FIR for transmitting obscene material registered against actor Shwetha Menon
Kochi, Aug 6 (PTI): A case for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form has been registered against Malayalam film actor Shwetha Menon on a complaint based on certain scenes in some of her past movies, police said on Wednesday.
Police said that no case was initially registered on the complaint by Martin Menachery, but he later went to court seeking registration of an FIR.
Following the court's direction, an FIR, under section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology (IT) Act and provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act was filed on Tuesday, an officer of Ernakulam Central police station said.
The complaint has alleged that there were obscene scenes in some of her past movies and these are being circulated on social media and various online sites, they said.
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India bans sugar exports till Sept 30
New Delhi (PTI): India has banned the export of sugar till September 30 this year, according to a government notification.
The notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on May 13 said this order does not apply to sugar being exported to the European Union and the US under the tariff rate quota scheme.
The order is also not applicable to the shipments under the advance authorisation scheme, government-to-government exports and consignments already in the physical export pipeline.
"The export policy of Sugar (Raw Sugar, White Sugar and Refined Sugar)... is amended from 'Restricted' to 'Prohibited' with immediate effect till September 30, 2026, or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the DGFT said.
