Kochi: The CBI on Saturday arrested a Biology teacher Manisha Gurunath Mandhare, from Pune in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, Times of India reported.According to the CBI, Mandhare had been appointed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an expert and she had access to Botany and Zoology question papers.Mandhare conducted special …
Kochi: The CBI has arrested a Chemistry lecturer P V Kulkarni who has been accused of being the key man behind the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, the Hindu reported.Kulkarni had access to the question papers as he was allegedly involved in the examination process on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA).Manisha Waghmare, a beauty …
Kochi: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that the disputed 11th century historical site at Bhojshala in Madhya Pradesh is a Temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, Livelaw.in reported.Considering multiple petitions concerning the site’s religious and historical character, a division bench quashed an order passed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2003 restricting …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu Chief Vijay has been hailed by legendary actor Kamal Hassan while his contemporary Rajinikanth has kept mum by just extending best wishes to Thalapathi.This will make the public doubt whether Rajinikanth will make a rethinking to test waters in politics.Kamal extended his support to Vijay and lauded his decision to shut 717 …
Kochi: Chief Minister-elect V D Satheesan has done a commendable job to lead his party to victory even as there are scary challenges before him.The first and most dangerous challengeis to tame the wounded lion Ramesh Chennithala whose decades long dream of occupying the Chief Minister’s chair has been shattered.Chennithala expressed his protest publicly and …
Kochi: Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of CPM was on Thursday spotted as the Opposition Leader in Kerala Assembly.The CPM state committee meeting zeroed in on Vijayan as the new opposition leader.The CPM general secretary M A Baby, Pinarayi Vijayan and senior leader A Vijayaraghavan attended the meeting presided over by K Radhakrishnan.CPM – led …
Kochi: Ramesh Ramakrishnan Chennithala, 70, has revolted against the party for missing the bus to become Chief Minister.He is reported to boycott the Congress Legislative Party meeting to protest against the party’s decision, media reports said.A leader who is the person to become a state Minister at the age 28 was once an active leader …
Kochi: The 62-year-old Vadassery Damodaran Satheesan of Congress will be the new Chief Minister of Kerala.The Congress leader Deepa Dasmunsi who is in charge of Kerala announced the election of Satheesan as leader of Congress Legislative Party at a press conference in New Delhi.Satheesan has been representing the Paravur Assembly constituency in Ernakulam since 2001.Satheesan …
Kochi: Five persons were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday in connection with alleged irregularities and a paper leak linked to the NEET UG-2026 examination, Times of India reported.The case was registered on Tuesday following a written complaint from the Department of Higher Education under the Union Education Ministry regarding alleged …
Kochi: Ten days after winning the election, Congress is sitting on the decision to select a Chief Minister lead the United Front Government in Kerala due to factionlism between Ramesh Chennithala, V D Satheesan and K C Venugopal.Even as it was in the air that the name of the leader will be announced on Wednesday, …
Kochi: A section of AIADMK MLAs led by C V Shanmugam have raised banners of revolt against party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami holding him accountable for the party’s defeats.They have demanded the resignation of Edappadi as party won only 47 of 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.The leaders expressed their non confidence in …
Kochi: Joseph Vijay is the fourth actor to become Chief Minister while legendary hero M G Ramachandran (MGR) was the first to achieve the feat in 1977.Setting an example 50 years before for others to emulate, MGR was voted to power with 130 seats defeating his arch rival Karunanidhi led DMKwhich got only 48 seats …
Kochi: Bringing an end to five days of suspense and drama, the newly floated Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Chandrasekar Joseph Vijay came to power in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to Vijay and eight TVK MLAs as cabinet ministers at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended …
Kochi: Suvendu Adhikari, 57, created history to become Chief Minister of the maiden BJP government in Bengal in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.Governor R N Ravi administered the oath of office to Suvendu along with Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Kshudiram Tudu, and Nisith Pramanik as Ministers.Union Ministers including Home …
Kochi: Actor turned politician Joseph Vijay founder of Tamiliga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has claimed to have mustered the needed 118 number of MLAs to form his maiden government in Tamil Nadu.The TVK has been promised support of five MLAs of Congress, two of CPI, two of CPM even as the Left parties claimed not to …
Kochi: Suvendu Adhikari was named as the new Chief Minister of the first BJP government in West Bengal as announced by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.Amit Shah announced the name of Adhikari in the BJP legislature party meeting which ratified the decision.Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata in the morning …
Kochi: India on Thursday urged Dhaka to expedite nationality verification to repatriate illegal immigrants to Bangladesh.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was responding to Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed expressing fear over India sending back illegal immigrants to Bangladesh after BJP’s victory in Bengal assembly elections.Responding to the media, Ahmed said the Border Guard Bangladesh …
Kochi: Bengal assembly was dissolved by Governor R N Ravi on the expiry of its tenure and culmination of Trinamool Congress government.The Governor used the constitutional powers under Article 174 (2)(b) of the Constitution of India to dissolve the government.The BJP which was voted to power is not able to form the government as outgoing …
Kochi: Factionalism in Congress surfaced again in Kerala making it a herculean task for the party national leadership to pick the new Chief Minister.The adamancy of seniormost leader Ramesh Chennithala, 69, K C Venugopal, 63, and the youngest among them V D Satheesan, 62, has put Congress’ reputation at stake.Voting back to power after a …
Kochi: Congress national leadership is struggling to find a Chief Minister candidate in Kerala as Ramesh Chennithala, V D Satheesan and K C Venugopal refused to compromise on Thursday.Party observers Mukul Wasnik and Ajay Maken are holding talks with Satheesan in Thiruvananthapuram.Congress general secretary in charge of Kerala Deepa Dasmunsi is also engaged in talks.They …
