Thiruvananthapuram: Covid restrictions have been lifted in the state. The state government has ordered the lifting of the two-year restrictions as per the central directive.

The order states that the mask and social distance must be maintained. The order also says that the directive of the Union Ministry of Health to wear the mask will continue.

In the wake of the covid outbreak, many restrictions have been imposed in the state under the Disaster Management Act.

Thiruvananthapuram: The deadline for payment of tax-free tax on contract carriages in the first quarter of this financial year has been extended to June 30.

Transport Minister Antony Raju has ordered an extension of the date because of the crisis facing the contract carriage sector due to rising fuel prices and the expansion of covid. Currently, the deadline for paying taxes is April 14.

Thiruvananthapuram: Summer rains are expected in various parts of the state. Heavy rains and winds lashed Malappuram, Ernakulam, Kottayam, and Idukki districts. Heavy rains lashed various parts of the Ernakulam district. Rain warning in 13 districts.

The rain started at 4 pm and lasted for about an hour. The winds in many places caused damage to the crops. There were strong thunder and lightning in many places.

The hilly areas of Kozhikode district also received heavy rainfall. It is learned that trees have been uprooted in the Koorachundu area. There has also been crop failure.

The Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships in Malappuram have been suspended due to heavy rain and wind. The matches were played at the Calicut University grounds. The tent built on the ground collapsed in the wind.

Kochi: Actor and director Sreenivasan have been admitted to hospital. The actor has been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Angamaly Apollo Adluxe Hospital due to heart disease.
Srinivasan was admitted to the hospital on March 30 with chest pain. Angiogram revealed triple vessel disease (obstruction of arterial blood flow). He underwent bypass surgery on Thursday, March 31.
Hospital officials said there was a slight improvement in Srinivasan’s health and he is responding to medicines. 

Thiruvananthapuram; The Government of Kerala has announced the services of buses owned by the newly formed company KSRTC-Swift. The bus services will start on April 11 at 5.30 pm with the flag off of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Seat booking for the KSRTC-Swift bus will start from 5 pm today. Tickets are available through the website www.online.keralartc.com and the mobile app enteksrtc.
Ticket tickets and additional service tickets will be available online.

In conjunction with the inauguration, a special offer will be made on Swift AC services on the Thiruvananthapuram-Bangalore route online through the website www.online.keralartc.com and the mobile app enteksrtc. The return ticket issued in this manner will be available for use within the next 3 months. This benefit will initially be available to each passenger from the four Gajaraja Slippers whose reservation starts at 5 pm tomorrow. This benefit is also available to first-time bookers who add new services every day until April 30. More services will be available online every day during the month of April and reservations for 100 such buses will be available by April 30th. Those who book their first ticket on these buses will also get the benefit. A total of 100 people will get the inaugural benefit in this way.

In addition, those who book tickets online on selected routes will get a discount of up to 30% on the ticket price.

Thiruvananthapuram. Transport Minister Antony Raju has asked the Transport Commissioner to take action against those who illegally loaded passengers onto a bus in connection with the Nemmara Vela.
Following the instruction, Palakkad-R. T. O. N. Thankaraj has suspended the driving licenses of the bus drivers T. Senthil Kumar and A Taufeeq and the conductor licenses of the conductors Saravanan R. and Najeeb. K. P.
The license was suspended for three months.
The Minister was directed to take strict action to revoke the vehicle permit and cancel the license permanently. The minister said strong action would be taken against other buses that had driven dangerously like this.

Thiruvananthapuram: Transport Minister Antony Raju has said that a new system has been set up for doctors to upload their own medical certificates required to obtain and renew their driving licenses online.

For this, registration facility will be provided to the approved doctors on the ‘Sarathi’ portal of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Registered doctors can examine the applicants and submit the medical certificate online.

This system will ensure the authenticity of medical certificates and the complete elimination of forged certificates. This will also avoid any inconvenience to the public in uploading paper medical certificates. He said the system was part of the drive to bring the entire services of the Department of Motor Vehicles online.