Arrange flight services for expats visiting home for Eid: Kerala CM to Centre
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday urged the central government to arrange more flight services and travel facilities for expatriates in the Gulf region who wish to go home for Eid.
The CM said that the festival season of Eid was turning into a time of depression for the expatriate community in the Gulf region and their families in Kerala, due to lack of sufficient flights to return home as a result of the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
Vijayan, in a statement issued by his office, said that usually the festive season was a time of happiness as the expatriates return home, but this time the journey has been disrupted for many due to lack of sufficient flights.
It has also led to soaring ticket prices and insufficient seats in the available flights, he said.
Besides that, there is also a rising concern among expatriates whether they will be able to return to their jobs in the Gulf after the festival due to the existing travel-related uncertainities.
"It is essential to ensure proportionate flight services considering the special circumstances of the expatriate community in Kerala.
"In this situation, the central government should intervene urgently and arrange more flight services and travel facilities," the CM said, whlle extending Eid greetings to the expatriate community in the Gulf region.
He said that expatriates are an integral part of our country and addressing their concerns was a much bigger responsibility than a mere social obligation.
Vijayan said that the concerned authorities should be ready to take immediate steps to provide comfort and confidence to them during the festive season of Eid.
He also commended the members of the Loka Kerala Sabha and expatriate organisations in the Gulf countries for coming together to provide assistance to the Indians stranded there in this time of unrest.
The CM expressed hope that such interventions will be further strengthened.
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Madhu Kishwar booked over misleading content on social media
Chandigarh (PTI): Madhu Kishwar has been booked following a complaint by a Chandigarh resident over the alleged circulation of forged and misleading content on social media.
An FIR has been lodged against Kishwar and some other social media users under relevant sections, including 196 (criminalises acts that promote enmity, hatred, or ill-will between groups based on religion, race, language), 336 (1) (forgery) and 356 (criminal defamation) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act at Police Station Sector-26 here.
According to an official statement issued by the Chandigarh police on Monday, a city-based complainant on April 19 alleged that some forged and misleading social media posts and video clips with obscene text and content were being circulated by various social media users, misidentifying the person in the video.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
As per the complainant, it is a deliberate act of creating a false electronic record using obscene words and phrases, having knowledge and sufficient reason to believe that the posts are misleading and false, with the intent to cause damage or injury.
The video, which circulated with the intent to cause harm to the reputation of a constitutional authority and to disturb public peace and tranquility, should be investigated, and appropriate action should be taken, according to the complainant.
As per the complainant, the person seen in the video is a travel vlogger whose wife regularly posts updates about their activities on social media. The original video was shared from her social media account.
"As per the statement of the woman, she disclosed that the person in the video shared from her account is her husband. Statements of her husband and another lady in the video have also been recorded during preliminary investigation," said police in the statement.
Meanwhile, Kishwar, in a social media post, said a team of Chandigarh police had visited her late Monday night to serve her notice regarding the FIR registered against her.
"Since the law forbids the police to visit or arrest women after dark and before sunrise, I spoke on phone to the leader of the delegation. She told me that their team has come to serve notice regarding an FIR registered against me in Chandigarh. I insisted that they go by the law and come in the morning," she wrote on X.
