Tiruvalla: Tiruvalla Court dismissed the stay petition against Minister Saji Cheriyan. The court rejected the requirement that the police report should not be considered now. The proceedings are in the Court of First Class Magistrate, Thiruvalla. The petition was filed by High Court lawyer Baiju Noyal.

Police had given Cheriyan a clean chit stating that his comments on the Constitution were not abusive. Police sought to close the case.

A case was registered as per the direction of the Thiruvalla court in the incident where he made a speech criticizing the constitution. The petitioner demanded that the reference report submitted by the police should not be accepted. The petitioner requested that no decision be taken on the report and no judgment is given in the case until the High Court’s decision.

Wayanad: KSRTC in collaboration with local bodies, the Gramavandi service is now also in Wayanad. The Grama Vandi project aims to solve the travel problems in the hinterland. Minister Antony Raju will inaugurate the first bus in the district, which will be started in collaboration with Mananthavady Block Panchayat, on the morning of January 6.

Wayanad is one of the districts suffering from travel problems in the state. The service of Gramavandi will be through the routes where travel difficulties are severe and there are no buses. Due to this very reason, Gramavandi has a huge potential in Wayanad district. The service will be given priority to the routes which are included in Mananthavady Block Panchayat and currently have less vehicle facilities.

The Gramavandi service is arranged in such a way that it starts from Mananthavady in the morning and reaches Mananthavady itself in the evening. The Gramavandi travels about one hundred and fifty kilometers daily.

Thiruvananthapuram: The crime branch will investigate the death of young director Nayana Surya. The crime Branch will form a special investigation team for this. The decision followed the conclusion that there was a lapse in the first phase of the investigation. The mystery of Naina Surya’s death is increasing with the release of the post-mortem report.

Thiruvananthapuram City Crime Records Bureau Assistant Commissioner Dinil has been tasked to submit a report on the progress of the current case investigation. It was during this inspection that it was discovered that there was a lapse in the investigation in the first phase. It was also found that there was a failure in the proceedings including the inquest. With this, it was decided to conduct further investigation.

A detailed report will be handed over to the City Police Commissioner tomorrow. The commissioner’s office said that the investigation team will be decided after this. The police questioned Nayana’s friends again. The police have decided to conduct a detailed investigation including scientific aspects.

Thiruvananthapuram: Saji Cherian will be sworn in as minister tomorrow. The swearing-in ceremony will be held tomorrow at four o’clock in the evening. The Governor gave the letter of approval to the government. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Raj Bhavan.
The Governor accepted the Chief Minister’s recommendation. Legal advice was in favor of Saji Cheriyan. 

Kozhikode: A local holiday has been declared for Kozhikode due to the State School Arts Festival. Schools under the Kozhikode Corporation are on holiday from today to 7. The holiday is also applicable to Secondary- Vocational Higher Secondary Schools.

The 61st State School Art Festival will be lit today. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the festival at the main stage of Westhill at 10 am.

14000 contestants compete in various events in 24 venues.  As it is a post-Covid art festival, a huge turnout is expected.

Idukki:  The vehicle of Sabarimala pilgrims met with an accident on the Kattappana Parakkadavu bypass road. Two people suffered minor injuries. A minivan carrying natives of Tamil Nadu was involved in the accident.

The accident happened when the vehicle fell on the top of the house. There were 16 people in the vehicle.