Kochi: A web series on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) directed by a few top directors is in the pipeline, media reports said.Malayalam filmmaker Priyadarshan is among the six award winning directors joining hands to direct the Hindi series Titled Ek Rashtra, that will tell a century old history of the outfit. The other five …
Kochi: The Supreme Court today rejected a plea seeking approval of same-sex marriages in the country, media reports said.Delivering the verdict by a five-judge bench, the court said that the matter was out of its domain and parliament should make laws in this regard, the reports said. However, the court said the state should provide …
Kochi: A flash flood in the Teesta River in Lachen valley triggered by a cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in Sikkim claimed eight lives today, media reports said.Twenty-three army personnel were among the 49 persons who were reported missing, the reports said.Fortyone vehicles got stuck in the slush.Release of water from the Chungthang dam added …
Kochi: Iconic agricultural scientist and father of the country’s Green Revolution, M S Swaminathan passed away at his residence in Chennai.He was 98.Born in Kumbakonam on August 7, 1925, Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was attracted to agricultural science in the beginning. He pursued higher studies after discarding the offer to become a police officer.He completed his …
Kochi: IAS officer Rinku Dugga has been compulsorily retired from service “in public interest”, media reports said.A 1994 batch officer of Arunachal-Goa-Mizoram-Union cadre, Dugga was removed from service under 16(3) of the All India Services (DeathCum-Retirement Benefits) Rules after reviewing her performance, the reports said.Dugga and her IAS officer husband Sanjeev Khirwar were accused of …
Kochi: Bollywood icon Waheeda Rehman, 85, has won the country’s highest film honour Dadasaheb Phalke Award, media reports said. Hailing from Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu, Waheeda was outstanding in all her films.nion Minister Anurag Thakur wrote in X: “I feel an immensesense of happiness and honour in announcing that Waheeda Rehman ji is being bestowed …
Kochi: Acting on passengers’ feedback, the railways have decided to suspend sale of bakery items on Vande Bharat Express for six months to tackle congestion in the train, media reports said.The railways will monitor the decision on a pilot basis to see whether it helps in removing the problems faced by the passengers due to …
Kochi: Legendary Malayalam filmmaker and screenwriter Kulakkattil Geevarghese George, 77, passed away in Kochi today, media reports said. Founder of a new school of filmmaking, he was a contemporary of popular film makers Bharathan and P Padmarajan, in the eighties. He won the Government of Kerala’s highest honour J C Daniel Award, for contributions to …
Kochi: Telugu Desam Party chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was remanded to judicial custody in an alleged Rs 300 crore corruption case by a Court in Andhra Pradesh today.The Vijayawada Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, before which Naidu was produced in connection with a Rs 300 crore scam, rejected his bail plea …
Kochi: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was arrested under non bailable offenses in connection with an alleged scam of Rs 317 crore, media reports said.Naidu has been charged under sections of criminal conspiracy, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property among others. Provisions under Prevention of Corruption Act have been slapped on …
Kochi: India successfully launched its solar mission Aditya L1 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh today.The RS 300 crore space-based Indian observatory Aditya L1 is sent to study the dynamics of the Solar upper atmosphere, the reports said.It is structured to study the in-situ particle and plasma environment and provide data for the study of particle …
Kochi: Jet Airways (India) founder Naresh Goyal, 74, has been taken nto custody by the ED in a money laundering case worth Rs 538 crore, media reports said.After sustained questioning, he was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).He will be produced before a special PMLA court in Mumbai on Saturday. …
Kochi:Non Residents of Jammu and Kashmir were deprived of some key constitutional rights through Article 35A, the Supreme Court has said, media reports said.The article snatched away equality of opportunity, employment in the state government and right to buy land, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has said while hearing petitions against scrapping of …
Kochi: Ten passengers from Uttar Pradesh were charred to death in a fire that broke out in a private IRCTC coach stationed in the yard of the Madurai Railway junction on Saturday, media reports said.Explosion of an LPG cylinder is suspected to be the reason behind the fire, media reports said.The dead included two women, …
Kochi: Superstar Allu Arjun has won Best Actor award in Pushpa while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the best actress award in the 69th National Film Awards 2023.Bhatt won it for her role in Gangubai Kathiyawadi’ and Sanon Mimi.Malayalam Actor Indrans got special mention for his performance in the film Home which was also …
Kochi: India created history by landing on the South pole of the moon under Chandrayaan-3 mission on Wednesday evening. A similar mission by Russia’s Luna-25 failed a few days back. Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14. Landing module Vikram, named after father of the Indian …
Kochi: Noted filmmaker Siddique, 64, passed away in a private hospital here on Monday evening, media reports said.He was undergoing treatment at Amrita Hospital for the last few days. Siddique was hospitalized on July 10 for non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis. He was recommended for a liver transplant when he suffered a heart attack on Sunday and …
Kochi: Puthuppally assembly constituency in Kerala will go to bypolls on September 5, the Election Commission of India said.The death of former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on July 18 necessitated the election, media reports said.Oommen Chandy’s son Chandy Oommen is the front runner as Congress-led UDF nominee.The rival CPM-led LDF, which is ruling six …
Kochi: Bringing an end to speculations, parliamentary membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been restored, media reports said.The Supreme Court had stayed his conviction by a Gujarat court in a 2019 defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remarks, the reports said.His return was made possible after the Lok Sabha secretariat issued a notification in …
Kochi: Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, 79, passed away in the wee hours of today. A seasoned Congress leader, Chandy was suffering from cancer for the last few years. He was undergoing treatment in Bengaluru. Last year he was taken to Germany for treatment.The two time chief minister Chandy’s political life began in his …
