Kochi: Seventy one percent of voting was recorded in seven districts in the first phase of local bodies election in Kerala on Tuesday, media reports said.Ernakulam polled 74.21 percent to top the tally while Pathanamthitta recorded lowest 66.55 per cent.Voting recorded in other districts are Thiruvananthapuram 67.1, Kollam 70, Alappuzha 73.58, Kottayam 70.68, Idukki 71.28.People …
Kochi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and others were sent notices by a Delhi court on a plea challenging the verdict of another court refusing to book her for illegally voting in the 1980 election, Times of India reported.The Sessions Court of Rouse Avenue Courts sent notices to Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Police on a …
Kochi: Buoyed by the trial court acquitting him in the actor abuse case 2017, actor Dileep mocked that the conspiracy allegations made against him turned damp squib in the court today.Talking to the media outside the court complex, Dileep said the conspiracy was actually to finish him off.It all started against him from the time …
Kochi: Actor Dileep was acquitted by the trial court hearing Actor assault case of 2017 on Monday.After 3,215 days, Ernakulam District and Session acquitted actor Dileep in the case that took place on February 17, 2017.The court said the prosecution failed to prove conspiracy against Dileep.The court convicted first six accused in the case. The …
Kochi: Lok Sabha will witness a debate initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in connection with the 150th anniversary of national song Vande Mataram, the Hindu reported.Home Minister Amit Shah will start the discussion in Rajya Sabha and Health Minister J P Nadda will speak second on Tuesday.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will speak …
Kochi: Verdict on perhaps world’s first contract rape case of a actress, in which actor Dileep is an accused, will be delivered by the trial court tomorrow, media reports said.The most literate state Kerala was shattered to hear evening neŵs on February 17, 2017, about the abduction of a popular south Indian actress who was …
Kochi: Twentythree people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in Goa, media reports said.Most of the victims were said to be staff at the club in Arpora, North Goa.Police suspect an explosion of a gas cylinder in the club’s kitchen caused the tragedy at midnight on Saturday, the reports said.Goa’s Chief Minister Pramod …
Kochi: I.N.D.I.A bloc is currently “on life support”, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday, Hindustan Times said.Internal infighting in Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) is weakening its ability to challenge the BJP, Abdullah, whose National Conference is a part of it, told Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.Abdullah said …
Kochi: Left government’s decision to appoint K Jayakumar, 73, as President and member of the Board was legally challenged by a fellow IAS officer Ashok, Manorama reported.Moving the Thiruvananthapuram District Court, Ashok argued that the appointment violates Section 7(iii) of the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act.The act disqualifies any person holding an office of profit …
Kochi: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a plea by Masjid Gousiya to permit use of loudspeakers at the mosque in Gondia district in Maharashtra, Times of India reported.Delivering the verdict, the Nagpurbench of the Bombay High Courtsaid loudspeaker is not essential to practise a religion.Quoting Supreme Court ruling,the court amplified sound cannot infringe on …
Kochi: Five thousand women of Pakistan terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) are reportedly getting trained to carry out suicide missions as claimed by JeM chief Masood Azhar, India Today reported.The women’s Jamaat-ul-Mominat, headed by Masood Azhar’s sister Saeeda, is aimed at reinforcing the terrorist group’s presence.Masood Azhar revealed it in a recent social media post detailing …
Kochi: Sexual abuse accused Congress leader Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, was expelled from the primary membership of the party.This was announced by KPCC President Sunny Joseph. Rahul was under disciplinary action since August 25 after the first sexual abuse was registered against him.There are multiple cases against the former state Youth Congress chief who was at …
Kochi: Incarcerated former Pakistan premier and country’s cricket world cup winning captain, Imran Khan, 73, has alleged “mental torture”, media reports quoting his sister Uzma Khan said.Uzma, who met the fast bowler in Adiala prison in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, quoted Imran saying his solitary condition is “worse than physical abuse.”Imran was very angry, she said, …
Kochi: Sonia Gandhi of BJP is contesting from Nallathanni ward in hill station of Munnar in the local bodies elections in Kerala, Manorama reported.Daughter of a Congress leader Durai Raj, Sonia Gandhi,34, got the name as her father’s respect for former Congress President.Things changed when she migrated to the saffron party after marrying Subhash who …
Kochi: After sending outdated humanitarian aid to flood ravaged Sri Lanka,Pakistan is in the midst of embarrassment.Articles including medical supplies, food packets, and essential items sent to Sri Lanka were found expired, media reports said.Colombo has conveyed its displeasure to Islamabad through both formal and informal diplomatic channels.Sri Lankan officials said the shipment raised questions …
Kochi: The BrahMos Aerospace Trivandrum Ltd (BATL) project will come up at Thiruvananthapuram in the wake of the Supreme Court passing orders in this regard, the Hindu reported.The Apex Court on Tuesday directed the Kerala government to allot land occupied for Nettukaltheri open prison.The land for BATL, under the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), is …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others were issued notices by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for issue of bonds of Rs 466 crore allegedly violatingForeign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), Economic Times reported.Former state finance minister Thomas Isaac, Pinarayi’s former principal secretary K M Abraham were among those issued the show cause notices.KIIFB, which …
Kochi: A Station House Officer (SHO) has evaded prosecution even after allegedly raping a woman about a decade back in Kerala.Though the accused DySP A Umesh has been suspended following media fury, no FIR has been filed against him, media reports said.The accused Umesh is currently serving at Vatakara, Kozhikode Rural, after grave allegations surfaced.The …
Kochi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition were among those named in the fresh FIR registered by the Delhi police in the National Herald case, media reports said.The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) filed a new FIR in the case after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) headquarters filed a complaint …
Kochi: In a relief to Booth Level Officers (BLO), the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed extension of the deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Kerala and eight other states and three union territories on Sunday, media reports said.Following this, the last date to complete this exercise is December …
