Kerala set to launch Onam celebrations
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala is gearing up for week-long Onam celebrations, with festivities set to begin on Wednesday evening.
Tourism Minister P A Muhamed Riyas and General Education Minister V Sivankutty told reporters that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will formally open the state celebrations at 6 pm at Kanakakunnu Palace here.
People's representatives, senior officials and leaders will join the event, alongside film stars Jayam Ravi and Basil Joseph, who will be guests of honour, they said.
The celebrations will run across 33 venues in the capital, with thousands of artists taking part in cultural programmes.
One of the highlights will be a drone light show on 5, 6 and 7 September over the Chandrasekharan Nair and University stadiums, featuring a thousand drones telling stories linked to Kerala.
The festivities will end on September 9 with a grand procession, flagged off by Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Manaveeyam Veedhi.
Riyas said the governor was personally invited and presented with the traditional Onakkodi, or festive attire.
Officials said floats and performances are being prepared to make the parade as colourful as possible.
Onam, Kerala's biggest festival, is being marked not only across the state, but also by Kerala people living around the world.
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
