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, …
Kochi: Twenty one cases of Omicron have been confirmed in different places in the country. Nine members of a family in Rajasthan were found infected with the virus. The infected had returned from South Africa via Dubai on November 25, media reports said. Seven cases were reported in Maharashtra where six were in Chinchwad and …
Kochi: Thirteen civilians and a soldier were killed during anti insurgency operations and resultant public retaliation in Mon district in Nagaland bordering Myanmar. The security personnel had launched the attack on the basis of an intelligence report, media reports said. The army has sought apologies for the killings due to mistaken identity. The army is …
Kochi: In a tragic incident, five members of a family hailing from Beypore in Kozhikode were killed in a road accident. Mohammad Jabir, 48, his wife Shabana, 36, children Laiba, 7, Saha, 5, Lufthi 3, were traveling from Jubail to Jizan when their vehicle collided with the vehicle of a native last night at Dammam. …
Kochi: The 33-year-old slow left arm spinner Ajaz Yunus Patel of New Zealand became third bowler to claim 10 wickets against India in the second test at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai today. The Bombay-born New Zealander, joined Jim Laker of England who took 10 wickets against Australia in 1956 at Oval in England and Anil …
Kochi: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has urged the people to remain extremely careful in the wake of Omicron variant of coronavirus being reported in neighbouring Karnataka. She said people should stick to the basics of getting vaccinated, avoid gatherings, using masks, sanitisers, and keep a safe distance among others. The state is strictly following …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan resumed his duties as the secretary of the state unit of CPM today. The decision of Kodiyeri’s return to the post was taken by the CPM state secretariat at Thiruvananthapuram today. Kodiyeri had proceeded on leave on November 13, 2020 due to his ill healthfollowing which A Vijayaraghavan took …
Kochi: India’s historic association with Israel is paying rich dividends as its ultra modern Heron drones in Eastern Tibet is a tough deterrence against China. Heron’s reconnaissance sorties provide India valuable intelligence inputs on the security aspects on the borders, media reports said. The BJP government in 2020 bought 400 million dollar missile loaded Herons …
Kochi: The brutal murder of CPM leader Sandeep Kumar in Turuvalla in Pathanamthitta was a result of personal enimity, police said. The prime accused Jishnu had a personal grudge against Sandeep, police said. There are a few criminal cases pending against him. Out of the five accused, four have been detained by police. Jishnu, 23, …
Kochi: In a major embarrassment to the CPM, CBI today indicted a former CPM legislator K V Kunhiraman in the murder of two Youth Congress activists Kripesh, 21 and Sharath Lal, 24 at Periya in Kasaragod in 2019. Others indicted in the case were Raghavan Valatholi, K V Bhaskaran, Gopa Kumar(alias) Gopan Velutholy and Sandeep …
Kochi: The death of a 30-year-old nun Mary Mercy of an Italian Convent coming under the Diocese of Jalandhar in Faridkot in Punjab has kicked up suspicion among her relatives who have sought a probe into it. In a complaint to the Alappuzha district collector, her father John Joseph of Arthungal claimed that there was …
