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Kochi: The new Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab will immediately provide jobs to 25,000 people in the state. The notification in this regard will be issued soon, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said, according to media reports. The government would appoint 15,000 people to the police and remaining aspirants in different boards and corporations,

Kochi: In a gruesome incident, a 80-year-old widower Hameed set afire his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren at Thodupuzha in Idukki, police said. He was having a bad relationship with son Mohammad Faisal. Following this he wanted back the property that Hameed had bestowed to his son. Hameed was living separately at a different place

Kochi: In a blow to actor Dileep, the Kerala High Court refused to stay the probe into the conspiracy case pertaining to harm to police officials who probed the actor assault case of 2017. The court said it cannot intervene in the case at this stage of the probe and the case needs to be

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has said that film units had the responsibility to set up an Internal Complaint Cell (ICC) for the protection of women in the workplace. A division bench of the court made the ruling while clearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) praying for constitution

Kochi: The grand old centrist party Congress is facing the worst ever crisis since its formation due to poor leadership and mismanagement leading to exodus and internal revolt by veteran party leaders. Any child would say that the party’s decision to go solo in UP election was suicidal. A coalition in UP could have changed

Kochi: In a blow to the LDF government, the Supreme Court has expressed surprise over Kerala paying life time pension to the personal staff of state ministers completing two years of service. Kerala is the only state that practices the system of appointing personal staff for two years and paying them pension, the Apex Court

Kochi: Railway passengers getting down at Kayamkulam Junction are forced to walk more than 15 minutes to reach the nearest bus stop  as most of the buses do not enter railway station premises. It is pitiable to see people coming from distant places carrying infants and belonging trek all the way from the station to

Kochi: An Indian missile “accidently” landed in Pakistan two days back from Haryana due to a technical malfunction, media reports said. The “deeply regrettable” incident occurred during routine maintenance, the reports said. The government has taken the matter seriously and has ordered a ‘Court of Enquiry’ into it. Pakistan accused India of violating its airspace

Kochi: Mamta Bannerji’s Trinamool Congress (TC) has done a commendable job by winning five seats in Goa where BJP was leading to come to power today. No doubt Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) deserves a pat on its back for grabbing power from the grand old party Congress in Punjab, TC’s success at a far off

Kochi: The BJP may have done well in the polls, but the humble Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has sent the warning bells to political parties as it is going to come to power in Punjab. No doubt it is the tremendous achievement of its popular leader Arvind Kejriwal who set examples of governing a region through

Kochi: In a major ruling, the Supreme Court allowed bail to Martin Antony who is the second accused in the actor assault case of 2017. The court said the charges raised in the case were of serious nature, but Martin was in jail for five years which is a long time and some accused have

Kochi: In a major blow to actor Dileep, Kerala High Court has allowed the crime branch to conduct further investigation into the actor assault case of 2017. Passing the judgment, the court said that it is the investigation team has the right to conduct further investigation and the court cannot intervene in the matter. However,

Kochi: After waiting for many days, 694 Indian students were evacuated from war hit eastern region of Sumy to central city of Poltava 350 km east of Ukrainian capital Kyivtoday. They were being shifted in buses through the safe corridor agreed to by Russia and Ukraine. They were struggling without water, food and were fighting extreme

Kochi: Five members of a family including an eight month old infant were found dead in their two storey house which was engulfed in fire in Varkala near Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as a vegetable seller Prathapan, 64, his wife Sherly, 53, younger son Akhil, 29, elder son Nihul’s wife Abhirami,

Kochi: Operation Ganga has entered the final lap to bring back Indians stranded in the war torn Ukraine. The Indian Embassy in Hungary has directedthe Indian students to reach the City Center in Budapest as part of the evacuation, media reports said.  Indians who are still stuck in Ukraine should register with Operation Ganga at

Kochi: The Railways have issued a stern warning to its top bosses to increase their efficiency or face the music. The alert was sounded by the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Railway Board chairman and CEO V K Tripathi at a meeting of Zonal Managers and heads of production units in the Railways headquarters

Kochi: Popular actress K P A C Lalitha, 74, died at Ernakulam due to health issues on Tuesday night.She passed away two days before her birthday on February 25. Married to popular director Bharatan, Lalitha is survived by her actor-director son Sidharthan and daughter Sreekutty. Winner of the National Award for supporting actress awards twice

Kochi: Tension between Twenty20 and CPM worsened with the death of Twenty20 leader Deepu, 38, in a hospital in Ernakulam on Friday. Twenty20 leaders and supporters said CPM was responsible for the death of Deepu who they alleged was attacked by CPM activists at Kizhakkambalam near here. A panchayat member told the media that she

Kochi: After keeping the LDF government on tenterhooks on the eve of the budget session, the Kerala Governor finally decided to sign the speech to be read out by him in the assembly tomorrow. The Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, who remained adamant by not signing the speech, made a u-turn after the government replaced General

Kochi: India may have become the first Asian nation to reach the Martian orbit, but the country seems to be still lagging in operating railways professionally. The British brought railways to the hill station of Munnar about a century ago in 1902 and operated it successfully until 1924 when the devastating floods wrought havoc causing