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Three legal-aid clinics set up in Madurai

Business & Economy, Resources of Free Materials

Madurai :

The Madurai District Legal Services Authority (MDLSA) has set up legal-aid clinics (LACs) at the offices of the top civil and police functionaries in the district. They will function three days in a week at the collectorate and in the offices of commissioner of police (CoP) and the superintendent of police (SP).

Madurai district judge B Gokuldass inaugurated the LACs at the collectorate and the police commissionerate on Wednesday. Chief judicial magistrate S Saravanan Perumal unveiled the clinic  at the SP office in the city. Collector Anshul Misra, commissioner of police S Sanjay Mathur, SP T Jayachandran  and secretary of MDLSA sub-judge Jacintha Martin were present.

MDLSA has been establishing LACs at several places in the district to provide basic legal services to the people. They have come up in Madurai, Vadipatty, Usilampatti, Thirumangalam and Melur taluks where people face geographical, social and other barriers for accessing legal services.

The clinic at the district collectorate will function on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, while the clinics at the offices of city police commissioner and SP will function on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Each clinic will work with one legal-aid counsel who will be assisted by a para-legal volunteer trained by the MDLSA, said the sub-judge Jacintha.

With the three new LACs, the Madurai city now has 14 LACs, said the sub-judge. Besides, four more clinics will be set up in this weekend, said the sub-judge.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Madurai / TNN / April 04th, 2013

3 Chennai professors among 9 selected for National Science awards, 2012

Education, Resources of Free Materials, Science & Technologies

Chennai:

Three academics from the city are among the nine awardees selected for the Indian National Science Academy Awards, 2012. The INSA Teachers Awards was instituted to value consistent and high levels of teaching in colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions.

Professor of Chemistry department of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Dhamdodharan Ragavachari, professor A Subbiah Pandi of Presidency College and professor P Gautam of Anna University have been selected for the award. Professor Dhamodharan, who completed his PhD in UMASS at Amherst in the US, is also a senior Fulbright Research Fellow.

The other awardees are professors Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai; Achuthsankar S Nair of the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; Anil J Elias of IIT-Delhi; Pratap Kumar Pati of   Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; Raja Ram Yadav of the University of Allahabad; and Shibnath Mazumder of the University of Delhi.

Nominees come from all disciplines of science and technology. The awardees will receive a scroll, a cash award of 50,000 and a one-time book grant of 20,000.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Chennai / TNN, October 09th, 2012

Malaysian Indian Film Festival opens

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Resources of Free Materials

From left) Actor Saranya Ponvannan, Malaysian actor Haanii Shivraj, South Indian Artists’ Association general secretary Radha Ravi and Malaysian Indian Congress Youth Wing Chairman T.Mohan at the inauguration of the Malaysian Indian Film Festival in Chennai on Monday. Photo: S.S.Kumar

For the first time, movie buffs in the city will be treated to Malaysian Tamil movies. A three-day Malaysian Indian Film Festival opened at Sree Devi preview theatre, T.Nagar, on Monday.

Unlike the Tamil film industry here, Malaysian Indian filmdom is small and has less patronage. Vijay, Chairman of Malaysian Indian Film Festival, said the Indian population in Malaysia is less than 10 per cent and Tamil-speaking population is much less. Only two Tamil movies were made between 1960 and 2000. After digitisation, the number of movies produced has gone up to six or seven a year.

Majority of movies were made on shoe-string budget except for a few like ‘Appalam’, which was produced by a Malaysian company. “Most theatres there prefer to screen Tamil films produced in India and only one or two Tamil movies made in Malaysia get released in theatres.

The major source of revenue is through DVD sales and there is no question of piracy,” he added.

Actors also promote their movies by installing stalls at Thaipoosam festival. Haanii Shivraj, who took up acting two years ago, juggles between anchoring shows in Tamil channels here and acting in Malaysian Tamil films, said: “I gave up my job as flight stewardess and became full-time actor. There is no divide between television and films and many actors opt for TV serials for more recognition.”

Of the 26 Malaysian Tamil movies that were released in theatres, 10 were nominated for screening in the festival. T.Mohan, Youth Wing Chairman, Malaysian Indian Congress, said the festival would provide a platform to recognise the talent of Malaysian technicians, improve the quality of movies and market films in India for more revenue.

Inaugurating the festival, Radha Ravi, general secretary, South Indian Artists’ Association, said the Malaysian Tamil film technicians must seek opportunities to expand the industry and must develop better interaction with the Tamil filmdom here. Vagai Chandrasekar, treasurer of South Indian Artists’ Association, suggested the Malaysian Tamil film industry share its technical equipment and cast actors from Tamil Nadu as the movies would have better business in both the countries.

E.Thangaraj, general secretary, Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation, said the fete was organised at short notice to promote new talent in the industry. The movies screened at the festival would be adjudged by actor Charlie, Fatima Babu, actor-turned-director Manobala for awards in six categories. Actor Saranya Ponvannan also took part.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / News> Cities> Chennai / by Staff Reporter / January 10th, 2012