Kochi: The death of a 30-year-old nun Mary Mercy of an Italian Convent coming under the Diocese of Jalandhar in Faridkot in Punjab has kicked up suspicion among her relatives who have sought a probe into it. In a complaint to the Alappuzha district collector, her father John Joseph of Arthungal claimed that there was …
Kochi: A few selfless people have come forward to eradicate the destructive Giant African snails even as the government agencies may have failed to deal with it. A panchayat ward in Muhamma is offering free tickets on Kochi Metro for ten people for destroying maximum snails. The offer that started on December 1 is open …
Kochi: Interior designer Shaiju Thankachan chased the models with the ill intention of persuading them to stay in Kochi, police said. According to the city police commissioner C H Nagaraju, the models’ car met with an accident only because Shaiju chased them. Besides the models, another person was also killed in the accident.Shaiju was a drug …
Kochi: Two youths were killed after consuming illicit liquor at Irinjalakuda in Thrissur. Nishant, 43, died yesterday while Biju, 42, died today at Thrissur Medical College. The two consumed the suspicious drink at a shop owned by one of them, media reports said. After the two collapsed, they were rushed to taluk hospital where Biju …
Kochi: Amid protests by the Opposition, the Parliament passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill by voice vote today. On the first day of the winter session, Lok Sabha witnessed protests by the Opposition demanding discussion on the bill. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury flayed the government for passing bills without discussion. The Speaker adjourned the …
Kochi: Models’ death case in a road crash has reached a crucial stage with police getting vital inputs from Shaiju Thankachan who had chased them before the died in an accident in Kochi. Police have retrieved evidence from the mobile phone of Shaiju, who is an interior designer, and was a habitual visitor to places …
Kochi: The BJP has bulldozed the opposition in the local body elections in Tripura. Out of 334 seats, BJP won 329 seats, while Trinamool Congress got one seat, CPM 3 and TIPR one. Elections were held on November 25. The BJP won 112 seats unopposed. In the Agartala municipal council elections, BJP won all the …
Kochi: Refusing to implement the uniform mode of Holy Mass, a section of priests laid siege to Thrissur Bishop Mar Andrews Thazhath. Police were camping in the area to maintain law and order. The controversy over adopting the new system had been brewing for the past few months with the Vatican setting the deadline to …
Kochi: Kerala is the least poor state while Bihar stands at the lowest rung as per the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) of the Niti Aayog. The MPI of Kerala is 0.71 percent, Goa 3.76 percent, Sikkim 3.82 percent, Tamil Nadu 4.89 percent, Punjab 5.59 percent. The state with highest MPI is Bihar 51.91 percent, Jharkhand …
Kochi: State governments across the country have gone on alert mode after Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting to discuss the new variant of COVID 19 Omicron.Chairing a high level meeting, Modi asked officials to review plans to ease travel restrictions from different countries, media reports said. As the World Health Organization has …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that a campaign is on by Sangh Parivar to polarise the country in the name of communal lines. Straying away from the principles of modern democracy, efforts are on to divide the country in the name of religion, he said inaugurating an area committee meeting at …
Kochi: Police today arrested Shaiju Thankachan who chased in a luxury car former Miss Kerala Anci Kabeer and Anjana Shajan’s car which crashed killing them. Shaiu was questioned after the accident and let off. When police summoned him for further questioning, Shaiju failed to appear. He moved the court seeking anticipatory bail when police detained …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to cut 15 trees to take up reinforcement work in Baby dam in Mullaperiyar. Tamil Nadu said that the officials of the two states jointly conducted an inspection of Mullaperiyar on June 21 and decided to cut 15 trees, media reports said. It also presented …
Kochi: Controversial cop C L Sudheer was suspended after the Chief Minister talked with the parents of Mofiya who committed suicide alleging dowry and police harrasment. Pinarayi Vijayan talked to Mofiya’s father and mother over phone and assured them of a suitable action against Sudheer who ill treated Mofiya when she went to police station. …
Kochi: Popular lyricist of yesteryear Bichu Thirumala, 80, died of heart attack at Thiruvananthapuram inthe wee hours today. Born in Sasthamangalam in Thiruvananthapuram, BSivasankaran Nair became Bichu Thirumala following his entry into the film world. He graduated from the Thiruvananthapuram Arts College in 1970. His first film was Bhajagovindam 1972 which was unfortunately not released. …
Kochi: Kerala High Court has warned to indict responsible engineers who fail to lay good quality roads in the city. Coming down heavily on the engineers, the court said if they did not know the work they should make way for the talented ones waiting outside for employment. Hearing petitions on the deplorable condition of …
Kochi: Two-way traffic through South India’s longest six lane tunnel was opened at Kuthiran in Thrissur on Thursday. This will help the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to complete the work of the second tunnel planned for commissioning next year. Clearing of earth from the NH 544 conventional road to Palakkad will begin only …
Kochi: Hours after the suicide of an LLB student Mofiya Parveen, her husband Mohammad Suhail, 27, father Yusuf 63, and mother Ruqiya, 55 have been arrested by the police. The accused were produced before the Aluva Judicial First Class Magistrate who remanded them to 14 days judicial custody. They were shifted to Kakkanad jail. The …
Kochi: There are reports of the Centre planning to sell a part of its stakes in the Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank this Parliament session. The banking laws (amendment) bill 2021 is likely to be introduced in the winter session to offload 51 per cent of stakes in the banks, media reports …
Kochi: Over one year after being illegally deprived from their new born son, Anupama Chandran and her partner Ajith were united with their son at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The legal union was made possible after the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram passed the relevant order restoring Anupama, her child fathered by Ajith who was still married to …
