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Leaders praise CM
Palaniswami for top spot
in Good Governance
Chennai, Dec 29:
Pattali Makkal Katchi
founder S. Ramados,
Samathuva Makkal
katchi founder leader
R. Sarathkumar praised
Chief Minister Edappadi
Palaniswami and his team
for taking
Tamil Nadu to the top
spot among 18 major
States in the Good
Governance Index.
In a statement, PMK
founder Ramadoss said
that the Good Governance
Index was finalised after
Editors Guild slams BJP for
online poll on journalist
New Delhi, Dec 29:
The Editors Guild of
India slammed BJP’s IT
cell head Amit Malviya
on Saturday for running
an “offensive” online poll
on journalist Rajdeep
Sardesai, calling for its
withdrawal and urging the
ruling party to strongly
caution its functionary
over the matter.
2 budding cricketers
killed in road mishap
Yavatmal, Dec 29:
Two minor boys, who
were returning to Wardha
after playing in a local
20-20 cricket match, were
killed when their car
met with an accident on
a road over-bridge in
Maharashtra’s Yavatmal
district, police said on
Sunday.
Three other boys, who
were also on way back
home after participating in
the match, and father of
one of the deceased were
injured in the mishap that
took place near Chapdoh
village on Saturday
evening, an official at
Avdhutwadi police station
said.
The deceased were
i d e n t i f i e d a s Ja y e s h
Reforms in medical education, e-cigarettes
ban: major highlights of health ministry
New Delhi, Dec 29:
The enactment of two
key legislations, one
aimed at ushering in
mega reforms in the
medical education sector
and the other banning
e-cigarettes were the
major highlights of the
Health Ministry in the
outgoing year.
In a huge step towards
boosting the availability
of human resources for
the health sector, the
ministry in 2019 initiated
the process of converting
75 district hospitals into
medical colleges by
2021-22 in under-served
districts of the country
that do not have any
medical colleges.
Once completed,
it would lead to the
creation 15,700 more
MBBS seats in India.
The National Medical
Commission Act
substituted the nearly
NATIONAL DAILY FOR THE PEOPLE 
 RNI Regd.No. 62432/1995
Stage set for 2nd phase rural
civic polls in TN
taking into consideration
50 parameters across
10 areas, including
agriculture, industries,
economic governance,
social welfare, law
a n d p u b l i c s a f e t y,
environment and citizen
governance.
Ramadoss saidm,“Tamil
Nadu stands first in
infrastructure, law and
public safety. Apart
from this, in areas such
as public health and
environment, it has come
second. It has come fifth
Malviya conducted a
poll on his Twitter handle
on Friday, asking whether
“Rajdeep Sardesai should
handle PR for ISIS.” He
gave four options for
Twitter users to vote --
“agree”, “strongly agree”,
“disagree” and “he is
irrelevant”.
In a statement, the
Editors Guild said it had
Praveen Lohia (11)
and Akshad Abhishek
Baid, (11) both from
neighbouring Wardha
district, located around
70 km from here, he said.
Lohia’s father, who was
driving the car, apparently
lost control over the
wheels following which
the vehicle crashed into a
railing of the bridge, the
official said.
The two boys died on
the spot, he said.
Three other match
participants and Lohia’s
father sustained injuries
and they were admitted
to a government hospital
in Yavatmal, the official
said.
The bodies were sent
for postmortem, he added.
Year that was....
63-year-old Indian
Medical Council Act to
replace the existing scam-
tainted apex medical
education regulator
Medical Council of
India (MCI) with a new
body to bring in probity,
quality education and
bring down costs of
medical education. It
received the assent of
the President on August
8 and was published the
same day.
Once the NMC
comes into being, the
Medical Council of India
will automatically get
abolished. The President
dissolved the MCI in
2018 and a Board of
Governors was appointed
to perform its functions.
The Prohibition of
Electronic Cigarettes
Act, 2019 was notified
on December 6 making
the production, import,
export, transport, sale or
in human development.” infrastructure, judicial
He added that Tamil and public security and
Nadu should do better in public health, among
agriculture and farmers’ others.”
welfare, for which it has This rank is the
been ranked 9th, and recognition for Tamil
industries (14th). nadu government which
In a statement, is implementing several
Samathuva Makkal welfare schemes for the
katchi founder leader R. benefit of people.
Sarathkumar congratulated The people should vote
Palaniswami and said, “It for AIADMK in local
is priaseworthy that the body polls to support
Tamil Nadu State was the government led by
ranked among the top Edappadi Palaniswami
five in six parameters, to continue good
including public governance.
Odisha cops
perplexed
over death
noted with deep dismay
the “deplorable act” of of 3 sisters
Malviya, the head of the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Berhampur, Dec 29:
Party’s (BJP) information Three sisters died under
technology cell, of suspicious circumstances
conducting an offensive, within 24 hours in
McCarthyist social media Odisha’s Ganjam district,
“poll” on Sardesai. their family members
“The poll on Twitter said.
was not only tasteless, While two girls -- L
it also questioned the Tikina Reddy (6) and L
integrity and patriotism Soma Reddy (9) -- had
of Mr Sardesai, who is a
journalist of standing and
died on Friday, their
sister L Barsha Reddy
(12) died early morning
a former President of the
on Saturday at MKCG
Editors Guild of India,”
Medical College and
it said.
Hospital here, the family
The Twitter poll
members said.
by the national head The bodies Tikina and
of the BJP’s IT cell Soma were cremated,
also raised questions on they said.
the party’s commitment According to police,
to healthy debates and
dissent, without allowing
disagreement to degenerate
a case was registered
after Barsha died at the
medical college, however,
into abuse, it added.
police said they are not
The guild urged aware about the other two
Malviya to immediately
deaths as claimed by the
withdraw the so-called family.
Twitter poll and the BJP On Friday, the girls
to caution him strongly.
fell unconscious after
Congress leader Shashi vomiting and later died,
Tharoor also hit out at the family members
the “poll”, saying this said. The villagers said
kind of an exercise pesticide was stored in the
was a disgrace, coming room where the girls were
from a spokesperson of sleeping and suspected it
a “supposedly” national might be the cause of
party. their deaths.
advertisements of such “low” immunisation.
“alternative” smoking Also, the Rotavirus
devices a cognisable vaccine (RVV)
offence attracting jail introduced in India
term and fine. in March 2016 in 11
On the flip side, the states (Andhra Pradesh,
ministry could not bring Haryana, Himachal
in the much-sought Pradesh, Jharkhand,
central legislation to Odisha, Assam, Tripura,
check assault on doctors Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
and other medical Madhya Pradesh and
professionals with the Uttar Pradesh), to reduce
home ministry opposing mortality and morbidity
it holding there cannot caused by Rotavirus
be a separate law to diarrhoea was expanded
protect members of a to the remaining states
particular profession.
However, the health
ministry decided to pursue
and union territories,
thus covering the entire
nation.
the proposed legislation The report of
in the backdrop of rising Sample Registration
instances of attacks on System (SRS) released
medicos. in November by the
The year also saw Registrar General of
the ministry launching India (RGI) showed that
the ‘Intensified Mission Maternal Mortality Ratio
Indradhanush 2.0’ in (MMR) of India declined
October with a special from 130 in SRS 2014-
focus on improving 16 to 122 per 100,000
coverage in areas with live births in 2015-17.
Chennai, Dec 29:
Around 61,000 cops is
being deployed for the
second phase poll for
the 46,000 posts of local
bodies.
The second phase of
rural local body polls
slated for December 30
will witness elections
in areas covered by 158
panchayat unions. The
electors will choose 255
ward members of district
panchayats, 2,544 members
of panchayat unions
and 38,916 members of
Youth hate instability,
Modi explains
New Delhi, Dec 29:
In his last ‘Mann ki
Baat’ of 2019, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Sunday said the
country had expectations
from the youth, which
believes in the system and
has an opinion on a wide
range of issues. “Youth of
today is known by many
names such as millennials,
social media generation
Indo-Americans hold protest rally against CAA
Washington, Dec 29:
A group of Indian-
Americans gathered
around the Mahatma
Gandhi statue in front
of the Indian Embassy
here and held a peaceful
protest against the recently
amended Citizenship
Act.
According to the
Citizenship Amendment
PM condoles demise of Swami Vishwesha
New Delhi,
Dec 29:
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Sunday condoled
the death of Swami
Vishwesha Teertha of
Pejawar Math, saying
he will remain in the
hearts and minds of
lakhs of people.
An ailing Swami
Vishwesha, 88, died on
Sunday.
Another highlight was
the launch of the Surakshit
Matritva Aashwasan
(SUMAN) initiative on
October 10. It is a
comprehensive multi-
pronged and coordinated
policy approach with
an aim to assured,
dignified, respectful and
quality healthcare at no
cost and zero tolerance
for denial of services
for every women and
newborn visiting public
health facilities in order
to end all preventable
maternal and newborn
deaths and morbidities
and provide positive
birthing experience.
In a major step towards
providing affordable
healthcare in India,
the ministry in 2018
launched the Ayushman
Bharat programme.
village panchayats. Out of
91,,975 rural civic body
polls, first phase of polls
held on December 27 for
45,336 posts. The second
phase of polls will be
held for 46,000 posts.
The voting will begin
7.00 AM tomorrow, will
be held till 5.00 PM.
The voters in the queue
at 5.00 PM will be given
token to vote.
About 1 crore 28 lakh
people will vote in Second
phase of rural civic poll.
About 25,008 polling are
or even Generation Z.
In the coming decade,
young India will play a
key role. Today’s youth
believes in the system and
also has an opinion on
a wide range of issues.
I consider this to be a
great thing. What today’s
youth dislikes is instability,
chaos, nepotism,” he said.
Citing instance of
the Bhairavganj Health
Act (CAA), members
of Hindu, Sikh,
Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and
Christian communities
who have come from
Pakistan, Bangladesh and
Afghanistan till December
31, 2014 following
religious persecution
there will get Indian
citizenship.
Displaying posters like
“Sri Vishvesha
Teertha Swamiji of
the Sri Pejawara Matha,
Udupi will remain in
the hearts and minds
of lakhs of people for
whom he was always
a guiding light,” the
prime minister tweeted.
He said the seer was a
powerhouse of service
and spirituality and
continuously worked
for a more just and
compassionate society.
The 88-year old
swamij, a prominent
face of the VHP’’s
Ramjanmabhoomi
movement, breathed
his last at the premises
of the Pejawar math in
this holy town, they
said.
The Karnataka
Massive explosion in
Somalia kills 79
Mogadishu, Somalia,
Dec 29
At least 79 people
are dead and 149 more
injured after a massive
car bomb exploded at
a busy intersection on
the outskirts of Somalia’s
capital, Mogadishu, on
Saturday, according to a
government official.Gov-
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In the central zone —
covering eight districts
including Tiruchi,
Thanjavur, Karur and
Tiruvarur — 1,018 of the
total 7,126 polling stations
have been identified as
vulnerable. Tiruvarur
district tops the list with
287 vulnerable polling
stations, followed by
196 in Ariyalur district.
Perambalur district is
at the bottom with 14
vulnerable stations.
Tiruchi and Thanjavur
Centre in Bihar’s West
Champaran district, PM
Modi shared how a health
camp set up by alumni of
a school saw thousands of
people from neighbouring
villages come for the
check-up.
“Our youth hate anarchy,
instability and disorder
and dislike casteism and
nepotism. Young India
will play a key role in
‘United Against Hate’
and ‘Stop Dividing India,’
the protestors, about 150
Indian-Americans from
the Greater Washington
Area, on Saturday alleged
that India’s secularism is
under threat.
They raised slogans
against the BJP-led
government and sang the
national anthem.
government announced
a three-day state
mourning. The last
rites of the seer
will be performed at
the Vidyapeetha in
Bengaluru, founded by
him, Chief Minister B
S Yediyurappa said.
Vishwesha Theertha,
the most senior pontiff
of the Ashta (eight)
maths here established
by Dvaita philosopher
Sri Madhwacharya 800
years ago, was admitted
to KMC Hospital in
nearby Manipal with
respiratory problems
on December 19.
On Saturday night,
he suffered multi-organ
failure following which
he was shifted to the
Pejwar Math here as
mael Mukhtar also earlier
told CNN that the at-
tacker drove his vehicle
into the “Ex-control Af-
goye” checkpoint, a well-
known junction that links
the south of Somalia to
the capital.Mukhtar added
that university students
were among the dead.
The attack happened
during rush hour in the
districts have 105 and
101 vulnerable stations
respectively.
Pudukottai and
Nagapattinam have 137
and 87 vulnerable booths.
Out of 495 polling stations
in Ariyalur district,
196 stations have been
classified as vulnerable,
based on various
parameters. Similarly, 10
polling booths have been
identified as critical
in the central zone. Of
them, five are in Ariyalur
district.
building modern India in
the coming decade,” PM
Modi said on Mann ki
Baat. The prime minister
also urged people to
promote local products in
their purchases.
He also lauded
Parliamentarians for
making the Parliament
session productive and
breaking records of last
60 years.
The participants circled
Gandhi’s statue many
times singing patriotic
songs and pledged to
carry on the struggle
against making religion
a factor in the grant of
citizenship.
This is the third such
protest rally at the Indian
Embassy in the last nine
days.
per his wish expressed
earlier, the sources said.
From there, the
mortal remains of the
swamiji were taken
in a bamboo basket
to the eight centuries
old Udupi Sri Krishna
Math where a bath
was given in Madhawa
Sarovara (holy tank).
After a darshan of
Lord Krisha, the body
of the swamiji kept in
the bamboo basket was
taken in a procession in
an open jeep amid chants
of “Govinda” “Govinda”
to Ajjarjad stadium where
a large number of public
gathered.
Yediyurappa paid his
respects to the departed
seer and placed a national
on his body, wrapped
in saffron colour cloth
and adorned with Tulsi
garlands, even as police
personnel gave a gun
salute.
A host of state
ministers and senior BJP
and Sangh Parivar leaders
were among those who
offered floral tributes.
Somali capital at about
8 a.m. local time, and
civilians and soldiers are
among the dead, police
said. Police conduct
security searches at the
checkpoint, but there is
also a taxation office
located nearby and the
area is heavily populated
with civilians and security
forces.
2 SUNDAY 29-12-2019
Pondy will not become Goa,
Kiran Bedi stern
Puducherry, Dec 29:
Lt Governor Kiran
Bedi on Saturday
rejected the territorial
government’s proposal
to open casinos, lotteries
and breweries to earn
more revenue, saying
“they are considered
against the spiritual
ethos and social fabric
of Puducherry”.
Bedi, in a WhatsApp
message, said Chief
Minister V Narayanasamy
had sent her the files
containing these “three
polluting needs-casinos,
lotteries and breweries”,
for her approval.
These proposals
were not agreed to as
they were considered
“against the spiritual
Priyanka’s high-voltage walk protest !
Lucknow, Dec 29:
A high-voltage
drama unfolded here
on Saturday evening
as Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
virtually gave a slip and
some tense moments to
police, and reached the
residence of retired IPS
officer SR Darapuri,
who has been arrested
in connection with the
recent protests over the
Citizenship (Amendment)
Act (CAA).
The Congress general
secretary claimed that
she was surrounded,
held by the throat by a
female cop and pushed
Pak builds dual-seat
fighter jets
Islamabad, Dec 29:
Pakistan has rolled
out the first batch eight
dual-seat JF-17 aircraft of
its indigenous dual-seat
fighter jets, manufactured
in collaboration with its
all-weather ally China.
Indian tourist among six killed
in Egypt road mishap
Cairo, Dec 29:
A road crash in
Egypt killed six people,
including tourists from
India and Malaysia, and
injured at least 24 others
Saturday, security and
medical sources said.
The accident occurred
when two buses carrying
tourists crashed into a
truck east of Cairo on the
road to the Ain Sokhna
resort on the Red Sea, a
security official said.
A medical source said
The coming year will
Economic challenges in 2020
be more difficult if the
Government continues
to listen to the same
economists who have
led the economyinto
this dismal situation. An
example is the prognosis
made by our former
Chief Economic Advisor
Arvind Subramanian. The
first reason for the present
slowdown according to
him is the recession in
the real estate sector
which led to the collapse
of the Infrastructure
Leasing and Financial
Services and brought our
entire banking system
near a wipeout. But he
fails to answer, why did
recession come into the
real estate sector? The
second reason said by
him is the increase in
the non-performing assets
(NPAs) of our Public
Sector Banks (PSBs).
Again, the question is
why has this problem
become acute after
2016? The poor quality
of loans given by the
PSBs have been known
for decades. In fact, the
more honest functioning
of the NDA Government
ethos and social fabric if the proposed opening
of Puducherry”, she said. of casinos could be
Bedi also said that termed as development.
the people of Puducherry On Narayanasamy’s
in general and a few contention that she
elected representatives had no right to raise
in particular were also objections to the plan
against the three plans. to have casinos, Bedi
The Chief Minister said the fact that files
had yesterday said his were being sent to her
government planned to office for approval meant
start them as they were it required the approval
starved of funds to run of the Administrator on
the government and such policy changes,
even to pay salaries to with Puducherry being a
employees in certain Union Territory.
sectors. “Or else you could
He had also expressed
displeasure at
objection to the move
her
have gone ahead on
your own in view
of your unilateral
for opening casinos.
The Lt Governor
and
announcements
unconsidered
from
had on Friday asked the your recent Singapore
Chief Minister to explain visit, claimed by you to
by another female cop. After this, when the
After meeting Congress police tried to stop her
workers, she headed for in the Munshipulia area,
the Indiranagar (sector
18) residence of Darapuri.
she again started walking
and then suddenly turned
Uttar Pradesh Congress
spokesperson Ashok
towards a bylane in
Indiranagar’s sector 18.
Singh told PTI, “Her She walked for almost
vehicle was stopped at three-four kilometres and
the Lohia crossing. She gave a slip to the police
protested and asked as as well as the party
to why was she being workers,” he added.
stopped.” Singh said “The entire traffic has
when the police stopped come to a halt and people
the Congress leader, she are feeling disturbed.
started walking.
There is no reason to do
“The policemen so. God knows, ask them
started following her. why have they stopped
After walking for almost (us),” Priyanka Gandhi
a kilometre, she again told reporters.
got into her vehicle. “What is the reason
for stopping us, that too
in the middle of the city?
This is not an issue of
the SPG, but of the Uttar
Pradesh police. There is
no point stopping us.
To mark the occasion,
Will you stop (anyone)
a grand ceremony was
in the middle of a
held at the Aircraft
crossing?,” she asked a
Manufacturing Factory police official.
in Kamra near Islamabad
Narrating her
on Friday, the Pakistan experience, Priyanka
Air Force (PAF) said in Gandhi told reporters,
a statement. “As we were on our way,
two female Malaysian where many roads are
tourists and an Indian poorly maintained and
man were killed along regulations are laxly
with three Egyptians - enforced.
one bus driver, a tour But efforts by
guide and a security authorities to crack down
guard. on traffic violations,
At least 24 others including speeding,
were injured, several of appear to have borne
them tourists and some fruit in recent years, with
left in serious condition, official figures showing a
a medical source said decline in road deaths.
without giving further In 2018 there were
details. 8,480 road accidents
Traffic accidents compared to 11,098 the
are common in Egypt previous year, according
after 2014 should have numbers of dependents.
led to improvement The working persons
in the quality of the are having to spend less
lending of the banks. in taking care of the
Once again, the problem dependents. They can
appears to have become use the money saved for
acute because even the making investment. That
“good” loans given by should have led to higher
the PSBs have become economic growth but that
non-performing because is not happening. This
there is no demand in shows that population is
the economy courtesy our not the problem.
economists. The goods The fourth reason said
produced by the “honest” for the slowdown is
borrowing companies weakness in the global
are not selling which is economy. This too is not
making them default to correct. The growth rate
the PSBs. of the global economy
The third reason for was 2.6 percent during
the decline of our 2001-2010 and 2.8
growth rate given by percent during 2011-
mainstream economists is 2017. In fact, the global
the burden of population. economy is thriving at
The situation, actually, present. The growth rate
is exactly the opposite. was 3.6 percent in 2017-
India is, in fact, reaping 18 and 3.3 percent in
a demographic divided at 2018-19 and is expected
the present time. In 1971, to be 3.6 percent in
81 young- and elderly 2019-2020. There is no
persons were dependent slowdown here.
on 100 working person The present slowdown
of 16-65 years age. This is even more serious
has declined to 50 young- because the price of fuel
and elderly persons being
dependent on a working
oil is presently low and
the NDA Government is
person in 2020. Thus we more honest in use of
have more numbers of government budget. Our
working persons and less growth rate should have
be a private trip,” she
said.
Bedi and Narayansamy
have for long been at
loggerheads over various
administrative and fiscal
issues ever since she
assumed office in 2016.
In her new year
message, she wished the
Chief Minister a “healthy
and value based year
2020”.
Bedi said she looked
forward to supporting
him for “progressive
policies which make
people self-reliant with
a vibrant local self
government.” She also
wished the people of
the union territotry “a
prosperous Puducherry
2020`.
suddenly a police vehicle
came in front of us and
the policemen said you
cannot go. I asked them
why and was told that
we will not be allowed
to move ahead.
“I got off the vehicle
and started walking. I
was surrounded and a
woman cop held me
by my throat. Another
woman cop pushed me
and I fell down. I was
forcibly stopped and a
woman officer pulled
me up by my neck.
But I was determined. I
am standing with every
citizen who has faced
police oppression. This
is my ‘satyagraha’.” She
also said, “The BJP
government is working in
a cowardly manner. I am
the in-charge of (eastern)
Uttar Pradesh Congress
and the government
is not going to decide
where will I go in the
state.” The Congress
leader also aired her
views in a Facebook
post.
to the bureau of statistics.
Deaths from traffic
accidents fell from more
than 5,000 in 2016 to
3,747 the following
year and 3,087 in 2018,
official figures show.
Ain Sokhna is a
popular seaside resort
town in the Suez
governorate southeast of
Cairo. It is also home
to several petrochemical,
ceramics and steel
factories.
risen due to these factors.
The main reason
for the slowdown is
Demonetization and GST.
These steps have led to
closure of large numbers
of Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs).
Demonetization has killed
those who were operating
in cash only. GST has
made it possible for large
companies to sell their
goods across the country
and has correspondingly
made it difficult for
SMEs to survive. This
has led to a reduction
in employment because
SMEs have been the
main engine of creating
jobs. That, in turn, has
led to a reduction of
demand in the market.
That, in turn, has led
to slowdown in the real
estate sector because the
common man does not
have the money to buy
a house. This was the
cause of the collapse of
IL&FS. It has also led to
losses for the companies
that have borrowed from
the PSBs because they
are not able to sell the
goods produced by them.
That, in turn, has led
Expelled UP leaders mull
action to save Congress
Lucknow, Dec 29:
Senior expelled
Congress leaders, who
were removed from
the party last month,
celebrated its 135th
Foundation Day and
deliberated on their
future course of action.
One of the expelled
leaders, Santosh Singh (a
former MP), told PTI,
“Discussion were held on
saving the Congress, and
the action taken on the
senior leaders was termed
as unconstitutional. The
Yet another shooting in the US;
two killed in Houston ambush
Houston, Dec 29:
Two men were killed
and seven others were
wounded by gunfire
when a group filming
a rap music video was
“ambushed” near Houston,
Harris County Sheriff Ed
Gonzalez said.
The Harris County
sheriff’s office
Saturday morning that
said
20-year-old Gonzalo
Gonzalez and 22-year-old
Jonathan Jimenez died at
the scene Friday night.
The sheriff’s office
said the seven injured
were taken to hospitals
and ranged in age from
17 to 23.
The sheriff’s office
said Saturday that they
did not know a motive or
have any suspects.
“We don’t know if
there was a beef going on
or what exactly happened,”
Gonzalez said at a news
conference just after the
shooting.
“We know it was
a rap video that was
being filmed out here
but beyond that we don’t
know who the performers
or who was involved in it,
just that there was a large
group out there,” he said.
The sheriff said
authorities received a call
North Korea’s Kim holds top party
meeting ahead of US deadline
Seoul, Dec 29:
North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un has
convened a key meeting
of top ruling party
officials, state media said
on Sunday, ahead of a
year-end deadline for
Washington to shift its
stance on stalled nuclear
talks.
The plenary session,
which opened on Saturday,
follows widespread
speculation that Pyongyang
is preparing to test an
intercontinental ballistic
to increase in NPAs of
the PSBs. The proof of
this prognosis is that our
share market is booming
while our growth rate
is shrinking. The total
size of our economy
is shrinking while the
portion contributed by
large companies is
increasing. Say, the size
of the total economy was
Rs 100 and the portion
of the big companies
and SMEs was Rs 50
each. Today, the size of
the total economy has
shrunk to Rs 80 and
simultaneously the portion
of the big companies has
increased from Rs 50 to
Rs 60 while the portion
of SMEs has shrunk
from Rs 50 to Rs 20.
The shrinking of the total
economy from Rs 100 to
Rs 80 is showing in the
decline of the growth
rate while in the increase
in the portion of big
companies is leading to
a buoyant share market.
This proves that the
present slowdown is due
to the problems faced by
the SMEs.
The second cause of the
slowdown appears to
senior party leadership
was urged to intervene
in this matter.” The
leaders said the state
unit of the party
cannot expel All India
Coordination Committee
(AICC) members and it
is “against the party’s
Constitution”.
Singh also said that
in future, meeting of
workers will be held in
western part of the state
and also in Purvanchal.
On November 24, the
Uttar Pradesh unit of the
about a drive-by shooting
around 9:30 p.m.
Officers responded
to what Gonzalez
characterized as a the sheriff said.
residential neighborhood
just north of Houston,
where a group of males
had been making the
CAA not anti-Muslim; Cong nexus
behind violence: BJP
Jammu PTI Dec 29
Asserting that the
Citizenship Amendment
Act poses no threat to
Indian minorities including
Muslims, BJP National
General Secretary P.
Murlidhar Rao Saturday
claimed that a nexus among
Congress, Communists
and fundamentalists was
behind violent protests
over the newly passed law
in the country.
“Congress, Communists
and fundamentalist lobby
is behind the organized
violent protests over the
CAA. The nexus has been
created to harm the nation,”
Rao said addressing a
seminar on CAA which
was organized by the BJP
here.He said the CAA
would do nothing to
Indian Muslims.
“All the Indian
minorities including
missile - as a threatened
“Christmas gift” for
Washington.
Kim presided over the
meeting which discussed
a new “transparent, anti-
imperialist independent
stand”, the official Korean
Central News Agency
(KCNA) reported.
The ruling Workers’
Party of Korea will also
“discuss important matters
arising... in the building
of the state and national
defense”, KCNA added.
Talks on denuclearizing
be social disturbances.
M u l t i n a t i o n a l
Corporations will not
come to establish
factories in India when
the people are on the
streets burning busses
every day. The issues
of cow protection, Ram
Temple and, now, the
Citizenship Amendment
Act have disturbed the
social stability. Large
numbers of High Net-
worth Individuals are
leaving the country,
in part, due to this.
These disturbances have
converted the Indian
economy into a balloon
with a gaping hole
through which the wealth
of our country is leaking.
The third factor to
be considered, though
not a “cause” of the
present slowdown, is the
continued espousal of
the mantra of controlling
fiscal deficit. This has
declined from 4.5 percent
in 2014 to 3.9 percent in
2016 and is expected to
be at about 3.5 percent
in 2020. Though not a
cause, an increase in
government expenditures
brought by an increase in
Congress had expelled
10 of its senior leaders,
including two former state
ministers, for a period of
six years for allegedly
tarnishing the party’s
image and opposing its
leadership’s decisions at
public forums.
The leaders were
expelled from the primary
membership of the
Congress, Imran Masood,
a member of the party’s
disciplinary committee,
said in a statement.
Former UP ministers
video in an office parking
lot.
The shooting scene
stretched several blocks,
“There were other
vehicles that were staged
there and they were
filming some type of
Muslims, Sikhs, Jains,
Buddhists, Christians,
Parsis and others will
remain Indian citizens
forever,” Rao said.
Accusing the opposition
particularly Congress of
“misleading the nation”,
he said “all the major
chaos could be linked to
the age-old party which
has reversed from its
role all over from the
day of its inception.” He
also accused Congress of
playing politics on the
name of Mahatma Gandhi
and said “even he could
not have thought that his
name will be misused by
Congress and its leaders
at every level in the post
Independence era.” The
BJP leader said his party
can never do anything
“unconstitutional” and
said “the passage of the
bill and becoming an act
the Korean peninsula have
been largely deadlocked
since the second summit
between Kim and US
President Donald Trump
collapsed in Hanoi at the
start of this year.
The opening of the
plenary comes a week
after Kim held a meeting
of top defence officials
and discussed boosting
military capabilities.
Pyongyang has carried
out a series of static tests
at its Sohae rocket facility
this month, after a number
fiscal deficit would have
provided the much needed
adrenaline to combat the
other negative factors.
Alas! our mainstream
economists have not
recommended this.
The way forward for 2020
is to jumpstart the SMEs,
increaseemployment
and incomes of the
common man. The
Government must restore
the protection to SMEs.
Second, the Government
should abandon “Make in
India” and instead focus
on the expansion of our
services sector. New
opportunities are being
created in online export
of services such as online
tuitions, customized apps,
translation, etc. Third,
the Government must
assuage the social fabric
of the country. Fourth,
the Government should
allow an increase in the
fiscal deficit and use the
money for building SME-
friendly infrastructure
Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Formerly Professor of
Economics at IIM Bengaluru
Ramkrishna Dwivedi
and Satyadev Tripathi,
Siraj Mehdi (former
MLC), Santosh Singh
(former MP), Bhoodhar
Narayan Mishra (former
MLA), Vinod Chaudhary
(former MLA), Nek
Chandra Pandey (former
MLA), Swayam Prakash
Goswami (former
chairman of the Youth
Congress) and senior
leader Sanjeev Singh
were expelled, it said.
music video when, all
of a sudden, basically
they were ambushed, we
believe by individuals in
cars and/or foot that fired
shots into the parking lot
area,” Gonzalez said at the
news conference.
was done in accordance
with the spirit of the
Constitution of India.”
“BJP believes that nation
and the government
is over and above all
religions. A region may
change its religion over
centuries but the duty of
the present government of
the land is to serve the
nation and its citizens.” he
said.
Blaming former Prime
Minister Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru for “giving away”
the important part of
erstwhile Jammu and
Kashmir to Pakistan
which is presently known
as Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir, he said “this
mistake has made possible
the direct link of Pakistan
and China forming a
major socio-economic
corridor in the region”.
of weapons launches in
recent weeks -- some of
them described as ballistic
missiles by Japan and
others.
North Korea is banned
from carrying out such
tests under UN sanctions.
“We’ll find out what the
surprise is and we’ll deal
with it very successfully.
Everybody’s got surprises
for me, but let’s see what
happens. I handle them as
they come along,” Trump
said when asked about the
North Korean deadline.
such as free Wi-Fi,
roads and electricity
supply in small towns.
That will set into
motion a virtuous cycle
of demand creation in
making this infrastructure
and creation of
employment by the
SME-led workers.The
Government must stop
listening to economists
like our former Chief
Economic Adviser
who have led the
economyinto this dismal
situation and apply
its own mind to the
revival of the economy.
It must be noted that
these economists keep
silent on the impact
of Demonetization and
GST which they helped
implement and which
are the main culprits of
the present slowdown.
Formerly Professor
of Economics at IIM
Bengaluru Author’s
phone: 85278-29777
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I’m sure Dhoni is in
communication with
captain, selectors: Ganguly
New Delhi, Dec 29:
BCCI president Sourav
Ganguly on Saturday said
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
has “surely” communi-
cated his future plans to
India captain Virat Kohli
and selectors.
Dhoni has been on
a sabbatical from inter-
national cricket since
India’s semi-final exit
in the ODI World Cup,
leading to speculations
about his future.
“He’s had communica-
tion with the captain, I
am sure he has had com-
munication with the se-
lectors, and I don’t think
this is the platform to
discuss about it,” Gangu-
ly said during the latest
episode of ‘Inspiration’
on India Today.
Ganguly, a decorated
captain himself, was full
‘It will be a bigger challenge to
of praise for the 38-year-
old two-time World Cup-
winning skipper, and
said it will be difficult to
get a player of Dhoni’s
calibre.
“It’s his (Dhoni) deci-
sion what he wants to
do, but I don’t know. I
haven’t spoken to him,
but he’s a champion, he’s
been an absolute cham-
pion in Indian cricket.”
On the seasoned wicket-
keeper-batsman, who led
India to title wins in the
inaugural World T20 in
South Africa in 2007 and
the ODI World Cup at
home in 2011, Ganguly
further said, “You won’t
get another M S Dhoni
very, very soon, but what
he does -- whether he
3
wants to play, whether
he doesn’t want to play,
is up to him.” Dhoni has
so far refused to talk re-
garding his future. At an
event in Mumbai earlier,
Dhoni had said questions
regarding his return to
cricket should only be
asked after January 2020.
Moving on to the is-
sue of India not win-
ning an ICC tournament TN State South Zone Selection Swimming Overall Champions SDAT Dolphin (Chennai) team.
in recent years, Ganguly
said he will engage with
captain Virat Kohli and
TN State South Zone Selection Swimming meet
coach Ravi Shastri to ad-
dress it.
India last won an ICC
SDAT Dolphin emerges overall champions
Chennai, Dec. 29: S e c r e t a r y, K.K. Balakrishna Mat Hr SS- Group 1 Girls: G R
tournament in 2013 when
the Mahendra Singh The SDAT Dolphin Mukundan, Muniyandi, 105 Points Rakshna-Vels-35 Points
team won the overall Vice Presidents, K.T. Group 3 Boys: SDAT Group 2 Boys:
Dhoni-led team beat
England in the final of championship for boys Muralidharan, Treasurer Dolphin-93 Points Sarvepalli Krishna Pranav-
and girls in the 32nd of TNSAA,were also Group 4 Boys: SDAT ORCA-42 Points
the 50-over Champions
Trophy. TN State South Zone present on the occasion. Dolphin-54 Points Group 2 Girls: Nidhi
Selection Aquatic Championship details: Group 1 Girls: Vels-109 Vora-ORCA-33 Points
“This is one thing
which needs to be ad- Championship organised Overall Championship: Points Group 3 Boys: T
by Tamilnadu State Boys: Balakrishna Mat Group 2 Girls: SDAT Sabarish-Turtles-26 Points
dressed and at some
stage, I will speak to Vi- Aquatic Association at Hr SS-328 Points Dolphin-109 Points Group 3 Girls: B
rat and Ravi,” Ganguly SDAT Aquatic Complex, Girls: Vels-138 Points Group 3 Girls: NLC-34 Roshini-SDAT Madurai-26

beat Australia in 2020 Test series’ said. Velacherry. Overall Boys and Girls: Points Points
The former India cap- In the valedictory SDAT Dolphin-411 Points Group 4 Girls: Group 4 Boys:
tain, in charge of BCCI function, the prizes Team Championship Marina-46 Points Sarvepalli Sai Aditya-
New Delhi, Dec 29: Cup, to be held Down Under from since October, added, were distributed by Dr. Group 1 Boys: Individual Championship ORCA-32 Points
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly October 18 to November 15. “The players that you Sadayavel Kailasam, Balakrishna Mat Hr SS- Group 1 Boys: L Ben Group 4 Girls: Pramiti
feels beating Australia on their home “And what he’s (Kohli) going to need to find a way to President, TNSAA. 145 Points Hanan-Balakrishna Mat G n a n a s e k a r a n - S D AT
soil will be a bigger challenge for In- face next year in October, which is get past the hurdle in T. Chandrasekaran, Group 2 Boys: Hr SS-35 Points ASP-32 Points
dia next year compared to the one in
2018-19 when Steve Smith and David
Warner were not present in the opposi-
not far away, it’s going to be a differ-
ent, full strength and strong Australia.
They (India) have the team to beat
the game whether it’s a
mental hurdle or what-
ever.
Nikhat feels hurt at Mary’s refusal
tion ranks.
Smith and Warner were serving ball-
tampering bans when India won their
them, they just have to believe and
get everything right to beat them,” he
said. Ganguly asserted that India have
“It’s a very strong
team but when you have
to go past the semi-fi-
to hug her after trial bout
New Delhi, Dec 29: selection for Olympic
first series in Australia, ending a 71- the resources to beat Australia in their nals, like in this (2019)
Former junior world Qualifiers.
year wait. own backyard. World Cup. They played
champion Nikhat Zareen Zareen’s protest led to
“I think that’s going to be bigger “They have fast bowlers, they have so well, but lost to New
on Saturday said she insinuations that Mary
challenge for them (2020 Test series) spinners, they have a champion in Vi- Zealand in one day.” The
was left quite hurt by Kom was avoiding a
and I am sure (with) the standards rat Kohli, as a batsman it’s a new India captain will get
M C Mary Kom’s refusal clash with her, something
Virat sets for himself and his team, Ajinkya Rahane, which we have seen another opportunity to
to share a hug after that left the iconic boxer
he’ll know at the back of his mind that in the last three, four months and now break the jinx during the
their trial bout for the furious.
the 2018 Australian team was not the Rohit Sharma (as opener). I am look- T20 World Cup in Aus-
Olympic qualifiers which Zareen said she would
best Australian team of his generation,” ing forward to his performance, and tralia later this year.
she lost here on a split come back stronger from
Ganguly said on India Today’s special if India get the order right and the While optimistic about
1-9 verdict. this setback. “ I will
programme ‘Inspiration’, with obvious openers, because opening is the most India’s prospects, Gan-
The 23-year-old get another chance and I
reference to Smith and Warner’s ban important thing in overseas cricket... guly felt there is a need
Hyderabadi, who is an will prove myself there.
due to ball tampering charges. so if they can get that right they will for improvement while
Asian bronze-winner, lost If she doesn’t qualify
India’s tour of Australia next year be able to beat this Australian team,” batting first in the short-
to the six-time world from February Olympic
will be preceded by the T20 World he added. est format.
champion, who rebuffed Qualifiers, I would again

Tamil Nadu settle for one point as India U-19
Ranji tie with MP ends in draw
Manipur, Delhi,
Pondicherry sealed
victories while Uttar
Pradesh defeated
Saurashtra as the third
round of the Ranji Trophy
2019-20 concluded on
Saturday.
Meanwhile, Tamil
Nadu and Karnataka had
to settle for a point
each. Karnataka, facing
Himachal Pradesh, put
up a much-improved
show with the bat in
the second innings. But
Himachal Pradesh’s first-
innings lead of 114 runs
helped them pocket three
points.
T a m i l Na d u , w h o
had conceded a first-
innings lead against
Madhya Pradesh after
being bowled out for 149,
scored 377 for 7 in the
second innings on the
back of Kaushik Gandhi’s
patient 154 off 340 balls.
But Madhya Pradesh, who
had scored 333 in the
first innings, walked away
with three points.
Rex Singh returned
beat SA to
with the figures of 6 for
58 as Manipur bagged
six points following
an 84-run win against
Arunachal Pradesh. While
Rahul Dalal and Akhilesh
Sahani helped Arunachal
Pradesh recover from 49
for 6, it could not stop
Manipur’s march towards
victory.
If it was Rex for
Manipur, it was Saurabh
Kumar for Uttar Pradesh.
The left-arm spinner
scalped six wickets as
Saurashtra, who needed to
bat out the day with all
the wickets in hand, were
bowled out for 120 as
Uttar Pradesh registered
an innings and 72 runs
to bag seven points in
Rajkot.
Pondicherry too sealed
a victory and added
seven more points to
their account following
their innings and 272-run
win against Mizoram at
the Videocon Ground in
Kolkata.
Delhi, who needed 61
runs to seal a victory
on the final day against
Hyderabad, completed a
seven-wicket win. While
Shikhar Dhawan scored
a hundred in the first
innings, Ishant Sharma
and Simarjeet Singh
scalped eight and seven
wickets each in the match
as Delhi picked up six
points.
Punjab, meanwhile,
bagged three points against
Vidarbha as Shubman
Gill and Gurkeerat Mann
scored hundreds. Sanvir
Singh chipped in with 82
runs and put up a 187-
run stand for the opening
wicket. While Gill scored
100, Mann slammed 149
off 101 balls as Punjab
scored 408/5 before the
teams decided to shake
hands.
Bengal and Maharashtra
too gained three points
at the Eden Gardens and
MCA Cricket Stadium
respectively.
Odisha completed
an outright win over
Uttarakhand and bagged
seven points.
clinch youth
ODI series
East London, Dec 29:
Yashasvi Jaiswal
grabbed four wickets be-
fore making an unbeat-
en 89 to star in India
Under-19 team’s series-
clinching eight wicket
win over South Africa in
the second Youth ODI at
the Buffalo Park here on
Saturday.
Jaiswal, who turned
18 on Saturday and is in
India’s U-19 World Cup
squad, gave himself a
birthday gift by polishing
off the South African tail
with a four-wicket burst
with his spin bowling to
bundle out the home side
for just 119 from 29.5
overs.
Akash Singh, A.V.
Ankolekar and Ravi
Bishnoi also chipped
in with two wickets
each.
For South Africa, who
suffered a batting col-
the youngster’s attempted
hug owing to a bitter
build-up to the bout.
“I am happy with
how I performed. I gave
my all. I did not like
her behavior after the
bout. I expected that
as a senior boxer she
would appreciate my
effort. I felt hurt but I
don’t want to comment
anything more,” Zareen
Australia tighten grip on second
Test against New Zealand
Melbourne, Dec 29:
New Zealand were
facing a massive run
chase to save the second
Test and the series after
they were dismissed for
148 here on Saturday,
with Australia batting
again to rub salt in the
wounds and extend their
lead.
At the close on day
three, the home team
were 137 for four,
building on their first
innings 467 to be 456
runs in front.
First innings century-
maker Travis Head was
not out 12 and Matthew
told reporters after the
51kg category bout here.
“She also used a bad
word for me (after the
bout), but it’s okay,” she
added.
Mary Kom, while
responding to questions
on her conduct, said, “I
am also a human being,
I also get irritated. Can’t
I get angry when my
credentials are questioned
resisting the temptation
to declare.
New Zealand began
the day already in trouble
on 44 for two, having
lost batting kingpin Kane
Williamson and makeshift
opener Tom Blundell in
a fiery bowling spell late
Friday.
They didn’t survive
long with a world-
class pace barrage from
Pat Cummins, James
Pattinson and Mitchell
Starc destroying their
middle order.
Paine could have
enforced the follow-on,
but opted to bat again
like this? And this wasn’t
the first time. It has
appear for a trial for the
world qualifiers in May,”
happened so many times she said.
with me despite the fact
that no other Indian boxer
“I want to remain
positive and I am sure
has achieved what I have
achieved.” The questions
she was referring to were
I will be back stronger,”
she added.
The Indian Squad:
raised when the Boxing M.C. Mary Kom (51kg),
Federation of India, in a Sakshi Chaudhary (57kg),
departure from its laid Simranjit Kaur (60kg),
down policy considered Lovlina Borgohain (69kg)
giving Mary Kom direct and Pooja Rani (75kg).
Wagner tempted David alive after being crushed
Warner into a drive on by 296 runs in the
38 and he was caught by opening day-night clash
Blundell. in Perth.
In-form Marnus Opener Tom Latham
Labuschagne was run was the only one to
out for 19 and spinner offer resistance in their
Mitchell Santner snared first innings demolition,
opener Joe Burns for surviving 144 balls in
35, caught behind off a a dogged 50 before he
bottom edge. too succumbed to the
When Steve Smith Australian fast-bowling
departed for seven, machine. Cummins was
Wagner’s 200th Test the chief destroyer,
wicket, the Black Caps ending with 5-28.
were on a roll. But Head They resumed with
and Wade steered them Latham on nine with
to the close, leaving Ross Taylor on two, but
New Zealand with a had a disastrous morning
monumental task. and went to lunch at 102

Weightlifter Seema banned lapse, one-down Jonathan

Bird top-scored with a
25 while opener Andrew
Wade was on 15, with
skipper Tim Paine so far
and Australia raced to 62
without loss before Neil
They need a result to
keep the three-Test series
for six, before Australia
finished the job.

for four years for doping

New Delhi, Dec 29: H y d r o x y- 4 - m e t h o x y
India’s Commonwealth
Championship silver
medallist weightlifter
Seema has been slapped
with a four-year
suspension for a doping
violation.
In a statement, the
National Anti-Doping
Agency (NADA) said
Seema’s dope sample
was collected this year
during the 34th Women
National Weightlifting
Championship in
Vishakhapatnam.
“Presence of prohibited
substances were found
in her system during an
ongoing Championship to
enhance her performance
Louw made 24. Their six
batsmen were dismissed Striker Dilpreet returns to senior fold,
Temoxifen (Metabolite
of Tamoxifen), Selective
for single-digit scores.
Chasing the small tar-
get of 120, Jaiswal, who
included in national hockey camp
Estrogen Receptor New Delhi, Dec 29: part of the Indian senior featuring a mix of after nearly 10 months of
Modular (SERM) was bought by Rajasthan
Royals for Rs 2.4 crore Young striker Dilpreet team at the 2018 men’s experienced and young injury break.
Metenolone, Anabolic Singh was on Saturday World Cup, returned to players, also has PR S V Sunil, who
Steroid Ostarine ( in the recent IPL auc-
tion, struck 14 boundar- included in a 32-member the senior core group Sreejesh, Krishan Bhadur was named Player of
Enobosram), Selective men’s core probables following his worthy Pathak, Harmanpreet
Androgen Receptor ies and three sixes in his the tournament at the
56-ball unbeaten knock. group for a two-week performance at this year’s Singh, Surender Kumar, FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Modular (SARM).” national coaching camp Sultan of Johor Cup, Birendra Lakra, Rupinder
They are all non- Dhruv Jurel also re- in November, is also
which amounted to a mained not out on 26 ahead of next month’s where the Indian colts Pal Singh, Gurinder Singh, part of the core group
clear cut case of cheating specified substances as Hockey Pro League, to won a silver medal. Amit Rohidas, Kothajit
per the WADA prohibited as India chased down the along with Akashdeep
and outright violation target with 33.4 overs to be held in Bhubaneswar. Youngsters Shilanand Singh Khadangbam,
of National Anti- list of 2019. She had The 32 members, Lakra, Rajkumar Pal, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Ramandeep
been given a four-year spare, reaching 120 for Singh, Simranjeet
Doping rules,” said a 2 in 16.2 overs. Captain announced by Hockey Nilam Sanjeep Xess Singh, Nilakanta Sharma
statement. suspension by NADA’s India, will report to chief and Dipsan Tirkey have and Vivek Sagar Prasad. Singh, Mandeep Singh,
Anti-Doping Disciplinary Priyam Garg was out for
“The analysis report coach Graham Reid for also been included in Experienced mid- Lalit Kumar Upadhyay,
Panel (ADDP) following a duck.
of her sample returned The India U-19 team the two-week camp ahead the probables list for the fielder Chinglensana Gursahibjit Singh,
an Adverse Analytical the hearing on her of their Pro League debut national camp to be held Singh, who was last seen Shamsher Singh, Suraj
positive test for banned had beaten the South Af-
Finding (AAF) for ricans by nine wickets in against the Netherlands at the Kalinga Hockey in action during the 2018 Karkera, Jarmanpreet
presence of a prohibited performance enhancing on January 18 and 19. Stadium. men’s World Cup, also Singh,Jaskaran Singh,
drugs. the first match here on
substance namely Friday. Dilpreet, who was last The core group, returns to the core group Gurjant Singh and Sumit.
4 SUNDAY 29-12-2019

V1 murder case: ‘Naan Avalai Sandhitha

Suspense thriller
Director: Pavel
Babu Ganesh enters guinness Navageethan Star
Cast :Ram Arun Castro,
Vishnupriya Pillai
the one where Agni asks
his forensic team to come
up with their analysis of
a crime scene. With some
Pothu’ based on true story
D i r e c t i o n : L . G.
Ravichander
Cast : Santhosh Prathap,
Chandini Tamilarasan,
Innocent, Singamuthu,
Radha, Shanthi Williams,
G.M. Kumar
Produced by
V.T.Rethishkumar ‘Naan
Avalai Sandhitha Pothu’
is a film that is based on
a true story.
Set in the 1990s, the
story begins with Moorthy

record, filming ‘370’ in 48 hours Jointly produced by

The multitasking Babu ‘Powerstar’ Srinivasan,
Ganesh, has also acted Risha, ‘Besant Nagar’
in many films and has Ravi, Karate Gopal, Raj
been contributing his Kamal, Vetri, Boghi
talent in a tremendous Babu, Sivan Sreenivasa,
way to Indian Cinema. Roja and many others in
He has now directed an the supporting roles.
upcoming film ‘370’ by Having Rishikanth in
created a Guinness record the role of a military
by filming a feature film c o m m a n d e r, ‘ B e s a n t
within 8 days and 48 Nagar’ Ravi and Raj
hours. Kamal play the antagonists.
Titled as ‘370’, the Working continuously for
film involves Babu 8 days and filming for
Ganesh’s son Rishikanth, 6 hours every day i.e.,
Mohali and ‘Miss World’ in 48 hours, this action
fame transgender actress film seems to have Babu
Namitha in the lead roles. Ganesh in handling the
Along with them, 14 departments of story,
the film also involves screenplay, direction,
cinematography, editing,
dialogues, sound effects,
songs and others.
Babu Ganesh said, “My
son, Rishi, who came in
6th position in Mr World
has already worked in a
film as an antagonist.
He prefers to work in
roles with grey shades.
I made him accept the
lead protagonist of a
Commando in 370, as I
convinced him that his
physique would be apt
for the role. And he has
done several risky stunts
without a body double.”
Aravind Dharmaraj, N. A.
Ramu, Saravanan Ponraj,
‘V1 Murder Case’ story
deals with intelligent
forensic officer starts
investigating a murder,
but he faces a slew of
challenges as he suffers
from nyctophobia.
The film begins with the
murder of a girl who was in
a live-in relationship. Quite
naturally, the investigation,
led by Ram Arun Castro
(Agni) and Vishnu Priya
(Luna), begins with her
partner and another guy
who was after her. Agni
is a nyctophobiac, and
this poses a threat to him
during the course of the
investigation. There are
decently written scenes
and performances by the
lead, the story manages to
engage us in the first half.
Can Agni and Luna crack
the case?
The film initially
progresses as an
interrogation drama just
like the western web
shows and it was quite
interesting with multiple
characters narrating their
side of the story about
the conflict between
the murdered girl and
her live-in partner. The
climax twist appears forced
and didn’t gel with the
overall mood of the film.
Performance-wise both
Both Ram and Vishnupriya
are just adequate.
(Santhosh Prathap), who
is an aspiring filmmaker
from Coimbatore working
as Assistant director in
Chennai.
One day after work, he
sees a woman sobbing
after losing her way. He
comes to know that she
is Kumari (Chandini) who
came to Chennai from her
village near Mayavaram
due to a family problem
but has lost the address
of her aunt’s house here.
Moorthy advices her to
go back to her village
but Kumari insists him
to come with her as she
doesn’t know where to go
in the new city.
Situations force him
to accompany her till
Mayavaram and when
he was about to return
to Chennai, she gets
abducted by drunkards.
Moorthy fights with them
and saves her. He decides
to leave her safely in
her village. However
situations take a turn
as the villagers assume
Moorthy as Kumari’s
lover and decide in
the Panchayat meeting
that they should marry
immediately. Without
allowing Moorthy to
speak, they make him
tie the mangalsutra.
Moorthy decides to run
away from the village
by night but the couple
get into physical intimacy
and Moorthy leaves the
village the next day.
With Moorthy struggling
to make out a living and
with his mother looking
for a suitable bride to
get him married, Moorthy
hears that Kumari is
pregnant with his child
and decides to live with
her in Chennai. How
he convinces his family
to accept Kumari and
whether he gets that
major break as a director
in the industry or not
forms the rest of the
story.

‘Hero’ song ‘Aayiram Mugangal’ some realistic scenes like

‘Singham’ and It’s Akshay’ vs Salman
by Ilayaraja is a massive hit ‘Simmba’ come
together for Mumbai, Dec 29: as it is good for the
Salman Khan wants film industry.” Salman’s
‘Sooryavanshi’ all of Akshay Kumar’s latest “Dabangg 3”
On the occasion of movies to perform hit the theatres on
Ranveer Singh and Sara well at the box office, December 20 and the
Ali Khan starrer ‘Simmba’ including “Laxmi superstar admitted that
completing one year, the Bomb” that is set to though the film has
makers of the film give release on the same performed below their
the audience a glimpse day as his own film expectations, he is still
of the three worlds of “Radhe”. grateful to his fans.
Rohit Shetty’s cop universe The two superstars, “We are getting
collide in his next film, who have shared screen good reactions for
‘Sooryavanshi’. Ajay Devgn space in films such ‘Dabangg 3’. The
took to his Twitter handle as “Mujhse Shaadi “We will be coming a great thing because opening numbers that
to share a video where Karogi” and “Jaan-E- back together on Eid it is beneficial for the we expected did not
we see ‘Singham’ and next year and I hope industry.
Simmba’ come together Mann”, are set to lock happen but we are very
horns at Eid 2020 with his film does well or “The report of the happy with it as people
with ‘Sooryavanshi’ and better than us. I wish film is good. Yesterday,
it is sure to get you all the release of their are watching our films
respective movies. them all the best. Every I met few people at in troubled times.
pumped up for the most film should do well,” the party, they had
exciting action cop drama Akshay is playing a “We are happy that
of 2020. The makers also transgender in “Laxmi Salman told reporters seen the film and they fans support us and
Sivakarthikeyan starre as a huge hit with the KJR Studios. Kalyani on Friday. said it is beautiful.
‘Hero’, directed by PS fans. The lyrical video announce the release date Bomb”, which also they are spending their
Priyadarshan marked her features Kiara Advani The 54-year-old I am very happy for hard earned money in
Mithran, released last is receiving a positive of the much-awaited action
Tamil debut with this film, film. It will hit the theatres in a pivotal role. superstar said those Akki (Akshay). Every theatres. We will work
Friday and the film response from fans. ‘Hero’ wherein she was paired on March 27, 2020. His latest movie close to him have film should open hard to make sure that
has been receiving a hit the screens along with opposite Sivakarthikeyan. Ajay captioned the post “Good Newwz” opened liked “Good Newwz” well, be it of Akki their money is not
positive response from Karthi starrer ‘Thambi’ The film also features as, ‘It doesn’t get bigger than in cinema houses on and he believe it is or Shah Rukh Khan wasted,” he said.
the audience. The makers ‘ H e r o’ i s this. Thrice the fun, thrice Friday and Salman is
Abhay Deol, Arjun Sarja,
have now released a song
crooned by Ilayaraja,
which has music by
Sivakarthikeyan’s first-ever
superhero film and speaks
about the importance
Robo Shankar, Ivana,
and the others. The
the action and thrice the
entertainment assured in the
#RohitShettyCopUniverse
all praise for it.
“I hope this film
becomes Akki’s
Rare Sabarimala honour for Ilaiyaraja
cinematography of ‘Hero’ with our favourite trio Tiruvandrum, Dec 29: presented at a function at being given from 2012
Yuvan Shankar Raja. of the education system (Akshay) biggest hit. I
is handled by George C - Singham,Simmba and Renowned Musician Sabarimala Sannidhanam onwards.
The song belongs to in India. The film is have worked with Akki and composer Ilaiyaraja next month.
the climax scenes of the produced by Kottapadi J Williams and the editing Sooryavanshi . Here’s and he is a dear friend Among the previous
celebrating 1 Year Of has been selected for this Tourism minister recipients of the award
film and has emerged Rajesh under the banner is done by Ruben. Simmba.
of mine and I will year’s Harivarasanam Kadakampally Surendran
always wish him best. are K J Yesudas, S B

MARGAZHI PASURAM - 14
award. announced the award on
This whole thing that The award, Friday. Balasubramanyam, M
our film has opened comprising a cash prize The award has G Sreekumar, Gangai
well and not his is not of Rs one lakh, citation been instituted by the Amaran, K S Chitra and
Ungal puzhakkadai thottaththu vaaviyul good to say. and a plaque, will be state government and is P Susheela.
Sengazhuneer vaay negizhndhu aambal vaay
koombina kaan
Sengar podi koorai venbal thavaththavar
Thangal thirukkoyil sangiduvaan podhanraar
Healthy living Inspiring
Engalai munnam ezhuppuvaan vaaypesum thought
Nangaay ezhundhiraay naanaadhaay naavudaiyaay
Sangodu chakkaram endhum thadakkaiyan
Pangaya kannaanai paadelor embaavaay.
How food affects sleep Conscience is a man’s
Are you unable to sleep well? a stressfulf day for a good night’s sleep.
This Paasuram is explained in such a Do you wake up with a headache? On the other hand, foods that tend to compass.
Blame your food. Though stress and keep you counting sheep into the wee
way that the Paavai who is still sleeping a busy work schedule are found to hours of the morning include fats and
has given an assurance on the previous affect sleep, it is heartening to know spices, the main ingredients of Indian
that you can control the quality and cuisine. Caffeinated drinks like tea, - Vincent Van Gogh
day that she will also join along with Sri quantity of sleep by watching what coffee and colas and chocolates fall
you eat. Food that contributes to great under this category.A team of Dutch
Andal and other Paavais in the Paavai
snoozing includes dairy products like scientists has found that the chemical Divine Digest
Noanbhu. But still, she is sleeping. milk, curd, cheese and paneer. Whole in food that my cause people to nod
grains, vegetables and pulses also off after dinner also plays a role in The Key
“Paavai! The flower, which is found are considered sleep-inducing foods. maintaining good mood and memory, Problems of life are
behind your house, has started to open The calcium in milk also helps induce especially among people with a family kept locked up within
sleep. So go for a cup of warm milk on history of depression.
and ‘Alli’ flower has closed its self. The the heart. The key to
Andhanars who holds Sangu along with open the lock is also
them are making their way towards the
temple to get Sri Krishna’s blessings. You
Su-do-ku me-17 kept within the heart.
The solution must come
said last light that you will wake all of Fill the grid with from within.
us. But still, you are sleeping. Did your numbers so that every M a n ’s l i f e i s t h e
tongue only give assurance? But you are r o w, e v e r y c o l u m n projection of his mind.
and every 3-by-3 box All problems are created
not keeping up your words. Come out contains the digits 1 to
9, without repeating. by the mind.The removal
from you house and explain the greatness
of the problem is again
of the thirukKaram of Sri Krishnar which
in the hands of the mind.
holds Sangu and Chakkaram and who has To a sensible mind the
beautiful eyes.” me-17 solution unlocking of the hard
Words and the Meanings: chest is not difficult. But
Engalai Munnuam Ezhuppu : This line refers that the Paavai had given an to a foolish mind there is
assurance that she will wake all the other no end to the problems.
Life is a hurdle.
Paavais.
A perfect mind is the
Naanaathaai Navudaiyaai : ‘Naa’ means the tongue. This refers she has not key that unlock the
kept her words. mysteries of life.The
purier the mind easier
Sangodu Chakkaram yendhum : The Sangu and Chakkaram which is found on
the solution.
the thirukKaram of Sri Krishnar.
-Tayumanavar
SUNDAY 29-12-2019 5

Terrific Toledo
On this day!
Emma Snodgrass arrested
in Boston for wearing pants
Tourism December 29, 1852
Today, women wear
pants without even a
second thought. Women
wear pants in professional
settings, casual settings,
formal settings, and
relaxed settings. But
once, it was a crime for
a woman to appear in
public dressed in pants.
T h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y,
women have dressed
as men in order to
hide from people or,
in the Civil War, to
fight. Much of society
viewed these women as
crazy, but nothing could
prepare society for a
petite 17-year-old who
would fight to wear pants
in public. Her name
was Emma Snodgrass,
and she burst onto the
scene on December 29,
1852. The daughter of
a police captain in New
York City, it is unclear
how or why she came to
Boston. But in Boston,
she became known for
her determination to
wear men’s clothes in
public. On that fateful
December day, she was
caught wearing pants and
a frock coat. She was
arrested, but as soon as
she was set free, she
was back wearing pants
publicly. The publicity
she gained soon created
many copy cats. They
would dress up like men
and walk the streets of
Boston.

Second Tejas Express

to hit tracks
Terrific Toledo - mixed history. You little parks and at the
Toledo, the heart can walk along the gates that gave access
and soul of Spain walls, stopping in the to the city.
is a captivating
monumental ancient
which is also declared
as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. Behind
its daunting medieval
walls, in a labyrinth
of winding pedestrian
streets, are some
of most important
historical landmarks
i n t h e c o u n t r y.
Magnificent old stone Mumbai, Dec 29: chief spokesperson of Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat,
buildings and quiet A new Tejas Express the Western Railway, Vapi and Borivali stations
cobblestone streets train will be introduced said the train will offer in both directions.
whisper the legacy of between Mumbai and world-class comfort and
the past. breathtaking. and four corner towers Famous Food Ahmedabad from January facilities.
The train will depart
from Ahmedabad at
Catedral de Tole Alcázar added under the reign Carcamusas Toledana 17, 2020, the Western
Railway said recently.
“The fully
conditioned Tejas has
air-
6:40 am and arrive in
With its soaring Standing watch over of Emperor Charles V Carcamusas Toledona is a hearty stew that Mumbai at 1.10 pm.
tower and marvelous the city, the Alcázar has in the 16th century. originated in Toledo. This dish, according to one of Regular runs of the several modern features
a commanding presence La Muralla (Town train will start from like sliding doors, From Mumbai Central it
Gothic architecture, the many stories told about Toledo, comes from a
on its hilltop location. Wall) bar located in the Plaza de la Magdalena, the Bar January 19. personalized reading will depart at 3.40 pm
Toledo’s cathedral and reach Ahmedabad at
is one of the most This ancient Moorish Constructed originally Restaurante Ludeña. The Mumbai- lights, mobile charging
fortress, built on the by the Romans, It is said that the owner of this bar, many years Ahmedabad Tejas points, attendant call 9.55 pm.
important Christian Express will be the buttons, bio-toilets,
landmarks in Spain. site of an earlier Roman renewed by the ago offered this dish to his customers.. The bar was During the inaugural
fort, was later renovated Visigoths, expanded often patronized by older men (carcas) with their second private train in automatic entry and exit run, it will depart from
The cathedral was built the country, operated doors, CCTV cameras,
in the 13th century on by the Christian Kings by the Moors, and younger women (musas). The story says that the bar Ahmedabad at 9.30 am
owner joined the two words together carca+musas by the Indian Railway reclining facility and
the site of a Muslim Alfonso VI “the Brave” enlarged again after the Catering and Tourism comfortable seats,” he
and arrive at Mumbai
in the 11th century and Christian reconquest, to come up with the name Caramusas. Central at 4 pm.
mosque next to the The ingredients of Carcamusas include slow cooked Corporation (IRCTC). said.
Judería. The exterior Alfonso X “the Wise” Toledo’s walls are The first such private The train will run six During the return
in the 13th century. The surprisingly complete pork, chorizo, and peas stewed with tomatoes and
is somewhat obscured bay leaves. train is operational on days a week, barring journey it will depart
by the tightly packed imposing fortress has t o d a y, w i t h w e l l - Delhi- Lucknow route. Thursday. at 5.15 pm and reach
It is typically served n a small clay dish called a
buildings surrounding a square shape with preserved reminders of cazuela roja and is eaten with chunks of crusty bread. Ravinder Bhakar, It will halt at Nadiad, Ahmedabad at 11.30pm.
it, but the interior is crenellated defenses their - and the city’s
MAIL CROSSWORD - 7282 (Grid 5)
Modest Maradona museum pays ACROSS:
1 Artist’s workroom (6)

tribute to patron saint of Naples

7 Either of two large
veins that return oxy-
gen-depleted blood to
the heart (4,4)
Naples, Dec 29: His sister babysat 8 Seep or drain out (4)
For some, Diego Diego’s daughters 10 Beatles’ John (6)
Maradona is the Dalma and Giannina 11 A rotten chap (3-3)
greatest footballer while Massimo, as 14 Chief exec. off. (3)
of the 20th century, a child and then 16 Stem joints (5)
for others - mainly adolescent, rubbed 17 Honey-making in-
English - he is the shoulders with the sects (4)
cheating possessor of city’s idol on a daily 19 Holy city of Islam
the hand of God. In basis. (5)
Italy, however, he is “We were with 21 Ribald, gross or
and always will be the Diego from Monday to lewd (5)
patron saint of Naples. Sunday,” says Vignati, 22 Kitchen implement
And just as looking at the photos (5)
saints have their of a time when the 23 Wooden barrels (4)
altars so Maradona Argentine’s apartment 26 It consists of little
has his museum, an on the heights of grey cells (5) home (3)
extraordinary treasure Posillipo, an upscale 12 Dead on arrival, ac- SOLUTION TO MAIL
28 Forty winks (3) CROSS WORD - 7281
trove of artifacts district of the city, ronym (3)
29 One who will assist
that includes the left was like his second Across:
? (6) 13 Reach; imply ? (3,2)
boot with which the home.
Argentine scored “He and his wife 30 Something that is 15 Cut, chopped (5) 1 ASCII, 6 Axiom, 9
Serie A title in 1986- entry is free. And the sound of Opus’
twice against Belgium 7. yet, this basement of “Live is Life” during gave us all these trusted (6) 18 Habituate, get used Cleaner, 10 Mario, 11
in the semi-finals of They did it again a typical building in an incredible warm-up things because they 31 A large fish-eating to (5)
bird (4) Radon, 12 Sepoy, 13
the 1986 World Cup. three years later and Secondigliano, a tough before facing Bayern knew we were a lot 19 Make or ___: create Bellows, 15 TLC, 17 A
You can also find during Maradona’s neighbourhood in the Munich in 1989. of children, five boys 32 Dreamy instrument
or destroy ? (3) die, 18 Soiree, 19 Grail,
his first contract with stay the Neapolitans north of the city, This astonishing and six girls. music (8)
33 Industrious ___ : an 20 Comp. accessor y 20 Harmed, 22 Ecol,
Napoli and even the also won the Coppa breathes all things hoard also testifies “I was a ballboy
sofa from his Naples during Maradona’s ant, for one (6) (2-1) 24 ESA, 25 Reddens,
Italia, UEFA Cup and Diego. to the unique bond
apartment where Italian Super Cup. It is a delightful between the Argentine seven seasons. On DOWN 21 Exceedingly harmful
26 Steed, 27 Vigil, 28
singer Julio Iglesias It was a golden melange of Maradona genius and a family Mondays, I went to 1 Seventies space (7)
Carat, 29 Despair, 30
once sat. It’s all here age which Napoli mania with photos, which was at the heart play five-a-side, I did station (6) 22 Small seed (3)
Aider, 31 Adder.
in the cellar museum. have never come pennants, balls, of his seven-year stay not go to school. 2 Snored like hon- 23 Heroism or courage
Maradona arrived close to repeating, so armbands and shirts, in Naples. “And on Tuesdays, ey-bees (6) DOWN:
(6)
at Napoli as a world it is no surprise to some washed or “I was fortunate sometimes he took me 3 Kiln or furnace (4) 2 Slated, 3 Icicle, 4 ILO,
24 As neat as __ ___
record $10.48 million find a museum that signed, others not. that for 37 years to the Napoli training 4 No ___ : same as 5 Gazes, 6 Aerosol,
signing from Barcelona commemorates such a Some items equate my dad was the session ... ‘Diego, let’s (1,3)
houseful (7) 7 X-ray, 8 O’toole, 12
in July 1984. rich epoch. almost to holy relics caretaker of the San go in the Ferrari!’”. 5 Punished by curfew 25 Feel pain or distress
Sword, 13 Bathe, 14 Li-
His time in Massimo Vignati’s - the bench on which Paolo stadium and During his last visit or confinement (5) (6)
Catalonia had been museum, though, is Maradona changed at the Napoli changing to Naples in 2017, bra, 15 Truce, 16 Cells,
6 Long and generally 26 Cannabis (5)
difficult and Naples one of a kind. the San Paolo stadium rooms. And my mother Maradona fell into beastly teeth (5) 27 Wonderland visitor 18 Sized, 19 Gentler,
was a bolthole. He It does not and the K-Way jacket was Maradona’s the arms of Lucia, 8 Fairy tale beginning (5) 21 Assisi, 22 Edward,
was to stay seven appear on any map which features in the housekeeper and Vignati’s mother, (4) 23 On tape, 25 Reaps,
28 New as a prefix (3)
years, captaining the of Naples, nor is it memorable footage of cook,” Vignati told whom he calls his 9 C a p t i ve a n i m a l 26 Side, 28 CIA.
team to their first-ever in travel guides, and him ball-juggling to said. “Neapolitan mamma”. 30 Exhaled hard (4)
6 SUNDAY 29-12-2019
No compulsion for students to Carnatica plans musical prayer
watch PM’s speech
Chennai, Dec 29:
There is no compulsion
for all students to
attend the school after
Pongal to watch Prime
M i n i s t e r Na r e n d r a
Modi’s speech, School
Education Minsiter K.A.
Sengottaiyan told.
School Education
Minister clarified on
the doubts of schools
Nutritionists’ meet highlights current
nutritional status of children, adults in TN
Chennai, Dec 29:
To stay healthy, it is
imperative to eat healthy
foods. But due to changing
lifestyle practices and
hectic schedules, the
consumption of nutrient-
rich food in people’s
daily diets is virtually
non-existent nowadays.
To address the current
nutritional status of
children and adults in
India, particularly in
Tamil Nadu, and to
publicise strategies to
combat micronutrient
deficiencies, Nu-Shakti, a
brand from Royal DSM
– a global science-based
company active in health,
nutrition and sustainable
living – organised a
conference for the food
and nutrition fraternity
in Chennai. More than
60 domain experts and
professionals attended the
seminar to understand
the full implications of
micronutrient deficiency
among all age groups
NAME CHANGE
My Son,
Dateof Birth:
Maneeshwar
03.05.2009,
Residing at D1, Sarojam
Flats, No.10, Gandhi
Street, S.S. Nagar Extn.,
Thirumullaivoyal, Chennai
–600 062, shall henceforth
be known as MANEESH
NATESAPILLAI DEVAGI
B.Natesapillai
(Father)
NAME CHANGE
I, Daniel Sundarsing
Kaliaperumal, S/o.
Kaliaperumal, Date of Birth:
27.04.1985,Residing at
No.1/150, Mariyamman
Koil Street, Tirumangalam,
Villupuram – 605501, shall
henceforth be known as
DANIEL SUNDERSINGH
KALIAPERUMAL
Daniel Sundarsing Kalia-
perumal
NAME CHANGE
I, Sharpudeen, S/o.
Abadulsalam, Date of Birth:
15.06.1952, (Native District:
Villupuram), Residing
at No.17, Perumal Koil
Street, Kallakurichi &
Taluk, Villupuram District –
606 202, shall henceforth be
known as SHARFUDEEN.
Sharpudeen
NAME CHANGE
My Daughter, Mitali
Dharmendra Kumar Tripathi,
Date of Birth: 13.02.2006,
Residing at Old No.1, 4th
Floor Managappan Street,
Sowcarpet, Chennai –600
001, shall henceforth be
known as Mahak Tripathi
Dharmendra Tripathi.
Dharmendra Tripathi
(Father)
to ring in the New Year
functioning on 16
January, he said there
is no compulsion for
all students to attend
the school after Pongal
to watch Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s speech.
Speaking to the media
Minister said, “The
circular states that they
can watch at home and
interested children can
and comprehend the role
of food fortification in
combatting the problem.
In his keynote address,
D r. R a j a n S a n k a r,
M.B.B.S., MD, MNAMS,
FICP Internal Medicine,
Clinical Epidemiology
- Program Director-
Nutrition, TATA Trusts.
said, Micronutrient
deficiencies (also known
as hidden hunger) are
a major public health
problem in India. These
deficiencies have grave
consequences and affect
the cognitive development
and learning abilities of
children. Fortification
o f c o m m o n l y- e a t e n
staple foods such as
rice, wheat flour, edible
oil, milk and salt is a
proven and cost-effective
strategy to address
nutrient deficiencies.
Both the Central and
State Governments are
proactively promoting
food fortification as a
complementary strategy
in the campaign against
malnutrition.”
NAME CHANGE
I, Mohankrishna
Anjanikumar,
Krovvidi
S/o. Anjanikumar
Venkata Krovvidi, Date of
Birth: 10.12.1998, Residing
at Divya, 3–C, Sri Mahalakshmi
Utsav 339, Konnur High Road,
Ayanavaram, Chennai
–600 023, shall henceforth be
known as MOHAN KRISHNA
KROVVIDI SAI SANTOSH.
Mohankrishna Krovvidi
Anjanikumar
NAME CHANGE
I, Bhuvaneswari
Chidambaram W/o.
N.Rajmohan, Dateof Birth:
25.05.1973, Residing at
Plot No.292B, 13th Street,
Kuberan Nagar Extention,
Madipakkam, Chennai
–600 091, shall henceforth
be known as MOHAN
KRISHNA KROVVIDI SAI
SANTOSH.
Bhuvaneswari Chidam-
baram
NAME CHANGE
I, K.C.Jyothi Soroobhini
Date of Birth: 05.06.2000,
Residing at AT703,
Homeland, VIT Staff
Quarters, Brammapuram
Vellore – 63201 shall
henceforth be known as
K.C. JYOTHI
K.C.Jyothi Soroobhini
come.”
It is to be noted that 66
students from Tamilnadu
are to participate in
the programme where
Modi will interact with
the students which will
be live telecast on TV
channels and radio.
In view of which, the
State department had
sent a circular stating
Addressing the panel
on Eat Healthy to Stay
Healthy – Role of
Food Fortification, Dr
Sheela Ramachandran
– Physiotherapist
(Musculoskeletal, Sports
and Urogynaecology) –
Director, Sheela Physio
Care, Chennai stated,
“In today’s world,
Food fortification is
the intelligent choice
to fight micronutrient
deficiencies in children
and adults. It is especially
helpful in speeding up
the recovery process in
people suffering from
overuse injuries” - Dr.
Sheela Ramachandran,
Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapist.”
Speaking about the
importance of food
fortification, Meenakshi
Bajaj, Former President,
IDA chennai chapter,
NEC member, India
Dietetic Association said,
“Food fortification is
incorporation of vital
Chess Mitra app launched
Chennai, Dec 29:
Chess MITRA App
developed by Charudutta
Jadav, President of
International and Indian
Chess Federation for
the Blind was released
b y R . Ja y a r a m a n ,
Director, JK & RS
Film Enterprise at the
Chennai FIDE Rating
National open chess
tournament for visually
challenged persons
at Sri Ramachandra
Institute of Higher
Education and Research.
Jayaraman who donated
Rs.1,00,000 for the
event also inaugurated
today’s events by
making the first move
with a competitor.
The App enables
‘New restructured railway board to
focus on better services to customers’
Salem, Dec 29:
Vinod Kumar Yadav,
Chairman Railway Board
has said restructuring
of Railway Board was
a long pending reform
suggested by many
reform committees
constituted on Railways.
The reforms as suggested
by various committees
from time to time
including Prakash Tandon
Committee (1994) have
been largely adopted.
A d d r e s s i n g
mediapersons, Yadav
said that the idea
of restructuring the
Railway Board is to
provide cohesiveness
and consequently better
services to passengers
that students from class
9 to 12 should watch the
programme and asked
the schools to make
necessary arrangements.
Following which there
was confusion prevailing
among people with
regard to holidays and
the Minister clarified it.
nutrients for example
the key vitamins and
minerals iron, Vitamin
A, Iodine and vitamin D
to staple foods consumed
on day to day basis by
one and all. It is basically
a complementary strategy
to curb micro-deficiency
such as anemia etc. Food
fortification therefore is
also a safe sustainable,
simple and cost effective
approach to fight these
deficiencies across all
age groups.”
Alok Kohli, Business
Director – DSM India
said, “Today’s lifestyle
and food habits often
fall short in providing a
diet containing balanced
and adequate nutrition.
Therefore, it’s necessary
to create more awareness
about how home food
fortification can prevent
nutrient deficiencies and
ensure a greater balance
in everyday diets. ”
visually challenged
people to learn and
practice the game on
and freight customers.
In the new restructured
Railway Board, there
will be one CRB/CEO
and four members on
functional basis Member
Infrastructure, Member
Rolling Stock & Traction,
Member Operation &
Business Development
and Member Finance.
Independent Members
will be inducted in
Chennai, Dec 29:
To provide a rare and
unique opportunity to
witness the who’s who
of the Carnatic Music
fraternity under one roof
on one stage, coming
together to pray and to
celebrate the arrival of the
New Year 2020. Carnatica
is organizing a musical
prayer to ring in the
New Year with traditional
music and bhajans. The
event is being organized
at Mylapore Fine Arts
Club, Mylapore, on the
31st of December. It will
begin at 9.45 pm and
conclude past midnight.
K . N. S h a s h i k i r a n ,
Managing Trustee,
Carnatica Archival Centre
for Music and Dance said,
“In a show of solidarity,
numerous musicians
from the Carnatic music
fraternity are coming
together to offer musical
prayers to foster peace
Vaikunta Ekadasi festivity begins
at Srirangam temple
Srirangam, Dec 29:
Though the opening
of the Swarga Vasal
( gates to heaven)
at the Srirangam Sri
Ranganatha Swamy
temple is to take place
January 6, next year,
devotees in lakhs from
different parts of the
country, have started
visiting thetemple
since the first-day of
the Vaikunta Ekadasi
festival which began
two days ago.
The temple is now
organising Pagal Pathu
festival which coincides
with the week-long
Vaikunta Ekadasi. On
all the 10 days of
the Pagal Pathu, the
presiding deity along
with His consort and
Na m m a l w a r and
Ramanujar are taken
on procession around
the temple from the
outer prakarams. The
Devotees who will
have darshan when
the deities were taken
par with sighted people
said Yasodhai Prabhu,
President, Tamilnadu
Railway Board as non-
executive Members who
will be in advisory
role. They will not be
involved in day-to-day
functioning of Railways.
The modalities of
restructuring the Railway
Board will be decided by
alternative mechanism.
Exact number of non-
executive Members
will be decided by
and prosperity at the
dawn of the New Year
and a New Decade. Entry
to the event is free for all.
This event which
begins at 9:45 PM with
a traditional prayer will
be followed by regular
individual performances
and music medleys
presented by vocalists
and instrumentalists,
and will be further
embellished with unique
musical combinations
as well as surprise
impromptu performances.
The highlight of the
programme will be
Carnatic 2020 featuring
twenty different themes
like Music for global
peace, Music based on
Zodiac signs, Music and
Nature, Music for various
emotions & moods, Music
with raga based film
songs, Music as a healer,
Music with spirituality
and philosophy, Music for
outside the temple,
will simultaneously will
Braille Chess
Association which is
conducting the event.
Government. The idea to
unify all eight services of
Indian Railways into one
service namely Indian
Railways Management
Service is to break the
departmentalism and
make officers work
in cohesion for the
development of Railways.
Yadav said that
officers of Indian
Railways only will be
considered for CEO post
and no outsider will be
posted as CEO. Secondly
career growth of Indian
Railways officers is
assured. No officer of
Indian Railways shall be
at disadvantage in this
new restructured service.
gender equality, western medley by Embar
choir and carnatic music Kannan and Keyboard
and many more. This will Sathyanarayanan,
be followed by chanting Subhasree Thanikachalam’s
and group rendition of
Dumb Charads, J.A.Jayanth
musical prayers at the
stroke of midnight. and Mylai Karthikeyan,
The long list of Carnatic Humour by
performing artists during Dr.S.Karthick and many
more such programs have
this event has a blend of
veterans, living legends, been lined up to liven
stalwarts of today and the up the evening and bring
brightest talents from the in the new year in a
younger generation. The spiritually positive way.
list reads like the who’s-
We have also organised
who of Carnatic music
and includes veterans traditional snacks &
like A.Kanyakumari, drinks to ensure that the
Sudha Ragunathan, evening is just not a feast
Neyveli Santhanagopalan, for the ears.
D r. S . S o w m y a , Carnatica, a pioneer and
Dr.Nithyasree Mahadevan, well-known organization
Priya Sisters, Rajhesh promoting Carnatic music
Vaidhya and many more. and culture around the
Na m a s a n k e e r t h a n a m
by Shenkotai Hari and world, is now bringing
Sant Pravaham, Carnatic you this unique & rare
western by Nirmala opportunity to welcome
Rajasekhar and Sruthi the New Year at Mylapore
R a j a s e k h a r, C a r n a t i c Fine Arts Club.
Ranganatha and His
consorts.
Due to the Pagal
Pathu, followed by
Vaikunta Ekadasi, the
temple is visited by
not less than 25,000
devotees every day,
sources from the temple
said. The devotees who
undergo fast before to
visit Melmaruvathur
Adi Parasakthi Peedam
have been also visiting
the temple. Due to
heavy rush, it takes
more than three hours
for the devotees to
have darshan of Lordn
Ranganatha, added the
sources.
It is expected that
more than five lakhs
of devotees on the
Vaikunta Ekadasi, and
the temple had been
making all arrangements
to provide various
infrastructure like
drinking water facilities,
bathrooms and toilets,
enter the temple to etc.,the sources further
have darshan of Lord added.
I,
NAME CHANGE
ANU GARCHA,
Gurmeet Singh,
D/o.
Date
I,
S/o:
NAME CHANGE
Jain Kishore Kumar Pukhraj,
Pukhraj Jain, Date
of Birth: 02.05.1964, Residing
of Birth: 15.09.1995,
Residing at No. 3/103, Butt Road, at No.7A, 7th Floor, Prince
St.Thomas Mount, Chennai Paradise, No.75, Jermiah Road,
–600016, shall henceforth be Vepery, Chennai –600007,
known as ANNU GARCHA. shall henceforth be known
ANU GARCHA as KISHORE KUMAR.
Jain Kishore Kumar Pukhraj
NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE
I, VASANTHA KUMAR.C,
I,Surname: Rajasekaran,
Given Name: Chandaravarshini,
S/o: Chandra Pillai, D/o. Rajasekaran Date of Birth
: 08.05.2001, (Place of Birth :
Date of Birth:28.09.1982, Karaikal, Puducherry) residing
Residing at No.1/5, 13th at Aachi Illam, No.10/12, D’Silva
Road, First Cross Street,
Cross Street, Lenin Nagar, Mylapore, Chennai –600004 shall
Ambattur, Chennai –600053, henceforth be known as Surname:
RAJASEKARAN, Given Name:
shall henceforth be known CHANDRAVARSHINI.
as VASANTH KUMAR.C.
Surname: Rajasekaran, Given
Name: Chandaravarshini
VASANTHA KUMAR.C
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to inform that my client Mrs.H.Kavitha, Oto.Late Mr.Hall Durai,
residing at No.24, Bharathiyar Nagar, Pannimadai, Coimbatore -
641017, had requested me to issue the following public notice.
My client's father Mr.Hall Durai got the property situated at Door
No.6/23 in Survey No.55/1, 55/113, Kuniyamuthur Village, Coimbatore
Taluk and District and within Registration District of Coimbatore and
Sub-Registration District of Joint -II, Coimbatore, through the Sale
Deed dated 18.11.1991 from Mr.S.Gunasekaran by a registered
Document No.3880 of 1991 before SRO Joint-II, Coimbatore, the said
document has been lost by my client on 18.12.2019 at Maduravoyal
Erikkarai, Chennai - 600095 and the same could not be traced. If any
persons are in receipt of the above document are called upon to hand
over the same to my client or to me within 15 days from the date of
publication of this notice, after that no claim will be entertained and
any encumbrance created on the property will not bind my client.
Dated at Chennai on this the 28th day of December 2019
V.STALIN,
Advocate & Commissioner of Oaths
No.52, Perumal Koil 2nd Street, Sivaputham,Vanagaram,
Chennai -600 095
Mobile: 9841348788
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is informing the general public that my client Mr.KAMALESH
KUMAR, son of Mr.Dilip Kumar, residing at No.5, Sothupakkam
Road, Redhills, Chennai - 600 052, is the owner of the property
bearing Plot No.55, measuring 1800 sq.ft., comprised in S.No.717,
situated at Villangadupakkam Village, Saidapet Taluk, Chengalpet
District presently Madhavaram Taluk, Thiruvallur District, he having
purchased from Mr.Jadamani represented by their Power Agent
Mr.Muthurajan, through a Sale Deed on 24.09.1992 vide Doc.
No.8308/1992 before SRO Ambattur. Our client has misplaced the
Original Sale Deed dated 24.09.1992 vide Doc.No.8308/1992 while
came to Xerox Shop in Manikundu Mint road. Hence it is informed to
the public that anyone who is/are in possession of the said documents
are directed/requested to hand over the same to the under signed
within Seven days from the date of publication of the notice. It is
further informed that anybody tries to create any encumbrance on the
said property by misusing the misplaced documents the same would
not have any legal sanctity and are punishable under law.
A. Prabakaran
Advocate
No.5, Indra Gandhi 3rd Street,Chennai- 600 094
Cell 9962006885
SUNDAY 29-12-2019
Finance Minister launches e-auction Real estate sector has shown remarkable
platform for assets attached by PSB
Chennai, Dec 29:
Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman here
on Saturday launched
a common e-auction
platform for assets
attached by the public
sector banks (PSBs).
The platform, equipped
with property search
features and navigational
links to all PSB e-auction
sites, provides single-
window access to
information on properties
up for e-auction as well as
resilience despite slowdown
facility for comparison of
properties. It also contains
photographs and videos
of uploaded properties,
according to an official
statement.
The PSBs have attached
Rs 2.3 lakh crore plus
assets over the last three
financial years and to
enable online auction
by banks of attached
assets for improved
realisation, the platform
has been launched. As on
December 27, the state-
run banks have uploaded
35,000 properties on
the platform, as per the
statement.
The Finance Minister
also met the PSBs
chiefs on Saturday and
discussed the impact of
the government reforms
measures and the health
of banks. The Ministry
has also decided that the
Department of Revenue
(DoR) will notify RuPay
and UPI as the prescribed
mode of payment for
undertaking digital
transactions without
any charge or merchant
discount rates (MDR).
All companies with
Rs 50 crore or more
turnover should be
mandated by the DoR
to provide the payment
facility through RuPay
debit card and UPI QR
code to customers, it said.
All banks would start a
campaign to popularise
RuPay debit card and
UPI, it added.
Chennai, Dec 29:
Despite a weakening
economic scenario, policy
reforms across various
sectors in 2019 acted as a
business sentiment booster
leading to a tremendous
improvement in India’s
Ease of Doing Business
Ranking, says Anshuman
Magazine.Talking
about review 2019 and
outlok 2020, Anshuman
Magazine, Chairman &
CEO - India, South East
Asia, Middle East &
The leasing activity stood
at about 15.4 million sq.
ft. during Q3 2019, rising
by nearly 23% on an
annual basis. Bangalore,
followed by Hyderabad,
NC R a n d M u m b a i ,
accounted for about 80%
of the leasing during the
first three quarters of
2019 (2019 YTD).
Retail
Retail demand continued
to remain strong in
2019, and witnessed
a healthy mix across
infrastructure initiatives
have boosted this sector,
which is likely to attract
significant investments
in the near future. This
is evident from the fact
that according to the
CBRE APAC Investor
Intentions Survey 2019,
India was among the top
5 investment destinations
in APAC, with industrial
and logistics being one of
the top targeted segments.
Residential
On an annual basis,
7
the market is expected
to attain a new peak by
the end of 2019. This
is suggestive of the
investors’ continued faith
in the Indian market
despite a weakening
economic scenario and the
recent NBFC crisis. While
investments in core built-
up assets were mostly
led by private equity
and other institutional
investors, investments
in land were driven
by developers aiming

Diamond mining industry has made conscious

efforts to make a positive impact
Diamonds have always
been desired for their
sparkle, endurance and
strength.
With such a huge
effect on the national
and global economy,
is it any wonder that
diamonds have an impact
that goes far beyond
their renowned sparkle
& brilliance? In today’s
world, eco-consciousness
and sustainability are
the factors which every
business and industry is
trying to inculcate.
Trucost ESG Analysis,
part of S&P Global,
released an independent
report titled ‘ The
Socioeconomic and
Environmental Impact
of Large-Scale Diamond
Mining, which talked
about the reality of
modern diamond mining
and how the Diamond
Producers Association
(DPA), an international
Prudent commercial decision taken
alliance of the world’s
leading diamond mining
companies, and their
members have put
sustainability at their
core. This third-party
report aims to shed light
on the current reality
of the diamond mining
industry.
“The diamond mining
industry has made
conscious efforts to make
a positive impact on the
world. With this report,
we have showcased total
transparency about how
we work as an industry,
and just howmuch
we contribute towards
building communities
in partnership with the
local government bodies,
We are not perfect, no
industry is - but we are
working to be better and
are proud of what we
have achieved so far”,
said Jean-Marc Lieberherr,
CEO, Diamond Producers
Association.
As elaborated in the
report, the diamond
mining industry created
net benefits of $16 billion,
with socio-economic
and environmental
benefits outweighing
environmental and socio-
economic impact by a
staggering 1700%.
The report also helps
infer that the diamond
industry considerably
values its employees.
Libby Bernick, Managing
Director and Global Head
of Trucost Corporate
Business, said, “The data
provided in the report
provides a baseline for
future progress on issues
including environmental
impact’.
Africa at CBRE said,
“According to the World
Bank, India ranks at 63rd
among 190 countries, and
the ranking is anticipated
to improve further in the
coming years backed by
progressive government
policies. Meanwhile,
the real estate sector
has shown remarkable
resilience despite the
bearish phase of the
economy. Below is a
lowdown of how the real
estate story unfolded in
2019:
Office
Leasing activity for
the office segment
increased by more than
30% annually to cross
47 million sq. ft. during
the first three quarters
of 2019; to surpass its
previous peak of 2018.
LIC pays Rs 2,610.7 cr as FY19
dividend to government
New Delhi, Dec 29:
The Life Insurance
Corporation of India
(LIC) paid a dividend
of Rs 2,610.74 crore for
the financial year 2018-19
brand categories of F&B
operators, mid-range &
value fashion along
with entertainment-based
retailers. Department store
retailers remained active
in southern cities such
as Bangalore, Chennai
and Hyderabad, whereas,
fine dining, specialty
restaurants and sporting
goods’ brands increased
their footprint in Delhi-
NCR and Mumbai.
Logistics
Leasing activity
increased by almost 31%
compared to H1 2018,
crossing 13 million sq.
ft. in H1 2019. 3PL
players accounted for
about 56% of the leasing
activity, thereby driving
space take-up during the
first half of the year.
Recent policy reforms and
nsitharaman receives a
cheque of Rs 2,610.74
crores from M.R. Kumar,
Chairman of LIC, as
government’’s share of
surplus for Financial
residential supply
increased by 24% in 9M
2019, compared with
the same period previous
year. Sales activity too
improved by 26% during
the same period. The
growth can be attributed
to the sustained efforts
of the central government
to strengthen the sector,
especially affordable
housing.
Capital Markets
Despite the slowing
economy, capital inflows
increased by more than
30% to nearly USD
4.6 billion in 9M 2019,
compared to the same
period last year. In
fact, the investments in
the three quarters are
comparable to the overall
2018 inflows (USD 4.8
billion), indicating that
Another tweet by the
ministry said that in the
last fiscal, LIC generated
a valuation surplus of Rs
53,214.41 crore, with an
annual growth of 9.9
at strengthening their
commercial pipeline in
cities such as Mumbai,
Bangalore and Pune.
Outlook
As the Indian economy
transitions and its
workforce expands, it will
offer vast development and
investment opportunities
for the real estate sector.
The growth of cities
is going to further
influence the country’s-
built environment, while
technology, demographics
and environmental issues
will become its new value
drivers. The real estate
universe is expected to
expand sizably in the
coming year as new asset
classes (REITs, co-living
spaces, student housing)
make their presence felt.
year Premium as on
30.11.2019,” it said.
The state-run insurer
had expanded its annual
surplus by 10.1 percent
to Rs 48,444.82 crore

by bankers will be protected: FM

to the government Year 2018-2019 here per cent.
In a tweet, the Finance today. Rajeev Kumar, “...It has a market in fiscal year 2017-2018
Ministry said: “Union Finance Secretary, was share of 76.28 per cent and had paid Rs 2,430.19
Finance Minister @ also present.” in number of policies crore as the government’’s
New Delhi, Dec 29 made by banks because officials from the level of agency shall be sensitive and 71 per cent in First share in FY18.
Assuring that honest of what they would vigilance officers, senior to the distinction between
commercial decisions say undue harassment, managers to general genuine commercial E-commerce, new industrial
taken by bankers will uncalled for harassment managers to explain and failures and culpability. It
be protected, Finance happens because of these eliminate apprehension was also noted that there policies to be released this
Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Saturday
agencies pursuing on
cases,” Sitharaman said.
from their minds, she
added.
is need for preserving
the value of the business fiscal: DPIIT Secy
said the government The Central Bureau The minister also said enterprise by treating it on New Delhi, Dec 29: examining all the views
has decided to take of Investigation (CBI), that the similar exercise a separate footing from The DPIIT is and comments.
measures to assuage Comptroller and Auditor will be done with other culpability of individuals, working actively on the “ We a r e w o r k i n g
concerns over harassment General of India (CAG), investigative agencies like if any,” she said. e-commerce as well as actively on both the
by investigative agencies. and Central Vigilance Enforcement Directorate, During the meeting new industrial policies, policies,” Mohapatra said.
In a meeting with heads Commission (CVC) are Directorate of Revenue she assured bankers and both are expected to As the draft policy
of the public sector banks commonly referred as Intelligence, and Customs that prudent commercial be released by the end of includes several provisions
(PSBs), also attended by 3Cs. to allay fears from their decision-making would be this fiscal, a top official related to data, the
the CBI Director, she “So, on that we’’ve had mind. protected. has said. department is also looking
assured the bankers that a quite a few decisions, Sitharaman also directed It was also decided that “I personally feel that at the Personal Data
a distinction would be and quite a few exchanges public sector bank heads PSBs may report instances both these policies will be Protection Bill approved
made between genuine of engagement with the to clear long pending of fraud through e-filing ready by this financial by the Cabinet earlier this
commercial failures and banks in the presence of vigilance cases against of FIRs on a designated year end,” Department month.
culpability. the CBI director to help their officials for alleged email address of CBI for Promotion of Industry The proposed new
“Banks have gone easing out the process. malpractices. so as to avoid scope and Internal Trade industrial policy is aimed
through a slightly Some of the confusion, The banks should form of any arbitrage due to Trade (DPIIT) Secretary at promoting emerging
worrying period wherein apprehension have been a panel headed by General information asymmetry. Guruprasad Mohapatra sectors, reducing regulatory
decision making was explained by the CBI Manager and it should The CBI would told PTI. hurdles and making India
getting difficult because director,” she said. either take decision to establish a dedicated He said that the a manufacturing hub.
of fear of 3Cs. There was The CBI will have pursue the case with phone number on which department has done This will be the third
concern and bona fide discussions, and timeline or close the file any person could give several round of industrial policy after
decisions are not being workshops with the bank of long pending vigilance information regarding any stakeholders’’ meetings the first in 1956 and
cases, she instructed. undue harassment by the on both the policies. the second in 1991. It
PUBLIC NOTICE It was decided that investigative machinery, The government in will replace the industrial
It is here by inform to the GENERAL PUBLIC that my client the CBI will develop a she added. February released a draft policy of 1991 which was
Mr. Venkatarangam S/o. Madavan aged about 67 years residing mechanism -- as recently The banks were
at No. 27 /22 2nd street, Postal colony west Mambalam, Chennai- national e-commerce prepared in the backdrop AMARJOTHI SPINNING MILLS LIMITED
600 033. Is the absolute owner of the property measuring and introduced for income also advised to ensure p o l i c y, p r o p o s i n g of the balance of payment Regd Office: “AMARJOTHI HOUSE”,
extent of 1800 Sq. Ft. situated at karasangal village , comprised tax notices -- so that its rigor and adherence to setting up a legal and crisis. 157, Kumaran Road, Tirupur 641 601
in survey No. 194/12 , 194/13 Plot No. 64 layout know as city notices carry a registration objective standards in Tel 0421 4311600-83 Fax 0421 4326694 CIN:
lando Avenue No. 88 Sriperumbudur Taluk , Chengalpattu District. technological framework The DPIIT had initiated L17111TZ1987PLC002090
The same was purchased by Messar madras lando corporation number to avoid any selection of forensic for restrictions on cross- the process of formulation E-Mail: mill@amarjothi.net Website: www.amarjothi.net
represented by its partners namely Mr. V. R. Francis Paul Raj , scope for unauthorised auditors and devising border data flow and of a new industrial policy NOTICE
Mr. V. R. Pushparaj, S/o. V. M. Rajendhiran executed a power of
Attorney deed to and in favour of Mr. R. Vivekanandan S/o. communication and objective SOPs (standard also laid out conditions in May 2017. The new (For the attention of Equity Shareholders of the Company)
Ramalingam Dated at 22. 06. 2002 as document No. 977 / 2002 consequent harassment. operating procedures) for for businesses regarding policy will subsume the Sub.: Transfer of Equity Shares of the Company to Investor Education
in the office of the sub register Mylapore. In line with tax carrying out of forensic and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority
The same property executed by Messar Madras Lando
collection or processing of National Manufacturing
department, she said, audit. This Notice is published pursuant to the provisions of the Investor
Corporation represented by its partners namely Mr. V. R. Francis sensitive data locally and Policy (NMP). Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer
Paul Raj , Mr. V. R. Pushparaj, S/o. V.M. Rajendhiran executed the CBI can look To this end, the Indian storing it abroad. It had also floated a and Refund) Rules, 2016 notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
through is power Agent Mr. R. Vivekanandan to and in favour at documentation Banks’’ Association was
of Mr. Venkatarangam S/o. Madhavan. Hence my client is Several foreign discussion paper on the effective September 7, 2016 and amendments made thereto ( referred
the absolute owner of the said Land . My client had lost the identification number requested to strengthen e-commerce firms have policy with an aim to to as “the Rules”).
original sale deed dated 4.11. 2002 as doc. No. 5383/ 2002 of to check unnecessary the forensic auditor raised concerns over create jobs in next two The Rules, amongst other matters, contain provisions for transfer of all
the aforesaid property , while he came to Maangadu kamachi harassment from official empanelment process shares in respect of which dividend has remained unpaid or unclaimed
Amman Temple regarding a sale to said property on 27. 12. 2019 some points in the draft decades, promote foreign by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more in the name
for a blessing , after his prayer there is a big rush in Temple, of the investigative agency. and put in place robust pertaining to data. technology transfer and of Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority.
while alright from that he found the document has been lost. “While pursuing arrangements for assessing The department has attract USD 100 billion The Company has, vide letter dated 23.12.2019 communicated to the
Hence the general public are put to the notice that whosoever
having custody and possession of the above mentioned missing criminal action against adherence to standards by received huge response foreign direct investment concerned shareholders whose shares are liable to be transferred
document being original sale deed Dated 04. 11. 2002 as Doc. those responsible, the forensic auditors. on the draft and it is (FDI) annually. during the financial year 2019-2020 to IEPF Authority under the said
No. 5383/ 2002 on the file of sub registrar’s office Sriperumbudur Rules.
shall intimate the same to me or to my client with in a
week from the date of this public notice, failing which it would
be deemed that there is no claim , charge or encumbrance SBI’s OTP-based ATM cash withdrawal The Company has uploaded details of such shareholders whose
shares are due for transfer to IEPF Authority on its website at
www.amarjothi.net Shareholders are requested to verify.

will minimise unauthorised transactions

whatsoever over the aforesaid property by any third party by
way of illegal and unlawful possession of the original document Shareholders may note that both the unclaimed dividend and the
and any subsequent claim or objection will not be entertained shares transferred to IEPF Authority including all benefits accruing
on any circumstance. on such shares, if any, can be claimed back from IEPF Authority after
S. ARUNA Advocate New Delhi, Dec 29: another layer of security machines). on the registered mobile following the procedure prescribed under the Rules.
No.1 Kalai vani Street, Aadhi Nagar, East Tambaram, From January, SBI for cash withdrawals. However, this facility number to complete the The concerned shareholders, holding shares in physical form and
Chennai- 600059. whose shares are liable to be transferred to IEPF Authority, may note
Mobile : 9710441140 customers will be able to OTP will be received on will not be applicable transaction.
that upon such transfer, the original share certificate(s) which stand
make ATM withdrawal the customer’’s mobile for transactions, where a NFS is the largest registered in their name will stand automatically cancelled and be
PUBLIC NOTICE above Rs 10,000 only number registered with State Bank card holder i n t e r o p e r a b l e AT M deemed non-negotiable. The shareholders may further note that the
Mr, S .Devaraj M.A., B.L., Advocate giving this public notice as after an OTP verification the bank,” SBI said. withdraws cash from network in the country details uploaded by the Company on its website should be regarded
instruction by my client, Yasodaran s/o Natarajan, who is residing at and shall be deemed adequate notice by the Company for the purpose
D/n 141,kathirampatti post, Erode talk, Erode.
during 8 PM to 8 AM. This additional factor of another bank’’s ATM, and it manages more of transfer of shares to IEPF Authority pursuant to the Rules.
My client travelled towards chennai to visit High court lawyer for a The OTP-validated authentication will protect because this functionality than 95 per cent of the In case the Company does not receive any communication from the
land dispute matter on 5/12/19. He travelled along with his registered ATM transaction has been State Bank card holders has not been developed in domestic interbank ATM concerned shareholders within three months from the date of this
land document which is registered on 12/6/15 and also some other introduced to minimise the from unauthorized ATM National Financial Switch transactions. notice, the Company shall transfer the shares to IEPF Authority as per
documents in a bag. On travelling by a bus 15 B from chennai procedure stipulated in the Rules.
coimbed to Paris at 12.10 PM he missed his bag. My client enquired number of unauthorised cash withdrawals, it said (NFS), it added. “This will safeguard
some of the passengers and nearby people at Paris bus stop, then he transactions, State Bank further. In this process, once the customers against In case the shareholders have any queries on the subject matter, they
lodged a complaint at Chennai high court police station about the bag may contact the Company’s Registrar and Transfer Agents at S.K.D.C
missing and got a C.S.R No 468/2019.Hence anybody known about of India (SBI) said in a SBI said that the new the cardholder enters the the risk of unauthorized Consultants Ltd., Kanapathy Towers, 3rd Floor, Sathy Road, Ganapathy,
the bag and documents kindly inform me. if anybody misuse the Facebook post. feature will not require amount they wish to transactions on account and Coimbatore 641006. Phone: +91 422 4958995 / 2539835-836 |
documents we informing them , they will prosecute and will punish “With the introduction any major change in withdraw, the ATM screen of skimmed/cloned cards, Fax: +91 422 2539837.Email: info@skdc-consultants.com
by the court.
By S. Devarajan MA.BL of its OTP-based cash the present process to displays the OTP window. while withdrawing cash For AMARJOTHI SPINNING MILLS LIMITED
Advocate, withdrawal facility, State withdraw cash from its The customer has to at State Bank ATMs,” the Place: Tiruppur Sd/- K.Mohanapriya
opposite sampath Nagar court complex ,Erode -2 Date : 26.12.2019 Company Secretary
Bank ATMs have added ATMs (automated teller enter the OTP received bank said.
8 SUNDAY 29-12-2019
Stalin could not
assimilate achievements of
AIADMK rule: Minister
Madurai, Dec 29:
Stalin who could not
assimilate the popularity
o f t h e A I A DM K -
government led by
Edappadi K.Palaniswami
for achieving top rank in
Good Governance among
18 states, in the country,
has been commenting
against it, Minister
R . B. Ud h a y a K u m a r,
flayed the opposition
party leader when he
was campaigning for
the AIADMK candidates
contesting in the Phase II
Civic Poll.
Minister R.B.Udhaya
Kumar asked whether the
DMK during its five-time
Tirunelveli District-East Congress President S.K.M.Sivakumar, Vice President of the Rajiv Gandhi Porepadai
Kathiravan Roch, the Congress party’s Farmers’ wing V.Sivan Pandiyan and hundreds of other cadres
who have resigned from the Congress party met the AIADMK party Joint Coordinator and Chief Minister
Edappadi K.Palaniswami and the AIADMK Coordinator and the Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam at
their houses, and enrolled themselves as the members of the AIADMK, recently. AIADMK Tirunelveli Metro
District Secretary Thatchai N.Ganesaraja and 42nd Circle Secretary S.V.Gandhi were present.
Annanyasree Bharatanatya Arangetram:
A performance par excellence
Chennai, Dec 29:
For a student of
Bharatanatyam, the
process of working
towards one’s Arangetram
sets a course of discipline
and practice. A first step
into her exploration of the
artform, G Annanyasree,
a disciple of Guru Sri.
A. Lakshmanaswamy,
performed her Arangetram.
Accompanied on
the orchestra was K.
Hariprasad on the vocals,
Nellai D. Kannan on the
mridangam, violin by
EaswarRamakrishnan and
flute by Muthu.
A Lakshmanaswamy
has long earned praise
and recognition for his
careful eye and attention
to detail as a teacher
a n d c h o r e o g r a p h e r.
A n n a n y a’ s t r a d i t i o n a l
repertoire reaffirms the
same. A purnamargam,
the first piece - a
Pushpanjali (Ragam:
Malayamarutham, Talam:
Aadhi) was followed
by the tisraekham
Alarippu and Kamas
Jathiswaram by K.N.
DhandayudapaniPillai.
These pieces were woven
around neatly presented
adavus and spleen did
coordination with the
orchestra.
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Dr. T. S. Ravikumar, President of AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh presented the medals and degree
certificates to outstanding students at the Special Convocation held at SRM Institute of Science & Technology,
Kattankulathur. Dr. Damodar Acharya, Former-Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi; Founder-Chancellor of
SRMIST Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar, Vice-Chancellor of SRMIST Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, President of SRMIST
Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, Vice President Dr. R Shivakumar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. TP Ganesan, Pro-Vice-
Chancellor Dr. R Balasubramanian and Registrar Dr. N Sethuraman are also seen.
Quality of healthcare in
the country needs urgent
ruling the State, received
any remarkable awards or
prizes. He said that while
entire people of the Tamil
Nadu. Udhaya Kumar
pointed out that Stalin
Order in the State had
been under control.
The Minister said
attention: President, AIIMS
the other states which
were placed in the second
and third and subsequent
had started criticizing the
AIADMK, whenever new
plan for the welfare of
that Stalin fears that if
Edappadi K.Palaniswami
became popular, then his
5884 students get degrees at
ranks did not pass any
comment on Tamil Nadu
for achieving first place
the people was brought.
The minister at the
campaign brought out the
life would become zero,
so he started criticizing
the Chief Minister and
SRM special convocation
for its management of attention of the people, its rule. Chennai, Dec 29: Member-WHO Global this, one third leads to day and it is important to
the State through 10 that Stalin had been On the last day of A total of 5884 students Patient Safety Curriculum disability and even death. be able to cope up with
departments, Stalin with making false propaganda Phase II Civic Poll collected their medals, Committee and Founding Diagnostic errors also it. Organ replacing and
inferiority complex had that the Law and Order campaign, the Minister, ranks, and degrees “Chittur Viswanathan add to this. So whatever drug developing are some
started criticising it. situation in the State had District Deputy Secretary amid proud parents in Parvathy Endowed Chair” profession you are of the most growing
In the beginning deteriorated. The Minister Ayyappan, Deputy a packed hall at the - quality/Patient safety, taking, your aim should sectors. It is important
several opposition in his reply to Stalin Secretary of Amma Peravai Special Convocation SVIMS, Tirupati said you be to minimize errors,” for students to grow
parties, including the said, that Prime Minister Vetrivel, Union Secretary held at SRM Institute of are all a privileged lot said senior healthcare in these areas to be
DMK criticised the Chief Na r e n d r a M o d i a n d Anbalagan, Tamilalagan Science & Technology, as many do not get such professional. competent.
Minister Palaniswami, but Chinese President Zi Ping and various cadres of the Kattankulathur. opportunities. Make use of Echoing on the same He concluded by
with his ablest rule, he met at Mahabalipuram, in party and alliance parties Dr. T. S. Ravikumar, the chance this institution l i n e , D r. D a m o d a r saying, “You have to do
had brought laurels to the TN, because the Law and participated. President of AIIMS has to offer you. Acharya, Former- everything yourself each
Mangalagiri, Andhra “SRMIST is one place Chairman, AICTE, New time you face problems.
Pradesh presented the where students can equip Delhi, and Former You need to be your own
degrees to the students themselves in several Director IIT Kharagpur, guiding light and most
and honoured medal disciplines under one who was the guest of importantly, never forget
winners. He also delivered roof. You are the future honour said, “Technology your Alma mater, because
convocation address. of knowledge. You can is fast changing. There is it is the reason for your
Vice-Chancellor of create special things a sea of change in it every growth.”
SRMIST, Dr. Sandeep if you can think in
Sancheti presented the multifaceted forms. You
Annual Report. The need to have courage and
Convocation was held in design something that no
the presence of Founder- one can replicate.”
Chancellor of SRM He gave a presentation
Institute of Science & on ‘Quality & Patient
Technology and Member Safety - The Universal
of Parliament Lok Sabha, Language for Universal
Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar, Healthcare’
President of SRMIST “Our health care
Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, quincunx is something
Vice President Dr. R that needs urgent attention.
Shivakumar, Pro-Vice- Quality and patient safety
Chancellor Dr. TP Ganesan, is the universal language
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. R that is echoing attention.
Balasubramanian, Registrar Many of the students
Dr. N Sethuraman, should carry this torch
Members of the Board as the absence of patient
of Management, Members safety means the absence
of the Academic Council of preventable harm
among others. happening in health care.
Dr. T. S. Ravikumar, Our aim should be to
President of AIIMS
Mangalagiri, Andhra
bring down the mortality
rate to an acceptable
Paul Dhinakaran congratulates
Pradesh congratulated
students for having
minimum. Apart from
prevention, you should Jharkhand CM Hemand Soren
crossed this milestone. also learn from errors Chennai, Dec 29: As he is set to be
piece of descriptions and In his convocation and teamwork.” “Man- Dr Paul Dhinakaran, the new Chief Minister
depictions. address he said “As we to-man, machine-to-man Global Evangelist, of Jharkhand State , Dr
A lovely contrast from are stepping into 2020, a and machine-to-machine Chancellor of Karunya, Paul Dhinakaran has
the varnam, the padam year of vision. SRMIST interfaces must work for D e e m e d U n i v e r s i t y, offered special prayers for
that followed was set to has given you a chance patient safety. Unsafe Chairman of Jesus Calls the all round development
Mohanamragam, in praise to create a new vision, care can be labeled as a and Founder of SEESHA of the state and also
of the Jaganmohanan so seized the day and disease. This is one of the has congratulated Mr offered his best wishes
- Lord Kapaleeswarar, enjoy it.” top 10 causes of death. Hemant Soren for winning to Mr Hement Soren
by Papanasam Sivan. It Urging students to make More than half of these the Jharkhand Assembly who will lead the new
described and celebrated good use of the time this causes are preventable. Of elections -2019 . Government.
the lord for his simplistic
adornments - bedecked
in snakes, covered in ash
and one with the third
eye of destruction. A page
from Ambujam Krishna’s
AandalKalyaanam,
Annanyabeautifully
performed ‘MinnalKodi’
dressed as the character
herself.
The final piece of
the night was Madurai
N Krishnan’s Revathi
Thillana in AadhiTalam.
Revathi Shankaran’s witty
and charming compering
The shabdam in praise Jayaraman, set to ragam and Sethu Madhavan’s
of Lord Muruga was Simhendramdhyamam lovely make up deserve
an interesting choice. and Aadhitalam, the their own praise. Overall,
Set in Ragamalika and piece was interspersed Annanyasreehas presented
MisraChapu, a composition with powerfuljathis and to this audience her caliber
of Madurai T Srinivasan, wonderful narration from and capacity for growth
it was a charmer in Annanya. In particular, in Bharatanatyam. Seated
both in choreography the Krishna leelais and among the audience was
and lyrical melody. The Kalinganarthanam were Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar,
pièce de resistance of the noteworthy. The orchestra’s the famous Bharathanatyam
performance, the varnam performance and support exponent and teacher,
was set in praise of Lord added colour and who blessed Ananya with
Krishna. A composition splendour to the routine. his presence as the chief
of Ranganayaki Overall, a resplendent guest
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