Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and a few ministers are planning to make foreign trips to Britain, France, Norway and Finland to emulate foreign model Tourism Minister Mohammad Riyas is soon visiting Paris in connection with the French Travel Mart. Pinarayi Vijayan will be accompanied by Education Minister V Sivankutty and other officials during …
Kochi: Noted film director and mentor of French film industry, Jean-Luc Godard, 91, died on Tuesday, media reports said. The Franco-Swiss film personality introduced to the French film industry new technology of film making in the 1960s. Godard, who is popular for classics such as “Breathless” and “Contempt”, broke with the established conventions of French …
Kochi: In a blow to Kerala legislator K T Jaleel, a Delhi court has directed the police to register a case against him for his controversial remarks on Kashmir. The court gave the direction while hearing a petition filed by one G S Mani whose complaint against the former state minister Jaleel was pending unattended …
Kochi: An unbeaten 71 by Bhanuka Rajapaksa and 36 by Hasaranga helped Sri Lanka to beat formidable rival Pakistan by 23 runs to lift the Asia Cup title in the finals in Dubai International Stadium tonight. Put into bat by Pakistan,Sri Lanka made 170 for six even as it lost quick wickets in the early …
Kochi: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that Jammu and Kashmir has little chance of getting special status back. He said some parties were “misleading people” by offering false promises of fetching back the Special Status which was scrapped by the Parliament three years back. Addressing a public meeting in Baramulla in North …
Kochi: Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the Super 4 Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium on Friday. Sri Lanka made a shaky beginning losing two wickets in just two runs. But they managed to bounce back to hit 124 for five in 12 overs chasing a winning total of 122 set by …
Kochi: Ahead of divestment in Container Corporation of India, the Centre has cleareda revised railway leasing policy that would facilitate it to rent out its land for a longer period for storing cargo at budget rate. This is likely to help integrated development of infrastructure and creation of more cargo terminals that would help the …
Kochi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered tributes to his father and late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur near Chennai before flagging off the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu today. Rahul, who was the president of the party, will lead the 3,570 kms to Kashmir with the message to strengthen the country’s …
Kochi: Poor fielding cost India the T-20 match against Pakistan who won the match by 5 wickets in the Asia Cup in Dubai International Stadium. Winning the toss, Pakistan decided to bowl and found it tough to tackle openers K L Rahul and Rohit Sharma who laid a commendable score by hitting 28 each. Regaining …
Kottayam: Educator and Women’s rights activist Mary Roy, 89, died here today. She was ailing for some time. Roy shot to fame after her successful legal fight against gender-biased discriminatory laws that denied rights for women in Syrian Christians in Kerala. It was the 1986 landmark ruling of the Supreme Court that saw her winning the …
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Kochi: India beat Hong Kong by 40 runs in the Asia Cup T-20 at Dubai International Stadium today. Putting into bat, India played confidently to post a challenging score of 192 for 2. Openers K L Rahul, 36, and captain Rohit Sharma, 21, laid the foundation for former skipper Virat Kohli, 59, and hard hitter …
Kochi: Appointment of Kerala Chief Minister’s Personal Secretary K K Ragesh’s wife Priya Varghese in Kannur University received a jolt as the UGC has rejected her experience claims. The UGC standing counsel told the Kerala High Court that the research period is not considered as experience while applying for a job contrary to the claims …
Kochi: Fauziyya Hassan, 80, who was acquitted in the controversial ISRO espionage case died in Sri Lanka, media reports said. Fauziyya was ailing and was undergoing treatment on the island. Fauziyya, who was made accused number two by the Kerala Police, was jailed along with another Maldives native Mariam Rasheeda who was made accused number …
Kochi: In a rare gesture the Opposition praised Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today for giving a convincing reply on rabies vaccine countering Health Minister Veena Vijayan’s stand on the matter. While Veena George expressed satisfaction over the quality of the vaccine, Pinarayi intervened to announce that an expert panel would study its efficacy and quality …
Kochi: Business mogul Gautam Adani of the Adani group is the third prosperous man in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Tesla founder Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeffery Preston Bezos are ahead of Adani who owns an asset of 137 billion dollars.Musk has an asset of 251 Bn dollars and Jeff 153 bn …
Kochi: Kerala with 15.3 percent topped in possession of drugs for personal consumption while Arunachal Pradesh stood second with 14.2 percent and Punjab third with 13.8 third during the year 2021, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Punjab topped the list of crime under the NDPS Act with 32.8 per cent, Himachal Pradesh …
Kochi: The Crime Branch, probing actor abuse case, has summoned former MLA P C George’s son Shaun George to appear before it on Tuesday morning at Kottayam Crime Branch office in connection with a fake whatsapp group of. The police have reportedly seized a screenshot sent by Shaun to accused actor Dileep’s brother, media reports …
Kochi: The birth anniversary of the legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand on Monday was observed as the National Sports Day by the Thodupuzha Soccer School and Nehru Yuva Kendra. The valedictory function of the National Sports Day celebrations was held at Thodupuzha where the Thodupuzha Soccer School Director and former national player P A Saleemkutty …
Kochi: Adjourning actor Mohanlal’s Ivory possession case post vacation, the Kerala High Court observed that the actor cannot challenge the case pending against him in a lower court in Perumbavoor. The High Court said that Mohan Lal had no locus standi to seek withdrawal of the case and it was the government which could have …
Kochi: Actor Mohan Lal has approached the Kerala High Court challenging a lower court ruling against him in a case related to the actor possessing ivory. Claiming that he was in possession of the ownership certificate of the ivory, Mohan Lalchallenged the recent order of the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court III, Perumbavoor. The Perumbavoor …
