Kannur: District Collector TV Subhash, who is also the District Election Officer, said that those working in the essential services who are unable to reach the polling booths in the Assembly elections can use the postal ballot system. Health, Police, Fire Force, Excise, Jail, Milma, Electricity, Water Authority, KSRTC, Treasury, Forest, Central Government Institutions All India Radio, Doordarshan, BSNL, Railways, Postal-Telegraph, Aviation, Ambulance, Electoral Duty Postal ballot system can be used these postal votes. Those who require such a postal ballot should submit the application attested by the concerned Nodal Officer to the Returning Officer, Mumbai by March 17.

Voters are required to cast their ballots at a postal voting center (PVC) set up separately in each constituency. Postal ballot distribution will also be at this center. The center will be set up under the direction of the Returning Officer at a suitable place for postal ballot voting. Voters will be notified of the polling station, date, and time of voting by SMS / Post or Booth Level Officer. The voter can go and vote with the service identity card on the appointed day. Those who have applied for the postal ballot will be able to vote only through such a polling station. Candidates can deploy their agents at the centers.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today rejected the plea of the Enforcement Directorate seeking a stay to bail granted for Chief Ministers former Additional Principal Secretary M Shivashankar. The court issued notice to Shivashankar in the case and, the case was postponed to consider after six weeks.

ED said Supreme Court that Shivashankar used a poor girl to smuggle gold. The granting of bail to the Shivashankar will affect the inquiry of the case.

Under Section 45 of the PMLA Act, Shivashankar is not eligible for bail. So the bail order should stay ED said in the court. 

Kochi: Nandakumar, who was the editor of Crime weekly, appeared at the Kochi office of the Directorate of Enforcement based on a letter he had sent stating that he was ready to hand over information on financial crimes in cases including Lavlin. Called. Nandakumar told media persons that he had received a notice yesterday that he should appear before it this morning.
He was in Kozhikode and got the notice of the ED to appear this morning at noon yesterday. Therefore, the documents in his possession will not be handed over to Idi today. But he will give the information he knows orally. He has detailed documents. He kept it safe so as not to ruin it. Nandakumar told reporters that he could not trust Pinarayi Vijayan and that it was his responsibility to prove that his complaint was true. The documents would be handed over in two or three days. Nandakumar said that there are allegations that money was given to sabotage the case in the Supreme Court.

Palakkad: The Palakkad edition of the International Film Festival will end today. The fair started on February 10 in Thiruvananthapuram and will end in Palakkad after the Kochi and Kannur editions. For the first time in the history of the quarter-century, the fair was held at four places.

Over 80 films were screened at the festival, including Oscar-nominated films, including Wife of a Spy, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Qua Wadis Ida, Dear Comrades, and Rome. Malayalam films like Churuli, Hasyam, and Biryani also attracted special attention.
Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony to be held at 6 pm at Priya Theater. Artistic Director Bina Paul will announce the awards at a ceremony presided over by Academy Chairman Kamal. Academy executive committee members Sibimalayil, VK Joseph, and secretary Ajoy Chandran will be present. After the closing ceremony, a picture of the winner of the gold medal will be displayed in the competition category.

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that Covaxin is effective against Covid. Covaxin is effective against genetically modified UK viruses. The CM said there was no need to have any doubts about Covaxin. The Chief Minister was speaking at a press conference.

“There were some doubts among the people regarding Covaxin. There was a reluctance among the people to take the vaccine as part of the delay in getting its third phase test results. Currently, the ICMR has released the interim results of the third phase of testing. Accordingly, the vaccine was found to have an efficacy of 81%. It has been reported that this vaccine can prevent severe Covid and Covid deaths. Therefore, based on this evidence, the people should be prepared to accept Covaxin without hesitation, ”the CM said.

As of yesterday, 3,47,801 health workers had received the first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 1,31,143 health workers received 2 doses of the vaccine. He said 91,916 frontline fighters, 1,14,243 election officials, 30,06160 people over the age of 30, and those over 45 years of age with other illnesses had been vaccinated.

The state currently has a stock of the vaccine. Also, 21 lakh doses of the vaccine will arrive on March 9, according to the Union Health Ministry. Kerala asked the center to facilitate registration on the Cowin site. The number of Covid vaccination centers will be gradually increased. Sessions at each center will be planned and sessions will be created for the next 15 days on the Cowin site. A spot registration system will be implemented in the districts to reduce congestion.