Kochi: The two-day all India strike turned out to be an all Kerala strike, hitting daily activities of the common man even as small provision shops were forced to down shutters. The left parties are using the anti people activities to protest against the BJP government’s anti people policy. Interestingly, the electors of the government …
Kochi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was attacked by a person when Kumar was offering tributes to a freedom fighter Shilbhadra Yaji at Bakhtiyarpur on Sunday.The assailant marched through the battery of Chief Minister’s special security sleuths and pulled Kumar to bring him face to face to bang the when the security personnel pounced on …
Kochi: Senior Congress leader Thalekunnil Basheer, 79, passed away at his ancestral house in Vembayam in Thiruvananthapuram in the wee hours of today, media reports said. Basheer was suffering heart ailments and was keeping away from active politics for the last few years. His 79th birthday was celebrated recently by the family and party workers.Known …
Kochi: Amidst Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressing confidence on getting the centre’s nod for the K-Rail project, the Railway Minister has raised concerns on the project. Addressing a press conference at New Delhi, Pinarayi said his parleys with the Prime Minister on getting the center’s nod for the controversial K-Rail project was encouraging. The …
Kochi: In an interesting situation Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an urgent nod for the K-rail project which is being opposed by Modi’s BJP in Kerala. Ironically, when Pinarayi was meeting Modi, a few BJP’s youth wing activists intruded into the Chief Minister residence Cliff House to erect K-rail survey …
Kochi: Former off spinner Harbhajan Singh, IIT Physics professor Sandeep Pathak, and educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal have been spotted for Rajya Sabha as AAP candidates. The name of Krishna Pran Breast Cancer Care Charitable Trust founder Sanjeev Arora is also doing the rounds for Upper House seat. There are five seats vacant from Punjab for …
Kochi: A 64-year-old person was sentenced to 73 years in jail for raping his 7 year-old grandson at Murickassery in Idukki in 2019. A Fast Track Court in Idukki gave the verdict on the case registered under Murickkassery police station. The case was registered under POCSO.The case happened in 2019 when the grandfather subjected the …
Kochi: Japan will invest 42 billion dollars in the next five years in India, Japanese premier Fumio Kishida said. He said this after holding a wide range of discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Discussions included issues related to boosting bilateral economic and cultural ties. They jointly addressed …
Kochi: The new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab will immediately provide jobs to 25,000 people in the state. The notification in this regard will be issued soon, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said, according to media reports. The government would appoint 15,000 people to the police and remaining aspirants in different boards and corporations, …
Kochi: In a gruesome incident, a 80-year-old widower Hameed set afire his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren at Thodupuzha in Idukki, police said. He was having a bad relationship with son Mohammad Faisal. Following this he wanted back the property that Hameed had bestowed to his son. Hameed was living separately at a different place …
Kochi: In a blow to actor Dileep, the Kerala High Court refused to stay the probe into the conspiracy case pertaining to harm to police officials who probed the actor assault case of 2017. The court said it cannot intervene in the case at this stage of the probe and the case needs to be …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has said that film units had the responsibility to set up an Internal Complaint Cell (ICC) for the protection of women in the workplace. A division bench of the court made the ruling while clearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) praying for constitution …
Kochi: The grand old centrist party Congress is facing the worst ever crisis since its formation due to poor leadership and mismanagement leading to exodus and internal revolt by veteran party leaders. Any child would say that the party’s decision to go solo in UP election was suicidal. A coalition in UP could have changed …
Kochi: In a blow to the LDF government, the Supreme Court has expressed surprise over Kerala paying life time pension to the personal staff of state ministers completing two years of service. Kerala is the only state that practices the system of appointing personal staff for two years and paying them pension, the Apex Court …
Kochi: Railway passengers getting down at Kayamkulam Junction are forced to walk more than 15 minutes to reach the nearest bus stop as most of the buses do not enter railway station premises. It is pitiable to see people coming from distant places carrying infants and belonging trek all the way from the station to …
Kochi: An Indian missile “accidently” landed in Pakistan two days back from Haryana due to a technical malfunction, media reports said. The “deeply regrettable” incident occurred during routine maintenance, the reports said. The government has taken the matter seriously and has ordered a ‘Court of Enquiry’ into it. Pakistan accused India of violating its airspace …
Kochi: Mamta Bannerji’s Trinamool Congress (TC) has done a commendable job by winning five seats in Goa where BJP was leading to come to power today. No doubt Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) deserves a pat on its back for grabbing power from the grand old party Congress in Punjab, TC’s success at a far off …
Kochi: The BJP may have done well in the polls, but the humble Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has sent the warning bells to political parties as it is going to come to power in Punjab. No doubt it is the tremendous achievement of its popular leader Arvind Kejriwal who set examples of governing a region through …
Kochi: In a major ruling, the Supreme Court allowed bail to Martin Antony who is the second accused in the actor assault case of 2017. The court said the charges raised in the case were of serious nature, but Martin was in jail for five years which is a long time and some accused have …
Kochi: In a major blow to actor Dileep, Kerala High Court has allowed the crime branch to conduct further investigation into the actor assault case of 2017. Passing the judgment, the court said that it is the investigation team has the right to conduct further investigation and the court cannot intervene in the matter. However, …
