Kochi: Total number of CPM workers arrested for perpetrating violence after the local bodies poll in Panoor in Kerala has gone upto 10, media reports said.Five accused were arrested on Monday while five were takeninto custody from Mysore in Karnataka on Wednesday.Police have booked 50 cpm workers for creating terror in Panoor and nearby areas …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured by Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II when he drove Modi to the Jordan Museum on Tuesday, the Hindu reported.The move is seen as a special gesture reflecting the warmth of ties between India and the Arab nation.The Crown Prince is a 42nd-generation direct descendant of …
Kochi: The BJP-led government’s move to bring Viksit Bharat Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, or G Ram G Bill to replace Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was strongly opposed by the Opposition in Parliament, NDTV reported.Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded withdrawal of the new Bill which weakens the law.The act …
Kochi: A Delhi court on Tuesday did not take cognisance in connection with a fresh FIR registered in the National Herald case,Times of India reported.The Rouse Avenue court observed that the Enforcement Directorate’s probe is based on a private complaint and not on any FIR.The court also ruled that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, former …
Kochi: In a blow to Congress, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that the I.N.D.I.A bloc has nothing to do with the vote chori raised by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.The reaction from Omar of National Conference comes a day after top Congress leaders attacked the BJP and the Election Commissioners at …
Kochi: The Supreme Court has observed that Tamil Nadu should engage the Centre on its demand for the retention of its two-language policy, media reports said.Supreme Court said today whileHearing a case for an allocation of land for new Central schools that will follow the three-language policy, the Apex Court said Tamil Nadu should not …
Kochi: Two gunmen who killed 15 people at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday were father and son identified as Akram, 50, and son Naveed, 24, BBC reported.The older man died on the spot while his son is in a critical condition in hospital. The men had reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, …
Kochi: Eleven people were killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community in Australia, BBC reported.Twentynine of those injured, including a child, were taken to hospital.There were over 1,000 people attending an event at the beach to mark the start of Hanukkah.Police found a vehicle which they believe has several improvised explosive …
Kochi: Junior Indian cricketers avoided shaking hands with arch rival Pakistan in the U19 Asia Cup event at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai on Sunday, Times of India reported.India captain Ayush Mhatre maintained the team’s ‘no handshake’ policy during the group-stage fixture.Mhatre and Pakistan skipper Farhan Yousaf did not initiate the customary exchange of …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thiruvananthapuram Corporation win was tantamount to BJP winning at Ahmedabad in 1987 after which the saffron party came to power in Gujarat.Greeting BJP state chief RajeevChandrasekhar on the achievement, Modi said will visit Kerala capital soon.Modi said the rest of the country is celebrating the victory.Meanwhile, Congress is taking …
Kochi: Legendary footballer Lionel Messi’s tour to India was interrupted when his supportèrs flung seats towards the pitch for not being able to see him for longer duration at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, BBC reported.The fans who had paid up to Rs 12,000 to see the legendary footballer were obscured by a large group of …
Kochi: BJP’s dream of Congress mukt Bharat crashed as the party won four Corporations while BJP won 50 seats to wrest Thiruvananthapuram from CPM-led LDF in Local bodies poll today.The UDF won Kollam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kannur Corporations while Kannur went in favour of the Left front.The NDA won Palakkad Municipality for the third time and …
Kochi: Staying Kerala High Court’s verdict declaring Munambam property as non Waqf land, the Supreme Court ordered maintaining quo in the matter till January 27, media reports said.However, the division bench of the Apex Court did not stay Kerala High Court order upholding the State Government’s decision to appoint a one-member Commission of Inquiry to …
Kochi: Actor abuse convicts including prime accused Pular Suni were sentenced to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment by a court in Kochi in the 2017 Actor abuse case today, media reports said. The Ernakulam Additional Special Sessions Court (SPE/CBI–III) fined Rs 50,000 each, and ordered Rs 5 lakh in compensation to the survivor by convicts …
Kochi: Over 75% polling was recorded in the second and final phase of the Local Bodies polls in Thrissur, Palakkad, Kannur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kasaragod on Thursday.Electors voted to elect members to village panchayats, Block panchayats, District Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations.Voting was held in 18,274 polling stations from 7 am to 6 pm. There …
Kochi: Ground is set for the Supreme Court deciding the new Vice Chancellors of two universities in Kerala where Kerala government and Governor divided on the issue, media reports said.The decision came in the purview of the Apex Court after Kerala government and Governor failed to meet the deadline of December 9 to find out …
Kochi: There were “womanisers” and “perverts” in Congress, alleged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan whose Left front was accused of protecting women abusers, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala claimed, media reports said.Speaking to reporters after casting his vote for local body polls in Kannur, Vijayan made the allegations when responding to rape accused expelled Congress …
Kochi: Congress in Kerala has cut a sorry figure after expelling rape accused Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, who has repreive from two courts in two different cases.With assembly polls just five months away, Congress has lost a winnable candidate who has huge options to select his future even as BJP is waiting to grab any popular …
Kochi: Seventy one percent of voting was recorded in seven districts in the first phase of local bodies election in Kerala on Tuesday, media reports said.Ernakulam polled 74.21 percent to top the tally while Pathanamthitta recorded lowest 66.55 per cent.Voting recorded in other districts are Thiruvananthapuram 67.1, Kollam 70, Alappuzha 73.58, Kottayam 70.68, Idukki 71.28.People …
Kochi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and others were sent notices by a Delhi court on a plea challenging the verdict of another court refusing to book her for illegally voting in the 1980 election, Times of India reported.The Sessions Court of Rouse Avenue Courts sent notices to Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Police on a …
