The Kerala police on Saturday said that it had booked three well-known Malayalam actors for allegedly defaming a woman artist through their YouTube channels.

According to reports, cases were registered against television-cinema actor Beena Antony, her actor-husband Manoj and award-winning actress Swasika for allegedly under Section 79 of BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita), which refers to word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.

The complainant was the one who had recently raised allegations against some prominent actors in the Malayalam cinema after the release of the Justice Hema Committee report following which cases were against them, Nedumbassery police said.

The petitioner has filed complaints against several individuals, including actor-politician M Mukesh and the former secretary of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes, with the SIT. She alleged that the accused in this case made derogatory comments about her because she had complained against film personalities.

“In the complaint, she alleged that Beena Antony, Manoj and Swasika insulted her through their YouTube channels out of revenge as she raised allegations against prominent actors,” a police officer said.

The three well-known actors have been booked under the BNS Section 79 and the Kerala Police Act Section 120(o) (nuisance of himself to any other person through a means of communication).

The case against the Malayalam actors will be taken over by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cases against film personalities following the report of the Hema Committee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with senior BJP leaders and Chief Ministers of some other states, will attend the oath-taking ceremony of the new BJP government in Haryana’s Panchkula on October 17.

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Dusshera ground at 10 am in Panchkula Sector 5.

“The swearing-in ceremony of the Haryana government will be held on 17 October 2024 at 10:00 am at Dussehra Ground Sector 5 Panchkula. Senior leaders including Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and Chief Ministers of other states will be present,” the party said in a statement on Saturday.

The BJP had indicated during the Assembly election that Nayab Singh Saini, who replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as Chief Minister of Haryana in March, would be its choice for the top post if the party won.

Speaking to the media, Union Minister and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, “The oath-taking ceremony (of Haryana CM) will be held on October 17 most probably. The oath-taking ceremony of the CM and other ministers will happen in Panchkula.”

 The BJP ended up with its best-ever haul of 48 seats, 11 more than the Congress. The JJP and AAP were decimated and the INLD managed to win just two seats.

On the party’s victory in the state, PM Modi had hailed Haryana BJP workers for the state’s hat-trick win. Addressing the party workers in New Delhi after securing a mandate in the Haryana Assembly elections, PM Modi had said the party’s victory in the state was an outcome of the hard work of party workers.

“Today in Haryana the guarantee of development has outweighed the sequence of lies. The people of Haryana have created a new history. To date, 13 elections have been held in Haryana, but this is the first time that a government which has completed two terms of 5 years each has got a chance for the third consecutive time in Haryana,” PM Modi said on October 8.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Centre over the rail accident in Tamil Nadu, saying no lessons have been learnt despite many lives lost in numerous accidents and asked how many more families must be destroyed before the government wakes up.

Gandhi said in a post on X that the Mysuru-Darbhanga train accident mirrors the horrific Balasore accident, in which a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train. 

“Despite many lives lost in numerous accidents, no lessons are learned. Accountability starts at the top. How many more families must be destroyed before this government wakes up,” the Rae Bareli MP said.

According to reports, the Mysuru-Darbhanga Express, traveling at 75 mph, hit a stationary goods train on Friday in Tamil Nadu as it entered a loop line instead of the main line. At least 19 passengers were injured, and a coach caught fire.

Railway Safety Commissioner of Southern Circle, Anant Madhukar Chowdhary, inspected the Kavarapettai accident site where train no. 12578 Mysuru-Darbhanga Express had a rear collision with a goods train on Friday evening.

Hitting out at the Centre over the rail accident, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said: “Train accidents have become so common in the country that despite occurring one after another, neither any accountability is being fixed by the government nor any action is being taken.”

“Crores of common people of the country are forced to travel in trains running on the wheels of fear and chaos, risking their lives because the government has turned its back on the responsibility of safe train travel,” Priyanka said in a post on her WhatsApp channel.

Once again, an accident like Balasore has happened with the Mysore-Darbhanga Express in Tamil Nadu, she asserted. “When will this series going on for months stop? When will accountability be fixed,” she asked.

The Railway Board has confirmed that there have been no casualties reported so far in the passenger-freight train collision in the Ponneri-Kavarapettai section in Chennai Rail Division.

Dilip Kumar, Executive Director of Information and Publicity at the Railway Board, released a video message shortly after the accident, stating, “We received information about the collision of the Bagmati Express with a freight train at the Kavarapettai station in the Chennai Division. The rescue and relief teams reached the accident site immediately.”