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Chennai, Feb. 10:
Admissioncertificates for privatecandidates, who applied ontime for the March 2009Higher Secondaryexamination will bedistributed from February11 to 14, according to arelease from theDirectorate of GovernmentExaminations.These certificateswill not be sent by post andcandidates will not beallowed to appear for theexamination without theadmission certificate, therelease stated.The candidateshave been registered at thecentre mentioned in the'Place of Examination' intheir applications. Theyhave been requested tocheck if details such asname, date of birth, registernumber, examinationcentre and subjectsoffered, have beenprinted correctly in theadmission certificates.Candidates can contactAdditional Secretary(Higher Secondary),Directorate ofGovernmentExaminations, Chennai -6, in person or by postregarding any error. Theycan also contact theAdditional Secretary'soffice regarding non-receipt of admissioncertificates.Candidatesneed to submit a self-addressed envelope byaffixing a stamp of Rs.30at their examinationcentre on the first day ofexamination, says therelease.
- Bureau report
Admission certificate forexamination to be distributed
Chennai, Feb. 10 :
Globalimplications andchallenges for corporategovernance in 2009 wasthe topic of the 2ndNational CorporateGovernance Conference,organized by LoyolaInstitute of BusinessAdministration, onMonday in associationwith National Foundationfor CorporateGovernance (NFCG) CAS Santhanakrishnan,Chairman of ICAICommittee on CorporateGovernance deliveredthe key note address.The day-longconference hostedrecognized speakerssuch as Parthasarathy,Vice President - Finance,Ford India, T. S.Krishnamurthy, FormerChief ElectionCommissioner,Government of India, K.K. Acharya, MD, CPCL,N. Vittal, Former CentralVigilance Commissioner,Government of India andseveral others.Thediscussions at theconference coveredsubjects such as - 'IsCorporate Governance amyth or reality?' ,Corporate GovernanceA Global Perspective andCorporate Governance-
LIBA holds second NationalConference on Corporate Governance
An Indian Perspective".Fr. P ChristieSJ, Director, LIBA said"Corporate Governance,especially with recentcorporate scandals, isincreasingly morerelevant today than everbefore. I am happy tonote that LIBA is takingsuch important steps inspreading awarenessabout the importance ofCorporate Governance -not only amongcorporates but alsoamong the students whowill be manning keypositions in future."Globalizationespecially after the1980's has brought aparadigm shift worldwidein political, economic,social and culturalenvironment, causingdramatic changes in everyaspect of humanendeavour. Such atransformational shift haslead to substantialchanges in governance ofgovernment and thecorporation, unfoldingactive discussions evennow.The concept of'Good CorporateGovernance' can bedifferent in each countryand company dependingon environment, cultureand nature of industryinvolved.
- Staff ReporterChennai, Feb. 10
:Privatisation isthe buzz word whenperformance is judged.But with the ChennaiCorporation Mayor MSubramaniam implementinnovative ideas for goodgovernance and earn morerevnues.Raghavan ofChetpet did not pay hisproperty tax this time. He isnot a regular defaulter, buthe forgot all about it in hishectic busy schedule. Tohelp such persons, theChennai Corporation haslaunched a register yourphone number' facility, toremind them about the duedate for paying tax.Under the newfacility, the official will callor SMS the person whenthe due date for paying theproperty tax nears and alsomention the amount to bepaid. People can get theirphone number registeredat the local office of thecorporation."Only 60% ofthem pay property tax ontime and properly. Someare habitual defaulters, butsome others are justforgetful. The total defaulttax amount was Rs 280crore till 2006. It tookvarious measures byofficers of the revenue andvigilance to recover Rs 110crore," said a corporationofficial."Someone whohas 1000 sq ft of landshows only 400 square feeton account and tax isevaded for the rest of theproperty. There has been agood response to thetelephone-registrationfacility as many havestarted registering theirphone numbers. Afterthis, defaulters cannotsay that they forgot thedate," said the official.Another seniorofficial said that it wastime that the corporationtook serious actionagainst property taxdefaulters. "We have theright to evict thedefaulters, but we havebeen too lenient on them.We have to think ofstringent action if peopledefault despite the newmeasures," he said.As per Section100 of Chennai CityMunicipal CorporationAct 1919, concept ofreasonable letting valuehas been adopted forarriving at the annualrental value and halfyearly tax for anyproperty within the citylimits. The monthly rentalvalue is fixed withreference to the basicrate per square foot forresidential and non-residential propertiesseparately.The tax isassessed between Aprilto September andOctober to March. Theresident has to make hispayment at the localcorporation officebetween April 1 and April15 and between the samedates in September.Property tax is revisedonce in five years andlevied on immovableproperty including land
Now property taxreminders on phone
Chennai, Feb. 10 :
Tamil NaduChief Minister and DMKpresident M Karunanidhiwill undergo surgery ofhis spinal cord at the SriRamachandra MedicalCollege Hospital onFebruary 11 to relieveback pain.An officialrelease here lastnightsaid, ''The decision wastaken by Dr A Jaiswalfrom New Delhi and otherdoctors about two daysago after holdingdiscussions on the ChiefMinister's condition.''Accordingly, surgeonswill operate on MrKarunanidhi onWednesday.A panel ofdoctors underOrthopaedic Surgeon, DrS S K Marthandam, hadbeen formed for thepurpose.Mr Karunanidhiwas admitted to thehospital on January 26for back ache and hadbeen undergoingtreatment since then.On February 3,he got himselfdischarged from thehospital to pay homageto former Chief Minister C NAnnadurai on his deathanniversary and also tochair the DMK ExecutiveCommittee Meeting on theSri Lankan Issue.He got himself re-admitted the same day. Afew days later he wasadministered the epiduralinjection to relieve him ofback ache.
- Agencies
MK to undergo surgery for back problem
and building. Earlier,water and sewerage taxwas also included underproperty tax as there wasno separate board forwater and sewerage.
- AgenciesChennai, Feb. 10 :
Students ofPMR Institute ofTechnology and PMRCollege of Engineeringboycotted classes onMonday in protest againstthe college and AnnaUniversity, Chennai,alleging that bothinstitutions had a hand inspoiling their future.It was the firstworking day of the collegeafter Anna University'sVice-Chancellor Prof PMannar Jawaharannounced recently thatPMRIT would be issued ashow cause notice fordisaffiliation from theuniversity on charges ofimpersonating teachingfaculty.Students wentfor their first hour classesin the morning unsure oftheir future and a group ofstudents went to AnnaUniversity to meet theDean of Students ProfGanesh to know aboutthe future course ofaction. Meanwhile,students in the collegesdemanded anexplanation on the issuebut were told that theallegations wererumours.The agitatedstudents boycottedclasses and the collegeauthorities shut down thecanteen and the boy'shostel hoping the protestwould die down.By then, thestudent representativesreturned from theuniversity with the newsthat the media reportswere true and that theSyndicate had approvedthe disaffiliation.If the it comesthrough, then thestudents will betransferred to other self-financing colleges.The studentslater spent the rest of theday gathering people todraw a set of demands tobe presented to the Vice-Chancellor on Tuesday.The studentsasked how the collegeand the Vice Chancellorcould treat the issuelightly. They wanted toknow how AICTE gaveaffiliation to a college withsuch minimalinfrastructure or howAnna University includedthe college for singlewindow counselling.Police had tointervene and ask thestudents to actpeacefully.Speaking toExpress, studentsalleged that the Vice-Chancellor was unhappyover his refusal to allowstudents suspended formisbehaviour lastSeptember attendclasses and, hence, hadtaken the action.He said AnnaUniversity had allowedmore students than thepermitted number in the ITdepartment of PMRthrough single windowcounselling and nowwanted to wash off hishands.On the charge of'impersonation,' theprincipal said when theinspection team visited thecollege, a private computertutorial teacher walked intothe college and wasmistaken for a teacher ofthe college.He assured thestudents and the parentsthat the college wouldinitiate action to stop thedisaffiliation process andthe students and parentscould be secure about thefuture of the college.
- Agencies
PMR students cross, blame college, Anna University
Chennai, Feb. 10:
Trains travellingat 300 km an hour couldbecome a reality in India,according to UnionMinister of State forRailways R Velu. On hisrecent visit to China, theminister held talks withChinese authorities onthe transfer of technologyfor highspeed trains.“The Chinesehave shown a greatinterest in the technologytransfer,” he told themedia here on Monday.He added that theChinese were known forexecuting projects withina given time frame.“The railwayhas identified five routesfor high speed trains --Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad; Delhi-Amritsar-Chandigarh;Secunderabad-Vijayawada- Chennai;Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Kochi and asmall stretch in Kolkata,”he added.“For this, a feasibility studyhas to be conducted ontraffic potential,commercial viability, andthe like”, he said.He also spoke onthe need for a world classrailway station, whichhouses facilities andsecurity measures similarto the ones available atairports.
- Agencies
High speed trains would be reality soon
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