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  • After son dies by suicide, 53-year-old man hangs himself from similar tree in Thrissur

    By Express News Service
    THRISSUR: In an incident that shook the complete locality, a person hanged himself from the identical tree the place his son was discovered useless by suicide at Eyyal in Thrissur district.

    The deceased have been recognized as Kizhakkoott Damodaran, 53, a daily-wage employee concerned within the reducing of timber and his son Sarath, 27, a truck driver. As per the report of the Erumapetty police, Sarath was seen hanging on a tree close to his home at round 1 am on Tuesday.

    “His father and brother went to untie and save him. But he had died by that time. After untying Sarath’s body, Damodaran suddenly hanged himself on the tree using his dhoti. Though he was rushed to hospital, he was declared brought dead,” stated a police officer.

    According to an in depth relative of the household, “Sarath had lost his job due to the COVID lockdown and was jobless since last year. After the relaxation came into effect, he had started going to work again, but the family was in a deep financial crisis.”

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  • Cops don’t salute me: Thrissur mayor complains to police chief

    By Express News Service
    THRISSUR: Thrissur Mayor MK Varghese has despatched a grievance to the state police chief alleging that no police officer has proven due respect to him and given him the customary salute although the mayor comes after the governor and chief minister as per the protocol.In his letter, he urged the DGP to look into the matter and do the needful because the mayor is taken into account the primary citizen of the company he/she governs.

    “I was elected the mayor of Thrissur Corporation only a few months back. Before that itself, I had noticed this attitude of police officers. They salute the ministers and even MLAs but not the mayor, who is actually above the other categories as per the protocol.  Hence, I wrote to the police chief so that there would be a clarification on the matter,” stated Varghese.“When we go out in the field meeting people and ensuring that their needs are addressed, some police officers disrespect us by showing their back to us,” he added.

    Thrissur vary DIG advised to inquire into mayor’s plaint

    “They should understand the fact that we (mayors) also came to this position through the democratic process and are not not less valued than others. This is not for me as a person, but for all mayors and for those who will be mayors in the future,” he stated.

    Contested the election as an unbiased candidate, he grew to become the mayor with LDF assist. Police officers say they offer salute to individuals as per the standing order of the division and never protocol. The state police chief has directed Thrissur vary DIG to inquire into the grievance and take needed motion.

  • Kerala authorities urged to not shift sexual assault survivors to single house in Thrissur

    Express News Service
    KOZHIKODE: Various ladies’s organisations within the state have come out towards the federal government order on relocating survivors of sexual assault crimes at varied Nirbhaya properties to a single-facility in Thrissur.

    According to activists, the transfer will put undue stress on the ladies who’re already traumatised and struggling to return to regular lives.

    They identified that the Kerala authorities’s choice is unscientific, particularly for the reason that circumstances of every youngster are dealt with at their respective districts, and asking dad and mom to journey to Thrissur from varied components of the state for the proceedings of their youngster’s case is unethical.

    Advocate P Ok Noorbeena Rashid, common secretary of National Women’s League advised TNIE that the federal government order was issued on June 13 dismissing the goals on which the Nirbhaya properties had been based.

    “The first Nirbhaya home came into existence in Thiruvananthapuram.  The government has come up with some illogical reasoning that by closing down Nirbhaya homes across various districts and setting them up in a centralised unit will reduce the expense of the government. The girls are brought to such institutions because of the trauma they have experienced.  Hence, the government should be careful not to make harsh decisions that affect them psychologically,” she stated including that fifty p.c of the youngsters are from SC/ ST communities. 

    She known as on the governement to withdraw the order because it has not thought of the sensible difficulties of the youngsters and their households. Noorbeena additionally criticised the State Level Coordinating Committee, chaired by the chief Minister, which has not convened a gathering or evaluated the functioning of the Nirbhaya properties previously 5 years.

  • Thrissur woman Lidwina Joseph who acquired present from Chief Justice of India now aiming for the sky

    Express News Service
    THRISSUR: For a 10-year-old woman, protecting observe of happenings within the nation is just not a simple activity. But Lidwina Joseph, a Class V pupil of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Puranattukara, shocked the Chief Justice of India by not solely remaining up to date on the information but in addition appreciating the efforts of the Supreme Court via its interventions on the scarcity of oxygen.

    Lidwina got here to learn about Covid sufferers dying on account of lack of medical oxygen from newspapers. While she felt unhappy about it, she stated she was extra frightened about the truth that nobody was intervening to alleviate the sufferings of bizarre individuals. But she later learn that the Supreme Court had intervened within the matter and urged the federal government to make sure oxygen provide and its transportation throughout the nation.

    After Lidwina revealed her need to put in writing to the CJI, to placed on report her deep appreciation of the apex court docket’s intervention, her dad and mom requested their daughter to strive drafting a duplicate of the letter first. She additionally drew an image together with the letter.

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    Her father Joseph Okay Francis, who works within the postal division after retiring from the Indian Air Force, despatched the letter. “We received a call from the secretary to the CJI, asking us details about Lidwina and our residential address. On Tuesday, Lidwina received a copy of the Constitution and a letter written and signed by Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana,” stated her dad and mom. Her mom Bilcy and two elder sisters might hardly consider that the CJI has written a private letter to their little Lidwina.

    Addressing the woman as ‘My Dear Lidwina’, the CJI stated within the letter, “I am sure you will grow up into an alert, informed and responsible citizen who will contribute immensely towards nation building.”

    “I never expected a reply, from such a person who has so many responsibilities. This is definitely the happiest moment in my life,” she stated. She can be thrilled on the quite a few calls she has acquired, particularly from her lecturers at Kendriya Vidyalaya, after receiving the letter from the CJI.

    She reads an English every day and discusses issues together with her father. Drawing is her ardour. “I want to become a pilot when I grow up,” stated Lidwina.

  • Thrissur: Scintillating fireworks in retailer in cultural capital

    Express News Service
    THRISSUR: Thrissur, the land of poorams. Mighty elephants, embellished parasols, rhythmic ensembles, high-octane fireworks and sea of persons are the logos related to Kerala’s cultural capital, which holds among the most extravagant festivals within the state.

    The district has no everlasting loyalty to any political entrance, and has held the humblest of laymen and the tallest of leaders near its coronary heart. It additionally has a historical past of voting towards stalwarts like Ok Karunakaran (within the 1996 Lok Sabha elections) and his son Ok Muraleedharan (1998). 

    Recently, nevertheless, Thrissur has been displaying some inclination in direction of the Left. After the 2001 elections which noticed the UDF pocketing 12 out of the (then) 14 constituencies within the district, it has by no means had an higher hand within the meeting elections right here. The final meeting polls in 2016 noticed LDF sweep the district, successful 12 of 13 seats. The lone seat UDF received was by a 43-vote margin.

    In Thrissur, the place an intense three-cornered combat is on the playing cards, actor-turned-MP Suresh Gopi is pitted towards Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of Karunakaran, and CPI candidate P Balachandran. It wouldn’t be a shock if Suresh Gopi emerges as a darkish horse.

    Irinjalakuda, Chalakudy, Thrissur, Guruvayur and Wadakkanchery are the constituencies the place the UDF pins its hopes, whereas LDF expectations are excessive in segments together with Pudukkad, Ollur, Manalur, Nattika, Chelakkara, Kaipamangalam, Kunnamkulam and Kodungallur. 

    However, adjustments within the final lap are probably as BJP votes may show the game-changer. For occasion in 2016, the LDF candidate received Irinjalakuda — normally a certain seat for the UDF — after the BJP candidate secured round 31,000 votes. In Guruvayur, BJP’s candidature is srill uncertain as its nomination was rejected. 

    In Wadakkanchery — the epicentre of the Life Mission controversy, the LDF equipment is making an attempt onerous to trounce the UDF candidate. Left’s loss right here could be thought-about as a mandate towards the federal government within the Life row. The final native physique polls noticed LDF regaining its higher hand within the Wadakkanchery municipality and panchayats close by. 

    Political observer N Sreekumar identified that the grassroot-level organisational equipment of Congress within the district is just not environment friendly sufficient to lift the stakes of Congress, which is the primary drawback confronted by the UDF in Thrissur. “Even UDF doesn’t expect an upper hand here. But the votes secured by BJP will be crucial. They even have enough potential to overturn the fate of some candidates,” he mentioned.

  • Popular elephant Karnan, identified for its ‘raised head’, dies at 65 in Kerala

    By Express News Service
    PALAKKAD: Mangalamkunnu Karnan, the captive elephant which is thought for his ‘raised head’ and confidence had a separate fan following at pageant venues died right here on Thursday. It was round 65 years previous.

    It was a lot wanted at festivals on account of its peaceable temperament and its raised brow.  It was dropped at Kerala from Chapra in Bihar in 1989. It was Manissery Haridas from whom it was bought by the Mangalamkunnu brothers, M.A. Haridas and M.A. Parameswaran round 20 years in the past.

    “Though it had a height of only 9.75 feet, when it raises the head it out beats elephants which had a height of 10 feet and above at gajamelas which were annually held at Palluruthy in Ernakulam and Ittithanam in Kottayam. When Mangalamkunnu Karnan participates in gajamela competitions, there is no one to beat him. It was also a winner for the last nine years at the ‘head raising’ competitions held at the Sreekumara Ganesha temple, Chakkumarassery in North Paravur. It was a treat to watch him with the ‘thidambu’ on his forehead at the festivals,” stated Rajesh, an elephant lover.

    “It died at around 5 a.m. today. There was a wound on the left leg and it was being treated. But that wound was not the cause of death. It would have slept by 3 a.m. but it did not get up. We feel it had died due to heart attack. Due to the lack of festivals in the wake of the pandemic it was under rest,” stated M.N. Haridas, the proprietor.

    He stated that the veterinary medical doctors from Thrissur will conduct the put up mortem and the elephant can be cremated within the Walayar forests thereafter. 

  • Kerala Life Mission rip-off: CBI can probe however prison legal responsibility cannot be prolonged to politicians, says HC

    Express News Service
    KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the CBI to proceed the investigation within the alleged Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violations over funds obtained from a overseas sponsor for implementation of the Life Mission housing mission at Wadakkancherry in Thrissur district.

    The case regarding the Life Mission, the Kerala authorities’s flagship housing mission for the homeless, includes a corruption allegation into the award of the contract to assemble 144 flats in Thrissur district’s Wadakkancherry to Unitac, a development firm, on the behest of M Sivasankar, the then principal secretary of the chief minister in 2019. For this goal, Dubai-based Red Crescent signed an MoU with the Life Mission to supply monetary support (AED 10 million or Rs 20 crore) to construct the dwellings, the contract for which was given to Unitac.

    Justice P Somarajan in his order additionally indicated the function of senior authorities officers within the alleged corruption within the housing mission saying the “very nature of the mischief done in furtherance of MoU would suggest the involvement of highly educated professionals – a mastermind behind it”.

    The courtroom, nonetheless, made it clear that prison legal responsibility can’t be prolonged to political executives together with the chief minister, ministers, and legislatures merely on the bottom that they’ve taken a coverage determination to implement the mission.

    The courtroom additionally vacated the keep for the probe whereas dismissing the petition filed by the CEO of LIFE Mission and Santhosh Eappen, MD of Unitac looking for to quash the FIR towards them.

    The courtroom identified that it was a recognized undeniable fact that the LIFE Mission is a mission formulated and launched by the state authorities primarily based on a coverage determination. “Then it is up to the civil servants, the non-political executive (permanent executive) to implement it by due process of law. The typical nature of the facts involved in the case would reveal a high profile intellectual fraud played in furtherance of MoU to avoid an audit by CAG and to get kickbacks and gratifications,” the courtroom famous.

    The job of the non-political government is to make sure correct implementation of legal guidelines handed by the legislature and to “check and balance” whereas formulating and implementing coverage selections below the regulation in pressure. The perform of IAS officers, who’re the everlasting government (non-political government), is to help the political government (the chief minister, ministers, and the legislature) to formulate and execute coverage selections, in addition to the executive issues, the courtroom stated.

    The officers’ failure to handle the difficulty or mischief, if any, within the matter of its implementation of the housing mission, can’t, by itself, be a floor to increase any prison legal responsibility towards the political government, except the identical was dropped at their discover with its authorized penalties in writing or by meaning they’ve obtained a private profit with data of the breach or mischief performed.

    “Even proactive steps taken by the political executive in the implementation of the project/policy decisions may not, by itself, make them responsible for any criminal liability, especially in a case of this nature, wherein a well designed and intelligently hidden agenda was scrupulously employed by the civil servants in connivance with the middleman, the Consulate General of UAE, Trivandrum, unless it was known or made known to them with its legal consequences specified in writing by the civil servants, who are bound to do it by exercising a healthy confrontation,” noticed the courtroom.

    In this case, it seems that the alleged violations had been on the time of implementation of a part of the LIFE Mission mission by the everlasting members connected to it – the IAS officers with Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair, Sarith, Santhosh Eappen and their allies. “The mere fact that a policy decision was taken by the chief minister, the ministers or the legislature, may not by itself be sufficient to extend criminal liability against them for the wrong done by the non-political executive attached with the project and their allies,” it stated.

  • Fact-check: Is Prasar Bharati shutting down AIR radio stations in Kerala

    On November 30, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported that CPI MP Binoy Viswam from Kerala has written to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, alleging that AIR is closing down government-financed radio and television channels. The allegations were picked up several news agencies.

    In his letter, the MP has alleged that in the meeting held on November 18, it was decided to curtail the programs originating from Kerala. “This new move by Prasar Bharati is against this principle and its very motto of public service broadcasting,” he added.Before the PTI report, on November 12, The Hindu had reported that the Kozhikode, Thrissur AM stations might close down soon. The report suggested that shutting down the stations is part of a nationwide policy to cut down the functioning costs of the institutes. At some places, FM segments will be retained. The report further suggested that AIR has asked the listeners to use their web application, which won’t be feasible due to network issues. The machines at the stations are old, and it is not possible to replace them.