
HC upholds regulation of lotteries of other States
The Hindu
Sets aside single judge’s order on sale of lottery tickets of Nagaland
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday set aside a single judge’s judgement restraining the State government from interfering with marketing and sale of lottery tickets of Nagaland government in the State The single judge had passed the verdict after declaring ultra vires the amendments brought to Kerala Paper Lotteries (Regulation) Rules in 2018 which regulated marketing and sale of lotteries organised by other States in the State. The single judge had held that the Central government alone had the power to regulate, control and interfere with lotteries, if it was run in violation of the law.
The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











