Kochi: Income Tax sleuths raided a jewellery firm unearthing alleged significant tax evasion and large-scale money laundering, media reports said.The Income Tax Department has allegedly unearthed huge tax evasion by the firm across Kerala, the reports said.The Income Tax Investigation wing has carried out inspections at 30 stores in the state.The agency accused the firm …
Kochi: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visit to Kerala with his family has gone viral for his simplicity, media reports said.Orban, who is on a vacation with his family in Kerala for the last few days, hit headlines when he travelled in an autorickshaw in Fort Kochi.Orban’s photo with a few autorickshaw crew made him …
Kochi: Legendary Malayalam playback singer P Jayachandran, 80, passed away in a hospital in Thrissur today, media reports said.Jayachandran was undergoing treatment for cancer for sometime.Jayachandran has sung more than 1,600 songs in different languages.He was born on March 3, 1944, in Ravipuram, in Ernakulam. Jayachandran belonged to the Royal Family, late Ravivarma Kochaniyan Thampuran, …
Kochi: A Court in Kochi in Kerala sent businessman Boby Chemmanur to judicial remand in connection with a sexual harassment case filed against him by a Malayalam actress, media reports said.The Judicial First Class Magistrate -II, Ernakulam remanded Chemannur after rejecting his bail.The actress in her complaint accused Chemmanur of making inappropriate comments about her …
Kochi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the centre on the delay in constitution of the National Committee on Dam Safety despite Parliament passing the Dam Safety Act in 2021, media reports said.While hearing a petition related to the safety of the 130 year old Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, a three member bench …
Kochi: Four people were killed in a stampede in the hillshrine of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday evening, The Times of India reported.The stampede broke out near Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan ticketing center when devotees crowded to get tokens for getting access into the temple.Devotees had turned up in large numbers from across the country …
Kochi: V Narayanan is the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), succeeding S Somanath.Narayanan, who is the Director of ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), oversees advancements in cryogenic and liquid propulsion technologies. Narayanan joined ISRO in 1984 and started his career working on solid propulsion systems for Sounding Rockets and the …
Kochi: Entrepreneur Boby Chemmanur, who was detained on the basis of a young actress’ complaint of sexual harassment, was arrested after sustained questioning on Wednesday, media reports said.The police recorded the actress’ confidential statement before the Ernakulam First Class Judicial Magistrate for over two hours, the reports said.She also submitted digital evidence, including comments and …
Kochi: Thrissur lifted the 63rd Kerala School festival after a gap of 26 years beating Palakkad by a difference of one point.Thrissur emerged victorious with 1,008 points.Palakkad 2007. Defending champions Kannur secured third place with 1,003 points. Thrissur had last secured the title in 1999.Kozhikode got 1000 points, Ernakulam 980, Malappuram 980, Kollam 964,Thiruvananthapuram 957, …
Kochi: Canada’s Transport Minister Anita Indira Anand is among the frontrunners for the post of Prime Minister which will become vacant after the exit of Justin Trudeau who has announced his decision to quit, media reports said.With only two months left until the March 24 deadline for selecting a new leader, speculations are ripe as …
Kochi: Kerala High Court bench on Wednesday suspended the CBI Special Court’s verdict against four CPM leaders including an ex-MLA K V Kunhiraman who were convicted by a CBI court for forcibly rescuing an accused from police custody in the Periya murder case.The CBI special court on January 3 had convicted them under section 225 …
Kochi: Popular businessman, Boby Chemmanur, was detained by police based on a case registered against him on a complaint of an actress who accused him of making obscene comments on social media against her.He was booked under non-bailable charges, including Section 75(4) (making sexually coloured remarks as a form of sexual harassment) under the Bharatiya …
Kochi: The Congress in Kerala has landed in soup after letters purportedly written by late Congress leader N M Vijayan accusing many party leaders of involvement in financial irregularities, media reports said.Vijayan, who was Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC), treasurer,has blamed party MLA I C Balakrishnan, DCC president N D Appachan and some other party …
Kochi: Delhi Assembly elections to 70 seats will be held on February 5, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced today.Counting will be held on February 8 while scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on February 18.Last date for withdrawal is February 20.Dismissing allegations of hacking of voting machines, Kumar said the allegations were painful.However, …
Kochi: A court in Thalassery in Kerala sent nine RSS-BJP activists to Rigorous Life Imprisonment on Tuesday for the murder of Democratic Youth Federation of India activist Rijith (26), media reports said.The Thalassery Additional Sessions Court (III) in Kannur district also imposed a fine of ₹1.10 lakh on the convicted individuals.One of the accused, Ajesh, …
Kochi: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Liberal Party resigned on Monday due to economic issues and losing popularity in the party, media reports said.Canada’s parliament will be suspended until March 24 while a new Liberal Party leader is chosen.Trudeau was leader of the Liberal Party for 11 years and prime minister for nine. He …
Kochi: A court in Malappuram granted conditional bail to P V Anwar, MLA, of Democratic Movement of Kerala who was arrested in connection with the attack on the Nilambur Forest Office in the district.The court directed Anwar to deposit a bond of ₹35,000 and two sureties.Anwar was accused of damaging public property worth ₹50,000 while …
Kochi: Kerala is going to become the first state to operate its own airliner, Air Kerala which is likely to start commercial services from Kannur and Mysuru airports this year, media reports said.The budget friendly service is likely to begin operations by the middle of this year. The services are envisaged to provide impetus to …
Kochi: Three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in infants in the country, even as the Centre has said there is no need for panic.Two cases were found in Bengaluru in Karnataka, while the third one in Gujarat where the infant came from Rajasthan.One was detected in a three-month-old baby girl in a …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by a widow seeking a CBI probe into the controversial death of her husband Naveen Babu, Additional District Magistrate.Rejecting the plea of Naveen’s wife, Manjusha, the court directed the DIG (Kannur) to supervise the ongoing SIT investigation. The court directed the SIT to submit periodical …
