In a strange case of lovers eloping, a woman who had been missing for nearly 11 years was found to have been living in a single room with her boyfriend in his family without his family's knowledge.
The Left government had decided to extend free food kits to migrant workers also along with the state people considering their plight due to the pandemic and lockdown.
581 test positive in Palakkad
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Source of disease in 339 patients couldn’t be identified
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As many as 581 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Palakkad district on Monday.
When 226 of them contracted the virus through direct contact with infected persons, there were 339 cases whose source of origin could not be identified. There were 165 recoveries in the district on Monday.
District Collector Mrunmai Joshi directed 11 empanelled private hospitals in the district to set aside 10% of their ICU beds with oxygen facility for COVID-19 treatment. Hospitals having more than 50 beds have been empanelled under the State government’s Karunya Health Insurance scheme.
Voting was going on even past 7 p.m. in some places
More than 17.48 lakh people in Palakkad district cast their votes in the Assembly election held on Tuesday.
Official polling figures released at 7 p.m. indicated 76.17% polling. However, this figure is likely to change as polling had not closed at some places.
When Chittur constituency registered the highest percentage of voting (79.07 %), Palakkad constituency, where Metroman E. Sreedharan is contesting on the BJP banner against UDF incumbent Shafi Parambil, witnessed the lowest voter turnout (73.62%).
In the 2016 Assembly election, the district had registered 78.37% polling. The polling percentage of Chittur in 2016 was 82.95% and that of Palakkad 77.25%.