Former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. (Supply: File)
Former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged that the UDF authorities intervened to take away social media reviews concerning the arrest of an individual who allegedly claimed to be Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan’s social media coordinator in a drug case linked to Operation Toofan. Vijayan accused the federal government of censorship and demanded a proof for the alleged elimination of reviews from platforms corresponding to Fb. He additionally alleged that the state authorities was receiving “oblique assist” from the BJP-led Centre and in contrast the alleged motion to restrictions imposed on social media content material on the Centre’s request. His remarks got here a day after the CPI(M) accused Satheesan’s workplace of hyperlinks to a drug mafia, a cost the Congress has not accepted.
The Karnataka authorities has banned the sale and distribution of merchandise containing tobacco and nicotine within the state for one 12 months. The choice has been taken within the curiosity of public well being.
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