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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

T.M. C.M. Jaya cracks whip on rapists

Death penalty and chemical castration for rapists are amongst a string of stringent measures propounded by chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday even as the nation mourned the death of the Delhi rape victim and her ashes immersed in the Ganga by the distraught family. In a timely initiative that is bound to apply the brakes on potential rapists, the Tamil Nadu CM in a statement here announced a 13-point charter of action to ensure protection for women. She said her government would urge the Centre to amend laws to provide death penalty and chemical castration for Expressing grief over the death of the 23-year-old Delhi rape victim, Jayalalithaa announced the charter for guaranteeing women’s safety and prevent incidents of sexual harassment, which she said would be treated as grave crime to be handled by senior police officers. Rules would be amended to enable the police to keep the accused in their custody for 30 days (presently the limit is 15 days), to prevent anticipatory bail for the accused and denial of bail until the court decides the case. Also, the Goondas Act would be amended to bring rapists under its ambit. In an effort to speed up effective investigation of such cases in sensitive manner, she said, women inspectors or sub-inspectors would handle them under the direct supervision of the district SPs and range DIGs. These officers would conduct monthly review of cases. “Zonal IGs will send reports within 15 days to ADGP (L&O) after reviewing all the cases pending investigation and being tried in courts”, Jayalalithaa said, adding that closed-circuit television (CCTV) sets would be installed in all public buildings to identify those troubling women. Police in plainclothes would be deployed at markets and women’s colleges. Also, a helpline for women would be set up. CM said police personnel would be sensitised during their stints at the TN police academy, police recruitment schools and at in-service training centres to treat the victims of abuse with kindness and dignity. She said the government would set up fast-track mahila courts in each district to try rape cases and other crimes against women on day-to-day basis. Not just the judges, even the government advocates in these courts would be women. Besides meeting all the medical and legal expenses of the victims, the government would also take steps to rehabilitate them, she said, adding that every effort would be made to ensure that women feel safe and move about fearlessly in Tamil Nadu.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

40 feared killed, many injured in fire in Sivakasi fireworks unit;

In a major fire accident, at least 40 people were feared dead, while dozens more injured in an explosion in a fireworks manufacturing unit in Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district in south Tamil Nadu. While police confirmed that 10 bodies were pulled out of the debris, they say the number of deaths could be higher. The accident occurred around 12.15pm at Om Sakthi Fireworks in Mudhalaipatti, located in the fireworks manufacturing hub of Sivakasi. About 40 rooms in the manufacturing unit collapsed, trapping many of the employees.

There were about 250 employees working in the unit when the accident occurred and many of them are trapped in the debris. "We are uncertain about the extent of damage and casualty. We fear that more than ten persons could be dead," said a senior revenue official. Fire and rescues services as well as ambulances could not get near the cracker unit for fear of another explosion due to huge quantity of chemicals stacked. They were unable to gain access to the accident spot for more than two hours as the two rooms are still burning and are expected to explode any time. The death toll is expected to rise as many more workers would have been trapped inside the buildings.

A few injured, who were flung away in the impact of the explosion, were being rushed to government hospital in Sivakasi and then to government hospital in Madurai. Revenue officials blamed labourers and said the accident could have occurred due to friction among the chemicals. This is one of the biggest explosions in the last few years at Sivakasi. This year, so far four explosions have occurred in various fire cracker units in Sivakasi and about five people were killed.

Police said Om Sakthi Fireworks was involved in making fancy fireworks, which are more dangerous when compared to the crackers that are intended to make loud noise rather than illuminate. The chemicals used in fancy crackers spread fast and also cause extensive damage. This was the reason for the fire to spread from one of the rooms where it originated to all the 40 rooms in the unit. While many employees working there suffered injuries, few villagers who rushed to help them were also injured in a blast and the ensuing fire.

There are about 600 major fire cracker units in Virudhunagar district while hundreds of small and minor units are functioning with about 30,000 workers.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Jayalalithaa seeks Chidambaram's resignation

Accusing home minister P Chidambaram of getting himself elected to Parliament through "fraudulent" means, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said his continuance in the Union council of ministers was untenable and sought his resignation.

"Our party has always maintained that Mr Chidambaram's victory was through fraudulent means...his continuance in the Union council of minsters is untenable," Jayalalithaa told reporters at her maiden press conference in New Delhi after assuming office last month.

"Mr Chidambaram was never elected to Parliament in 2009. He has played a fraud on the nation. Our party candidate won the election," she said when pressed further on the issue. The chief minister alleged that Chidambaram was announced the successful candidate because of a fraud committed by a data entry operator.

She also said that Dayanidhi Maran should step down from the Union cabinet over allegations of quid pro quo in the 2G scam and if he does not do on his own, the Prime Minister should drop him.

Friday, June 3, 2011

"I have done no wrong," says Maran

In the line of fire over allegations of a quid pro quo in the 2G scam, Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday rejected charges that his family owned Sun Television Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.

Talking to reporters at the Chennai airport here tonight, he said: "The allegations are a systematically planned campaign to malign me and my party."

The Textile Minister said that he became a ‘political untouchable’ after tendering his resignation in May 2008.

"After I resigned in May, there could have been an investigation. That was my position then. I was a political untouchable during that period. When I was not a minister nobody wanted to get in touch with me. I have never helped anyone. I was pushed out of political circle," he said.

On allegations that he got BSNL to connect over 300 telephone lines to his Chennai house for his family business, he said: "What they have questioned is not only my integrity but my family's integrity, my party's integrity."

Asserting that he had never helped anyone (as made out in the allegations), nor was he benefited, Maran said, "If I have done any wrong, I am open for any kind of probe."

Citing a letter from the State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd when he was the Union Telecom Minister, Maran said, "The letter from BSNL shows, I have only one phone connection."

"I wrote to the Chief General Manager and asked him to explain me, how many lines are there in my residence at Boat Club. Only One BSNL telephone connection, 24375100, was provided to me as a Minister," he said.

"If I have done wrong, I am ready to face any punishment. I do not need any sympathies and I have to be judged by the law. But if I am innocent, I should be given every right to protect myself and to prove my integrity," he said.

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