A local court here Saturday remanded two activists - Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, accused of having Maoist links, in police custody till November 6.

The Kerala Government has promulgated an Ordinance to give employees the ‘right to sit’, by amending the provisions of Kerala Shops and Establishments Act 1960. The Ordinance titled ‘The Kerala Shops and Establishments(Amendment) Ordinance 2018’ was promulgated by the Governor of Kerala and notified in the Gazette on October 4.It contains a mandatory condition to provide seating arrangements to employees who otherwise have to be on their feet for long hours. Section 21B introduced in the principal Act by the Ordinance states that “in every shop and establishment, suitable arrangements for sitting shall be provided for all workers so as to avoid “on the toes” situation throughout the duty time, so that they may take advantage of any opportunity to sit which may occur in the course of their work”.

Three armed robbers allegedly looted cash worth Rs one crore from a private Delhi-bound truck on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway on Saturday, a police officer said.

BJP president Amit Shah Saturday extended full support to the protest by Ayyappa devotees against the CPI(M)-led LDF government's decision to implement the Supreme court order on entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple, saying the Left government was trying to "suppress" the agitation by force.

IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra was on Saturday appointed the new chief of the Enforcement Directorate in an additional capacity, a government order said.

Seven elephants were electrocuted after coming in contact with a live wire near Kamalanga village in Dhenkanal district Saturday, forest officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday left for Japan to attend the annual summit with his counterpart Shinzo Abe.

Stringent measures, including minimisation of private vehicles and shutdown of coal and biomass industries, are recommended by the CPCB-led task force between November 1 and 10 to deal with the alarming increase of pollution in the national capital.