Kochi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the centre on the delay in constitution of the National Committee on Dam Safety despite Parliament passing the Dam Safety Act in 2021, media reports said.While hearing a petition related to the safety of the 130 year old Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, a three member bench …
Kochi: Four people were killed in a stampede in the hillshrine of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday evening, The Times of India reported.The stampede broke out near Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan ticketing center when devotees crowded to get tokens for getting access into the temple.Devotees had turned up in large numbers from across the country …
Kochi: V Narayanan is the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), succeeding S Somanath.Narayanan, who is the Director of ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), oversees advancements in cryogenic and liquid propulsion technologies. Narayanan joined ISRO in 1984 and started his career working on solid propulsion systems for Sounding Rockets and the …
Kochi: Entrepreneur Boby Chemmanur, who was detained on the basis of a young actress’ complaint of sexual harassment, was arrested after sustained questioning on Wednesday, media reports said.The police recorded the actress’ confidential statement before the Ernakulam First Class Judicial Magistrate for over two hours, the reports said.She also submitted digital evidence, including comments and …
Kochi: Thrissur lifted the 63rd Kerala School festival after a gap of 26 years beating Palakkad by a difference of one point.Thrissur emerged victorious with 1,008 points.Palakkad 2007. Defending champions Kannur secured third place with 1,003 points. Thrissur had last secured the title in 1999.Kozhikode got 1000 points, Ernakulam 980, Malappuram 980, Kollam 964,Thiruvananthapuram 957, …
Kochi: Canada’s Transport Minister Anita Indira Anand is among the frontrunners for the post of Prime Minister which will become vacant after the exit of Justin Trudeau who has announced his decision to quit, media reports said.With only two months left until the March 24 deadline for selecting a new leader, speculations are ripe as …
Kochi: Kerala High Court bench on Wednesday suspended the CBI Special Court’s verdict against four CPM leaders including an ex-MLA K V Kunhiraman who were convicted by a CBI court for forcibly rescuing an accused from police custody in the Periya murder case.The CBI special court on January 3 had convicted them under section 225 …
Kochi: Popular businessman, Boby Chemmanur, was detained by police based on a case registered against him on a complaint of an actress who accused him of making obscene comments on social media against her.He was booked under non-bailable charges, including Section 75(4) (making sexually coloured remarks as a form of sexual harassment) under the Bharatiya …
Kochi: The Congress in Kerala has landed in soup after letters purportedly written by late Congress leader N M Vijayan accusing many party leaders of involvement in financial irregularities, media reports said.Vijayan, who was Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC), treasurer,has blamed party MLA I C Balakrishnan, DCC president N D Appachan and some other party …
Kochi: Delhi Assembly elections to 70 seats will be held on February 5, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced today.Counting will be held on February 8 while scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on February 18.Last date for withdrawal is February 20.Dismissing allegations of hacking of voting machines, Kumar said the allegations were painful.However, …
Kochi: A court in Thalassery in Kerala sent nine RSS-BJP activists to Rigorous Life Imprisonment on Tuesday for the murder of Democratic Youth Federation of India activist Rijith (26), media reports said.The Thalassery Additional Sessions Court (III) in Kannur district also imposed a fine of ₹1.10 lakh on the convicted individuals.One of the accused, Ajesh, …
Kochi: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Liberal Party resigned on Monday due to economic issues and losing popularity in the party, media reports said.Canada’s parliament will be suspended until March 24 while a new Liberal Party leader is chosen.Trudeau was leader of the Liberal Party for 11 years and prime minister for nine. He …
Kochi: A court in Malappuram granted conditional bail to P V Anwar, MLA, of Democratic Movement of Kerala who was arrested in connection with the attack on the Nilambur Forest Office in the district.The court directed Anwar to deposit a bond of ₹35,000 and two sureties.Anwar was accused of damaging public property worth ₹50,000 while …
Kochi: Kerala is going to become the first state to operate its own airliner, Air Kerala which is likely to start commercial services from Kannur and Mysuru airports this year, media reports said.The budget friendly service is likely to begin operations by the middle of this year. The services are envisaged to provide impetus to …
Kochi: Three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in infants in the country, even as the Centre has said there is no need for panic.Two cases were found in Bengaluru in Karnataka, while the third one in Gujarat where the infant came from Rajasthan.One was detected in a three-month-old baby girl in a …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by a widow seeking a CBI probe into the controversial death of her husband Naveen Babu, Additional District Magistrate.Rejecting the plea of Naveen’s wife, Manjusha, the court directed the DIG (Kannur) to supervise the ongoing SIT investigation. The court directed the SIT to submit periodical …
Kochi: In a shocking case, India has reported the first suspected case of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) on an 8 month old child in Bengaluru, media reports said.There was no foreign travel case for thechild. The genetic investigation is on to find out whether it was the same virus found in China which had first reported …
Kochi: Four persons were killed and many injured, two of them seriously, when a Kerala state bus fell into a deep gorge at Pullupara near Kuttikkanam in Idukki this morning, media reports said.The bus had gone on a spiritual tour of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu from Mavelikara on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Rama …
Kochi: In a major breakthrough, IIT, Guwahati, has claimed to have developed an injectable hydrogel for localised cancer treatment, media reports said.This will have less side effects compared to conventional cancer treatments like chemotherapy and surgery which mostly have severe limitations.A research conducted at IIT(G) with Bose Institute, Kolkata, on this was published in “Materials …
Kochi: A CBI special court in Ernakulam today sentenced 10 convicts to double Life Imprisonment and four CPM leaders to five years Rigorous Imprisonment for killing two Youth Congress leaders in Periya in Kasargod on February 17, 2019, media reports said.The CBI had sought capital punishment to the convicts who were found guilty by the …
