Kochi: Venad Express (16302) will skip Ernakulam junction from May 1 as part of railways plans to streamline train services in the sector, media reports said. Shortage of platform and unnecessary delay in changing of engine in Ernakulam junction are the main reasons for rerouting of the train.Commissioning of Tripunithura terminal of Kochi Metro is …
Kochi: Kerala recorded 70.35 per cent polling with Kannur topping the list at 73.80 per cent at 8 pm in the Lok Sabha polls held on Friday, media reports said. There was good turnout in urban areas and all constituencies saw polling above 60 per cent. There were incidents of voting machines developing technical snags. …
Kochi: Amidst Lok Sabha polls, BJP has kicked off its preparations for the 30 months away Assembly polls in Kerala by announcing its plans to form a government with breakaway groups from the Congress and Left parties.Claims of noted BJP leader Sobha Surendran, contesting from Alappuzha, that a top CPM leader E P Jayarajan had …
Kochi: Kerala recorded a polling of 39.26% till 1 pm in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls for 88 seats in 13 states on Friday, media reports said. There are 2.77 crore to seal the fate of the 194 candidates including Union Ministers Rajeev Chandrashekharan and V Muraleedharan of BJP in Kerala which has …
Kochi: A district panchayat president’s husband has been accused of burgling over Rs 1 crore worth ornaments from popular Malayalam film director Joshi’s house in Kochi. Mohammed Irshad of Sitamarhi in Bihar was nabbed for burgling gold and other precious gems while he was traveling to Mumbai. The Kochi police identified him from the video …
Kochi: The heavily debt-ridden KSRTC cracked its whip on 137 workers as part of its anti liquor drive against its employees, media reports said.Forty temporary employees were terminated while 97 permanent employees were suspended.Forty-nine permanent drivers and 33 conductors were among those who were found inebriated during duty hours.Those taken to task include a station …
Kochi: A run was organized by Idukki District Hospital, Thodupuzha, and Thodupuzha Soccer School (TSS) in connection with World Health Day. The event began from Kanjiramattom bypass to the District Hospital. Municipal chairman Sanish George flagged off the run. Dr Ajith P N, Superintendent, District Hospital, delivered the keynote address. Salim Kutty, Director, TSS, gave …
Kochi: In a major blow to the ruling left front, the Income Tax (IT) Department froze the account of CPM’s Thrissur district committee at Bank of India due to alleged discrepancies in transactions, media reports said. The department has asked the party to show source of Rs 5 crore which was not shown in the …
Kochi: The Kerala Story on alleged radicalistion of gullible girls in the state has gained tremendous public attention due to political parties objecting to its telecast by national broadcaster Doordarshan. Though the film made some impact in the Northern part of the country, it did not make any change among voters’ attitude during Karnataka assembly …
Kochi: Yellow alert has been sounded in 11 districts with the weather office predicting temperatures to rise upto 40 in a couple of districts amidst acute power shortage.Except Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki and Wayanad, all other districts are expected to come under the purview of Yellow alert.Temperature is likely to hit 40 degrees Celsius in Kollam and …
Kochi: Kerala High Court’s decision to stay Ernakulam Collector’s decision to shut down a subsidised medical shop floated by Twenty20 at Kizhakkambalam has boosted the confidence of non profit outfit promoted by businessman Sabu Jacob. The collector had ordered closure of the shop acting on a complaint accusing Twenty20 of violating the model code of …
Kochi: The CPM has five illegal secret accounts in the controversial Karuvannur Cooperative Bank in Thrissur, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said.The ED handed over the details of these accounts to the RBI, the Election Commission and the Finance Ministry. The CPM has not disclosed the details of the 25 accounts in different cooperative banks …
Kochi: The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution bench Kerala government‘s prayer seeking to raising the ceiling on net borrowing, media reports said. Kerala in its plea accused the Union government of arbitrarily restraining its borrowing limits pushing it into a financial emergency. The division Bench observed that the Centre had already allowed …
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Kochi: The two months summer coaching camp, organised by Thodupuzha Soccer School (TSS), was inaugurated by Kerala Sports Council president and former national player U Sharaf Ali. TSS director and Idukki District Football Association president P A Saleem Kutty welcomed. Kerala Football Association Honorary president Tom Jose Kunnel presided. Sessions on sports psychology, nutrition, personality …
Kochi: A Delhi court on Monday sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to 14 days judicial custody after the end of his custody with the ED which had arrested him in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, media reports said. The ED told Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court that it was not asking for further remand …
Kochi: Karnataka has cautioned Kerala against harming the federal system of the country, media reports said.Taking a dig at Kerala Minister P Rajeev for luring IT companies in water starved Bengaluru to the Left ruled state by offering surplus water, Karnataka’s Minister M B Patil said such moves would harm the federal structure of the …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday blamed the Congress for failing to keep the strategic Katchatheevu island under India’s control, media reports said.Modi expressed shock over the Right To Information (RTI) report which gave details of how the Congress government handed over the island to Sri Lanka in 1974.Citing a media report, Modi wrote …
Kochi: CPM has been directed to pay Rs 11 crore “dues” by the Income Tax department for using an old PAN card during filing of tax returns, media reports.The “dues” include penalties and interest for “discrepancies” in the use of the old PAN card by CPM, the reports said.The Congress too was directed by the …
Kochi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s custody with Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was further extended till April 1 by a Delhi court in a money laundering case on Thursday, media reports said.Kejriwal was produced in Rouse Avenue Courts on the expiry of his six days of ED custody.He was arrested on the night of March …
Kochi: Arvind Kejriwal of AAP will continue as the Chief Minister as the Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a PIL seeking his removal following his arrest in a money laundering case, media reports said.Dismissing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the court said the petitioner failed to show any bar in the law which prohibited …
