Kochi; GST sent a notice to star organization AMMA. The notice comes after it was found that the GST turnover of Rs 8.34 crore was concealed.

The AMMA was also asked to pay Rs 4 crore as tax, interest, and penalty. The irregularity was found during the GST department’s inspection. The irregularity is in the AMMA’s account for the period 2018-2022.

Despite the introduction of GST in 2017, AMMA took registration in 2022. AMMA was ready to get the registration after the GST department issued the summons. The GST department found that the AMMA had done transactions for five years without collecting GST.

The organization was registered as a charitable institution. But income is also earned from stage shows. AMMA office-bearers said that they will give a reply to the authorities soon.

Kottayam: K R Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts to be closed till January 15, District Collector Dr. PK Jayashree ordered.
Officials informed that the order will not apply to the previously scheduled exams. Last month, due to strong student agitation, the institute was ordered to be closed for two weeks.

Following allegations of caste discrimination, sabotage of reservation in admissions and denial of facilities to students, the students had started a strike demanding the resignation of the director of the institute.

A two-member high-level commission was appointed on the instructions of the Chief Minister to study the issues in the institute and submit a report amid strong protests. An inquiry commission appointed by the government had reached the campus and collected information. The commission also took statements from students and sanitation workers who faced discrimination.

Kottayam: After the owner of Malappuram Kuzhimanthi Hotel Latif was arrested in connection with the death of a nurse named Rashmi Raj due to food poisoning in Kottayam, the chief cook of the hotel was also arrested.

Muhammad Sirajuddin, a native of Malappuram, who is the chief cook, was arrested in Malappuram. Sirajuddin was arrested from Kadambuza in the Malappuram district. The police have registered a case of homicide in Rashmi’s death due to food poisoning and are investigating.

Earlier, the police had arrested the owner of the hotel called Malappuram Kuzhimnthi. Kasaragod resident I.A. Latif was arrested. Nurse Rashmi Raj (33) of Kottayam Medical College Hospital, who was undergoing treatment after consuming Alpham, died on January 2.

Rashmi developed serious health problems after eating the ordered Alpham. After Rashmi’s death, eight other people who suffered from food poisoning filed a written complaint at the Kottayam police station. 

Pariyaram: The death of Anjushree Parvathy (19), a native of Kasaragod, is suspected to be suicide. The postmortem report says that rat poison had gone inside.
The preliminary post-mortem report said that the death was not due to food poisoning, but the cause of death was liver damage.

The report states that it is a symptom of rat poison in the form of a paste. In the investigation conducted by the police, they found information about Anjushree’s mobile phone search about rat poison and a suicide note. But this can be officially confirmed only after receiving the chemical test report.

Meanwhile, Anjushree’s family has demanded that the mystery of the death be removed. Karunakaran, the girl’s uncle, said that three people, including Anjushree, experienced physical difficulties after eating. The relatives also demanded that food poisoning or other causes of death be ascertained.

Anjushree, daughter of late A Kumaran Nair and K Ambika of Perumbala Benur Srinilayam, died at 5.15 am on Saturday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mangalore. On December 31, after eating food ordered online from the hotel, the relatives filed a complaint with the police and then the hotel owner and two employees were taken into police custody. After realizing that the girl’s death was not due to food poisoning, they were released. The health department and the food safety department closed the hotel and seized the food items. Anjushree was a second-year undergraduate student at Govinda Pai Govt. College, Manjeswaram.

Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George said that in case of bird flu confirmed in Trivandrum Azhur Gram Panchayat, the Health Department has issued a warning to all the districts. Don’t worry but take care. Advance precautions are necessary to prevent bird flu from infecting humans. Everyone should follow the guidelines given by the health department.

The health department is monitoring fever and other symptoms in affected areas. People in these areas should notify their doctor if they have any respiratory problems. The Minister also requested the Health Department and the Animal Welfare Department to participate in the joint prevention activities.