Kochi: Attorneys in the US have cautioned Indian Green Card holders, particularly elderly individuals, not to succumb to pressures of US officials to sign Form I-407 which will srip one of permanent residency.One cannot be coerced into surrendering permanent residency unless it is surrendered voluntarily, an Indian origin US Attorney Ashwin Sharma told Times of …
Kochi: Israel conducted airstrikes on Gaza reportedly killing 220 people including a top Hamas security official, BBC reports said.One of those reportedly killed was Gaza’a highest-ranking Hamas security officialMahmoud Abu Wafah. Civilians, including children, have also been caught up in the attack.The attack comes after the failure of 72 hours of talks in Doha involving …
Kochi: Violence erupted in central Nagpur on Monday evening following rumours about burning of a religious book, media reports said.Protesters pelted stones and took to arson. Security forces used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd. Four persons were injured in the unrest.The tensions started after a group staged a protest demanding the removal …
Kochi: Noted Malayalam lyricist, poet, and scriptwriter Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, 78, passed away here on Monday.He was undergoing treatment at Medical Trust Hospital after suffering a heart attack last week.Gopalakrishnan penned over 700 songs for around 200 Malayalam films.Some of his popular songs include ‘naadan paattinte madiseela,’ ‘ilam manjin kulirumayoru,’ and ‘ashada masam’ among others.He wrote …
Kochi: An injured tiger that was on prowl in the human inhabited area in Vandiperiyar in Idukki district died due to injuries suffered due to bullets fired at it when it tried to attack the rescue mission on Monday, Asianet reported.The team comprising Vets fired the first tranquilizer which failed to send it to deep …
Kochi: LDF government in Kerala on Monday revoked ten conditions imposed for increasing the honorarium for ASHA workers who are agitating for over 36 days in support of their demands in Thiruvananthapuram.Thousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) intensified their stir by picketing the Secretariat on Monday.The government’s decision is one of the demands of …
Kochi: A tiger, that strayed into human habitation area in Vandiperiyar, was captured and taken to the tiger care centre in Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady on Monday.The Forest staff and health team had zeroed in on the tiger in Grambi using drones and other gadgets on Sunday.The tiger was sedated by firing shots by …
Kochi: Kerala High Court quashed the Kerala government’s decision to set up a Judicial Commission to probe into Munambam, media reports said.The court verdict came while hearing a petition of Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi.The court observed that there was no public interest involved in the matter to set up a commission.The government failed to give proper …
Kochi: Four persons were arrestedfor transporting “methamphetamine (MDMA) tablets worth Rs 88 crore” in Assam’s Imphal and Guwahati zones on Sunday.The accused involved in it were part of the “international drug cartel”.Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the government will show“No mercy for drug cartels. Accelerating the Modi govt’s march to build …
Kochi: Tornadoes killed atleast 34 people in the US after gusts tore through several south-eastern states, flipping cars and flattening homes, media reports said.Over 55 vehicles were involved in a crash due to a dust storm that tripped power supplies in over 250,000 homes in seven states like Michigan, Missouri and Illinois.Tornado warning has been …
Kochi: A total of 37.87 kg of MDMA, worth Rs 75 crore, was seized fromtwo South African women.The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths of Mangaluru City Police made the seize believed to be the largest in its history, a top police official told reporters in Bengaluru.The accused are Bamba Fanta, alias Adonis Jabulile, 31, and …
Kochi: The US made air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen in retribution to the militant outfit’s attack on shipping in the Red Sea as the reason, BBC reported.“Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies,” US President Trump wrote on his Truth social platform.“Their …
Kochi: Most wanted terrorist, Abu Qatal, of outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in Pakistan on Saturday night, media reports said.Unidentified gunmen killed Qatal, who is the Nephew of Hafiz Saeed who co-founded LeT, was involved in multiple attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. A close aide of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Qatal was …
Kochi: Stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams and other workmates are likely to return to earth from the International Space Station (ISS) soon as NASA and SpaceX have launched a rocket to ferry them back home.A new replacement to them on the ISS was sent on the rocket Falcon9 launched by Spacex and NASA.Sunita and …
Kochi:Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) allegedly made a suicide attack on a military camp in the Tank District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, media reports saidThe TTP is a militant group operating along the Afghan-Pakistan border,Pakistan army killed eight to nine militants following the suicide attack.Militants attempted to attack the Jandola checkpost but were stopped by …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has summoned CPM Parliamentarian K Radhakrishnan in connection with the Karuvannur Cooperative bank scam in Thrissur in Kerala.Radhakrishnan was directed to appear at ED’s Kochi office yesterday. Since he is in New Delhi in connection with the Parliament session, he could not turn up for the questioning.Radhakrishnan was the …
Kochi: Thousands of women offered Pongala to Attukal Amma at Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.Lighting of the ‘Pandara Aduppu’, the symbolic stove, signaled the beginning of Pongala at 10.15 am.The fire was ignited in the presence of Tantri Parameswaran Vasudevan Bhattathiripad, Melshanthi V Muraleedharan Namboothiri then transferred the lamp from the sanctum sanctorum to the Pongala stove.Pongala …
Kochi: Pakistani army rescued 300 passengers of the Jaffar Express which was seized by Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)on Tuesday, media reports said.A total of 33 militants and 21 hostages were killed in the incident.BLA killed 50 security personnel and took 214 people hostage, including passengers and active-duty personnel.BLA issued a 48 hours ultimatum to release …
Kochi: Going on a defensive mode, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hosted a breakfast meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman at New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss financial issues facing the state.After failing to make any impact through his frequent jibes against the BJP-led central government, Vijayan seems to have realised the need to …
Kochi: Militants attacked a train in Balochistan in Pakistan taking a number of passengers hostage, BBC reported.There were over 400 passengers in theJaffar Express Train going to Peshawar from Quetta.The separatist group bombed the track before taking the train under its control.At least 16 militants have been killed and 104 passengers rescued as of Wednesday …
