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VOL: 3 ISSUE 12Chennai, August 05, 2009
Bangalore Aug. 05:
Despite the ElectionCommission givingclearance to the unveilingof saint-poetThiruvalluvar’s statue,Kannada Chaluvali VatalPaksha and otherKannada organisationshave once againsubmitted amemorandum to thecommission asking thatthe event on Sunday bestopped as they claim itamounts to violation ofthe election model codeof conduct.Speaking at ameeting of Kannadaorganisations here onWednesday, VatalNagaraj, President of thePaksha, said an event ofthis kind could not beheld in the light of theAssembly by-electionson August 18 atGovindarajanagar in thecity. Earlier, thecommission had givenclearance on conditionthat no political speech oractivity that would violatethe model code ofconduct, should becarried out at the time ofunveiling of the statue.Mr. Nagarajsaid that the primarymotive behind ChiefMinister B.S.Yeddyurappa’s decisionwas the BruhatBengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) electionsto be held later thismonth, as the Tamil votebank in the city is asizeable one.Mr. Nagarajreiterated the bandh callgiven by Kannadaorganisations forSunday, besidesannouncing a rally fromKempe Gowda statue toRajbhavan on August 7as a pre-cursor to theevent. More than 10,000people, he said, wereexpected to participate inthe rally.He said that allessential services will bespared on the day of thebandh, which will beenforced from 6 a.m. to 6p.m. He warned theGovernment not to allowpublic buses to ply onSunday.SeveralKannada leaders whoparticipated in themeeting said that statueunveiling should havebeen done only after theappeal against givingclassical language status inKannada, pending beforeTamil Nadu High Court,was withdrawn and theHogenakkal issue wasresolved."If thegovernments are soconcerned about the twoTamil and Kannada saint-poets, Thiruvalluvar andSarvajna, let them publishtheir books in translationand distribute them," saidKodihosalli Ramanna, oneof the activists.
Thiruvalluvar statue unveiling:The imbroglio continues
Chennai, Aug 5:
AIADMKleader Jayalalithaa, whohas been strongly critical ofelectronic voting machines,today cited the issue ofreliability of the EVMs, areason for boycotting theAugust 18 assemblybypolls in five seats inTamilNadu.Noting the recentdemonstration by an NGOthat EVMs can betampered with, she said,"This should come as aneye-opener notonly to theElectionCommission, butalso to the votingpublic," andadded,"In ademocracy, everyvoter should knowwhether the votecast has gone tothe candidate orparty it was meantfor."In the absenceof such certainty,the entiredemocraticprocess would berendered a "mockery",she said in a statementhere. "It is to ensure thatdemocracy in its truesense is brought backthat AIADMK decided toboycott the bypolls."The party hadannounced earlier that itwas boycotting theelections as it did notbelieve it would be freeand fair with the DMKruling in the state andUPA at the Centre.The AIADMKand its ally PMK havebeen crying hoarse overthe reliability of EVMSsince the Lok Sabhaelections in which theirfront put up a poor showbagging only 12 seats ofthe 39in Tamil Nadu. PMKhad lost all the sevenseats it contested.She had firstraised the issue ofpossibility of the EVMsbeing tampered with in2000, Jayalalithaa said,adding that manycountries in the world"have given up the EVMsas anunreliable system.
Jaya cites EVMs as reasonfor bypoll boycott
 
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Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Aug. 05:
Indiashould lay greateremphasis on creativity andinnovation, which was inextremely short supply inits knowledge workers, tomaintain the current levelsof economic growth,according to a globalsurvey.While the need todevelop such skills wasclear, what was less clearwas the extent to whichthese skills weresuccessfully being taughtthrough education, it said.The survey said itwas generally acceptedthat India needs moreknowledge workers andthat, for economic growthto continue at current
Virudhunagar, Aug. 05
: Atruck, laden with colourmatches, caught fire whilebeing transported to agodown at Nagalapuramvillage near Sivakasi here.Police said due tofriction, 500 bundles ofcolour matches caught firein the incident yesterday,leading to anxious
Chennai, Aug. 05:
TheMadras High Court hasdirected the Uniongovernment and the UnionPublic ServiceCommission (UPSC) toinduct a person into theIndian Police Service (IPS)in the Tamil Nadu cadre orin another all India service,on the basis of his selectionin Civil ServicesExamination 2001, with allconsequential benefits.Chastising theauthorities for theirslumberous attiude, thecourt ordered that thepetitioner should be treatedas an OBC candidate forthe process.For the allotmentof the cadre, the authoritiescould even create asupernumerary post, sinceall these years thepetitioner had beendeprived of his due, aDivision Bench of JusticesElipe Dharma Rao and T SSivagnanam said whileallowing a writ petition.The petitioner, JLoganathan, submittedthat he belonged to theKannadiyar community,declared OBC in TamilNadu. He cleared the CivilServices Examination2001, but his claim that hebelonged to OBC categorywas not accepted by theUnion government. It did solevels, there should be agreater emphasis oncreativity and innovation."India needs toequip itself moreeffectively to develop andexploit this newemphasis on 'cognitivecapital, the survey byEffective Education forEmployment (EEE), aglobal research firmcommissioned byEdexcel, UK's largestbody for primary andsecondary education andPearson, an internationalmedia company doingbusiness in education,said.It spoke ofeducation emerging as avast and expandingmoments for the public.However, thetruck driver jumped out ofthe vehicle for safety onbeing alerted by thepasserby and informedthe fire servicepersonnel, who rushed tothe spot andextinguished the flame.Vehicular trafficon the ground that as perthe notification, thecommunity had beendeclared OBC only inCoimbatore, Periyar andthe Nilgiris districts.The petitionerbelonged to Cuddaloredistrict.The Bench saidthe petitioner’scontention that his castehad been declared OBCthroughout the State wasnot in dispute.The Stategovernment, realisingthe errors in the Uniongovernment’s OBC list,had addressed theNational Commission forBackward Classes(NCBC) in March 1994pointing out thediscrepancies. But, noaction had been taken bythe Commission.The officials ofthe Commission and theUnion Ministry of SocialJustice andEmpowerment at therelevant point of timeslept over the matter formarket in India due tocurrent economic anddemographic trends andsignificant increase ingovernment spending.The currenteducation market isestimated at around USD46 billion. The specificmarket for vocationaleducation and training iscurrently estimated atUSD billion, it said.The study in 25countries with specialfocus on five emergingeconomies, includingIndia, showcases issuesbeing faced across theworld in educatingchildren for the 21stcentury.on the road was haltedfor a couple of hours toprevent any untowardincident.The loss in thefire was estimated at Rs2.5 lakh.Furtherinvestigations were on,police added.years together, waitingfor somebody to 'bell thecat again.' The Benchsaid ''the case wouldnarrate as to how theslumberous attitudeexhibited on the part ofthe governmentalauthorities in rectifyingthe mistakes committedby them dig a deep pit inthe career of anindividual and spoil hisprospects andopportunities.'' Referringto the authorities’ standthat no retrospectiveeffect could be given tothe amended listpublished by the NCBCin January 2004, theBench said anextraordinary situationlike the present onewould call for anextraordinary remedy.Courts were nothandcuffed from dealingwith such situations in anappropriate manner tocure an illegalityperpetrated on a citizen itsaid.
India needs to stress on creativityin workforce: Survey
Chennai, Aug. 05 :
Twopassengers have beenquarantined on theirarrival from Singaporefollowing suspectedsymptoms of swine flu.
Chennai, Aug. 05 :
TheMadras High Court hasset aside an order of thePrincipal District Judge(PDJ), Cuddalore, issuedin March this year,disqualifying V KMurugan of PattaliMakkal Katchi (PMK)from the post ofChairman of theVriddhachalamMunicipality.Justice SPalanivelu set aside theorder while allowing apetition from Mr Murugan
Chennai, Aug. 05 :
TheMadras High Court hasgranted interim stay onfurther proceedings on acharge memo issued bythe Deputy Inspector-General of Police, SalemRange, to a headconstable.M Ravi, counselfor the petitioner RSengodan, submittingthat the charge memocontained vague andflimsy allegations,contended that the onlycharge against the headconstable was that hehad not arrested theaccused after registeringa case under sections341, 323 and 324 of theIPC.Further, he hadRajan Sekhar(25) and Simon MichaelJoseph (35), both nativesof Chennai, who arrivedthis morning, werereferred to thechallenging the lowercourt order.Mr Muruganwas disqualified underthe District MunicipalitiesAct on the ground thatwhile he was holding thepost of Chairman of thelocal body, his wife andfather held subsistingcontracts in themunicipality.JusticePalanivelu observed thatthe wife and father of thepetitioner were issuedletters of termination ofnot registered the caseunder the proper penalprovision.Counsel said ineach and every case, theaccused need not bearrested.The concernedPolice Inspector hadobtained further materialfor altering the offence toone under section 307 ofthe IPC. So, the petitionerwas not at fault.Government advocate PMuthukumar, sought timeto file a counter.Justice K NBasha said it wasneedless to state that itwas not necessary for thepolice to arrest theaccused in every case.It all dependedGovernmentCommunicable DiseasesHospital at Tondiarpet nearhere, airport sources said.contracts much before thepetitioner became theChairman. The letters wereaccepted and cancellationorders had been passed bythe municipality.Thus, the contracthad come to an end. Justbecause they receivedcheques for the worksdone during the previousterms after he becameChairman, the same couldnot be held against thepetitioner, the judgeobserved.on the facts andcircumstances of the case.The investigatingofficer, after completion ofthe probe and on the basisof the collection ofevidence, ought to haveadded another section, thatis, 307 IPC. On thatground, the petitioner couldnot be found fault with.Since the order ofinterim stay had beenpassed, the case of thepetitioner should beconsidered for promotion inaccordance with the law.The pendency ofany departmentalproceedings should not beconsidered as a ground fordenying the petitioner apromotion, the court said.
Two suspected flu cases in TNDisqualification order of PMK leaderset aside by Madras HCTruck gutted in fireHC issues direction to Centre, UPSCHC grants interim stayon charge memo
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Chennai, Aug. 05:
Madras High Court hasfixed August 17 for the finalhearing on a petitionchallenging the ClassicalLanguage status accordedto Kannada language.Though Kannadawas accorded the classicallanguage tag nine monthsago, the official recognitionof the status would take awhile as this was subject toa writ petition filed byadvocate R Gandhi in theMadras High Court.The PublicInterest Litigation (PIL),which challenged the verylegality of the Constitutionof the committee thatrecommended theclassical language statusto Kannada and Telugulanguages, would come upfor final hearing before firstbench of the High Court.Last week, theCentre filed an affidavit,providing a weak defenceof its decision to accordclassical status to Kannadaand Telugu.K V Dhananjay,advocate for TV anchorDeepak Thimmaiah, whohas been impleaded in thecase, said the affidavit wasweak as it had failed to layout the grounds on whichKannada was deservinglygranted the classicallanguage status.Instead, theemphasis was on arguingthat the PIL was notmaintainable, he said.When thematter came up forhearing on June 22,which lasted for fourdays, the UnderSecretary in the UnionMinistry of Cultureargued in the affidavitthat after going throughthe petitioner'sobjections, it was evidentthat he was not qualifiedto question the legality ofthe move as he himselfwas not sufficientlyliterate.Besides,notifications to the effectthat the classical statushas been accorded to thetwo languages were stillbe to issued, hecontended.The affidavitsaid the petitioner hadfiled the petition based onan apprehension that thecommittee constituted forthe purpose might haverecommended thegranting of classicalstatus to Kannada andTelugu. A writ petitionfiled on the basis of anapprehension could notbe maintainable in law, itsaid.''Unless it'sshown that the decisionof constituting thecommittee, as it nowstands, is illegal orsuffers from anyprocedural improprieties,the decision ofconstituting thecommittee cannot befaulted,'' it said.If the courtallows the petition, thestate government won'tbe able to challenge it inthe Supreme Court, as itis not a party in the case.As the PIL challengingthe classical tag toKannada had beenpending in the MadrasHigh Court, the Centrehad not yet released theannaual grant of Rs 150crore that was madetowards promoting aclassical language. Adivision benchcomprising Chief JusticeH L Gokhale and JusticeJyothimani took up thematter for hearing onJune 22. The hearingcontinued for four days ata stretch and wasadjourned without fixinga date.Today, the HighCourt registry listed thematter for August 17 forfinal hearing.R Gandhi hadfiled the writ petition evenbefore the notification toaccord classical status toKannada and Telugu wasissued. When the Centrepointed out, Mr Gandhifiled another petition.
Final hearing on classical statusto Kannada on Aug 17
Chennai, Aug. 05:
Awoman, who was motherof two children, fatallypushed her husbandalleging that he had anillicit affair with anotherwoman at Nolambur areanear Ambattur thismorning.Police sourcessaid the woman Deeva(38) picked up a quarrelwith her better halfVijayakumar (42) over hisalleged affair.In the mid of thequarrel, Deeva Pushedher husband, who faintedafter the back of his headhit a wooden shelf.As he failed toregain consciousness, shecame to know that hesuffered injuries on thehead. He was laterpronounced dead.Police haveregistered a case of murderand arrested the woman.
Infidelity turns fatal; wife pusheshusband to death
Chennai, Aug. 05:
TheMadras High Court onWednesday ruled insupport of a housewife,Thilakavathi over theincorrect usage ofphotographs of here andher child. Thilakavathiapproached the Madrashigh court claiming thephotos of her with her babygirl was used without herconsent.The Madras HCtoday ordered the removalof all banners across TamilNadu in one week's time.The Chennai High court judge said that the postersaround the state of themother and daughter mustbe removed or else it willaffect the social status ofthe family. The High Courtsaid, " The poster hascreated serious problemsfor Thilakavathi and herfamily. The poster hasmade it difficult for thefamily to be part of society."Taking a strongstance against the TamilNadu Health Department,the court added, "TheHealth department mustevolve rules for using picsfrom the web. The healthdepartment must removeall poster of Thilakavathiin a week."On TuesdayTIMES NOW hadbrought to light theincident, after which theHigh court has orderedthe removal of theposters.The petitionfiled by Thilakamathi andher husband Mageshspeaks of the mentaltrauma caused when theentire neighbourhoodavoided them due to aposter put up that causedThilakavathi'sneighbours to ostracizeher and her family, on thesuspicion that she suffersfrom AIDS."We are unableto step out of the housewithout any comments bythe people around us. My4-year-old daughter iskept away even fromplaying or talking withother children fearinginfection. Even our familybegan to desert us,thinking that we had thedisease after the postershowed up.I evendecided to end our livesat one point because ofthe shame even mycharacter was underdoubt," saidThilakamathi.In fact, thisposter has the messagethat an HIV+ve womandoes not necessarilyinfect her child with AIDS.Now Thilakavathi and herhusband has suedTANSAC or the AIDSawareness departmentfor one crore rupees forcausing irreparablemental harassment.
TN govt asked to remove AIDS poster
Chennai, Aug. 05:
Aminiature Bible, weighing just ten gm and printed inScotland, is the starattraction at the ChennaiInternational ChristianBook Fair being held herefrom August three to 16.''The miniatureBible weighs about 10gms and one needs amagnifier to read it.''But the frontsize in the slide Bible is sotiny that it can be readonly through amicroscope,'' Mr JoseThomas, RegionalManager, STL OM BooksIndia, which organisedthe book fair, said.Perched on asmall wooden lectern andlocked in a glass box, theminiature Bible was printedin 1901 in Scotland, hesaid.The slide Biblewas made by the Researchand Development Staff ofthe NCR Corporation atDayton in the US andcontained all 66 books ofthe Old and NewTestament.
10 gm bible is star attraction
Chennai: The penumbrallunar eclipse that willoccur on Thursday willcomplete the interestinglunar-solar-lunar tripleeclipse series this year.But astronomers say thatdespite this, the eventwould not be anythingspectacular.A penumbrallunar eclipse happenswhen the lighter part ofthe earth’s shadow(penumbra) falls on themoon. This will be similarto the one that occurredon July 7, during which nochange in theappearance of the moonwas seen. “This eclipsewill not be spectacularbecause it will only bevisible at the edge of themoon. In Chennai, it willhappen early in themorning, and is not likelyto be as visuallyappealing as an umbraleclipse. It will not bedetectable to the nakedeye,” said Dr PIyamperumal, executivedirector of Birla SciencePlanetarium.A lunar eclipseoccurs when the moonpasses behind the earthsuch that the earth blocksthe sun’s rays from fallingon the moon. This canoccur when the sun, earthand moon come in astraight line, with the earthin the middle.The August 6event will be the faintestpenumbral eclipse of theyear with a penumbralmagnitude of 0.899. Theeclipse will begin at 4.34am and end at 7.44 am, andthe greatest eclipse will beat 6.10 am. The next lunareclipse, which will be apartial eclipse, will occur onDecember 31.
A faint lunar eclipse to occur tomorrow
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