Raipur: Four jawans were killed in a firing incident at a CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh. Three people were seriously injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital. One of the army men in the camp opened the fire. The incident took place at the Marigude camp in the Sukma district. No motive has been identified for the killings. The CRPF said several people had minor injuries.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Met Office has forecast heavy rains with thunderstorms in the state till Thursday. A yellow alert has been declared in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, and Malappuram districts till Wednesday. Eleven districts received yellow warnings on Thursday. Strong winds and high tides are likely along the Kerala coast. The cyclone in the Bay of Bengal has turned into a low-pressure area, causing heavy rainfall in the state. Low pressure is formed off the coast of Sumatra in the Bay of Bengal.
Kochi: Health Minister Veena George has said that test cards will be made available to those above 30 years of age for early detection and treatment of lifestyle diseases. The plan will be prepared at the panchayat level and implemented with the cooperation of the people’s representatives.
The minister said that a people’s campaign will be launched. The Minister was inaugurating the Advanced Gastroenterology Block at Kadavanthra Indira Gandhi Co-operative Hospital.
A cancer registry will be set up in Kerala. This will help identify and prevent the most common types of cancer. Organ transplants are now widely needed, including in young people. Efforts should be made to reduce the huge cost of this. Organ transplant surgery will be started soon at Kottayam Medical College. The Minister also inaugurated a scheme to provide free angioplasty to 100 needy patients in the Ernakulam Parliamentary constituency.
New Delhi: CBSE has released the guidelines for conducting the first term examination offline for Class X and PlusTwo classes. The Plus Two examination will start from November 16 and the Class X examination from November 17.
The offline examination will be conducted in nine subjects of Class X and 19 subjects of Plus Two. Schools should print the optical mark reader sheets of the CBSE board to mark the correct answer and give them to the students.
Schools have to upload the OMR sheets issued by the students to the CBSE portal after writing the exam. The time allowed for writing the exam is 90 minutes. This time students will get an additional 30 minutes.
Mexico City: At least 19 people have been killed after a transport truck crashed into a toll booth and six other vehicles on a highway in central Mexico. Authorities said three people were injured in the incident.
The brakes of the truck carrying the raw materials for the shampoo were damaged and the vehicles collided with each other. A statement from Federal Roads and Bridges in Mexico said the blaze was followed by a massive fire on the highway. Video footage of the accident was circulated on social media.
Kabul: A Taliban government spokesman in Afghanistan has said four women have been killed in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The bodies of the slain women were found in a house in the city. Interior Ministry spokesman Qari Syed Khosti said two suspects had been arrested in the incident.
“The detainees admitted at preliminary questioning that they had invited the women home. “Further investigation is underway and the case has been referred to the court,” he said. Frozan Safi, also an economics teacher, was killed. The body of Safi, who went missing on October 20, was found in the city of Mazar-e Sharif. This is the first time such an incident has been reported since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
Safi’s sister, Rita, said they recognized her by the clothes she was wearing and that the bullets had disfigured her face.
Fearing retaliation from the Taliban, Safi sought refuge in Germany. The sister said that Safi had left the house with the documents after receiving a phone call from an unknown person that he could help her leave the country safely. However, the Taliban claimed that hostilities between individuals were behind the incident.
Thiruvananthapuram: The government has frozen the decision to cut down 15 trees as part of strengthening the baby dam at Mullaperiyar. The decision taken only at the official level was highly politically controversial. Forest Minister AK Sasindran said there would be an inquiry and action against the officials.
NCP state president PC Chacko and others had come forward to criticize the state government for allowing Tamil Nadu to cut down trees under the Mullaperiyar Baby Dam. PC Chacko had said that he should clarify whether the order to cut was with the knowledge of the Chief Minister.
If such an order is issued without the knowledge of the Forest Minister, it is a serious breach of discipline. PC Chacko criticized that the decision should have been taken in consultation. Forest Minister AK Sasindran had said that the order was issued without his knowledge. PC Chacko said it was unacceptable for officials to make decisions without even the knowledge of the minister.
The state government then took the decision.
Thiruvananthapuram: With the cyclone turning into a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, heavy rains are expected in the state from next Tuesday, the Met Office said.
Following this, Orange Alert was declared in five districts on Thursday. Orange alert was declared in Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram, and Wayanad districts. Isolated heavy rain is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The low is formed off the coast of Sumatra in the Bay of Bengal in the southeast. According to the Met Office, this is likely to become extremely low pressure and make landfall off the northern coast of Tamil Nadu. As a result of this, heavy rainfall is also expected in Kerala.
Meanwhile, heavy rains continued in Chennai. A red alert has been issued in Chennai for three days following heavy rains that continued from Saturday night. Chief Minister MK Stalin has directed collectors to take precautionary measures following a warning from the Meteorological Department.
Large floodplains formed in many low-lying areas of the city. A flood alert has been issued in Chennai as water is leaking from three reservoirs. People are being evacuated from the flood-hit low-lying areas of Chennai. Hundreds of families were relocated. In Chennai alone, there are several relief camps. NDRF deployed in the city for rescue operations.
Suburban service to Beach, Egmore, Tambaram, Kanchipuram, and Chengalpet has been suspended.
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Kumali: The water level in the Mullaperiyar dam has dropped due to declining rainfall. The water level in the dam on Saturday was 138.50 feet. The flow of water to the dam has also been reduced. With this, Tamil Nadu closed all the seven shutters on the spillway. Now there is a shutter to close. Its height has been reduced to 20 cm.
The spillway discharges 980 cubic feet of water per second. The water level in the Idukki dam reached 2398.72 feet. The red alert level is 2398.79 feet.
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Durai Murugan had on Friday said that steps would be taken to raise the water level in the Mullaperiyar Dam to 152 feet. The minister’s response came after a team of Tamil Nadu ministers visited the dam.
