Kochi: Over 20 people were reportedly killed in a terror attack in the Baisaran Valley area of Pahalgam in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, Times of India said.Most of those targetted were tourists in visiting the meadows also known as “mini-Switzerland,” the reports said.The area is accessible only on foot or horseback due …
Kochi: Security has beefed up in Kerala High after getting an email saying that RDX has been placed in the Court premises, media reports said.Security agencies are inspecting the premises to ensure safetyThe High Court is presently in the middle of its month-long summer break, although four vacation benches of the Court (one division bench …
Kochi: A husband and wife were found murdered in their house at Thiruvathukkal in Kottayam on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Vijayakumar and his wife Meera.Vijayakumar was the owner of Indraprastham Auditorium and Tourist Home in Kottayam.The domestic help first saw the bodies lying in a pool of blood and alerted neighbours and the …
Kochi: Pope Francis, 88, passed away at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, the BBC, quoting Vatican news service, said.The Pope came in a wheelchair and appeared in St Peter’s Square to wish “Happy Easter” to thousands of worshippers.“His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church,” Cardinal …
Kochi: Crew of a Kerala government bus was booked for hitting a deer at Kalloor Muthanga in Wayanad, media reports said.The Scania bus from Thiruvananthapuram hit the animal early Saturday morning on National Highway 766.The was proceeding after dropping some passengers at the Sulthan Bathery KSRTC depot in the morning.The bus hit the last of …
Kochi:The United States Vice President J D Vance, wife Usha Vance and three children arrived in New Delhi on Monday morning.Vance led a team of key members of the US administration.Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw received them at the airport.Vance’s visit, until April 24, is expected to focus on enhancing strategic, economic, and defence ties between …
Kochi: Controversial actor Shine Tom Chacko was arrested by Police on Saturday in connection with alleged drug use, media reports said.Shine was booked under Sections 27 (consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances) and 29 (abetment and criminal conspiracy) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.Shine will be subjected to a medical examination …
Kochi: Controversial actor Shine Tom Chacko appeared before the Police on Saturday morning after remaining underground for a couple of days, media reports said.Shine arrived at the station flanked by his lawyer responding to police notice. The Ernakulam North Police had served notice at his house in Mundur as attempts to contact him over phone …
Kochi: Noted Interventional cardiologist Padmashri Dr Mathew Samuel Kalarickal, 77, known as the father of angioplasty in India passed away in Chennai on Friday, media reports saud.Dr Mathew had specialized in coronary angioplasty, carotid stenting, coronary stenting and rotablator atherectomy.Born on January 6, 1948, in Kottayam in Kerala, Dr Mathew chose to pursue medical profession …
Kochi: Christian Alliance and Association (CASA) for Social Action has extended its support to the new Wakf Act which has been challenged by many including the Muslim League in Supreme Court.CASA is the first outfit from Kerala to implead in the case to extend its support to the Act passed by the Parliament.CASA said the …
Kochi: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu police to book Forest Minister K Ponmudy for his controversial remarks against women and the faithful, media reports said.The court wondered why no action was taken against the minister for his comments made last week.Ponmudy was sacked as deputy general secretary of the DMK …
Kochi: Two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.7 and 6.4 hit Myanmar on Friday, media reports said.Bangkok in Thailand experienced strong tremors. A high-rise building in Chatuchak district was razed to the ground.Strong aftershocks were also felt in Meghalaya and several northeastern states, Bangladesh, and China’s southwest Yunnan province.Two labourers were killed and 30 others are still …
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed petitions challenging the Vigilance Court order on CMRL scam against those including Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and his daughter Veena Vijayan, media reports said.One of the petitioners is late Gireesh Babu who filed the revision petition in 2023 against the Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court order.Girish had sought a …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a chargesheet against former Kerala Minister K Babu of Congress in connection with a money laundering case, media reports said.The charge sheet was submitted before the a Special court in Kochi on Mondaybased on the case registered by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) in which the …
Kochi: Thodupuzha Soccer Club (TSC) is conducting a summer vacation coaching camp for boys and girls from 5 years to 17 years boys and at different places in Idukki.The camps will be held at TSS opposite to Sulabha supermarket at Vengalloor in Thodupuzha on April 1, at Newman College ground from April 2, and at …
Kochi: Amidst Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland, ruled by Denmark for about three centuries, US Vice-President J D Vance and wife Usha’s visit to the largest island on Friday has made it more controversial.The couple will go to the Pituffik Space Base to meet members of US forces stationed there, BBC quoted the …
Kochi: Frustrated by the unending war, a massive number of Gaza residents took to the streets seeking the exit of Hamas from power in Northern Gaza for restoring peace in the region, BBC reported.Hamas militants in masks dispersed the protesters by assaulting several of them who marched in Beit Lahia on Tuesday, chanting “out, out, …
Kochi: Former SFI leader Kasthuri Anirudhan, son of CPM leader A Anirudhan was elected president ofHindu Aikya Vedi (HAV) of Thiruvananthapuram unit.Kasthuri, who is the brother of former MP A Sampath of CPM, accused the Left parties of destroying Indian culture.Kasthuri also blamed the CPM for not correcting its mistakes.Kasthuri’s father A Anirudhan was a …
Kochi: A court in Kannur in Kerala on Monday sentenced eight CPM leaders including Kerala Chief Minister’s press secretary’s brother to life imprisonment for murdering a BJP worker K Suraj, 32, murder on August, 7, 2005.The Thalassery Principal Sessions convicted Manoraj, T K Rajeesh, N V Yogesh, K Shamjit, Manoraj, Sajeevan, Prabhakaran, K V Padmanabhan, …
Kochi:Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be the new chief of the BJP in Kerala which is going to polls in about one year, media reports said.The party’s central leadership suggested his name as the president of the party’s Kerala unit which is presently led by K Surendran.The core committee meeting of the party, chaired …
