Kochi: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar is the NDA candidate for India’s Vice President’s post.The decision was taken at the BJP parliamentary board meeting at New Delhi.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President J P Nadda, union ministers Ramnath Singh, Amit Shah were among those attended the meeting.A meeting of the Opposition parties convened by the …
Kochi: Terrorists struck at a police check post martyring an ASI Mushtaq Ahmed and injuring two others at Srinagar on Tuesday. The injured have been admitted to the hospital. The terrorists fired at the check post at Lal Bazar. When retaliated, they escaped following which the security forces have started combing operation. Top officials of …
Kochi: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that he was confident that the truth behind the diplomatic baggage gold smuggling case would come out. The Central Government would act at the right time in the case, he said while addressing the press at Thiruvananthapuram. As the matter is before the court and investigation agencies, it was …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has made a dig at Union Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for inspecting a flyover under construction at Kazhakoottam in Thiruvananthapuram.Pinarayi said a Foreign Minister is overseeing the construction of the flyover even as there are other important things happening across the globe.Addressing a function in the capital city …
Kochi: Former DGP R Sreelekha’s remarks giving a clean chit to actor Dileep in the actor abuse case has triggered controversy with many targeting her. Sreelekha used her YouTube channel to absolve Dileep of the charges made against him in the abduction case that took place in 2017. Sreelekha blamed Pulsar Suni as the real …
Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on July 21 in connection with the National Herald case.Sonia Gandhi was asked to appear on June 23 but could not oblige due to health problems.She sought more time to recover from health problems. She has already recovered from the ailments.Rahul …
Kochi: Corona cases are increasing rapidly in the country while the Railways seems to have taken it lightly.The railways’ decision to reduce the number of compartments in many trains have not only caused harassment to the passengers, but also exposed them to the risk of contracting the virus as people are forced to travel in …
Kochi: Political crises have cropped up in Goa as some Congress leaders are planning to migrate to the ruling BJP even as the safron party is facing threat from disgruntled BJP leaders. The BJP which has 25 members in the 40-member assembly is trying to reinforce its strength by attracting a few Congress MLAs to …
Kochi: Novak Djokovich lifted the Wimbledon men’s cup beating Nick Kyrgipd of Australia in the final today. Djokovic defeated his rival 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 7-6. This is his 21st grand slam and seventh in Wimbledon. Roger Federer with eight wins has the maximum number of victories. Photo credit: Twitter
Kochi: Union External Affairs Minister S Jayshnkar has said the truth on the gold smuggling case would come out. Such things have happened that should not have taken place, Jaishankar said at Thiruvananthapuram The ministry is aware of things that have happened in the UAE consulate, he said. Jayasankar did not elaborate much on the …
Kochi: Angry public barged into Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s palace protesting against the growing financial crisis and uncertainty in the island nation today.The 73-year-old President was not in his place when the protesters invaded the palace in thousands, forcing the security forces into the back foot.Gotabaya was taken to a safe location after intelligence agencies …
Kochi: At Least ten persons were reportedly killed and many missing in a cloudburst near Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir today evening, media reports said.The number of casualties is likely to go up.Community kitchen and a number of tents were washed away.Those injured were being airlifted. The rescue operations were carried out by ITBP, …
Kochi: P T Usha, Queen of Indian track and field, and master musician R Gnanathesikan, popularly known as Ilaiyaraaja, were the prominent personalities elected to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “The remarkable P T Usha Ji is an inspiration for every Indian. Her accomplishments in sports are widely known but equally commendable is her work to …
Kochi: Controversial CPM leader Saji Cherian today resigned but did not tender an apology for criticising country’s constitution.Saji said that the decision to quit was his independent decision and the matter was conveyed to Chief Minister.Addressing a press conference after tendering his resignatio, he criticised the media for misinterpreting his speech when he attacked the …
Kochi: The CPM party secretariat meeting did not take any action against Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian for his severe attack on the country’s constitution.The available secretariat meeting discussed the matter while Saji came in for severe criticism from leaders during the meeting.The leaders are reported to have said that Saji had provided arms to the …
Kochi: With the situation going out of control, the Kerala Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian denied making any derogatory remarks against the country’s constitution.Claiming that his statement was misinterpreted by the media, he told the Assembly that if his statement was given a different meaning other than what he had intended, then he was highly regretfull …
Kochi: The CPM-led government in Kerala has landed in soup as the Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian has allegedly made controversial remarks on the country ‘s constitution.The Chief Minister has sought clarification from Cherian following the state Governor’s intervention in the matter.The governor is examining the remarks made by Saji.In a speech made at Mallappally near …
Kochi: The Railway Ministry makes tall claims but railways stands where it was decades back as far as maintaining punctuality is concerned. While the centre is boasting over the much hyped bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, it seems to be not bothered to ensure that trains in other parts of the country run somewhere …
Kochi: The Railway Ministry makes tall claims but railways stands where it was decades back as far as maintaining punctuality is concerned. While the centre is boasting over the much hyped bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, it seems to be not bothered to ensure that trains in other parts of the country run somewhere …
Kochi: The BJP is confident of forming a government in Kerala and other states as the next 30 to 40 years would be the era of BJP, Home Minister Amit Shah said today. The other states are Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal, Shah said while moving a political resolution during the two day …
