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Kochi: Travel anywhere in the city for just Rs 5 in Kochi Metro on June 17,  the day when it started its maiden journey of 13.4 kms from Aluva to Palarivattom in 2017.The aim is to promote Kochi Metro by attracting maximum travellers, mainly those who are yet to travel in the metro.One can travel

Kochi: Three former Supreme Court Judges are among 12 prominent personalities who have prayed for suo motu intervention by the Supreme Court in the issue related to bulldozing of houses in Uttar Pradesh.Describing the UP government’s act as  “making a mockery of the Constitution”, theyappealed to the Apex Court to act against the “violence and

Kochi: Upper Primary aided  school teacher Farzeen Majid was suspended for protesting against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inside a plane yesterday.Farzeen and Navin Kumar shouted slogans against Pinarayi seeking his resignation as the plane was landing in Thiruvananthapuram1airport. Education Minister V S Sivankutty has sought a report about Farzeen from the public education director.Farzeen, Mattanoor block

Kochi: There seems to be no respite for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan from statewide protests seeking his resignation after a gold smuggling case accused alleged  the complicity of Pinarayi and his near ones in the case.Unmindful of all the protests, Pinarayi is continuing with his scheduled programmes causing immense inconvenience to the common man.Long

Kochi: Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh today collapsed due to fits after she alleged that she was being targeted for speaking out against Kerala chief minister and others.Swapna said she stood by her allegations that Shaj Kiran was a representative sent by Pinarayi Vijayan to negotiate a deal with her.She said that whatever Shaj

Kochi: Unprecedented security arrangements for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan caused  immense inconvenience to the people as traffic was held up for hours in Kottayam.Pinarayi’s visit to the little town with poor infrastructure added to the woes of the people due to long hours of traffic blocks.All the roads leading to the town came to a

Kochi: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said that people cannot say anything in the public as per their whims and fancies.Inaugurating the KGOA state meet at Kottayam, he said the state had recently witnessed people blabbering things without any restrictions.He said such things would not discourage the government from taking stern action against trouble markers.Recently

Kochi: NHAI has made India proud by entering the Guinness Book of World Records by laying a 75-kms road in a record time of 105 hours and 33 minutes.The National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) had begun the work at 07.27 am on Jube 03 and completed it at 5 pmon June 7.The sector is

Kochi: Twenty-two pilgrims lost their lives when their bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand on Sunday. The mishap occurred when the bus was going to Yamunotri with 28 passengers, media reports said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of the pilgrims. The Prime Minister had announced a relief of Rs 2 lakhs each for

Kochi: Condemning the alleged remarks of national spokesperson Nupur Sharma, the BJP has suspended her pending enquiry.The party has also expelled Delhi BJP’s media in-charge Naveen Kumar Jindal in this connection.Om Pathak, member secretary, central disciplinary committee, said that Nupur had violated the rule 10 (a) of the party and that she was being suspended

Kochi: Seven girls drowned while they were bathing in a river  in Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.The incident occurred at about 12.45 pmwhen they were bathing in Kedilam river.The girls in the age groups of ten to 18 years washed away as there was a sudden inflow of water, media reports said.The people

Kochi: Only 108 hours to build 75-km Amravati – Akola highway in Maharashtra is the target of the National Highway to beat record holder Qatar to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.The work started on June 3 and should end by June 7 if NHAI wants to break the record of building 25 km

Kochi: Covid scare is once again causing concern as cases are increasing in five states including Kerala.Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Alappuzha, Kollam, Kannur, Malappuram and Wayanad, media reports said.The centre has issued a warning to spruce up screening activities in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMS)

Kochi: UDF candidate Uma Thomas won the Thrikkakara Assembly seat helping the UDF  retain the seat which was last won by her late husband P T Thomas.Uma posted glorious victory defeating her LDF rival Dr Jo Joseph by 25,016 votes.She polled 72,770 against 47,754 received by Dr Jo Joseph.BJP candidate A N Radhakrishnan got 12,957

Kochi: Congress candidate Uma Thomas pays a befitting tribute to her beloved husband late P T Thomas by staging an outstanding performance in the Thrikkakara Assembly by election today.She has established an unassailable lead against her rival Dr Jo Joseph, of CPM.Uma remained gracious throughout her campaign without getting carried away by smear campaigns against

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has granted more time for the crime branch to complete the investigation into the actor assault case of 2017.As the prosecution had sought three more months to complete the investigation, the court gave only one and a half months’ time to wind up the probe.The court allowed the crime branch

Kochi: Kerala High Court has allowed two young women to live as partners against the will of their parents. Adila Nazrine, 23 of Aluva had filed a Habeas Corpus petition seeking permission to live with her female lover Fathima Noora, 23, of Thamarassery in Kozhikode. Adila had moved the court accusing her female lovers’ parents

Kochi: A total of 68.74 percent voting was cast at Thrikkakara Assembly by election on Tuesday.On a day free from rain, 1,35,143 voters out of a total of 1,96,805 electorate turned out to exercise their franchise.Out of them 1,01,530 women voters and one transgender voted in the election.Congress candidate Uma Thomas cast her vote at

Kochi: The saga of late running of trains via Kottayam continues despite the route gettinga new second track that was opened a couple of days with much fanfare.Top Railway officials made tall claims saying the completion of the 21-year-long project to lay the second track between Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram would lead to improving efficiency of

Kochi: Railways are making tall claims of operating trains on time after the completion of the second track work on the Kayamkulam-Ernakulam section via Kottayam.Many regular commuters ask, were the railways operating trains on time in sections where double lines existed earlier like Kayamkulam-Chingavanam reach?No, is the answer as trains used to run behind schedule