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  • Odisha man held inside per week of hurling stones at trains in Kannur

    By Express News Service

    KANNUR: An Odisha native has been arrested in reference to hurling stones at two trains in Kannur on final Sunday. The accused, Sarvesh, 25, was arrested in a joint investigation by the Railway Protection Force and Kannur Town police on Saturday. “The police spotted Sarvesh after checking visuals from 200 CCTVs from the region where the trains were attacked,” mentioned City Police Commissioner Ajith Kumar.

    On August 13, stones have been hurled at two trains — Nethravati Express heading in direction of Mumbai from Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai Superfast Express heading in direction of Chennai from Mangaluru– between Kannur railway station and Kannur South. “During interrogation, Sarvesh confessed to the crime. He said that he was in an inebriated state and had thrown stones four times. Of this, two stones had hit the trains that passed through,” mentioned the commissioner. 

    Sarvesh has been working as a painter in Kannur for the final 10 years. “We don’t think that it was a planned attack as the person was drunk at the time of the incident. However, we will conduct a detailed investigation regarding the background of the accused in Odisha to check whether he has a criminal background,” he added. 

    The police had mentioned earlier that drunken gangs have been behind the hurling. Following frequent incidents, the police had shaped particular squads to identify such gangs that used to assemble close to railway tracks. They have additionally been conducting raids in buildings close to the railway tracks. They have known as for assist from the a part of the general public to identify the miscreants doing the harm.

    KANNUR: An Odisha native has been arrested in reference to hurling stones at two trains in Kannur on final Sunday. The accused, Sarvesh, 25, was arrested in a joint investigation by the Railway Protection Force and Kannur Town police on Saturday. “The police spotted Sarvesh after checking visuals from 200 CCTVs from the region where the trains were attacked,” mentioned City Police Commissioner Ajith Kumar.

    On August 13, stones have been hurled at two trains — Nethravati Express heading in direction of Mumbai from Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai Superfast Express heading in direction of Chennai from Mangaluru– between Kannur railway station and Kannur South. “During interrogation, Sarvesh confessed to the crime. He said that he was in an inebriated state and had thrown stones four times. Of this, two stones had hit the trains that passed through,” mentioned the commissioner. 

    Sarvesh has been working as a painter in Kannur for the final 10 years. “We don’t think that it was a planned attack as the person was drunk at the time of the incident. However, we will conduct a detailed investigation regarding the background of the accused in Odisha to check whether he has a criminal background,” he added. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The police had mentioned earlier that drunken gangs have been behind the hurling. Following frequent incidents, the police had shaped particular squads to identify such gangs that used to assemble close to railway tracks. They have additionally been conducting raids in buildings close to the railway tracks. They have known as for assist from the a part of the general public to identify the miscreants doing the harm.

  • 11-year-old lady attacked by stray canine in Kerala’s Kannur

    By PTI

    KANNUR: A woman was attacked by a pack of stray canine in Kannur district of Kerala on Sunday morning whereas she was about to enter her house after alighting from a automobile, native residents stated.

    Eleven-year-old Ayisha, a resident of Pilathara city in Kannur district, was bitten on her leg by a stray canine and was shifted to a close-by hospital.

    An area resident instructed PTI that she acquired down from an autorickshaw, which got here to drop her house and was strolling the brief distance to her home when the canines pounced on her.

    “The autorickshaw driver and other locals rushed to the spot hearing her screaming and chased away the dogs. She suffered an injury on her leg and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital,” the native stated.

    In June, a differently-abled 11-year-old boy, who was attacked by a bunch of stray canine at Muzhappilangad within the district had died at a hospital.

    He was discovered grievously injured round 300 metres away from his home and regardless of being taken to a close-by hospital couldn’t be saved.

    KANNUR: A woman was attacked by a pack of stray canine in Kannur district of Kerala on Sunday morning whereas she was about to enter her house after alighting from a automobile, native residents stated.

    Eleven-year-old Ayisha, a resident of Pilathara city in Kannur district, was bitten on her leg by a stray canine and was shifted to a close-by hospital.

    An area resident instructed PTI that she acquired down from an autorickshaw, which got here to drop her house and was strolling the brief distance to her home when the canines pounced on her.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “The autorickshaw driver and other locals rushed to the spot hearing her screaming and chased away the dogs. She suffered an injury on her leg and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital,” the native stated.

    In June, a differently-abled 11-year-old boy, who was attacked by a bunch of stray canine at Muzhappilangad within the district had died at a hospital.

    He was discovered grievously injured round 300 metres away from his home and regardless of being taken to a close-by hospital couldn’t be saved.

  • Kerala Police on excessive alert in Kannur after stories on potential RSS, SDPI clashes

    Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 11: After intelligence stories on potential clashes between the RSS and SDPI staff in Kannur, the Kerala Police are on excessive alert. Kannur, the politically unstable district of Kerala, which has witnessed a number of brutal political killings, is tense after the intelligence stories.

    The current provocation is a bomb explosion in entrance of the residence of an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) employee, Sudeesh, at Chavassery in Mattanur. The incident occurred on Thursday night time and the police mentioned that this might be the retaliation to a bomb hurled on the workplace of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) a number of weeks in the past nearer to this place.

    Sudeesh is arraigned as an accused within the case.

    The state intelligence has reported the potential for escalation in violence and has directed the police to organize for any eventuality.

    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI-M state secretary, M.V. Govindan, incumbent Speaker of legislative Assembly A.N. Shamseer, and CPI-M politburo member and former house minister, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan are all from the district. While Kannur district has witnessed brutal political killings wherein RSS and CPI-M had been allegedly concerned, there have additionally been clashes between the RSS and SDPI staff.

    RSS Kannur district chief, Ashwini Kumar was brutally killed in a shifting bus by the SDPI cadres on March 10, 2005, whereas he was travelling from Kannur to his hometown in Iritti within the outskirts of the district. This was alleged to be in retaliation to the homicide of Mohammed an area SDPI employee of the world.

    Shyamprasad, ABVP chief and RSS shakha shikshak, was killed by SDPI staff on January 18, 2018 and the RSS retaliated with the homicide of Salahuddin, an SDPI employee on the similar place on September 8, 2020.

    Police is apprehensive that such incidents of bombs being hurled on the occasion workplaces and residences of energetic staff of rival events, would result in main clashes and therefore the state intelligence has already given inputs to the district police on the potential for clashes within the Chavassery space of Kannur district.

    CPI-M chief P. Jayarajan was hacked at his residence on an Onam day by the RSS staff in 1999, and in retaliation to it BJP Yuva morcha state vice chairman Ok.T. Jayakrishnan was brutally murdered on the major college classroom the place he was educating. The incident occurred on December 1, 1999.

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  • LDF retains Mattannur Municipality, UDF doubles its seats

    By Express News Service

    KANNUR: As anticipated, LDF has retained Mattannur Municipality in Kerala’s Kannur district with a transparent margin of 21 seats in opposition to 14 by the Congress-led UDF. 

    Though UDF bought defeated once more, this time it has proven its energy by doubling the seats to 14. They had received solely 7 seats over the past election. BJP couldn’t open its account this time too. During the final election, LDF’s margin of victory was 28-7.

    The election was held on Saturday which noticed  84.61% of votes being polled. During the final election held in 2017, the polling numbers stood at 82.91 %. Counting was held at Mattannur HSS on Monday from 10 am and the consequence was introduced round 11.30 am.  

    KANNUR: As anticipated, LDF has retained Mattannur Municipality in Kerala’s Kannur district with a transparent margin of 21 seats in opposition to 14 by the Congress-led UDF. 

    Though UDF bought defeated once more, this time it has proven its energy by doubling the seats to 14. They had received solely 7 seats over the past election. BJP couldn’t open its account this time too. During the final election, LDF’s margin of victory was 28-7.

    The election was held on Saturday which noticed  84.61% of votes being polled. During the final election held in 2017, the polling numbers stood at 82.91 %. Counting was held at Mattannur HSS on Monday from 10 am and the consequence was introduced round 11.30 am.  

  • Kerala: With land shrinking, Koralayi islanders looking at unsure future

    Express News Service

    KANNUR: As the solar shone vibrant after two weeks of steady rain, the residents of Koralayi island heaved a collective sigh of reduction. This 12 months too the rain has washed away some parts of the land into the Valapattanam river.

    “Every year, as rain comes pouring down, we lose a considerable stretch of land. The most surprising thing is the shocking indifference of the authorities concerned regarding the erosion, as we have lost around 75 acres since 2007,” stated TV Asainar, former Irikkur block panchayat vice-president, who lives on the island.

    He stated at any time when the media stories on the matter, some increased officers from the federal government would go to the island — situated in Mayyil panchayat — and make some bulletins earlier than the hapless folks.

    “But nothing materialises and rain eats up the land the next monsoon season too. Some 15 years ago, Koralayi island had an area of around 275 acres, which has now been reduced to around 200 acres. The rate of land loss should have opened the eyes of the administrators but, unfortunately, nobody has taken any step to resolve the issue,” Asainar identified.

    He stated that 160 households dwell on the island with a inhabitants of round 1,000, of which 45% folks belong to the scheduled castes whereas the others are Muslims. “The islands of Pamburuthi and Theralayi also had similar issues. The authorities solved the problem by building granite walls to stop erosion. But they say it is impractical in Koralayi. Even the river management fund, which could be used for the island, is not being used sufficiently,” he alleged.

    However, Mayyil panchayat president KK Rishna stated the panchayat has been spending sufficient cash to resolve the difficulty.

    “We started an initiative last year, by spending Rs 20 lakh from the asset development fund of former Taliparamba MLA James Mathew. Coconut tree trunks are being placed to build an experimental wall around 200 metres of the island. So far, no land erosion or slips have been reported from the area. We will wait for some more time, and if the experiment proves successful, it will be implemented all around the island,” she stated.

    At the identical time, C Mohanan, a neighborhood resident, stated folks have began leaving the island. “We have face problems with getting permits from the panchayat as the land available is shrinking with each spell of rain. Construction can be done only 100 metres away from the riverbank. Even if start construction by keeping the stipulated distance, the shrinking of the land would create problems,” he stated.

    Meanwhile, Taliparamba Tahsildar P Sajeevan stated the issues raised by the folks of Koralayi are real. “We visited the island a few days ago. Steps are being taken to extend the coconut trunk project to protect the land,” he stated

    KANNUR: As the solar shone vibrant after two weeks of steady rain, the residents of Koralayi island heaved a collective sigh of reduction. This 12 months too the rain has washed away some parts of the land into the Valapattanam river.

    “Every year, as rain comes pouring down, we lose a considerable stretch of land. The most surprising thing is the shocking indifference of the authorities concerned regarding the erosion, as we have lost around 75 acres since 2007,” stated TV Asainar, former Irikkur block panchayat vice-president, who lives on the island.

    He stated at any time when the media stories on the matter, some increased officers from the federal government would go to the island — situated in Mayyil panchayat — and make some bulletins earlier than the hapless folks.

    “But nothing materialises and rain eats up the land the next monsoon season too. Some 15 years ago, Koralayi island had an area of around 275 acres, which has now been reduced to around 200 acres. The rate of land loss should have opened the eyes of the administrators but, unfortunately, nobody has taken any step to resolve the issue,” Asainar identified.

    He stated that 160 households dwell on the island with a inhabitants of round 1,000, of which 45% folks belong to the scheduled castes whereas the others are Muslims. “The islands of Pamburuthi and Theralayi also had similar issues. The authorities solved the problem by building granite walls to stop erosion. But they say it is impractical in Koralayi. Even the river management fund, which could be used for the island, is not being used sufficiently,” he alleged.

    However, Mayyil panchayat president KK Rishna stated the panchayat has been spending sufficient cash to resolve the difficulty.

    “We started an initiative last year, by spending Rs 20 lakh from the asset development fund of former Taliparamba MLA James Mathew. Coconut tree trunks are being placed to build an experimental wall around 200 metres of the island. So far, no land erosion or slips have been reported from the area. We will wait for some more time, and if the experiment proves successful, it will be implemented all around the island,” she stated.

    At the identical time, C Mohanan, a neighborhood resident, stated folks have began leaving the island. “We have face problems with getting permits from the panchayat as the land available is shrinking with each spell of rain. Construction can be done only 100 metres away from the riverbank. Even if start construction by keeping the stipulated distance, the shrinking of the land would create problems,” he stated.

    Meanwhile, Taliparamba Tahsildar P Sajeevan stated the issues raised by the folks of Koralayi are real. “We visited the island a few days ago. Steps are being taken to extend the coconut trunk project to protect the land,” he stated

  • Kannur {hardware} store downs shutters, blames CITU for inflicting bother

    By Express News Service

    KANNUR: Even because the LDF authorities takes earnest efforts to create an investor-friendly picture for Kerala to be able to appeal to extra entrepreneurs, the CPM’s staff union, CITU, continues to dent it. On Thursday, Shree Porkkali Steels, a {hardware} store at Madayi, downed shutters following stiff resistance from the CITU ever since its opening two months in the past.

    Shop proprietor T V Mohanlal stated he confronted CITU’s wrath after he determined to run the {hardware} store together with his personal staff. “I have approached the court to create a conducive atmosphere for me to run my business in a building which I had taken on rent. If I get a favourable decision, I’ll restart my business. I have no other option,” stated Mohanlal.

    “I had stocked materials worth Rs 60 lakh, but could not sell even a single item from that due to the strike by CITU in front of my shop,” stated Mohanlal. “CITU’s protest is not against the shop, but against the denial of jobs to the workers in the area,” stated the union’s Madayi space president I V Sivaraman. CITU continued its strike in entrance of the closed store on Thursday too.

    Following comparable form of protest by CITU, SR Associates at Mathamangalam, owned by Rabeeh Muhammad, needed to be closed down. The labour subject was later resolved, due to Labour Minister V Sivankutty’s intervention. In one other incident, Afsal Kuzhikkadan, who was overwhelmed up by CITU staff for getting supplies from SR Associates, too had closed down his store at Mathamangalam.

    Trade union members disrupt work in Palazhi
    Eighteen days after a store at Perambra was compelled to close down following the stir by commerce unions, one more agency is going through the warmth within the district. Clash erupted between headload staff and the employees of Venus Enterprises at Palazhi, Kozhikode on Thursday over hiring of staff.

  • Pursued, tortured, and denied pension, retired Kerala IPS officer now works as safety officer

    Express News Service

    KOCHI: An IPS officer who retired from service on April 30 has been working as a safety officer at a non-public firm at an undisclosed vacation spot to assist his household. He had allegedly been suspended from service for four-and-a-half years, tortured mentally and bodily and was denied retirement and pension advantages, and is compelled to stay in exile in a neighbouring state. Reason: he refused to just accept thenarrative of the ruling get together because the investigation officer within the Fazal homicide case.

    “They will kill me any time. I am prepared to accept my destiny. But I want to ensure the safety of my children before that,” Ok Radhakrishnan, who retired because the commandant of KAP fifth battalion, instructed TNIE.

    Radhakrishnan stated he was working as a safety officer at a non-public firm in a neighbouring state to earn a residing. “My daughter, who is a research scholar has opted for part-time research as we cannot afford her hostel expenses. My son who is a postgraduate had to drop out of the civil service coaching course. I had to sell my family property to fight the case and my house was auctioned by the bank as I defaulted on loan repayment,” he stated.

    Radhakrishnan was serving because the DySP on the District Crime Records Bureau in Kannur when Mohammed Fazal, who left the CPM and joined NDF, was hacked to demise by a gang on October 22, 2006. Kannur DIG Ananthakrishnan appointed Radhakrishnan because the investigating officer and constituted a 20-member workforce to probe the homicide. An officer with an unblemished file, he had solved seven troublesome instances.

    “The very next day of Fazal murder, the CPM had held a protest meeting where area secretary Karayi Rajan named four RSS workers who, he claimed, were involved in the murder. I detained all of them, recorded their statements and tracked all their activities before and after the incident. On day 2, home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan summoned me to Payyambalam Guest House and directed me to filethe chargesheet within seven days. As I was convinced that the RSS men were not involved in the murder, I released them which antagonised the CPM leadership,” stated Radhakrishnan.

    Meanwhile, Radhakrishnan traced the telephone calls of 300 individuals within the locality. Kalesh, an in depth aide of Karayi Chandrasekharan, had known as Karayi Rajan on his cell phone at 3.45am on October 22, the time when Fazal was murdered. Calls have been made to a few hospitals in Thalassery from the workplace variety of CPM Thalassery space committee minutes later.

    “Two days later, the home minister again summoned me to Payyambalam Guest House and asked me what was my intention. He asked me to inform him before taking action against any party member. Subsequently, my team members turned hostile. Ten days later, I was removed from the investigation and the case was handed over to the crime branch,” he stated.

    Radhakrishnan stated two key witnesses, who gave him essential info concerning the homicide of Fazal, have been killed mysteriously. Valsaraja Kurup, a BJP chief, was hacked to demise allegedly by the blade mafia whereas Panchara Shinil, a former member of CPM’s motion workforce, was discovered useless on the railway tracks in 2007.

    The investigation was taken over by the CBI after Fazal’s spouse Mariyu approached the Kerala High Court. The CBI had filed the chargesheet in opposition to eight CPM employees in 2012. Following a plea by Fazal’s brother based mostly on the confession assertion of RSS employee Subeesh E, the High Court had ordered CBI to hold out an extra investigation. The company, nevertheless, rubbished the claims and filed the closure report not too long ago.

    On December 15, 2006, Radhakrishnan was brutally assaulted by a bunch of get together employees. He suffered injury to the backbone and needed to spend one-and-a-half years within the hospital to recuperate. He was suspended on the cost of immoral trafficking. “There were three more attempts on my life after that,” he stated.

    Radhakrishnan was suspended for the second time in 2016 when he was conferred IPS. He needed to struggle a four-and-a-half-year-long authorized battle to get reinstated. He served because the KAP fifth battalion commandant for eight months however was served a memo for disciplinary motion on April 29, 2021, a day forward of his retirement, simply to disclaim him retirement advantages. “The memo was served at 4.30 pm by a special messenger. Even my plea for professional pension was rejected,” he stated.

  • Young girl dies by suicide in Kerala, audio clip to brother reveals torture by husband

    By Express News Service

    KANNUR: In one more incident of suicide on account of suspected home violence, a younger girl was discovered hanging in her husband’s home at Korom in Kannur’s district’s Payyannur. The sufferer Suneesha, 26, of Kunhimangalam, close to Payyannur, had lodged a grievance on home violence a couple of week in the past, based on her members of the family.

    Soon after the demise, an audio clip of Suneesha, despatched to her brother, has surfaced, giving hints in regards to the torture she needed to endure at her husband Vijeesh’s home. In the audio, she is heard saying that her in-laws and husband Vijeesh used to beat her. In the audio, she instructed her brother that if no person comes from her home to rescue her, she wouldn’t have the ability to survive.

    The marriage of Vijeesh and Suneesha was held round one-and-a-half years in the past. It was a love marriage. Though Suneesha had lodged a grievance with the Payyannur police station relating to home abuse, per week again, the police, as an alternative of registering a case based mostly on this grievance, introduced the members of the 2 households to the police station and despatched them again after making them arrive at a compromise.

    Following her demise, the police have registered a case of home abuse.

    Suneesha is survived by her dad and mom Ok V Sukumaran and Vanaja of Kunhimangalam, brother Sudheesh and sister Sujana.

    (If you might be having suicidal ideas, or are anxious a couple of buddy or want emotional help, somebody is at all times there to pay attention. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (obtainable 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is obtainable Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)

  • Internet a step too far: In search of higher connectivity, tribal pupil falls from tree

    Express News Service

    KANNUR:  Climbing bushes is now part of their day by day routine. The college students in Panniyode tribal colony in Kannur district have been taking the journey into the forest since June to attend digital lessons. Every day, they journey deep into the forest and climb atop momentary tree homes arrange by their mother and father to get web connectivity. But issues turned bitter on Thursday as Ananthu Babu, 17, fell from the tree which he had climbed to examine Plus I allotment. The incident passed off round midday because the department he had grabbed broke, and he fell from a top of 10m onto the rocks under. 

    The incident has delivered to mild the plight of scholars struggling to attend digital lessons in locations with poor connectivity. “We have been knocking on the doors of officials since June,” mentioned PR Usha, Ananthu’s mom.  “We are lucky that my son is still alive,” she mentioned.

    “There are around 70 students in the colony, from Classes 1 to Plus II. We submitted a representation signed by the students to the district collector. The media too has highlighted the plight of the students here.”

    Ananthu Babu, who fell from atree on Thursday, at a hospital in KannurThe household’s monetary situation is about to worsen as Suresh, Ananthu’s father, a day by day wage employee, will be unable to work for the subsequent two weeks. But they’ve acquired one factor in abundance – guarantees. The authorities involved, together with Local Self-Government Minister M V Govindan, have mentioned that every one points concerning internet connectivity can be resolved rapidly. “Internet connectivity will be made available to all students in the district with the support of BSNL,” the minister had mentioned on June 12.

    Meanwhile, District Collector T V Subhash mentioned the work to make sure connectivity in tribal colonies is progressing. “There are 137 colonies where internet connectivity has to be made available. Of these, we have been able to set up connectivity in 66 colonies. Soon, the remaining colonies too will be covered,” he mentioned.  District Panchayat President P P Divya mentioned Rs 30 lakh has been put aside to arrange free wi-fi connection in such colonies, stressing that work is progressing.

    At the identical time, Panniyode tribal colony residents mentioned no official has to this point visited the colony to take a look on the scenario. “Whenever we give a representation, the people concerned would tell us that everything would be alright soon. We are quite familiar with such false promises now,” mentioned Preetha Sajeevan. Collector Subhash mentioned the administration has taken the matter up with telecom firms however they haven’t been in a position to resolve the difficulty utterly. “We are trying all options so that such things are not repeated,” he mentioned. 

    Besides Panniyode, which is within the Chittaripparamba panchayat, many areas underneath the panchayats of Chapparappadavu, Udayagiri, Pariyaram, Kolayad, Kottiyur, Kelakam and Ulickal are dealing with the issue. The Kannavam forest underneath Patyam panchayat and the Aralam farm rehabilitation zone too have connectivity points. The State Human Rights Commission has registered a case, directing the collector to file a report inside 15 days.

    Education Minister V Sivankutty intervenes

    In the wake of the incident in Kannur the place a teenage tribal boy suffered extreme accidents after he fell from a tree that he had climbed for higher cell web protection, General Education Minister V Sivankutty spoke to the boy’s mother and father and enquired about his situation. The minister additionally known as up the district collector and inquired concerning the standing of cell protection in distant areas. 

    The Kannur district collector knowledgeable the minister that as many as 137 areas face community protection points. The collector knowledgeable the minister that community points in 71 areas have been rectified. 

    P Ananthu Babu, who hails from Panniyode tribal colony, had reportedly climbed the tree for higher cell web protection to examine his Plus-I allotment standing on-line.   Sivankutty additionally enquired concerning the situation of the scholar from the superintendent of Pariyaram MCH. The superintendent knowledgeable the minister that greatest therapy was being offered to the scholar.

  • Karipur gold smuggling case: Suspect and good friend of prime accused killed in street accident

    By Express News Service
    KANNUR: The Karipur gold smuggling case obtained extra sophisticated with the loss of life of Rameez, 26, a good friend of Arjun Ayanki, one of many fundamental accused within the case, in a street accident at Kappakkadavu, close to Azhikode, in Kannur district on Friday morning after his bike collided with a automobile.  

    Though the Customs division had requested Rameez to look earlier than them in reference to the investigation on Thursday, he had not appeared earlier than the company.

    Earlier, the Customs had performed a raid on the home of Rameez too after they performed a raid at Arjun Ayanki’s home. It is alleged that they’d obtained some decisive items of proof concerning his involvement within the case. It was primarily based on this that the Customs had requested him to be current earlier than them.

    The bike which he was driving when the accident occurred is owned by Arjun Ayanki.