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New Delhi, Oct 25:Only 57 borrowers have

defaulted on bank loans worth a whopping Rs 85,000 crore.The Supreme Court

said this after perusing a report submitted by the Reserve Bank of India about persons who have taken loan worth over Rs 500 crore and defaulted and asked the central bank why their names be not made public.“Why this fact that the person has borrowed money and not paying back be not known to public?” asked a Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur.

The Bench, also com-prising Justices DY Chan-drachud and L Nageswara Rao, said if the bar was lowered below Rs 500 crore, the default amount would cross over Rs 1 lakh crore.Observing that if people

file an RTI query, they must know who the de-faulters are, it asked the RBI why the information on defaulters should be withheld. “People should know how much money a person has borrowed and how much money he needs to pay back. The amount payable should be known to public,”

the Bench said.Counsel appearing for the RBI opposed the suggestion and said not all defaulters were wilful. The central bank says

it is working in the inter-est of banks and names of defaulters cannot be made public as per the statute, he said.To this, the Bench said, “You (RBI) must work in the interest of the country, not just in the interest of banks.”Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), favoured disclosure of the outstanding loan amount

and cited an apex court verdict of December 2015 to claim that the RBI has to provide all information.The Bench said it would hear on October 28 the matter on the aspect of disclosure of names of defaulters.The apex court had earlier expressed concern over the growing amount of loans not being returned and said “people are taking thousands of crores and running away by declaring their compa-nies insolvent, but poor farmers who take small amounts of Rs 20,000 or Rs 15,000 suffer”.

57 borrowers owe banks Rs 85,000 cr, SC seeks more details

Chennai, Oct 25:Administrative control over thou-

sands of rural and urban local bod-ies will now come under Special Officers, till the civic polls, now mired in legal tangles, are held to elect the new set of representatives. This has been necessitated as the term of the chiefs of local bodies got over on Monday. The Municipal Administration

and Rural Development Depart-ments on Monday notified the appointment of special officers to urban and rural local bodies

including municipal corporations, municipalities, town panchayats, district panchayats, panchayat unions, and village panchayats.“The notification will come into

force from October 25,” reads the notifications issued by Municipal Administration secretary Phanindra Reddy and Rural Development secretary Hans Raj Verma.These special officers would hold

the office to discharge the func-tions of the local bodies until the day on which the first meeting of the local bodies are held or up to

December 31 - whichever is earlier. Commissioners of Municipal

Corporations would be the special officers of the respective corpo-rations while commissioners of the municipalities would be the special officers of the respective municipalities. Assistant Directors and Execu-

tive Officers of town panchayats would be the special officers of the two categories of town panchayats. The Block Development Officers

of respective panchayat unions

Special Officers assumes charge of local bodies

New Delhi, Oct 25:One person was killed and

two others were injured in an explosion in north Delhi’s Naya Bazar area today.A senior police officer said

the cause of the explosion was yet to be ascertained.

Forensic teams and officers from the Special Cell are on the spot and collecting samples.Further details are awaited.Delhi Police personnel have

been maintaining a tight vigil in view of the festive season.

Explosion rocks Delhi, 1 dead

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Sydney, Oct 25:Four adults have been killed after

an incident at a theme park today in Queensland, Australia, Queensland Police said in a statement.The incident happened at the Dreamworld theme park on the state’s Gold Coast.”Police are currently investigating an incident that occurred this afternoon at a theme park on the Gold Coast,” the statement read. “Po-lice were called to the site at Coomera around 2.20 p.m. following reports that

4 dead in Queensland theme park mishap

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Chennai, Oct 25:London-based health expert Dr Rich-

ard John Beale, who is back in Chen-nai to assess the health condition of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Monday checked her vital parameters and report-edly expressed happiness about the improvement. The present line of treatment is being

given based on the plan devised by Beale, a team of doctors from AIIMS and Apollo’s in-house experts. This has showed good improvement in the CM’s health Eminent agriculture scien-tist M S Swaminathan, founder of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSSRF) visited Apollo Hospital. He “conveyed the prayers of scientists, scholars and staff of his institution” for the speedy recovery of the CMCommunist Party of India senior

CM’s health shows good

improvement

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TUESDAY 25-10-201622

Listening to hear God’s voice! A famous actor talks about

the night he over heard his little daughter praying. He was surprised to hear her saying, “Dear God, now what can I do for you?”

The actor was surprised, “How do you expect God to tell you what he wants?” asked the actor afterwards. “By listening quietly,” said the little girl.

“And I suppose he speaks to you in a booming voice?” joked the actor.

“No,” said the little girl. “He speaks in whispers and gentle nudges. My job is to listen carefully. Sometimes He makes me look out of the window.”

“What do you see there?”“I see our maid sobbing. So

I just go down and put my hand round her. Sometimes he speaks through my books.” “Your books?” asked the surprised actor.

“He gives me a thought to follow. My job is to listen.” Said his daughter quietly.

Here’s a story about how God speaks: Late one evening

a professor sat at his desk working on the next day’s lectures. He began to throw them in the wastebasket when one magaz ine—not even addressed to him but delivered to his office my mistake—caught his attention. It fell open to an article titled “The Needs of the Congo Mission.”

The professor began reading it idly, but then he was consumed by these words: “The need is great here. We have no one to work the northern province of Gabon in the central Congo. And it is my prayer as I write this article that God will lay His hand on one—one on whom, already, the Master’s eyes have been cast—that he or she shall be called to this place to help us.”

The professor closed the magazine and wrote in his diary: “My search is over.” He decided to go to Congo.

T h e p r o fe s s o r ’s n a m e was Albert Schweitzer. That little article, hidden in an old magazine was p laced by accident in Schweitzer’s mailbox. By chance his housekeeper put the magazine on the professor’s

desk. By chance he noticed the title, which seemed to leap out at him.

Dr. Schweitzer became one of the great figures this century in humanitarian work nearly unmatched in human history.

What do you think? Was it chance? No. God.

What Robert Schweitzer did was to start searching, then he kept his ears open to God’s voice. It came through a magazine that was not even addressed to him..!

There are so many of us who wait for God to speak to us in booming tones, whereas his whispering in our ears goes unheard.

Listen for those whispers.It may come through a painting

or a telephone call; a wrong number.

It may come through a blind man trying to cross the road, or a cat up a tree.

Just tonight change your prayer to; Dear God what do I do for you?” and then listen like crazy..!

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Chennai, Oct. 25: S a n a t h C . B o f

Vivekananda School and Sananda R of PSBB School won the the Under-7 boys and girls categories respectively in the inaugural Sankara Cha t h u r a ng T r ophy children Chess tournament organized by Mount Chess Academy at Sree Sankara Bala Vidyalaya Golden Jubilee School, Pallikaranai. The one day district

event was sponsored

by Sree Sankara Bala Vidya l aya and th i s even t has a t t r a c t ed 395 players including 65 Fide rated players from Melmaruvathur, Kalpakkam, Kanchipuram, Walajabad, Chenglepet, S r i p e r u m b u d u r , Tambaram, Nanganallur, Kundrathur. Top ten in all 10 categories received pr izes . In te rna t iona l Woman Master Pon N Kritikha distributed the prizes to the winners. Top three prize winners

in each category are as follows:-

U-7 Boys: 1st. Sanath C.B 6; 2nd. Niranjankarthi Y 5.5; 3rd. Roopesh V.S 5

Girls: 1. Sananda R 5.5; 2. Jamuna Rani S 5; 3. Neha R 4.5

U-9 Boys: 1. Ilamparthi AR 6; 2. Srinikesh 5.5; 3. Sooraj B 5.5

Girls: 1.Barggavi S 6; 2. Shakkthi Priyaa 5; 3. Archana K 4.

U-11 Boys: 1. Vignesh N 6; 2. Jayakrishna H 5;

3. Pranav Gopu 5. Girls: 1 . S h r e y a

Lakshmi 5.5; 2. Chandni R.Y 5; 3. Rithika V 5.

U-13 Boys: 1. Rathneesh R 6; 2. Sudarshan B 5; 3. Ramakrishnan 5.

Girls: 1 . Arpu tha Jasmine 5.5; 2. Sriabirami P 5, 3. Hemakshi. M 5.

U-18 Boys: 1.Ashwath C.S 5 .5 ; 2 . Sach in Tendulkar 5; 3. Prasath K 4.5.

Girls: 1. Reshma C R 5; 2. Deepika V 4; 3. Shrri Jhanani R.S 4.

Sree Sankara Chathurang Trophy Chess tournament

Sanath, Sananda emerge U-7 champions

Margao Oct 25: Kerala Blasters FC

came from behind to beat FC Goa 2-1 in their 2016 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) football match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Goa made a positive

start with a Julio Cesar goal in the 24th minute. Second half strikes by Mohammed Rafi and Kervens Belfort capped off a superb comeback by Kerala as they registered their first away win of the season in front of more than 18,000 fans. It took 10 minutes for

the first shot on goal, which went Kerala’s way after a mazy run by Belfort saw the Haitian dance past the Goan defence before getting a s ho t away f r om outside the box. Gaurs custodian Subhasish Roy Chowdhury was comfortably positioned in goal to make the save though. Rafi then dragged a

shot wide of goal in the 14th minute after a good lay-off by Belfort had set up the Indian striker on the edge of the box. Keralas failure to make their early pressure pay was punished by Goa 10 minutes later. A quality cross from

the left by Richarlyson found Cesar in a good position at the far post. The Brazilian striker outjumped Josu Currais and rose highest to power in a header beyond a helpless Sandip Nandy in Keralas goal to make it 1-0 for the hosts. Chowdhury was called

into action again in the 35th minute when a Sandesh Jhingan flick-on from a Blasters free-kick looked goal-bound. The Goa shot-stopper, however, was alert to the danger and just managed to tip the ball over the crossbar for a corner to maintain his side’s 1-0 advantage at the break.

Kerala found their equaliser straight from the restart after Mehtab Hossain found Mohammed Rafique with space on the right. Rafique’s dangerous low cross across Goas six-yard box was met by Rafi’s left foot to make it 1-1. Cesar went close to

restoring Goa’s lead in the 54th minute with an effort from range that was fractions wide of Keralas goal. The Brazilian’s next attempt forced Nandy into a save nine minutes later after a powerful free-kick from far out required the Indian goalkeepers intervention low to his left. The Blasters had a huge

opportunity of scoring the winner when Michael Chopra found the ball at his feet in the 80th minute. His shot was expertly saved by Chowdhury in goal as the home support roared in approval. It turned out to be Chopra’s last involvement in the

game as he had to be stretchered off the pitch soon. The Gaurs s tar ted

l o o k i n g s h a k y i n defence with the game approaching its climax. Gregory Arnolin almost scored an own goal in the 83rd minute when an attempted header back to Chowdhury struck the frame of Goa’s goal. Belfor t scored the

winner a minute later for the men in yellow. The Haitian received a Josu pass on the left flank before driving at Goa’s defence and unleashing a thunderous effort from distance to make it 2-1 for Steve Coppell’s men. The Gaurs pushed hard

for an equaliser during the closing stages of the game but resolute and disciplined defending by the visitors saw them weather the storm and pick up their first three points on the road in ISL 2016.

Kervens Belfort gives Kerala Blasters’s side

a thrilling win

New Delhi, Oct 25: Rio Olympian Sandeep

Tomar and Amit Dhankar were among the gold medal winners in their respective weight catego-ries at the ongoing Senior (men’s and women’s) National Wrestling cham-pionship at Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The bout between Ut-

karsh Kale and London Olympian Amit Kumar in men’s 57kg freestyle category proved to be the highlight of the day, in which Kale stunned the more experienced Amit in the semifinals to set up a summit clash with Sandeep Tomar. However, in the final,

Kale ran out of steam and went down to Tomar to settle for a silver medal. In another exciting con-

test, Bajrang prevailed over Rajneesh in 65kg weight division before getting the better of Ra-hul Mann in the final to finish on the top of the podium. In 70kg category, Amit

Dhankar clinched the yellow metal by defeat-ing Vinod Kumar in his final bout. In women’s event, Ritu

Phogat, youngest of the Phogat sisters, bagged the gold medal in the 48kg category after beating Pri-yanka Singh in the final.

Results: Men’s Free-style: 57kg - Gold: Sand-eep Tomar (SSCB), Sil-ver: Utkrish Kale (RSPB), Bronze: Amit Kumar (Har) and Pankaj (Har).

65kg - Gold: Bajrang (RSPB), Silver: Rahul Mann (RSPB), Bronze: Rajneesh (SSCB) and Surjeet (Del).

70kg - Gold: Amit Dhankar (Har), Silver: Vinod Kumar (SSCB), Bronze: Pritam (Har) and Pankaj Rana (SSCB). 74kg - Gold: Jitender

(Har), Silver: Sandeep Kare (RSPB), Bronze: Denish (RSPB) and Satpal (Har).

Greco Roman: 66kg - Gold: Ravinder (Har), Silver: Manish (Har), Bronze: Deepak Ujjwal (UP) and Suresh Yadav (SSCB).

71kg - Gold: Deepak Kumar (SSCB), Silver: Mohammad (SSCB) , Bronze: Yogesh (Delhi) and Sudhir (RSPB).

75kg - Gold: Gurpreet Singh (Punjab), Silver: Dinesh (Har), Bronze: Ra-jbir Chhikara (RSPB) and Harender Panwar (SSCB).

85kg - Gold: Prabh-pal Singh (Pun), Silver: Yashpal (RSPB), Bronze: Anil Kumar (SSCB) and Sandeep (Har).

Female Wrest l ing: 48kg: Gold: Ritu Phogat (Har), Silver: Priyanka Singh (UP), Bronze: Nir-mala (Har) and Pooja (RSPB).

58kg: Gold : Man-ju (Har), Silver: Son-ali (Mah), Bronze: Ni-sha (Har) and Apoorva (RSPB).

60kg - Gold: Sarita (RSPB), Silver: Manisha (Har), Bronze: Moniya (Har) and Babita Rani (UP)

63kg: Gold: Reshma Mane (Mah), Silver: Gargi Yadav (RSPB), Bronze: Pooja Tomar (UP) and Ritu Malik (RSPB).

Sandeep Tomar, Amit Dhankar bag gold at National Wrestling championship

New Delhi, Oct 25: Suresh Raina was ruled

out of the remaining two ODIs against New Zealand after failing to recover from viral fever as India decided not to make any change to the squad that has taken a 2-1 lead in the ongoing five-ODI series.

“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has decided to retain the same 14-member squad for the remain-ing two matches of the five-match Paytm ODI Trophy against New Zealand,” the BCCI said in a statement. “Suresh Raina is still

to regain his full fitness and has been ruled out of the remainder of the series.” India lead the series 2-1 after winning the third match in Mo-hali. The remaining two matches are scheduled to be held in Ranchi (Oct 26) and Visakhapatnam (Oct 29).

The Squad: Mahen-dra Singh Dhoni (C), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jay-ant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav.

India retain same team for last two ODIs

Kuantan, Oct 25: On a high after their

morale-boost ing win over arch-rivals Pakistan, India now eye wins against China and hosts Malaysia on successive days to finish on top of the round-robin league stage of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here. India will play lowly

China today befo re squaring up against the home team on Wednesday. The runaway 10-2

victory against Japan and

the 3-2 win in intense sub-continental contest against arch-rivals Pakistan has kept top-ranked India on course for the leading spot in the round-robin league, which could ensure them a favorable semifinal fixture. But the draw against South Korea means India are two points behind Malaysia, who have gathered the maximum nine points from three outings. Defending champions

Pakistan are still on three points after suffering

two losses, but will now go into two easy outings against Japan and China. The v i c t o r y ov e r

Pakistan has reinvigorated the Indian team that was stunned by the spirited show from South Korea the previous day, but team coach Roelant Oltmans says the boys need to improve on yesterday’s fine show. “We were much stronger

than Pakistan, but we need to raise our game further. We can improve on this performance,” says

Oltmans. M i s s i n g s o m e

key players who are recuperating from injuries, coach Oltmans says the return to competitive hockey after the post-O lymp i c b r e ak ha s provided opportunity to several youngsters to showcase their skills. But he was not very

happy with the errors committed in the defence that allowed space for Pakistani strikers to have cracks at the Indian goal.

Asian Champions Trophy hockey

India eye wins against China, Malaysia to top league stage

Kerala Blasters’ Kervens Belfort in action against FC Goa during the match.

Kervens Belfort gives Kerala Blasters’s a thrilling win

Winners of Under 7/9/11/13/18 categories boys and girls with trophy

Sandeep Tomar in action.

TUESDAY 25-10-2016 3Science & Technology

Beijing:Scientists have

developed a thin, flexible, lithium ion battery with self-healing properties that can be safely used in wearable electronics.

Even after completely breaking apart, the battery can grow back together without significant impact on its electrochemical properties, researchers said.

Electronics that can be embedded in clothing are a growing trend. However, power sources remain a problem.

Existing lithium ion batteries for wearable electronics can be bent and rolled up without any problems, but can break when they are twisted too far or accidentally stepped on - which can happen often when being worn.

This damage not only

causes the battery to fail, it can also cause a safety problem: Flammable, toxic, or corrosive gases or liquids may leak out.

Researchers from Fudan University in China, the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in South Korea, and the Samsung R&D Institute in China have now developed a new family of lithium ion batteries that can overcome such accidents thanks to their amazing self-healing powers.

In order for a complicated object like a battery to be made self-healing, all of its individual components must also be self-healing.

The electrodes in these batteries consist of layers of parallel carbon nanotubes. Between the layers, the scientists embedded the necessary

lithium compounds in nanoparticle form.

In contrast to conventional lithium ion batteries, the lithium compounds cannot leak out of the electrodes, either while in use or after a break.

The thin layer electrodes are each fixed on a substrate of self-healing polymer.

Between the electrodes is a novel, solvent-free electrolyte made from a cellulose-based gel with an aqueous lithium sulfate solution embedded in it. This gel electrolyte also serves as a separation layer between the electrodes.

After a break, it is only necessary to press the broken ends together for a few seconds for them to grow back together.

Both the self-healing

polymer and the carbon nanotubes “stick” back together perfectly. The parallel arrangement of the nanotubes allows them to come together much better than layers of disordered carbon nanotubes. The electrolyte also poses no problems.

Whereas conventional electrolytes decompose immediately upon exposure to air, the new gel is stable. Free of organic solvents, it is neither flammable nor toxic, making it safe for this application.

The capacity and charg ing /d i scha rg ing properties of a battery “armband” placed around a doll’s elbow were maintained, even after repeated break/self-healing cycles.

The research was published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

Self-healing batteries for wearable gadgets arrive

New Delhi, Oct 25:North India faces an

annual trauma as winter approaches -- the air in the region having more than 200 million people becomes toxic. Fingers are pointed at the hand that feeds India, farmers in the granary of the country are rebuked asking them not to burn agriculture waste in their fields as their action fouls the air in mega cities like New Delhi, Lucknow and Allahabad.

There is no doubt that after the monsoon ends the vast paddy fields in India’s granary Haryana and Punjab turn into cremation grounds where the left-over paddy straw is burnt in vast swathes.

The fires are so many and so widespread that satellites flying hundreds of kilometres above the Earth record their presence. Giving ‘Udta Punjab’ a whole new dirty air dimension.

This is also the time when generally the westerly winds prevail and a giant plume of smoke covers north India.

Satellite pictures depict the smoke plume with clarity and alarm bells starting ringing in the corridors of power in India’s capital.

Last winter, even the Chief Justice of India passed strict orders and even contributed his ritual bit by car-pooling, despite his efforts the air remains toxic. Delhi’s air is a complex cocktail of noxious exhausts from automobiles, industry, thermal power plants and ‘charvested’ or burnt fields. Nobody really knowns who is the bigger culprit.

But it is easy to point fingers at the farmers

little realising that behind the farmers burning agricultural waste is deep-deep crisis that is brewing in agriculture and it is hugely interlinked to all the elementary ingredients for a healthy life, air, water and land.

Today the fields of Haryana and Punjab are being tormented so much so that they are losing productivity, the haloed Green Revolution is turning them into debt ridden wastelands.

Many years ago, the region used to harvest one or two crops a year and in between fields were left fallow. This fallow period was very crucial as it gave the organic matter from agricultural waste time to decompose and mix with the top soil.

Today in most places at least three crops are being farmed if not four. As soon as one crop is harvested the farmers are eager to start planting the next crop. There is no time to let the paddy waste, to be used more judiciously, in the rush to drive ahead with the next crop the simplest alternative for farmers is to burn the waste, and to let the ash sink into the soil.

This gives agriculture a whole new definition, ‘slash and burn farming green revolution style’ or what I call ‘jhuming Punjab style’. (

According to a recent State of Environment of Punjab published by the local government “open field burning of straw after combine harvesting is a common practice in the state in order to ensure early preparation of fields for the next crop.

Punjab produces around 23 million tons of

rice straw and 17 million tons of wheat straw annually.

“More than 80 per cent of paddy straw (18.4 million tons) and almost 50 per cent wheat straw (8.5 million tons) produced in the state is being burnt in fields every year. Apart from affecting the soil fertility, this also causes air pollution due to emission of large amounts of suspended particulate matter besides gases like methane, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulphur dioxide among others leading to various health hazards like respiratory, skin and eye diseases.

“Intensive agriculture is also a contributor to greenhouse gasses like, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide causing climate change.” To top it all the State of Environment of Punjab report points out that “declining farm yield and income due to economic (high cost of inputs like, seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and farm labour) and ecological (low productivity of soil, receding water table) factors is pushing marginal and small farmers into the vicious cycle of debt.

“The total indebtedness is around Rs 240 million (50 per cent each from institutional and non- institutional sources) for the loans taken for tractors, tube wells, farm chemicals, seeds, as well as, for other social needs. As per results of a recent survey, the indebtedness of Punjab farmers on an average is Rs 41,576 (against the national average of Rs 12,585). 65.4 per cent of farmer

households are under debt in the state, next only to Andhra Pradesh (82 per cent). So when most farmers are custodians of innate native wisdom why are they indulging in such profligate and damaging practices, unfortunately it is really the government’s agri-economic policies that are to blame.

Subsidised or free electricity to farmers makes them use their pump sets endlessly and then on top of it an assured minimum support price gives them a ready market, leaving no incentive to be considerate towards the top soil, deep acquirers and mother earth in general and now this new headache of being dubbed the fountain head of wide spread air pollution.

To solve this giant mess, knee jerk reactions like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘odd even scheme’ to ration cars on the roads and passing dictates to farmers not to burn agri-waste and to penalise are just not going to work.

A comprehensive restructuring of the agricultural economy is required if denizens of Delhi and north India don’t want to choke to death.

Nobody has the time to implement such mega changes so the National Green Tribunal will keep passing more and more draconian but un-implementable orders and clean air which is really a fundamental right of every citizen will become more and more toxic by the day. A slow painful death is the only surety.

Educating the farmers on environ damaging practices is need of the hour

Chennai, Oct 25:Chennai based Smart

Tra in ing Resources , India’s largest career enhancement company today launched www.i i t j eeon l ine . com, an exclusive portal that aims to provide coaching for IIT-JEE aspirants. With this initiative, the

company, that has over 550 institutional partners pan India and has trained over 1.3 million students, makes a big bang entry into the test prep domain for school students. K Pandiarajan, Minister

for School Education launched the portal in the presence of M. Sivakumar, CEO, ICT Academy of Tamilnadu, Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam, alumnus and Professor of IIT Madras.Minister K. Pandiarajan

said, “TN’s share in IIT’s has been decreasing

in the past few years and initiatives like these will supplement your preparat ions towards entering these premier institutions.” He further added “The

TN Govt pioneered the issue of free laptops to students & now the government is not only providing affordable internet access at homes but also will soon provide free Wi-Fi access in public places.”The IIT-JEE, which

is considered to be one of the world’s toughest entrance examinations, is taken up every year by close to 1.5 million students across India. The preparation for IIT-JEE is undertaken by most of these students over a two year period (during Class 11 & 12).iitjeeonline.com offers

a unique online training

module for I IT-JEE aspirants from the most experienced Professors. The module consists of over 400+ hours of learning. “Comprising over 5000+ short and digestible video lessons, this program covers the four key areas required t o c r a c k t h e J EE – Conceptual Clarity, Problem Solving Skills, Speed & Accuracy,” said Archana Ram, Managing D i r e c t o r , SMART Training Resources. “At the end each chapter are online quizzes - QWIRKs (Questions Which Improve & Reinforce Knowledge) that act as a quick feedback mechanism to help the learner understand where he stands,” she said. “The content for the

program is in line with the JEE syllabus and has been delivered by professors with over 300+ man years

of experience in training for the JEE. These gurus have been responsible for the success of several thousands of students in the IIT-JEE over the past several years and are not otherwise accessible by all,” said Mr. Aspire K. Swaminathan, Director, S M A RT T r a i n i n g Resources.“The program is very

scientifically designed and covers the preparation required for both the Main & Advanced levels in a graded manner – from the Fundamentals to Extreme Level problems. S tuden t s who don’ t understand a particular concept or a problem can Stop, Rewind and Replay anytime and any number of times.” added Archana Ram. All this at just Rs.999/- To register, students may logon to www.iitjeeonline.com

Smart Training Resources launches online portal for IIT-JEE

Vellore, Oct. 25:VIT Univers i ty is

involved in a research on skin transplant using polymer as the main ingredient, said Dr G Viswanathan, Founder – Chancellor of VIT University.P r e s i d i n g o v e r

the inaugura t ion of International Conference on Advanced Polymers for Science and Technology (APST-2016) organised by the University, he said, researches are carried at the Universities in USA and some European countries.(It may be recalled

that a A process for inducing regeneration in skin was invented by Dr. Ioannis V. Yannas (then Assistant Professor in the Fibers and Polymers

Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA) and Dr. John F. Burke (then Chief of Staff, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston MA).Releasing the souvenir

on the proceedings of the ‘APST-2016’ which is being organised for three days at Dr. M. Channa Reddy Aud i t o r i um , Vellore Campus, D G Viswanathan said that the India was in the third place in manufacture of polymer products, next to USA and China. “It is expected that the need of polymer products in India would reach 20 million tonnes during 2020”, the Chancellor added.Inaugurating ‘APST-

2016’, Dr. K. N. Ganesh

Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune said there was significant growth in the production of Polymer textile industry and added that research works are done in IITs and IISc. “Graduation programme and research studies on polymer, initiated by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune has been extended to the IISER institutes at Thiruvananthapuram, Mohali and Thirupathi also”, he said.Dr Ganesh released CD

on the proceedings of the Conference. C o n v e n o r o f t h e

C o n f e r e n c e D r Vijayakrishna welcomed the gathering. Dr R Vijayaraghavan, Dean of Advanced School of

advanced Sciences VIT explained the theme of the Confernece and said the three day conference would include Poster presentation and oral presentation by researchers and students. Over 200 dignitaries, researchers, academicians from USA, South Korea, Saudi, Spain and Portugal Profesor Dr Isabel spoke on the occasion. Vice Chancellor of VIT Dr Anand Samuel, Pro Vice Chancellors Dr V Raju and Dr S Narayanan, Registrar Dr K Sathyanarayanan and HoD of Chemistry department Dr A Sheela we r e among t h o s e participated. Co Convenor of the Conference Dr Akila Sivaramakrishna proposed vote of thanks.

VIT on skin transplant research using polymer

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TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2016

Haji Dargah allows womenL aw y e r s a n d

activists have hailed the Haji Ali Dargah Trust’s stand in the Supreme Court that it will allow female worshippers to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the f am o u s s h r i n e here, calling it a boost to women’s rights movement and victory for Constitution. Gender equality

campaigner Trupti Desai termed the decision of the Trust as a “victory of women worshippers a n d I n d i a n Constitution”. The Desa i- l ed

ou t f i t Bhuma t a Ranragini Brigade h a d s t a r t e d a campaign against gende r b i a s a t various religious places, including Haji Ali Dargah. “Due to pressure

of the Supreme Court and women o r g a n i s a t i o n s fight ing against gender bias, the trustees of Haji Ali Dargah had to take this decision,” Desai told PTI. Human r i g h t s

activist and lawyer Abha Singh termed the development as “a boost to women’s rights movement” and said it is a clear message that women cannot be chained. “ T h i s i s a

clear message to all misogynist ic

elements that you cannot chain women anymore. It’s a boost to women’s rights movement. Haji Ali Dargah Trust, by agreeing to allow women to enter the sanctum sanctorum, has uphe ld the s u p e r i o r i t y o f Constitution,” she said. “The Bombay

High Court had clearly said the entry ban violated Articles 14, 15 and 25 of Constitution which gave women right to equality and prohibited all forms of discrimination,” she pointed out. T h e S C h a s

granted four weeks time to the Trust to make requisite infrastructural and other changes for compliance of the Bombay High Court order lifting ban on women from entering the core area of the renowned Muslim shrine in South Mumbai. Suhail Khandwani,

a trustee of the Dargah , sa id a meet ing of the management and others, including a r c h i t e c t s a n d advocates, will be convened soon to facilitate entry of women in the inner area. K h a n d w a n i

claimed the shrine’s doors were always open for women, but treasury boxes

put up near the

sanctum sanctorum

acted as barriers for

their entry.

“Women’s entry

was already allowed

w i t h s e p a r a t e

entrance and exit

for male and female

worshippers. A few

boxes were placed

wh i c h b l o c k e d

the view of the

sanctum sanctorum

and became missing

link between women

and the sanctorum.

These boxes will be

shifted, paving the

way for women’s

entry again,” he

said.

Khandwani said

Islam as well as

Constitution speaks

a b o u t g e n d e r

equality.

T h e D a r g a h ,

situated on an islet

500 metres away

from the coast,

courted controversy

i n 2 0 1 2 wh e n

shrine management

suddenly put curbs

on women from

entering the core

worship area.

Activists across all

faiths, NGOs and

Muslim women had

launched movements

opposing the ban

and challenged the

decision in the HC.

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Hyderabad, Oct 25: First time ever in India,

the 10th World Stroke Congress (WSC) with mission to reduce the global and region burden of the stroke to be held in Hyderabad. Disclosing this in a

press note issued in Hyderabad today, Stephen Davis, President, World St roke Organ iza t ion (WSO) and Congress Co-Chair, Dr. Werner Hacke, Cong r e s s Ove r s i gh t Committee Chair and Incoming President of WSO and Dr. Jeyaraj Pandian, Congress Co-Chair from India informed the meet will kick off on October 26 at Hyderabad International Convention Center in Hyderabad. The Congress will conclude on October 29, 2016. Dr. C. Laxma Reddy,

Minister for Health, Government of Telangana will formally inaugurate the meet. The World Stroke

Congress is held once in two years and it is being organized for the

first time in India at Hyderabad. T h e Co n g r e s s i s

jointly organized by WSO and the Indian Stroke Association (ISA). Nearly 2100 delegates are expected from all over the globe. The congress will be inaugurated at 19.15 on26th October at HICC. WSO is the world’s

leading organization in the fight against stroke. Today, WSO has more than 3700 individual members and over 60 society members from 85 different countries. WSO’s mission is

to reduce the global burden of stroke through prevention, treatment and long term care. WSO co l l abora t e s c lose ly with the World Health Organization (WHO). Stroke is a major cause

of disability and death worldwide. A large proportion of

strokes occur in low and midd l e income countries like India. In India alone 1.7 million new stroke cases occur

every year. Stroke affects young people in India during their productive period of life. Stroke care infrastructure is developed mainly in private hospitals but the vast majority of public hospitals are ill-equipped to treat stroke patients. The congress will have

joint sessions with World Health Organizat ion, Wor ld Hype r t ens ion league, Asia Pacific Stroke Organizat ion, E u r o p e a n S t r o k e Organization, American Stroke Association, World Federation of Neuro rehabilitation, Indian Federation of Neuro rehabilitation and Indian Academy of Neurology. These important sessions will focus on key issues related to stroke care and policies said Prof. Werner Hacke. Dr Hacke also stated that the WSO will be releasing the Road Map for stroke care during the conference. Dr. VG Pradeep

Secretary of the ISA mentioned that as an

Assoc i a t i on we a re supporting many young neu r o l ogy t r a i n e e s , nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists with a travel grant to participate in the congress. Dr. Subash Kaul, Dean of Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad and the President of Indian Academy of Neurology stated that the WSC will be a great opportunity for the Indian Neurologists and stroke professionals from South Asia to interact with stroke experts from across the world. S o m e o f t h e

distinguished speakers include Dr. Pooja Khatri (USA) , Dr. Andrew Demchuk (Canada ) , Prof. Peter Sandercock (UK), Prof. Valeria Caso (Italy), Prof. Michael Brainin (Austria), Prof. Hans-Christoph Diener (Germany), Prof. Geoffrey Donnan (Australia), Prof. Lawrence Wong (Hong Kong), Prof. S Martins (Brazil).

Hyderabad to host 10th World Stroke Congress

Varanasi, Oct 25: Prime Minister Na-

rendra Modi unveiled several development schemes, including ex-pansion of Diesel Loco-motive Works, entailing total investment of about Rs 5,000 crore with an aim to increasing infra-structure and job creation in his parliamentary con-stituency.

Speaking at the oc-casion, Modi said his government has focused on timely completion of projects, and has worked towards ensuring that not

only are foundations laid, but projects are also in-augurated on time.

He said the real aim of government initiatives is proper execution and touching people’s lives.

“In a way, projects worth Rs 5,000 crore are being dedicated to Kashi,” the Prime Min-ister said.

The slew of initia-tives include dedication of 765/400 KV GIS Va-ranasi Power Sub-station; laying of foundation stone of Varanasi City Gas Distribution Project;

and inauguration of Vara-nasi Postal Region.

Modi also laid foun-dation stone for second line and electrification of Allahabad-Varanasi rail line; setting up of per-ishable cargo centre at Rajatalab Railway Sta-tion, and expansion proj-ect of Diesel Locomotive Works (Phase 1).

He felicitated select beneficiaries of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, and handed over LPG con-nections to select Ujjwa-la beneficiaries. He also released a commemora-

tive postage stamp on Varanasi City.

Modi spoke about environment friendly ini-tiatives, and the govern-ment’s new vision for the Indian Railways, which can emerge as a growth engine for the economy

‘Urja Ganga’, an ambitious gas pipeline project which will bring piped cooking fuel to residents of the ancient temple town besides ca-tering to millions of con-sumers in neighbouring states.

Chennai, Oct 25: The Madras High

Court was today informed by Railway Police that Rs 67.94 crore under Nirbhaya Fund would be utilised for installing CCTV cameras at various stations under the jurisdiction of Southern Railway.

The high court had on June 28 directed the Tamil Nadu government to submit a report on installing CCTV cameras at important places, including railway stations, in the wake daylight murder of 24-year-old woman IT professional at a city station in June.

Reply affidavits

were filed on behalf of the state government, Home Department and Railways.

The bench which had directed amicus curie to go through the replies filed by the state government and Railways after scrutinising.

Senior Divisional Security Commissioner of Railway Police Force, Chennai Division, said in the affidavit that already electronic surveillance has been put in use and CCTV cameras with well equipped control rooms have been set up at seven important railway stations including Chennai Central with

integrated security system.

Noting that there are 158 railway stations at Chennai Division of the Southern Railway, the affidavit said already 10 railway stations are provided with CCTV cameras and 82 stations are earmarked for provision of video surveillance system.

It further said there was a proposal to set up 47 additional CCTV control rooms at various stations in Tamil Nadu and total of Rs 67.94 crore Nirbhaya Fund is going to be utilised for it.

It further said four

security control rooms are existing in various divisions all over Tamil Nadu which are effectively functioning round the clock co-coordinating with all RPF posts and out-posts within the respective divisions.

The state government submitted that it was made mandatory as a condition for issuing licence under relevant provisions of Municipal Corporation/Municipal Acts and Rules and the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Installation of CCTV units in Public Buildings) Rules 2012 and Under section 347

of the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act 1919 to install CCTV’s in all public buildings.

The police department has identified 72,629 important places such as intersections in roads and other public places including the public buildings after consulting the stake holders for installation of CCTV cameras throughout the state. It further said the government had already sanctioned Rs 12.21 crore for setting up modern control rooms.

The bench posted the matter for further hearing to December 7.

Rs 68 cr alloted for installing cameras, Railways tell HC

Kathua, Oct 25: Six persons were

injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion in a cracker shop in this district of Jammu and Kashmir this evening.

“A blast took place apparently in a box containing Chinese crackers inside a shop at Ward No 7 this evening in which six persons were injured,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kathua, Pawan Kumar Parihar said.

He said the forensic science laboratory of the police has taken up the samples from the blast site to ascertain the nature of the explosion.

“Initially it seems to be a blast of Chinese crackers, but samples have been taken to find out the exact nature of the explosion,” Kumar said.

He said out of the six injured persons, two have been shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu for treatment, whereas four were admitted to district hospital here.

Chinese cracker box explodes in Jammu shop

Mumbai, Oct 25:The Mumbai leg of

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s India visit was today cancelled after a snag developed in the aircraft he was to travel in, officials said.

“Key was scheduled to land at Mumbai at 6.30 PM today.

However, we received information that he will be flying directly to Delhi. He is expected to land in the national capital around 5 PM tomorrow,” a senior

Maharashtra government official said,.

The development comes amid reports that a broken-down Royal Air New Zealand plane forced Key to spend the night in Townsville and ditch a planned trade mission in Mumbai.

The RNZAF 757 plane made two aborted attempts to take off this afternoon after refuelling at the Queensland airport.

The crew determined there was not a remote fix available and the

RNZAF’s other 757 was to fly to Townsville tonight to pick up 81 passengers.

Key is leading a three-dozen-strong delegation with official events scheduled to kick off in Mumbai tomorrow.

However, they will now fly to New Delhi via Jakarta instead.

Former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum is among those on board, and the plane is also carrying the New Zealand

Defence Force cricket team, which will play matches in India before the delegation heads back to the country on Thursday.

Incidentally, Key’s aircraft had suffered technical problems when he flew to Laos for the East Asia Summit last month, and in August made a safe emergency landing in New Zealand after suffering a suspected blown tyre.

Plane snag forces New Zealand PM to cancel Mumbai visit

New Delhi, Oct 25:The BCCI has decided

to indefinitely defer the awarding of its global media rights - broadcast and digital - which was scheduled for tomorrow as the Justice RM Lodha Committee is yet to

BCCI defers telecast rights tender

PM unveils scheme worth Rs. 5,000 cr in Varanasi

appoint an independent auditor to oversee the entire process.

In a detailed media release, the BCCI explained its side of the story about the repeated communications with the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Panel and how its commercial interests were being hurt due to the delay in the process of awarding tenders, while “apologising” to the potential bidders - 18 - from across the world.

The release stated about BCCI seeking a directive on the process, details sought by the committee and the response from the board today. “Keeping in view the urgency in the matter, the BCCI has informed the Committee that the tender process being underway there were certain timelines that potential bidders were following. The BCCI also informed the Committee that a large number of potential bidders had travelled to the country from outside as bids had to be submitted in person,” the release stated.

It further said: “The BCCI, apart from the above communication, has so far at the time of going to Press, not received any further directions from the Committee, which is now the custodian of the entire process and has been tasked with the duty to ensure that the tender process is undertaken in a professional and transparent manner with least inconvenience to all stakeholders.

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Islamabad, Oct 25: Authorities in Pakistan

have frozen bank accounts with more than Rs 400 million of over 5,100 terror suspects, including JeM chief Masood Azhar who is under “protective custody” after the terror attack on the Pathankot air base, officials said.

“Following a request of the Ministry of Interior, we have frozen accounts of all top suspected terrorists, including Masood Azhar, son of Allah Bux,” said a senior official of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) who is part of a team monitoring the progress pertaining to this matter.

The interior ministry sent three different lists of thousands of suspects, including kingpins of some proscribed organisations, The News

Pak freezes accounts of 5,100 terror suspects, including JeM chief

Karachi, oct 25:The overnight attack on

a police training academy in Pakistan’s restive Quetta city has left over 60 cadets besides three militants dead, with 118 injured, making it one of the deadliest strikes in the country this year.The attack on the

Police Training College on Saryab Road in the Balochistan province capital began at around 11:10 PM last night, triggering an operation by Pakistani security forces who rescued hundreds of cadets from the academy. “More than 60 police

cadets were killed in the attack while about 115 were injured,” a security source said. Major General Sher

Afgan, Chief of the Paramili tary Frontier Corps, told reporters

Balochistan plagued by insurgencyTerrorist attack police training college in serene Quetta city,

60 cadets killedThe carnage in Quetta

Quetta is the capital of Balochistan, a province long-plagued by violence.it is the ninth-largest city of Pakistan. The city called the Little Paris, for

the serene weather here, is known as the fruit garden of Pakistan, due to the numerous fruit orchards in and around it, and the large variety of fruits and dry fruits produced thereIn August of this year, the city saw one of the deadliest attacks Pakistan has

ever seen when prominent lawyer, and president of the Balochistan Bar Association, Bilal Kasi, was murdered by gunmen.Hours later, more than 72 people were killed in a bombing at a hospital where his body was taken.

Tuesday that Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-jhangvi was behind the attack -- an al Qaeda-linked militant group that has repeatedly carried out deadly attacksSarfaraz Bugti, home

minister of Balochistan province said there were around 700 police cadets and recruits in the college hostel when the attack took place. While two of the

mili tants had blown themselves up af ter being cornered, one was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces. All three were wearing suicide vests, Frontier Corps IG, Major General Sher Afghan said. The three terrorists were

believed to be from the Al-Alimi faction of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, he

added. He told reporters that the militants were communica t ing wi th handlers in Afghanistan and taking instructions from them. Security forces had

“cleared the college in four hours”, he said. Police, meanhwile, said t h e c ompound h a d been cleared but search operations were still on. Local media footage showed some security

vehicles leaving the college. Bugti said the injured

people, mostly police cade t s and secur i ty personnel, had been shifted to the Civil hospital, Bolan Medical College hospital and Military hospital in Quetta. “The condition of some is critical,” he said. M i l i t a n t s h a v e

conducted several attacks against security forces and national installations in Balochistan, which has been plagued by insurgency and growing sectarian killings for more than a decade. The attack came a day

after separatist gunmen for the Baloch Liberation Army on a motorcycle shot dead two coast guards and a civilian in coastal town of Jiwani near the Gwadar port in the same province.

quoted the official as saying.

Around 1,200 suspects whose accounts were frozen by SBP were listed in category ‘A’ of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, a term used for terrorists put on exceptional risk or high risk, the paper reported.

Azhar has been included in the list’s top suspects whose accounts were frozen by the SBP, said officials of the Ministry of Interior and SBP. “Azhar’s name was listed in category ‘A’ of the 4th Schedule,” the paper quoted officials as saying. “It happened since the government put the JeM chief under ‘protective custody’ of security agencies after terrorists attacked the Pathankot Airbase,” the officials said.

After the attack on the airbase in Pathankot in January, India had in February written to the UN calling for immediate action to list Azhar under the UN Sanctions Committee.The National Counterterrorism Authority (Nacta) sent around 5,500 names to the SBP earlier this month, they said.

National Coordinator Nacta Ihsan Ghani confirmed that over 5,000 accounts of suspects have been frozen by the SBP.

“These accounts hold net amount worth Rs 400 million,” he said. About Azhar’s accounts, Ghani said he would revert with latest updates later this week.

“More than 3,078

accounts of suspects whose accounts were frozen belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata, 1,443 from Punjab, 226 from Sindh, 193 from Balochistan, 106 from Gilgit-Baltistan and 27 from the Islamabad Capital Territory,” the paper said, adding that 26 suspects belonged to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Accounts of other suspects such as cleric of Islamabads Lal Masjid Maulana Aziz, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat leaders Maulvi Ahmed Ludhianvi and Aurangzeb Faroogi, Matiur Rehman of al-Qaeda, Mansoor alias Ibrahim of Tehreek-e-Taliban and Qari Ehsan alias Ustad Huzaifa and Ramzan Mengal of Lashkar-e- Jhangvi were also frozen, the paper added.

New Jersey, Oct 25:In the few short months

since becoming Trump’s c a m p a i g n m a n a g e r , Kellyanne Conway has become a constant fixture on television -- laying out his agenda, talking points and often trying to smooth over Trump controversies. In dedicating a whole sketch to her, SNL picked up on a question many people are fascinated by: Does she believe what

she says when she defends Trump?

“I think it’s unfair to say I’m always dutifully defending him. I look at my job, Dana, as explaining positions on issues, why he’s running for president and why people should vote for him,” said Conway, 49, who will turn 50 on Inauguration Day.Conway has only been on the job since August. She is Trump’s third campaign manager,

Trump’s campaign manager Conway confident of winningbut the first woman ever to run the campaign of a Republican nominee. She told us that when Trump asked her to take the job, her being a woman was beside the point.

“I wasn’t hired because of my gender. But it’s a special responsibility,” said Conway, “I want to do right, apart from my gender -- I want to do right as a campaign manager.”That’s not always easy when Trump is the candidate. Just this past weekend Trump was supposed to give a focused speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, about what he calls “draining the swamp.”Instead, he started his remarks by going decidedly off script, attacking the women who say he groped them and vowing to sue them for lying when the election is

over.“It’s his campaign, and it’s

his candidacy, and in the end, yes, I feel comfortable with his voice and his choice,” said Conway.Yet when pressed, she admitted that “Donald Trump is at his very best, at his very best, when he talks about the issues.”For a time after Conway took over the campaign, Trump was uncharacteristically disciplined. He allowed his staff to add teleprompters to his rallies, a tool he had mocked Clinton for using, in order to stick to prepared speeches. (His off-the-rails Gettysburg address was proof that’s not true anymore.)

Conway was raised in Southern New Jersey by a single mom, two aunts and her grandmother -- all women. As a political pollster she chose to work in what she calls a man’s world -- especially as a Republican.”Republican politics can sometimes feel like you’re walking into, you know, an Elks Club or bachelor party,”

said Conway.She recalled a potential client -- a man -- asking how she’d balance kids and work.”It’s like, ‘I just hope you ask all the male consultants. Are you going to give up your weekly golf game and your mistresses?’ Because they seem really, really busy

too,’” recalled Conway.Though Conway is the

campaign manager, an untold story is how much Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, is also running things -- especially when it comes to budgeting.

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CHITHRA

NAME CHANGEI, MOHAMED YAQUB

MOHAMED ASLAAM, S/o: MOHAMED YAQUB, Date of Birth:12.03.1983, residing at No.5, Indira Nagar, Pattur, Mangadu Post, Chennai – 600 112, shall henceforth be known as YAQUB ASLAM.

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NAME CHANGEI, ADAM KADHAR

BASHA, S/o: ADAM, Date of Birth:01.02.1968, residing at Old No.6, New No.9/11, Parthasarathi Street, Maduranthagam Post, Kancheepuram – 603 306, shall henceforth be known as ADAM KHADER BASHA.

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RADHAKRISHNAN RAJU, D/o: Radhakrishnan, Date of Birth: 20.04.1992, Old No.22, New No.12, Selvi Apts, Dr. Subbarayan Nagar 4th Street, Kodambakkam, Chennai – 600 024, shall henceforth be known as NISHA RADHAKRISHNAN RAJU

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Aziz Nuruddin Attaria,Father.

NAME CHANGE I, VENDA AMIRTHAM

DEVADOSS, W/o: Devaraj, Date of Birth: 09.05.1963, No.126, CSI Mission Compound, Sainathapuram, Vellore – 632001, shall henceforth be known as ESTHER VENDA AMIRTHAM DEVADOSS

VENDA AMIRTHAM DEVADOSS

NAME CHANGE I, PATTABIRAMAN

LAKSHMI RAMAN, W/o: M C Pattabiraman, Date of Birth: 30.01.1970, Old No.15, New No.158, 20th Avenue, Bhanu Nagar, Pudur, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053, shall henceforth be known as PATTABIRAMAN LAKSHMI.

PATTABIRAMAN LAKSHMI RAMAN

GENERAL NOTICEPlease take notice that my client R.Vasu, Son of Ramanjulu

Naidu, reslding at A.B.41, Pudhukuppam Village, Gnayaru Post, Ponneri Taluk, Thiruvallur District, Chennai -600 067, In 1966, his father namely Ramanjulu Naidu, has purchased agricultural land in S.No.783/3D to an extent of 0.11.5 Ares in Pudhukuppam Village, Gnayaru Vide document No.3827/1966 on the flie of S.R.O.. Ponneri. The Original Sale deed while taking Xerox copy on 18.10,2016 at Karanodai Xerox centre for get chitta, after taking Xerox copy and returning to home at that time my client is filling the General notice to find out the original sale deed, and anybody traced the sale deed are requested to handover the same to my client are the following above said address and if anybody make use of my client's sale deed, my client is not responsible for the same.

A.Kumar, B.Com.B.L.Advocate, Ponneri,

P E R S O N A L C O L U M NCharu Nethra,

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PRITHVI SOFTECH LIMITEDCIN: L30006TN1995PLC031931

NO. 11, EAST SPUR TANK ROAD, CHETPET, CHENNAI -600031NOTICE

Notice is hereby pursuant to Regulation 47 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the company will be held on Saturday, 12th November 2016 inter alia, to consider and approve, amongst other things, the Unaudited Financial Results of the company for the quarter and half year ended 30/09/2016.The notice is also available on the website of the company www.prithvifx.com For Prithvi Softech Limited sd/- Pavan Kumar KavadPlace : CHENNAI Whole time DirectorDate: 24/10/2016 (Din No : 07095542)

LANCOR HOLDINGS LIMITED VTN SQUARE, 58, G N Chetty Road, T. Nagar, Chennai – 600017

Phone: 044- 28345880 – 84, Fax: 044- 2834 5885 Email: compsecy@lancor.in Website: www.lancor.in

CIN: L65921TN1985PLC049092NOTICE

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Regulation 29 (1)(a) read with regulation 47(1)(a) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held on Saturday, the 12 November 2016 at 11.00 AM to inter- alia to consider, approve and the standalone and consolidated unaudited Financial Results for the quarter / half yearly ended September 30, 2016. The Notice is also available at http://www.lancor.in/ and under corporate announcement section www.bseindia.com Pursuant to this, the Company has decided that the Close period (i.e., Closure of trading window) for the insiders would commence from 6.00 pm on November 05, 2016 and end 48 hours after the results are made public on November 12, 2016

For LANCOR HOLDINGS LIMITEDSd/- DR. V. RAJESH

Place: Chennai Group Company Secretary and Date: October 24, 2016 Compliance Officer

TUESDAY 25-10-20166

A review meeting of National Child Labour Project (NCLP) voluntary teachers and field staff was convened at the Coimbatore collectorate. NLCP Project Director D V Vijay Kumaar emphasised the importance of developing the learning skills of children and to give priority for awarenesss programmes. Attachments area

Coimbatore, Oct. 25:Central government is

ready to finance for taking up innovative projects by engineering colleges, said S.Sathesh Kumar, Deputy Director (Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) Coimbatore while inaugurating the Technology Business Incubation Cell at Nehru group of institution here.In his address, he

explained the services rendered by MSME for the benefit of educated unemployed youth to start the new small scale Industry. Emphasizing that “entrepreneurship” is the need of the hour, he said that the government is ready to help engineering college to set up Technology Business Incubation cell and ready to fund for new innovative projects. The students who come up with new idea can develop the prototype of the product for which Government maximum sanction will be Rs.6.25 lakh per product.Apart from helping

engineering col leges

Govt ready to fund innovative projects, says MSME deputy director

to set up Technology Bus iness Incuba t ion cells, the government is also specific in various aspects such as Intellectual Property Rights, Design Clinic, Quali ty Management s y s t e m , Q u a l i t y Technology Tools, Lean manufacturing, and ISO/

IEC and ZED certification and also provide fund to implement the same to Indian MSMEs. MSME can also help engineering colleges to set up Industry Ins t i tu te par tnership cell to reduce the gap between Industrialists, A c a d em i c i a n s a n d Students.

Dr. P. Krishnakumar CEO & Secretary, NGI also spoke while Dr.S. Prakash, Director - Research, NGI welcomed. D r. P.Ma n i i a r a s a n , Principal, NIET was also present on the occasion.B. P r i y a nk a , Re s e a r c h Assistant, NIET proposed vote of thanks.

Coimbatore, Oct 25: Av o i d j u n k f o o d

a n d e a t n u t r i t i o u s food to keep healthy, Rajamurugan, noted writer and convenor of ‘Nalla Soru’, an organisation engaged in promoting and popularising nutritious food among the public has said. He was speaking at

the World Food Day celebration organised at The Western Ghats International School, Ettimadai in the city outskirts when he dwelt at length the ill-effects of junk food which would affect the health. He made an appeal to

students to shun such fast food items and consume

food items like millets, cereals, vegetables and fruits having nutritional value. Later he answered to a

volley of questions from the students on nutritious food. Dharaneesh U of Grade

IX welcomed. Shyam Prasad from ‘No

Food Waste’ expressed

concern about wasting food and detailed on how the waste food could be utilised for the needy people. Students took a pledge

to avoid junk and not to waste food. Roshini Benazir of

Grade IX proposed a vote of thanks.

Avoid junk food, Western Ghats school students told

Chennai, Oct 25: Celebrating the spirit

of cancer survivors, Pink Hope Cancer Patient Support Group along with HCG – The Specialist in Cancer Care launched the third edition of Self-V Survivor Stories. Self-V Survivor Stories

is a unique platform, a one-of-a-kind celebration for cancer survivors to celebrate the spirit of overcoming cancer. In

order to take part in the campaign, cancer survivors would need to take a self-video of up to 60 seconds duration, capturing the story of their struggle and conquest over cancer. By uploading it on facebook.com/selfv or on www.selfv.in, these stories become an ideal encouragement of hope for many patients fighting cancer and break the stigma attached to the

disease. The contest will run

till end of November 2016 and the best Self-V videos will not only make it to the grand finale but also win awards ranging from Ducati Scrambler Bike, international and national holidays from Aster, LED TV from Samsung and o the r exciting merchandises like designer clothes from Fervor as well. The

best video for the grand finale of Self-V 2016 will be selected by an external jury. Through this initiative,

the main aim of Pink Hope Cancer Patient Support Group along with HCG is to build awareness for patients fighting cancer and encourage other cancer survivors to share their survival stories.

Celebrating the spirit of cancer survivors

Washington, Oct 25: Nasa sa id i t wi l l

establish a virtual institute to advance the field of small spacecraft systems at its Ames Research Center in the heart of Silicon Valley early in 2017. The Small Spacecraft

Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI) will leverage the growing small spacecraft communi ty, promote innova t ion , iden t i fy emerging technology opportunities, and provide an efficient channel for communication about small spacecraft systems

with industry, academia, and other government agencies, the US space agency sa i d i n a statement. “The S3VI will provide

the first one-stop shop for technical knowledge in the rapidly burgeoning s m a l l s p a c e c r a f t technology fields,” said Jay Bookbinder, Director of Programmes and Projects at Ames. Depending on the

mission objective, a small spacecraft can range in size from a postage-stamp (under an ounce) up to the size of a refrigerator.

“Nasa sees enormous benefits from investing in research and technology development in small spacecraft systems, such as propulsion that will be essential in advancing the commercial space sector,” sa id Steve Jurczyk , Associate Administrator f o r Na s a’ s S p a c e Technology Miss ion Directorate (STMD). “Over the past several

years, Nasa has increased the generation of new, innovative applications of smal l spacec ra f t with several mission directorates using small

spacecraft to meet their goals,” Jurczyk said. Small spacecraft are

being used for a range of activities such as for earth and space science measurements t o he l p unde r s t and our environment and i n v e s t i g a t i o n s o f microgravity effects on organisms to enable the safe exploration of space. “This (the institute) will

result in more efficient development efforts, and enable smaller vendors to compete more effectively i n t h i s m a r k e t ,” Bookbinder added.

NASA establishes Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute

Coimbatore, Oct 25:Students show their

talents at Square One, first outreach program of Pragyan 2017 (Annual t e c h n o -m a n a g em e n t festival of NIT Trichy) organised jointly by National Institute of Technology, Trichy and Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology (SKCET), Coimbatore.D r . S . A n n a d u r a i ,

P r i n c i p a l , S K C E T inaugurated different events and workshop. Interestingly, this offered a platform for engineering students to take part at the techno event to exhibit their skills.Workshop on automobiles was a must-attend for all those car and bike lovers aspiring to build their dream machine. Participants were taught about IC engines and automobiles i n “AUTOMOB” , a workshop conducted by Innovian Technologies in

association with Pragyan. The workshop saw around 60 registrations, with each participant getting a hands-on session with the IC engines.Participants with a

flair for management and marketing skills, worked their way up through three stages of the first round of challenges as to prove why they are the ultimate manager, in

the event “The Ultimate Manager”. Out of the 147 participants, the top 3 winners were awarded total cash prizes worth 6,000 INR and the winner was awarded direct entry to the second round of The Ultimate Manager, which will be held at NIT Trichy during Pragyan 2017.For students adept at

electronics, “Circuitrix”

was a tailor made event. Participants needed to form a team of two and build a simple but dynamic day-to-day circuit that offered a solution to the given problem statement, and winners were awarded a total cash prize worth 9,000 INR. The event saw a registration by 15 teams with 2 people in each team. The winners of the

event were given direct entry to the second round of Circuitrix, which will be held at NIT Trichy during Pragyan 2017.Pragyan Quiz - a national

level intercollegiate quiz saw participants from 53 teams show off their knowledge in science, technology and business. After an open-to-all written prelim round, the top 6 teams qualified to

the final, multi-stage round. The winners of the event were given direct entry to the national final of Pragyan Quiz, which will be held at NIT Trichy during Pragyan 2017.With a total cash prize of Rs 25,000, Square One gave an exciting opportunity for all the technocrats and future business leaders around Kovai to show the world how to celebrate technology in style, with Pragyan. Winners of various events are as follows:The Ultimate Manager:1st - Gayathri

R - Government College of Technology, Second: Kavin A - PSG College of Technology and third : Pavithran K - Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology.Quiz: (Team of three

members): First: Balaji P.S, Rahul Thangaraj, Uthresh G - CIT & SNS Tech , Second : Sri Ramanan K, Kavin A, Vishnu Prashanth K - PSG College of Technology. Circuitrix: First : Keerthana SP - Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology,

Second: Salman Faris S & Shriram J – TCE ( Tamilnadu College of Engineering) and third was Gokul M – TCE-Tamilnadu College of Engineering.S . M a l a r v i z h i ,

C h a i r p e r s o n a n d Managing Trustee, Sri Krishna Inst i tu t ions , Dr.K.Sundararaman, CEO of SKI, Dr.M.Jayakumar, Chief Administrator of SKCET, Dr.P.Balamurugan, HoD/Mechatronics were present on the occasion.

Students show their prowess at Trichy NIT, SKCET outreach program

TUESDAY 25-10-2016 7

Pensioners’ Forum, Chenna i he l d the i r 2 9 t h A G M w h i c h deliberated various merits and shortcomings in the VII Central Pay Commission recommendations. S.R aman a r a y a n a n ,

Asst. Editor, Pensioners’ Advoca te rendered prayer song. V.Natarajan, President presided over the meeting.Natarajan, narrated the

implications of the two Options for choosing t h e b en e f i c i a l on e recommended by the VII Pay Commission for revision of pension, in particular of Pre 1 1 2006 and older retirees and the need for an additional opt ion to overcome the non-availability of requisite records and also avoid certain specific anomalies. Option 2 being a simple multiplication factor giving benefit of 14.2%, the Government has implemented it from 1st September 2016 wef 1 1 2006 for enhanced pension). The Option 1 is akin to the One Rank One Pension given to the Ex-Servicemen and involves recasting of notional pay allowing the benefit of number of increments earned by the old pensioner while in service in his pay scale and fixing it in the appropriate cell of the corresponding Level in the Pay Matrix Table brought out by the Commission , already accepted by Cabinet and notified. Some apprehension

about non-availability of the records of the old pensioners made the Government of India to form (formed) a high level Committee to consider the feasibility for implementation of

Pensioners’ Forum debates over pros and cons of VII

Central Pay recommendations

Option 1. The Committee appeared to have found lack of records is for only about 15% of old pensioners but still on this ground they are seemingly not (favourably) inclined to endorse the feasibility of implementing Option1. Pre-2006 pensioners

who are 70+ are very much d i s appo i n t e d . They regretted that an option approved by the Cabinet Committee is being negated by the feasibility committee, whose mandate is not necessarily to suggest an alternate at the cost of a viable lifetime full parity Option 1, so dear to the old pensioners. The FORUM also noted, that among all old pensioners (pre 1986/96/2006/2016) who attended the meeting.NONE REPORTED

ANY MISSING OR INVALID RECORDS. Hence the excuse given by the authorities for obviating or obstructing t h e imp l emen t a t i o n o f O P T I ON 1 i s Q U E S T I O N A B L E , W R O N G A N D UNACCEPTABLE As an alternate, a new option had been suggested by the said Committee based on the 5 CPC revision model, using the last pay drawn amount enhanced by multiplication factors adopted by successive Pay

Commissions for upward revisions . Old Pensioners firmly emphasized that the Govt. / Pension authorities must offer all Options for pensioners to choose the best one for their benefit in terms of achieving Full Parity in pension with respect to the present and future pensioners..The forum’s deliberation

pointed out that the 7 CPC recommendation of Option 1 was to fulfill the constitutional obligation under Articles 14, 38 and 41 that a retired central employee should continue to maintain the same status in income, and standards of life that he enjoyed while in service. It was emphasized that Option 1 is a furtherance of V Pay Commission extending partial parity between past and future pensioners. The Forum brought out various methodologies to recast the missing pension records so that there may not be denial to anyone.S . S w a m i n a t h a n ,

Secretary presented the annual report for the year 2015-16 which was adopted unanimously. Shri Venkataramani submitted the statement of accounts for which approval was granted by theGeneral Body.A.V. Mukuntharajan

w h i l e mo v i n g t h e

Resolutions endorsed the s tand taken by the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (NCJCM) and its submissions to the concerned authorities on 6 Oct 2016 and 17 Oct 2016 and pressed for proper health care, travel concessions in public transports and security for senior citizens. He opined that the Option 1 of the 7 th CPC recommendation is to bring near parity in pension between present and future pensioners and has been accepted by the Cabinet Committee and the Feasibilities Commit tee’s role is for finding out ways and means to evolve methodology to build records to avoid any denial and not for nullifying the decision. He said Option 1 is a furtherance of the VCPC recommendation towards fulfillment of the constitutional provisions under Article 14, 38 and 41 for ensuring a decent living to pensioners to maintain the same status as they enjoyed while in service. Sri C.Gnaniah proposed vote of thanks. After National Anthem the meeting concluded.

Equitas Small Finance Bank spreads happiness by celebrating Diwali with underprivileged street children. P N Vasudevan, MD & CEO, S P Mathur (Former DGP), Trustee, EDIT, N Rangachary, Chairman, Equitas Holdings Ltd, Arun Ramanathan, Chairman, Equitas Small Finance Bank, and Directors P V Rajaraman, P T Kuppuswamy, Y C Nanda distributed gifts to the children.

India Yamaha Motor creates history by winning Yamaha World Technician Grand Prix 2016 Title 2nd time in a row. Hiroshi Kimura, Director, Masaki Asano, Managing Director, WTGP 2016 winner Jignesh Rana, Roy Kurian, VP, Sales & Marketing and Ravinder Singh, VP, Strategy & Planning,Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd.

Chennai, Oct 25: Vodafone India, one of

India’s leading telecom service providers, has announced Free Incoming cal ls whi le roaming nationally for All its customers. Starting this Diwali, all Vodafone India customers, travelling anywhere in the country, can continue to talk worry free without having to cut short their conversations. Speaking on this new

initiative, Sandeep Kataria, Director – Commercial, Vodafone India, said “At Vodafone, the customer is at the heart of all that we do and it is an ongoing endeavour to come up with unmatched value and convenience for our customers. Even though outgoing charges

wh i l e r o am ing had become comparable to home charges, consumer research has shown that incoming charges while roaming have been a hindrance to worry free usage. As part of our ongoing

200 million customer celebration, providing Free Incoming on National Roaming will ensure that our customers do not think twice while traveling out of town. We hope that this Diwali gift will empower our customers to stay connected with their loved ones without worrying about roaming tariffs. Along with our recently launched International Roaming Daily pack which makes International Roaming worry free, we

Vodafone announces roaming free, special Deepavali offer for customers

Chennai, Oct 25:Le Chocolatier is cel-

ebrating Diwali with an impressive collection of chocolates bursting with festive colours, which will be a perfect gift for family and friends. Le Chocolatier the

city’s first stand-alone chocolate boutique which has a wide variety of chocolates to offer contin-ues to focus its attention on innovative, delicious sweets thereby extend-ing the most success-ful gift range for the festival of lights. The chocolate boxes are avail-

able in 9-piece, 12-piece, 18-piece boxes apart from gift hampers and compart-ment dry fruit boxes. Coated almonds, milk

chocolate Krispies, as-sorted chocolate discs, peanut chocolate, butter truffle and dark choco-lates with butter scotch filling are to name a few. These gifts boxes are priced from Rs 225/- onwards and available at Le Chocolatier outlet at Harrington Road outlet and all The French Loaf outlets across the city. Orders can be placed at 7604915027/9344423477

Make Deepavali sweeter with Le Chocolatier

Chennai, Oct 25:In its continued efforts

to promote wholesome academic growth,Next Education India Pvt Ltd, a pioneer in K–12 education and a leading educa t i on so l u t i on s provider, organised a Principals’ Conference. A one-day workshop

on ‘Moving from teacher-centric to student-centric teaching,’ was designed for the principals of participating schools. The workshop looked at sharing best practices, developing new techniques to ensure students’ involvement in the learning process, research and development and other real-world applications of edu-tech tools in the education sector. Prof. Sahana Murthy,

a faculty member of IIT Bombay specialising in the interdisciplinary programme on educational technology, conducted the workshop. Prakash Raju, Assistant

Vice President, Next Education, delivered the welcome address.Speaking on the shift

from teacher-centric to student-centric education, Prof.SahanaMurthy,said, “Shifting the perspective of a classroom by diluting the control of a teacher to create a more shared space requires a lot of patience and calls for a profound change in classroom culture and management. “

Next Education hosts workshop for principals

Chennai, Oct 25:“We commend Ola’s

efforts towards initiating this change by creating public awareness and extend our support to Ola in this endeavour.” says Dr A. N. Venkatesh, Sr. Consultant & HOD, Department of Emergency M e d i c i n e , A p o l l o Hospital, at the launch of Ola’s first in a series of videos and collaterals for GiveWayGiveLife. The campaign aims at

raising public awareness, and bringing about a social change of giving priority

to emergency vehicles, especially ambulances, on the road. Over the next few months, this video will be posted across various social media platforms to raise awareness and create a community of passionate change seekers/citizens.Prominent Healthcare

inst i tu t ions l ike the A p o l l o G r o u p o f Hospitals have also come forward and supported Ola’s GiveWayGiveLife initiative, adding to the campaign’s reach and enabling a potentially

impactful social change.Dr A. N. Venkatesh,

Sr. Consultant & HOD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Apollo Hospitals said, “We commend Ola’s efforts of initiating this change by creating public awareness and extend our support to Ola in this endeavour.”“ G i v e Wa y F o r

Ambulance, It may be your near or dear ones” – Call 1066 in any medical Emergencies - Save Lives.”

Leading hospitals support Ola’s ambulance campaign

Chennai, Oct 25:SBI General Insurance

Company Ltd, one of India’s fastest growing g e n e r a l i n s u r a n c e companies, has a vast network of branches across the length and breadth of the country. Tamil Nadu is one of the significant markets for SBI General; it currently has 7 branches viz, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, S a l em , T h a n j a v u r , Tiruchirapalli & Vellore. SBI General’s insurance covers are available in over 1000 branches of State Bank Group, it

further has 728 agents and 25 brokers to service both its retail & corporate customers. F o r SB I Gen e r a l

Insurance, motor insurance business is doing well accounting for 51% of the policies sold, with Fire at 25% in the state of Tamil Nadu. SBI General Insurance also has a growing Health insurance line that contributes to 11% business for the company. The to t a l premium collection from Tamil Nadu, accounted for Rs. 112.3 crores in FY 2015- 16.

Andrew Farlow, Deputy CEO, SB I Gen e r a l Insurance, on his visit to the city, said, “We are happy to see the growth in this region and our focus in the state will continue to be on Motor & SME. Our Health business has been growing, I am proud to say that SBI General Insurance has provided health cover to over 3 crore individuals so far. Our range of health insurance offers plans for the well-informed urban customers to first time buyers in smaller towns and cities.”

In the corporate product space, SBI General offers fire, liability, burglary, marine, money, business package , mach ine ry breakdown, electronic equipment and commercial vehicle insurance products. In the health space,

Arogya series is very popular, which has been developed for the needs of customers across segments. The Arogya Premier policy provides health insurance for HNI’s and covers the insured, spouse and two dependent children.

SBI General Insurance focuses on growth of Health Insurance

are now confident that Vodafone India customers will not be holding back conve r sa t i ons whi l e t ravel l ing nat ional ly or internationally on Vodafone SuperNet™. “

Offer for DeepavaliVodafone India will

make this Diwali more joyous and delightful for over 16 million customers in Tamil Nadu. Vodafone customers can enjoy a unique Diwali offer from 25th to 27th October 2016. Vodafone will greet

its customers visiting any of the 60 Vodafone stores in the circle, with a ‘customised offer’ best suited to their requirements along with other gifts to add to the Diwali festivities. T h e b e a u t i f u l l y

decorated Vodafone stores will also present sweet Diwali surprises - special chocolates, mementos, greeting cards and more, delighting customers at the onset of the biggest festival of lights.

KARUR K.C.P. PACKKAGINGS LTD Regd. Office: No:1, First Floor, Bhagath Singh Street,Bharathipuram,

Puducherry – 605011.Corp. Office: 330/1, Chinna Andan Koil Road, Karur – 639 001.

NOTICENotice is hereby given that Pursuant to Regulation 29 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015 that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Friday, October 28, 2016, at 11.00 A.M. at the Corporate Office of the company situated at 330/1, Chinna Andan Koil Road, Karur – 639 001, to consider inter alia, the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial year ended 31.03.2016 and the Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 30th June, 2016. For Karur K.C.P.Packkagings Ltd.,

Sd/PLACE: KARUR V.VENKATESANDATE : 24.10.2016 COMPANY SECRETARY

NAME CHANGE I, EASU DOSS

JESUPAUL, S/o: Essu Doss, Date of Birth: 07.05.1977, No.16/117, Senthil Nagar Annex, 1st Main Road, Chennai–600 116. shall henceforth be known as EASU DOSS ROSHAN JESPAUL.

EASU DOSS JESUPAUL

NAME CHANGE I, BABU LAL

DARSHANA, D/o: Babu Lal, Date of Birth:24.05.1996, No.3/165, Teachers Colony, Vettuvankeni, Chennai–600 115. shall henceforth be known as BABU LAL DARSHANA GEHLOTH.

BABU LAL DARSHANA

NAME CHANGE I, PRABHAKAR

KRISHNAN, S/o: Krishnan, Date of Birth:18.09.1990, No.85/102, K.V.B. Garden, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai–600 028. shall henceforth be known as PRABHAKARAN KRISHNAN.

PRABHAKAR KRISHNAN

NAME CHANGE I, CHINNAN

PRABHAKARAN, S/o: P.Chinnan, Date of Birth:20.05.1960, G–1, Annai Flats, No.19, Ambedkar Salai, Enfield Avenue, Madipakkam, Chennai–600 091. shall henceforth be known as NELLAI CHINNAN PRABAKAR.

CHINNAN PRABHAKARAN

NAME CHANGE I, PRATHEEP SANKAR

S/o: Sankar, No.267, Parameshwari Nagar, Annamalai Cherry Kuppam, Ponneri, Tiruvallur Dist –601205. shall henceforth be known as PRADEEP SANKAR.

PRATHEEP SANKAR

NAME CHANGE I, SHAJEE ABUBACKER,

W/o: Kaja Mohideen, Date of Birth: 17.07.1970, No.4–20, Andal Nagar 1st Street, Alapakkam, Porur, Chennai–600 116. shall henceforth be known as SHAJIDHA ABUBACKER.

SHAJEE ABUBACKER

NAME CHANGE I, ANGAMUTHU

S U N D A R AVA D I V E L U , S/o: Angamuthu, Date of Birth:23.12.1978, No.2–219, Sanachandram, Chennathur Post, Hosur– –635109. shall henceforth be known as ANGAMUTHU SUNDARAVADIVEL

ANGAMUTHU SUNDARAVADIVEL

NAME CHANGE I, HAMED AHMED

PERIAPET NOORULLAH, S/o: Noorullah, Date of Birth:25.05.1974, New No.7, Old No.272–A, Pakmaligai Khader Hussain Street, Periapet, Vaniyambadi–635751, Nellor Dist, Tk. shall henceforth be known as HAMID AHMED PALLIKONDE.

HAMED AHMED PERIAPET NOORULLAH

TUESDAY 25-10-20168

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Chennai, Oct 25: October is observed as

breast cancer awareness month and in line with this ,Apollo hospitals conduc t ed a b r e a s t awareness campaign for pregnant women at their speciality hospital in Vanagaram. Studies have indicated

that a woman who bears a child at 20 years of age has much lower risk of breast cancer than a woman who bears her first

child after 30. Similarly, higher the number of full-term pregnancies, the lesser is the risk. Also, Nulliparous women have a much higher lifetime risk of breast cancer.“Women who breastfeed have a lesser risk of developing breas t cance r when compared to women who do not breastfeed or have a reduction in the breastfeeding period. The longer the duration of breastfeeds, the lesser is the

risk,” said Gynaecologist, Dr. Suvarna, Apollo Spec ia l i ty Hosp i ta l s Vanagaram. The experts raised awareness on breast cancer, risk factors, prevention, symptoms and diagnosis. They also shared information on self-examination that can be done by women at regular intervals to make sure they do not ignore any abnormalities in their body condition. “ In spite of the wide spread

information available through media, public & private health care, cancer is still a taboo word.Talking about cancer be it prevention, early detection or treatment still evokes an unpleasant sensation among public,” says Dr. Gowri Meena, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Apollo Spe c i a l i t yHo sp i t a l s , Vanagaram.

Apollo Hospital holds awareness on breast cancer

for pregnant women

Chennai, Oct 25:The 215th memor ia l day

of Marudhu Pandiyar brothers was observed at Tirupathur in Sivaganga district on Monday . The brothers Peria Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu were rulers of

Sivaganga for a brief period during the 18th century.Their proclamat ion of in

dependence against British rule at Srirangam temple in 1801 was the first such proclamation. It happened 56 years before the

First War of Independence in 1857 against colonial rule. The brothers were hung at

Tirupathur by British on October 24, 1801 after losing the war at Cholapuram.

Memorial day of Marudhu brothers observed

Chennai, Oct 25:Joy knew no bounds for

375 under privileged children besides senior citizens’ drom Anandam, Sevalaya, Seers Girls Home and Balagurukulam as they celebrated the ‘Festival of Lights’ at Spencer Plaza. Thanks to Raindropss for organising a mega event with leading playback singers entertaining

the hapless children and oldage inmates through songs, dance and music. Film songs, old and new

were rendered by playback singers Velmurugan, Shamsudeen, Aravind, Kiran Shravan, Whistler Swetha and Haritha even when the enthusiastic children joined the singers to dance to the tunes and beats of the drums.

Electrifing dance performances of Twist and Turn Dance Studio, Senior citizens of Anandam, Master Mrithiyesh and special performances by Instrumentalists Vetri on the Drums and Dilip on the keys made the children to enjoy the celebrations. Music Director turned Producer A.R.Raihanah, also the Brand Ambassador of Raindropss,

presided over the event and Raindropss founder Aravind Jayabal alongwith his team made elaborate arrangements for the mega event.Satyabama University sponsored

transportation of children while gifts and dinner were sponsored by Spencer Plaza, Zuby Candies, Aasife Biriyani, Mega Digital and Saj & Taj.

Bringing smiles on the face of 375 less privileged kids

Ungalukaga Charitable Trust founder Dr. Suneel organised special mass prayer at CMS home for orphan and destitute children for quick recovery of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. AIADMK MP S.R. Vijaykumar, North Chennai (South) District Secretary N. Balaganga, Dr. Chakravarthi, Dr. Anil Joseph, Dr. Banu Kiran, Dr. Ananth Murugesaan were present at the special prayer.

New Delhi, Oct 25:Tamil Nadu government

filed its written submission before the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water disputes case, challenging t h e aw a r d o f t h e Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The apex court is hearing a plea on whether the appeals by both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments are maintainable or not. In its objections, TN

challenged the report of the high level technical committee, which stated that there was water scarcity in both states and said that the committee

should have at least recommended the amount of water required for release.The gove r nmen t ’ s

submission is yet to be taken on record and the SC registry has asked the counsel to mention it before the Bench hearing the case first.The State also cited the calculation done by the technical committee, which stated in its report that Karnataka would be receiving 81 tmc of water by May 2017, of which Karnataka need just 48 tmc. So the remaining 41 tmc can easily be

released to the State.TN also asked the

court to direct Karnataka to release the remaining amount of water, as on October 13. Earlier, the court

granted the Centre time till Wednesday to file its written submissions in the water sharing case. The Supreme Court had last week reserved orders on whether the appeal against the CWDT award was maintainable or not.During the hearing,

the Centre had argued that the appeal was not maintainable and stated that once published, the

CWDT’s order was final Karnataka had, however, contended that the appeal must be heard. It said that it had filed the appeal against the CWDT award, before the same was published. Hence the special leave petition is maintainable. During the last hearing,

the court had directed Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil till maintainability of the appeals filed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is decided.

TN files written submission in SC on Cauvery

Deepavali Kondattam by Raindropss

New Delhi, Oct 25:Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Em-

braer has agreed to pay over USD 205 million to resolve charges of corruption and making bribe payments to officials in foreign nations, including USD 5.76 million allegedly paid to an agent in In-dia in connection with the sale of three military aircraft for Indian Air Force.

The corruption charges in India relate to payment of USD 5.76 million to an agent in kickbacks for clinching a deal for the sale of three highly specialised military aircraft for the IAF’s Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). The CBI has already regis-tered an FIR in the case.

Embraer entered into the resolution to resolve criminal charges and agreed to pay a penalty of more than USD 107 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of government officials in the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia and Mozambique, and to pay millions more in falsely recorded payments in India via a sham agency

agreement, the US Justice Department said. Under the settlement, apart from the USD 107 million penalty to the Justice Department as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, Embraer must also pay more than USD 98 million in disgorgement and interest to the Securi-ties and Exchange Commission (SEC).

According to the company’s admis-sions, Embraer executives and employ-ees paid bribes to government officials and falsified books and records in connection with aircraft sales to foreign governments and state-owned entities in multiple countries.

The SECs complaint alleges that Em-braer made more than USD 83 million in profits as a result of bribe payments from its US-based subsidiary through third-party agents to foreign government officials in the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, and Mozambique.

Embraer allegedly created false books and records to conceal the illicit pay-ments, and also engaged in an alleged accounting scheme in India.

Embraer to pay $ 205 mn to settle graft charges

contd from page 1would act as special officers of the respective village panchayats. Similarly, Additional Director/ Additional Collec-tor/Joint Director/Project Director of District Rural Development Agencies of the respective districts would be special officers of the 31 district panchayats. The Assistant Director (panchayats) and Assistant Director (Audit) of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Depart-ment of the respective districts would be special officers of the panchayat unions. On October 19, Governor Ch Vidyas-

agar Rao promulgated two ordinances for appointing special officers to local bodies, elections to which were post-poned after Madras High Court quashed the State Election Commission’s noti-

fications. The elections were scheduled for October 17 and 19. In its order on October 5, the High

Court had quashed the two notifica-tions issued by the SEC for conducting elections to the local bodies in two phases, and directed it to complete the election process by December 31 by issuing fresh notifications. The court also directed that special officers be appointed till the elections are held. Appointment of special officers to

local bodies is being done after two long decades. The Chennai Corporation remained under the control of special officers for about 23 years from No-vember 1973 to October 1996 after the council was dissolved following the muster roll scandal.

Special Officers assumes...

contd from page 1leader D Pandian too visited the hospital today. This is his second visit to Apollo after Jayalalithaa was admitted there late last month.People from all religious communities conduct prayers for Chief Minister

Jayalalithaa, who is receiving treatment at the hospital since September 22, and this include rites that catch the attention of the public.

CM’s health...

contd from page 1a number of people had been injured by a conveyor belt.”The Thunder River Rapids ride

suffered some form of “malfunction” which caused two people to be thrown from the six-person vessel and two people to be trapped.Two men and two women, aged be-

tween 32 and their early 40s, died.The Thunder River Rapids ride is described

as one of the park’s family rides, open to children as young as two.It’s a water-based ride and passengers

sit six to a craft. It’s described as a “moderate thrill” allowing passengers to “travel down a foamy water track past the Gold Rush Country, speeding up to 45 km/h through the turbulent rapids.”It is unclear exactly how the accident

occurred, but there are reports the craft flipped and trapped the passengers.

4 dead in Queensland...

Srinagar, oct 25:Three school build-

ings were set ablaze by unknown persons in Kashmir over the past 24 hours, setting alarm bells ringing among authorities who have decided to step up security around educa-tional institutions.A Government school

was set ablaze by un-known persons in the wee hours today in Noorbagh area of the city but the blaze was put out by fire tenders, a police official said.

3 schools ablaze inJammu

Srivi Kalasalingam University National Cyber Defence Research Centre Cyber Forensics Lab organized Guest Lecture Program on “Mission Cyber Security”. Shankar Kumar, Lead Consultant. ITC Info Tech., Bangalore., delivered a lecture on the importance of cyber security. 178 Students/Faculty/Research Scholars participated Dr. D. Amutha Guka, Dr. K. Suthendran and Ms. R. Kanniga Devi organized the event.