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[00:00:09] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. These are the major news stories of Sunday, April 13, 2025. In Kerala, after the state government hastily took over 64.47 hectares of Elstone estate to rehabilitate the Mundakai Churalmala landslide survivors, plantation workers staged a protest demanding the distribution of various pending benefits. The estate labourers demanded benefits worth around Rs. 11 crore, pending for around 300 workers.
[00:00:36] They also urged the management to clear their arrears, including salary, pension, provident fund, and other service benefits. P.G. Manu, a former government pleader, was found hanging at his rented house at Anandavali Swaram in Koolam in Kerala on Sunday, days after a video showing him apologising to a woman went viral on social media. Manu, accused of raping a client multiple times, was released on bail. He was accused of assaulting another woman during his bail period.
[00:01:04] Recently, visuals of Manu, who went to the complainant's house with his family, apologising to the woman had emerged. As per the complaint by the first survivor, Manu had sexually assaulted her when she approached him seeking legal consultation for a case she filed in 2018. Department of Homeland Security under the Donald Trump administration has said that foreign nationals who stay in the U.S. longer than 30 days must register with the government,
[00:01:39] and that failure to comply is a crime punishable by fines and imprisonment. The message read that President Trump's office and Krishinom, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, have a clear message to illegal aliens, that is leave now and self-deport. At least 21 people were killed and 83 others were wounded by a Russian ballistic missile strike in the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klomenko said.
[00:02:05] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack, which is one of the deadliest strikes on Ukraine this year, and called for a tough international reaction against Moscow. The Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court has criticized the police for procedural lapses, in the case involving actor Shine Tom Chaco, stating that the investigation was not conducted properly. The court's remarks were included in the verdict acquitting the actor. According to the court, the police failed to verify whether Shine and the four others accused had consumed cocaine.
[00:02:34] The seized substance was also not tested separately to identify its chemical components. Additionally, the body search of the first accused, a model, was conducted without the presence of a female gazetted officer, as mandated by law. That brings us to the end of this episode. Thanks for listening to Daily News Doze from OnManorama. This newscast is produced using AI Voice Tools. Follow OnManorama.com for detailed updates on the latest news, and be sure to come back tomorrow.