Student Cheated in Anna University campus by a Person pretending to be a employee

student was allegedly relieved of Rs.2.5 lakh cash by a stranger who promised to get him an engineering seat in Anna University.

According to police sources, D. Deekshit (19) of Tiruchi came here on May 3 to purchase an application form for admissions to engineering courses in Anna University. The suspect, introducing himself as Rishi Kanth, picked a conversation with the student near the campus and offered to help in getting a seat.

When Deekshit said he preferred Aeronautical Engineering, he said it would cost him Rs.5 lakh. Pretending to be an employee of the varsity, the suspect said Deekshit had to give a token advance and then pay the full cash.

After consulting his parents, the student agreed to the offer.

SMS service to be launched in Chennai to check names in Electoral rolls

The Chennai Corporation will soon launch a short messaging service (SMS) using which the residents could check if their names have been included in the electoral rolls.

Senior officials of the civic body said that voters could text message their EPIC (Elector's Photo Identity Card) number and they would get a reply SMS if their names are on the list or not. The mobile number and prescribed format for sending the text message are being worked out.

Kannel, an open source WAP and SMS gateway, which is used to send many text messages, is being currently tested. The civic body also upgraded its server recently.

The city has a total of 27,62,920 voters of which 13,85,789 are males and 13,77,122 females. The Corporation is currently conducting a 100 per cent verification of voters and 4,36,317 new voters have been listed. There have been a total of 3,01,214 deletions too. By July, the draft electoral rolls are expected to be published.

MGR medical university is like a Post office - TN Health Minister MRKP

In what was perhaps the biggest indictment of the MGR Medical University, Health Minister MRK Panneerselvam on Friday likened it to a post office where people go just to collect certificates.

He urged Vice Chancellor Dr Mayil Vahanan Natrajan to turn it into a vibrant university, taking inspiration from the Anna University and Madras University.

Speaking at the inauguration of the new entrance arch, new lift and remolded Senate Hall in the University, he said, " This university is now like a post office. People come here to collect certificates and other paperrelated work. I hope it soon becomes a fully functional university with classrooms full of students like the Anna University and the Madras University."

Donating PaceMakers of Dead could save Thousands of lives in Developing countries

Thousands of lives could be saved every year if the US were to donate used pacemakers to developing countries instead of throwing them in the trash, doctors say.

The US Food and Drug Administration currently prohibits reuse of pacemakers from dead people, in part because of the risk of infection. According to experts, this policy is supported by manufacturers and many physicians.

But at a meeting on Thursday, doctors from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor presented pooled data from hundreds of patients showing there was no increase in infections, malfunctioning or overall complications when reusing pacemakers. "This is a potentially life-saving technology that we are just throwing away right now," said Dr Kim Eagle, a cardiologist who worked on the study.

Breath could tell about Diabetes

A nanotechnology-based sensor could soon tell whether someone has Type 1 diabetes — just by analysing their breath.

The sensor, which has been successfully tested by Swiss researchers, could also be used by emergency room doctors to determine whether a patient has developed diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially serious complication that happens when diabetics do not take enough insulin.

Even diabetics could use the technology in their homes, to determine whether they need more insulin. Sotiris Pratsinis and colleagues at ETH Zurich in Switzerland explain that everyone has a little bit of acetone in their breath.

But people with Type 1 diabetes release unusually high levels of the chemical when they exhale. If they have diabetic ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acetone in the blood, they exhale even-larger amounts of acetone.

They built a sensitive acetone detector by directly depositing from a flame plume a thin film of semiconducting, mixed ceramic nanoparticles between a set of gold electrodes.

Abbott Labs acquired Piramal Healthcare for 3.7 Billion Dollars

US drug major Abbott Laboratories has acquired the domestic business of India-based Piramal Healthcare for about 3.7 billion dollars.

Fending off fight from other drug biggies such as Britain's GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Aventis and Pfizer, Abbott bagged the auction bid for Piramal Healthcare.

The deal reflects the heightened interest Western firms have displayed in the speedily growing Indian drug market.

Miles White, CEO of Abbott, stated, "It's a race. These markets are so significant in the future growth sources for our industry that it's important for us to be there early and in a meaningful, strong way."

Piramal will keep hold of its manufacturing business thatsupplies other drug makers all over the world, as well as other operations including consumer products and bulk drugs manufacturing. (With Inputs from Agencies)

Tata motors launched Indigo e-CS with Fuel efficiency of 23 Kmpl

Tata Motors has launched its Indigo e-CS, claimed to be the most fuel efficient sedan in India. The sedan comes with a fuel efficiency of 23.03 kmpl, which has been certified with ARAI. It has a new 1.4 liter diesel engine.

It will also be provided with 1.2-litre petrol engine. Both the engine categories are BSIV and suitable enough to run the car freely in all the bigger cities with new environment regulations.

The luxury sedan comes equipped with a new grille, body colored bumpers, chrome inserts on rub rails and indicators on the rear view mirrors. The interiors comprise all the components of Indigo XL along with centre console and the steering wheel.

Drastic change in IPL for season 4

The Indian Premier League (IPL) looks set for a drastic change in format next season, with teams likely to be divided into two groups to prevent cramming too many matches in too few days.

With 10 teams instead of the current eight, continuing with the current format would have meant playing 94 matches instead of the current 60, a prospect that was giving organisers the jitters, given the fact that the tournament would still have to be restricted to about seven weeks.

To get over this problem, BCCI bigwigs have informally discussed two alternative two-group formats for the league stage in their last meeting on May 17 and sources said the board would discuss the issue with the IPL's governing council in June.

Ravi Shankaran may have sold Indian War Room secrets for past 20 Yrs

Ravi Shankaran, 46, a key accused in the sensational war room leak case, may have sold Indian Navy’s secret equipment purchase plans for the next 20 years, a probe has revealed.

The ex-navy commander and nephew of former naval chief Arun Prakash’s wife was arrested by UK Police on April 21 and could
be extradited to India soon.

Shankaran was granted conditional bail, but was soon taken back into custody as he failed to fulfill the conditions, it is learnt.

Roadblock in Dainik Bhaskar's expansion spree

Dainik Bhaskar's expansion plans in Bihar and Jharkhand appear to have hit a roadblock with the co-owner of the Bhaskar title, Sanjay Agarwal, raising objections raised to the use of the Bhaskar brand name.

Taking cognisance of Agarwal's protest letters, the district magistrates in Patna and Ranchi — the authority for title verification in the state — have issued showcause notices to D B Corp — owned by the other wing of the family, now headed by Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, seeking an explanation within seven days.

2 sites & 800 URLs banned by Pakistan

Pakistani authorities have blocked 800 URLs that feature 'blasphemous' and 'sacrilegious' content in the wake of the ban on Facebook and YouTube, a representative of the country’s association of internet service providers said today.

Acting on an order of the Lahore high court, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority initially banned popular social networking website Facebook over a page featuring a contest for "blasphemous" cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.

The ban was later extended YouTube and other links.

The move also affected access to Wikipedia and Twitter, internet users said.

BWA auction scheduled on May 24

The government on Friday approved the provisional results for the 3G spectrum sale that fetched it a staggering Rs 67,719-crore bonanza, paving the way for starting the auction of the broadband wireless access (BWA) airwaves from May 24.

According to official sources, a committee headed by cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar, approved the 34-day long auction process, which concluded on May 19. Other members of the committee are finance secretary Ashok Chawla, telecom secretary PJ Thomas and Planning Commission member secretary Sudha Pillai.

With this, the 3G auction process comes to end and all the winners, including two telecom PSUs, have been asked to pay within 10 days from now. DoT officials said the last date for payment is May 31.

I missed the flight & survived -- Vasant shetty

Heavy workload prevented Dubai-based worker Vasant Shetty from taking the ill-fated flight to Mangalore and he thanks God for it.

"It's all God's grace.I missed the flight and survived", Shetty, booked to travel on the Air India Express, said.

"My friend had booked the ticket for me.But due to heavy workload I could not take the flight. Upon learning about the crash, I was shocked. I thank God for saving me" Shetty said.

"I don't know what to say about the ill-fated passengers who were killed. I pray for them", he said.

Cabin crew went through monsoon training

It's that time of the year when air travel becomes a bit frightening, even for frequent fliers. The monsoon means bad weather conditions across most of the country, and that often causes intense turbulence. Pilots, airports, and Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel are periodically put through training sessions to handle bad weather conditions.

This year, airlines have already started pre-monsoon pilot training programmes. Even cabin crew personnel go through monsoon training as well as classes on how to deal with irate and scared passengers.

78 identified of 158 bodies recovered in the crash site

Bodies of all the 158 victims of the Air India Express plane crash near Bajpe airport here have been recovered from the wreckage site, a top police official said.

With all bodies extricated, authorities also ended search operations in and around the deep ravine, into which the aircraft had plunged after overshooting the runway soon after landing.

"Of the 158 bodies, 72 bodies have been identified," Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh said.

Survivors of crashed Air India plane

159 people have been killed after an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai, carrying 173 passengers, overshot the runway and ploughed into the forest while landing at the Mangalore airport.

Seven people have survived the crash. Among the survivors are four children.

Putturismail Abdulla
Joel Pratap DSouza
G.K. Pradeep
Krishnan Koolikkunnu
Mayankutty K.P
Ummer Farook Mohammed
Sabrina Nasrinhuq.

List of Passengers On-Board Crashed Air India Flight

Following is the list of passengers who travelled on the Air India Express plane that crashed Saturday in Mangalore city.

1. Harshini Poonja	2. Aaron Joel Fernandes	3. Niha Imthiaz	4. Bhaskaran T.V.	5. Komalavally Alinkeel	6. Narayana Kanthav Rao	7. Vani Narayana Rao	8. Vaishnavi Narayana Rao	9. Mohammad Ishaque Rafique Ahmed	10 Hasanabba Abubakkar
11. Hiba Azeena (child)	12. Mushina (child)	13. Haifa Hasha (infant)	14. Joyanrichard Saldanha	15. Ummer Farook Mohammed	16. Shahida Nushrathar	17 Zeshan Abdul Rehman (child)	18. Kannur Zulekha Banu	19. Nazeema Muhammad Ashraf	20.Satyanarayana Ballakuraya
21. Sujatha Rao	22. Fathimamehzan Shafqat	23.Rashaad Shafqatmahmood (infant)	24. Khader Ammangod Mohammed Shafy	25. Suhaib Mohammed Naseer (child)	26. Bibi Sara (child)	27. Nabeeha Mohammed Nasir (child)	28. Mohammad Asraf	29. Maimoona Asraf	30. Ashaz Abdulla (child)
31. Ayesha Afsheen (child)	32.Plaviashakunthala Lobo	33. Venishanikola Lobo	34. Vishalfloid Lobo (child)	35. Abdullah K.M.	36. Rosly Shibu	37. Godwina Thomas (child)	38. Gloria Thomas (child)	39. Bhagali Prabhakar	40. Kammadam Kunhabdulla
41. Shashikanth Punja	42. Manirekha Punja	43. Abdulbarr Damudi (child)	44. Mahesh Shetty	45. Mohamed Naser	46. Anwar Sadiq	47. Hassan Kutty	48. JoelPratap DSouza	49. Arunkumar Shetty	50. Abdul Samad
51. Prasadand Manjrekar	52. Krishnan Koolikunnu	53. Mullachery Balakrishnan	54. Shanthi Olivera	55. Chethana Mukeshkumar	56. Ahmednaushad Abbu	57. Rajan Pulikodan	58. Jayaprakasha Devadiga	59. Jayaram Kotian	60. Chitra Jayaram
61. Rahul Jayaram (child)	62. Prabhavati Karkera	63. Ashitha Bolar	64. Akshay Bolar	65. Suresh Kunder	66. Soman Narayani	67. Pradeep G.K.	68. Kallingalabullah	69. Thalangara Ebrahimkhaleel	70. Naziya Afarin
71. Mohammed Abaanruknuddin (child)	72. MohammedRafi Beliyapura	73. Abdullah Mohammed	74. Ibrahim Saheb	75. Sameena Saheb	76. Issam Ibrahim	77. Rida Ibrahim (child)	78. Perumbalamohammed	79. Shivakumar Nagaraj	80. Meenu Gupta
81. Shetty K.K.	82. Gangadharan Nair	83. Prabathkumar Attavar	84.Sathisha Shetty	85. Irshad Ahmed	86. Neha Parveen	87. Affan Ahmed (infant)	88. Sameerbeerran Moideen	89. Abdunnazir Avinja	90. Riju John
91. Sabrina Nasrinhuq	92. Mahammooda Abdulla Kanyana	93. Althafahmed Moolana	94. Lokeshasadananda Belchada	95. Hameed Pookayam	96. Mayankutty K.P.	97. Vipin Kattoor	98. Kishorekumar Kudpapoojary	99. Chandukutty Nair K.	100. NM Bharatham
101. Abdulazeez Anchikatta	102. Umashan Vijayan	103. Cavin Sequuiera	104. Reshmasanthosh Rai	105. Nalandshaunsantosh Rai (child)	106. Vihasantosh Rai (infant)	107. Vamana Prabhu	108. Ganesh Prabhu	109. Qazi Abdulsalam	110. Qazizulekah Khuddus
111. Jackson Periera	112. Mahammed Ismail	113. Naveen Kumar	114. Sanjaykumar Mahabal	115. Mahendra Kodkany	116. Indumathi Nayak	117. Vijesh Kovval	118. Ramakrishna Nayak	119. Ajesh Mottathil	120. Navid Ibrahim
121. Ignatius DSouza	122. Sukumara Kuzhiyamkottuchal	123. Abdul Basheer KM	124. Mohiddin Farasusman	125. Mahim Mohammedpalli	126. Mohammedashraf KA	127. Mohamed Usman	128. Naveenwalter Fernandes	129. Saritaphilomena Dsouza	130. Ullas Dsilva
131. Mannapadupuashraf Abdul	132. Safdharali Sheik	133. Mahesh Shetty	134. Abdulharish Koppalamhouse	135. Abdul Jebran	136. Parambathkunhi Krishnan	137. Prabhakaran Pachikaran	138. Nekkareibrahim Ismail	139. Melwynkiran Menezes	140. Siddeeque Choorisulaiman
141. Putturismail Abdulla	142. Somashekhar Potyalsrinivasa	143. Lokesh Narayanan	144. Lolitta Dias	145. Lilly Dias	146. Praveena Sundar	147. Hilda Douza	148. Pradeep Deepanivas	149. Denis Saldanha	150. Ashton Saldanha (child)
151. Manthur Hassainar	152. Rama Satish	153. Mohammed Basheer	154. Aboobacker Siddeeq	155. Mohammed Usman	156. Shaileshrao Brahmavara	157. Mohammed Ziad	158. Sameena Abdul Karim	159. Zainab Mohammedziad (child)	160. Mohammed Subairzaid (child)

Enviroment Groups believe Faulty Runway Construction caused Mangalore Plane Crash

Did the faulty construction of the second runway result in the air crash at  Mangalore  airport? Some environmental and social groups strongly believe so.

"This was no accident, but apparently the failure of officials in ensuring proper construction of the second runway at the airport resulted in the tragedy," alleged Leo F Saldanha, coordinator of Environment Support Group (ESG).

He said the Director General of Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Karnataka government had failed to ensure that the second runway design conform to national and international standards.