Tenkasi (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 22 (ANI): The Tirunelveli Special Court has issued an order prohibiting the five convicts from entering the village for six months in connection with the untouchability of Panchakulam school children near Shankarankovil, Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu.

Thiruvananthapuram Mar 25 PTI Spanish movie Clara Sola directed by Nathalie lvarez Mesn bagged the prestigious Suvarna Chakoram The Golden Crow Pheasant award in the 26th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK that concluded on Friday The movie questions the traditional norms set by the patriarchal social order Argentinian director Ins Barrionuevo bagged the Rajata Chakoram The Silver Crow Pheasant for Best Director for his movie Camila Comes Out Tonight that successfully articulates gender politics and body politics The eight-day-long festival which enthralled movie enthusiasts across the world premiering over 170 movies concluded today The festival announced that the award for the best debut director from India will be shared equally by Not the River Jhelum Be Ches Ne Veth directed by Prabhash Chandra and Forbidden Nishiddho directed by Tara Ramanujan Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema NETPAC Award for the Best Asian Film was bagged by Pebbles Koozhangal by Vinothraj P S for depicting the harsh life of the marginalised the troubled relationship between father and son and their difficult journey through the stark landscape The Arbit Documentation of an Amphibian Hunt Aavasavyuham by Krishand bagged the NETPAC Award for the Best Malayalam Film for showing the synergy between nature and humans societal issues and bringing together documentary and fiction State Finance Minister K N Balagopal inaugurated the closing ceremony of the 26th IFFK in which well-known writer T Padmanabhan was the chief guest Addressing the crowd Padmanabhan asked the state government to release the Hema committee report on the problems faced by women in the film industry The Hema committee was formed in 2017 to study the problems faced by women in the film industry The committee had recently submitted its report to the government after recording statements of around 60 actors The report is not released in public yet Padmanabhan also praised the survivor of a sexual assault case in which actor Dileep is an accused for her public appearance in the IFFK inaugural stage PTI RRT RRT HDA HDA

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Kozhikode Sep 19 PTI The Congress in Kerala on Sunday said it would call a meeting of various religious leaders in the state to spread the message of communal harmony in the wake of controversial narcotic jihad remarks made by a catholic bishop KPCC Chief K Sudhakaran and Leader of Opposition in the assembly V D Satheesan held talks with Muslim religious heads today as part of the partys efforts to resolve the row over the comments made by Pala bishop Joseph Kallarangatt recently The senior Congress leaders met Sayyid Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal the leader of Samastha Kerala Jemiyyathul Ulema and Grand Mufti of India Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar Later speaking to reporters Sudhakaran said the KPCC has decided to take up conciliatory talks between the Christian and Muslim communities as the state government failed to take up the responsibility We understand that nobody in our society wants to spread hatred and want all the religious leaders to come together to discuss and address the matter The KPCC will convene a meeting of all religious leaders in order to spread the message of religious harmony he said Alleging that certain online media houses were attempting to cause disharmony in the state Satheesan asked the government to take stern action against them Noting that responsibility of the Left government was to stand with all communities in the state Thangal who was present at the press meet said If such a statement comes from the Bishop then the government stand should not be in a manner justifying it The government should stand for all communities and it is its responsibility If there is something called love jihad then it should be probed he said Asked whether he will participate in the conciliatory meeting called by the Congress party Musaliyar termed the statement of the Bishop as wrong and said it needs to be corrected The bishop had at a function on September 9 stated that Christian girls were falling prey to love and narcotic jihad in Kerala and wherever arms cannot be used extremists were using such methods to destroy the youth of the state Senior BJP leader C K Padmanabhan had on Saturday said one cannot blame any particular religion for the narcotics issue The statement of Padmanabhan assumes significance as the BJP had alleged that the Congress and the CPIM were taking a position in favour of extremist elements creating trouble in the society instead of addressing the issue raised by the senior Christian priest On Thursday Sudhakaran and V D Satheesan met senior priests of Christian and Muslim communities to calm tempers following the remark of the bishop PTI RRT ROH ROH

New Delhi Sep 17 PTI The Supreme Court Friday allowed the Kerala government to hold physical exams for Class 11 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed satisfaction over the steps being taken by it to ensure that no untoward situation is faced by students The top court said holistic approach has to be taken in the matter and the authorities concerned are conscious of their duties A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar dismissed an appeal filed by advocate Rasoolshan A challenging the Kerala High Court order refusing to interfere with the state governments decision to hold offline exams The apex court said a detailed affidavit has been filed by the state and it is taking all measures related to the coronavirus protocol We are convinced by the explanation offered by the state and trust authorities will take all precautions and necessary steps so that no untoward situation is faced by students who are of tender age and appearing for the proposed examination Dismissed it said The apex court said it had intervened on the earlier occasion as there was a possibility of a third wave of corona by September Third wave is not in offing immediately it added Advocate Prashant Padmanabhan appearing for the petitioner submitted that the state governments affidavit does not spell out satisfactory reasons and the questions put forth by the apex court Padmanabhan said the top court had asked the states counsel if the decision was taken after taking into account increase in COVID cases in Kerala but the affidavit did not answer that or whether experts have been consulted on the issue The bench however said the Kerala government has given convincing explanations The Kerala government in an affidavit had told the top court that online examinations will be a disadvantage for students with no access to laptops and mobile phones The conduct of examinations through online mode will prejudice a large number of students who have no access to laptops desktops or mobile phones it said adding that students from the lower strata of society depend on mobile phones or tablets for attending online classes In many areas internet connection or mobile data are not available These students will never be able to write online examinations the state government had told the court The apex court had on September 3 stayed for a week Kerala governments decision to conduct offline exams for Class XI commencing from September 6 amid the rising cases of COVID saying there is an alarming situation in the state The top court had observed that cases in Kerala are about 70 per cent of the country and children of this age cannot be exposed to this risk Rasoolshanin his plea had argued that compelling minor unvaccinated students of class XI to take part in a public examination amid the possible third wave of corona pandemic in Kerala is unjust unfair and unreasonable The Kerala High Court on August 27 had observed that conducting examination was a matter of government policy and no interference was warranted I find it difficult to appreciate the contention of the petitioners that the decision to conduct the exams was taken by the respondents without much deliberation and without any concern for the health of the students the single judge had said The apex court bench passed the order on an appeal filed by advocate Rasoolshan A challenging a decision of the High Court refusing to interfere with the decision to hold offline exams Rasoolshan in his appeal before the top court submitted that the State of Kerala has decided to conduct the offline examination of class XI students in the State Board despite the CBSEICSE and all the states except Kerala wherein class XII examinations were held earlier cancelling the physical examination for class XII The decision to conduct the offline examination during which was earlier scheduled to be from September 6-10 now changed to September 6-27 is unmindful of the severe pandemic situation prevailing in the country of which Kerala is most severely affected The Test Positivity Rate TPR of COVID-19 in Kerala is above 15 per cent which is very high the plea said The appeal stated that the class XI students of Kerala State Board have in any case appeared in the model examination in online mode and no purpose would be achieved by having one more examination in offline mode The marks scored by students can be taken into consideration if the same is required for any purposes it added PTI PKS SA