Kochi: Lionel Messi scored his first-ever World Cup hat-trick to lead defending champions Argentina to 3-0 victory against Algeria.Debuting in World Cup 20 years back in 2006 in Germany, the 38-year-old struck his 61st hat-trick and his 11th for Argentina.Messi is the second player after Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo to score in five different editions of …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump has said the Strait of Hormuz will open “toll-free” under the US’s deal with Iran to end the war.Speaking at the G7 Summit in France, Trump said “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, that’s what it says… That’s about 99.9 percent of what I wanted.”The deal had already been …
Kochi: Five people have fallen victim to Shigella infection in Kerala where 146 shigella cases have been recorded between January and June.Seventy cases were reported in June.Kozhikode is the worst-affected district where 22 cases were reported in June. Two deaths were reported in Kozhikode, India Today reported.Malappuram recorded nine cases and two deaths, while Thrissur …
Kochi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was slapped while his party was participating in a protest in support of its demands in Jaipur in Rajasthan on Monday.It held a demonstration at the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur demanding among other things the resignation of Pradhan on NEET bungling, NDTV reported.Reacting to the assault, Dipke …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump has claimed success in agreeing Iran to make a peace deal with Washington on Friday.Trump said he had achieved something that others before him had failed to do.“This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region,” he writes on Truth Social, BBC reported.“With the opening of the …
Kochi: Iran has expressed doubt over the success of its peace deal with the US on Sunday in the wake of fresh Israeli strikes on a centre run by the Teheran-backed group Hezbollah in Beirut.Iran’s chief negotiator accused the US of failing to honour its commitments to rein in Israel, BBC reported.The attack on Beirut …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Sunday fumed at three Vice Chancellors participating in an RSS event where RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat gave a lecture. The Vice Chancellors Mohanan Kunnummal of University of Kerala, C R Prasad of Malayalam University and Mavoothu Duraipandi of Mahatma Gandhi University were those criticised by Satheesan.“This is …
Kochi: VISA applications of four out of 15 members of Iran’s World Cup delegation were cleared while 11 members will not be allowed to travel to the US.Out of the 15 members initially denied US visas, 10 submitted fresh applications after arriving in Mexico.Four of those appeals, including a technical staff and two officials from …
Kochi: The US and Iran will sign a deal to end the aggression in the Middle East on Sunday, President Donald Trump has said.The Strait of Hormuz would be “open to all” once the deal is agreed, Trump said in a post on social media, BBC reported.“We will have to wait and see about the …
Kochi: A judge of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday recused from hearing the plea seeking a probe into alleged illegal access of memory card containing visuals of the actor abuse case of February 17, 2017, media reports said.Two judges of the Kerala High Court have recused themselves from hearing the plea.The first judge avoided …
Kochi: Drishyam fame across Ansiba Hassan’s complaints against actor Lakshmipriya and a woman Sub-Inspector rejected by the police for lack of merit, media reports said.Investigators found no evidence of police illegally detaining her and inflicting mental harassment.The complaints were investigated by the Thrikkakara Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) after Ansiba made a complaint withthe Chief …
Kochi: Thalaivar Rajinikanth’s son-in-law Vishakhan has joined K Annamalai’s ‘We The Leader’ which has become popular in a short duration.The move has sent a message across the state that the movement has the blessings of Rajinikanth whose daughter Soundarya is wife ofVishakhan who is an actor and pharma company entrepreneur.Annamalai’s movement drew 15 lakh enrollment …
Kochi: A KSRTC bus driver and conductor of Neyyattinkara-Kannur Superfast bus were terminated for violating rules at 3 pm on June 4.The Chairman and Managing Director Pramoj Shankar said both the driver and conductor on duty on board the Neyyattinkara-Kannur Superfast service have been terminated, media reports said.The Department is conducting further investigation into the …
Kochi: Despite asking Israel to halt aggression against Iran, the US attacked Iranian defence systems after an American helicopter was downed over the Strait of Hormuz.Describing it as retaliatory strikes on Iran,Firas Maksad, managing director of the Middle East and North Africa Eurasia told BBC that the action was a tit-for-tat between the US and …
Kochi: Amidst country wide drive against illegal Bangladesh nationals, Kerala Police nabbed a 30-year-old Salma Kathul at Kanhangad in Kasaragod.She had entered India using fake documents. On reaching Kolkata, she got fake Aadhaar and PAN card and sneaked into Kerala where she was working in a hotel in Malappuram district, Manorama News reported.There she befriended …
Kochi: The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) is witnessing unrest which has claimed 11 lives, including for cops, following a ban on Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), media reports said.JAAC, a civil society alliance, is up in arms demanding cancellation of a decision to reserve seats in the 45-member legislative assembly for refugees who reside elsewhere in …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) summoned Kerala Opposition Leader’s daughter Veena Vijayan to appear before it in connection with the Money Laundering case on June 12, media reports said. Summons have been served on eight officials of CMRL, including its chairman and managing director Sasidharan Kartha.Earlier Veena was asked by the ED to transfer …
Kochi: Twenty three parties of the I.N.D.I.A Bloc sans Aam Aadmi Party and DMK met at Constitution Club in New Delhi on Monday to discuss future course of action.The meeting resolved to write to the Chief Justice of India over their concerns related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said the letter, …
Kochi: An oil tanker with 24 crew on board came under attack while sailing towards the port of Duqm in Oman, media reports said.The vessel sent a distress message that the vessel MARIVEX was on fire and at risk of sinking.The incident comes against the backdrop of mounting security concerns across West Asia after Iran …
Kochi: Israel has announced striking targets inwestern and central Iran, after Iran attacked Israel as a retribution to Tel Aviv’s attacks on Iran backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, BBC reported.US President Donald Trump had urged Israel to keep off from retaliating for the Iranian strikes, BBC quoting Fox News reported.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warnrd …
