Thiruvananthapuram: The Minister for Health, Veena George, has informed that the total number of people who have received both the doses of vaccine crossed one crore mark.Over ninety percent (90.31) of Kerala population received the first dose and 37.78% received both the doses. As many as 2,41,20,256 people received the first dose and 1,00,90,634 received […]
New Delhi: Amid weakening footprints of Maoists and subsequent improvements in the violence affected districts in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs will very soon review the Left-Wing Extremism situation with states concerned, sources said. Sources also said that Home Minister Amit Shah will be discussing, with Chief Ministers of such states, the ground […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church said that care should be taken not to make hurtful remarks to other communities. Cleemis made this clear at a press conference held after a meeting of various religious heads in Thiruvananthapuram. Rejecting the remark made by Pala Bishop, Mar Cleemis said that religious harmony […]
KOCHI: The lucky winner of the Thiruvonam bumper lottery has finally been identified. Jayapalan, an auto driver from Maradu, Thrippunithura, has won the first prize of Rs 12 crore. Jayapalan bought the ticket on the 10th of this month.The result was announced on Sunday and the ticket bearing serial number TE 645465 emerged as the […]
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Saturday convened a high-level meeting on the emerging challenge of Serotype-2 dengue cases in 11 states.Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a high-level meet with representatives of states/UTs to also review and discuss the Covid-19 management and response strategy through video conference. As per an official release by the Ministry […]
CHANDIGARH: The Congress picked Charanjit Singh Channi as the next chief minister of Punjab on Sunday, a day after Amarinder Singh resigned following a bitter power tussle in the party.Channi will be the first Dalit to hold the chief minister’s post in the state. He will take oath at 11 am on Monday. AICC general […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress’ Kerala President K Sudhakaran on Sunday said that the party would convene a meeting of religious heads to tamp down tempers following a Bishop’s statement that Christian children should be safe guarded against “Narcotic Jihad” that is being pushed by a specific section of people. Pala Archdiocese’s Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangat, speaking at […]
Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, in a pastoral letter on Sunday said that debates and controversies that are “detrimental to religious harmony and community brotherhood are taking place in Kerala society”. The archbishop asserted that “love and brotherhood are fundamental values for the churches.” “Debates and controversies that are detrimental […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Schools in the state will reopen on November 1. The decision to reopen the schools was taken at the Covid review meeting. The government announced that classes 1 to 7 will reopen on November 1. Classes 10 and 12 will also reopen on November 1. Other classes will begin on November 15.Chief Minister Pinarayi […]
KOCHI: Senior journalist and writer K M Roy died at the age of 82 on Saturday. He died at his residence in Kochi at 3 pm today. Roy, a senior journalist and a noted columnist began his career in 1961 as co-editor of Keralaprakasam. He had also worked with the Economic Times, The Hindu and […]