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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Kochi: After presenting the youngest Mayor for Thiruvananthapuram, the CPM has made another history by making a teenager CPM branch secretary in Kollam. The 20-year-old Arya Rajendran was made capital city mayor last year breaking all past practices. Similarly, S Shubhalakshmi, 19, has been made the new leader of the Vilakkuvettom branch. The branch comes …
Kochi: Water was released for the fifth time in the history of Idukki Dam today making October a special month as far as the dam is concerned. Four times water was released in the month of October and only once in August in 2018.Water was first released on October 29, 1981 after the dam was …
Kochi: Four persons have been reportedly died in Idukki and Kottayam due to the heavy rains on Saturday, reports said. Three persons were reported to have died in Plappally in Koottickal village due to landslides in Kottayam, reports said. Ten persons have been reported missing in the Koottickal village area. Several areas have been marooned in …
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Kochi: A organization named Nihang Sikh has owned up the responsibility of brutally killing a man on the Haryana-Delhi Singhu border where farmers were protesting against centre’s farm laws. Saravjeet Singh surrendered before the police in Haryana on Friday evening claiming that he had killed Lakhbir Singh, 30, and severed his one hand, media reports …
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Kochi: Panic spread in the state as media flashed news about a blue alert being sounded in Idukki following water level in Idukki Dam touching 2,390.86 ft mark against its full reservoir level of 2,403 ft today. The KSEB has said that there was no need to panic as a blue alert is sounded as …
