Top Kerala news developments today
The Hindu
Key news developments in Kerala on May 20, 2022
1. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will deliver an inaugural address at a two-day seminar on eco-restoration organised by the Forest department in Thiruvananthapuram.
2. The High Court will hear a State plea challenging a single judge order quashing the case against Central enforcement officials accused of coercing UAE consulate gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the crime.
3. The High Court is likely to hear the bail plea moved by Jolly Joseph. The police accused the homemaker of poisoning her family members to secure a rich inheritance over the years. The suspected poisoning deaths later became known as the Koodathayi serial murders.
4. The Pooram fireworks, delayed by the rain, will likely commence in the evening. The District authorities are meeting later to take a final call.
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While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.