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Kochi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday announced his resignation without waiting for the floor test tomorrow.The resignation comes at a time when the Supreme Court  has rejected his plea to stay the floor test in the assembly tomorrow. Announcing his resignation through social media, he said he was thankful to NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Kochi: After getting a dressing down from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for dragging his daughter’s name during Assembly discussion, Mathew Kuzhalnadan of Congress has stood by his claims made in the assembly.Addressing a press conference, Mathew published data which he claimed was enough to prove his claim about Pinarayi ‘s daughter Veena.Mathew had alleged

Kochi: The results of CBSE’s Board exam are expected to be announced on July 4 and 10. The Class X results are expected to be out on July 4 and the Plus Two results on July 10.Students who are waiting for the results are worried over the delay as their future higher studies programmes have

Kochi: After refusing permission to discuss diplomatic gold smuggling issue twice, the Speaker’s permission to discuss the matter had shocked many.The demand to discuss the matter in August 2021, and February 2022 were rejected by the Speaker.The issue was taken up for discussion after the Speaker granted permission for Congress leader Shafi Parambil’s adjournment motion in this

Kochi: Former Kerala Minister T Sivadasa Menon of CPM died at Kozhikode on Tuesday.He was 90. Menon was suffering from different ailments and was under treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode.Sivadasa Menon was a state committee member of the party.He was Finance Minister in 1987 and Electricity Minister in 1996 in the E K Nayanar

Kochi: The Delhi Police on Monday arrested AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair on the basis of a complaint of a Twitter user who found a tweet of Zubair hurtful.The police registered an FIR based on the complaint received against his tweet allegedly hurting religious sentiments. They filed an FIR under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between

Kochi: In a major relief to rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde camp, the Supreme Court allowed them to file their responses to the disqualification notices till July 12.Earlier, they were asked to submit their replies by 5.30 pm on Monday.The Apex Court issued notices to Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu,

Kochi: In a major relief to rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde camp, the Supreme Court allowed them to file their responses to the disqualification notices till July 12.Earlier, they were asked to submit their replies by 5.30 pm on Monday.The Apex Court issued notices to Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu,

Kochi: In his typical style, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today evaded queries on allegations made by gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh.Pinarayi said that he had made clarification on earlier occasions. Pinarayi said he was not a person whose character would get tarnished by such allegations.He said central investigation agencies could not find anything against him

Kochi: In his typical style, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today evaded queries on allegations made by gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh.Pinarayi said that he had made clarification on earlier occasions. Pinarayi said he was not a person whose character would get tarnished by such allegations.He said central investigation agencies could not find anything against him

 Kochi: The SFI of CPM vandalised the office of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Kalpetta for his silence over farmers’ plight in the wake of Supreme Court ‘s ruling on creating one kilometre buffer zone around Ecologically Sensitive Zones.Congress and Youth Congress retaliated by blocking roads and marching to the AKG Centre.T Siddique, MLA, protested

Kochi: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is growing more powerful with the increasing support he is getting from Shiv Sena and some independents.A minister in the MVA government, Shinde has claimed support of 46 MLAs out of 56 to form an alternative government sans the backing of the Congress and NCP of Sharad Pawar.If the

Kochi: Kerala High Court granted conditional bail to priest Thomas Kottoor and nun Sephy who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Sr Abhaya, in March, 1992.A division bench of the High Court granted the bail while allowing their petitions seeking suspension of their life terms.The court directed them to furnish a bond

Kochi: Services of Kochi Metro through Pathadipalam station became normal as a snag in a pillar near the station was rectified.Services are operated at an interval of seven and half minutes through the section as it was done before the snag in pillar number 347 was detected. Speed regulation in the CUSAT-Pathadipalam section, where the

 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.