Kochi: Thirtytwo students and one teacher were killed and many injured when a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.Several children are feared to be trapped under the rubble, BBC reported.He told the BBC the roof of an upper-floor classroom had collapsed, causing ceilings below to cave in as well.It appears that
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Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Thursday dismissed of Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter T Veena, her husband Mohamed Riyas against a court verdict of October 9 directing Vigilance Director Department to book them for different crimes including bribery.The division bench held that the order of the Single bench of October 9 has not affected
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Kochi: The Union government on Wednesday decided to remapping the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) dropping the name of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s name from three of them.The Centre announced continuation of NSAP for five years with a total outlay of Rs 53,428 crore.The decision was taken during the meeting of the Union Cabinet,
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Kochi: A fire ignited near Kadavumbhagam Synagogue by Ebin B Paul, 32, of Puthencruz has sent state police and Central intelligence agencies on high alert.The police are probing the accused activities which appeared to be suspicious as he had been communicating with an unidentified handler and making references of other potential targets, Asianet news reported.Ebin
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Kochi: The Comptroller and Auditor General(CAAG) has found large scale irregularities in implementing a project to rebuild 29 PWD roads of 718.94 km across 13 districts at a cost of ₹5119.54 crore benefitting contractors worth about Rs 40 crore, On Manorama reported. Deficiencies in areas like detailed project reports, bidding documents and deviations while executing infrastructure
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Kochi: Union Minister L Murugan has sought permission from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to relinquish his position in the Union cabinet to return to Tamil Nadu to strengthen the party for 2029 Lok Sabha polls.In a letter to the Prime Minister, Murugan sought permission from Modi to return to his home state and work at
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Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday rejected pleas of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and kin seeking urgent interim stay on the FIR in connection with CMRL bribery case among others. The division bench has posted the case for further hearing to another date. Shockingly the ruling Congress-led government also backed the Opposition
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Kochi: Congress landed in soup after it deleted a post published by its Kerala unit on X seeking resignation of Chief Justice of India.The Central leadership sprung into action to back out from the statement which has put Congress in a tight spot.Earlier, the I.N.D.I.A bloc led by Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi took
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Kochi: Om Prakash Mathur has been appointed as new Governor of Kerala while Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will move to Tamil Nadu to occupy the gubernatorial post. The development is part of an announcement made by the President Droupadi appointing new Governors in six states. Mathur was serving as Governor of Sikkim while Arlekar was taking
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Kochi: Kerala Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T and husband Mohammed Riyas, MLA, were booked by the Vigilance for different cases including bribery and Hawala transactions, media reports said. Vijayan, who is former Chief Minister,has been named the first accused in the case related to payments allegedly made by CMRL. In the second case, Riyas has
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Kochi: In a pre dawn tragedy, three youngsters were crushed to death by a car speeding in a reckless manner at Nedumbassery today.Horror struck early in the morning near the Athani signal close to the Cochin International Airport, when an overspeeding Mini Cooper driven by 18-year-old degree student Suhail Sajeev rammed a scooter, killing three
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Kochi: Twelve people were killed and over 300 injured when Houthis attacked King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh.The dead included four from Saudi Arabia, two Bangladesh and one each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, BBC quoting Saudi civil aviation authority said.Several Gulf airlines had cancelled their flights to
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Kochi: Honouring High Court of Kerala verdict, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) will register an FIR against Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan in the CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case on Monday, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on Saturday.The government will not challenge the High Court’s verdict, he told reporters in Muvattupuzha, the Hindu reported.Chennithala said the High
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Kochi: The High Court of Kerala has ordered a fresh CBI probe into the death of noted violinist Balabhaskar in 2018.Setting aside Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate Court’s December 23, 2025 verdict rejecting a plea for further probe sought by Balabhaskar’s parents, the High Court in an order of October 9 directed the CBI to take
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Kochi: US and Russia have reached a deal onto “immediately release” diesel to the US and globally, BBC quoting President Donald Trump has said.Trump said the proposed release of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Russian diesel, in tranches, would reduce diesel prices.It is understood the US Treasury is suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports
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Kochi: Indian origin South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, media reports quoting the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.The peace prize is the fifth Nobel awarded this week, after literature, chemistry, physics and medicine.The Nobel Peace Prize, of about $1.2
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Kochi: In a blow to Congress-led government, Kerala High Court on Friday directed the DGP to book former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena T, and her husband, Mohammad Riyas, MLA in bribery CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case among others.The court order came while hearing a petition filed by activist-lawyer K M Shajahan challenging the state
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Kochi: Amidst Congress-led Opposition accusing BJP-led NDA of vote theft and demanding resignation of the CEC, fortywo retired judges have supported the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In an open letter to the “people of India”, the former Supreme Court judges and former chief justices and judges of various High Courts said they had
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Kochi: Distribution of football and articles related to the game in schools in Thodupuzha assembly constituency was inaugurated by Government Chief Whip Appu John Joseph in Thodupuzha Soccer School (TSS).The event is part of the football development awareness Goal Project organised by the State sports ministry and public educational department, the District Football Association press
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Kochi: Muslim League made history by appointing a non Muslim as vice president of the party in Kerala.Former CPM leader Shyam Sunder of Haripad in Alappuzha has been picked for the post.The state committee has been reshuffled to include new members of the league in new posts.Sundar is Muslim League State secretariat member. He has
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