Kochi: Amidst Congress-led Opposition accusing BJP-led NDA of vote theft and demanding resignation of the CEC, fortywo retired judges have supported the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In an open letter to the “people of India”, the former Supreme Court judges and former chief justices and judges of various High Courts said they had …
Kochi: Muslim League made history by appointing a non Muslim as vice president of the party in Kerala.Former CPM leader Shyam Sunder of Haripad in Alappuzha has been picked for the post.The state committee has been reshuffled to include new members of the league in new posts.Sundar is Muslim League State secretariat member. He has …
Kochi: Actor Vishwanath Patekar, or Nana Patekar, 75, died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Goa in the wee hours of today.A veteran actor and filmmaker, Patekar was not keeping well since last night.The actor was later found unconscious and was rushed to the hospital where the doctors could not save him, media reports said.He …
Kochi: Actor Vishwanath Patekar, or Nana Patekar, 75, died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Goa in the wee hours of today.A veteran actor and filmmaker, Patekar was not keeping well since last night.The actor was later found unconscious and was rushed to the hospital where the doctors could not save him, media reports said.He …
Kochi: Lok Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, MP, were taken into police custody while marching toward the Election Commission office seeking resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday.He has been shifted from the protest site at the Akashvani Bhavan in a police vehicle.Rahul was seen trying to jump out …
Kochi: An Indian naval man was arrested by Andhra Pradesh special team at Coimbatore for allegedly spying for Pakistan.The 31-year-old Pradeep Mukherjee was arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police Counter Intelligence (CI) on October 3 at INS Agrani in Coimbatore, media reports said.The sailor is accused of allegedly leaking classified maritime intelligence to a Pakistani intelligence …
Kochi: Dubai Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, greeted Indian pilot Smit Machchhar who saved the lives of 172 passengers and crew members by foiling a terror plot to crash a Flydubai aircraft bound for Israel.The prince “appreciated and praised” the pilot for foiling the possible terror attack by neutralising the …
Kochi: Congress-led government has ordered a probe against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in connection with allegations pertaining to Kerala State Transport Project while he was PWD secretary in 2006.The investigation is linked to the suicide notes left behind by Malaysian contracting company official Lee See Been of the PATI-BEL consortium accusing officials and others, …
Kochi: Flydubai Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchha, who was attacked by his co-pilot of Oman in the Dubai-Tel Aviv aircraft in an alleged bid to take control of the aircraft, said he opened the cockpit to save 182 passengers on Wednesday.Smit Machchhar said as he was lying on the ground injured and was still being …
Kochi: A woman was abducted and raped by a two of the five criminals hired by the wife of a person with whom the raped woman had eloped from Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.The victim and her lover were staying in a room in a lodge at Thrissur from where the criminals had abducted the victim …
Kochi: The Indian Army on Wednesday eliminated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Hashim Moosa who was a key associate of slain LeT commander Sulaiman Shah who was involved in the Pahalgam attack in October 2024 that claimed 25 innocent lives.The suspect, a Pakistan-based LeT terrorist, identified as Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa, was neutralised in an encounter …
Kochi: The bank strike called for three days from Monday has been called off by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU).The UFBU deferred the strike following a last minute meeting with the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA), India Today reported. A joint committee of the IBA and UFBU will be set up to look into the …
Kochi: A suspected Pakistani group”Team Blackleets”, on Sunday hacked the official website of the General Administration Department of the Keralam government.The website was hacked in the morning, and a Pakistani flag was posted on it, media reports said.A message hailing Pakistan was found posted on the website.”We are Pakistani hackers. Every day, many websites have …
Kochi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday rejected allegations that the ECI was divided on matters related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The decision on revision of electoral rolls was taken with the “unanimous approval” of all three commissioners, the ECI said in a statement after a meeting of the Chief Election …
Kochi: Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi there is no constitutional basisfor Opposition’s proposed move to impeach Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.Disagreements within the three-member Election Commission (EC) are actually a healthy sign of democratic decision-making, Rohatgi told NDTV’s Shiv Aroor in an exclusive interview.The Indian Express had reported that the two Election Commissioners sent …
Kochi: Nine persons were killed and many injured after a sleeper tourist bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida late Wednesday night. The preliminary investigation suggested that the fire started from a blast in the bus’ air conditioning system.There were 35 passengers on board the bus when it caught fire.The bus …
Kochi: Noted artist and space scientist, Soorya Krishnamoorthy, 78, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.Former scientist at ISRO, Soorya, also known as Nataraja Krishnamoorthy, was chairman of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. He was the founder of Soorya Stage and Film Society.Krishnamoorthy did electrical engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, in …
Kochi: A 46-year-old woman Sujatha died after falling into steaming sambar during a feast organised in connection with Ganesh Chaturthi at Vijayawada.Sujatha suffered severe burn injuries and was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed without responding to treatment on September 20.Police has registered a case in connection with the incident and launched an investigation.Officials …
Kochi: The Centre is firm with its decision to take Mangaluru from the control of Palakkad division.This was stated by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav during his interaction with Opposition MPs from Keralam in New Delhi.The minister said he discussed the operational issues in Mangaluru which will be solved by the new decision. The decision …
Kochi: BJP founding leader L K Advani, 98, was among senior party leaders issued notices for “discrepancies” in their details furnished under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in New Delhi.Advani, 98, his daughter Pratibha and daughter-in-law Geetika have been issued notices after their names could not be mapped to the 2002 SIR electoral roll, while …
