Tag: Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has suspended Director General of Police (DGP) Jacob Thomas on charges of violating service rules, officials said on Wednesday. The suspension order came on Tuesday night. Thomas was suspended from service by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for violating the All India Service Rules after it surfaced that the officer had spoken […]

Gandhinagar: Gujarat is geared “for the worst situation” as cyclone Ochki, that left a trail of destruction in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, is expected to make landfall near Surat by Tuesday midnight, officials said. The authorities have closed schools in the region till Wednesday. The Coast Guard has called back around 13,000 fishing boats that […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The fishermen community decided to launch their own rescue operations as 55 boats ventured into the sea to search for the 115 missing fishermen here on Sunday. According to the latest reports, the cyclone Ockhi has claimed the lives of 10 persons with 475 fishermen rescued so far. Rescue teams decided to step up […]

Thrissur (Kerala): A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist was allegedly murdered by CPI-M workers here on Sunday, has claimed the State Bharatiya Janata Party. The incident occurred at around 1.30 p.m. when Anand, who was on a two-wheeler, was knocked down by a car. He was then hacked to death. Anand was pronounced dead in […]

New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday warned people against the forces trying to destroy the country’s diversity and exhorted them to fight them. They were speaking after inaugurating a three-day ‘Kerala Delhi Cultural Heritage Festival’, to be held at three main venues in central Delhi — Central […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a Constitution Bench the question whether a ban on the entry of women in the age group 10-50 years in Kerala’s Sabarimala temple was discriminatory and violative of the Right to Equality under Article 14. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R. Banumathi and […]

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has arrested one accused for organising a terror camp in Kerala’s Kannur district in 2013. The person arrested was identified as Azharudeen aka Azhar, 24, a resident of Narath in Kerala. An NIA official told IANS that Azhar was arrested on Monday night. He […]

Panaji: The suicides of two youngsters in Kerala and Maharashtra while playing the Blue Whale challenge, has forced the Goa Police to issue a formal advisory to parents on safeguarding their wards from playing the online game. The advisory released by the Crime Branch late on Thursday, asked parents to install parental control software in computers […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress legislator M. Vincent was on Saturday arrested, a day after being charged with sexual harassment and stalking of a 51-year-old woman who attempted suicide earlier this week. Before being arrested, Vincent, a first-time legislator, was grilled for over two hours by a team of police. He was later taken for further interrogation. The […]

Kannur: In a shocking incident, a female candidate who appeared at a NEET centre here on Sunday claimed she had to remove her innerwear before sitting for the entrance test. Other women candidates too faced a harrowing experience due to a strict dress code in force. The anguished candidate told media persons after attempting the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government and UN’s Office of Information and Communication Technology will join hands to set up the country’s first UN Technology Innovation Lab here, it was announced on Wednesday. The Kerala Startup Mission will be spearheading this initiative on behalf of Kerala government and water, sanitation, mobility and agriculture are areas the state […]

Thiruvananthapuram: People in Kerala on Sunday turned up at churches in large numbers to take part in the mass on the occasion of Palm Sunday. Starting this Sunday till Easter Sunday, it is known as ‘Passion Week’, when most Christian households generally turn vegetarian. The convention in Kerala is that coconut fronds are distributed to […]

New Delhi: UN green panel chief Erik Solheim has lauded India’s efforts in embarking on a path to an “inclusive green economy”, saying that moving towards a low-carbon future would serve its own interests well. “What we can see in India is a country beginning to embark on a path to an inclusive green economy […]

Kochi: The case fish farming model is being widely popularied in Kerala largely due to the efforts of Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). The CMFRIA has begun providing technical training to those interested in cage farming to equip them launch the farming by giving guidance in areas such as cage fabrication and installation, […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government is approaching the Supreme Court to seek more time to implement its ban on serving liquor in hotels and restaurants within a 500 metres of the highways. Though liquor ban order of the Supreme Court came into effect on Saturday, affecting all 1,956 outlets that include five-star bars, beer and wine […]