Kochi: Dileep’s bail plea postponed. The special court in Kochi made this clear. The petition will be reconsidered on the 26th of this month. The court said this in a petition filed by the crime branch alleging that Dileep had violated bail conditions.
BJP leader shot dead in Delhi
New Delhi: A local BJP leader has been shot dead in East Delhi. The deceased has been identified as Jitu Chaudhary, 42. His body was found in front of his house in Mayur Vihar Phase 3.
He was rushed to the hospital but died later. Police said he was shot. A few bullets were recovered from the scene. Police said they have intensified the investigation for the killers.
Srinivasan murder: Four in custody, The arrest is expected to be recorded today
Palakkad: Four persons have been remanded in custody in the murder case of RSS leader SK Srinivasan Krishnan. It is reported that the person who delivered the vehicle to the killers was arrested. There are 12 accused in the case.
The arrests are expected to be recorded today. They are being taken to a secret center for questioning. Police sources said that those who were directly involved in the incident will be arrested soon.
Srinivasan was hacked to death by a group last Saturday while sitting in his shop. Police had said that the SDPI was behind the crime. The murder was in retaliation for the recent killing of SDPI activist Elappully Zubair by a mob. RSS-BJP activists arrested in Zubair murder case.
Consumer complaints can now be filed online
Thiruvananthapuram: From now on, consumer complaints can be filed online in the state. The state level inauguration of the nationally launched E-Daakhil website will be held at 10.30 am on the 22nd under the patronage of Food and Civil Supplies Minister GR. Anil will perform. Transport Minister Antony Raju will preside over the function at the State Consumer Redressal Commission.
Complaints received online will be checked immediately and the complainant will be given a number and informed of the date and time of hearing the complaint online. Complaints will be decided within 21 days. No fee will be charged for complaints not exceeding Rs. 5 lakhs for the purchase of goods or services received.
Ministers’ cars are old; The Department of Tourism has recommended the purchase of 10 new Innova Crysta
Thiruvananthapuram: The tourism department has recommended to the state ministers to buy 10 new Innova Crysta cars.
The Department of Tourism has recommended that the cars be replaced due to age. The Finance Department is looking into the matter. All the vehicles now used by the Mantras were purchased during the last government.
No vehicle has been purchased for ministers since 2019. Most of them have covered one and a half lakh kilometers. The ministerial vehicle will be replaced at the end of one lakh km or three years of service. Once the old vehicles used by the ministers are taken back by the tourism department, they can be repaired and used by the various departments as per the instructions of the government.
After the second Pinarayi government came to power, only the Chief Minister got a new car. For his safety, he bought two Innova Crysta and an accompanying Tata Harrier for Rs 62.5 Lakh. The car was bought by the Home Department for the Chief Minister.
Jignesh Mewani arrested
New Delhi: Jignesh Mewani has been arrested by the Assam Police. He was arrested from Palanpur in Gujarat around 11.30 pm on Wednesday. It is learned that Mewani, who was brought to Ahmedabad, will be shifted to Guwahati.
It is not clear which section has been charged against Jignesh. Police are not ready to release the FIR information. Jignesh Mewani is the MLA from the Wadgam constituency in Gujarat.
Sources close to Mewani said that the police had said that some cases had been registered against him in Assam and did not know the details.
CI Sudheer, who was suspended following the death of a law student in Aluva, returns to service
Thiruvananthapuram: After the suicide of a law student in Aluva, the suspended police inspector C.L. Sudhir returns to service. He was posted at the Alappuzha Arthunkal Coastal Police Station by the state police chief. Thirty-two inspectors, including Sudhir, have been posted to various posts.
Mufia Parveen, a law student, was found dead on the morning of November 23. Mufia was an LLB student at a private college in Thodupuzha. The woman hanged herself after she lodged a complaint with the police against her husband’s family.
Accident on Malaysian highway: Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have died
Kualalumpur: Six Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including two children, have been killed after vehicles collided on a Malaysian highway. The victims were people who had fled the refugee detention center where the riots erupted on Wednesday morning. Hundreds of people continue to flee from the center.
Kedah State Police Chief Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad told reporters live that two men, two women, a boy and a girl were killed when their vehicles collided while trying to cross a highway about 8 km (5 miles) from the detention camp.
582 Rohingyans escape from Sungai Bakap makeshift refugee camp in northern Penang state by smashing doors and barrier grills. Meanwhile, the Emigration Department said in a statement that 362 people had been re-arrested.
Malaysia, which does not recognize refugee status, is a favorite destination for ethnic Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar or in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Police say they are investigating the cause of Wednesday’s riot, while authorities are still searching for escaped prisoners.
Before the riots, there were 664 Rohingya refugees in the camp, including 137 children.
Covid cases on the rise: move to impose fines for non-mask, extend insurance period for health workers to six months
New Delhi: Sources said Delhi residents may soon be fined for not wearing masks in public as covid cases are on the rise in and around the national capital. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), which oversees the city’s fight against the epidemic, sources said. A fine of Rs 500 may be imposed for not wearing a mask, sources said.
The schools will remain open and guidelines on how to prevent the spread of infection on campuses will be issued after discussions with experts, sources said. The meeting also discussed whether the inspection should be expedited. Sources said that the pace of immunization in the national capital is likely to increase.
Covid cases have been on the rise in the capital for the past few days. According to a bulletin released yesterday, the number of daily cases rose by 26 per cent to 632 over the previous day.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan scheme, has extended the insurance period for health workers engaged in covid preventive activities to six months. The Union Ministry of Health has extended the insurance period to ensure the safety of those who depend on health workers engaged in covid prevention activities.
Under the scheme, which was launched in March 2020, 1905 health workers who died as part of the covid preventive measures have been covered by insurance. Under the scheme, more than 22 lakh health workers in the country are covered by an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh.
Slum evacuation in Jahangirpuri should be stopped: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed that the process of evacuating slums in Jahangirpuri be stopped. The apex court’s verdict comes on the heels of an evacuation of illegal slums in Delhi’s BJP – ruled municipal corporation Jahangirpuri, where violence erupted between the two communities on Hanuman Jayanti on Saturday.
Nine bulldozers arrived at the scene. Authorities also used bulldozers to demolish structures near mosques in the area where communal riots took place.
Authorities began the demolition process early in the morning, according to a corporation order.
The Supreme Court intervened in a petition filed by Hind against Jamaat-ul-Ulma. It is alleged that the demolition is taking place in Jahangirpuri. The Supreme Court will reconsider the case on Thursday.
