Kochi: The BJP has released a second list of 39 candidates for the state assembly polls to be held on April 9.Former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajesekharan will fight from Aranmula, state unit vice president B Gopalakrishnan from Guruvayur, former CPI MLA C C Mukundan – Nattika, TV star Robin Radhakrishnan -Kundara, Vathsala Prasanna Kumar -Paravur, …
Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the Priest (Thantri) Kandaruru Rajeevaru of Sabarimala temple while hearing the plea of prosecution opposing bail granted to him in the temple gold robbery case.The High Court also stayed the Kollam vigilance Court’s observations giving a clean chit to Thantri’s …
Kochi: The BJP on Monday released the names of 47 candidates contesting the polls for the 140-member Kerala Assembly to be held on April 9.State party chief and entrepreneurRajeev Chandrasekhar will contest from the Nemom Assembly constituency.Former Union Minister V Muraleedharan will fightfrom Kazhakkottam constituency while K Surendran has been from Manjeshwar. Senior BJP leader …
Kochi: The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory of Puducherry. Election will be held in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry on April 9. Tamil Nadu goes to polling booths on April 23 while West Bengal will have polls for two days on April …
Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Thursday ordered removal of Vellappally Natesan as the General Secretary of the Aruvipuram Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam), media reports said.A single bench of the court gave the verdict as they failed to file audited accounts for 3 consecutive years violating the provisions of the Companies …
Kochi: In a blow to CPM, veteran party leader G Sudhakaran announced to fightKerala assembly polls as a rebel candidate from Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha.Sudhakaran, who was facing neglect from the party, lambasted the party.The 75-year-old Sudhakaran clarified that he had not talked to any parties or Congress led front and criticised certain sections of the …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday promised develop Keralam if BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is voted to power in Assembly polls.Kickstarting NDAs poll campaign at convention in Kochi, Modi said the development was Modi’s Guarantee.Modi said the people of the state wanted to escape from the unholy Left Alliance led by the CPM.Modi …
Kochi: The Congress-ruled Kochi Corporation on Wednesday ordered get rid off BJP installed billboards welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.Modi is in Kochi to attend different functions and kick-starting of poll preparations in Left front ruled Kerala where elections are going to be held by May, The Hindu reported.Justifying the decision, Mayor V K …
Kochi: A total of 47 winners of Civil Service examination were honoured by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.All of them were the products of Kerala State Civil Service Academy which was set up in 2005 to hone young talents.He praised the academy’s performance and the state is working towards improving its …
Kochi: Metroman E Sreedharan exhorted Kerala and the Union to take interest in taking forward the proposed high-speed rail corridor between Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur, the Hindu reported.Launching a public awareness campaign at Malappuram on Monday, he said the Centre has neither endorsed nor rejected the proposal.Sreedharan said he would continue campaigns to raise awareness about …
Kochi: Kerala Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar’s wife Bindu Menon has accused Ganesh of involvement in immoral activities in their house, Asianet News reported.Bindu claimed she has got evidence to prove her claim.Bindu accused Ganesh’s personal staff of misbehaving with her and the police not taking any action.She alleged that the minister’s staff tried …
Kochi: Assembly election in Kerala seems to be going to happen in a different mode and not like the past when it was LDF vs UDF.The emergence of a front comprising disgruntled CPM leaders in Palakkad is an indication towards this.Rebel CPM leader P K Shashiannouncing his plans to fight from Ottapalam with Congress support …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader and former Minister G Sudhakara, 75, bade adieu to the Left front due to insults inflicted by CPM state chief M V Govindan among others.Sudhakaran’s decision comes amidst the party not making him a candidate in the Assembly election.Sudhakaran had been facing neglect by the party for the last five years …
Kochi: Kerala government has filed petition in the High Court of Kerala challenging the verdict of trial court’s December 8, 2025, verdict acquitting actor Dileep and others in the 2017 actress gang rape case, Bar and Bench reported.Ernakulam Principal District and Sessions Court convicted six others to 20 years rigorous imprisonment which is the minimum …
Kochi: There were reports of the start of booking for “Kerala Story- 2: Goes Beyond” by Book my show in theatres in Kolkata started on Friday even as Kerala High Court had stayed its release.There were contradictory reports of the booking starting before the court stayed the release on Thursday. The Booking was suspended overnight.The …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’ scheduled to release on February 27, the Times of India reported.The single bench issued the interim stay for 15 days while hearing thepetitions challenging the certification granted by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for …
Kochi: Kochi Metro services were disrupted midway at 8 am due to technical reasons impacting travellers badly on Wednesday morning, media reports said.Though KMRL promised to normalise services in 30 minutes, services continued to be disrupted.Train services have been resumed with limited trains and regulated speed.The faulty train was removed to metro yard at Muttom.
Kochi: Union Cabinet meeting is likely to ratify the Kerala government’s decision to rechristen the state’s name as Keralam on Tuesday, NDTV reported.The state assembly has already passed a resolution to change the name in official records.The state wanted the Union government to change the southern state’s name from “Kerala” to “Keralam” in all languages …
Kochi: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday published the final list of voters in Kerala after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with names of 8,97,211voters missing in the list.The total number of voters is 2,69,53,644, against 78,50,855 before the SIR.The number of male voters is 1,31,26,048, female voters 1,38,27,319, and third gender voters …
Kochi: Total number of voters in Kerala over 2.69 crore as per the final voters list prepared by the Election Commission of India (EC) after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the roll, media reports said.The final list will be published on February 21 as per the schedule announced by the ECI, Chief Electoral Officer …
