Kochi: Union Budget 2024 has revised tax slabs with exemption to pay taxes upto Rs 3 lakh of annual income, media reports said. A tax of 5 percent will come on an income of Rs 3 to Rs 7 lakh , 10 percent on Rs7 to Rs10 lakh, 15 percent on Rs10 to Rs12 lakh, …
Kochi: St Ephrem’s Higher Secondary School, Mannanam, boys and Providence GHSS, Kozhikode, girls lifted the Karikkampallil K T Mathai Memorial inter school Basketball Trophy at P O Phillip Memorial Indoor Basketball Complex Alappuzha. St Ephrems dominated from the beginning to thrash St Joseph’s HSS, Pulinkunnu 73-36. Vinay Sankar and Jeevan K Joby scored 15 points …
Kochi: A Microsoft Windows outage has hit many sectors globally including air operations, banking, media reports saud Microsoft Windows users worldwide in countries like India, Australia, Germany, the United States, the UK are seeing a blue screen issue on computer screens making their systems restart or shut down automatically, the reports said.The outage began Thursday …
Kochi: Forty six hours after going missing, the body of a cleaning worker Joy, 47, was found in a canal near Pazhavangadi in Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said. He went missing while cleaning waste in Aamazhinjaan canal on July 13. Joy was engaged by a contractor employed by the Railways to clear plastic waste filled canals …
Kochi: The much touted Vizhinjam International Seaport received its first container ship ‘San Fernando’ signaling the beginning of the port’s trial operation on Thursday. The 8,000 to 9,000 TEU vessel came from Xiamen Port in China via Colombo in Sri Lanka carrying around 2,000 containers to unload at Vizhinjam.The vessel was welcomed with a water …
Kochi: The CBI has said that the 1994 ISRO espionage case was a conspiracy hatched by certain officials, media reports said. The agency said this in the chargesheet filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram.The chargesheet pertained to the case related to the alleged framing of space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the case. The CBI found …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has asked the former Vice Chancellors (VC) to return the money they spent from the university fund for their legal fight against his order declaring their appointment ab initio void, media reports said. Eleven former VCs had challenged the Governor’s decision to nullify their appointment by upholding the Supreme …
Kochi: Cricket legend and former skipper Rahul Dravid set another landmark example by accepting only Rs 2.5 crore against Rs 5 crore gifted to him as Head Coach by the BCCI after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 win, media reports said. By doing this Dravid brought his bonus on par with bowling coach Paras Mhambrey, …
Kochi: Train traffic between Ernakulam Town and Aluva section in both directions was disrupted after a tree fell on overhead cable and railway track on Sunday morning, a senior railway official said. Train service in both directions was affected in the sector after a private vehicle on the road hit a tree that got uprooted …
Kochi: The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 winnersheaded by skipper Rohit Sharma were greeted by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi on Thursday, media reports said. Modi took breakfast with the team members, BCCI president Roger Binny, secretary Jay Shah and others. The team returned home by Air India special charter flight after …
Kochi: At Least 121 people were killed and 28 injured in a stampede in a congregationorganised by a self styled godman at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, media reports said.The event was organised by Narayan Saakar Hari alias ‘Bhole Baba’ who is at large, the reports said. The Police failed to trace the godman and others …
Kochi: Kerala’s first case under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 2023 was registered against a Karnataka native in Malappuram district for rash driving of two wheeler and not wearing a helmet at Kondotty in Malappuram district, media reports said.The case was booked against Mohammad Shafi of Coorg under crime number 936 at 12.19 am in the …
Kochi: The National capital became the first place where the new criminal law Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 2023 was implemented after an FIR was registered against a street vendor, media reports said. Filing of the FIR by Kamla Market Police Station marked the implementation of the three new criminal laws across the country, the reports …
Kochi: Two great cricketers Rohit Sharma, 37, and Virat Kohli, 35, bid adieu to the T20 International in a glorious manner winning the world title of the format at Barbados. The 5.9” tall hard hitters chose the victory day as the ideal time to exit the format. Former captain Kohli announced it shortly after the …
Kochi: India repeated 2007 beating South Africa by seven runs in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. All credits to captain Rohit Sharma for his outstanding leadership abilities that saw India lifting the cup for the second time. Braving constant criticism, Rohit retained Shivam Dube and former skipper Virat …
Kochi: Property and cash deposits of CPM and others worth Rs 29 crore were attached by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in the money laundering case related to Karuvannur bank scam in Thrissur in Kerala, media reports said. A 10 cent property purchased in the name of CPM Thrissur secretary M M Varghese and Rs …
Kochi: Atleast 15 were killed in attacks on cops, churches and synagogues in Derbent and Makhachkala during a festival in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, media reports said. Police officers, a priest and a security guard were those who lost their lives while six assailants were killed on Sunday, the report said. Dagestan has …
Kochi: Olympic run under the banner “Let’s Move and Celebrate” was organised by Idukki District Olympics Association in connection with the International Olympics day at Thodupuzha on Sunday. The event was organised with the support of Idukki District Sports Council and other sports organizations.The mass run was flagged off by sub collector Dr Arun S Nair …
Kochi: Fortynine accused in the Idamalayar irrigation canal renovation graft case have been convicted by the Thrissur Vigilance Court, media reports said. The court gave them three years jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 6 lakh each for being guilty on different counts. Originally there were 51 accused out of which one was …
Kochi: The central government has decided to act against those reporting late for work and signing out early, media reports said. In a bid to impose puntuality in central government offices since it came to power in 2014, the government had introduced a biometric attendance system which got suspended during the corona pandemic. The Aadhaar-enabled …
