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  • Former Judge Sudeep surrenders earlier than court docket for writing loaded publish in opposition to girl journo, will get bail

    By Express News Service

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Judge S Sudeep, who has been accused of penning a sexually loaded social media publish in opposition to a senior girl journalist of Asianet information channel, has surrendered earlier than the First Class Judicial Magistrate Court on Thursday.

    The Cantonement police had earlier registered an FIR in opposition to Sudeep underneath IPC Section 67 of the Act. They have additionally directed Sudeep to seem earlier than them for questioning on Friday. However, Sudeep selected to give up earlier than the Magistrate court docket and file a bail utility.

    The Facebook publish of Sudeep, who frequently shares his takes on present points on social media, in opposition to Asianet govt editor Sindhu Sooryakumar had created an issue. The publish was made by the left-leaning former choose in response to a narrative introduced by the journalist in her information channel.

    The case was registered on July 21. Sudeep had resigned as sub-judge in July 2021 after the High Court panel discovered that by way of his social media engagements on delicate points he had violated the rules set for the judicial officers. The court docket had additionally served him a discover looking for causes for not terminating him.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Judge S Sudeep, who has been accused of penning a sexually loaded social media publish in opposition to a senior girl journalist of Asianet information channel, has surrendered earlier than the First Class Judicial Magistrate Court on Thursday.

    The Cantonement police had earlier registered an FIR in opposition to Sudeep underneath IPC Section 67 of the Act. They have additionally directed Sudeep to seem earlier than them for questioning on Friday. However, Sudeep selected to give up earlier than the Magistrate court docket and file a bail utility.

    The Facebook publish of Sudeep, who frequently shares his takes on present points on social media, in opposition to Asianet govt editor Sindhu Sooryakumar had created an issue. The publish was made by the left-leaning former choose in response to a narrative introduced by the journalist in her information channel.
    The case was registered on July 21. Sudeep had resigned as sub-judge in July 2021 after the High Court panel discovered that by way of his social media engagements on delicate points he had violated the rules set for the judicial officers. The court docket had additionally served him a discover looking for causes for not terminating him.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

  • Five-year-old lady’s rape and homicide: Kerala govt transfer to make police clearance obligatory for migrant employees

    By Online Desk

    CHENNAI: In the wake of the kidnapping, rape and homicide of a five-year-old lady in Aluva just lately, the state authorities is mulling to enact a regulation in order to make police clearance obligatory for migrant employees employed in Kerala.

    Police clearance can be made obligatory for migrant employees in Kerala, Minister for General Education and Labour, V Sivankutty reportedly mentioned.

    The labour division’s license can be made obligatory for brokers who convey migrant employees to Kerala. Moreover, a cell app named ‘Adithi’ will likely be launched in August for migrant employees, the minister was quoted as saying by Asianet.

    ALSO READ | Aluva homicide: Abducted minor lady sexually abused, strangled to loss of life

    It could also be recalled that the five-year-old daughter of a pair from Bihar was kidnapped by a youth Asafak Alam from her rented home in Choornikkara. On Saturday midday, the physique of the kid was discovered deserted in a marshy space behind the Aluva fish market. 

    Police with the assistance of CCTV digital camera footage managed to nab Alam. He allegedly confessed to the crime, police mentioned.

    CHENNAI: In the wake of the kidnapping, rape and homicide of a five-year-old lady in Aluva just lately, the state authorities is mulling to enact a regulation in order to make police clearance obligatory for migrant employees employed in Kerala.

    Police clearance can be made obligatory for migrant employees in Kerala, Minister for General Education and Labour, V Sivankutty reportedly mentioned.

    The labour division’s license can be made obligatory for brokers who convey migrant employees to Kerala. Moreover, a cell app named ‘Adithi’ will likely be launched in August for migrant employees, the minister was quoted as saying by Asianet.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    ALSO READ | Aluva homicide: Abducted minor lady sexually abused, strangled to loss of life

    It could also be recalled that the five-year-old daughter of a pair from Bihar was kidnapped by a youth Asafak Alam from her rented home in Choornikkara. On Saturday midday, the physique of the kid was discovered deserted in a marshy space behind the Aluva fish market. 

    Police with the assistance of CCTV digital camera footage managed to nab Alam. He allegedly confessed to the crime, police mentioned.

  • Plus one seat scarcity in Kerala: Cabinet pronounces 97 new batches

    By Express News Service

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The authorities has introduced 97 new Plus One batches in six northern districts of the state to unravel the Plus One seat scarcity.  

    Of the 97 newly added batches, 53 are in Malappuram district, which has the utmost variety of candidates awaiting Plus One seat allotment. A complete of 5,820 new Plus One seats can be created via the creation of latest batches, General Education Minister V Sivankutty mentioned. He additionally added that Malappuram will get 3,180 extra seats.

    The 5 different districts which have been alloted extra batches are: Palakkad (4 batches, 240 seats);  Kozhikode (11 batches, 650 seats); Wayanad (4 batches, 240 seats); Kannur (10 batches, 600 seats) and Kasaragod (15 batches, 900 seats).

    With the brand new batch allotment, authorities colleges will get 3,420 and  aided colleges will get 2,400 extra seats. When the second supplementary allotment was accomplished,  a complete of three.76 lakh college students had secured admission in varied colleges. 2.92 lakh seats amongst them had been within the advantage quota. However, 15,784 candidates from northern districts are nonetheless awaiting allotment, prompting the federal government so as to add new batches.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The authorities has introduced 97 new Plus One batches in six northern districts of the state to unravel the Plus One seat scarcity.  

    Of the 97 newly added batches, 53 are in Malappuram district, which has the utmost variety of candidates awaiting Plus One seat allotment. A complete of 5,820 new Plus One seats can be created via the creation of latest batches, General Education Minister V Sivankutty mentioned. He additionally added that Malappuram will get 3,180 extra seats.

    The 5 different districts which have been alloted extra batches are: Palakkad (4 batches, 240 seats);  Kozhikode (11 batches, 650 seats); Wayanad (4 batches, 240 seats); Kannur (10 batches, 600 seats) and Kasaragod (15 batches, 900 seats).googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    With the brand new batch allotment, authorities colleges will get 3,420 and  aided colleges will get 2,400 extra seats. When the second supplementary allotment was accomplished,  a complete of three.76 lakh college students had secured admission in varied colleges. 2.92 lakh seats amongst them had been within the advantage quota. However, 15,784 candidates from northern districts are nonetheless awaiting allotment, prompting the federal government so as to add new batches.

  • 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.

  • UCC a political device utilized by BJP to sharpen communal polarisation: Sitaram Yechury

    By PTI

    KOZHIKODE: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a political device being utilized by the BJP to sharpen communal polarisation, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned on Saturday.

    Uniformity doesn’t imply equality, he pressured, whereas addressing a large gathering attending a nationwide seminar to debate the UCC organised by the Left occasion right here.

    Yechury mentioned, legal guidelines which are discriminatory should be corrected in session with the complete neighborhood and never by imposing UCC from the highest.

    “Uniformity does not mean equality. The CPI(M) stands for equality like the Constitution of India stands for equality.And it’s that equality that we need to fight for…that everyone of us is first a human being and then everything else follows,” Yechury mentioned.

    The CPI(M) chief identified that the twenty first Law Commission, appointed by the Modi authorities, had made it clear that the UCC was “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”.

    Yechury mentioned any effort to impose uniformity will tear our social cloth.

    “UCC is a slogan that is meant to sharpen communal polarisation and not to actually achieve any uniformity at all…but to be used as a political tool by the BJP for sharpening communal polarisation,” Yechury added.

    The seminar is being held on the Calicut Trade Centre close to Sarovaram Biopark.

    Many associations of the Muslim neighborhood together with Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and varied Christian communities are attending the occasion.

    MPs Elamaram Kareem and Jose Ok Mani, members of the state cabinet like P A Mohammed Riyas, A Ok Saseendran and Ahmed Devarkovil, in addition to varied Christian clergymen and bishops additionally attended the occasion.

    KOZHIKODE: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a political device being utilized by the BJP to sharpen communal polarisation, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned on Saturday.

    Uniformity doesn’t imply equality, he pressured, whereas addressing a large gathering attending a nationwide seminar to debate the UCC organised by the Left occasion right here.

    Yechury mentioned, legal guidelines which are discriminatory should be corrected in session with the complete neighborhood and never by imposing UCC from the highest.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “Uniformity does not mean equality. The CPI(M) stands for equality like the Constitution of India stands for equality.And it’s that equality that we need to fight for…that everyone of us is first a human being and then everything else follows,” Yechury mentioned.

    The CPI(M) chief identified that the twenty first Law Commission, appointed by the Modi authorities, had made it clear that the UCC was “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”.

    Yechury mentioned any effort to impose uniformity will tear our social cloth.

    “UCC is a slogan that is meant to sharpen communal polarisation and not to actually achieve any uniformity at all…but to be used as a political tool by the BJP for sharpening communal polarisation,” Yechury added.

    The seminar is being held on the Calicut Trade Centre close to Sarovaram Biopark.

    Many associations of the Muslim neighborhood together with Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and varied Christian communities are attending the occasion.

    MPs Elamaram Kareem and Jose Ok Mani, members of the state cabinet like P A Mohammed Riyas, A Ok Saseendran and Ahmed Devarkovil, in addition to varied Christian clergymen and bishops additionally attended the occasion.

  • Woman stabbed to demise at hospital in Kerala, accused arrested

    By Online Desk

    KOCHI: A 31-year-old girl was stabbed to demise by her pal at a non-public hospital in Angamaly on Saturday, police stated.

    Liji who hailed from Thuravur was a bystander alongside her sick mom at a hospital in Angamaly.

    Mahesh, recognized as a former pal of Liji, is the prime suspect within the case.

    According to experiences, the accused got here to satisfy the lady on the fourth flooring of the hospital and attacked her with a pointy object following a heated argument.

    Though she was administered medical care immidiately, Liji succumbed to her wounds.

    Security personnel and others caught the accused and handed him over to the police.He is underneath custody and the motive is but to be ascertained, a police officer stated.

    (with inputs from PTI)

    (Further particulars awaited)

    KOCHI: A 31-year-old girl was stabbed to demise by her pal at a non-public hospital in Angamaly on Saturday, police stated.

    Liji who hailed from Thuravur was a bystander alongside her sick mom at a hospital in Angamaly.
    Mahesh, recognized as a former pal of Liji, is the prime suspect within the case.

    According to experiences, the accused got here to satisfy the lady on the fourth flooring of the hospital and attacked her with a pointy object following a heated argument.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Though she was administered medical care immidiately, Liji succumbed to her wounds.

    Security personnel and others caught the accused and handed him over to the police.He is underneath custody and the motive is but to be ascertained, a police officer stated.

    (with inputs from PTI)

    (Further particulars awaited)

  • ‘If it’s Manipur as we speak, will probably be Kerala tomorrow,’ says Catholic Bishop on violence in northeastern state

    By PTI

    KOZHIKODE: A senior Catholic Bishop in Kerala mentioned on Friday that the church was nervous over the scenario in Manipur and termed the continued violence within the northeastern state as a “meticulously planned” and “executed one”.

    While addressing a Congress protest assembly organised right here on the violence within the northeastern state, Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery in Kozhikode district, mentioned the church was nervous that “if it is Manipur today, it will be Kerala tomorrow”.

    Kozhikode MP, M Ok Raghavan staged a starvation strike to induce the Union authorities to mitigate the violence taking place in Manipur since May 3.

    More than 100 folks have misplaced their lives within the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur.

    “We all know what is happening in Manipur. How meticulously things were planned to eliminate a particular section of society. A play that was scripted months ago was executed. We are afraid that if it is Manipur today, it will be Kerala tomorrow,” Bishop Inchananiyil mentioned.

    The ruling CPI(M) and the Congress get together have been attacking the Union authorities over its alleged failure to manage the violence because it erupted in Manipur a number of weeks in the past.

    KOZHIKODE: A senior Catholic Bishop in Kerala mentioned on Friday that the church was nervous over the scenario in Manipur and termed the continued violence within the northeastern state as a “meticulously planned” and “executed one”.

    While addressing a Congress protest assembly organised right here on the violence within the northeastern state, Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery in Kozhikode district, mentioned the church was nervous that “if it is Manipur today, it will be Kerala tomorrow”.

    Kozhikode MP, M Ok Raghavan staged a starvation strike to induce the Union authorities to mitigate the violence taking place in Manipur since May 3.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    More than 100 folks have misplaced their lives within the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur.

    “We all know what is happening in Manipur. How meticulously things were planned to eliminate a particular section of society. A play that was scripted months ago was executed. We are afraid that if it is Manipur today, it will be Kerala tomorrow,” Bishop Inchananiyil mentioned.

    The ruling CPI(M) and the Congress get together have been attacking the Union authorities over its alleged failure to manage the violence because it erupted in Manipur a number of weeks in the past.

  • Kerala teen dies of uncommon mind an infection; officers warning public about bathing in contaminated water 

    By PTI

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/ALAPPUZHA: A teen affected by a uncommon mind an infection brought on by free-living amoebae residing in contaminated waters died in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, state Health Minister Veena George stated on Friday.

    The 15-year-old native of close by Panavalli in Alappuzha district was contaminated with the illness known as main amoebic meningoencephalitis.

    Confirming the boy’s demise, the minister stated 5 such circumstances of the uncommon an infection had been reported within the state earlier than.

    The first was reported in Thirumala ward of Alappuzha in 2016, she stated.

    Two circumstances have been confirmed in Malappuram in 2019 and 2020 and one every was reported in Kozhikode and Thrissur within the years 2020 and 22 respectively, she instructed reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

    The essential signs of the illness are fever, headache, vomiting, and seizures.

    “All the infected patients had died,” George stated, including that the mortality price for the uncommon mind an infection was 100 per cent.

    The free-living amoebae, which trigger the an infection, are present in nonetheless water, the minister added.

    According to docs, the human mind will get contaminated when the free-living, non-parasitic amoeba micro organism enters the physique by the nostril.

    Considering the extreme nature of the illness, district well being officers have suggested individuals to keep away from taking baths in contaminated water.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/ALAPPUZHA: A teen affected by a uncommon mind an infection brought on by free-living amoebae residing in contaminated waters died in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, state Health Minister Veena George stated on Friday.

    The 15-year-old native of close by Panavalli in Alappuzha district was contaminated with the illness known as main amoebic meningoencephalitis.

    Confirming the boy’s demise, the minister stated 5 such circumstances of the uncommon an infection had been reported within the state earlier than.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The first was reported in Thirumala ward of Alappuzha in 2016, she stated.

    Two circumstances have been confirmed in Malappuram in 2019 and 2020 and one every was reported in Kozhikode and Thrissur within the years 2020 and 22 respectively, she instructed reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

    The essential signs of the illness are fever, headache, vomiting, and seizures.

    “All the infected patients had died,” George stated, including that the mortality price for the uncommon mind an infection was 100 per cent.

    The free-living amoebae, which trigger the an infection, are present in nonetheless water, the minister added.

    According to docs, the human mind will get contaminated when the free-living, non-parasitic amoeba micro organism enters the physique by the nostril.

    Considering the extreme nature of the illness, district well being officers have suggested individuals to keep away from taking baths in contaminated water.

  • Red alert in two Kerala districts for July 4 as rains intensify

    By PTI

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As heavy rains lashed Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a crimson alert in two districts of the state for July 4.

    The IMD issued crimson alerts for Idukki and Kannur districts of the state for Tuesday.

    Besides that, it issued orange alerts for 10 of the remaining 12 districts within the state on that day. Orange alert was additionally issued for all districts besides Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam for Wednesday as nicely.

    A crimson alert signifies heavy to extraordinarily heavy rains of over 20 cm in 24 hours, whereas orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to twenty cm of rain.

    A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 to 11 cm.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As heavy rains lashed Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a crimson alert in two districts of the state for July 4.

    The IMD issued crimson alerts for Idukki and Kannur districts of the state for Tuesday.

    Besides that, it issued orange alerts for 10 of the remaining 12 districts within the state on that day. Orange alert was additionally issued for all districts besides Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam for Wednesday as nicely.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    A crimson alert signifies heavy to extraordinarily heavy rains of over 20 cm in 24 hours, whereas orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to twenty cm of rain.

    A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 to 11 cm.

  • Group of Janata Dal leaders be part of Kerala BJP

    By Express News Service

    KOCHI: A gaggle of leaders from Janata Dal (Secular), Loktanthrik Janata Dal, and Janata Dal (United), allies of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a operate held in Kochi on Sunday.

    Among the newcomers to the Saffron camp is Sujith Sunder, a veteran tv serial maker.

    Speaking on the merger assembly, BJP state president Okay Surendran stated Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was attempting to polarise the individuals on communal strains within the title of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). “The CPM state committee’s decision to bring together Muslim organisations against the UCC is aimed at polarizing society,” he stated. “This move will have dangerous consequences,” Surendran stated.

    The BJP state president stated the chief minister is attempting to construct a platform of elementary outfits to proceed in energy.

    Surendran stated the CPM was a celebration that fought for the implementation of UCC.  When the Supreme Court verdict got here within the Shah Bano case (1985), it was EMS Namboothiripad who requested Rajiv Gandhi to implement the court docket verdict. Those who raised slogans towards EMS are the fundamentalists, he stated.

    Inaugurating the merger convention, the BJP’s Kerala Prabhari Prakash Javadekar referred to as the occasion “historic”. He stated the Congress and the Communists, who’re combating with one another in Kerala, are unified outdoors the state. “People have realised this,” he stated, including that Kerala politics will bear a giant change inside one 12 months.

    Meanwhile, the becoming a member of of tv serial maker Sujith to the BJP comes at a time when three movie personalities not too long ago abandoned the celebration. Malayalam filmmakers Rajasenan and Ali Akbar not too long ago introduced their choice to give up the BJP. Actor Bheeman Raghu has additionally indicated his plan to give up the BJP.

    KOCHI: A gaggle of leaders from Janata Dal (Secular), Loktanthrik Janata Dal, and Janata Dal (United), allies of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a operate held in Kochi on Sunday.

    Among the newcomers to the Saffron camp is Sujith Sunder, a veteran tv serial maker.

    Speaking on the merger assembly, BJP state president Okay Surendran stated Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was attempting to polarise the individuals on communal strains within the title of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). “The CPM state committee’s decision to bring together Muslim organisations against the UCC is aimed at polarizing society,” he stated. “This move will have dangerous consequences,” Surendran stated.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The BJP state president stated the chief minister is attempting to construct a platform of elementary outfits to proceed in energy.

    Surendran stated the CPM was a celebration that fought for the implementation of UCC.  When the Supreme Court verdict got here within the Shah Bano case (1985), it was EMS Namboothiripad who requested Rajiv Gandhi to implement the court docket verdict. Those who raised slogans towards EMS are the fundamentalists, he stated.

    Inaugurating the merger convention, the BJP’s Kerala Prabhari Prakash Javadekar referred to as the occasion “historic”. He stated the Congress and the Communists, who’re combating with one another in Kerala, are unified outdoors the state. “People have realised this,” he stated, including that Kerala politics will bear a giant change inside one 12 months.

    Meanwhile, the becoming a member of of tv serial maker Sujith to the BJP comes at a time when three movie personalities not too long ago abandoned the celebration. Malayalam filmmakers Rajasenan and Ali Akbar not too long ago introduced their choice to give up the BJP. Actor Bheeman Raghu has additionally indicated his plan to give up the BJP.