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Controversy over MLAs’ recommendation for Contractors: Pinarayi backs Riyas

Kochi: Coming to the aid of PWD Minister Mohammad Riyas, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that there are no differences in party on the issue of MLAs bringing contractors along with them to ministers. Riyas had said in the assembly that the MLAs need not introduce contractors to the ministers. Pinarayi said that what Riyas had stated …

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Idukki, Idamalayar and Pamba dams to be opened; red alert sounded

Kochi: Red alert has been sounded in Idukki even as the authorities are planning to release water from Idukki, Idamalayar and Pamba dams on Tuesday morning. The water level in Idukki dam is 2,397.86 feet against its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) 2,403 today. Water will be discharged through three shutters of Cheruthony dam which is the only …

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Teenager chosen as CPM Branch secretary

Kochi: After presenting the youngest Mayor for Thiruvananthapuram, the CPM has made another history by making a teenager CPM branch secretary in Kollam. The 20-year-old Arya Rajendran was made capital city mayor last year breaking all past practices. Similarly, S Shubhalakshmi, 19, has been made the new leader of the Vilakkuvettom branch. The branch comes …

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Monsoon Fury in Kerala; Red alert in several districts in central Kerala

Kochi: Four persons have been reportedly died in Idukki and Kottayam due to the heavy rains on Saturday, reports said. Three persons were reported to have died in Plappally in Koottickal village due to landslides in Kottayam, reports said. Ten persons have been reported missing in the Koottickal village area. Several areas have been marooned in …

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Sikh radical sect Nihang owns up responsibility for brutal Singhu Murder

Kochi: A organization named Nihang Sikh has owned up the responsibility of brutally killing a man on the Haryana-Delhi Singhu border where farmers were protesting against centre’s farm laws. Saravjeet Singh surrendered before the police in Haryana on Friday evening claiming that he had killed Lakhbir Singh, 30, and severed his one hand, media reports …

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Panchayat Prez attacks govt medico; doctors boycott OP

Kochi: A panchayat president and his associates were booked under non-bailable offence for allegedly assaulting a doctor in a government hospital in Kollam on Thursday night. Doctors in Shasthamkotta Taluk Hospital are boycotting outpatient duties protesting against the assault, media reports said.  It all started when the Shooranad North panchayat president and others came to …

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Beware of Indias’ surgical strike, Shah warns Pak

Kochi: India will be forced to make a surgical strike if Pakistan resorts to adventurism in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said on Thursday. ‘India will not tolerate violence against it. If Pakistan continues to violate the border and continue facilitating cross-border terrorism, India will not hesitate to make more strikes on Pakistan,’ …

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Assembly brawl: LDF leaders’ plea rejected

Kochi: In a blow to the Left government, a city court in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday dismissed the discharge petitions filed by Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty and five other LDF leaders in connection with violence in the state Assembly in 2015. The Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate court observed that the leaders should face trial and …

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Remembering the yodelling legend who stirred a million hearts….

Kochi: Ayodhya of 1975 had Kishore Kumar singing the one and only song of his lifetime in Malayalam. ‘ABCD chettan kedi, aniyan pedi’ goes the song sung by Prem Nazir on the screenplay backed by Kishore Kumar who passed away this day in 1987 when only 58. The song was a hit for its attractive tune …

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Attempt to murder case at Aryil; 12 IUML workers acquitted

Kochi: In a major verdict, a court today acquitted 12 IUML workers in a case pertaining to the alleged attempt to murder was made on CPM leaders at Ariyil near Kannur. Kannur Additional Sessions Court delivered the verdict on the case. The attack on the vehicle occupied by CPM leaders including P Jayarajan and T V …

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Village weeps over the martyrdom of braveheart Vaisakh

Kochi: A pall of gloom descended over Odanavattom in Kottarakkara as the news broke yesterday about the martyrdom of Sepoy Vaishakh H, 24. The young braveheart laid down his life for the nation fighting terrorists at the Poonch sector in Kashmir during combing operations. His mortal remains is expected to be flown in tomorrow.  Vaisakh …

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Tributes pour in for veteran actor Nedumudi

Kochi: Tributes are pouring in for noted Malayalam actor, screenwriter and director Nedumudi Venu, (Venugopal) 73, who passed away due to liver-related ailments at Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. Mortel remains of the veteran actor was kept at Mahatma Ayyankali Hall (VJT Hall) in Thiruvananthapuram for the public to pay last respects. Expressing his condolence, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan …

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