Kochi: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of conducting safe and legal abortion process for women without any discrimination within 24 weeks of pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act. The court ruled that any distinction between a married and an unmarried woman in this regard is unconstitutional, media reports said. The …
Kochi: India won the first T20 match against South Africa by eight wickets at the Greenfield stadium in Thiruvananthapuram today. India made 110 for two in 16.4 overs chasing the winning target of 107 runs. K L Rahul hit a powerful 51 and Suryakumar Yadav 50. They two remained unbeaten.India made 110 for two in …
Kochi: The new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is Ltd Gen Anil Chauhan (Retired). The post is getting filled ten months after the death of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash. Lt Gen Chauhan will function as secretary to the government of India, department of military affairs, media reports quoting the defence ministry …
Kochi: NIA conducted more raids against Popular Front across the country detaining several activists and leaders today, media reports said. This is the second phase of operation against the outfit in eight states from where a large number of leaders, activists and sympathisers were reportedly taken into custody. Unconfirmed reports claimed that at least 200 …
Kochi: A total of 221 Popular Front of India and SDPI leaders were arrested during sudden raids conducted across the state today. The raids were conducted in the offices and houses of leaders in many districts mainly Alappuzha, Palakkad and Wayanad. With today’s arrests the total number of those arrested has gone up to 1,809 …
Kochi: The debt-ridden KSRTC has appealed to the Kerala High Court to make good the losses of Rs 5.06 crore suffered by it during the hartal called by Popular Front of India the other day. The KSRTC said that the losses include damage suffered by the buses and loss of revenue for not operating services …
Kochi: The Centre has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for five years after finding their activities unlawful, media reports said. The government has declared the ban under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Some of PFI’s founding members were leaders of the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and had …
Kochi: Yesteryear Bollywood superstar, Asha Parekh has won the 52nd Dadasaheb Phalke award 2020 for her outstanding contribution to the film industry. It will be presented during the 68th National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on Friday. This was announced by the Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur, media reports said. Asha Parekh was the …
Kochi: A blogger and youtuber, Kiran Anand Namboodiri, is the new head priest of the famous Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayur in Thrissur. An ayurveda doctor by profession, Kiran, 34, operated a clinic in Moscow for six months. He was also in Dubai for sometime. Kiran did his studies from Coimbatore Ayurveda Pharmacy. Kiran is …
Kochi: The NIA will file lookout notices against Abdul Sathar and C Rauf of the Popular Front of India (PFI) for their alleged role in terror activities in the country, media reports said. The notice will be served to Sattar, PFI State General Secretary and Rauf, secretary, in the NIA court Kochi once the agency …
Kochi: Kerala University Vice Chancellor has defied the Governor’s ultimatum to identify a senate member by today for the search committee formed to select the new Vice Chancellor of the University. The VC has written a letter along with the resolution of the senate which said the Governor’s decision to set up the search committee …
Kochi: The crisis-gripped Congress in Rajasthan is struggling to make Rajesh Pilot Chief Minister in place of Ashok Gehlot who had announced his decision to fight the party president election. With Pilot all set to take over charge, suddenly situation changes as the Gehlot faction publicly opposed Pilot’s candidature even as Gehlot feigned ignorance over …
Kochi: Senior Congress leader Aryadan Mohammad, 87, passed away at a hospital in Kozhikode on Sunday. Aryadan was in the ICU for the last few days for treatment of infection. Aryadan Mohammad was in Congress from 1952 and remained with it for the last seven decades. He became minister four times and was elected to …
Kochi: India won the T20 series against Australia 2-1 by winning the final match by six wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Winning the toss India decided to ball. Batting first Australia made 186 for 7 in 20 overs.T David hit 54 and Green 52 for Australia. Axar Patel took 3 …
Kochi: Six days after attacking and abusing a father, his daughter and her friend, four employees of the sinking KSRTC are evading arrest with the police not getting any hint of their whereabouts even as the Kerala High Court has expressed concern over the matter. Mohammad Sharif, Station Master, S R Suresh Kumar, duty guard, …
Kochi: Police raided a hypermarket at Thana in Kannur following reports about some of its promoters alleged links with Popular Front of India (PFI) activities, media reports said. The police seized computers, mobile phones and other articles. The police also raided a cloth shop at Prabhat junction. The raids are on in different places including …
Kochi: Even as decks are cleared for the coronation of Sachin Pilot as the next Chief Minister of Rajasthan, supporters of the present Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot are divided on the matter. Even as Gehlot is a formidable candidate for the post of party presidentship, the presence of Shashi Tharoor and Maneesh Tiwari has made …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has ruled that the state government should decide how it was going to recover the losses suffered by the KSRTC from the sponsors of the hartal called by the Popular Front of India (PFI) on Friday. The court directed the government to give a report before October 17 when the …
Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that the PFI had plotted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Patna in July and planned to target some key people and places in Uttar Pradesh, media reports said. The outfit had organised a training camp to launch an attack during Prime Minister’s visit to Patna, the ED …
Kochi: A total of 157 cases were registered, 170 arrested and 368 persons taken into preventive custody for violence carried out during the PFI hartal in Kerala called to protest against the arrest of its leaders by the NIA. Kottayam topped with 87 arrests, Wayanad 22 and Malapuram only 19. The areas with zero arrest …
