Mumbai: Bollywood actor Siddharth Shukla, 40, has passed away. Hospital officials confirmed that the cause of death was a heart attack. The actor, who was found unconscious at his residence in Mumbai, was admitted to Cooper Hospital. But life could not be saved.
Siddharth’s career took a turn when he won the Bigg Boss 13 edition. He has acted in films like Business in Ritu Bazaar and Humpty Sharma Hi Dulhania.
He has appeared as a contestant and presenter on numerous television shows. His parents are Ashok Shukla and Riteish Shukla. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh.
Karunagapally: A fishing boat capsized in Valiyazhikkal. The bodies of four people in the accident were found in the search. The bodies of Sreekumar, Thankappan, Sunildath, and Sudevan were found. There were a total of 16 fishermen on board. 12 people were injured. The bodies of the deceased fishermen were shifted to the mortuary at Oachira Parabrahma Hospital. The accident took place near Kayamkulam harbor at 9.30 am. The boat capsized while fishing. The wrecked boat was towed to shore. The boat ‘Omkaram’ of a Kadavu resident was involved in an accident on the Arattupuzha floor.
New Delhi: Meghalaya High Court rules Aadhaar card should not be made mandatory for getting the covid vaccine. The High Court pointed out to the state government that the government had accepted several other documents as identification documents for receiving the vaccine.
Eligible people in many parts of Meghalaya, especially in rural areas, often complain that they are not getting the vaccine. They are being denied the vaccine just because they do not have an Aadhaar card. Even though the central government has approved many other identification documents besides the Aadhaar card to get vaccinated. Therefore, Chief Justice Bishwant Somadar and Justice HS Thankhvi said they were requesting the state government not to force Aadhaar to provide the vaccine.
Thiruvananthapuram: Prithviraj and director Aashiq Abu withdrew from the Variamkunnan project. The film was announced in June 2020. Aashiq Abu said that he withdrew from the film due to a dispute with the producers.
According to the director, Vaariamkunnan withdrew from the film a year and a half after it was announced. With this, the assessment is that the announcement of the film, which was a big discussion on social media, has come to an end.
Aashiq Abu had announced that the history of Variamkunnath Kunhahammed Haji and the Malabar Rebellion would be made into a film. It was announced that filming would start on the 100th anniversary of the Malabar Revolution. The poster, which was shared by activists at the time of the announcement, said it was being produced by Sikander and Moyteen under the banner of Compass Movies Limited. Ashiq Abu was also involved in the production under the banner of OPM Cinemas. Harshad and Rameez have been announced as the screenwriters for the film.
However, the announcement of the film did not take place. With this, the fans were worried that the shooting of Variamkunnan would not take place. This was followed by the official confirmation that he had withdrawn from the film.
Thiruvananthapuram: It has been decided to increase the number of Plus One seats in the state. In seven districts, an additional 20 percent of seats were allotted. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting.
Additional seats were allotted in Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kasaragod districts. There were 3,32,631 plus one seat in the state, including aided schools. There were about 30,000 seats in VHSC, 49,140 in ITIs, and 19,800 in Polytechnics. The cabinet also decided to increase the number of seats by 20 percent in all streams.
Thiruvananthapuram: Isolated showers in four districts of Kerala. The Central Meteorological Department has forecast isolated showers in Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Malappuram districts.
The Met Office has not issued any alert in any of the districts. A yellow alert has been issued in the Idukki district on Friday and Saturday.
However, the monsoon is expected to continue in the state till the last quarter. Three months later, Kerala received 22 percent less rainfall. As of August 31, Kerala received only 1402 ml of rainfall as against the target of 1789.7 mm.
The state received only 416.1 mm of rainfall this time, up from the normal 426.7 mm in August. The last four years have seen more rain in August. The main reason for the declining rainfall is that the monsoon winds do not strengthen even three months after the onset of the monsoon. Eight low pressures have formed so far this monsoon season, but not a single one has strengthened significantly, meteorologists said.
Kochi: The CBI is not investigating the Muttil tree cutting case. The High Court rejected the public interest litigation seeking a CBI probe. The High Court said that the case should not be referred to the CBI. At the same time, the High Court has made it clear that if the people feel that the investigation in the cases is not effective, they should be allowed to complain to the court. The court has also issued guidelines for the same.
The public interest petition seeking transfer of the probe into the tree cutting cases in the leased lands to the CBI. A bench headed by the Chief Justice examined the documents including the case diary related to the tree cutting case. The court had observed that there was a big conspiracy in the timber smuggling incident.
However, the government told the high court that there would be a delay in conducting a comprehensive probe into the cases and no CBI probe was needed.
New Delhi: Central government raises LPG prices in the country. The price has been hiked by Rs 73.50 per commercial cylinder and Rs 25.50 per domestic cylinder.
With this, the price of a domestic cylinder has gone up to Rs 891.50. The price of a commercial cylinder rose to 1692.50 paise.
Kozhikode: The high court has granted bail to Arjun Ayanki in the Karipur gold smuggling case with strict conditions. Bail was granted on the condition of not entering the Kannur district for three months. Earlier, lower courts had rejected Arjun Ayanki’s bail plea.
The bail has been granted in the assurance of two lakh rupees fine and personal bond. He has been directed not to leave the state without the permission of the investigating officer and to appear before the investigating officers twice a month and present his passport in court.
Arjun Ayanki was arrested on June 28 in the Karipur gold smuggling case. Earlier, the Kochi High Court had rejected Arjun’s bail plea.
The lower court denied bail on the ground that granting bail to the accused would adversely affect the case and could sabotage the case.
Kabul: Ten members of a family, including six children, have been killed in a US drone strike targeting a suicide bomber at Kabul airport, international media reported.
The bomber struck shortly afternoon in front of a U.S. military base, killing at least two people and wounding dozens more. A two-year-old girl was the youngest killed. The BBC reported, citing neighbors, that they had no links to ISIS.
The United States on Sunday claimed responsibility for a drone strike that killed the mastermind of the IS-Khorasan terrorist group that attacked Kabul airport. In the ensuing attack, people, including children, were killed. The United States has announced an investigation into the killing of civilians.
