New Delhi: Meeting of wrestlers with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at his residence continued for hours, but still ended on an undecisive note on Friday morning. The sportspersons have alleged Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan of sexual misconduct and harassment, and thus have been demanding his resignation and action against […]
NEW DELHI: Supreme court collegium emphasized that sexual orientation and social media posts are not a criterion for judgeship. Supreme court said that the appointment cannot be detained because of the same and reiterated the recommended list of candidates which was sent back by the center. Collegium made it clear that it is wrong to […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Congress leader K V Thomas will be the special representative of the state government in Delhi. The cabinet decided to appoint him with cabinet rank. This was the post given to former MP A Sampath during the first Pinarayi government. Venu Rajamani will continue as officer on special duty. K V Thomas responded […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The higher education department has issued an order allowing menstrual leave in all the universities under the higher education department of Kerala. It was minister Dr. R Bindu who informed this. The minister also said that maternity leave up to a maximum of 60 days has been granted to female students who have reached […]
NEW DELHI: The dates for the assembly polls in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura have been announced. The polling in Tripura will be on February 16. Elections in Meghalaya and Nagaland will be held on February 27. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar informed that the counting of votes will take place on March 2 in all […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The march staged by the Youth League in front of the Secretariat turned violent. The activists hurled bottles, slippers and chairs towards the police. They also pelted stones at them.The police used grenades when the activists turned violent. The state committee of the Muslim Youth League staged a protest march to the secretariat raising […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health Minister Veena George said the government will not allow hotel employees without health cards to work from February 1st onwards. The minister said safe food is our goal and checking will be tightened in the state. If a fake health card is made, the medical council will take action including cancellation of registration, […]
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has given a final warning to the state government. The high court has asked the government to complete the confiscation proceedings over the violence witnessed during the hartal staged by the Popular Front, immediately. The court informed to submit the report before January 23. District wise report should be submitted […]
Perinthalmanna: In a dramatic incident on Monday, one of the three ballot boxes containing uncounted postal votes in the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections from the Perinthalmanna constituency went missing. It was recovered within hours from another government office. The Kerala High Court had directed officials concerned to produce the ballot boxes in the plea of […]
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has written to the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud stating that he is not satisfied with the Collegium system of appointing judges while backing the reintroduction of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) for choosing judges. While speaking to ANI on Monday, Rijiju said, “It is […]