Kochi: The Kerala High Court has stayed the appointment of four nominees to the Kerala University Senate by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, media reports said.Issuing interim stay, the court sent notices to the four students appointed by the Governor.The court decision comes in the wake of a few students of the Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, …
Kochi: SFI activists who protested against the Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan were slapped with section 124 of the IPC, media reports said.This was done after the Governor issued directions to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police after the police booked the accused under lighter chargesfor trying to waylay the Governor during his …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan flayed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for directing the SFI to organise protests at three places in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.Miffed over the protests, the Governor got down from his car and dared the protestors who took to their heels.Alleging that he was not provided enough security, the Governor asked …
Kochi: In a major relief to the BJP-led government at the centre, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the abrogation of Article 370 and said the article was temporary. Pronouncing its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of the Article and bifurcation Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories, the Apex court …
Kochi: Thodupuzha Soccer School observed World Football Day at Thodupuzha on Sunday.The event was inaugurated by Dean Kuriakose, MP.Various competitions were held. Idukki district Panchayat president T K Binu inaugurated felicitations.Debates were organised for children. Former Santosh Trophy player P A Salim Kutty who is director of Thodupuzha Soccer Club, coach Amal V R, Tibin …
Kochi: The dowry death accused Dr Ruwais’ father has gone underground in connection with the suicide of his son’s fiance Dr Shahna the other day near Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said.His house at Karunagappally was found locked when police went searching for him.Dr Shahna’s mother alleged that Dr Ruwais’ father was also involved in demanding dowry. …
Kochi: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has failed to clock the deadline of March 2022 in completing the work in the 1.63 km S N Junction – Tripunithura stretch, reports said. The contractors had agreed to complete the project in 20 months. Piling began in August 2020 and work is still going on. The tentative …
Kochi: CPI Kerala chief Kanam Rajendran, 73, passed away due to a heart attack here today.He was undergoing treatment for diabetes in a hospital in Kochi.Rajendran was not active in politics for over three months due to ill health.Born on November 10, 1950, in Kootikkal, in Kottayam, Kanam made his entry to politics through AIYF. …
Kochi: Mahua Moitra of Trinamool Congress was expelled from the Lok Sabha on the cash-for-question allegations on Friday, media reports said. Mahua was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha during the debate despite the Trinamool’s request to make her the speaker on behalf of the party. The voting favoured expulsion of Mahua Moitra …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday issued notices to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter T Veena and others in connection with alleged illegal financial transactions with Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), media reports said.Others to get notices are former ministerand Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, Muslim league leaders P K Kunhalikutty, V K …
Kochi: Operation of train services has been badly hit due to change of timing, Southern Railway Passengers Association president Sajeev Parishavila has said.Inaugurating a protest meeting in Kollam, he said rescheduling of connection trains to Nagercoil via Alappuzha for trains coming from Kottayam to Kollam would be of immense help to passengers traveling beyond Kollam.The …
Kochi: jeopardising the dream of forming a third front in Kerala, the Twenty20 has bid good bye to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), media reports said.Entrepreneur and chief of Twenty20, Sabu M Jacob, said the People’s Welfare Alliance is being disbanded.The matter has been brought to the notice of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Jacob said.Vinod …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has ordered investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to the memory card containing assault clippings of the survivor in the Actor abuse case of 2017, media reports said. The court ordered the investigation while hearing a prayer of the survivor who expressed fear that unauthorised access of the memory card …
Kochi: A medical doctor E A Ruwais, 28, was detained in connection with the suicide of a fellow doctor Shahna whom he was planning to marry, media reports said. He had gone into hiding after the case and was nabbed from a relative’s house Karunagappally in Kollam.Police have handed over his phone to the cyber …
Kochi: Another cross border marriage is going to happen early next year between Javeria Khanum of Karachi Sameer Khan in Kolkata, media reports said.After securing a 45-day visa, the 21-year-old Javeria arrived India through the Wagah border where she was welcomed by her fiancé and his father Ahmed Kamal Khan Yousafzai amidst beating of ‘dhol’, …
Kochi: Five tourists, including four from Kerala, were killed and three injured in a road accident at Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Ganderbal district on Tuesday, media reports said.The four deceased tourists are Anil, 34, Sudheesh, 32, Rahul, 28 and Vignesh, 23 from Palakkad, the reports said.They were …
Kochi: The Congress-led I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting scheduled for Wednesday in New Delhi has been postponed due to the absence of leaders of major political parties, media reports said.The meeting has been rescheduled to the third week of December even as a meeting of the coordination committee will be held on Wednesday.Trinamool Congress chief and West …
Kochi: The All India Kisan Sabha of CPI has demanded revoking of the Forest Department’s notification to convert 364.39 hectares of land in Chinnakanal Village to Reserve Forest in Idukki district in Kerala. Its vice president Mathew Varghese welcomed the Kerala government’s decision to suspend the implementation of the order. Mathew said the government should …
Kochi: Charge Sheet was filed in the controversial Muttil tree cutting case in the First Class Judicial Magistrate’s court, Sultan Bathery on Monday.The 84,600-page charge sheet was filed after perusing 400 articles of evidence, including DNA test reports of the trees to study their age.Twelve persons including Muttil South village officer K K Aji and …
Kochi: Michaung Cyclone has inundated Chennai and many areas in Northern Tamil Nadu while the government has ordered people to stay indoors, media reports said.Social media is flooded with people sharing scores of pictures of floods. Bus, rail and air services have come to a standstill, the reports said.Power outages are reported from most of …
