Kochi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission from Sriharikota, media reports said. The vehicle carrying the 2,232 kg NVS-01 navigation satellite took off at 10.42 am to place the payload into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, the reports said. Later, orbit raising maneuvers will be carried out to take the satellite to …
Kochi: The exciting IPL season will conclude today when Chennai Super Kings will lock horns in the finals at Ahmedabad with the not so new Gujarat Titans which are the reigning champions.CSK, led by two format world cups winning captain M S Dhoni, and Gujarat team, captained by all rounder Hardik Pandya, will be a …
Kochi: The selection trial of Kerala Blasters Football junior team was scuttled by Left front MLA P V Sreenijan at Kochi on charges of not paying rent today, media reports said.Sreenijan, who is the president of the district sports council, ordered closing of the gate of the council’s Panampilly Nagar ground even as hundreds of …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu Minister PalanivelThiagarajan was stripped of Finance and Human Resources Management portfolios in a reshuffle conducted by the Chief Minister M K Stalin of DMK today.These portfolios were given to another minister Thangam Thennarasu. Palanivel Thiagarajan will be the new Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services.The Industries portfolio has been taken off …
Kochi: The government medicos in Kerala will strike work for the second day today protesting over the killing of a doctor yesterday and highlighting their demands.The doctors across the state went on a strike yesterday protesting against the killing of the house surgeon Dr Vandana Das by a drug addict while she was attending on …
Kochi: Shocked by the killing of a young doctor, the Kerala High Court has called a special sitting, while the doctors across the state have gone on a strike maintaining emergency services.Despite being closed for vacation, the High Court is meeting to peruse the incident atKottarakkara Taluk Hospital where the doctor was killed in front …
Kochi: A 42-year-old school master allegedly stabbed to death a young lady doctor at a government hospital in Kottarakkara in Kollam in Kerala today.A police official and a hospital guard were injured in the stabbing incident, media reports said.Dr Vandana Das, 22, hailing from Manjoor in Kottayam, was attacked by the assailant in the wee …
Kochi: A railway ticket checker has landed in jail for allegedly molesting a woman on a train in Kerala.The TTE was arrested at Kottayam railway station yesterday for allegedly misbehaving with a woman traveling from Nilambur to Kochuveli in Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said.According to the reports, the accused came and sat near the woman when …
​Kochi: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of the Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)was arrested in an alleged corruption case from a court today.The 70-year-old former cricketer was taken into custody when he was preparing to enter the Islamabad High Court in connection with a case against him, media reports said.The PTI have accused the police of dragging …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has sent notice to the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the probe into the Vaidekam Ayurveda Healing Village case against the LDF convener E P Jayarajan and his family.The notice was sent on the basis of a petition filed by a journalist seeking to speed up the case.The ED counsel …
Kochi: Noted actor Shabana Azmi has opposed the banning of ‘The Kerala Story’ which tells about allurement of women into Islam and using them by terrorist outfit of Islamic State.Winner of Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan, Shabana Azmi flayed those seeking its ban. She said, “Those who speak of banning #The Kerala Story are …
Kochi: The drowning of at least 22 people, following the capsize of a tourist boat atPoorapuzha estuary in Malappuram district in Kerala, has once again exposed the chinks in the lawlessness in the state.The state has witnessed countless numbers of boat disasters in the last four decades and it continues unabated as the conviction rate …
Kochi: In a blow to the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress won the Shimla Municipal corporation election by winning 24 wards out of the 34 wards in the local body election.The BJP got nine wards while one went in favour of the CPM. The Aam Aadmi party failed to win any seat.In 2017, Congress …
Kochi: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesdayrejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea to seeking interim stay on a lower court verdict on a criminal defamation case against him.The court said it had to study the case thoroughly and would take up the case only after the summer vacation.The Surat Sessions court had last month refused …
Kochi: It is a rags to riches story of 21-year-old cricketer Yashasvi Bhupendra Kumar Jaiswal who has turned out to be an asset for the Rajasthan Royals which owned him for over Rs 4 crore in the current IPL edition.Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, the ambidextrous six footer is a left handed batter and a right …
Kochi: The CBI is looking forward to the decision of the Supreme Court regardingreopening of the Bar corruption case, media reports said.The investigating agency in an affidavit has informed the court that there are no hurdles on its path in probing the case involving late Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani of the Congress-led UDF …
Kochi: Cultural capital of Thrissur is witnessing unprecedented gathering for the Thrissur Pooram towards exciting culmination in the wee hours of Monday. Thekkinkkadu ground where the Vadakkumnathan temple is located turned out to be the most favoured destination of the people to get the feel of pooram which had been held with riders since the …
Kochi: Kerala is one of the few places on earth which has taught the world the mantra of peaceful coexistence of humans and animals and Thrissur Pooram is one such event. Even as pachyderms have claimed a large number of lives during temple festivals or other events from time immemorial, people continue to love the …
Kochi: Return of tusker 57-year-old Thechikkottukaavu Ramachandran to the king of festivals Thrissur Poorn has ignited thrill among pooram lovers today.After keeping off for three years from taking part in any festivals, mainly, Thrissur Pooram, the one eyed Ramachandran, (Alias) Raman, has returned to carry the Thidambu of Neithilathukavvu temple on his back to Vadakkumnathan …
Kochi: The Forest task force has successfully fired tranquiliser at rice addict tusker ‘Arikomban’ near Chinnakkanal in Idukki on Saturday.Chief Veterinary Officer Arun Zachariah supervised the firing forcing the tusker to move to a shady area, media reports said.The tusker was not tranquilised even after about one hour of the firing, the reports said. Kunki …
