Kochi: In his typical style, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today evaded queries on allegations made by gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh.Pinarayi said that he had made clarification on earlier occasions. Pinarayi said he was not a person whose character would get tarnished by such allegations.He said central investigation agencies could not find anything against him …
Kochi : Rape accused, actor, producer, Vijay Babu was arrested today when he appeared at Aluva Police club for questioning.He will be taken to different places for evidence collection.Vijay is likely to be arrested in another case in which he made public the name of the survivor on social media.As he had secured anticipatory bail …
Kochi: The 22-year-old right arm medium fast bowler Umran Malik has become the second player from Jammu and Kashmir to play for the country in the first T20 of the against at the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin on Sunday.Parvez Rasool was the other player from J and K who first played for the country. Rasool …
Kochi: Power charges were revised in Kerala on Saturday after a gap of three years.It was in 2019 power charges were increased in the state last by the Kerala Electricity Regulatory Commission.About 25 paise was hiked for domestic consumers using less than 150 units of power each month.There is no increase for domestic consumers using …
Kochi: The SFI of CPM vandalised the office of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Kalpetta for his silence over farmers’ plight in the wake of Supreme Court ‘s ruling on creating one kilometre buffer zone around Ecologically Sensitive Zones.Congress and Youth Congress retaliated by blocking roads and marching to the AKG Centre.T Siddique, MLA, protested …
Kochi: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is growing more powerful with the increasing support he is getting from Shiv Sena and some independents.A minister in the MVA government, Shinde has claimed support of 46 MLAs out of 56 to form an alternative government sans the backing of the Congress and NCP of Sharad Pawar.If the …
Kochi: Kerala High Court granted conditional bail to priest Thomas Kottoor and nun Sephy who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Sr Abhaya, in March, 1992.A division bench of the High Court granted the bail while allowing their petitions seeking suspension of their life terms.The court directed them to furnish a bond …
Kochi: Film maker K P Sirajuddin has been detained by the customs in connection with smuggling 2.23 kg gold in a meat processing machine through Nedumbasserry airport.Thrikkakara Municipality Vice Chairman A A Ibrahimkutty’s son Shabin is among the three accused arrested in the case that surfaced in April.It was on the basis of the deposition …
Kochi: Services of Kochi Metro through Pathadipalam station became normal as a snag in a pillar near the station was rectified.Services are operated at an interval of seven and half minutes through the section as it was done before the snag in pillar number 347 was detected. Speed regulation in the CUSAT-Pathadipalam section, where the …
Kochi: The BJP-led NDA has resolved to field Draupadi Murmu, 64, as its nominee for the post of country’s President.A former Governor of Jharkhand, Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, will fight against former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, who is the opposition candidate.The country has not seen a tribal woman tobecoming the President. The elections will …
Kochi: The Thodupuzha Soccer school observed International Yoga day with popular sports personalities taking part in the event.The guests stressed the importance of yoga in shaping the mind, personality, confidence, health among others.Thodupuzha Municipal chairman Saneesh George inaugurated the event. Former national coach Bibu Mathew was the chief guest who spoke about the role played …
Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh has appealed to the Prime Minister to to initiate a CBI probe into the case in which she has accused the complicity of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family.In a letter to the Prime Minister, she said she got involved in the case as per the direction …
Kochi: A former state government official was arrested for stealing gold and other articles from the safe locker of the Revenue Division Office court in Thiruvananthapuram.Retired Senior Superintendent Sreekandan Nair was arrested from his house in Perurkada past midnight last night in Thiruvananthapuram.Police were struggling to crack the case as they were not able to …
Kochi: Kochi Metro is all set to add two more stations to its list of 22 halts as soon as it extends its operations up to S N Junction in Tripunithura.The two new stations to join the metro network are Vadakkekotta and S N Junction.At present the metro operates services from Aluva to Petta.The railway …
Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh will appear before the ED ifor questioning in connection with the statement she had given before the court accusing the complicity of Kerala Chief Minister and others in the case.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had served a notice directing her to appear at the Kochi office on June 22 …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben turned 100 on Saturday.Modi spent time with her and took her blessings at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. He also shared food with her. In a blog post, Modi greeted his mother on the occasion and recounted her sacrifices and wrote about the various aspects of her life. “Maa… this isn’t a mere …
Kochi: Destiny catapults one to the zenith of prosperity and also pulls down a wealthy to the girth of penury.Such is the case with Aiswarya who once acted opposite Mohanlal and other popular stars in early nineties.Daughter of yesteryear leading actor Laxmi, Aiswarya acted with Mohanlal in super hit films like Butterflies, Narasimham and Praja.Aiswarya also …
Kochi: The victorious Kerala team that lifted the Khelo India national basketball championship was given a warm welcome at Kottayam railway station. Mannanam-based St Ephrems Sports Academy director Fr Antony Kanjirathinkal led those who were present to receive the team at Kottayam railway station. Prem Kumar (coach), Aji Thomas (coach), Jobin Varghese (former sportsperson) Santosh …
Kochi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia has said that the centre would look into the protest against the Kerala Chief Minister and violence of LDF convener E P Jayarajan.Replying to a tweet of Congress MP Hibi Eden asking as to why an FIR was not registered against Jayarajan, Scindia said that we are …
Kerala’s premier hospital to join hands with ‘Kidney Priest’ Fr Davis Chirmel as a part of ‘Aster Care Together’ scheme. Thrissur: As part of creating awareness about cancer diseases and providing quality treatment at minimal cost, Aster Medcity will be joining hands with charity worker Fr Davis Chiramel. Fr Davis Chirmel, who is known as …
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