unaware if her sister had any previous health condition as she lived away from home for most of her life.

Avoid upper berths if you have health issues: Doc

Dr S Snehalatha, general physician at a clinic run by Manipal Hospitals inside KSR railway station, said, “The exact reason for the woman’s death onboard the train will be clear when we see the autopsy report. However, as a matter of caution, it is better for those suffering from BP or sugar problems to avoid occupying middle or lower berths in trains. We do not know when the impact of high or low BP or sugar levels can happen.”

It could be dangerous is one loses control when alighting or boarding the berths, the doctor added.

BU increases affiliation fees to overcome revenue crunch

Tanu Kulkarni

BENGALURU, JULY 29, 2019 00:00 IST

Bangalore University has around 280 colleges affiliated to it.

College managements say they will have to hike students’ fees

After the trifurcation of Bangalore University (BU), the two new universities and the parent university have been grappling with shortage of funds. To tackle this and generate more revenue, BU has decided to hike the fees for its affiliated colleges from the 2020–21 academic year. The university has around 280 colleges affiliated to it.

K.R. Venugopal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said the fees have been hiked in the range of 5% to 10% for all categories. This was approved at the university’s Syndicate meeting held earlier this month.

“Our resources reduced after the trifurcation. In fact, only our university has employees on its rolls. So, the expenditure of our university is higher than that of the other two universities, but the income is low,” he said.

The fee has been increased across all categories — for renewal of permanent affiliation, for applying for permanent affiliation, for enhancement of intake for different courses, affiliation fee for continuation, for applying for fresh affiliation, and affiliation fee for starting new courses in existing colleges.

Bangalore University was trifurcated from the 2017–18 academic year. The two new universities are depending on government funds for running the institutions. The revenue of the parent university has come down because the number of colleges in its jurisdiction has now reduced.

The managements of the affiliated colleges are unhappy with the move and said they would be forced to hike the fees for their students. “Although the hike is in the range of 5% to 10%, it will be a huge burden on us as we have to pay for enhancement of each courses. The university should find other avenues of generating revenue and should not pass on the burden to college managements,” said the principal of a city-based college who did not wishto be named.

Students’ organisations too have opposed the move. Gururaj Desai, State secretary, Students’ Federation of India, said the university should roll back the hike in affiliation fees. “The university should judiciously use the funds it gets. We have seen instances of officials using funds for improving infrastructure at their offices and residences and for buying cars. All such expenses should be stopped,” he said.