Kochi: Senior CPM leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan resumed his duties as the secretary of the state unit of CPM today. The decision of Kodiyeri’s return to the post was taken by the CPM state secretariat at Thiruvananthapuram today. Kodiyeri had proceeded on leave on November 13, 2020 due to his ill healthfollowing which A Vijayaraghavan took …
Kochi: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has urged the people to remain extremely careful in the wake of Omicron variant of coronavirus being reported in neighbouring Karnataka. She said people should stick to the basics of getting vaccinated, avoid gatherings, using masks, sanitisers, and keep a safe distance among others. The state is strictly following …
Kochi: India’s historic association with Israel is paying rich dividends as its ultra modern Heron drones in Eastern Tibet is a tough deterrence against China. Heron’s reconnaissance sorties provide India valuable intelligence inputs on the security aspects on the borders, media reports said. The BJP government in 2020 bought 400 million dollar missile loaded Herons …
Kochi: The brutal murder of CPM leader Sandeep Kumar in Turuvalla in Pathanamthitta was a result of personal enimity, police said. The prime accused Jishnu had a personal grudge against Sandeep, police said. There are a few criminal cases pending against him. Out of the five accused, four have been detained by police. Jishnu, 23, …
Kochi: In a major embarrassment to the CPM, CBI today indicted a former CPM legislator K V Kunhiraman in the murder of two Youth Congress activists Kripesh, 21 and Sharath Lal, 24 at Periya in Kasaragod in 2019. Others indicted in the case were Raghavan Valatholi, K V Bhaskaran, Gopa Kumar(alias) Gopan Velutholy and Sandeep …
Kochi: The death of a 30-year-old nun Mary Mercy of an Italian Convent coming under the Diocese of Jalandhar in Faridkot in Punjab has kicked up suspicion among her relatives who have sought a probe into it. In a complaint to the Alappuzha district collector, her father John Joseph of Arthungal claimed that there was …
Kochi: A few selfless people have come forward to eradicate the destructive Giant African snails even as the government agencies may have failed to deal with it. A panchayat ward in Muhamma is offering free tickets on Kochi Metro for ten people for destroying maximum snails. The offer that started on December 1 is open …
Kochi: Interior designer Shaiju Thankachan chased the models with the ill intention of persuading them to stay in Kochi, police said. According to the city police commissioner C H Nagaraju, the models’ car met with an accident only because Shaiju chased them. Besides the models, another person was also killed in the accident.Shaiju was a drug …
Kochi: Two youths were killed after consuming illicit liquor at Irinjalakuda in Thrissur. Nishant, 43, died yesterday while Biju, 42, died today at Thrissur Medical College. The two consumed the suspicious drink at a shop owned by one of them, media reports said. After the two collapsed, they were rushed to taluk hospital where Biju …
Kochi: Amid protests by the Opposition, the Parliament passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill by voice vote today. On the first day of the winter session, Lok Sabha witnessed protests by the Opposition demanding discussion on the bill. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury flayed the government for passing bills without discussion. The Speaker adjourned the …
Kochi: Models’ death case in a road crash has reached a crucial stage with police getting vital inputs from Shaiju Thankachan who had chased them before the died in an accident in Kochi. Police have retrieved evidence from the mobile phone of Shaiju, who is an interior designer, and was a habitual visitor to places …
Kochi: The BJP has bulldozed the opposition in the local body elections in Tripura. Out of 334 seats, BJP won 329 seats, while Trinamool Congress got one seat, CPM 3 and TIPR one. Elections were held on November 25. The BJP won 112 seats unopposed. In the Agartala municipal council elections, BJP won all the …
Kochi: Refusing to implement the uniform mode of Holy Mass, a section of priests laid siege to Thrissur Bishop Mar Andrews Thazhath. Police were camping in the area to maintain law and order. The controversy over adopting the new system had been brewing for the past few months with the Vatican setting the deadline to …
Kochi: Kerala is the least poor state while Bihar stands at the lowest rung as per the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) of the Niti Aayog. The MPI of Kerala is 0.71 percent, Goa 3.76 percent, Sikkim 3.82 percent, Tamil Nadu 4.89 percent, Punjab 5.59 percent. The state with highest MPI is Bihar 51.91 percent, Jharkhand …
Kochi: State governments across the country have gone on alert mode after Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting to discuss the new variant of COVID 19 Omicron.Chairing a high level meeting, Modi asked officials to review plans to ease travel restrictions from different countries, media reports said. As the World Health Organization has …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that a campaign is on by Sangh Parivar to polarise the country in the name of communal lines. Straying away from the principles of modern democracy, efforts are on to divide the country in the name of religion, he said inaugurating an area committee meeting at …
Kochi: Police today arrested Shaiju Thankachan who chased in a luxury car former Miss Kerala Anci Kabeer and Anjana Shajan’s car which crashed killing them. Shaiu was questioned after the accident and let off. When police summoned him for further questioning, Shaiju failed to appear. He moved the court seeking anticipatory bail when police detained …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to cut 15 trees to take up reinforcement work in Baby dam in Mullaperiyar. Tamil Nadu said that the officials of the two states jointly conducted an inspection of Mullaperiyar on June 21 and decided to cut 15 trees, media reports said. It also presented …
Kochi: Controversial cop C L Sudheer was suspended after the Chief Minister talked with the parents of Mofiya who committed suicide alleging dowry and police harrasment. Pinarayi Vijayan talked to Mofiya’s father and mother over phone and assured them of a suitable action against Sudheer who ill treated Mofiya when she went to police station. …
Kochi: Popular lyricist of yesteryear Bichu Thirumala, 80, died of heart attack at Thiruvananthapuram inthe wee hours today. Born in Sasthamangalam in Thiruvananthapuram, BSivasankaran Nair became Bichu Thirumala following his entry into the film world. He graduated from the Thiruvananthapuram Arts College in 1970. His first film was Bhajagovindam 1972 which was unfortunately not released. …
