Kochi: V S Achuthanandan, the only surviving revolutionary leader who founded CPM among others, was laid to rest amidst an emotionally charged atmosphere amidst incessant drizzle at Valiyachudukad in Alappuzha on Wednesday.His son V A Arun Kumar lit the pyre with V S Achuthanandan’s wife, daughter and other relatives watching the burning of the pyre.Chants …
Kochi: The F-35B stranded fighter jet of the Royal Air Force, U.K flew out from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala on Tuesday to Darwin in Australia, media reports said. The jet flew off from HMS Prince of Wales in the Indian Ocean and landed in Kerala on June 14 due to fuel deficit and …
Kochi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday resigned from his post due to health issues.In his resignation letter, he said the decision was taken to “prioritise health care”.To prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby resign as the Vice-President of India, effective immediately, in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Constitution,” Dhankhar …
Kochi: Two brothers married the same woman in Shillai village of Himachal Pradesh to preserve the practice followed for centuries in the Hatti tribe, media reports said.Hundreds of people witnessed the marriage solemnised under the anachronistic tradition of polyandry.The grooms Pradeep and Kapil Negi tied the knot with bride Sunita Chauhan without any coercion.The event …
Kochi: Why CPM was biased against the die hard communist V S Achuthanandan who faced opposition from a section within the party deserved greater laurels for his unparalleled and inimitable governance as Chief Minister from 2006 to 2011 is a question which perhaps has no answer, political observers said.Achuthanandan lost the assembly election from Mararikkulam …
Kochi: Former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan’s body will be taken to the old AKG centre at Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, media reports said.The body of V S Achuthanandan,who passed away at 3.20.pm, will be kept at his official residence at Thiruvananthapuram at 8 pm.The body will be taken to Durbar Hall tomorrow morning and …
Kochi: Former Kerala Chief Minister Velikkakathu Sankaran, Achuthanandan, 102, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram today, media reports saidAchuthanandan was ailing for sometime now. He was admitted to the hospital on June 23 after suffering a heart attack.The veteran communist leader was born on October 20, 1923 to Sankaran and Accamma Punnapra in …
Kochi: The Bombay High Court on Monday set free 12 persons who were convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case that killed 180 people and injured many, media reports said.Absolving them in the July 11, 2006,case, a division bench of the court observed that the prosecution had “utterly failed” to prove the case against …
Kochi: Even as India is inching close to launching bullet trains, it has failed to ensure safety of travellers who lodge complaints on Railmadad on issues like excess charge as it happened on board a train to Vaishnodevi, media reports said.Agents of the blacklisted catering company zeroed in on the passenger who was pulled down …
Kochi: The Union Government on Friday pleaded to the Supreme Court to permit only the relatives of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya to negotiate with the victim’s kin for clemency of Nimisha who is on a death row.The Attorney General R Venkataramaniargued that involvement of others in the negotiations will not be fruitful.Appearing on behalf of …
Kochi: A Hindu boy, who married a Muslim, has accused his in-laws of coercing him to embrace Islam illegally in Gadag in Karnataka, Times of India reported.In his police complaint, Vishalkumar said he and his lover Tahashin registered their marriageon November 26, 2024 under the Special Marriage Act in Gadag,without informing anyone.However, his mother-in-law and …
Kochi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered floral tributes to former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on his second death anniversary at his resting place in Puthuppally in Kottayam today, media reports said. Thousands gathered at St George Orthodox Church at Puthupally in the rubber city of Kottayam to …
Kochi: The high-security Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala witnessed accidental gun shoton Monday, media reports said.There were no reports of any casualties. Official sources said the accidental discharge occurred when a grade sub-inspector was reportedly cleaning his weapon which was pointed downward due to which the bullet hit the floor.An internal inquiry has …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister has appealed to the Prime Minister to save murder accused Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya from death penalty in Yemen on July 16, media reports said.In his letter, Pinarayi Vijayan urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use diplomatic channels with Yemen to avert Nimisha’s execution.Hailing from Kollengode in Palakkad, Nimisha was …
Kochi: Kerala BJP leader C Sadanandan Master, described as ‘living martyr’ by BJP, has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India.Sadanandan got the ‘living martyr’ tag after he lost two of his legs in a RSS-CPM clash in 1994.Born into a Leftist family in politically sensitive Kannur district, a stronghold of …
Kochi: The Congress is planning to prepare a strategy to discuss issues like privatisation of the nuclear sector, Pahalgam terror attack, revision of electoral rolls in Bihar among others in the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 21.The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) will meet at CPP leader Sonia Gandhi’s 10, Janpath residence on July …
Kochi: Even as Congress has ignored its MP Shashi Tharoor’s tirade against the party, a Catholic priest took umbrage to the former diplomat’s article, media reports said. Fr Jose Vallikkatt based at Bhatinda in Punjab, said took to social media to flay Tharoor and Deepika, a Catholic Church managed publication. Fr Jose Vallikkatt, maintained that …
Kochi: Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba received nearly Rs 500 crore from overseas allegedly for illegal conversions of people into Islam, India Today quoted Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad has said.Jalaluddin got Rs 300 crore from Pakistan, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Turkey through hawala network via Nepal for religious conversions during the last three years.A total of …
Kochi: In a shocking revelation, fuel supply to two engines of the ill fated Air India flight 171 Boeing 787 was found switched off as it was taking off from Ahmedabad International airport on June 12 when it crashed after not getting the thrust, killing 260 people, media reports said.Preliminary investigations by the Aircraft Accident …
Kochi: Diplomat turned politician, Shashi Tharoor of Congress is frustrated over his party not taking extreme steps against him for his anti party writings and actions, political observers said.After failing in all his bids to force Congress to expel from the party,Tharoor has gone restless for not getting an unceremonious exit for his political adventurism.Tharoor …
