Kochi: The Railways Board on Sunday recommended a CBI probe into the multiple train collision in Odisha on Friday killing more than 270 people, media reports said.Disclosing this Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the “root cause” of the accident and the “criminals” responsible for it have been identified, the reports quoting the minister said.The railways …
Kochi: Over 200 people were killed and more than 900 injured in a multiple train mishaps in Balasore in Odisha collision last night.The Yeshwantpur-Howrah Superfast Expressrammed into the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express which lay on the parallel track after derailment sometime before the arrival of the Howrah bound train, media reports said.This led to derailment of …
Kochi: The Himalayan state of Sikkim is likely to become a part of the railway network of the country next year, media reports said.Fifty percent of the 45-km-long Sivok-Rangpo Railway Line is over and most probably trains would chug into the state bordering China in late 2024.This would make traveling from West Bengal to Sikkim …
Kochi: A native of Uttar Pradesh has been nabbed in connection with fire in the empty train at Kannur Railway station today, media reports said.He has not been arrested yet. He was once taken into custody for setting fire waste articles near a train the other day. Later, he was released.He was found without a …
Kochi: Fire broke out in one of the coaches ofAlappuzha-Kannur Executive Express which lay in the yard of Kannur Railway station in the wee hours of today, media reports said.The blaze was noticed at 1.25 am when the train was parked in the yard close to the third platform. A parcel handling staff first noticed …
Kochi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy case.A single bench of the High Court rejected the bail plea filed by Sisodia of Aam Aadmi Party.Cases were registered by the CBI and ED in relation to the alleged Delhi excise …
Kochi: Finally the Centre has granted permission to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his team to the US and Cuba from June 8 to 18.Earlier, the centre had refused permission for Pinarayi to visit UAE May 7 to 11.Pinarayi is visiting the US to attend a function organised by Loka Kerala Sabha coinciding with …
Kochi: Fourtyone-year-old M S Dhoni shut the mouths of his critics by proving his superiority as he fetched Chennai Super Kingsthe the IPL 2023 at Ahmedabad.Chennai Super Kings won their fifth IPL titlebeating reigning champions Gujarat Titans in a nail biting finish in a rain -truncated match.With this Dhoni sealed his name as the most …
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved the Delhi High Court seeking capital punishment for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chief and Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik.A division bench of the court will hear the case on May 29.A Special NIA court had sentencedMalik, 57, to life imprisonment in a terror funding case …
Kochi: In a major ruling, the Kerala High Court rejected the plea to stay the order of the Lok Ayukta on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in connection with alleged misuse of Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF).However, the Division Bench of the court clarified that the court was not dismissing the petition which would …
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 …
