Kochi: A retired Supreme Court judge will head the expert committee to probe into the Pegasus phone tapping issue. In its order, the Supreme Court said. Justice R V Ravindran will head the committee that will probe into allegations of use of Pegasus software for alleged unauthorised surveillance, media reports said. The Court said that Justice Raveendran …
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Sameer Khan was arrested in an alleged drug case Kochi: The NCB is going to seek cancellation of bail of Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik’s. son-in-law Sameer Khan on charges of violating bail conditions. The move comes in the wake of Malik levelling extortion charges against NCB director Sameer Wankhede, media reports said. Malik had also said that Wankhede …
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Kochi: With Kerala demanding reduction of maximum permissible water level in Mullaperiyar dam at 139 feet, the Supreme Court has directed the expert committee to spell out the safe level that can be maintained in the dam. The court directed the two states to behave responsibly and prevent any dangerous situation. Tamil Nadu informed the court …
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Kochi: In a shocking incident, a teenager has landed in police custody for allegedly trying to rape a college girl at Kondotty in Malapuram on Monday. The 15-year-old has admitted to have committed the crime, media reports said. He is a resident of the locality. According to police, the boy’s intention was to rape the girl. The …
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Kochi: In a new twist to the reported missing case of Anupama’s child, a court stayed the legal procedures pertaining to the adoption of the child. The Thiruvananthapuram Family Court said that before winding up the legal procedures of adoption, the veracity of the child’s biological mother’s claim should be ascertained. The court wanted to know …
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Kochi: Crash of cardamom prices has put the growers in Kerala in dire straits, Kerala Congress working chairman P C Thomas has said. The situation is really disturbing and the central and the state governments should come to the aid of the farmers before the situation goes out of control, the former Union Minister said …
Kochi: It has been four years since Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, popularly known as I V Sasi, passed away creating a huge vacuum in the Malayalam film industry. A daring director, Sasi broke all the conventions and traditions of filmmaking in the Malayalam film industry. Born on 28 March 1948 in West Hill near Kozhikode, Sasi …
Kochi: After facing five consecutive losses against India in ICC T-20 world cups, Pakistan is looking forward to breaking the jinx in their inaugural match in the T-20 ICC world cup in Dubai on Sunday. All the five matches were won under the leadership of M S Dhoni. It remains to be seen what strategy …
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Kochi: In a sudden turn of events, a witness has come forward disputing left activist Anupama S Chandran claim that her newborn baby was taken away by her father without her knowledge. The person who claims to be the witness is the first wife of Anupama’s partner Ajith. Anupama and Ajith today conducted a sit-in …
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Kochi: Congress government’s decision to probe into its former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s association with Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam has exposed the party’s vindictive attitude against a longtime Congressman and the move is likely to boomerang on the party. The decision also seems to be a blunder as the matter is likely to …
Kochi: The Customs have filed a chargesheet against 29 accused, including the former principal secretary to the chief minister, in connection with the gold smuggling case. Customs said that the principal secretary M Sivasankar, 29th accused, was aware of the smuggling happening through diplomatic channels, media reports said. The Customs filed the chargesheet at the …
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Kochi: It is a war in a leftist family over the child of a woman who is accusing her father of handing over her newborn baby boy to the government agency by hoodwinking her. The child is said to have been adopted by a couple in Andhra Pradesh. The reason why the CPM family of Anupama …
Thrissur: South Indian Bank has announced the Q2 FY 22 results with a net loss of Rs. 187.06 Crore as against Net Profit of Rs. 65.09 Crore during the corresponding period of the previous year. The details of Q2 loss was released by the bank here in press release on October 21 here. Bank declared …
o India becomes the second country after China to cross 1 billion vaccine o China has administered 2.24 billion vaccine Kochi: In a major achievement, India completed vaccinating 100-crore people against coronavirus on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that this was due to the collective effort of the countrymen among others. Modi attributed the achievement …
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Sameer’s wife Kranti Redker wrote a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday, seeking justice in the wake of the “attack on her family and her personal life”. She posted the letter on her Twitter handle Kochi: NCB director Sameer Wankhede, on Thursday, sought protection from Bombay High Court against any vindictive action by the state …
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Kochi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was in Shah Rukh Khan’s Mumbai house in connection with his son Aryan Khan’s drug-related case, media reports said. It is not known the purpose of the visit even as there are various speculations making rounds about it. A leading English daily broke the news about the presence of the …
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Kochi: Coming to the aid of PWD Minister Mohammad Riyas, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that there are no differences in party on the issue of MLAs bringing contractors along with them to ministers. Riyas had said in the assembly that the MLAs need not introduce contractors to the ministers. Pinarayi said that what Riyas had stated …
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o The prosecution claimed strong evidence from Aryan’s WhatsApp chats allegedly showing links with an international cartel. Kochi: Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was denied bail by a court in Mumbai in a drug-related case on Wednesday. Aryan Khan, 23, who was arrested on October 2 aboard a cruise sailing to Goa from Mumbai, …
Kochi: Has the CPM firebrand youth leader A N Shamsheer, MLA, invited the wrath of the party for taking a dig at high profile PWD Minister P A Mohammad Riyas. Shamsheer had lost his cool the other day at the Parliamentary party meeting at Thiruvananthapuram where he took exception to Riyas’ statement in the assembly …
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Kochi: Red alert has been sounded in Idukki even as the authorities are planning to release water from Idukki, Idamalayar and Pamba dams on Tuesday morning. The water level in Idukki dam is 2,397.86 feet against its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) 2,403 today. Water will be discharged through three shutters of Cheruthony dam which is the only …
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