Srinagar: 7 killed as bus plunges 150 feet in Jammu and Kashmir 23 people were injured. The accident took place at Tangli More in Choki Chora belt of Jammu district. The bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and fell into the gorge.
Police and locals rescued the accident victims and immediately shifted them to Akhnoor Hospital and Government Medical College.
Thiruvananthapuram: After the arrival of monsoon in the state, there has been a change in the rain warning. Meteorological department has announced orange alert in Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kottayam districts today. Yellow alert will remain in rest of the districts. Widespread rain is forecast for a week. Yellow alert has been declared in 12 districts on Friday. The arrival of monsoon comes while the heavy summer rains continue.
The monsoon that was supposed to arrive on June 1 has arrived 2 days earlier. Earlier, the Meteorological Center had warned that the intensity of the rains will increase during this monsoon season. The rains in June itself are likely to be heavy.
Kochi: The High Court granted interim bail to director Omar Lulu in the rape case. The interim bail was granted by a bench headed by Justice A Nasruddin. The petition was adjourned to June 6 for detailed hearing.
Omar Lulu stated in the court that his relationship with the actress was consensual. The Nedumbassery police registered a case against Omar Lulu on the complaint of the young actress. According to the complaint, the actress said Omar Lulu raped her several times saying that he would give her a chance in the film. The young actress, who has settled permanently in Kochi, approached the police with a complaint against director Omar Lulu.
At the same time, Omar Lulu had earlier stated that he had a close friendship with the actress. He has traveled to various places with the young woman. But he had said that after he left the friendship, she became personally enmity towards him and he suspected that this was behind the complaint.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Meteorological Department has said that monsoon is likely to arrive in the state today. There is a possibility of rain with thunder and lightning for seven days in Kerala. According to this, yellow alert has been declared in 11 districts today. Yellow alert has been announced in the districts from Thiruvananthapuram to Kozhikode.
The Meteorological Department also informs that there is a possibility of heavy rain till June 2 due to strong westerly winds prevailing on the Kerala coast. Winds of 35 to 55 km per hour are likely to occur over south Kerala coast and central Bay of Bengal on Thursday. It is also advised not to go fishing.
New Delhi: Delhi has recorded the highest temperature in the history of India. Mungeshipur Meteorological Station recorded a temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius this afternoon. Apart from Delhi, the temperature in some north Indian states also crossed 50 degrees.
Haryana government has brought the summer vacation of schools early due to extreme heat. After May 30, the IMD said that there will be relief from the heat wave. After May 30, many parts are predicted to receive rain.
Delhi’s power consumption has also hit an all-time record as temperatures rise.
Thiruvananthapuram: Student concession in KSRTC buses from 2024-25 academic year online. Registration is being shifted online to avoid rush and delay in completing the registration process by visiting KSRTC units in person.
For registration, open the website https://www.concessionksrtc.com and click on the School Student Registration/ College student registration tab and enter all the required information without error and upload the certificates as per the prescribed criteria. If the application is successfully completed, a message will be sent to the given mobile number. Once the application is approved by the school, it will be approved after inspection at the concerned depot. Soon you will receive an SMS that the application has been approved and the total amount to be payed. As soon as the instruction to pay the amount is available, reach the depot and pay the amount. This way, students may know, in which day the concession card will be available.
Students can log in to the website using the username and password provided at the time of registration to track their application. If the application has been rejected for any reason, it will also be known for what reason. A tab called “Appeal Applications” has been prepared on the website itself to appeal against the rejection of the application. The concerned senior officer of the corporation will look into it and take further action.
Students can register themselves or through public service centers like Akshaya and Friends. The educational institutions which are currently not registered or not included in the list should register before June 2 by selecting School Registration/ College registration on the website https://www.concessionksrtc.com and providing the required information. The concession period is 3 months.
Thiruvananthapuram: Engineering Architecture and Medical Entrance Examination (KEAM) will be conducted online from this year in the state. The exam will be held from June 5 to 9 at various centers. The examination will be held in 198 examination centers of 130 government self-financing institutions across all districts of the state, 2 examination centers in Delhi and one each in Mumbai and Dubai.
1,13,447 students will write the exam. The software for the online examination is developed by C-DIT, a government organization. Higher Education Minister Dr R Bindu said in a press conference that this is the first time in the state that such an extensive online examination is being conducted. A maximum of 18,993 candidates can take the exam in a day.
A maximum of 126 students can appear in an exam center at the same time. Backup computers are also provided at all centers. A separate control room has been opened for the conduct of the examination at the Entrance Examination Commissionerate. Control rooms were also opened at the district levels. The Nodal Officer will be responsible for supervision in the districts. All the 130 centers will have special coordinators and observers. The concerned Chief Superintendent will be in charge of the examination centers including servers.
The exam will start on 6th in Dubai center and on 5th in all other centers including Mumbai and Delhi. The special exam for BPharm admission will be held on 6th afternoon from 3.30 to 5 pm. The minister also stated that it is hoped that the exam results will be announced on the 20th as it has been switched to online.
Minister Bindu said that keeping in view the special situation of rains, UPS back-up and generator have been set up in all exam centers.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Information Commissioner Dr Km Dileep has ordered that the RTI Act applies to Kerala Bank (Kerala State Co-operative Bank) and is liable to provide information to citizens under the RTI Act 2005.
The Commission’s order was taken after considering the complaint petition filed by PB Hemalatha in Kochu Palluruthi. The Commission’s order was on a complaint petition that Kerala Bank did not provide information on an application made under the Right to Information Act and that action should be taken after investigation.
The Commission directed the General Manager to appoint Public Information Officers and Appellate Authority in Kerala Bank as an institution established by the order issued by the Government and as an institution which has received substantial financial assistance from the Government, Kerala Bank will come under the purview of the Right to Information Act.
Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain continues in the state. Water dams formed in various places including Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. The Killiyar Dam overflowed. Chala market and Thampanoor were flooded.
Heavy rain is still continuing in Kochi. Kalamasery, Tammanam, Moolepadam and other places were flooded. Heavy rain is continuing in the Puthankurish Kolanchery area as well.
Meanwhile, there is a warning that monsoon will reach Kerala within 24 hours. Strong westerly winds prevail over Kerala coast. As a result of this, there is a possibility of moderate to moderate rains with widespread thunder and lightning and wind speed of 40 km in Kerala for the next 7 days, the weather department has warned. According to the Central Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of very heavy rain at isolated places on Wednesday and heavy rain from May 29 to June 2.
Meteorological department has announced orange alert in 7 districts today. Heavy rain is likely in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki districts. Yellow alert has been declared in all other districts. Fishermen have been warned not to venture into the sea on Kerala and Lakshadweep coasts.
Quetta (Pakistan): 28 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a ravine in southwest Pakistan. 22 people were injured. The accident happened on the way from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, to Turbat. There are reports that over speeding was the cause of the accident and the accident happened due to burst tire of the bus. Local police officer Asghar Ali said that the bus driver will be among the dead. 22 people who were injured in the accident were admitted to Civil Hospital in Basima. Some of the injured are in serious condition.
Road accidents are common in Pakistan where traffic rules and safety standards are not followed. The latest accident comes three days after a truck overturned into a ditch in Punjab’s Khushab district on May 18, killing 13 members of the same family and injuring nine others. Earlier this month, 20 people were killed and 30 injured in a similar accident. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti expressed grief over the accident.
