Former Kerala Additional Chief Secretary, Dr Babu Paul passes away

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April 13, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 13: Former Additional Chief Secretary of Kerala, Dr Babu Paul, passed away after a heart ailment at a private hospital here on Saturday early morning.

Dr Paul was 78. His wife Anna Babu Paul (Nirmala) died in 2000. He is survived by daughter Mariam Joseph (Niba) and son Cheriyan C Paul (Nibu). His son-in-law is Satish Joseph, son of former DGP M K Joseph, and daughter-in-law is Deepa, daughter of former DGP C A Chali.

Dr Babu Paul joined the government service at the age of 21 as a junior engineer and later cleared the civil service examination. He took the voluntary retirement from the IAS at the age of 59.

He was born in 1941 to Rt Rev Paulose Cheerothottam Kor Episcopa, a priest of Jacobite Church and headmaster of MGM High School, Kuruppampadi and Mary Paul, a teacher.
His brother K Roy Paul is a former aviation secretary and member of the Union Public Service Commission.

Babu Paul was a member of Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). He also served as a member Ombudsman for local self-government institutions of Kerala during 2000-01. 

Dr Babu Paul, an Additional Chief Secretary in the rank of Chief Secretary of State, was also served as a Vice Chancellor of Kerala University and a Lecturer in Civil Engineering. The completion of Idukki hydel project was one of his achievements in his service.

Babu Paul published his first book at the age of 19. The book ' Oru Yathrayude Ormakal' was written in memory of his trip to Europe to participate in the International Student's Conference.

His autobiographical service story 'Katha Ithuvare' was published in 2001. He was the writer of the first Malayalam Bible Dictionary 'Veda Sabda Rathnakaran'. He has written various other English and Malayalam books.

Babu Paul received numerous awards for his Bible dictionary, ' Veda Shabda Ratnakaram'. He received Honorary Doctorate from Damascus St Efraim University, Gundert Award presented by International School of Dravidian Languages for the best dictionary in Dravidian language, Guruvayoor Nair Samajam Award, Alexander Marthoma Award, N V Sahitya Puraskaram, Samskara Deepam Award by Indian Institution of Christian Studies, and a fellowship conferred by the same; Christian Literary Award.

Other awards received by Babu Paul include -- Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 2000, Kerala History Association Award for 'Queen's Story' which is the history of Cochin port, Sophia Award for the total contribution in the field of culture, MAGA Award from the Malayali Association for his contributions to the cultural development of Kerala, M K K Nair Award for exhibiting interest in temple arts, Bar Eto briro Award (The highest a lay man can aspire for in the Syrian Orthodox Church, the only recipient in India), Rajiv Gandhi Award for his excellence in Civil Service.

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February 6,2020

Bijnor, Feb 6: Apprehensions over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are now so strong that a team of economic enumerators were allegedly manhandled in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district and faced stiff resistance from the people.

A team of the economic census enumerators in Bijnor, on Wednesday, sent a letter to the District Magistrate narrating the difficulties they are facing in some parts "due to misinformation".

District magistrate Ramakant Pandey, when contacted, said that he had asked the department concerned to complete the work on time. "If teams are facing any problems, we will sort it out at once. No hurdle in economic census will be tolerated," he said.

According to District Economic and Statistics Officer, Harendra Malik: "Our teams are facing protests in minority-dominated areas as people are linking it to the NRC. Some team members were manhandled.

"We have now asked village heads and municipality chairmen to help our teams in the survey and convince the people. Our teams are trying to convince them that it is a routine work which is being carried out for years. It has nothing to do with the NRC or CAA."

He further said that they plan to hold a series of meetings with people's representatives, including village heads and chairmen, so that they could put an end to this confusion.

The seventh economic census was flagged off in Bijnor by District Magistrate Ramakant Pandey on January 6. There are around 3,000 enumerators and 569 supervisors engaged in the census being carried out under the supervision of economic and statistics department. It is expected to be completed by March 31.

The economic census is aimed at collecting data about the financial status of people engaged in unorganised sector.

Meanwhile, the areas where the enumerators are facing stiff resistance include Kalhari village in Najibabad block, Amipur Narain village in Mohammadpur Devmal block, Anisa Nangli village in Dwarka block and the Mirzapur Bella village in Jalilpur block.

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February 2,2020

Lucknow, Feb 2: In an early morning firing at Lucknow's Hazratganj, the city centre, Vishva Hindu Mahasabha state president Ranjit Bachchan was killed while he was out on a morning walk on Sunday.

Ranjit Bachchan was taking a stroll in Hazratganj in the morning when bike-borne assailants opened fire on him and killed him on the spot. The Mahasabha leader was shot in the head multiple times.

The incident took place near the CDRI building in Lucknow's Hazratganj.

In the firing, Ranjit Bachchan's brother also suffered bullet injuries. He has been rushed to the trauma centre. Ranjit Bachchan was a resident of Gorakhpur.

The early morning shootout in the Uttar Pradesh capital's central area has caused tension in the area.

Dinesh Singh, DCP Central Lucknow, said, "The body has been identified as of Ranjit Bachchan, who had gone out on morning walk when some unknown assailant shot him. A police team has been formed and further investigation is being carried out."

Before being associated with the Mahasabha, Ranjit Bachchan was a Samajwadi Party member and was often spotted with former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The Samajwadi Party has hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government over the law and order situation in the state and demanded immediate resignation of the government.

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March 19,2020

Attari, Mar 19: At least 29 Indians, who had gone to Dubai to watch a cricket match which was called off later, on Wednesday night returned to India through the land transit route of Attari-Wagah border here.

Earlier, when they entered India after being cleared by the Pakistan Immigration Authority, they were detained at Attari border, as they were not having requisite permission on their passport to return to India through Pakistan.

According to officials, they had earlier flown to Dubai from New Delhi to watch a Pakistan League Cricket match there.

The match, however, was aborted and they decided to return India via Pakistan. They took a flight to Pakistan and after landing there, they took land route to reach Attari-Wagah border.

All were cleared by Indian immigration authority after being allowed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.

Amritsar Civil Surgeon Dr Prabdeep Kaur Johal said that by 9.30 PM all the Indian nationals were not handed over to the medical team for checkup.

She said if anyone of them are found with any symptoms of the virus, they would be admitted to Amritsar Government Hospital or else they would be allowed to continue their journey to Delhi or elsewhere.

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