Thiruvananthapuram: Revenue Department Minister K. Rajan has ordered an investigation based on a newspaper report that certificates including income certificates issued by the Revenue Department are being forged.

The Revenue Secretariat meeting presided over by the Minister today will seriously discuss the matter and a team comprising the Assistant Commissioner of Land Revenue in charge of IT and a Tehsildar rank officer headed by Joint Secretary of the Revenue Department J Biju will conduct the investigation.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that such fake certificates are being obtained through the recognized Janasevana Kendras. The minister has ordered a further investigation and submitted the report within 2 weeks.

Kochi: High Court rejected the eligibility of Priya Varghese. High Court verdict that she is not eligible for the post of Associate Professor. Priya’s first rank list should be rechecked. The High Court said further action should be taken only after re-examination. At the same time, the petitioner Prof. Joseph Skaria responded that he was happy with the verdict and the victory of the fight. Priya Varghese also said that she respects the High Court verdict.

The high court judgment observed that none of the services claimed by Priya Varghese like research period, NSS, coordinator, student director, etc. would constitute teaching experience. The university should re-examine whether Priya Varghese is eligible. The rank list should be rearranged. Only after this, was the court directed to take further action on the rank list.

Priya Varghese said that she respects the High Court verdict and will take further action after consulting legal experts.

Priya does not have enough teaching experience. The court also stated in the order that he has not worked in the post of professor for the required period. The court also judged that Priya Varghese’s qualifications were not academic. The court order criticized the scrutiny committee for not considering Priya’s teaching experience and the selection committee for appointing Priya with a low academic score.

Idukki: UDF hartal on November 28 in Idukki. The hartal has raised building bans, buffer zones, and land issues. The hartal is on the day when Minister P Rajeev is visiting Idukki.

The hartal is from 6 am to 6 pm. Necessary services like milk, newspaper, hospital and Sabarimala pilgrims have been exempted from the hartal.

The strike committee demanded that the Minister be prepared to withdraw the orders of the Secretaries of the Revenue and Local Self-Government Department prohibiting the granting of permission for building construction. The strike committee said that they will not allow any attempt to make a fool of the people of Idukki.

Thiruvananthapuram:  Bineesh Kodiyeri will be the Joint Secretary of the Kerala Cricket Association. Jayesh George will be the new president and Vinod S Kumar will be the new secretary. The picture of the KCA leadership became clear after the deadline for submission of nomination papers.

Earlier, Bineesh Kodiyeri’s panel had won the Kannur District Cricket Association elections. With this, Bineesh was selected as the KCA representative. A great organizer, Bineesh has also served as Reception Committee Chairman for three international cricket matches held at Kariavattom Sports Hub, Thiruvananthapuram. He came to the Kerala Cricket Association for the first time in 2018.

Kozhikode: A teacher has been arrested in the POCSO case. Abdul Nasser, a resident of Atholi Kotassery, Kozhikode was arrested. He is accused in more than five POCSO cases. The students themselves are the victims. He molested five children. Elathur police arrested him in the morning. Both boys and girls were victims of torture, police said.