Kochi: The 75-km Chengannur-Sabarimala line seems to be the Railways’ choice in lieu of the Angamali line mulled decades back, media reports said. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Parliament that the proposed project from Angamaly to Erumeli was stuck due to lack of cooperation from the state government on issues like land acquisition, the …
Kochi: The draft amendment bill seeking to amend the Wakf Act of 1995 to include non-muslims and women is expected to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, media reports quoting government sources said.The bill mulls to amend 44 sections of the act.Another bill to abolish a 1923 Waqf Act is also to be …
Kochi: In a dramatic development, the army took over power after unabating students forced Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina to flee to India after quitting the Prime Ministership on Monday, media reports said. Several days-long students’ protests leading to hundreds of deaths made it terrible for Sheikh Hasina to continue as prime minister. Army chief Gen …
Kochi: Anti government violence has led to the resignation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Awami League at the advice of the army, media reports said.She is believed to have moved to a safer location in India with her sister.This brings an end to her 15 years in power after prolonged anti-government violence that …
Kochi: A centre sponsored panel has issued a draft notification to declare over 56,800 sq kms in the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), media reports said. Six states, including 13 villages in Kerala’s Wayanad, are included Ecologically Sensitive. Area (ESA). The move comes in the backdrop of devastating landslides claiming over 300 lives …
Kochi: The toll in the devastating landslides in Wayanad in North Kerala has risen to 340, media reports said. A total of 206 persons are missing. One hundred sixteen bodies have been handed over to their relatives. DNA samples of 130 bodies have been collected. Eightysix persons are being treated in different hospitals. Ninetone relief …
Kochi: Even as people in Kerala are yet to recover from the shock of massive devastations in Wayanad landslides, the Congress has triggered a blame game accusing the center of failing to alert the state in advance.Responding to the charge, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the centre had alerted the state on July 23, …
Kochi: Toll in the devastating landslides the state has ever witnessed has claimed 251 lives in Wayanad in North Kerala, media reports said. The toll is constantly increasing as more bodies are being recovered from under the mass of earth and concrete structures that were washed away in the landslide. Earthmovers were engaged in removing …
Kochi: Atleast 125 people including women and children were killed in massive landslides in different areas in hilly Wayanad in North Kerala in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reports said.At Least 98 people were reported missing.Many were trapped at different places while the army units from different places were trying to rescue them.Landslides hit …
Kochi: India clinched its second medal when Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh mixed team clinched bronze in the 10m air pistol playoff at Paris Olympics. The duo nudged South Korea on Day 4 to claim the honors. Japan topped the table with six gold followed by France with five in second spot. China with five …
Kochi: Over 90 people including women and children were killed in massive landslides in different areas in hilly Wayanad in North Kerala in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reports said.Many were trapped at different places while the army units from different places were trying to rescue them.Landslides hit Meppadi, Mundakkai Town and Chooramala in …
Kochi: Twenty Three persons including children were killed in massive landslides at Meppadi Mundakai in hilly Wayanad in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reports said.Hundreds of families were affected in the calamity.Eighteen bodies were in Government hospitals and five in private hospitals.T Siddique, MLA, of Congress expressed fear of foreign tourists affected by nature’s …
Kochi: India won the first medal in the Paris Olympics when Manu Bhaker won bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event. Bhaker became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal.The 22-year-old of Haryana had qualified for the final of her event with a score of 580 points finishing third out of …
Kochi: Kerala High Court has directed 27 lawyers to render free services to the public in association with Kottayam District Legal Authority for contempt of a lawyer court, media reports said. A division bench of the High Court had made its ruling on the incident of the lawyers abusing a female judge of the Kottayam …
Kochi: Union Budget 2024 has revised tax slabs with exemption to pay taxes upto Rs 3 lakh of annual income, media reports said. A tax of 5 percent will come on an income of Rs 3 to Rs 7 lakh , 10 percent on Rs7 to Rs10 lakh, 15 percent on Rs10 to Rs12 lakh, …
Kochi: St Ephrem’s Higher Secondary School, Mannanam, boys and Providence GHSS, Kozhikode, girls lifted the Karikkampallil K T Mathai Memorial inter school Basketball Trophy at P O Phillip Memorial Indoor Basketball Complex Alappuzha. St Ephrems dominated from the beginning to thrash St Joseph’s HSS, Pulinkunnu 73-36. Vinay Sankar and Jeevan K Joby scored 15 points …
Kochi: A Microsoft Windows outage has hit many sectors globally including air operations, banking, media reports saud Microsoft Windows users worldwide in countries like India, Australia, Germany, the United States, the UK are seeing a blue screen issue on computer screens making their systems restart or shut down automatically, the reports said.The outage began Thursday …
Kochi: Forty six hours after going missing, the body of a cleaning worker Joy, 47, was found in a canal near Pazhavangadi in Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said. He went missing while cleaning waste in Aamazhinjaan canal on July 13. Joy was engaged by a contractor employed by the Railways to clear plastic waste filled canals …
Kochi: The much touted Vizhinjam International Seaport received its first container ship ‘San Fernando’ signaling the beginning of the port’s trial operation on Thursday. The 8,000 to 9,000 TEU vessel came from Xiamen Port in China via Colombo in Sri Lanka carrying around 2,000 containers to unload at Vizhinjam.The vessel was welcomed with a water …
Kochi: The CBI has said that the 1994 ISRO espionage case was a conspiracy hatched by certain officials, media reports said. The agency said this in the chargesheet filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram.The chargesheet pertained to the case related to the alleged framing of space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the case. The CBI found …
