Kochi: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shiv Kumar has been selected for the J Alexander memorial award. The award, constituted in memory of late Karnataka Minister J Alexander, will be presented on January 14, 2024, coinciding with the second death anniversary of Alexander, J Alexander Study Centre, who are organising the event, said. Political
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Kochi: IIT and IIM degree holder and founder of Subhiksha retail chain, Subramanian has been sentenced to 20 years by a Chennai court for defrauding investors, media reports said. Levying a penalty of Rs 8.92 crore on Subramanian and Rs 191.98 crore on the entities, the court directed to pay Rs 180 crore to the
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Kochi: Kerala has a long history of disasters for poor planning, which continues unabated like the one at CUSAT that claimed four lives even as the government gets away with lame excuses, media reports said.The Sabarimala stampedes in 1999, 2011, Puttingal temple tragedy in 2016, Kerala floods in 2018, boat disasters in Kumarakom in 2002,
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Koch: Uncertainty continued in the rescue of 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 15 days, media reports said.The failure of the US made Auger machine used for horizontal drilling has made the authorities of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to look for vertical drilling, the reports said.The auger
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Kochi: The Kerala High Court has given its nod to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to question former Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac for alleged FEMA violation in connection with the issue of Masala Bonds under the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), media reports said. The ED will issue fresh summons to Isaac to
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Kochi: At Least four students died and 64 injured in a mele triggered due to rains during Tech fest at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) on Saturday, media reports said. The deceased include two boys and two girls were brought dead, Health Minister Veena George told reporters at Kozhikode. Two students were
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Kochi: A court on Saturday sentenced four accused to life term in connection with the murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan who was killed about 15 years back.The fifth convict Ajay Sethi was sentenced to three-year simple imprisonment under IPC section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abet, aid, or knowingly
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Kochi: Amidst reports of contesting from Kerala in upcoming General Election, Union Minister Nirmala Sitaraman interacted with people on board Vande Bharat Express in the state on Friday.She took selfies with fellow passengers and shared the pictures shared on her X (Twitter), media reports said.She was surprised to find Union Minister for External Affairs V
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Idukki: In view of the attack on the Youth Congress and KSU activists who waved black flags at the Chief Minister and his cabinet ministers while they were travelling in the special luxury bus at Pazhayangadi in Kannur das a part of the Nava Kerala Sadas, the district YC unit has decided to conduct protests
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Kochi: Lawyers disrupted court proceedings shouting slogans against the Chief Judicial Magistrate for registering an FIR against an advocate for producing forged documents for the benefit of his client, media reports said. The lawyers barged into the courtroom protesting against the Magistrate who recorded the events in her order, the reports said. The order accused
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Kochi: The Kerala Motor Vehicles Department drive against a private bus operator ‘Robin’ culminated in its seizure today, media reports said.In a pre-dawn operation, the bus was impounded by the Motor Vehicles Department near Pathanamthitta, the reports said.The operation was carried out with the backing of heavy police force when the bus arrived from Coimbatore.The
Kochi: The Election Commission has slapped a notice on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, MP, in connection with alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Based on a complaint of the BJP, the EC had directed him to reply by November 25.Gandhi had allegedly made the alleged objectionable remarks at an election rally in Barmer in
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Kochi: Supreme Court of India’s first woman judge M Fathima Beevi, 96, died at Kollam today, media reports said.She was also the first Muslim woman judge to be appointed to any higher judiciary in the country.Justice Fathima Beevi was born on April 30, 1927, in Pathanamthitta in Kerala.She studied at Town School and Catholicate High
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Kochi: The Railways have shocked people of Alappuzha by suggesting to divert the second Vande Bharat Express via Kottayam to solve the issue of rescheduling of other trains through this route, media reports said.The news has boomeranged on the CPM MP A M Arif who led a public protest against the rescheduling of two local
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Kochi : In a major breakthrough, Israel and Hamas have agreed to halt aggression for four days to exchange hostages by both sides and allow inflow of essentials, media reports said. The truce will also help to bring aid to Gaza which came under attack from Israel after Hamas attack on Israel on October 7
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Kochi: The allegations of fake identity cards being used for the Youth Congress election is becoming reportedly real as police have gathered evidence pointing towards foul play happening in the polls, media reports said. Youth Congress workers Abhi Vikram, Feny, Binil Binu and Vikas Krishna arrested in this connection are strong supporters of the newly elected
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Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested expelled CPI leader N Bhasurangan and son Akhil in connection with Rs 101 crore irregularities in Kandala Cooperative Bank near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, media reports said.They were arrested at the end of ten hours of questioning after they failed to appear before the ED at Kochi on November
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French tourists adoring a primitive tree in Fort Kochi Kochi: Tourism is picking up in Kerala‘s Fort Kochi which the National Geographic has ranked ninth among the top 25 Destinations To Explore In 2020. Christmas is celebrated by a vast majority in different parts of the globe with India being a major destination and Kochi one
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Kochi: The High Court of Andhra Pradesh ratified a temple administration’s decision to dismiss a Hindu staff from service for embracing Christianity by violating laid down norms, media reports said.Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam terminated the staff citing the matter as an act repugnant to the requisites of the religious institution, the reports said.The
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Kochi: Actor Vinod Thomas was found dead inside a car near a hotel in Pampady in Kottayam today, media reports said. The people known to him went searching for him as he was missing for a long time. They finally found him in the car, the machine of which was found working at about 5.30
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