Kochi: Incessant rains in Kerala have claimed25 lives and four persons are missing while 10 persons have sustained injuries.Fiftytwo houses were destroyed and 565 homes partially damaged between August 1 and August 4 rendering 18,000 people to over 400 relief camps across the state, media reports said.A total of 7,852 people are in camps in
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Kochi: Udhayanidhi Stalin, former Tamil Nadu deputy Chief Minister, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with alleged remarks purportedly on popular actor Trisha.The senior DMK leader was arrested for his alleged controversial remark on Trisha addressing a public rally in Thanjavur, the Hindu reported.A leading actor, Udhayanidhi, who is Leader of the Opposition in Tamil
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Kochi: Former Tamil Nadu minister and actor Udhayanidhi Stalin of DMK was detained by police on Tuesday for remarks about actor Trisha, media reports said.Udhayanidhi made the alleged controversial remarks against Trisha during a Cauvery rights protest at Thanjavur.“… Did I say something wrong? Did I take something anybody’s name except the Chief Minister?”, he
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Kochi: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomarwere acquitted on Monday by a Delhi court in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) court delivered the judgement.Six noted wrestlers had accused Brij Bhushan Singh, former, BJP MP, ofharassing
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Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Monday granted bail to nine Left activists accused ofattacking Directorate of Enforcement sleuthswhile collecting evidence against Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan’s daughter Veena T in a money laundering case on May 27.Kiran P S., Jeevan, Anil Kumar, Sreejith, Nishad, Siddharth S, Shefeek, Nandhu G R, Rahul A Rajan were
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Kochi: The death toll in the rains have so far claimed 12 lives in the last two days in Kerala.A total of four people died today.Eight persons are reported missing while persons are being treated for injuries in accidents triggered by heavy downpour.Twentyseven houses were destroyed and 196 partially damaged. A total of 5,792 people
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Kochi: An intense low-pressure over central India triggered widespread rain across Kerala with the weather Department sounding a red alert in eight districts in the state where four death have been reported.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared a Red alert in Idukki, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod, the Hindu reported.An orange alert
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Kochi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that police are “empowered to use pellet guns in exceptional situations”.Declining to impose a blanket ban on the use of pellet guns by police and paramilitary forces for crowd control, the The law enforcement agencies are empowered to deploy them in exceptideclined onal situations, the Apex Court observed
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Kochi: India has won 3 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze to reach 8th position at the 2026 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland.Gold Medalists are Mirabai Chanu in weightlifting (women’s 48 kg), Sharmila Dhankar in Para-athletics (Women’s shot put F57) and Dilip Gavit in Para-athletics (Men’s 100 m T47).Silver Medalists are Rishikanta Singh in Weightlifting
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Kochi: The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 was passed by Lok Sabha on Wednesday by voice vote. The bill needs clearance from the Rajya Sabha. The bill prescribes punishment of up to 10 years’ imprisonment and a Rs 50 lakh fine for offenders. It suggests establishing fast-track courts in every state
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Kochi: Tamil Nadu has cited rising domestic demand for rough stones and construction materials imposing a three-month ban on their transportation to Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.Expressing concerns over the move, Kerala has sought exemptions to avoid delay in executing National Highway projects.The restriction applies to Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.The decision was taken following
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Kochi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister of Congress Siddaramaiah, 79, on Sunday announced to stay away from active politics due to age factor and growing corruption.In a post on X, Siddaramaiah said he will be active in public life in his Varuna constituency where people are compelling him to contest again.Siddaramaiah also reflected on his five-decade-long
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Kochi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay’s film ‘Jana Nayagan’ Box Office Collection witnessed a sharp drop on Friday.However, the actor turned politician’s last film as an actor opened strongly at the box office, earning Rs 42.7 crore net in India on its first day, the Screen reported.According to trade tracker Sacnilk, Jana Nayagan earned
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Kochi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday announced its decision to end its protest and asked the protestors to disperse.The announcement came in a joint government-CJP press conference this evening, following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union Education Minister.Pradhan’s resignation was the CJP’s main demand over the NEET paper leak.Addressing a press conference,
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Kochi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday resigned in the wake of ongoing protests over the NEET paper leak.Pradhan said that he has sent his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.Pradhan said he did not want anti-national forces to take advantage of this situation that had developed in Jantar Mantar. The
Kochi: Former Sabarimala Devaswom Board president P S Prashanth was taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team on Thursday in connection with the temple gold robbery case.Prashant, who was picked up from his residence in Thiruvananthapuram, is likely to be arrested soon.Prashanth had himself posted on his Facebook post that he was foreseeing his
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Kochi: Violent scenes were witnessed whenprotesters led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke defied police attempts to prevent them from marching to Parliament after their talks with centre failed.Police and other security agencies attempted to stop CJP supporters outside the Sansad Marg Police station.Police used batons to control the crowd, injuring a few
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Kochi: Chenthamara, 59, was sentenced to death by a Palakkad court in the sensational 2025 Nenmara double murder case killing a mother and son.Delivering the sentence, the Palakkad Additional Sessions Court IV observed that the case fell under the “rarest of the rare” category. The court slapped a fine of Rs 20 lakh to be paid as compensation
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Kochi: Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the 72nd Best Actor National award for their films Brahamayugam and Chandu Champion respectively. Mammootty is winning it for the fourth time. The first one was for Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha in 1990, Ponthan Mada and Vidheyan in 1994, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1999.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the
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Kochi: A private space firm Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched six payloads into low-Earth orbit aboard Vikram-1 to become the country’s maiden outfit developed orbital launch vehicle.The Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace carried four payloads beside two satelliteson the 23-metre-tall, 1.7-metre-diameter launch vehicle which lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 11.30 am as part
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