The second incident of abduction and rape of a child from a family of migrant workers within weeks have come as a shock for the residents of Aluva, a suburb of Kochi.
K T Jaleel s resignation comes a day after he moved the Kerala high court seeking a stay on the Lokayukta order.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala higher education minister K T Jaleel on Tuesday resigned from the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet days after the state Lokayukta held that he had abused his position as a public servant to obtain a favour for a relative.
Jaleel has sent his resignation to the chief minister and it has been forwarded to the governor, sources in the chief minister s office told .
The development was also confirmed by the minister in a Facebook post.
The resignation comes a day after he moved the Kerala high court seeking a stay on the Lokayukta order.
The incident occurred at Panangad area at around 8.30am on Sunday
KOCHI: A helicopter carrying seven people including NRI businessman M A Yusuf Ali crash-landed at a marshy land near here on Sunday morning, police said.
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All passengers including Yusuf Ali, his wife and three staff members of his Lulu Group and two crew members on board the chopper owned by Lulu Group have been admitted to a private hospital here. All of them are safe. They are currently under observation, a top official of the Lakeshore hospital where they are treated, said.
High court of Kerala
KOCHI: Ordering for allowing a transgender to join National Cadet Corps (NCC), the high court has directed for amending the law to include transgenders in NCC.
Justice Anu Sivaraman issued the directive after considering a petition filed by Hina Haneefa, a student of University College in Thiruvananthapuram. The court said the fact that NCC Act does not recognize the third gender or that detailed guidelines are to be introduced for the integration of persons of third gender into NCC cannot be a justification for denying entry for the petitioner.
Ruling that denial of enrolment to NCC is unsustainable, the court said the petitioner is entitled to participate in the selection process and to be enrolled in NCC if she is successful.