Top Kerala News developments today
The Hindu
Key news developments in Kerala on May 3, 2022
1. Smrithi Iran in Wayanad
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani is visiting Wayanad today. The Minister will attend a review meeting of the Aspirational District programme at the Wayanad collectorate. She will also visit a tribal settlement at Maravayal and Anganwadis at Ponnada and Varadoor.
2. Rahul Gandhi in Thiruvananthapuram
Rahul Gandhi is set to inaugurate INTUC golden jubilee celebrations in Thiruvananthapuram today.
3. Kasargod food poisoning
Doctors have stabilised children admitted with food poisoning in Kannur and Kasargod as the State government initiates a special drive to enforce food safety norms.
4. Higher Secondary exam valuation to resume
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.