Thiruvananthapuram: Health card mandatory for employees of hotels, restaurants, and bakeries in the state from tomorrow. The additional time given by the government will end today. The license of establishments without health cards will be canceled. There will be a strict inspection from tomorrow. Employees were given two extensions for health cards.

All employees handling food items in all establishments that cook, distribute and sell food in the state must take a health card. A Certificate of Registered Medical Practitioner in the prescribed format is required. According to the doctor’s instructions, tests including physical examination, vision test, skin diseases, sores and wounds, vaccinations, and blood tests for infectious diseases should be done.

The certificate should bear the signature and seal of the doctor. The validity of this health card is one year. Health inspectors will check the cleanliness and health card. In addition to institutions, unannounced inspections are conducted at check posts and markets as per public complaints.

Thiruvananthapuram: Minister Antony Raju said that the concession for students has not been changed and reports to the contrary are baseless. No such decision has been taken. The minister said in Thiruvananthapuram that there is no need for students to worry.

Concession will be given online from next year. Arrangements are being made for that. Concession will be given to all eligible. Now the problem is age. Government employees go to evening classes. They also buy concessions. In this context, the minister added that there should be an age limit for the concession and those who are eligible will get the concession.

Kochi: Quotation leader Akash Tillankeri arrested.  Akash was arrested by Muzhakkunn police on Kappa charges.  Akash Tillankeri was taken into custody by the police from his home in the evening.

 Akash is an accused in four cases in the past one month, including insulting a DYFI woman worker, in Muzukkunn and Mattannur police stations.

Kochi:  High Court adjourned Pulsar Suni’s bail plea in the actress assault case. The High Court said that the bail petition is being considered as per the instructions of the Supreme Court. Various judgments favor the right of the accused.
The court also pointed out that bail will become a right when the accused remains in jail without trial for six years. But the government asked the court not to grant bail to Pulsar Suni.

Last time, the High Court had directed that statements against Pulsar Suni, including those of the survivor,  should be produced in the petition. Pulsar Suni argues that he is eligible for bail as he has been an undertrial prisoner for six years.

At the same time, the trial court judge Honey M Varghese asked the Supreme Court for another six months to complete the witness examination in the case. Dileep gave an affidavit in the Supreme Court showing that the reasons given by the prosecution for the trial are false. Dileep also objected to questioning Kavya Madhavan’s father and mother.

Thiruvananthapuram:  Kerala Police has taken strict action against sexual crimes against children. Police have arrested 12 people for spreading porn videos and pictures of children between the ages of five and fifteen years. According to the police, those caught in the raid conducted across the state are high-ranking professionals working in the IT sector. As part of investigating crimes against children, 142 cases were registered across the state on Sunday alone. 270 devices including mobile phones, modems, hard disks, memory cards, laptops, and computers have been seized.

The police said that they have received information that children are being trafficked for sex. The police also stated that they got the information about it from the messages on the seized devices. The gang uses encrypted handles to upload and download videos and images of children. Police are also collecting details of other persons who circulated the pictures and videos. The police said that strong action will be taken against all the persons involved in this racket and there will be no compromise in this matter.

Simultaneous raids were conducted across the state from Sunday morning under the supervision of district police chiefs. Cyberdom IGP P Prakash appealed to the public to inform the CCSE, Cyberdom, and Cybercell if they get information about any social media groups or individuals spreading child sexual content. Viewing, distributing, or keeping any indecent images or pictures of children is a criminal offense punishable with imprisonment of up to 5 years and a fine of up to INR 10 lakh.