Tenaksi, Erode and Krishnagiri top ranks in XII state board exams

CHENNAI: The top ten rankers this year in the Class XII State Board Examination are from Tenkasi, Erode, Krishnagiri, Karur, Hosur, Dharmapuri, Cheranmahadevi, Thoothukudi and Namakkal districts. Those with the first language Tamil from Chennai do not figure among the toppers.The Director of Government Examinations, Vasanthi Jeevanandam, announced the results on Thursday.Students with first language as Sanskrit have secured higher marks. Four city students scored the highest percentage in the State. The top four students are from DAV Matriculation HSS, Choolaimedu and DAV HSS, Gopalapuram.

Though their overall score is 1,190 out of 1,200, they are not being acknowledged as State toppers, having not chosen Tamil their first language.Four students from Tenkasi, Erode, Krishnagiri and Karur have scored 1,183 out of 1,200, while two students from Hosur and Dharmapuri have secured 1,182, and students from Cheranmahadevi, Thoothukudi and Namakkal have got 1,181 each.The overall pass percentage, however, has declined by 1.4 per cent this year — from 84.4 per cent to 83 per cent.

The March 2009 examinations saw 6,89,467 students appear, of which 6,40,844 appeared through schools. Though 48,237 more students appeared this year, the number of students for vocational subjects saw a jump of nearly 7,471 students.The girls (85.5 per cent) excelled yet again as their pass percentage was nearly five per cent more than the boys (80.3 per cent).More students this year scored 60 per cent as about 3,83,762 crossed the mark.

Rs. 15 lakh given to 265 students under champions development fund

With a view to encouraging sports the Government has disbursed over Rs. 15 lakh to 265 students across the State under champions development fund, said Sports, Youth Welfare and Environment Minister T.P.M. Mohideen Khan, here on Monday.

The Minister was here to distribute champions development fund to 45 students from Krishnagiri, Salem, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Villupuram and Cuddalore districts at a function held here at the District Sports Stadium.

The Minister distributed scholarships to 45 students and said the Government was taking various measures to improve the talented youth. These scholarships were given to those who are participating at the national, state, and Inter-University sports meets at all India level every year.

The State Government was also helping national champions to improve their performance with the special scholarships.

The Minister said the Government was spending Rs. 3.63 lakh to 87 persons to undergo special training abroad. To those taking part in international events, the State Government was extending Rs. 30,000 as air fare.

Satyabrata Sahoo, Member-Secretary, SDAT, said the State Government was giving utmost importance for the development of sports in the rural areas. Collector V.K. Shanmugam presided over the function.

T. Senguttuvan, MLA, spoke.

Theador, Senior Regional Manager, SDAT, Coimbatore welcomed the gathering.

child marriages stopped

In Krishnagiri district, on information by Village Administrative Officer Aasaithambi, Uthangarai Tahsildhar Subramaniyam instructed officials to enquire about the marriage arranged for the daughter of Palaniammal in Padapalli on Thursday.

Uthangarai Sub-Inspector Gnanasekaran and Zonal Deputy Tahsildhar Govindaraj held talks with Palaniammal following which the marriage was stopped.

CB-CID seizes 7 master CDs of Jaggubhai in Hosur

In a raid at Hosur in Krishnagiri district on Wednesday, sleuths of the video piracy cell attached to the CB-CID seized seven master DVDs of the yet-to-be-released Sarath Kumar-starrer Jaggubhai and arrested two men.The movie, which is slated for a Pongal release, was purportedly downloaded from a web portal on which it was uploaded last week.The arrests came within a few days after Chennai city police arrested the web portal owner here for allegedly uploading the film on his website, and seized 4,000 pirated CDs of the film in different raids in Chennai. Acting on a tip-off on Wednesday, police arrested two persons J K alias J Krishnan (32) of Bangalore and Subhash (38) of Hosur for making pirated DVDs of Jaggubhai after downloading the film from the web portal. Following the raid, 24 teams headed by IG Ramesh C Kudawla have been formed to conduct raids across the state. “The film might have been stolen from the lab during post-production work and uploaded on the portal. When the two men had taken the help of other persons to make copies from the master copy taken from the web portal, we got information and nabbed them,” DSP Rajendran of the Video Piracy Cell told ‘Express’.Police said they also seized 3,000 CD wrappers of the film besides 2,000 other pirated CDs and DVDs, including those of new films Vettaikaran, Avatar, Naan Avan Illai, Aadhavan, Kandha Kottai and Rudhran (2012) and 20,000 wrappers of other films. Six computers and 54 CD/DVD writers were also seized. The two accused were held under the Copyright act, 1957 and have been remanded in judicial custody, the DSP said.

Woman, children drown in well

KRISHNAGIRI: A mother and her two children drowned in an agriculture well near Denkanikottai on Wednesday night.
According to police, N. Munirathinam (25), hailing from Sattasandiram village near Denkanikottai, fell into an agriculture well while trying to save her children N. Narendran (6) and N. Saveetha (3). As the water level was high in the well, three bodies were recovered around midnight and sent for post-mortem to the Denkanikottai Government Taluk Hospital. Police sources said that the children may have slipped into the water while playing near it. Kelamangalam police have registered a case and are investigating.Water release
DHARMAPURI: Due to continuous rain for the past one week, water level in many water bodies such as lakes and dams has risen considerably. Accepting the farmers’ demand, Collector P. Amutha ordered release of water from left and right canals of the Eeachambadi Dam in Harur for 120 days from October 2. About 1,890 acres in Dharmapuri and 4,360 acres of agriculture land in Krishnagiri districts would benefit.
Meanwhile due to heavy rain in Karnataka, water flow into the Kelevarapalli dam is fast increasing. The dam was opened for irrigation three years ago. It was built 35 years ago across South Pennar River.
Fourteen villages such as Thattiganapalli, Aalur, Thinnur, Muthali, Tiruchipalli, Thorappalli, Nallaganakotthapalli, Sappadi and Pathakottai would benefit due to the water release from the dam.