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  • Rahul leaves hospital after week-long wellness treatment in Kerala

    Rahul leaves hospital after week-long wellness treatment in Kerala

    Malappuram: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday completed his Ayurvedic wellness treatment at the famous Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala here and left for Delhi.

    In a Facebook post, Gandhi said his stay at the hospital was a rejuvenating experience.

    He thanked the doctors and staff for the “love and care” they shared for him.

    “My stay at the Arya Vaidya Sala in Kottakkal has been a rejuvenating experience. My heartfelt thanks to Dr. PM Varier and his team of doctors and other staff, for the love and care they shared with me these past few days,” he posted on Facebook with a picture.

    On July 25, Gandhi attended a condolence meeting at Malappuram, organised by the Congress party in memory of former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy.

    Last Wednesday, he offered prayers at Sri Viswambhara Temple situated on the premises of Arya Vaidya Sala.

    Later, Gandhi had also witnessed a Kathakali performance at PSV Natyasangham, a centre of national repute.

    In a Facebook post, Gandhi had said that he thoroughly enjoyed the enthralling performance of Kathakali by PSV Natyasangham, a renowned classical centre under the aegis of Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal that was established by the legendary ‘Vaidyaratnam’ PS Varier.”

    He had said that each art form of India is a reflection of its diverse histories and cultures.

  • Kerala High Court to hear IMA’s tax case on July 6

    Kerala High Court to hear IMA’s tax case on July 6

    Thiruvananthapuram: The dispute between the state chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) over tax dues will be taken up in the High Court on Thursday. In an affidavit submitted in the court on Tuesday, the DGGI alleged that IMA has not paid taxes of more than Rs 50 crore in the last six years.

    The DGGI questioned IMA’s claim for exemption citing membership fee collection and apartment projects run by IMA as reasons for their probe. The IMA has challenged this claim and filed a writ petition in the High Court to restrain the Central GST from confiscating their properties.

    “IMA is paying regular tax for revenue-generating services. IMA State Secretary Dr. Joseph said, “When we came to know that the rooms given on rent under the IMA headquarter are taxed, we took GST registration. Read more HC stays government’s order to set up grievance redressal cells in colleges The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed for a month the state government’s order directing principals of all colleges to set up students’ grievance redressal cells in their institutions. The court issued the order on a plea by the Council of Principals of Colleges in Kerala seeking quashing of the order. The government order directed college principals to constitute a 10-member cell and mandated the constitution of a University Appellate Forum/Tribunal to act as an appellate authority on the orders of the Grievance Redressal Cell.

  • IT officials raid the premises of prominent vloggers in Kerala

    IT officials raid the premises of prominent vloggers in Kerala

    Kochi: The Income Tax (I-T) Department officials have conducted raids at the residences and offices of 13 prominent YouTube vloggers across six districts of the state.

    During the course of the investigation, it has come to the knowledge of the I-T Department that the vloggers have evaded tax payments.

    Reportedly, the tax evasion for some of the vloggers run in crores of rupees.

    The IT officials have started to investigate the spending pattern of these vloggers to come to the conclusion of their actual income.

    Notably, most of the content of these vloggers is related to entertainment, lifestyle, gaming, and tech innovations. The subscription of these vloggers run in millions.

    The I-T officials have also listed many others vloggers and more raids are expected in coming days.

  • Kerala minister J Chinchu Rani visited Durga temple

    Kerala minister J Chinchu Rani visited Durga temple

    Vijayawada : Kerala Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development J Chinchu Rani visited Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Devasthanam atop Indrakeeladri on Tuesday. She along with some MLAs visited the temple and performed special pujas to Goddess Kanaka Durga.

    The temple authorities have welcomed them as per tradition and provided darshan of the presiding deity. Later, temple priests gave Vedasirvachanam and prasadam.

    Trust Board member B Madhavi, AEO P Chandra Sekhar and others were present on the occasion.

    Meanwhile, Rali Banumurthy of Kukatpally, Hyderabad, donated Rs one lakh for Annadanam scheme. He handed over the amount to the temple authorities.

  • CPI(M) PM Modi’s B-team in Kerala: Congress

    CPI(M) PM Modi’s B-team in Kerala: Congress

    Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran Congress leader K.Muraleedharan on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his alleged “highhandedness” on media and the opposition parties and termed him “B-team” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    Situation in Kerala is so bad that even the allies of the ruling Vijayan government are afraid to react, the Lok Sabha member said.

    “Even the owner of the leading media outlet- Mathurbhumi- Shreyams Kumar (an ally of ruling Left Democratic Front) has expressed his displeasure over the manner the media is being haunted. During the first Vijayan government, the standard phrase to the media from Vijayan was ‘Get out’ from meeting places. In the second Vijayan government, it has changed to ‘Go to jail ‘”, said Muraleedharan — the son of legendary Congress leader K.Karunakaran.

    “If Vijayan does not mend his ways, we will be forced to launch a never before seen protest, “ added Muraleedharan. The state has been witnessing a never before haunting of the media. By now quite a number of cases have been registered against top journalists working with leading media outlets, including a female journalist allegedly for anti-government news.

    Leader of Opposition V.D.Satheesan said never before has the media in the state been haunted and hunted like this.

    “We, the Opposition leaders are also being threatened by foisting cases on us. We are not going to be cowed down by it as we will tackle it legally and politically, but haunting the media for filing news reports is not acceptable at all,” said Satheesan.

  • CM Vijayan, Indian Ambassador To US Discuss Bringing More Investments To Kerala

    CM Vijayan, Indian Ambassador To US Discuss Bringing More Investments To Kerala

    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Indian Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday held discussions on bringing more investments to the state and the assistance that the embassy can provide for it.

    The ambassador, during the discussion, said there was a potential for investments in the defense and space sectors and for collaboration in the field of pharmaceutical vaccines, a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. Vijayan also tweeted about the meeting, saying it was “productive”.

    “Had a productive meeting with the Indian Ambassador to the US, @SandhuTaranjitS. We discussed the vital aspects of investments and collaborations for Kerala’s progress and explored exciting opportunities across various sectors like space, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and tourism.” he tweeted.

    Vijayan and Sandhu, during their meeting, also deliberated on sending health workers to America, improving their nursing education to better their standards and collaborating with American companies, the CMO statement said.

    They were also of the view that there was great potential for cooperation in the field of tourism, especially medical tourism which could help to promote Ayurveda, it said.

    Besides, the two also deliberated on elevating the education sector in Kerala to international standards and how it can be achieved by collaborating with university professors in the American Malayali diaspora.

    “There was also a discussion on collaboration between American companies and Kerala in the fields of IT Innovation, Start Up, Renewable Energy, Green Hydrogen and many others,” the statement said.

    Sandhu promised all the necessary assistance to Kerala and also offered the embassy support to bring more American investments to Kerala and take necessary steps to increase cooperation between educational institutions in Kerala and the United States, it said.

    The CM said that all necessary measures will be taken by the Kerala government also.

    Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal, Chief Secretary Dr V P Joy and others also participated in the meeting between the CM and the ambassador.

    After concluding his nearly a week long US visit, Vijayan left for Cuba, the statement said.

    Indian Consul General in New York Randhir Jaiswal accompanied the CM Minister and his delegation to the airport to see them off, it said.

    Vijayan will participate in various events in Havana on Thursday and Friday.

    He will meet with various dignitaries and also visit places of historical importance including the Jose Marti National Monument, the CMO statement said.

    -With PTI Input

  • Southwest monsoon arrives in Kerala, to reach Odisha on June 12

    Southwest monsoon arrives in Kerala, to reach Odisha on June 12

    Bhubaneswar: Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today June 8, 2023 likely to reach Odisha by June 12, 2023, informed the MeT Department.

    Southwest Monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of south Arabian Sea and some parts of central Arabian Sea, entire Lakshadweep area, most parts of Kerala, most parts of south Tamil Nadu, remaining parts of Comorin area, Gulf of Mannar and some more parts of southwest, central and northeast Bay of Bengal today that is June 8 2023.

    Thus, Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today, the June 8, 2023 against the normal date of  June 1. During past 24 hours, clouding has increased over Southeast Arabian sea. The depth of westerly winds over Southeast Arabian sea extends upto middle tropospheric levels. The strength of Westerly winds in the lower levels has increased and is about 19 knots.

    There has been widespread rainfall over Kerala during past 24 hours. Considering all the above satisfied conditions, Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today, the 08th June, 2023.

    The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) now passes through Cannur, Kodaikanal and Adirampattinam.

    Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Kerala, some more parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of Karnataka and some more parts of southwest, Central and northeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of northeastern states during next 48 hours.

  • Theni man attacked by rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’ dies

    Theni man attacked by rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’ dies

    THENI: A 56-year-old man who was undergoing treatment after being attacked by rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’ in Theni district of Tamil Nadu died early on Tuesday, police said.

    Cumbum native Paulraj was undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the elephant attack at Theni Medical College Hospital since Saturday. He breathed his last early on Tuesday, police added.

    The victim was attacked by the wild pachyderm which had created havoc in Cumbum town, attacking him, besides damaging property.

    The elephant, notorious for its love for rice and ration shop raids in neighbouring Kerala, had strayed into the border town of Cumbum on Saturday, after it was translocated to the Periyar Tiger Reserve in that state last month.

  • Two children die due to drowning in Kerala

    Two children die due to drowning in Kerala

    Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) | Two children died due to drowning in Achankovil river in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta on Sunday. Scuba divers who reached the spot pulled the children out of the water and took them to a local hospital where they were brought dead. The deceased have been identified as Abhiraj and Rishi Ajit. The bodies of both the children are at Pathanamthitta General Hospital for post-mortem.

    Children who regularly play football near the Achenkovil river go to the river to take a bath after the game. Five others swam to safety, while two boys drowned in the water.

    –IANS

  • Murder of Kerala hotelier a case of honey trapping: Police

    Murder of Kerala hotelier a case of honey trapping: Police

    Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) | Police probing the murder of a 58-year-old hotelier from Kerala on Saturday revealed that it was a case of a well-planned honey trap operation by the three accused, who have been taken into custody by the police. Police have taken Shibli (22), her female friend Farhana (18) and Aashiq into custody for the gruesome murder of a hotel owner Siddique in Malappuram district.

    The dastardly crime took place at a lodge where Siddiq had booked two rooms and they all met there on May 18.

    Talking to the media, Malappuram Superintendent of Police Sujith Das called it a well-planned honey-trap operation by the trio.

    The rooms were booked by Siddiq and on reaching there he met the other three people, Das said. Soon Siddiq was asked to undress and when he protested, Farhana took out a hammer and handed it to Shibli, who hit Siddiq on the head.

    Shibli had a knife.

    Das said, when Siddiq fell down after being hit by the hammer, Ashiq kicked him in the ribs. His lungs were injured and he died.

    Das further said that after this he went to a shop and bought a trolley-bag.

    They then tried to put the body inside the trolley-bag, Das said. But when he failed, he again went to the market and bought a mechanized cutter and another trolley bag. Then all three came back and with the help of cutter cut the dead body in the washroom and packed it in both the trolley-bags.

    On May 19, Das said, Ashiq – who was known to be in the area of Attappady in Palakkad district – took the bags in his car along with others, and dumped them on the roadside. Later, Farhana was dropped at her home.

    He said, on the morning of May 24, Farhana and Shibli boarded a train from Ottapalam to Chennai, from where they planned to catch a train to Assam, but were detained by the police.

    Das told that Farhana knew Siddiq from before, as her father was a friend of Siddiq. It was he who got Shibli a job in his hotel.

    Shibal worked in his hotel for 15 days.

    “We will recover the knife, hammer and blood-stained clothes used on Saturday from the accused,” Das said. The accused have told us that they dumped them at a particular place.

    The crime came to light when Siddiq went missing from his hotel on 18th of this month.

    He was last seen the same day at a lodge about six km from his hotel.

    The probe team reached Attapadi on Friday with Ashiq and recovered two trolley bags.

    The body was then taken to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital for postmortem and handed over to the family in the evening.

    The three accused are likely to be produced before a local court later this afternoon.

    –IANS