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Thiruvananthapuram: Due to financial difficulties, five members of a family in Kerala committed suicide. Manikuttan, his wife, their two children and his aunt were found dead in their home near Attingal area, located on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. Manikuttan was found hanging in his room, while the other four were believed to have consumed poison. Friends […]
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Kochi: A fast track court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced a madrassa teacher to cumulative rigorous imprisonment of 67 years for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy who was studying in the madrassa. Perumbavoor Special Court Judge V Sathish Kumar sentenced Aliyar (55), a resident of Nellikuzhy to 60 years under different sections of POCSO and […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: Following the detection of anthrax in wild pigs, which were found dead in Athirapally in Kerala’s Trissur district, the authorities have decided to ensure that all proper protocols are observed in the area. It was the local legislator Sanish Kumar Joseph who brought this to the notice of the higher authorities and thereafter it has […]
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Hyderabad: Noted Malayalam novelist C Radhakrishnan has been selected for the prestigious Akshara Mudra award by All India Malayalee Association (AIMA), the largest association of Keralites living outside their home state in India. The award consists of a citation and a cash reward of Rs 50,000. Radhakrishnan, who was born in Ponnani in Kerala in […]
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Chennai: Political parties, social activists, and local people of Puthupatti of the Tenkasi district and Paniyankurichi village in Tirunelveli district are up in arms against the dumping of waste from Kerala in their villages. Sources in the Paniyankurichi panchayat while speaking to IANS said, “Waste from Kerala is brought through Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari into our […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: A 15-year old girl has died of scrub typhus, known as ‘chellu pani’ in local parlance, in Kerala’s Varkala. The deceased was identified as Ashwathy, who was awaiting results for her 10th standard examination, panchayat authorities said on Thursday. A native of Cherunniyoor, a hamlet located over 40 kms away from here, the girl […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vernacular short news app, Way2News, has raised $16.75 million (about Rs 130 crore) as part of its Series-A round from investors WestBridge Capital and from venture capitalist Sashi Reddi. This marks WestBridge Capital’s debut investment in the media and entertainment sector in India. The company plans to use the fresh capital to expand […]
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The last time this happened was way back in June 2019, when Kerala schools opened for a new academic year, but amidst Covid blues, the first day of a new academic year in 2020 and 2021 was held online, but on Wednesday it was a return to the past, when close to five million school […]
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New Delhi: The much awaited Southwest Monsoon reached Kerala on Sunday, three days ahead of its normal date of onset of June 1, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. For the agrarian economy, the news of onset of SW monsoon – termed as the real finance minister of India – over Kerala is the most awaited […]
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Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday, while recalling the attacks against Christians in the country, said that last year 486 anti-christian attacks happened in India. He said this while mentioning the alleged hate speech of former MLA PC George and the BJP’s support for him. Last year, 486 anti-Christian attacks took place in […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: A considerable number of the loss-making state-run KSRTC buses in Kerala will not be scrapped as decided earlier, but turned into classrooms, State Transport Minister Antony Raju said here on Tuesday. Several of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) buses, lying idle after the pandemic struck, are not in a condition to be put […]
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New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon advanced into some parts of South Bay of Bengal, most parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Andaman Sea on Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced. This comes a day later than the earlier announcement last week of the Southwest Monsoon reaching the South Andaman Sea on May […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu health department has increased its vigil on all check posts bordering Kerala after it reported spread of tomato fever or flu among children. Health, police, and revenue officials are deployed at Walayar check-post from Palakkad district, Kalliyakavali from Thiruvananthapuram and at Theni check posts to scan children below the age of […]
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Hyderabad: Industry body FTCCI said the one-time settlement scheme (OTS) announced by the Telangana government will help release manpower engaged in legacy issues and allow more time for GST related issues. It also allows closure to litigations and at the same time effect early recoveries of tax dues. The State government on Monday announced ‘one-time […]
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Khammam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was fueling sectarianism in the country and intolerance has become widespread, complained CPI( M) State secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram. In the wake of rise of sectarian forces Congress leadership lost political vigour and had failed to mobilise secular forces to defeat the BJP to save the democracy of the country. In […]
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New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 1,088 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,38,016, while the active cases dipped to 10,870, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,736 with 26 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
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Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old man hacked to death his parents at Thrissur in Kerala on Sunday morning. Police sources told IANS that the incident occurred at 9 a.m. Kuttan (60) and Chandrika (55) were cleaning their courtyard when their son, Aneesh, hacked them with a sickle. Police said that Kuttan was attacked […]
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Hyderabad: Riding on P Priyanka’s 33-point show, Telangana women’s basketball team held their nerves to defeat Kerala 81-78 in a thrilling semifinal contest to make it to their first ever final at the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship in Chennai on Saturday. In a contest that went down the wire, TS hoopsters came out with […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s G Maheshwari won a bronze in the 3000M Steeplechase with the timing 10.47.30 sec in the 25th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship at the Ch Muhammed Koya Stadium, University of Calicut, Kerala on Monday. Komal Chandra of Maharashtra won the event with a timing of 9.47.86 sec while Richa Bhadauriy of Uttar […]
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Hyderabad: The NTPC has announced the commencement of commercial operations of the third phase with capacity of 42.5 MW of the 100 MW Ramagundam floating solar PV project at Ramagundam from Thursday. With this, the total capacity of 80 MW was under commercial operation. The first and second phase with capacity of 17.5 MW and […]
