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Hacker strikes Kerala govt sites

Kochi: A suspected Pakistani group”Team Blackleets”, on Sunday hacked the official website of the General Administration Department of the Keralam government.The website was hacked in the morning, and a Pakistani flag was posted on it, media reports said.A message hailing Pakistan was found posted on the website.”We are Pakistani hackers. Every day, many websites have …

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Rohatgi rubbishes EC “differences”

Kochi: Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi there is no constitutional basisfor Opposition’s proposed move to impeach Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.Disagreements within the three-member Election Commission (EC) are actually a healthy sign of democratic decision-making, Rohatgi told NDTV’s Shiv Aroor in an exclusive interview.The Indian Express had reported that the two Election Commissioners sent …

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Court overturns Trump’s ban 3 media houses

Kochi: A court in the US has ordered the Trump administration to urgently reinstate press access for three news organisations barred from the building.Issuing the temporary order against the ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, the District of Columbia court directed restoration of their access in 14 days.The three outlets had moved the court …

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Soorya Krishnamoorthy passes away

Kochi: Noted artist and space scientist, Soorya Krishnamoorthy, 78, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.Former scientist at ISRO, Soorya, also known as Nataraja Krishnamoorthy, was chairman of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. He was the founder of Soorya Stage and Film Society.Krishnamoorthy did electrical engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, in …

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Kerala CM justifies sponsored air trip

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday defended his decision to avail of sponsored air travel to Malappuram to visit rain hit victims’ families.Justifying the trip, Satheesan said he will continue to use such facilities to save government money, the New Indian Express reported. Satheesan refused to reveal the details of the person …

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Woman dies falling into boiling sambar

Kochi: A 46-year-old woman Sujatha died after falling into steaming sambar during a feast organised in connection with Ganesh Chaturthi at Vijayawada.Sujatha suffered severe burn injuries and was rushed to a hospital where she succumbed without responding to treatment on September 20.Police has registered a case in connection with the incident and launched an investigation.Officials …

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Police to probe against Pinarayi, Veena, Riyas

Kochi: Kerala government on Tuesday granted permission to probe into Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan, daughter Veena T and her husband Mohammed Riyas, MLA on charges including bribery.The decision to go ahead with the probe was taken after the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) sought action against them under different charges, Asianet news reported.The investigation will be …

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Mangaluru area merger final: Ashwini

Kochi: The Centre is firm with its decision to take Mangaluru from the control of Palakkad division.This was stated by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav during his interaction with Opposition MPs from Keralam in New Delhi.The minister said he discussed the operational issues in Mangaluru which will be solved by the new decision. The decision …

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Kerala govt to decide on CMRL case today

Kochi: Kerala government is likely to act on Monday on proceeding against Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan, and son in law Mohammed Riyas, MLA, in alleged bribery cases.The government has got legal advice that there is sufficient grounds to book the two after the Directorate of Enforcement seeking DGP to act against them.The legal advice says …

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Messi scam turns murkier

Kochi: The fictitious Messi event is getting murkier with previous Left Government’s role becoming controversial for spotting Anto Augustine sponsor.BJP leader Shone George has accused Anto of falsely claiming to be promoter of Reporter Broadcasting Company (RBC) even as another person is its real promoter.Anto is unable to produce an official authorisation empowering him to …

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Advani, others get notices from ECI

Kochi: BJP founding leader L K Advani, 98, was among senior party leaders issued notices for “discrepancies” in their details furnished under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in New Delhi.Advani, 98, his daughter Pratibha and daughter-in-law Geetika have been issued notices after their names could not be mapped to the 2002 SIR electoral roll, while …

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Ban on select media in White House

Kochi: The US President Donald Trump has banned scribes representing Politico, CNN and MS HOW from entering the White House accusing them of generating “fiction or lies” about the Trump administration.All three outlets have spoken out against the decision, accusing Trump of violating their constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of the press.Trump did …

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Court sends Anto to custody

Kochi: A Wayanad court on Saturday sent Reporter Broadcasting Company (RBC) promoter Anto Augustine to custody of the Excise Department for storing liquor beyond permissible limits.The custody duration is 24 hours.The liquor was seized by the police probing the fictitious football match organised by Anto Augustine by falsely propagating the participation of Lionel Messi and …

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Bangladeshi held at Naval Academy

Kochi: A Bangladeshi national was arrested from the Indian Naval Academy (INA) at Ezhimala near Payyannur in Kerala, Kannur District Rural Police Chief Umesh Goyal said.The accused, identified as Viplav Soren, 32, was working as a temporary employee at the INA.Goyal said investigation is on to get more details about him, On Manorama reported.Five Bangladeshi …

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Kerala gets nod to probe against Pinarayi, others

Kochi: Kerala government has got legal clearance to go ahead with a probe against Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan, daughter Veena, her husband Mohammed Riyas, MLA, different cases including money laundering and bribery.The Advocate General has given its nod to the government that there is ground to conduct an investigation by agencies to be decided by …

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