Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh today collapsed due to fits after she alleged that she was being targeted for speaking out against Kerala chief minister and others.Swapna said she stood by her allegations that Shaj Kiran was a representative sent by Pinarayi Vijayan to negotiate a deal with her.She said that whatever Shaj …
Kochi: Unprecedented security arrangements for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan caused immense inconvenience to the people as traffic was held up for hours in Kottayam.Pinarayi’s visit to the little town with poor infrastructure added to the woes of the people due to long hours of traffic blocks.All the roads leading to the town came to a …
Kochi: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said that people cannot say anything in the public as per their whims and fancies.Inaugurating the KGOA state meet at Kottayam, he said the state had recently witnessed people blabbering things without any restrictions.He said such things would not discourage the government from taking stern action against trouble markers.Recently …
Kochi: Politicking over environmental protection has once again raised its head with the Left Front calling a hartal in Idukki today seeking dilution of the Supreme Court’s strict order on Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ).The UDF has followed suit by announcing a hartal on June 16, dumping the position of the departed Congress leader P T …
Kochi: Film personalities Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan entered wedlock on June 9 in Chennai.Actor-producer Nayanthara and director, film producer, actor and lyricist Shivan officially announced the date officially before the media on June 7.The duo met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and his actor son Udayagiri to extend their invitation to them for …
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Kochi: The Kerala High Court has directed the management to disburse salary to employees including drivers and conductors without discrimination.Without paying salaries to those including conductors and drivers, salaries should not be paid to those in the supervisory grade, the court said in an interim order.The court directed the management to pay the salary in …
Kochi: NHAI has made India proud by entering the Guinness Book of World Records by laying a 75-kms road in a record time of 105 hours and 33 minutes.The National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) had begun the work at 07.27 am on Jube 03 and completed it at 5 pmon June 7.The sector is …
Kochi: Tourism sector has got a major sop from the government which has done away with the requirement of NoC for starting a home stay in Kerala.The NoC from the local bodies was essential for getting classification of home stays by the tourism department.It was the long pending demand of the industry to do away …
Kochi: Twenty-two pilgrims lost their lives when their bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand on Sunday. The mishap occurred when the bus was going to Yamunotri with 28 passengers, media reports said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of the pilgrims. The Prime Minister had announced a relief of Rs 2 lakhs each for …
Kochi: The 36-year-old Rafael Nadal won the French Open for the 14th time defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud in straight sets in Paris today. The Spaniard won in straight sets, thrashing eight seed Ruud of Norway 6-3 6-3 6-0. With today’s win Nafal’s has increased his tally of Grand slam to a record 22. He moves …
Kochi: Condemning the alleged remarks of national spokesperson Nupur Sharma, the BJP has suspended her pending enquiry.The party has also expelled Delhi BJP’s media in-charge Naveen Kumar Jindal in this connection.Om Pathak, member secretary, central disciplinary committee, said that Nupur had violated the rule 10 (a) of the party and that she was being suspended …
Kochi: Seven girls drowned while they were bathing in a river in Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.The incident occurred at about 12.45 pmwhen they were bathing in Kedilam river.The girls in the age groups of ten to 18 years washed away as there was a sudden inflow of water, media reports said.The people …
Kochi: Only 108 hours to build 75-km Amravati – Akola highway in Maharashtra is the target of the National Highway to beat record holder Qatar to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.The work started on June 3 and should end by June 7 if NHAI wants to break the record of building 25 km …
Kochi: World number one Iga Swiatek thrashed Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 of US in the final to win the French Open women’s singles title on Saturday.The 21-year-old Polish is claiming her second Grand Slam title. She was the title holder at Roland Garros in 2020. The 18-year-old runner up, Gauff, was playing her first Grand Slam …
Kochi: Covid scare is once again causing concern as cases are increasing in five states including Kerala.Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Alappuzha, Kollam, Kannur, Malappuram and Wayanad, media reports said.The centre has issued a warning to spruce up screening activities in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMS) …
Kochi: UDF candidate Uma Thomas won the Thrikkakara Assembly seat helping the UDF retain the seat which was last won by her late husband P T Thomas.Uma posted glorious victory defeating her LDF rival Dr Jo Joseph by 25,016 votes.She polled 72,770 against 47,754 received by Dr Jo Joseph.BJP candidate A N Radhakrishnan got 12,957 …
Kochi: Congress candidate Uma Thomas pays a befitting tribute to her beloved husband late P T Thomas by staging an outstanding performance in the Thrikkakara Assembly by election today.She has established an unassailable lead against her rival Dr Jo Joseph, of CPM.Uma remained gracious throughout her campaign without getting carried away by smear campaigns against …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has granted more time for the crime branch to complete the investigation into the actor assault case of 2017.As the prosecution had sought three more months to complete the investigation, the court gave only one and a half months’ time to wind up the probe.The court allowed the crime branch …
Kochi: Former Government Chief Whip P C George was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman, media reports said.The complainant accused George of inviting the woman to the guest house in Thycaud on February 10 where she was allegedly abused.There are allegations that George sent inappropriate messages to her.An audio clip of conversation purportedly between …
Kochi: Congress Parliamentarians Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case of National Herald.Sonia Gandhi has been asked to appear on June 8 and party leader Rahul on June 2 in connection with the case.The Congress claimed that it was part of …
