Kochi: India is exploring alternative ways to bring back about 18000 people back to the country even as air traffic has come to a stop in Ukraine due to military intervention by Russia to take control of Donetsk and Luhansk controlled by separatists supporting Russia. The government had already started working on a plan since …
Kochi: Popular actress K P A C Lalitha, 74, died at Ernakulam due to health issues on Tuesday night.She passed away two days before her birthday on February 25. Married to popular director Bharatan, Lalitha is survived by her actor-director son Sidharthan and daughter Sreekutty. Winner of the National Award for supporting actress awards twice …
Kochi: Visiting Ernakulam Market gave a special feel to the city dwellers decades back when the city was calm and quiet with little activities taking place around. Vegetables to the market were transported in country boats from nearby villages like Thalayolaparambu, Alappuzha, Vaikom, Paravur to the place which is also Menaka market due to its …
Kochi: India clean sweeped T20 series against West Indies 3-0 with the final being won by 17 runs at Eden gardens today. Losing the toss, India had to bat first and made a challenging 184 for five powered by 65 by S Yadav, 35 by V Iyer and 25 by S Iyer. J Holder R …
Kochi: A software engineer, his wife and two children were found dead in their house in Chandapura Uzhavathukadavu in Kodungaloor today. The dead were identified as Ashif, 40, wife Aseera, 34, children Asara Fathima, 13 and Anonees, 8. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide due to financial crunch. Presence of carbon monoxide was found …
Kochi: Salute to the daring twenty20 leaders like Nisha Aliyar who fearlessly confessed before the world how her colleague Deepuwas bashed by CPM workers before he died on Friday. Even as the public is scared to speak up against the ruling party fearing violent repercussions, the agonized Nisha was seen blurting out her anger against …
Kochi: Leading readymade garment exporter Sabu M Jacob today demanded arrest of CPM Legislator P V Sreenijan in connection with the death of Twenty20 leader Deepu on Friday. Sreenijan should be booked as prime accused in the case as he had conspired to kill Deepu professionally with the help of CPM killers last Saturday. He …
Kochi: Tension between Twenty20 and CPM worsened with the death of Twenty20 leader Deepu, 38, in a hospital in Ernakulam on Friday. Twenty20 leaders and supporters said CPM was responsible for the death of Deepu who they alleged was attacked by CPM activists at Kizhakkambalam near here. A panchayat member told the media that she …
Kochi: After keeping the LDF government on tenterhooks on the eve of the budget session, the Kerala Governor finally decided to sign the speech to be read out by him in the assembly tomorrow. The Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, who remained adamant by not signing the speech, made a u-turn after the government replaced General …
Kochi: India won the first of the three T20 matches against West Indies by six wickets at Eden gardens at Kolkata today. Winning the toss, India decided to field.West Indies’ Pooran made 61 from 43 balls , K Mayenes 31 and Pollard 24 posting a total of 157 for 7. In reply India made 162 …
Kochi: India may have become the first Asian nation to reach the Martian orbit, but the country seems to be still lagging in operating railways professionally. The British brought railways to the hill station of Munnar about a century ago in 1902 and operated it successfully until 1924 when the devastating floods wrought havoc causing …
Kochi: Senior photojournalist of United News of India (UNI), T Kumar 56, was found dead inside his office in Chennai on Sunday night, media reports said.He is survived by wife, a daughter and a son.Chief of the Chennai bureau of the news agency, Kumar was found hanging from the roof by a colleague. Kumar was …
Kochi: Failure of police, forest department, NDRF, fire and rescue to save trekker Babu from the Kurumpachi mountain in Malampuzha in Palakkad has exposed chinks in their professionalism. All these agencies are trained to accomplish such missions without any external help. Film personality Major Ravi has rightly lambasted them for not only failing to rescue him …
Kochi: Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna justified their presence in the team which beat West Indies by 96 runs at Narendra Modi stadium at Ahmedabad today. Winning the toss, India started shakily with captain Rohit Sharma, former skipper Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan returning to the pavilion cheaply. It was IPL Delhi buddies Shreyas Iyer …
Kochi : India continued its winning streak against West Indies beating the visitors by 44 runs to take 2-0 lead in the second One Day International at Ahmedabad on Wednesday. West Indies won the toss and decided to field. Starting first, India made 237 for 9 with Surya Kumar Yadav hitting a sparkling 64, and …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has registered a Suo Motu case against the ritual of cleansing the feet of 12 Brahmins to get rid of sins at Sree Poornathrayeesha Temple at Tripunithura. Administered by Cochin Devaswom Board,the ritual “panthandram namaskaaram”costing Rs 20,000 became viral drawing the attention of the court. The Dewaswom Board board justified …
Kochi: A 23-year-old trekker Babu was rescued by the army men from a crevice where he was stuck for 46 hours in Kurumpachi mountain in Malampuzha in Palakkad. The Indian Army mountaineering team from Bengaluru and Ooty joined hands to rescue him meticulously. The Indian Air Force rescue team also extended its support. Babu and …
Kochi: A five-year-old girl was killed when a wild elephant attacked her at Kannanakuzhy in Athirappally in Chalakkudy on Monday. Daughter of Nikhil of Puthanchira in Mala, Agnimia was injured when the elephant hit her with its trunk while she was traveling on a two wheeler with her father and grandfather Jayan. The elephant came …
Kochi: Finally the Governor Arif Mohammad Khan gave his nod to Kerala government’s ordinance empowering it to reject the report of the Lokayukta. The Governor had kept the ordinance in abeyance as the government was not able to give a convincing reply to his query seeking the need for the amendment of Kerala Lokayukta Act …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to actor Dileep in a conspiracy case to harm police officials in connection with the actor assault case. Cases were registered against six persons with Dileep as prime accused on the basis of digital materials provided by film director Balachandra Kumar. Dileep and others had …
