Scamsters in Kerala duped victims by promising jobs in Armenia and Poland while demanding ₹10 lakh. Meanwhile, police in Thiruvananthapuram arrested a youth with MDMA near a college, and a mayor removed a PM portrait from a local office. Other reports detail corruption allegations at Kochi port, misuse of renovation permits, a street attack, and a hospital staffing reform. Thiruvananthapuram mayor V.V. Rajesh removed PM’s portrait from corporation office during Ayurveda day celebrations. Kochi port officials accused of internal conflict over alleged misuse of documents on a smuggled vessel.

Old building renovation permit misused in Thiruvananthapuram for partial internal reconstruction. Street attack in Thiruvananthapuram’s Kattayikkōṇam left over ten injured. Kerala government to restructure hospital staffing patterns, announced by Minister K. Muraleedharan. Unregulated job offers with extortion, now Police investigations and arrests; informal drug possession, now Formal legal action; symbolic office displays, now Removal of political imagery; port governance, now Allegations of internal conflict and document misuse. The job scam exposes financial fraud targeting job seekers, while the MDMA arrest highlights drug-related law enforcement. The mayor’s action raises questions about political symbolism, and port corruption risks economic penalties.

Old building renovation permit misused in Thiruvananthapuram for partial internal reconstruction. Street attack in Thiruvananthapuram’s Kattayikkōṇam left over ten injured. Kerala government to restructure hospital staffing patterns, announced by Minister K. Muraleedharan. Unregulated job offers with extortion, now Police investigations and arrests; informal drug possession, now Formal legal action; symbolic office displays, now Removal of political imagery; port governance, now Allegations of internal conflict and document misuse. The job scam exposes financial fraud targeting job seekers, while the MDMA arrest highlights drug-related law enforcement. The mayor’s action raises questions about political symbolism, and port corruption risks economic penalties.

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