Good news of the day - i.e. possibly good :-)

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ajithfederer,
will try to do as much as possible. However, websites like dailythanthi use their custom font and not unicode, so copy/paste of the relevant portions is difficult sometimes.

The news article above talks about the starting of "EMERGENCY" services for public by the state govt. in a number of TN cities. Public can dial 108 (like they dial 911 in U.S.) to get emergency vehicle coming to their rescue - accidents / heart-attack etc. And this service is without charge!

[Designer]

http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/25/stories/2008092560790400.htm

// 'Anniyan' scenes nyabagathukku varuthu. //


Compensation awarded

K.T.Sangameswaran

CHENNAI: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has recommended to the Tamil Nadu Government to pay a compensation of Rs.one lakh to a person whose 14-year-old hearing and speech impaired son was electrocuted.

The Electricity Board officials had miserably failed to prove their onus that they were not at fault and liability for the incident, an SHRC Bench comprising A. R. Selvakumar and S. Paramasivan, Members, said in its order.

After paying the compensation, the government should recover Rs.30,000 from Sundaramoorthy, Assistant Engineer, Operation and Maintenance, East, Guduvancheri and Rs.10,000 from Chittarai, wireman of the same area, as per rules. The government should bear the balance of Rs.60,000 on moral obligation.

D. Subramanian of Kottai village, Vandavasi taluk in Tiruvannamalai district, complained to the Commission seeking compensation due to the “sudden and suspicious” death of his son, Anbarasan, who was studying in a special school at Guduvancheri, in 2006. In its report to the Commission, its investigation wing submitted the boy’s death was due to electrocution. Through their counter-affidavit, the board officials submitted that the AE soon after coming to know of the accident on August 9, 2006 through the wireman rushed to the spot and found that the wires of the low tension feeder of Nandivaram transformer had got snapped due to heavy rain and wind. The counter said the tragedy occurred due to “unforeseen facts and circumstances and due to act of God” which were beyond the officials’ control. The Bench said that from the evidence it was transparent that the death of the boy was due to electrocution. It was a settled proposition of law that the burden of proof in matters of this nature that there was no negligence, rested upon the board authorities. No register or record was produced by the officials to show that the transformer and electrical wires in question were subjected to periodical checks and replacements were made then and there. Also, material was not placed to enlighten that precautionary steps were taken to prevent untoward incidents during the heavy rain and strong wind. The Commission held that the respondents violated human rights.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html

Project 10100 (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Here's how to join in.

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http://www.kumudam.com/magazine/Repo...10-02/pg10.php

A report on how a school master in a remote village in TN took special interest in the children of 'narikkuRavarkaL' and made them get literacy.

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Hitendran's mom spends a few moments with the girl who got the donor heart...

http://dailythanthi.com/article.asp?...ate=10/22/2008

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http://www.kumudam.com/magazine/Reporter/2008-10-02/pg10.php

A report on how a school master in a remote village in TN took special interest in the children of 'narikkuRavarkaL' and made them get literacy.

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http://www.kumudam.com/magazine/Kumu...11-12/pg27.php

From the above article which is titled 'தேனூர் சிவாஜி' :

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படித்தது இன்ஜினீயரிங். பார்த்தது அமெரிக்காவில் உள்ள டெட்ராய்ட்டில் சாஃப்ட்வேர் இன்ஜினீயர் வேலை. சம்பளம் மூன்று வருடத்திற்கு முன் மாதம் நான்கு லட்சம்...
பேங்கில் பேலன்ஸ் கோடிகளை நெருங்கும்போது மனதில் சின்ன குறுகுறுப்பு. பட்டென வேலையை விட்டார். திருச்சிக்குத் திரும்பினார் செந்தில்குமார்.
`உனக்கென்ன பைத்தியமா பிடிச்சிட்டு!' என்று உறவுக்காரர்கள் முதல், நண்பர்கள் வரை பலரும் ஆலோசனைகளையும், ஆற்றாமையையும் அள்ளிக்கொட்ட, எதையும் காதில் வாங்கிக்கொள்ளாமல் கிராமம் கிராமமாக சைக்கிளில் அலைந்திருக்கிறார் செந்தில்குமார். இறுதியாக தேனூரில் தன் வாழ்க்கையை செட்டிலாக்க முடிவு செய்தார்.
விவசாயம், வேலை, சாலை என சகலத்திலும் பின்தங்கிய ஒரு குக்கிராமத்தில் சாஃப்ட்வேர் இன்ஜினீயர் ஒருவர் செட்டிலாகி சாதிக்க என்ன இருக்கும்?
முதல்கட்டமாக சின்னதாக ஒரு மருத்துவமனை, ஒரு கம்ப்யூட்டர் சென்டர். சிறுவர் சிறுமிகளுக்கு ஒரு மரத்தடி பாடசாலை என தன் கைக்காசை செலவழித்து காரியங்களில் இவர் இறங்க, இன்று ஒட்டுமொத்த கிராமமும் செந்தில்குமாரை `எங்க ஊர் சிவாஜி!' என்கின்றனர்.
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அட!
வாழ்க!!

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http://www.kumudam.com/magazine/Kumu...11-19/pg26.php

Woman accepts to donate brain-dead husband's organs without any publicity / fanfare!

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http://www.kumudam.com/magazine/Kumu...11-19/pg27.php

குப்பையில் கிடைத்த ரத்தினம்.

The moving story of a poor lady (with a drunkard husband) adopting a baby thrown into dustbin outside Trichy hospital.

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http://dinamalar.com/pothunewsdetail...0&cls=&ncat=TN

The 8th grade boy from Dindigul who helped avert a huge train accident (as per this news report "sahAnA style") is getting gallantry award