Kochi: A video of a stray dog intruding into the sanitised zone of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi is becoming viral. The security driving it away and the dog continuing to loiter in the vicinity of the Chief Minister is worth watching. At a time when Kerala is groping in the dark …
Kochi: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested six persons in connection with the rape and murder of two minor Dalit girls in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and other offences including section 302 of the IPC. The accused were identified as …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan continued to stand firm against the LDF government’s intervention in university matters. Khan said that he would not allow the government to make any illegal appointments in universities in the state. The Governor said that he was not a rubber stamp and that he would not allow the state …
Kochi: BCCI president Saurav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah could continue in officeas the Supreme Court allowed the BCCI to remove a law that prevented them from continuing in office for completing six years, media reports said. A BCCI law called the ‘cooling off’ period prevented them from continuing in their positions after completing two …
Kochi: In a major blow to the Congress, eight Congress MLAs in Goa joined the BJP on Wednesday bringing down the strength of Congress to three in the assembly. There were eleven Congress members in the Goa assembly. The defectors included former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, leader of Opposition Micheal Lobo, wife Delilah Lobo, Kedar …
Kochi: Passengers and crew members of a Kochi-bound Air India Express flight had a providential escape due to timely detection of smoke in the aircraft before take off from the Muscat International Airport today. A total of 141 passengers including children and six crew members were evacuated through the safety slides of the IX-442 aircraft, …
Kochi: After meeting for the first time on the sets of ‘Fukrey’ in 2012, actors Richa Chadda, 36, and Ali Fazal, 35, have decided to become life partners, media reports said. After dating for about seven years, Fazal of ‘Three Idiots’ fame, first proposed to Richa in 2019 and they decided to get married in …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and a few ministers are planning to make foreign trips to Britain, France, Norway and Finland to emulate foreign model Tourism Minister Mohammad Riyas is soon visiting Paris in connection with the French Travel Mart. Pinarayi Vijayan will be accompanied by Education Minister V Sivankutty and other officials during …
Kochi: Noted film director and mentor of French film industry, Jean-Luc Godard, 91, died on Tuesday, media reports said. The Franco-Swiss film personality introduced to the French film industry new technology of film making in the 1960s. Godard, who is popular for classics such as “Breathless” and “Contempt”, broke with the established conventions of French …
Kochi: In a blow to Kerala legislator K T Jaleel, a Delhi court has directed the police to register a case against him for his controversial remarks on Kashmir. The court gave the direction while hearing a petition filed by one G S Mani whose complaint against the former state minister Jaleel was pending unattended …
Kochi: An unbeaten 71 by Bhanuka Rajapaksa and 36 by Hasaranga helped Sri Lanka to beat formidable rival Pakistan by 23 runs to lift the Asia Cup title in the finals in Dubai International Stadium tonight. Put into bat by Pakistan,Sri Lanka made 170 for six even as it lost quick wickets in the early …
Kochi: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that Jammu and Kashmir has little chance of getting special status back. He said some parties were “misleading people” by offering false promises of fetching back the Special Status which was scrapped by the Parliament three years back. Addressing a public meeting in Baramulla in North …
Kochi: The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, MP, is arming the BJP to fire new salvos at him with the latest being his meeting with a controversial Christian priest George Ponnaiah whose remarks have helped the saffron party to trigger a new controversy. The video of Rahul meeting with George is …
Kochi: The 73-year-old Charles has been formally proclaimed as king of the United Kingdom. He acceded to the throne after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.He becomes the head of the state of not only the UK, but also 14 other commonwealth countries including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. He was proclaimed King …
Kochi: Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the Super 4 Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium on Friday. Sri Lanka made a shaky beginning losing two wickets in just two runs. But they managed to bounce back to hit 124 for five in 12 overs chasing a winning total of 122 set by …
Kochi: Ahead of divestment in Container Corporation of India, the Centre has cleareda revised railway leasing policy that would facilitate it to rent out its land for a longer period for storing cargo at budget rate. This is likely to help integrated development of infrastructure and creation of more cargo terminals that would help the …
Kochi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered tributes to his father and late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur near Chennai before flagging off the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu today. Rahul, who was the president of the party, will lead the 3,570 kms to Kashmir with the message to strengthen the country’s …
Kochi: Liz Truss took over as the 57th Prime Minister of the UK on Tuesday after Queen Elizabeth II made the appointment at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. Truss, who was the Foreign Minister, became the third women to occupy the post after Borris Johnson lost support of many ministers including Rishi Sunak who was the rival to …
Kochi: Poor fielding cost India the T-20 match against Pakistan who won the match by 5 wickets in the Asia Cup in Dubai International Stadium. Winning the toss, Pakistan decided to bowl and found it tough to tackle openers K L Rahul and Rohit Sharma who laid a commendable score by hitting 28 each. Regaining …
Kottayam: Educator and Women’s rights activist Mary Roy, 89, died here today. She was ailing for some time. Roy shot to fame after her successful legal fight against gender-biased discriminatory laws that denied rights for women in Syrian Christians in Kerala. It was the 1986 landmark ruling of the Supreme Court that saw her winning the …
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