Tag: TAMILNADU

Banks in TN to open only till 2 p.m

Post author By Newsdesk
Post date 26 April 2021
No Comments on Banks in TN to open only till 2 p.m

Bank strike

The timing will be reviewed after April 30, based on the Covid-19 situation in the state….reports Asian Lite News

With sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu and to prevent further spread, bank branches in Tamil Nadu will function between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. from April 26 to April 30.

The timing will be reviewed after April 30, based on the Covid-19 situation in the state.

The State Level Bankers’ Committee-Tamil Nadu (SLBC-TN) on Saturday issued a series of guidelines to its member banks in the state.

In addition, the SLBC-TN has said wherever possible cluster based functioning of branches in consultation with the local administration shall be adopted.

Branches that are routinely facing huge crowds, shall seek the help of police for crowd management, by taking up through the Lead District Manager.

There will be no change in the working hours of administrative/zonal/regional/back offices of the banks where the staff do not have direct contact with the public.

The other decisions are:

-Staff with co-morbidities conditions, pregnant women, visually challenged may be given the option of work from home by the relevant authorities of the concerned banks;

-Aadhar Enrolment Centre functions shall be suspended;

-Branches functioning in the areas declared as Containment Zones, if any, shall continue to be guided by the directions given by the appropriate authorities;

-Banks to ensure that all alternate delivery channels such as bank ATMs/cash deposit machines/Cash recyclers shall be functional;

-Business Correspondents services should be fully functional at all times;

-Bank shall encourage all their eligible staff members to avail of the vaccination facility for themselves as well as for their family members;

-All other procedures to contain the spread of Covid-19 like use of face mask, washing of hands at regular intervals, maintaining social distancing etc shall be strictly adhered to; and

-Member banks are requested to educate and encourage their customers to make use of alternate delivery channels/opt for digital transactions instead of visiting branches physically.

Also read:RBI bans American Express, Diners Club

Tags BANK, Covid-19, TAMILNADU

India News Politics

54.30% voter turn out in Puducherry till noon

Post author By Newsdesk
Post date 6 April 2021
No Comments on 54.30% voter turn out in Puducherry till noon

Leaders of various political parties, several movie actors and general public were seen voting early…reports Asian Lite News.

Medium level turn outs were reported in the major election centers of India. Over 39 per cent of the 6.28 crore voters have cast their votes across the 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu where Assembly elections are underway.

According to the Election Commission of India, 39.61 per cent of votes have been polled in the state till 1 p.m.

Polling began at 7 a.m. and would end at 7 p.m.

A total of 3,998 candidates are in the fray, seeking the 6.28 crore voters’ favour to enter the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

With 77 contestants, the Karur Assembly seat sees the highest number of Assembly aspirants.

Leaders of various political parties, several movie actors and general public were seen voting early.

Chief Minister K.Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, DMK President M.K. Stalin, PMK Founder S.Ramadoss, Congress leader P. Chidambaram, DMDK Treasurer Premalatha Vijayakant, NTK leader Seeman, MNM leader Kamal Haasan, AMMK leader T.T.V.Dhinakaran and others cast their votes.

Similarly, the Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo, who is managing the poll show in the state, too cast his vote.

Rajnikant and Kamal Hasan with daughters Akshara and Shruti Hassan during voting in Chennai,April 6,2021 (Photo: Pallav Paliwal)

From the movies field, Rajinikanth, star couple Ajit Kumar and Shalini, Vijay, Surya, Karthi, Sivakumar have cast their votes.

Ajit Kumar and Shalini had reached their polling booth about 20 minutes before the start of polling to vote early in order to avoid the fan crowd.

He, in fact, never fails to vote in any election. In the past polls too, he was seen standing in the queue to cast his vote.

On his part Vijay pedalled his way from his residence to the polling booth with a large number of people following him on their two wheelers.

After voting he went back home on a two wheeler.

Speaking to reporters after voting, Stalin said, “people were casting their votes enthusiastically and the May 2 result will be great”.

A total of 88,937 polling booths are there in the state and over 1,59,165 electronic voting machines have been deployed.

About 1.58 lakh security personnel have been deployed to prevent any untoward incident.

Similarly, voting is underway at the lone Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat where bypoll is being held simultaneously.

Meanwhile Puducherry recorded 54.30 per cent at 1.30 p.m.

The Puducherry Union Territory has just over 10 lakh voters and the fight for the 30-member Assembly is majorly between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) consisting of Congress (contesting in 14 seats), DMK (13), CPI, VCK (one seat each) and an Independent.

The rival National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprises of All India N.R. Congress (16 seats), BJP (9) and AIADMK (5).

Also Read-Tamil Nadu should not be ruled from Nagpur: Rahul

Tags election2021, TAMILNADU

India News Politics

Sasikala’s name removed from voters list

Post author By Newsdesk
Post date 6 April 2021
No Comments on Sasikala’s name removed from voters list

The AIADMK government later took over that house to convert it into a memorial after Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016…reports Asian Lite News.

V.S Sasikala alleges that her name was removed from the voters list and it was not informed to her. At a time when eligible voters of Tamil Nadu are casting their vote to elect a new government in the state, V.K.Sasikala, the close aide of late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, could not vote as her name was removed from the electoral rolls, said her counsel Raja Senthoor Pandian.

According to him, Sasikala’s name figured in the Thousand Lights assembly constituency.

She was residing at Jayalalithaa’s residence at Poes Garden here.

The AIADMK government later took over that house to convert it into a memorial after Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016.

Sasikala, who was jailed for four years on corruption charges was released couple of months back.

Though she had said that she would get into active politics, Sasikala later announced that she would stay away from it.

Her counsel said officials in the poll body had informed him that Sasikala’s name was struck off from the electoral rolls in January 2019 after the rolls were revised.

Later the deadline for inclusion of Sasikala’s name in the voters list got over.

He also wondered why the Election Commission had not sent her a notice at Parapana Agrahara Prison in Bengaluru.