Kochi: Daring criticisms from different corners,CPM-led Left government’s outreach programme, Nava Kerala Sadas, is all set to take off from the northern tip of Manjeshwaram in Kasaragod in Kerala today, media reports said.The month-long programme, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet colleagues, aims to highlight thegovernment‘s achievements it had achieved in the …
Kochi: India will take on Australia in the finals of the ICC 2023 ODI World Cup at Narendra Modi stadium at Ahmedabad on November 19.It was two decades back the two countries had met in the finals at Johannesburg in 2003 when Australia defeated India to lift the World Cup.India and Australia began their quest …
Kochi: In a blow to the farmers in Kerala, the state government has slashed the quantity of paddy procured from farmers to 2,000 kg, media reports said. Earlier, the state government agency Supplyco used to buy 2,200 kg of paddy. This is going to help private agencies which would be able to exploit the farmers …
Kochi: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah the JD(S) might merge with the BJP in future.Speaking in the wake of two former JD(S) MLAs joining Congress, he said the country is going to face a political polarisation in future due to the BJP which is dreaming of creating a Hindu Rashtra. Deve Gowda and family have joined …
Kochi: India entered the finals of the ICC ODI world cup beating New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi finals at Mumbai today.India won the toss and decided to bat first. The hosts made 397 losing 4 wickets. Virat Kohli made 117, Shreyas Iyer 105 and Gill 80.Captain Rohit Sharma made a valuable …
Kochi: Thirty-six people were killed and 19 injured when their bus plunged into a gorge in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir today, media reports said.The bus skidded off near theBatote-Kishtwar national highwayand plunged into the gorge which is about 300 feet deep.Union Minister Jitendra Singh in his post on the X confirmed the death toll. …
Kochi: Communist leader and freedom fighter N Sankaraiah, 101, passed away in Chennai today, media reports said.He was not keeping well for the last few days and was admitted to a private hospital where he breathed his last. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.Born on July 15, 1922, Sankaraiah was among the …
Kochi: Sahara India Pariwar founder, Subrata Roy, passed away, media reports said.He was 75.Roy died due to cardiorespiratory arrest, the reports quoting a statement of the group said.Roy was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute on November 12 following a decline in health, the reports said.Born in Araria in Bihar, Roy …
Kochi: Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar’s close aide, Maulana Raheem Ullah Tariq, was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Pakistan, media reports said. Tariq was killed while he was on his way to attend a religious gathering near Karachi on Sunday, the reports said. Tariq, known to be a close aide of Masood Azhar, was …
Kochi: A court today sentenced Ashfaq Alam, 28, to death and five life terms for rape and other charges of five a year old girl in Aluva, media reports said.The Ernakulam POCSO Court accepted the prosecution’s argument that the case was among the rarest of the rare and also directed the accused to pay a …
Kochi: Kerala is going to get another shock as high end single phase electricity consumers will have to migrate to three phase connection, media reports said. The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has been directed by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) to locate heavy-load domestic consumers and convert their connection to 3-phase. An …
Kochi: A 55-year-old farmer held the CPM-led government and three banks responsible for his decision to end his life due to financial crises in Alappuzha, media reports said.This was disclosed in the suicide note left behind by K G Prasad who consumed poison to end his life in Thakazhi on Friday evening the reports said.He …
Kochi: Preaching one thing and practicing the other seems to be the hallmark of many leaders of communist parties in Kerala where many leaders are allegedly involved scams worth crores of rupees in cooperative banks ruled by them, media reports said.Even parties like Congress are also facing charges of engaging in irregularities in banks governed …
Kochi: Afghanistan is up in arms against Pakistan for driving away over 1.5 million Afghan refugees and migrants from its land, media reports said.Blaming the Afghans for creating terror activities in Pakistan, Islamabad had issued a deadline of October 31 for the Afghans to quit Pakistan or else face detention, the reports said.Pakistan claimed most …
Kochi: Kerala is reeling under severe financial crises and it is struggling to meet its daily expenses, Chief Secretary Dr V Venu told the Kerala High Court, media reports said.It was due to this that the government was not able to distribute pending pensions of Kerala State Transport Corporation retirees, he told the court appearing …
Kochi: ED’s drive against multi-core scams in cooperative banks continued with the latest being Kandala Cooperative Bank near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala today, media reports said.In a pre dawn rais, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) conducted searches in the houses of its officials and former officials.Tight security was deployed outside the bank governed by the CPM …
Kochi: Ninety-Seven-year-old P B Menon of Palakkad in Kerala has entered the Guinness World Record to become world’s oldest practicing lawyer. A civil lawyer, Menon beats the record held by Louis Triay of Gibraltar who died in February this year at 94. Menon is still as active in his professional work as he was in …
Kochi: After high ampere drama, a NRI businessman today succumbed to persuasion of political leadership to call off his protest outside a panchayat in Kerala which was creating hurdles for him to launch his Rs 25 crore venture, media reports said.Earlier in the day, George sat on a fast in the Manjoor panchayath compound in …
Kochi: Exposing the “investors unfriendly” policies of the LDF government in Kerala, a NRI businessman picketed a panchayat in Kottayam seeking a number for his Rs 25 crore new venture today, media reports said.Police forcefully removed Shajimon George from the Manjoor panchayat office where he started his protest accusing the officials of having a vendetta …
Kochi: Expressing concern over Governors sitting on bills, the Supreme Court today said that there has to be an end to the state governments approaching the Apex Court for getting bills cleared, media reports said.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said this while hearing a writ petition filed by Punjab …
