The incident of firing has come to light in Louisville, USA. Police said the shooting occurred at a bank building in the city of Louisville, in which several people were injured. The Louisville Metro Police Department said on Twitter on Monday that the situation in the area remains “concerning” and asked people to stay away from the area where the incident occurred. Police tweeted that there were several casualties in the firing incident. Several police vehicles were present on the spot Witnesses who exited the building told WHAS-TV, a local television station, that they heard gunshots inside the building. The AP news agency reported that footage from WHAS-TV showed several police vehicles at the scene. WHAS reporters reported that they saw people leaving the scene in ambulances. FBI is responding to the shooting Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he was on his way to the scene. “Praying for all the families of the victims and the city of Louisville affected by this shooting,” he said in one of his tweets. The FBI said its agents were responding strongly to the shootings.
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Move to hold Loka Kerala Sabha summits in USA
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government’s move to hold the regional summit of the Loka Kerala Sabha in the United States of America and Saudi Arabia in June and September, respectively, invited sharp criticism. According to the Leader of the Opposition V D Satheesan, the tour by the Chief Minister and other ministers in the name of Loka Kerala Sabha amid financial constraints shows their arrogance.
He said that the government is making a mockery of people in the state. “Kerala is going through the worst economic crisis. The state government has taken away the ‘own fund’ of the panchayats. The government needs to pay `200 crores to the rice farmers. Neither social security pensions nor other payments that are beneficial to the people are paid,” said Satheesan.He said the ‘Aswasakiranam’ scheme for caregivers of the sick has also been suspended. KSRTC has been completely abandoned.
“Kerala is heading towards a crisis that will not end even with unlimited borrowing. However, this Chief Minister has the guts to allocate `125 crore to celebrate the government’s second anniversary despite all these crises,” said Satheesan.As part of the summits, two sub-committees with the Chief Secretary as chairman have been constituted. A government order has also been issued in this regard.The USA subcommittee has six members, while the Saudi Arabia subcommittee has seven members, including businessmen M A Yusuf Ali and Ravi Pillai.
In October 2022, a regional meet of the Loka Kerala Sabha was held in London. Loka Kerala Sabha is a platform for non-resident Keralites (NRK) with representatives from 47 countries and 21 states.
The platform is aimed at ensuring NRK participation in the development of the state and finding solutions to issues they face. The UDF-led opposition had also boycotted the last edition of the Loka Kerala Sabha. At that time, the opposition boycotted the summit as part of the controversy about Swapna Suresh, the key accused in the gold smuggling case.
The UDF had also alleged that the government did not respond to the queries in the assembly related to the benefits from the last two Loka Kerala Sabha meets, which were held in 2018 and 2020.