Kochi: A possible rail mishap was averted when a track failure was detected between Ernakulam North and Tripunithura on Thursday, railway sources said. The train, which was running about three hours late, was delayed for more than one hour between Ernakulam Town and Ernakulam C cabin. The train was finally cleared at about 5.35 pm.There …
Kochi: There seems to be no end to the problems of the faction-ridden Congress as yet a fresh problem has cropped up from Sashi Tharoor, MP, who has backed the LDF government’s K-rail project counter to the stand of the Congress. Tharoor said that he had an enjoyable discussion with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on …
Kochi: Nonagenarian technocrat E Sreedharan of BJP has bid adieu to active politics citing age reasons. Increasing age was causing difficulty in becoming active in politics, he told reporters.However, he said that he will be there in politics, but not active. While stepping into the hustings there was tremendous confidence, he said. Sreedharan said he …
Kochi: Charge Sheet has been filed against three including dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi in a court in Thiruvananthapuram on different charges including assaulting YouTuber Vijay P Nair. The police filed a charge sheet against the dubbing artist, activists Diya Sanaa and Sree Lakshmi Arakkal for trespassing into youtuber’s lodge to abuse, splash ink and making life …
Kochi: In a bid to create large employment opportunities, the Lulu group will set up a marine export center to help fishermen to get attractive remuneration at Kochi. The marine products caught by the fishermen in Kerala will be sold in Lulu outlets abroad, founder and Managing Director M A Yusuf Ali told reporters at …
Kochi: In a setback to Kerala, the Supreme Court has rejected the state’s prayer to form a committee to decide on the release of water by Tamil Nadu from the Mullaperiyar dam. The Apex Court directed Kerala to take up the matter before the Apex Committee on Mullaperiyar. On Kerala’s complaint that the Apex Committee …
Kochi: In a veiled attack on the BCCI, India Test captain Virat Kohli has said that he was not part of the meeting held to select Rohit Sharma as one day captain. The chief selector had called him to inform him that Rohit was the consensus candidate of the selectors for the one day team …
Kochi: World’s first Omicron death has been reported in the UK even as the cases were increasing rapidly with 40 percent of the Covid cases are infected with Omicron variant, media reports quoting British premier Boris Johnson said. Even as the first case was reported in South Africa, the first death has been reported in …
Kochi: Twenty-one-year-old Harnaaz Sandhu brought home Miss Universe 2021 title after 21 years. Hailing from Punjab, Harnaaz nudged contestants from Paraguay and South Africa to win the title at Eilat in Israel. It was in 2000, Lara Dutta last won it for India.Harnaaz was crowned by Miss Universe 2020 from Mexico in the event live …
Kochi: Kerala reported its first Omicron case at Ernakulam, Health Minister Veena George said. The person, hailing from Ernakulam, came from the UK via Abu Dhabi on December 6, media reports said. The first test in the airport was negative. The second test showed positive. His wife and mother in law who accompanied him are …
Kochi: Kerala government is aiming to make Kerala a hub of higher education and for that to happen, able academics should head higher education institutions, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. Responding to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan’s letter expressing concern over political interference in Governor’s work, the Chief Minister told a press conference at Kannur that …
Kochi: A judge of the Kerala High Court suspended hearing of a case midway due to alleged objectionable demeanor of the government pleader. The judge stopped hearing the case and went to his chamber where he summoned the Director General of Prosecution T A Shaji and lodged his displeasure over the pleader’s behaviour, media reports …
Kochi: Political interference in the university appointments has become unbearable, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has lamented. Appointments of the influential are at its peak and the government has been apprised about it, but there is no end to it, Khan told reporters. The Governor, who has already sent a letter to the Chief Minister …
Kochi: Warning the left government against taking steps that would lead to a situation similar to the farmers’ strike, noted environmentalist Medha Patkar on Friday said that the government cannot afford to overlook people’s movement. She said it was undemocratic on part of the government to not make public the DPR. The left parties who …
Kochi: A helicopter carrying the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Bipin Rawat, his wife and others crashed near Coonoor in Nilgiris district today. A total number of 14 persons including Madhulika Rawat were onboard. Bodies of four persons have been detected from the MI-17, media reports said. Initially the locals reached the spot before the …
Kochi: A decision to end the 15 month old ryots’ strike in the wake of government rolling back the controversial farms laws will be taken on Wednesday. A meeting of top farm leaders met at Singhu near New Delhi today to take a decision on the union Government’s written assurances. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) …
Kochi: India and Russia have reiterated to reinforce their decades-long trade and military cooperation by signing agreements including the Rs 5000 crore AK 203 rifles deal. But how India is going to tackle its valued buddy US who is against any of its allies helping Russia sell its arms. The US had passed CAATSA act …
Kochi: Undeterred by strong opposition and criticism, the government on Monday decided to go ahead with the K-rail project connecting Thiruvananthapuram with Kasaragod through semi speed rail. The government held meetings with the railways as part of taking forward the project. The government and the railways decided to place survey stones in the railway owned …
Kochi: Unnatural deaths of women continue unabated as a widow and her teenaged son succumbed to their burn injuries in a hospital in Ernakulam. Sindhu, 42, and her 17-year-old son were taken by neighbours and relatives to a hospital where Sindhu died on Sunday and son on Monday, media reports said. Neighbours and relatives broke …
Kochi: India thrashed visiting New Zealand by 372 runs in the second and final test at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai today. R Ashwin took 4 for 34 while Jayanth Yadav took 4 for 49. New Zealand started its second innings to chase a total of 540 to win the series, but failed miserably.Except for D Michel, …
