Kochi: The BJP-led NDA has resolved to field Draupadi Murmu, 64, as its nominee for the post of country’s President.A former Governor of Jharkhand, Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, will fight against former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, who is the opposition candidate.The country has not seen a tribal woman tobecoming the President. The elections will …
Kochi: The Thodupuzha Soccer school observed International Yoga day with popular sports personalities taking part in the event.The guests stressed the importance of yoga in shaping the mind, personality, confidence, health among others.Thodupuzha Municipal chairman Saneesh George inaugurated the event. Former national coach Bibu Mathew was the chief guest who spoke about the role played …
Kochi: Kochi Metro is all set to add two more stations to its list of 22 halts as soon as it extends its operations up to S N Junction in Tripunithura.The two new stations to join the metro network are Vadakkekotta and S N Junction.At present the metro operates services from Aluva to Petta.The railway …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben turned 100 on Saturday.Modi spent time with her and took her blessings at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. He also shared food with her. In a blog post, Modi greeted his mother on the occasion and recounted her sacrifices and wrote about the various aspects of her life. “Maa… this isn’t a mere …
Kochi: Destiny catapults one to the zenith of prosperity and also pulls down a wealthy to the girth of penury.Such is the case with Aiswarya who once acted opposite Mohanlal and other popular stars in early nineties.Daughter of yesteryear leading actor Laxmi, Aiswarya acted with Mohanlal in super hit films like Butterflies, Narasimham and Praja.Aiswarya also …
Kochi: Gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh has accused the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of making an unsuccessful attempt to influence the Sharjah ruler to start an IT company for her daughter there. The attempt failed as some quarters in Sharjah opposed the project, she said in the affidavit given before the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court. …
Kochi: Travel anywhere in the city for just Rs 5 in Kochi Metro on June 17, the day when it started its maiden journey of 13.4 kms from Aluva to Palarivattom in 2017.The aim is to promote Kochi Metro by attracting maximum travellers, mainly those who are yet to travel in the metro.One can travel …
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Kochi: Three former Supreme Court Judges are among 12 prominent personalities who have prayed for suo motu intervention by the Supreme Court in the issue related to bulldozing of houses in Uttar Pradesh.Describing the UP government’s act as “making a mockery of the Constitution”, theyappealed to the Apex Court to act against the “violence and …
Kochi: Upper Primary aided school teacher Farzeen Majid was suspended for protesting against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inside a plane yesterday.Farzeen and Navin Kumar shouted slogans against Pinarayi seeking his resignation as the plane was landing in Thiruvananthapuram1airport. Education Minister V S Sivankutty has sought a report about Farzeen from the public education director.Farzeen, Mattanoor block …
Kochi: There seems to be no respite for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan from statewide protests seeking his resignation after a gold smuggling case accused alleged the complicity of Pinarayi and his near ones in the case.Unmindful of all the protests, Pinarayi is continuing with his scheduled programmes causing immense inconvenience to the common man.Long …
Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh today collapsed due to fits after she alleged that she was being targeted for speaking out against Kerala chief minister and others.Swapna said she stood by her allegations that Shaj Kiran was a representative sent by Pinarayi Vijayan to negotiate a deal with her.She said that whatever Shaj …
Kochi: Unprecedented security arrangements for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan caused immense inconvenience to the people as traffic was held up for hours in Kottayam.Pinarayi’s visit to the little town with poor infrastructure added to the woes of the people due to long hours of traffic blocks.All the roads leading to the town came to a …
Kochi: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said that people cannot say anything in the public as per their whims and fancies.Inaugurating the KGOA state meet at Kottayam, he said the state had recently witnessed people blabbering things without any restrictions.He said such things would not discourage the government from taking stern action against trouble markers.Recently …
Kochi: NHAI has made India proud by entering the Guinness Book of World Records by laying a 75-kms road in a record time of 105 hours and 33 minutes.The National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) had begun the work at 07.27 am on Jube 03 and completed it at 5 pmon June 7.The sector is …
Kochi: Twenty-two pilgrims lost their lives when their bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand on Sunday. The mishap occurred when the bus was going to Yamunotri with 28 passengers, media reports said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of the pilgrims. The Prime Minister had announced a relief of Rs 2 lakhs each for …
Kochi: Condemning the alleged remarks of national spokesperson Nupur Sharma, the BJP has suspended her pending enquiry.The party has also expelled Delhi BJP’s media in-charge Naveen Kumar Jindal in this connection.Om Pathak, member secretary, central disciplinary committee, said that Nupur had violated the rule 10 (a) of the party and that she was being suspended …
Kochi: Seven girls drowned while they were bathing in a river in Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.The incident occurred at about 12.45 pmwhen they were bathing in Kedilam river.The girls in the age groups of ten to 18 years washed away as there was a sudden inflow of water, media reports said.The people …
Kochi: Only 108 hours to build 75-km Amravati – Akola highway in Maharashtra is the target of the National Highway to beat record holder Qatar to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.The work started on June 3 and should end by June 7 if NHAI wants to break the record of building 25 km …
Kochi: Covid scare is once again causing concern as cases are increasing in five states including Kerala.Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Alappuzha, Kollam, Kannur, Malappuram and Wayanad, media reports said.The centre has issued a warning to spruce up screening activities in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMS) …
Kochi: UDF candidate Uma Thomas won the Thrikkakara Assembly seat helping the UDF retain the seat which was last won by her late husband P T Thomas.Uma posted glorious victory defeating her LDF rival Dr Jo Joseph by 25,016 votes.She polled 72,770 against 47,754 received by Dr Jo Joseph.BJP candidate A N Radhakrishnan got 12,957 …
