After 98 days, Sivasankar walks out of jail
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Former bureaucrat gets bail in dollar smuggling case
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Freedom at last: M. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, coming out the District Jail in Kakkanad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT
Former bureaucrat gets bail in dollar smuggling case
After being incarcerated for ninety-eight days, M. Sivasankar, the former Principal Secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, walked out to freedom from the District Jail, Kakkanad, on Thursday afternoon.
C. Deepu, the judge of the Economic Offences Court, Ernakulam, while granting bail to Mr. Sivasankar bail in the US dollar smuggling case, noted that he had “sufficient knowledge with regard to the smuggling of foreign currencies perpetrated with the help of prime accused” in the case.
CM flays transfer of airport
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‘Move by BJP government amounts to violation of federal principles’
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‘Move by BJP government amounts to violation of federal principles’
The Centre’s decision to transfer the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Airports Ltd. drew sharp criticism from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday.
Replying to questions in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said the petition filed by the State government was pending before the Supreme Court. However, the Centre had opted to ignore it and go ahead with its decision. He termed the BJP government move unsound and irresponsible and said it amounted to a violation of the federal principles.
First batch of Covishield arrives
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Vaccination begins on January 16 at 133 sites in State
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Vaccination begins on January 16 at 133 sites in State
The first consignment of 4,33,500 doses of Covishield, the vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India against COVID-19, arrived in the State on Wednesday. It was received at the airports with much fanfare and under high security.
One batch of 1,80,000 doses for Ernakulam region (Ernakulam, Thrissur, Idukki, Kottayam and Palakkad districts) and 1,19,500 doses for Kozhikode region (Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts) arrived in the morning at the Cochin International Airport, while another batch of 1,34,000 doses for Thiruvananthapuram region (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta districts) arrived in the evening at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
COVID-19 : Kerala receives vaccine Covishield in 2 batches ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 23:04 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 13 (ANI): Kerala received the COVID-19 vaccine Covishield on Wednesday in two batches at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
The first batch arrived at Kochi International Airport with 2.99 lakh doses in a GoAir G8 347 flight from Mumbai in the morning. While the second batch of Covishield arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in the evening.
S Suhas, Ernakulam district collector told ANI that the vaccine that arrived in Kochi will be distributed to six districts in the State. There are 25 boxes in this batch. In this, 10 boxes will go to Kozhikode and rest 15 boxes will be kept in the regional vaccine store at Ernakulam General Hospital. From here, it will go to the other four districts for supply, said S Suhas, Ernakulam district collector.
160 staff of private firm at airport in limbo
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Wound up ground handling agency has not paid dues of staff since April 2019
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Wound up ground handling agency has not paid dues of staff since April 2019
The 160 personnel employed in Thiruvananthapuram International Airport by the ground handling agency, Bhadra International India Pvt. Ltd., are in dire straits as they have been terminated following the decision to wind up operations.
The firm, one of the two engaged in ground handling operations at the airport, had not settled the pending salaries, allowances, including gratuity and bonus from April 2019, and leave encashment of the staff. The management had also not paid the monthly contribution towards the EPF and ESI. The employees had been working on slashed salaries from March 2020 following the ban imposed in the country on commercial flights due to the pandemic-induced lockdown.