Bharatiya Janata Party chief of Tamil Nadu reacted to the death of a football player due to the alleged negligence of doctors and questioned the quality of hospitals in the state.

Kochi Apr 25 PTI The Kerala High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to a city-based make-up artist accused by several women of sexually harassing and molesting them Justice Gopinath P granted the relief to 37-year-old Anez Anzare in four different cases against him for the offences of sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of women saying his custodial interrogation was not necessary The court granted him anticipatory bail subject to the conditions that he would execute separate bonds in each case of Rs one lakh with two solvent sureties each for the like-sum he shall cooperate with the investigation in every manner will appear before the investigating officer as and when called upon to do so shall not attempt to contact the complainants interfere with the probe or intimidate the witnesses In three of the cases the women had accused the make-up artist of sexually harassing and molesting them on their wedding day when they went to his studio for bridal make-up In the fourth case the woman was a former employee of Anzare and alleged that under the guise of showing her around the studio he inappropriately touched and groped her Anzares lawyer had opposed the allegations saying they were baseless false and three of them pertained to the years 2015 and 2016 and were therefore barred by time His lawyer also claimed that the accusations were made to run him out of business and allegedly at the instance of one Priya who was earlier associated with the make-up artist The lawyer also claimed that the allegations surfaced immediately after an allegation of rape was levelled against a tattoo artist which got attention from the media The prosecution opposed grant of any relief to the make-up artist saying several persons who have no connection with one another have raised the allegations and therefore they cannot be written off as being a campaign to drive the accused out of business The prosecutor had contended that considering the nature of the allegations the custodial interrogation of the accused was absolutely necessary However the court said that keeping in view the principles regarding bail laid down in various cases and considering the nature of the allegations against the accused he can be granted anticipatory bail in all the cases registered against him subject to conditions The court said that while the allegations were serious the maximum punishment provided for under the offences he was accused of was seven years PTI HMP NVG NVG

Guwahati Apr 22 PTI Five officials and their teams have been awarded by the Assam government for their exemplary public serviceChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave away the Karmashree Awards at a function to mark the Civil Services Day on Thursday eveningAmong the awardees are Kokrajhar and Cachar deputy commissioners Varnali Deka and Keerthi Jalli and Sivsagar ADC Bitupan NeogManaging director of Assam Power Distribution Corporation Ltd Rakesh Kumar and Manager District Poultry Farm Japjapkuchi Dr Ambika Deka also received the awardDelighted to present Karmashree Awards to 5 Govt officials and respective teams for their outstanding public service on CivilServicesDay Sarma tweeted after conferring the recognitionI hope the awards will motivate them to continue with their good work and also inspire others to work hard for public welfare he addedKarmashree Award winner Varnali Deka was also conferred the Prime Ministers Award 2020 for the innovative work done at Goalpara in the Aspirational District Category during her stint as the deputy commissioner thereThe award given away at a programme in New Delhi on Thursday recognised the wide based efforts made for Goalpara to achieve saturation in many key performance indicators in health and nutrition education basic infrastructure financial inclusion and skill development and agriculture and water resourcesDeka also participated as a key panelist in the discussion on the Aspirational District Programme - Saturation Programme held on the occasionAnother IAS officer from the state M S Lakshmi Priya received the Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2021 at the same programmeShe was awarded for the initiative Sampoorna in the Innovation-District category during her posting as deputy commissioner of BongaigaonProject Sampoorna is aimed at reducing malnutrition among children in Bongaigaon district and employs a decentralised technology-based model using community participation and women empowerment to achieve the resultIt has successfully brought 956 per cent malnourished children to a normal state in just one yearLakshmi Priya was recently promoted and posted as Managing Director National Health Mission Assam PTI SSG MM MM

New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI/ATK): The art of cinematography has key elements like great acting skills, smooth direction, true depiction of emotions, etc and Ajit Pandit's new release is the perfect example of this. With just the right amount of drama, action, and romance 'Anupriya' is breaking all records.

Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): With several parts of the country reeling under scorching heat, Rohile village in Maharashtra's Nashik is facing a water shortage and the women of the village have put their lives at stake to fetch drinking water.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Empuls, the all in one holistic employee engagement platform, today announced the launch of its Employee Discounts feature as a part of its Perks and Benefits platform.

New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Actors Nakuul Mehta and Disha Parmar-starrer Sony TV show 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2' has made quite a buzz online because of its ongoing track.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 16 (ANI): As COVID-19 vaccination began for those aged between 12-14 years, children in the age group who received their first dose on Wednesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 5 (ANI): The newly appointed mayor of Chennai, R Priya, on Saturday, after taking oath, extended her greetings to DMK chief M K Stalin by saying that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has given a chance to a Dalit woman and she will perform her responsibility sincerely.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 4 (ANI): R Priya of DMK was sworn in as the mayor of Chennai on Saturday.