Kochi: State governments across the country have gone on alert mode after Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting to discuss the new variant of COVID 19 Omicron.Chairing a high level meeting, Modi asked officials to review plans to ease travel restrictions from different countries, media reports said. As the World Health Organization has …
Kochi: Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to cut 15 trees to take up reinforcement work in Baby dam in Mullaperiyar. Tamil Nadu said that the officials of the two states jointly conducted an inspection of Mullaperiyar on June 21 and decided to cut 15 trees, media reports said. It also presented …
Kochi: Popular lyricist of yesteryear Bichu Thirumala, 80, died of heart attack at Thiruvananthapuram inthe wee hours today. Born in Sasthamangalam in Thiruvananthapuram, BSivasankaran Nair became Bichu Thirumala following his entry into the film world. He graduated from the Thiruvananthapuram Arts College in 1970. His first film was Bhajagovindam 1972 which was unfortunately not released. …
Kochi: Two-way traffic through South India’s longest six lane tunnel was opened at Kuthiran in Thrissur on Thursday. This will help the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to complete the work of the second tunnel planned for commissioning next year. Clearing of earth from the NH 544 conventional road to Palakkad will begin only …
Kochi: Over one year after being illegally deprived from their new born son, Anupama Chandran and her partner Ajith were united with their son at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The legal union was made possible after the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram passed the relevant order restoring Anupama, her child fathered by Ajith who was still married to …
Kochi: The DNA test conducted on the over one-year-old boy confirmed that the infant belonged to Anupama and Ajith. The toddler will be handed over to them after completing proper procedures. Anupama and Ajith expressed extreme happiness over their fight turning out to be a success. However, Anupama said that her protest in front of …
Kochi: With the BJP going strong on RSS activist Sanjit murder case, police have arrested a Popular Front activist in Palakkad in this connection. Police have not disclosed the details of the arrested person as it might affect the investigation, police said.The accused had directly taken part in the murder, police said. According to media …
Kochi: Six assets of BSNL and MTNL is open for sale for a reserve price of Rs 970 crore as part of the centre’s asset monetisation programme. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has disclosed the move to monetise the assets in the non-core sector on its website. The assets in the non-core …
Kochi: The over one-year-old boy, claimed by Anupama to be her son, will be brought from Andhra Pradesh to Kerala tonight. A four-member team from Kerala had reached Andhra Pradesh to bring the infant to conduct a DNA test to ascertain his parentage. The team comprising a female cop took possession of the child from …
Kochi: Prime Minister interacted with army men in Kashmir on the day of Diwali on Thursday. Addressing the army on the line of control at Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir Modi said Pakistan had made numerous attempts to disturb peace in Kashmir. They were still continuing it. But all their attempts were being dealt with …
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Kochi: A 17-year-old rape victim was found dead in her house in Karur in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The police suspect it to be a case of suicide as they have recovered a note believed to be written by the Plus Two student, media reports said. After returning from school, the girl straightaway went to …
Woman splashes acid on male friend Kochi: A youth from Thiruvananthapuram lost sight on one eye when a woman splashed acid on his face annoyed over his refusal to marry her at Idukki, media reports said. The incident occurred a few days back this month at Adimali. The youth Arun Kumar from Poojapura came to …
Kochi: Bowing down to unrelenting farmers’ protest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced the government’s decision to withdraw three controversial farm laws. In an address to the nation, Modi sought apologies from the people of the country. He said it was painful to note that the government could not convince the farmers. Modi confessed that …
Kochi: Noted magician Gopinath Muthukad is bidding adieu to magic to focus more on the upbringing of the differently-abled children. The 57-year-old motivational speaker gave messages to the society through his performances. He is a good orator and has tremendous skills to convince people. He came to understand the miseries of the differently-abled children when …
Kochi: In a major relief to Anupama, efforts are on to speed up testing of the parentage of the infant boy whom she claims to be her son allegedly displaced by her father P S Jayachandran who is a CPM leader. The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has directed Kerala State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW) …
Kochi: Spot booking facility will be available for pilgrims to offer prayers at the hill shrine of Sabarimala from Thursday. The facility will be available in ten transit points enroute to the shrine to make the pilgrimage hassle-free, the state government told the Kerala High Court. It could be utilised by those who have not …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court dismissed a petition filed by retired cop S Vijayan accusing former ISRO Nambi Narayanan of bribing Central investigating officials to absovle him from the 1994 ISRO spy case. Dismissing the plea, the High Court said the petitioner has failed to prove his allegations against Nambi Narayanan, media reports said. The …
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Kochi: The Railways have fired two employees in Palakkad division for allegedly tampering with signal wires to settle scores with a senior engineer in the signal section. Possible accidents endangering the lives of train travellers were averted due to timely detection of the problem. The two accused, who were working in Ferok railway station, intentionally …
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Kochi: Kerala government has clarified that it has suspended the order granting permission to Tamil Nadu to chop trees near Mullaperiyar. The government will look into the files related to issues raised with Kerala before taking a final decision to cut the trees, a top Forest department official at Thiruvananthapuram told newsskerala.com. He said, “the order has not …
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Kochi: Investigation of many sensitive drug-related cases including that of ‘drug on cruise’ have been shifted from the control of NCB Mumbai chief Sameer Wankhede to special investigation team (SIT) in Delhi. At least six cases including that of Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan investigated by Wankhede have been moved out of Mumbai unit amidst Wankhede facing …
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