Decks cleared by for online sale of movie tickets
The Hindu
Assembly passes Bill regulating ticket price and number of shows
The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday facilitated the much-debated online ticketing for movies and screening of only four shows per day by passing the AP Cinemas Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
The A.P. State Film, Television and Theatre Development Corporation will operate the online portal through which tickets will be sold. Payments will be made to the theatres on a daily basis through an RBI gateway.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.