Kochi: In a major ruling, the Kerala High Court has said that Kerala Chief Minister’s Personal secretary’s wife Priya Varghese’s appointment as associate professor in Kannur University was in violation of UGC norms. The court directed the university to re-examine the appointment of Priya who did not have a minimum teaching experience of eight years …
Kochi: Kerala High Court has rejected Kerala government’s plea to stay Kerala Governor’s appointment of Sisa Thomas as Abdul Kalam Technical University acting Vice Chancellor. The government argued that it was the prerogative of the government to suggest the name of the VC. The court posted the next hearing for Friday. The court has impleaded …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court in an interim order has said that the Vice Chancellors (VC) of nine universities who were asked to quit today by the Governor Arif Mohammad Khan could continue for the time being. As the Governor has allowed the VCs time until November 3 to reply, the earlier order issued by …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has directed nine Vice Chancellors to resign by Monday morning. The Chancellor directed the VCs to tender their resignations by 11 am, media reports said. Kerala Vice Chancellor V P Mahadevan Pillai has also been directed to tender resignation even as his term is ending on Monday. The VCs …
Kochi: Selection of Vice Chancellors (VC) inf ive universities are under scanner after the recent Supreme Court verdict quashing the illegal appointment of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University VC. The Supreme Court had canceled the appointment of A P J Abdul Kalam Technical University VC Dr Rajasree M S by flouting UGC norms. A complaint …
Kochi: The Supreme Court today adjourned the Lavalin case in which the CBI has challenged the acquittal of Pinarayi Vijayan by the Kerala High Court and a CBI court. The case had seen repeated adjournments since January 2018. A few others, who were not acquitted by the courts, had also challenged the ruling against them. …
Kochi: Veteran Communist VS celebrated his 99th birthday today. Born on 20th October 1923, the former Chief Minister Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan entered politics through Trade Union activities and joined CPI in 1940. Achuthanandan, who was incarcerated for over five years and later was underground for more than four years, is one of the surviving leaders …
Kochi: Taking exemption to Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan’s alleged threat to sack ministers, the CPM PolitBuro has sought President’s intervention in the matter. In a resolution, the party said that the Governor has no power to sack ministers and urged the President to stop the Governor from making anti constitutional statements. With regard to …
Kochi: Rape accused Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly has gone underground after he was booked under different charges even as the CPM is keeping mum to let the matter rot further. The party feels that the more the MLA delays to quit, the better it would be for the left government. The CPM state Secretariat discussed …
Kochi: In a major relief to train passengers in North Kerala, unreserved tickets are availablei n seconds without standing in queues. As part of digitalisation of Indian Railways, Palakkad division has introduced a QR code facility for the passengers who are in a hurry to buy tickets without wasting their time standing in queues. This …
Kochi: A vegan crocodile, believed to be around 75 years, was found dead in the Anantha Pura Lake temple pond in Manjeshwaram taluk in Kasaragod on Sunday. People offered food to fulfill their wishes after the morning and afternoon pujas at the temple dedicated to Sri Padmanabha Swamy, media reports said. There is a common …
Kochi: Diplomatic baggage gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh has claimed that Kerala Chief Minister’s former Principal Secretary M Sivasankaran and an accused in some cases had married her in a temple in Chennai. She claimed that he tied mangalsutra, a necklace around her neck and applied Sindoor, a red powder on the hairline, marking the …
Kochi: Taking Suo Motu case over the bus mishap claiming 9 lives at Vadakkencherry, the Kerala High Court today directed the Road SafetyCommissioner and Transport Commissioner to appear before the court tomorrow. The court allowed them to appear online if they were not in position to present physically. The court said the accident was terrorising …
Kochi: Nine people including five school students were killed when a tourist bus collided with a KSRTC bus and rolled over at Wadakkancherry on the national highway in Palakkad on Wednesday night. The tourist carrying 42 students and five teachers of Baselios Vidyanikethan School in Mulanthuruthy in Ernakulam in Kerala was on a sight-seeing trip …
Kochi: The CBI has summoned Kerala Chief Minister’s former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar to appear before it in connection with the Life Mission housing scam tomorrow. The central agency has directed him to appear before it at its Kochi office at 10.30 am. This is the first time CBI is summoning him in the case …
Kochi: An event organised to express solidarity with the incarcerated journalist Siddique Kappan in Kozhikode today was cancelled as per police direction, media reports said. The function was cancelled after the police got reports of a possible clash and suggested the organisers suspend the seminar planned at Kozhikode town hall. M K Raghavan, MP, of …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader and former CPM Kerala state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, was cremated with full State honour at Payyambalam beach in Thalasserry in Kannur district in North Kerala today. The 69-year-old Balakrishnan, who was battling with cancer, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on October 1. The body was kept at his …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader, former CPM state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, 69, passed away in Chennai tonight, media reports said. Kodiyeri, who was a CPM politburo member, was undergoing treatment for cancer at a private hospital in Chennai, the reports said.He was taken to Chennai on August 29 after his health deteriorated. Born on November 16, 1953, …
Kochi: A Thiruvananthapuram court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the KSRTC workers who allegedly bashed a person who went to renew his daughter’s concession ticket. Rejecting the plea of the five accused, the Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court said it would send a wrong message across the society. The prosecution argued that the accused who …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister’s former principal secretary M Sivasankar has been made sixth accused in the Dollar smuggling case. An amount of Rs 1 crore seized from the locker of another accused Swapna Suresh was the bribe money received by Sivasankar in the Life Mission housing scam, the chargesheet filed by the Customs said. Swapna …
