NEW DELHI: Olympian P T Usha nominated to the Rajya Sabha took oath as a member. She took the oath in Hindi as it was reviewed to be the language spoken by more people. Usha said that many things could be done for sports before the swearing-in. P T Usha was nominated from Kerala after […]
Colombo: Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka’s new President by Parliament, following a high-voltage political drama which saw his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country and resigning after a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the economy. The 73-year-old six-time prime minister secured 134 votes in the 225-member House […]
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is with a decisive move in the money laundering case in gold smuggling. The plea was filed to transfer the trial of the case to a court outside Kerala. The ED wants to transfer the case to Bengaluru. Kochi Zone Assistant Director of ED moved the Supreme Court with […]
Thiruvananthapuram: After a week of political discussions and protests, LDF MLA and former minister MM Mani on Wednesday withdrew his controversial “widow” remark against KK Rema in the assembly. The move from Udumbanchola MLA came minutes after speaker MB Rajesh denounced his statement. By withdrawing his statement, MM Mani said that as a communist, he […]
Kollam: The college staffers arrested for forcing students to remove innerwear before appearing for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) in Kollam said they acted as per the direction of the private agency which was hired by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the test. The cleaning staff of the college arrested in the […]
Thiruvananthapuram: After months-long uncertainty, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday informed the Assembly that the state government would retract its decision to entrust the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) with State Waqf Board appointments. The remark from CM came as a reply to the attention seeking motion moved by IUML leader PK Kunhalikutty. CM Pinarayi […]
KOCHI: Pulsar Suni, the first accused in the actor assault case, has been admitted at the mental health centre. He was brought to the mental health centre in Thrissur from Kochi last evening. Pulsar Suni was in Ernakulam jail as a trial prisoner. The Supreme Court had earlier rejected his bail plea. The jail authorities […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The IndiGo airlines has indirectly responded to LDF convener E P Jayarajan’s statement that he or his family members will never board IndiGo flights again. In a Facebook post IndiGo shared a picture with the caption “Up above the world so fly”. IndiGo’s post shares a picture of a girl looking at an IndiGo […]
KANNUR: LDF convener E P Jayarajan said that he has sent a letter to the IndiGo company, which had imposed a three-week travel ban on him. The letter states that IndiGo imposed the travel ban after some Congress MPs had sent a letter and the decision should be reversed. He also added that he expected […]
New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday said no coercive action should be taken against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in FIRs registered so far and also cases, which could be registered in the future in connection with her remarks on Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala […]