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Kochi: Several leaders from CPM, Trinamul Congress, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and other from the Opposition were detained by the Delhi Police before reaching at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to take part in protest in support of their demands including removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Kerala Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan of CPM, CJP leaders

Kochi: The Iran war is unlikely to end until after November’s midterm elections and oil prices will not fall until then, US President Donald Trump has said.Speaking while going to Texas for the party’s first-ever midterm election convention, he said that short-term economic pain was worth it to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, BBC

Kochi: A 13-year-old granddaughter was among four minors taken into custody in connection with the murder a 65-year-old man in Karuvatta near Haripad.Police suspect the class 8 student allegedly facilitating the murder to steal gold and cash from her grandfather Sivankutty Chettiar’s house.According to the preliminary findings, the group allegedly planned to use the stolen

Kochi: A massive blaze in a bar in Bangkok late on Sunday killed 27 people and left eight critically injured.The blaze started near the stage of the bar and then spread rapidly engulfing the room with smoke in Chatuchak district, BBC reported.Firefighters arrived after midnight and quickly extinguished the fire.They found the bodies of most

Kochi: Israel has captured the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing it as a “decisive shift” in its offensive against Hezbollah.“Anyone present near Hezbollah elements, facilities or means of combat endangers their life,” BBC reported quoting an Israel Defense Force (IDF) spokesman.“Perched over the Litani valley, Beaufort Castle has been

Kochi: Ninety people were killed in a coal mine blast at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in northern China.A total of 247 workers were reportedly on duty at the time of the incident in Shanxi Province Shanxi known as the country’s coal-mining capital.Over 100 people were reportedly taken to hospital.The Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Monday said that the Congress-led multi-party coalition government will shortly bring out a White Paper on the state of State finances.An expert committee will be constituted for drafting the white paper to tell the people about the financial status of the state, Satheesan told reporters after the

Kochi: V D Satheesan who led Congress to victory in assembly polls is now facing threat of losing out of the race for Chief Minister’s post in Kerala due to rivalry.Satheesan’s fear of losing out the post has made him announce that he will not accept any other post in lieu of the post of

Kochi: Hunger for power in Congress leading it to existential crisis in a place where it thrived under the leadership of Chief Ministers late K Karunakaran and A K Antony who used to carry his resignation letter in pocket, political observers said.After winning a total of 63 seats out of 103 pocketed by United Democratic

Kochi: The US is reportedly preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, including raids on Kharg Island and coastal sites near the Strait of Hormuz, NDTV quoting the Washington Post reported.The operations will be executed subject to President Donald Trump approval which emains uncertain even as the war in the Middle East stretched into

Kochi: In a bid to provide a legal validity to permanent proof of residency, Kerala cabinet has given the nod to introduce a permanent, photo-based Nativity Card, media reports said.The bill in this regard will be introduced in the current session of the assembly.The card, which will help in accessing state services and simplify citizenship

Kochi: India defeated New Zealand by 46 runs to win the Twenty20 4-1 at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.India posted a huge total of 271 for 5 in 20 overs backed by Ishan Kishan’s 103 off 43 balls after opting to bat first.Skipper Suryakumar Yadav scored 63 off 30 balls, Hardik Pandya 42 off 17.New Zealand started

Kochi: BJP-Shiv Sena bloc is predicted to sweep polls in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Times of India reported.Exit polls have projected the alliance to cross the 130-seat mark in Asia’s richest civic body.The Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS alliance is expected to get just over 60 seats. Congress is likely to get around 20 seats.The Axis

Kochi: Supreme Court today rejected former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) member K P Shankardas’ plea seeking to remove High Court of Kerala’s remarks against him in Sabarimala gold loot case.Delivering the verdict, the Apex Court observed that those who were in the helm of the TDB in 2019 when the heist took place cannot wash

Kochi: Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Mohanlal’s mother, Santhakumari, 90, died at his house in Elamakkara here on Tuesday.She was bedridden due to paralysis for some time now.Her husband Viswanathan Nair and another son Pyarelal predeceased her. Hailing from Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta, the family moved to Thiruvananthapuram years ago as Nair was employed in Kerala government

Kochi: CPM leader and former Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, MLA, and Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)former president P S Prasanth were grilled by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Sabarimala gold loot case, media reports said.Surendran confirmed that his statement was recorded last week, as he was the Devaswom Minister when the alleged loss

Kochi: Acclaimed film personalitySreenivasan, 69, was cremated with full state honours at his residence in Kandanad in Kochi on Sunday morning.Sreenivasan, who shot into fame through his inimitable acting and film making skills, was ill for the last few years. He developed complications on Saturday morning and died midway to a hospital for dialysis.His body

Kochi: Two gunmen who killed 15 people at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday were father and son identified as Akram, 50, and son Naveed, 24, BBC reported.The older man died on the spot while his son is in a critical condition in hospital. The men had reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group,