New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Shashi Tharoor MP on Tuesday criticised President Draupadi Murmu’s address in the Parliament ahead of the Budget session. In response to Murmu’s address, Tharoor said, “The President doesn’t contest elections but it looks like the BJP government is conducting its next election campaign through her.” “The entire speech was an […]
IDUKKI: Chintha Jerome, chairperson of the Youth Commission, came to the fore reacting to the controversy related to the mention of poem ‘Vazhakkula’ (bunch of bananas) as that of poet Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, in her research paper. ‘I’ve talked in many venues that Changampuzha Krishna Pillai’s composition Vazhakkula has had the most impact in Kerala […]
New Delhi: India’s economy is projected to slow to 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year starting April but will remain the fastest growing major economy in the world as it fared better in dealing with the extraordinary set of challenges the globe has faced, the Economic Survey 2022-23 said on Tuesday. India’s gross domestic […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Tuesday stepped down as chairman of KR Narayanan Film Institute of Visual Science and Arts (KRNNIVSA), Kottayam. On January 21, institute director Shankar Mohan had stepped down from the post following a months-long protest against alleged casteism on the campus. Adoor had backed Shankar throughout the protest and even after […]
Peshawar: A powerful suicide blast ripped through a mosque during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Peshawar city in Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 120 others, mostly policemen, security and health officials said. The blast occurred in the mosque in the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when a […]
Srinagar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the aim of his Bharat Jodo Yatra was to save the liberal and secular ethos of the country which, he claimed, was facing an assault from the BJP and the RSS. “I have not done this (Yatra) for myself or for the Congress but for the people […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday withheld the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha bypoll after the Kerala High Court suspended the conviction and sentence of sitting MP Mohammed Faizal in an attempt to murder case. The poll panel had announced the bypoll recently and it was to be held on February 27. The by-election was announced […]
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das, who was earlier shot from point blank range died. Today morning, the minister was attacked in the busy square in Odisha’s Brajarajnagar by ASI Gopal Das. Das fired twice at the health minister who was airlifted to the Apollo hospital in Bhubaneshwar, where he died hours later. The […]
Alappuzha: Officials who are sincerely taking action against the drug mafia are being transferred by the government, says former minister and veteran CPM leader G Sudhakaran. His criticism came in the backdrop of recent developments in drug smuggling case in Alappuzha. Meanwhile, Sudhakaran also criticized the state health ministry. He alleged that the health department […]
New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Centre’s decision to “ban” a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots in the country, alleging it was “malafide, arbitrary and unconstitutional”. The PIL filed by advocate ML Sharma also urged the apex court to call and examine the BBC documentary – […]