Kochi: A 1976 model Russian passenger plane crashed killing 48 in the country’s far east on Thursday just before landing, media reports said.The deceased included five children and six crew members on board.A criminal case has been registered for a suspected air traffic violation and air transport rules due to negligence, the reports said.Search and …
Kochi: India on Thursday inked a Free Trade Agreement with UK during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK, media reports said.The deal was signed by Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Minister Jonathan Reynold.Modi held talks with British Premier Keir Starmer.The deal is likely to boost annual trade between the two economies …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has raided 35 premises and 50 companies linked to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group (RAAGA Companies) in a money laundering case related to the Yes Bank loan fraud case, media reports said. The CBI had registered two FIRs in this regard and ED had got inputs from SEBI, the National …
Kochi: V S Achuthanandan, the only surviving revolutionary leader who founded CPM among others, was laid to rest amidst an emotionally charged atmosphere amidst incessant drizzle at Valiyachudukad in Alappuzha on Wednesday.His son V A Arun Kumar lit the pyre with V S Achuthanandan’s wife, daughter and other relatives watching the burning of the pyre.Chants …
Kochi: All educational institutions will remain closed on July 23 in Alappuzha to help people pay homage to former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan whose body will be laid to rest at 3 pm at the Valiya Chudukad tomorrow. Professional colleges and government offices will also remain closed. The funeral cortege that left Secretariat this …
Kochi: The F-35B stranded fighter jet of the Royal Air Force, U.K flew out from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala on Tuesday to Darwin in Australia, media reports said. The jet flew off from HMS Prince of Wales in the Indian Ocean and landed in Kerala on June 14 due to fuel deficit and …
Kochi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday resigned from his post due to health issues.In his resignation letter, he said the decision was taken to “prioritise health care”.To prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby resign as the Vice-President of India, effective immediately, in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Constitution,” Dhankhar …
Kochi: Two brothers married the same woman in Shillai village of Himachal Pradesh to preserve the practice followed for centuries in the Hatti tribe, media reports said.Hundreds of people witnessed the marriage solemnised under the anachronistic tradition of polyandry.The grooms Pradeep and Kapil Negi tied the knot with bride Sunita Chauhan without any coercion.The event …
Kochi: Why CPM was biased against the die hard communist V S Achuthanandan who faced opposition from a section within the party deserved greater laurels for his unparalleled and inimitable governance as Chief Minister from 2006 to 2011 is a question which perhaps has no answer, political observers said.Achuthanandan lost the assembly election from Mararikkulam …
Kochi: Former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan’s body will be taken to the old AKG centre at Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, media reports said.The body of V S Achuthanandan,who passed away at 3.20.pm, will be kept at his official residence at Thiruvananthapuram at 8 pm.The body will be taken to Durbar Hall tomorrow morning and …
Kochi: Former Kerala Chief Minister Velikkakathu Sankaran, Achuthanandan, 102, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram today, media reports saidAchuthanandan was ailing for sometime now. He was admitted to the hospital on June 23 after suffering a heart attack.The veteran communist leader was born on October 20, 1923 to Sankaran and Accamma Punnapra in …
Kochi: The Bombay High Court on Monday set free 12 persons who were convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case that killed 180 people and injured many, media reports said.Absolving them in the July 11, 2006,case, a division bench of the court observed that the prosecution had “utterly failed” to prove the case against …
Kochi: Old government structures in Kerala continue to cave in with the latest being one at a school in Alappuzha on a holiday on Sunday due to which there were no students, Asianet News reported.A portion of the over century old school slumped even as there were no students in the school due to holiday.The …
Kochi: Fourteen people lost their lives in floods and landslides due to heavy rain in South Korea, BBC reported.Twelve people were reported missing. People were badly hit by landslides in Gapyeong, central Chungcheong region.Much of the destruction has been in the country’s south. Roads and buildings were damaged and submerged and there were reports of …
Kochi: Even as India is inching close to launching bullet trains, it has failed to ensure safety of travellers who lodge complaints on Railmadad on issues like excess charge as it happened on board a train to Vaishnodevi, media reports said.Agents of the blacklisted catering company zeroed in on the passenger who was pulled down …
Kochi: The Union Government on Friday pleaded to the Supreme Court to permit only the relatives of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya to negotiate with the victim’s kin for clemency of Nimisha who is on a death row.The Attorney General R Venkataramaniargued that involvement of others in the negotiations will not be fruitful.Appearing on behalf of …
Kochi: A Hindu boy, who married a Muslim, has accused his in-laws of coercing him to embrace Islam illegally in Gadag in Karnataka, Times of India reported.In his police complaint, Vishalkumar said he and his lover Tahashin registered their marriageon November 26, 2024 under the Special Marriage Act in Gadag,without informing anyone.However, his mother-in-law and …
Kochi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered floral tributes to former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on his second death anniversary at his resting place in Puthuppally in Kottayam today, media reports said. Thousands gathered at St George Orthodox Church at Puthupally in the rubber city of Kottayam to …
Kochi: A railway ticket examiner Akhil Joseph, 35, was arrested with 2.63gm of MDMA and 3.76 gm of hashish oil on Wednesday, Manorama reports said.Residing at Edappally in Ernakulam,Joseph was arrested near Bolgatty Palace by the District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force (DANSAF) led by ACP K A Abdul Salam.Akhil was under the anti-narcotics cell’s radar …
Kochi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with admission process of the Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) entrance exam, media reports said.However, the division bench of the apex court agreed to examine the broader legal issue of changing standardisation formulas on an another day.The court was hearing a plea by Kerala State Board …
