Kochi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi and a number of party MPs were arrested for taking out a march against issues like price rise, unemployment, GST hike, violating prohibitory orders in New Delhi on Friday. They were taken to Kingsway camp police station. Congress President Sonia Gandhi led the march participated by scores …
Kochi: Water was released from over century-old Mullaperiyar dam at around 1 pm on Friday as the level crossed 137.4 feet.Three shutters were raised at regular intervalsto release about 534 Cusecs water into Periyar river which would flow into Idukki reservoir. The shutters were raised by about 30 cm.The inflow into the dam was about …
Kochi: Water will be released from over century-old Mullaperiyar dam at 10 am on Friday as the level crossed 136 feet on Thursday. The first warning was issued by Tamil Nadu on Thursday when water reached 136 feet mark. The average inflow into the dam was 6,592 on Thursday evening. The water released from the …
Kochi: China continued its military acrobatics to give vent to its frustration over US house speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan despite China’s warning. China fired a number of ballistic missiles into the sea close to Taiwan’s north east and south west coast ignoring the heavy traffic of ships and flights passing through the zone, media …
Kochi: With rains gaining steam, red alert has been sounded in eight districts even as increase water level in Chalakkudy river is causing concern in Kerala. Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad and Kannur are the districts put under red alert. Due to heavy rains in catchment areas of Parambikulam and Peringalkuthu dams, water …
Kochi: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed concern over the Civil Supplies Minister G R Anil protesting in public over the appointment of Sreeram Venkitaraman in a department under the Civil Supplies Ministry headed by Anil, media reports said. The matter came up for discussion during the cabinet meeting when the Minister said that appointment of …
Kochi: Kerala High Court has sought clarification from the state government on the arrest of those protesting against the Chief Minister in Kochi.The court sent the notice while considering a petition seeking to make illegal and unconstitutional the arrest of people protesting against the Chief Minister.The petition questioned the arrest of two transgenders for sporting …
Kochi: The Crime Branch has moved the Kerala High Court seeking cancellation of actor abuse case accused Dileep’s bail.Earlier, the trial court had rejected the plea following which the Crime Branch had approached the High Court challenging the lower court order.Rejecting the plea, the trial court had in April said that the prosecution had failed …
Kochi: Transport Minister Antony Raju moved Kerala High Court seeking to quash the charge sheet filed against him in connection with tampering of evidence in a drug smuggling case. Raju argued that the prosecution had not completed the procedures before filing the chargesheet. The move comes when the trial court’s going to hear the case …
Kochi: India eves won maiden gold in the women’s Fours Lawn Bowls game defeating South Africa 17-10 in the finals at the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham on Tuesday. The other gold of today was won by men’s table tennis team defeating Singapore 3-1. The country won its fifth gold medal of the Games. Weightlifter Vikas …
Kochi: al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, was killed in a US drone attack at Kabul in Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden announced it in a televised address. The attack was part of CIA’s counter-terrorism operation on Sunday. The president said that Zawahiri “carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens”. Zawahiri became …
Kochi: Ignoring China’s warning, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reached Taiwan on Tuesday. The Chinese President had warned the US to keep off the region. Xi Jinping had last week warned the US President Joe Biden not to meddle with Taiwan which China claims to be its province where no others have any right to …
Kochi: Five people were killed in rain related incidents in Kerala on Tuesday taking the total toll at 12. Two persons died in landslides in Peravur in Kannur. They were identified as Numa Thazmin and Rajesh. Body of one Riyaz who was missing in Manimala river since yesterday was found in Mundakayam today.Bodies of Aneesh …
Kochi: Central Water Commission (CWC) has predicted chances of three rivers triggering floods in Kerala. Manimala, Karamana and Neyyar pose extreme possibility of triggering floods, CWC Deputy Director Sini Joseph told a Malayalam online news portal. The next two days are crucial in view of the rising level of the rivers. The CWC has 44 …
Kochi: Succumbing to the opposition against appointment of controversial bureaucrat Sriram Venkitaraman as Alappuzha Collector, the government today shifted him to a different department in Kochi. He will now serve as MD of Supplyco. V R K Teja Mylavarapu will take charge as Alappuzha Collector. He will leave the post of director of Scheduled Caste …
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Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the government is taking all precautions across the state based on the experiences the state had endured in the past few years in the state. The rains have claimed six lives and one person has been reported missing.Five houses have been damaged in floods and 55 houses …
Kochi: A 22-year-old person who died in a private hospital in Thrissur on Saturday was infected with Monkeypox virus, Lab reports said.Fifteen people have been identified in the primary contact list. These include his friends, relatives and health workers.A high-level inquiry has been ordered into it.First the swab was examined at Alappuzha Virology and Pune …
Kochi: The NIA court sentenced Thadiyanantavida Nazeer and Sabir Buhari to seven years imprisonment in connection with the 2005 Tamil Nadu Government bus burning case at Kalamassery in Ernakulam in Kerala.The court sentenced Thajuddin to six years imprisonment in the case.The court imposed a penalty of Rs 1.75 lakh on Nazeer while the penalty on …
Kochi: Chanu Shaikom Meerabai won the first gold for the country in the women’s 49 kg category weightlifting event in the Commonwealth Games 2022.The 28-year-old lass from Manipur aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg plus 113kg) to lift the top honours in the event even as she was not able to script her personal best.Padmashri …
Kochi: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s Mumbai house was raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case on Sunday. After questioning the Rajya Sabha MP for about 10 hours on July 1, the 60-year-old Shiv Sena leader was summoned by the probe agency on July 27, but he could not …
