Thiruvananthapuram: New pressure zone formed in the Bay of Bengal Meteorological department said. In the next 48 hours, it will be at low pressure and northeast.
Chance of heavy rain in North Kerala as low pressure intensifies, the Met Office said in a statement. The fishermen were warned not to go fishing in the southwestern and midwestern areas of the Arabian Sea, as the winds could be up to 40 to 50 km per hour in the Bay of Bengal.
Kochi: Covid confirmed to actor Prithviraj. Covid confirmed during the shooting of the new movie ‘Janaganamana’, the actor said in a Facebook post. Prithviraj said that did not have any health problems and was on quarantine and those associated with him should be monitored in the coming days.
Janaganamana is a film directed by Dijo Jose Antony. Covid tested positive before returning home after completing his schedule in Kochi. Covid had conducted the test before filming. “I hope to get well soon and return to work and thank everyone for their love and care,” the post said.
Pooja of the state award-winning editor Appu N Bhattathiri’s film ‘Nizhal’ held in Kochi. Starring Nayanthara Kunchacko Boban, the film is being produced by Anto Joseph, Abhijit M Pillai, Badusha, Fellini TP, and Jinesh Jose under the banner of Anto Joseph Film Company, MayLounch Film House, and Tentpole Movies.
The film is scripted by S Sanjeev. The cinematography is by Deepak D Menon and the cinematography is by Suraj S. Kurup also composes music. Editing of the film will be done by Appu Bhattathiri and Arun Lal. Abhishek S Bhattathiri- Sound Designing, Narayana Bhattathiri- Title Design, Makeup- Ronax Xavier. The production controller of the film is Dixon Poduthas. The location is entirely in Ernakulam. The shooting is planned for 45 days.
Lal, Sudheesh, Dr. Ronnie, and Divyaprabha are also coming in another leading role. No details of the story have been released yet.
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has rejected a petition filed by the state government against the transfer of management of the Thiruvananthapuram airport to the Adani Group. A bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and TR Ravi dismissed the petitions filed by the state government and KSIDC challenging the central government’s action.
The court accepted the central government’s position that the transfer of the airport was a policy decision and with the approval of the Union Cabinet. The Center had said that tenders would not be given to those who quoted the highest amount. The court ruled that Kerala could not accept the argument that the process, including land acquisition, had been completed by the government. It is also not justifiable to say that it was wrong after cooperating with the tender process. The government’s argument that the profits of one airport cannot be diverted to another is also incorrect. The court also rejected the government’s claim that the auction was made only for Adani.
Palakkad: Three people died after consuming illicit liquor. The incident took place at Kanchikode Payatukadu colony in Palakkad district. Ayyappan (55), Raman (55) and Sivan (37) died after consuming illicit liquor. They had been drinking alcohol yesterday.
The incident will be further confirmed only after the postmortem. Police said they have expanded the investigation into the death. It is concluded that the liquor was brought from Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi: Information has been leaked from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s website. The U.S. Cyber Security Agency has revealed that the personal information from the website- www. Narendra Modi has been leaked to five million people and put up for sale on the Dark Web.
The names, e-mail IDs, and mobile numbers are for sale on the Dark Web, according to a report by security experts at Cyble. The Dark Web has the personal identities of 5.74 million users. Of these, 2,92,000 have contributed to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund through this website. The leak also includes information on those who have donated money to central government initiatives and projects such as Swachhbharat.
A month ago, the Twitter account of Modi’s website was hacked. Several tweets appeared after the hack, including asking the public to donate cryptocurrency to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.
The company claimed that Cyble had warned central agency Cert-In on the 10th of this month, that information from Modi’s private website was available on the Dark Web. Central government sources did not respond to a request for comment.
Chennai: The CBCI has so far arrested 101 people in connection with a major scam in Tamil Nadu under the Prime Minister’s Kisan scheme. This includes officials and intermediaries.
A total of Rs 105 crore has been seized and 100 officials have been suspended, officials said. It has been found that more than Rs 110 crore has been misappropriated. The number of new entrants to the Kisan scheme in the state had increased drastically in August. A subsequent investigation found that the online system had been misused and several ineligible people had been added to the list.Government officials gave the login IDs and passwords to intermediaries to get more people on the list and extort money. The highest number of scams took place in Villupuram, Gudalur, Thiruvannamalai, Vellore, Ranipet, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, and Chengalpet districts. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy said that strong legal action will be taken against those who joined this. The government said the entire amount deposited in the accounts of the illegal beneficiaries would be frozen and recovered within a month.
New Delhi: The Central government has issued notices to e-commerce companies for violating existing rules. The move comes after the companies failed to comply with recent law. The notice states that companies, including Amazon, have violated the law that requires them to record the country in which the product was manufactured. The notice asked him to show cause for not taking any action. The government gives 15 days to reply.
The government has issued notices to the establishments during the festive season as large-scale festive discount sales are taking place. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Department of Food and Public Distribution said that e-commerce companies have violated the existing sales rules. Last July, the Center had directed the institutions to implement the law by September 30. Praveen Khandelwal, secretary-general of the Confederation of All India Traders had asked the government to investigate the illegal sale of festive season sales. Violation of the first rule carries a fine of up to Rs 25,000 and a fine of up to Rs 50,000 or imprisonment.
Thiruvananthapuram: Transport Minister AK Sasindran has said that KSRTC will run special inter-state services during the Mahanavami and Vijayadashami holidays.
The service will be operated from Bangalore and Mysore to various destinations in Kerala and from Kerala to Kollur-Mookambika. An online reservation facility will be set up for this. The services will run from October 21 to November 3.
The Minister pointed out that passengers are required to strictly abide by the Corona protocol set by the Governments of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Passengers will be reimbursed in full if any service has to be skipped if the number of passengers is very low. In case of denial of travel permits by the Governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka for the services, the passengers will be reimbursed the full amount booked.
Passengers are also obliged to follow the instructions given by the Governments of Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. Violators will not be refunded the ticket charge. Passengers must travel by corona standards. Transport Minister AK Sasindran said that the Arogya Sethu app should be installed on the mobile phone before the passengers start their journey.
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister KT Jaleel’s gunman’s phone reportedly taken into customs custody. The mobile phone of Gunman Prajeesh, a resident of Malappuram, was taken into custody. Customs questioned two of the gunman’s friends. The phone was taken into custody by the investigation team from Kochi. The action is in a case involving a breach of protocol in the delivery of the Qur’an and dates.
Customs are currently assessing whether there was a protocol violation in these cases. The current move is part of a broader investigation into the matter.
