Kozhikode: Four children have been found missing from the Kozhikode Vellimadukunnu Children’s Home. They were found from the Edakkara of Malappuram. The police arrested them while they were visiting a friend. Police have found 6 missing girls.

Six girls who went missing from a children’s home in Vellimadukunnu have been found in Bengaluru.
The hotel authorities identified the girls and tried to detain them, but five of them escaped. One has been detained by hoteliers and neighbors. The other five were not likely to go far and could be traced immediately with the help of the Bengaluru police.
The girls were found in Madiwala in Bengaluru. Six children, including sisters, went missing from the Kozhikode Children’s Home on Wednesday evening.

Earlier, they were housed in a children’s home as per the directions of the Child Welfare Committee. All six are under 18 years of age. Police say the children escaped with a clear plan. The Child Rights Commission had voluntarily registered a case in connection with the disappearance of the girls. The Republic Day celebration was held at the Children’s Home. The children went missing after this.

Thiruvananthapuram: Senior journalist and former senior special correspondent of Malayala Manorama E. Somnath (58) passed away here today. The death was due to a stroke. He was treated at a private hospital. Somnath was one of the best journalists in politics and the environment. He is survived by his wife Radha, daughter Devaki and son-in-law Mithun.

Kochi: Gold was seized by customs from a passenger at Nedumbassery airport. The gold was seized from a Malappuram resident from Abu Dhabi during a search by the Customs Preventive Unit. The seized gold is worth about Rs. 85 lakh. Authorities said the man was being questioned and was only a carrier.

Thiruvananthapuram: Four more districts have been included in the C category in the covid review meeting chaired by the Chief Minister following the spread of covid disease in the state. Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, and Idukki districts have been included in the new C category. With this, there will be five districts in the C category. Thiruvananthapuram district was earlier included in the C category.

If more than 25 percent of the patients admitted to the hospital in Category C district are covid patients, they will be included in Category III. No social, cultural, political, religious, or community events are allowed in such districts.

Religious worship should be conducted online only. Only a maximum of 20 people will be allowed for wedding and posthumous ceremonies. Movie theaters, swimming pools, and gyms are not allowed. Online classes will be allowed for all classes (including tuition centers) except undergraduate and postgraduate final year classes and tenth and twelfth grades. This does not apply if residential educational institutions operate on a bio-bubble model.

Kochi: The high court acquitted the accused in the twin blast case in Kozhikode. The court acquitted the accused Thadiyantavida Nazeer and his alliance Shafas. The trial court sentenced both accused to life imprisonment in the case.

The accused filed a petition seeking to cancel the punishment and release from the case.  Petition filed by NIA challenging the action taken by the High Court to release the third defendant in the case is Abdul Halim, and the ninth defendant is Abu Bakr Yusuf was also rejected.

The blast occurred in 2006 at Kozhikode bus stand. This was first considered by the local police. Later the NIA takes over the case. This is the first terrorist case taken over by the NIA. 

Kochi: Dileep’s anticipatory bail application has been postponed in the case of conspiracy to assassinate the investigating officers in the case of attacking the actress. The case is being re-assigned to Wednesday. The petition was extended as required by the prosecution. There are six accused in the case, including Dileep. Dileep, his brother Anoop, sister-in-law Suraj, cousin Appu, and friend Baiju were questioned by the probe team with the permission of the high court. After three days of questioning, Justice P Gopinath decided to look into the details and rule on the anticipatory bail application.