Kochi: KV Thomas said the declaration of Congress candidate for Thrikkara was done without deliberations. Instead of sympathy, political affairs have to play a pivotal role in the election for Thrikkakara constituency. KV Thomas told Mathrubhumi News that he would be in the constituency to discuss about development. He informed that he had not been […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister Saji Cheriyan stated that the government would not disclose the Hema Committee report. He questioned the intentions behind those who demand to release the report. Justice Hema herself had demanded to keep the report under the veil, said the minister. The prime focus should be to ensure safety for the women who work […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Unique thandaper introduced by the State Revenue Department to curb land scams and to prevent fraudulent land transactions by concealing information will come into effect on May 16. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate this in Kalpetta. The properties of a landowner, irrespective of location of his/her land holdings in the state, will then […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to introduce a satellite toll system that charges only the distance travelled on the national highway instead of the current system of collecting tolls for the distance from one toll plaza to the next. FASTags and toll plazas will be discontinued. Instead, the distance travelled on the national highway […]
Kochi: Uma Thomas thanked the Congress party for considering her to contest the Thrikkakara byelection. She started the campaign stating that LDF will not touch the magic number 100 in the state Assembly. ‘The people who voted for PT Thomas will also vote for me,’ she said. Uma added that she will uphold the legacy […]
Kochi: As expected, Congress has decided to field Uma Thomas, wife of late MLA PT Thomas, in the Thrikkakara byelection.The decision was taken after discussions with the senior leader. AICC has approved the recommendation of KPCC.KPCC chief K Sudhakaran said that the party made the decision unanimously. Opposition leader VD Satheesan asserted that the party […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has scheduled the by-election to the Thrikkakara assembly constituency for May 31. The votes will be counted on June 3. The election notification will be released on Wednesday. Candidates can submit their nominations till May 11. Scrutiny is on May 12. The candidates can withdraw the nominations till […]
KASARGOD: The Food safety department has been directed to conduct a statewide inspection following a student’s death due to food poisoning after consuming shawarma. The inspection will be carried out at Shawarma outlets. The main aspects to be checked is whether the shop is licensed, cleanliness, the meat used and mayonnaise. 16-year old Devananda the […]
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women has written to the state chief secretary to share the findings and recommendations of the Justice Hema Committee report with the public. Hema Committee studied the problems faced by women actors in the Malayalam film industry. Chairperson Rekha Sharma sent a ‘reminder’ to Dr VP Joy to release […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) released the letter submitted to minister P Rajeeve on the Justice Hema Committee report. Releasing the recommendations of the Hema Committee by hiding other serious matters is not enough, it said in the letter submitted on January 21. It added that the case studies (by avoiding the name of […]