Kochi: The CPI(M) national General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, 72, passed away at New Delhi on Thursday, media reports said. Yechury has been undergoing treatment at AIIMS for an acute respiratory tract infection since August 19.He was in the ICU at AIIMS where he was being monitored by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, the reports said. …
Kochi: The ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan was honoured with the George Fernandes Memorial National Award 2024 for his contributions for executing the Konkan rail project. The award, given by Jayashreekrishna Parisara Premi Samiti, NGO, was conferred on Sreedharan by (capt) Brijesh Chowla, MP, at Mumbai the other day.The function was presided over by L V …
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) nabbed a key accused allegedly involved in an international conspiracy to establish an Islamic caliphate in India, media reports said. Aziz Ahamed (alias) Aziz Ahmed alias Jaleel Aziz Ahmed was arrested while trying to flee abroad from Bengaluru international airport on Friday. The NIA has registered cases against six …
Kochi: India launched the Earth Observation Satellite onboard the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday, media reports said. The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO SSLV-D3 in its third and final development flight lifted off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at …
Kochi: In a setback to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected interim bail to him in a corruption case in the alleged excise policy scam case, media reports said. A division bench rejected the bail plea by Kejriwal who had sought bail challenging his arrest. The court will further hear …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation post landslide hit areas of Wayanad in north Kerala on Saturday. He went on foot to the affected regions of Chooralmala and interacted with the people. He walked through the 190-foot-long Bailey bridge built by the army after the existing bridge was washed away in …
Kochi: The 75-km Chengannur-Sabarimala line seems to be the Railways’ choice in lieu of the Angamali line mulled decades back, media reports said. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Parliament that the proposed project from Angamaly to Erumeli was stuck due to lack of cooperation from the state government on issues like land acquisition, the …
Kochi: The draft amendment bill seeking to amend the Wakf Act of 1995 to include non-muslims and women is expected to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, media reports quoting government sources said.The bill mulls to amend 44 sections of the act.Another bill to abolish a 1923 Waqf Act is also to be …
Kochi: A centre sponsored panel has issued a draft notification to declare over 56,800 sq kms in the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), media reports said. Six states, including 13 villages in Kerala’s Wayanad, are included Ecologically Sensitive. Area (ESA). The move comes in the backdrop of devastating landslides claiming over 300 lives …
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 …
