Kochi: Former Kerala Chief Minister Velikkakathu Sankaran, Achuthanandan, 102, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram today, media reports saidAchuthanandan was ailing for sometime now. He was admitted to the hospital on June 23 after suffering a heart attack.The veteran communist leader was born on October 20, 1923 to Sankaran and Accamma Punnapra in …
Kochi: The Bombay High Court on Monday set free 12 persons who were convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case that killed 180 people and injured many, media reports said.Absolving them in the July 11, 2006,case, a division bench of the court observed that the prosecution had “utterly failed” to prove the case against …
Kochi: Old government structures in Kerala continue to cave in with the latest being one at a school in Alappuzha on a holiday on Sunday due to which there were no students, Asianet News reported.A portion of the over century old school slumped even as there were no students in the school due to holiday.The …
Kochi: Fourteen people lost their lives in floods and landslides due to heavy rain in South Korea, BBC reported.Twelve people were reported missing. People were badly hit by landslides in Gapyeong, central Chungcheong region.Much of the destruction has been in the country’s south. Roads and buildings were damaged and submerged and there were reports of …
Kochi: Even as India is inching close to launching bullet trains, it has failed to ensure safety of travellers who lodge complaints on Railmadad on issues like excess charge as it happened on board a train to Vaishnodevi, media reports said.Agents of the blacklisted catering company zeroed in on the passenger who was pulled down …
Kochi: The Union Government on Friday pleaded to the Supreme Court to permit only the relatives of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya to negotiate with the victim’s kin for clemency of Nimisha who is on a death row.The Attorney General R Venkataramaniargued that involvement of others in the negotiations will not be fruitful.Appearing on behalf of …
Kochi: A Hindu boy, who married a Muslim, has accused his in-laws of coercing him to embrace Islam illegally in Gadag in Karnataka, Times of India reported.In his police complaint, Vishalkumar said he and his lover Tahashin registered their marriageon November 26, 2024 under the Special Marriage Act in Gadag,without informing anyone.However, his mother-in-law and …
Kochi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered floral tributes to former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on his second death anniversary at his resting place in Puthuppally in Kottayam today, media reports said. Thousands gathered at St George Orthodox Church at Puthupally in the rubber city of Kottayam to …
Kochi: A railway ticket examiner Akhil Joseph, 35, was arrested with 2.63gm of MDMA and 3.76 gm of hashish oil on Wednesday, Manorama reports said.Residing at Edappally in Ernakulam,Joseph was arrested near Bolgatty Palace by the District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force (DANSAF) led by ACP K A Abdul Salam.Akhil was under the anti-narcotics cell’s radar …
Kochi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with admission process of the Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) entrance exam, media reports said.However, the division bench of the apex court agreed to examine the broader legal issue of changing standardisation formulas on an another day.The court was hearing a plea by Kerala State Board …
Kochi: India’s Shubanshu Shukla and fellow Axiom-4 Dragon spacecraft returned to earth after their spacecraft splashed down in San Diego, California, media reports said.Shukla, Peggy Whitson, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary exited the spacecraft.The spacecraft made a splashdown in California today at 3 pm.The spacecraft undocked the Harmony module of International …
Kochi: There are reports of the Yemen authorities postponing the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya who was sentenced to capital punishment for killing her Yemeni business partner in 2017, according to Asianet News.The Union government has confirmed the reports even as her family has not got any intimation in this regard, the report said.India’s …
Kochi: The high-security Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala witnessed accidental gun shoton Monday, media reports said.There were no reports of any casualties. Official sources said the accidental discharge occurred when a grade sub-inspector was reportedly cleaning his weapon which was pointed downward due to which the bullet hit the floor.An internal inquiry has …
Kochi: Thodupuzha Soccer School will conduct trials for football scholarships at 10 am on July 20.Those born between 2011 and 2013 can apply. For details contact 9447522815/8606364223
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister has appealed to the Prime Minister to save murder accused Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya from death penalty in Yemen on July 16, media reports said.In his letter, Pinarayi Vijayan urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use diplomatic channels with Yemen to avert Nimisha’s execution.Hailing from Kollengode in Palakkad, Nimisha was …
Kochi: Kerala BJP leader C Sadanandan Master, described as ‘living martyr’ by BJP, has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India.Sadanandan got the ‘living martyr’ tag after he lost two of his legs in a RSS-CPM clash in 1994.Born into a Leftist family in politically sensitive Kannur district, a stronghold of …
Kochi: The Congress is planning to prepare a strategy to discuss issues like privatisation of the nuclear sector, Pahalgam terror attack, revision of electoral rolls in Bihar among others in the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 21.The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) will meet at CPP leader Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath residence on July …
Kochi: Even as Congress has ignored its MP Shashi Tharoor’s tirade against the party, a Catholic priest took umbrage to the former diplomat’s article, media reports said. Fr Jose Vallikkatt based at Bhatinda in Punjab, said took to social media to flay Tharoor and Deepika, a Catholic Church managed publication. Fr Jose Vallikkatt, maintained that …
Kochi: Continuing his “coercive expatriation” rhetoric, President Donald Trump warned to strip off the citizenship of his longtime rival Rosie O’Donnell on Saturday, CNN reported. “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship,” Trump wrote on …
Kochi: It is a saga of unending miseries for a family in Kerala’s Palakkad district where a freak explosion killed two siblings whose father died a month back due to ailments, media reports said. The two children and their mother suffered serious burn injuries when their car caught fire at Polpully near Chittur on Friday …
