In the harassment complaint, Nivin Pauly handed over the copy of passport and related documents to the investigation team, including the passport copy of actor Nivin Pauly to the DGP and the special investigation team.

Meanwhile, actor Nivin Pauly had said that the allegations of molestation raised against him the other day were false. The actor filed a preliminary complaint with the DGP stating that the case against him was false. On the other hand, Vineeth Srinivasan said that on the day when the complainant said that the molestation had taken place, Nivin was on the location of his film ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’.

Thiruvananthapuram: It has been decided to give permission to serve liquor on Dry Day in the tourism sector. The CPM state secretariat approved the amended liquor policy. The exemption was introduced to encourage meetings and exhibitions in tourism areas. For this, permission should be obtained 15 days in advance.

Dry days on the 1st date will continue except in the tourism sector. Relaxation on dry days was a high-priority demand in a meeting called earlier by the tourism department. Seeing this as a hardship for tourists, the stakeholders raised a demand with the government. At the same time, the government had started plans to completely avoid Dry Day, but in the context of the second bar bribery allegation, the current decision is to give relaxation only to the tourism sector. The issue will be discussed in the LDF meeting to be held this month.

Thiruvananthapuram: Finance Minister KN Balagopal said that government employees and teachers will be given a bonus of Rs. 4000 on the occasion of Onam. For those who are not eligible for the bonus, a holiday allowance of Rs.2750 will be given. A special festival allowance of Rs.1000 has been announced for service pensioners. Employees who retire under the Participatory Pension Scheme will also get a special festival allowance.

Rs 20,000 advance will be given to government employees on the occasion of Onam. 6000 will be paid as advance to part-time and contingent employees.

All categories of employees, including contract-skiram workers who received festival Allowance last year, will receive this allowance at the same rate.

Nemom and Kochuveli railway stations have been renamed. The government notification is out. Nemom will be known as Thiruvananthapuram South and Kochuveli Thiruvananthapuram North Railway Station henceforth. The name change will be officially implemented with the order of the Railway Board.

Majority of the services operated from Kochuveli are long distance trains. The name Kochuveli is not at all familiar to those outside Kerala. Therefore, there was a situation where those who did not get reservation to Thiruvananthapuram Central canceled their journey. It is estimated that the name change will be of great help for the development of Nemom Terminal.

Thiruvananthapuram: The police have registered a case in the clash between the Secretariat march of State Committee of the Youth Congress demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister who is protecting ADGP MR Ajith Kumar and Political Secretary P Shashi. Cantonment police have registered a case against 11 people. There is a case against 250 known people. The first accused is Youth Congress state president Rahul Mangootam. Abin Varki is the seventh accused. Rahul was produced in court and remanded.

The case was filed on the charges of assaulting police officers, destroying public property, unlawful assembly and obstructing the official performance of the police. Water cannons were used seven times to disperse the activists during the clash that lasted for over one and a half hours. District President Nemam Shajeer’s eye was injured. Policemen including Cantonment CI were also injured in the clash. The leaders also said that the police acted according to the instructions of the DYFI and CPM leaders.

Thiruvananthapuram: Sujith Das, the former district police chief of Pathanamthitta, who was facing serious allegations including the tree cutting case and helping a gold smuggling gang, has been suspended from service.

The action is as per the instructions of the Chief Minister. Sujith Das was removed from the post of SP after the controversial phone conversation with PV Anvar MLA came to light. The DGP sought details from Sujit Das, who was summoned to the police headquarters the other day.

Thiruvananthapuram: Actor Mukesh and Edavela Babu granted anticipatory bail in the sexual harassment complaint filed by the actress. Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court granted bail. Anticipatory bail was granted to both of them in a case registered on the complaint of the actress who is a native of Aluva. The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court’s interim order against arrest had expired yesterday.

The Ernakulam Maradu police registered a case against Mukesh under the non-bailable section on the complaint of the actress. The actress is accused of sexually assaulting her at her villa in Marad. It is also alleged that he took her to the shooting location in Ottapalam and tried to torture her. A case has been registered for the crime of harassment, insulting womanhood, trespassing with intent to assault, and showing insulting gesture to womanhood.

Thiruvananthapuram: During Onam, Supplyco has hiked the prices of four commodities, from rice to sugar. The price of Matta and kuruva rice will increase from Rs. 30 to Rs. 33 per kg and sugar from Rs. 27 to Rs. 33 per kg. Raw rice will increase from Rs. 26 to Rs. 29, and Thuvar dal from Rs. 111 to Rs.115. At the same time, the prices of some other items have been reduced. Minister GR Anil says that due to the increase in the price of the products in the general market, the prices have been increased in the Supplyco outlets as well.

The food department has given permission to increase the prices. The price hike has been implemented from Thursday, when Onam markets begins. With the start of Onan market, supplies have arrived in abundance at Supplyco outlets, which were lying empty for a long time. Various offers have also been put forward.

Chickpea price will come down from 93 to 90 per kg, gram from 95 to 90 and chilli from 82 to 78 per kg. The main offer is the Sabari Signature Kit, which offers Sabari products priced at Rs. 255 for Rs. 189. Apart from that, there are Deep Discount Hours and Combo-Buy One Get One offers that give additional discounts of up to 10 percent. Onam markets run from Thursday to September 14. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the state-level Onam Markets at 5 pm on Thursday in East Fort. District level markets will start from Friday. Apart from subsidized items, FMCG, Milma, handloom products, fruits and organic vegetables will also be available at reduced prices in the fair. Daily use items of leading brands will also be discounted.