Seven discarded EVM control units found in engineer’s house in Doddaballapur
Bengaluru: Seven electronic voting machine (EVM) control units were found in an engineer’s house that was demolished in Dudapanahalli of Doddaballapur taluk, Bengaluru Rural district.
The house is owned by Shivakumar, engineer at the Nirmiti Kendra in Doddaballapur, and was being demolished for widening of the national highway in the village.
The EVM control units found in the house of the engineer were those discarded after use in the 2018 elections. Tahsildar Mohana Kumari visited the engineer’s house for inspection as the EVM control units were found there and also confiscated the units.
The tahsildar handed over the units to Deputy Commissioner Shivashankar and submitted a report on the matter, for legal action.
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First in Malayalam movie artists association history, women elected to its top leadership
Kochi, Aug 15 (PTI): In a first in the history of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), women were elected to its top leadership positions.
Women actors Shwetha Menon and Kukku Parameswaran were elected as president and general secretary of the organisation respectively. Besides them, Ansiba Hasan was elected as joint secretary and Lakshmi Priya as the vice president.
State Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian welcomed the development, saying it was his personal view that women should come to the leadership posts of AMMA.
"I say this because it is necessary to create more opportunities for women in the film industry. It is for the first time that women are being elected to the leadership positions of AMMA," he said.
The minister congratulated Menon, Parameswaran and Hasan, saying that they were all competent and strong women.
"Let them all work together. I see it as evidence of the continuation of the changes brought about in the film industry following the recently held cinema conclave," Cherian said.
He also said that it was an indication of the good times that will come for the Malayalam film industry.
"I am not saying men are bad. For so long men were heading it. Let women rule come now," he added.
