Kochi: Music director K J Joy, 77, passed away in the wee hours of today at Chennai, media reports said.Hailing from Nellikunnu in Thrissur in Kerala, Joy composed music for 71 films.Groomed under noted composer M S Vishwanathan, he debuted in 1975 through Love Letter.Some of hits are En Swaram (Anupallavi), Akkare Ikkare Ninnal (Itha …
Kochi: The centre has ordered a probe against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T Veena owned Exalogic Solutions in connection with allegations including fraud worth Rs 1.72 crore, media reports said.The panel has been asked to submit the report within four months on various issues including Exalogic receiving monthly payments from sylyminite mining Cochin …
Kochi: In a shocking incident, a 39 year old CEO of a Bengaluru based startup, Suchana Seth, was detained in connection with the death of her four-year-old son, media reports said.She was detained in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district while she was returning from Goa to Bengaluru in a taxi, the reports said.The police were alerted by …
Kochi: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government order freeing 11 persons convicted for life term for gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her kin during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, media reports said. The Apex Court delivered the verdict while hearing a batch of petitions challenging Gujarat government’s decision in …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the CPM-led Left front and Congress-led UDF of being hand in glove in duping people of Kerala in the last several decades. Addressing thousands of women at the BJP State Mahila conference at Thrissur, he said the Congress and CPM have joining hands under the I.N.D.I.A front …
Kochi: Kicking up the campaign for Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will conduct a roadshow in Thrissur on Wednesday.He will address thousands of people, mainly women in the wake of passing of the women’s reservation Bill.Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi, will be another crowd puller as he is touted as party candidate for the Lok …
Kochi: Actor and founder of DMDK Vijayakanth, 71, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday, media reports said.He was suffering from Covid andwas on ventilator support.Born August 25, 1952, Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami was more popular by his stage name Vijayakanth.Vijayakanth was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy and his wife P Visalakshi were sentenced to three years of SimpleImprisonment and were fined Rs 50 lakh each in a disproportionate assets case, media reports said.If they fail to pay the amount, they would have to undergo additional six months of imprisonment.The court granted 30 days …
Kochi: A total of 141 opposition members in Parliament were suspended for disrupting proceedings in Upper and Lower houses which is the highest ever in the history, media reports said. Protesting over the security breach that happened in Lok Sabha a few days back, the members of two houses demanded resignation of Union Home Minister …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy and wife Visalatchi were convicted by the Madras High Court in a disproportionate assets case, media reports said.The court directed them to appear before the court on or before December 21 to hear him out and decide on the duration of jail term. A special court had acquitted him …
Kochi: Kerala has reported detecting immune evasive Covid-19 subvariant JN.1 in several parts of the state during a surveillance conducted by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), media reports said. There are 1,523 active cases in the state out of 1,701 in the country.A total of 199 active cases were reported on Saturday. INSACOG is a …
Kochi: Lok Sabha witnessed a major security breach today coinciding with the attack on parliament 22th years back, media reports said.Two persons below 30 years from the visitors’ gallery jumped into the chamber and sprayed green gas like things, Jebi Mather, MP, told Asianet.They shouted slogans Tanashahi nahin chalegi, (down with autocracy)Mather said.They jumped into …
Kochi: In a major relief to the BJP-led government at the centre, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the abrogation of Article 370 and said the article was temporary. Pronouncing its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of the Article and bifurcation Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories, the Apex court …
Kochi: Another cross border marriage is going to happen early next year between Javeria Khanum of Karachi Sameer Khan in Kolkata, media reports said.After securing a 45-day visa, the 21-year-old Javeria arrived India through the Wagah border where she was welcomed by her fiancé and his father Ahmed Kamal Khan Yousafzai amidst beating of ‘dhol’, …
Kochi: Five tourists, including four from Kerala, were killed and three injured in a road accident at Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Ganderbal district on Tuesday, media reports said.The four deceased tourists are Anil, 34, Sudheesh, 32, Rahul, 28 and Vignesh, 23 from Palakkad, the reports said.They were …
Kochi: The Congress-led I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting scheduled for Wednesday in New Delhi has been postponed due to the absence of leaders of major political parties, media reports said.The meeting has been rescheduled to the third week of December even as a meeting of the coordination committee will be held on Wednesday.Trinamool Congress chief and West …
Kochi: Michaung Cyclone has inundated Chennai and many areas in Northern Tamil Nadu while the government has ordered people to stay indoors, media reports said.Social media is flooded with people sharing scores of pictures of floods. Bus, rail and air services have come to a standstill, the reports said.Power outages are reported from most of …
Kochi: Former Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s National Conference has said that his party will fight polls in the Union Territory independently, media reports said.Congratulating the BJP-led alliance over winning polls in three out of the four states, Abdullah said that the Congress had failed terribly, though it did well in …
Kochi: The grand old party Congress’ decision to float the I.N.D.I.A coalition to crush BJP has failed to deliver the goods in the Hindi heartland in the assembly elections in which the BJP is leading 3-1.All credits to the Congress-led front for doing exceedingly well in Telangana where it will form the new government thrashing …
Kochi: In a setback to the ruling Left government, the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University was quashed by the Supreme Court on Thursday. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, in a judgment set aside the Kerala High Court verdict upholding the re-appointment of Ravindran. The court …
