Kochi: A three-member committee led by Justice K Hema has expressed concern over the conditions prevailing in Malayalam film Industry, media reports said. The panel expressed shock over revelations made by the actors who had deposed before the panel about the atrocities carried out by some who called the shots in the industry. The committee …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to publish the Justice Hema Commission report on sufferings of women working in Malayalam film industry. Rejecting a petition pleading to stay the release of the report on the grounds of affecting the privacy the privacy of others in the film industry, the court directed to publish …
Kochi: The 89-year-old Queenie Hallegua, said to be the last Jewish woman resident of Kochi, passed away here, media reports said. The remaining Jewish man in Kochi is her kin Keith. Daughter of a prosperous businessman S S Kodder, she was managing trustee of the Synagogue in Mattancherry. Wife of Samuel H Hallegua, she was …
Kochi: The toll in the devastating landslides in Wayanad in North Kerala has risen to 340, media reports said. A total of 206 persons are missing. One hundred sixteen bodies have been handed over to their relatives. DNA samples of 130 bodies have been collected. Eightysix persons are being treated in different hospitals. Ninetone relief …
Kochi: Even as people in Kerala are yet to recover from the shock of massive devastations in Wayanad landslides, the Congress has triggered a blame game accusing the center of failing to alert the state in advance.Responding to the charge, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the centre had alerted the state on July 23, …
Kochi: Toll in the devastating landslides the state has ever witnessed has claimed 251 lives in Wayanad in North Kerala, media reports said. The toll is constantly increasing as more bodies are being recovered from under the mass of earth and concrete structures that were washed away in the landslide. Earthmovers were engaged in removing …
Kochi: Atleast 125 people including women and children were killed in massive landslides in different areas in hilly Wayanad in North Kerala in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reports said.At Least 98 people were reported missing.Many were trapped at different places while the army units from different places were trying to rescue them.Landslides hit …
Kochi: Over 90 people including women and children were killed in massive landslides in different areas in hilly Wayanad in North Kerala in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reports said.Many were trapped at different places while the army units from different places were trying to rescue them.Landslides hit Meppadi, Mundakkai Town and Chooramala in …
Kochi: Twenty Three persons including children were killed in massive landslides at Meppadi Mundakai in hilly Wayanad in the wee hours of Tuesday, media reports said.Hundreds of families were affected in the calamity.Eighteen bodies were in Government hospitals and five in private hospitals.T Siddique, MLA, of Congress expressed fear of foreign tourists affected by nature’s …
Kochi: Kerala High Court has directed 27 lawyers to render free services to the public in association with Kottayam District Legal Authority for contempt of a lawyer court, media reports said. A division bench of the High Court had made its ruling on the incident of the lawyers abusing a female judge of the Kottayam …
Kochi: Union Budget 2024 has revised tax slabs with exemption to pay taxes upto Rs 3 lakh of annual income, media reports said. A tax of 5 percent will come on an income of Rs 3 to Rs 7 lakh , 10 percent on Rs7 to Rs10 lakh, 15 percent on Rs10 to Rs12 lakh, …
Kochi: St Ephrem’s Higher Secondary School, Mannanam, boys and Providence GHSS, Kozhikode, girls lifted the Karikkampallil K T Mathai Memorial inter school Basketball Trophy at P O Phillip Memorial Indoor Basketball Complex Alappuzha. St Ephrems dominated from the beginning to thrash St Joseph’s HSS, Pulinkunnu 73-36. Vinay Sankar and Jeevan K Joby scored 15 points …
Kochi: Forty six hours after going missing, the body of a cleaning worker Joy, 47, was found in a canal near Pazhavangadi in Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said. He went missing while cleaning waste in Aamazhinjaan canal on July 13. Joy was engaged by a contractor employed by the Railways to clear plastic waste filled canals …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has asked the former Vice Chancellors (VC) to return the money they spent from the university fund for their legal fight against his order declaring their appointment ab initio void, media reports said. Eleven former VCs had challenged the Governor’s decision to nullify their appointment by upholding the Supreme …
Kochi: Train traffic between Ernakulam Town and Aluva section in both directions was disrupted after a tree fell on overhead cable and railway track on Sunday morning, a senior railway official said. Train service in both directions was affected in the sector after a private vehicle on the road hit a tree that got uprooted …
Kochi: Kerala’s first case under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 2023 was registered against a Karnataka native in Malappuram district for rash driving of two wheeler and not wearing a helmet at Kondotty in Malappuram district, media reports said.The case was booked against Mohammad Shafi of Coorg under crime number 936 at 12.19 am in the …
Kochi: Property and cash deposits of CPM and others worth Rs 29 crore were attached by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in the money laundering case related to Karuvannur bank scam in Thrissur in Kerala, media reports said. A 10 cent property purchased in the name of CPM Thrissur secretary M M Varghese and Rs …
Kochi: Fortynine accused in the Idamalayar irrigation canal renovation graft case have been convicted by the Thrissur Vigilance Court, media reports said. The court gave them three years jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 6 lakh each for being guilty on different counts. Originally there were 51 accused out of which one was …
Kochi: Lok Sabha poll results have triggered political churning not only in the LDF but also in the CPM not even spared the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for staging a poor show in the Lok Sabha polls, media reports said. The Ezhava community, forming the backbone of the communist movement since the formation of the …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has ordered issue of notices to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and daughter Veena Vijayan on a petition filed by Mathew Kuzhalnadan, MLA, of Congress seeking a probe into the alleged CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions, media reports said. The matter reached the High Court after Kuzhalnadan challenged the ruling of the vigilance …
