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Seized Several Lakhs of Boxes of Drugs with altered Expiry dates.
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Departments, Health, Information, Other, Raid, Survey, cheating, government, illegal on March 12th, 2010
The Drug Controller office, in a raid conducted over the last couple of days, has seized several lakhs of boxes of drugs with altered expiry dates.
“We got intelligence that such a racket was afoot in the city and based on this we conducted a massive raid in Chennai. Twelve teams raided 20–25 places, including pharmacies,” M. Baskaran, Director, Drug Control, said. Several blisters of drugs and bottles with date of expiry altered were found.
A retailer with wholesale licence was apprehended as was an unlicensed agent involved in distribution. The date on the blisters, whose expiry date was over, was removed using a solution and a new date printed on them.
CM dream project, the new Secretariat – Assembly complex at Omandhurar Estate
Posted by ganesh in Assembly, Chennai, Communication, Departments, Information, Other, anniversary, government, programme on March 12th, 2010
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi dream project, the new Secretariat – Assembly complex at Omandhurar Estate here, built at a cost of Rs 425 crore, will be inaugurated at a grand and a glittering ceremony in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will take part.
Besides the two leaders, Chief Ministers of other southern States Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have been invited, as also scores of Union Ministers and party leaders, including from the BJP and CPI(M).
The huge complex is a labour of love of DMK president Karunanidhi, who has been visiting the latest landmark of Chennai on almost on a daily basis to review its progress. Karunanidhi had first made the announcement for the project in 2007 during the golden jubilee celebrations of his political career.
Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi are scheduled to arrive here by a special flight for the programme and return the same day. Police have stepped up the security for the high-profile inaugural event that is expected to draw a huge crowd from all over the state.
The function would be presided over by Karunanidhi and State Governor Surjith Singh Barnala would also attend.Around 5,000 policemen are scheduled to guard the complex during its inauguration, where its first budget will be presented by Finance Minister K Anbazhagan on 19 March. Traffic diversions have also been put in place.
Flags of DMK and Congress are fluttering on city roads, especially of the latter, erecting banners and posters welcoming their party leaders, Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi.
Though all three southern Chief Ministers have been invited, official sources said Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, K Rosiah and B S Yedduryappa, respectively, are scheduled to participate.
Some banners erected near the airport hailed the new found friendship between Tamilnadu and Karnataka, locked in a dispute over Cavery river, following the two States’ statue diplomacy last year that led to betterment in relations.
The 58-year-old Tamilnadu Legislature concluded its last session on January 9, 2010 at the 17th century Fort St George. The first Legislature of the erstwhile Madras State after Independence was held in March 1952 at the Fort, located on the banks of the Bay of Bengal, which was regarded as the first ‘establishment’ of the British in India.
MOHAN Foundation honours organ donor families
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Culture, Health, Information, Other, hospital, modification on March 12th, 2010
Three families that had donated the organs of their brain dead kin were honoured in Chennai today by the Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) at Loyola College.
The relatives of the deceased donors 29-year old Venkatesh, 42-year old Sumathi and Asha Devi, 52, stood under the shade of trees that had been planted in their memory a decade ago on the college campus, and recalled their life-giving contribution that enabled several people live. Although they had passed away, they had passed on life to others.
Dr. Sunil Shroff, managing trustee of MOHAN Foundation spoke on the occasion, thanking the families for the noble gesture of donating the organs of their near and dear ones, when they were informed that they were brain dead. Dr Sumana Navin, member, Advisory Board, MOHAN Foundation, highlighted the selfless motive that drives people to donate the organs of their brain dead relatives.
The decision to donate had made available not just kidneys, but eyes, liver and heart. All three donors had suffered injuries in road traffic accidents that left them brain dead. At today’s ceremony held just as the morning sun was warming up outside the Loyola College church in Nungambakkam, Mrs. Sumathi was represented by her husband, Mr. Rajendran and their twin sons. Mr. Chandrasekharan from Porur, was there to remember the donation of Ms. Asha Devi, his wife, while Mr. Venkatesh was represented by his cousin Mr. Anand. They were presented a memorial plaque by the Foundation.
Transplant co-ordinators who had been trained by MOHAN Foundation to counsel the relatives of brain dead patients in various hospitals spoke on the occasion. Dr. J. Amalorpavanathan, the Co-ordinator for the State of Tamil Nadu, thanked the families for making an altruistic decision at a difficult time. Transplant coordinator Veena read out a poem on organ donation.
The DMK Alagiri would continue its ‘untiring service’ for the benefit of Muslims
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Culture, Departments, Information, Other, Political, Politics on March 12th, 2010
The DMK would continue its ‘untiring service’ for the benefit of Muslims and ensure that their interests are protected in future, Union chemicals and fertilisers minister M K Alagiri said here today.
Participating in the ’social revivial conference’ of the Indian Union Muslim League on the eve of its 62nd Founder’s day, he said he had come here even though the women’s reservation bill was to be put to vote, as the community had always stood by the party in the past.
Alagiri said the DMK always had close ties with the party, right from 1967, when his father and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi formed a special bond with Quaid-e-Milleth, one of its founder leaders.
He listed the various schemes brought out by the government for the welfare of Muslims and said it would continue in future.
New Secretariat complex is built on the concept of representative democracy, symbolised by four circles of diminishing size
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Departments, Information, Museum, Public, anniversary, function, government on March 12th, 2010
In the State which provided one of the earliest examples of a representative, grassroots democracy, the grand new Assembly complex has four circular buildings of diminishing size. This signifies the people and three pillars of representative democracy — the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive.
In his public invitation to the inaugural event of the Assembly slated for Saturday, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who has conceived the entire Assembly complex project, referred to the Uthiramerur inscription, which testifies to the existence of a highly refined electoral system and a written constitution on the mode of elections. The importance of the inscription, which historians date around 920 A.D., during the reign of Parantaka Chola (907-955 A.D.), was featured in an article in The Hindu on July 11, 2008.
Four circles
Explaining the architectural concept behind the complex, a senior government official says the biggest of the four buildings will be the Public Plaza, to which people will have free access. The Chief Minister is for turning the Plaza into yet another place of tourist importance. An open-air museum is proposed to be set up there.
The Plaza is expected to be thrown open to the public on March 19 when the State budget will be presented in the new Assembly.
The circular Assembly Hall, where elected representatives of the people debate issues and problems concerning the State, will be the next biggest structure.
The third is the circular library structure that will essentially be used by the Law Department, which can be considered as representing the judiciary.
The smallest of the four circular components will house the Chief Minister’s office, which is the highest institution of the executive branch. The official points out that the Chief Minister is particular that the circular building meant for his office should be the smallest, meaning that the executive should be modest.
The official says that after obtaining passes, people can come up to the seat of the government.
Four water fountains are being set up at the entrance of the complex, representing the four circular buildings symbolically. They are designed in proportion to the size of the buildings.
Nithyananda comes out with second CD
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Culture, Information, Other, Rape, cheating, illegal, police on March 12th, 2010
Swamy Nithyananda, who is in the news after having been “caught on camera in a compromising position with an actress”, has alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched against him and his ashram.
In a speech, VCD copies of which were circulated to the media in Chennai Thursday, the selfstyled godman said, “I have not gone into hiding. I am busy with my spiritual commitments and will appear at the right time to expose those trying to malign me through a well-hatched conspiracy.”
This was the second VCD released by the ashram in the last four days. In the earlier CD released last week, Nithyananda claimed that he had not done anything illegal. “Neither I nor the ashram had done anything illegal”, he said, without confirming or denying his sleaze acts.
In the latest CD, Nithyananda said he had not cheated anyone while acquiring property for the ashram. “The properties have not been acquired in legal manner and they were given as donations by the devotees. We have documentary evidence to prove this.”
Court granted bail to 85 CPI-M cadres and 14 PMK partymen
A court here today granted bail to 85 CPI-M cadres and 14 PMK partymen, arrested in connection with the last week attacks on the offices of a TV channel and the Marxist party here.
The office of Makkal TV, floated by PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss, was attacked on March 5 allegedly by CPI(M) workers, protesting a report on the recent death of Communist leader W R Varadarajan. In retaliation, the CPI(M) office here was also attacked.
Granting bail to K Balakrishnan, CPI-M state executive member and the other partymen and the 14 PMK cadres, Principal Sessions Judge P Devadoss directed them to furnish personal bonds for Rs 5000 with two sureities for like amounts each
While the CPI-M partymen were ordered to stay at Tiruchirappalli and report daily before the Judicial Magistrate there, The Judge directed the PMK members to stay at Vellore and report before the Judicial Magistrate until further orders.
They have been charged under various IPC sections including section 507 (attempt to murder) and rioting. – Agencies
World Kidney Day celebrations organised by Sri Ramachandra University
Corporation of Chennai will take up dialysis of patients in each of 10 zones in the city. As part of this, the civic body has despatched a lab technician with a two-wheeler to take urine sample for Rs 10 and blood sample for Rs 15 at the doorstep of the callers on 1913.
With the callers on the increase there was proposal to increase the technicians to three or four, said Mayor M Subramanian.
He was presiding over the World Kidney Day celebrations organised by the Department of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, held at SRMC@Alwarpet on Bawa Street, Alwarpet. Deputy Mayor Sathyabhama was present.
Subramanian further said that with 30 medical camps, 1.02 lakh patients were screened in one day in Chennai with Sri Ramchandra Medical College and other private hospitals taking part, thereby finding its way into the Limca Book of Records.
Earlier, head of Department of Nephrology professor Dr P Soundararajan said that with this initiative of screening of children, the incidence of kidney ailment could be reduced from 30 per cent to three per cent.
Vice-Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University Dr S Rangaswami, in his inaugural address, said there were 20 per cent diabetic or pre-diabetic cases , a study has revealed.
It was sensible to preventive damage caused to organs, especially kidneys. Preventions have to be taken with lifestyle modification.
Dean of Faculties, SRU, K V Somasundaram said that health coming at the cost of wealth, it is necessary to take precautions.
Later, the Mayor inaugurated the screening programme for school children at Corporation School, Alwarpet. He said it would be extended to other Corporation schools.
Changes will be effected in EMU services
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Departments, Information, Railway, Transport on March 11th, 2010
Changes will be effected in EMU services on Thursday owing to line block in connection with the signalling work at Gummidipoondi in Chennai Central – Gudur section.
The following services will be partially cancelled between Ponneri and Gummidipoondi: Moore Market Complex – Gummidipoondi locals leaving MMC at 11.35 a.m. and 12.10 p.m. and Gummidipoondi – MMC locals leaving Gummidipoondi at 1 p.m. and 1.25 p.m.
The following services will be regulated: MMC – Sullurpetta local leaving MMC at 12.40 p.m. will be regulated at Kavaraipettai for 15 minutes and Sullupetta – MMC local leaving Sullurpetta at 1.25 p.m. will be regulated at Elavur for 10 minutes.
Dravidar Kazhagam Demanding Action against self-styled fake ‘godmen,’
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Culture, Information, Political, Tiruvannamalai, cheating, illegal, programme on March 11th, 2010
Members of the Dravidar Kazhagam (DK), founded by rationalist leader Periyar E V Ramasamy, today organised a protest demonstration, demanding action against self-styled fake ‘godmen,’ who take gullible people for a ride.
Led by DK President K Veeramani, the agitators urged the Centre and state governments to initiate criminal action against such ‘godmen,’ who cheat the public in the name of spirituality.
Mr Veeramani said the government, besides initiating criminal action, should also confiscate their properties.
The Income Tax Department should also raid the ‘godmens’ ashrams and other premises, trace their sources of income and bring them under the tax net.
Senior leader Suba Veerapandian, addressing the agitators, said ”godmen” who were supposed to be leading a simple life, giving up all comforts, were, instead, enjoying a luxurious life.
The DK activists organised the agitation in the wake of the electronic media’s exposURE of the sleazy acts, allegedly involving self-styled ‘godman’ Swami Nityananda with a popular Tamil actress, a few days back.
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