Kochi: The much touted Vizhinjam International Seaport received its first container ship ‘San Fernando’ signaling the beginning of the port’s trial operation on Thursday. The 8,000 to 9,000 TEU vessel came from Xiamen Port in China via Colombo in Sri Lanka carrying around 2,000 containers to unload at Vizhinjam.The vessel was welcomed with a water …
Kochi: The CBI has said that the 1994 ISRO espionage case was a conspiracy hatched by certain officials, media reports said. The agency said this in the chargesheet filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram.The chargesheet pertained to the case related to the alleged framing of space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the case. The CBI found …
Kochi: At Least 121 people were killed and 28 injured in a stampede in a congregationorganised by a self styled godman at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, media reports said.The event was organised by Narayan Saakar Hari alias ‘Bhole Baba’ who is at large, the reports said. The Police failed to trace the godman and others …
Kochi: The National capital became the first place where the new criminal law Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 2023 was implemented after an FIR was registered against a street vendor, media reports said. Filing of the FIR by Kamla Market Police Station marked the implementation of the three new criminal laws across the country, the reports …
Kochi: The central government has decided to act against those reporting late for work and signing out early, media reports said. In a bid to impose puntuality in central government offices since it came to power in 2014, the government had introduced a biometric attendance system which got suspended during the corona pandemic. The Aadhaar-enabled …
Kochi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by a Delhi court in an alleged money laundering case kinked Delhi Excise policy. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21. The Rouse Avenue Court granted bail after hearing Kejriwal and the ED at length. The ED had alleged that Kejriwal was …
Kochi: Eight people were killed and 60 injured when Kanchanjunga Express collided with a goods train in Rangapani station near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal on Monday, media reports said. Two compartments were derailed in the impact of the collision. The mishap happened about seven kilometers from New Jalpaiguri. The Prime Minister has announced …
Kochi: The Supreme Court has allowed the Delhi Development Authority to demolish a Shiva Temple located on the Yamuna floodplains, media reports said. Upholding a verdict of Delhi High Court of May 29, the Apex Court held that there was no infirmity in the High Court order, the reports said.The Supreme Court asked Pracheen Shiv Mandir …
Kochi: Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for third term while Suresh Gopi, George Kurian from Kerala became ministerson Sunday.President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Narendra Modi to head the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.Modi became the second Prime Minister in the country’s history to equal the country’s first …
Kochi: Too much hype about former top cop and techie K Annamalai cost the BJP heavily in Tamil Nadu where the saffron party’s arrogance to ignore the mite of AIADMK failed to pay the dividends in 39 seats, political analysts said. A minnow in politics, Annamalai’s decision to call off ties with a party like …
Kochi: The culmination of the Lok Sabha election has ended in a funny situation where the loser claims to be a winner while the real champion is not in a mood to respond. Exploring possibilities of an impossible task of forming a government, the Congress-led I.N.D.I. alliance has mocked the Prime Minister for leading the …
Kochi: The rightist BJP scripted a new chapter in the political history by making a hat trick to win the Lok Sabha polls equalling the feat of country’s first Premier Jawaharlal Nehru. However, there is no scope for the saffron party to bask over the victory as it runs short of numbers to prove majority …
Kochi: The BJP on Tuesday shocked the political pundits when its action star Suresh Gopi proved his heroics by establishing an inimitable lead of over 72,000 votes in the cultural capital of Thrissur Lok Sabha seat. Upsetting the exit polls predictions carried out by a leading Malayalam daily and others, Gopi even disturbed his opponents …
Kochi: The Police arrested a woman for allegedly swapping her blood in place of her son who is accused of driving the car that killed two persons in Pune a few days back, media reports said. She is accused of conspiring with him in changing the blood sample collected to test alcohol content, media reports …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat on a 45-hour meditation at Dhyan Mandapam at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening. The meditation will end in the evening of June 1.This is the place where Swami Vivekananda meditated 131 years ago. After the end of the final phase of Lok …
Kochi: In a blow to the Congress, senior partyParliamentarian Shashi Tharoor’s former staff was arrested in a gold smuggling case at the Delhi airport, media reports said. Shiv Kumar Prasad was nabbed for allegedly smuggling 500 gm of gold on Wednesday.Prasad was arrested along with another person for receiving whom Prasad had reached the airport. …
Kochi: Estranged Aam Aadmi Party MPSwati Maliwal today opposed granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Private Secretary Bibhav Kumar who was arrested for allegedly assaulting her, media reports said. Maliwal told a Delhi court which was hearing a bail plea of Bibhav that allowing bail to him would be a security threat to …
Kochi: Two doctors in Pune were arrested for allegedly manipulating the blood sample of a teenager who is accused of driving the Porsche car allegedly killing two persons the other day in Pune, media reports quoting Pune Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said. Dr Ajay Taware, head of the forensics department and Dr Shrihari Harnor were …
Kochi: Passengers on board Kochi-bound flight escaped miraculously as the plane landed safely due to fire in one of its engines in Bengaluru, media reports said.The fire was noticed about five minutes afterthe Pune-Bengaluru-Kochi Air India Express 1132M took off from Bengaluru on Friday night.The passengers were evicted through the emergency exit.The fire brigade rushed …
Kochi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Personal AssistantBibhav Kumar was arrested by the Delhi Police today for allegedly assaulting AAP MP Swati Maliwal inside Kejriwal’s house the other day, media reports said.Swati accused Bibhav of slapping her many times and kicking her in the stomach and pelvic area when she had gone to the Chief …
