Kochi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday flayed the Congress for holding a rally on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.The move was equal to “rub salt in the wounds of the victims”, Shah said addressing a gathering in Chandigarh during a foundation stone-laying ceremony of various development projects worth ₹258 crore, the
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Kochi: Opposition would continue its fight to ensure accountability and justice, Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday.Addressing a rally organised by Congress led I.N.D.I alliance against the BJP-led government at centre at New Delhi, Rahulaccused the BJP government of election rigging.Asserting that the Opposition will continue its campaign to oust Chief
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Kochi : The Madras High Court has ordered to issue a notice to the Central Government on a petition seeking a probe into the nationality of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) co-convenor Saurav Das.A division bench of the court sought to block the X and Instagram handles of Das and prevent him from making alleged derogatory
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Kochi: Six persons including the pilot were feared killed when their helicopter crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday afternoon.Operated by Trans Bharat Aviation, the helicopter was going from Badrinath to Dehradun when it crashed into a hillside near Chai village with the occupants from Bengaluru, media reports said.The ground control lost contact
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Kochi: In a major jail break, 17 inmates escaped from Tamil Nadu’s Theni sub-jail late Monday night.A massive manhunt across neighbouring districts helped to nab four of them.Checkpoints have been set up at 16 locations in Dindigul and 17 special teams have been deployed to track down the remaining escapees.Nine jail personnel were suspended in connection
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Kochi: Tamil Nadu Crime Branch (CCB) on Monday arrested former Tamil Nadu school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi of DMK in an alleged Rs 100 crore school recognition scam.He was arrested from his apartment in Aminjikarai after Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail application.The case was registered based on a complaint lodged by D
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Kochi: Even as a few senior CPM leaders have raised concerns over use of a generic medicine for patients of Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the medical fraternity have supported the use of equivalent low cost generic drugs.Patients suffering from SMA, which is a genetic condition causing progressive loss of muscle strength, have gone a back
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Kochi: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora’s plea against a police notice directing her to execute a bond before a Special Executive Magistrate to “keep peace”.Rejecting the writ petition, the court issued directions to the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) to provide Neha with all relevant material
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Kochi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others to seek permission from a division bench of the High Court of Kerala to file an appeal against a single bench order directing the Vigilance to book Pinarayi and others in bribery and other cases.Staying for seven days the Vigilance probe
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Kochi: Possible attempt to trigger train mishap was unearthed near Soranur in Palakkad division leading to arrest of a person on Tuesday.The RPF has detained a person of Bihar in connection with the incident.Heavy objects were found at three locations on the railway tracks between Ottapalam and Shoranur, media reports said.The objects were discovered atMannannur,
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Kochi: Actor Tiger Shroff escaped narrowly in an attempt on his life in Mumbai’s Juhu on Sunday while returning home, India Today reported.Shroff, who was shot while returning after a football match, is safe and did not suffer any gunshot injury.Shroff’s driver and another person suffered injuries and were admitted to Nanavati Hospital.Two gangsters linked
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Kochi: Indian Railways have warned that those causing sound pollution in trains and railway premises will have to face punishment including imprisonment and heavy penalties.With complaints mounting on people creating nuisance to others through sound pollution, the railways have decided to invoke Section 145 (2) (a) of the Railways Act to deal with the menace,
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Kochi: At least 19 people were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata’s Chorbagan area on Saturday evening.As it started raining, people waiting outside the pandal rushed forward, and some fell on the road, triggering the stampede, a senior officer told PTI.The incident took place around 7.40 pm
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Kochi: A day after taking into preventive custody CJP leader Abhijit Dipke before“Lehra Do Tiranga” march, the outfit’s founder was granted conditional bail on Saturday.Dipke, who was produced before the Special Executive Magistrate, was directed to sign a ‘peace bond’ and pay a surety bond of Rs 50,000 before setting him free on conditional bail.Dipke
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Kochi: Incarcerated banned Popular Front of India (PFI) founding chairman E Abubacker was permitted by the Supreme Court to undergo treatment for his ailments in a hospital at his expenses.Arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the court ordered that the accused must bear the expenses of his treatment, police escort among others. The court allowed
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Kochi: In a swift move, the Directorate of Enforcement has summoned former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to appear before it on October 23 for questioning in connection with cases including CMRL-Exalogic bribery case, media reports said.Vijayan, 81, has been asked to appear at the ED office in Kochi under the Prevention of Money Laundering
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Kochi: The Union government on Wednesday decided to remapping the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) dropping the name of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s name from three of them.The Centre announced continuation of NSAP for five years with a total outlay of Rs 53,428 crore.The decision was taken during the meeting of the Union Cabinet,
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Kochi: Union Minister L Murugan has sought permission from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relinquish his position in the Union cabinet to return to Tamil Nadu to strengthen the party for 2029 Lok Sabha polls.In a letter to the Prime Minister, Murugan sought permission from Modi to return to his home state and work at
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Kochi: Congress landed in soup after it deleted a post published by its Kerala unit on X seeking resignation of Chief Justice of India.The Central leadership sprung into action to back out from the statement which has put Congress in a tight spot.Earlier, the I.N.D.I.A bloc led by Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi took
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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
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