Cyclone Ockhi: Families of missing fishermen pray for Christmas miracle
Poonthra/Kerala | Clutching her four daughters, Selvi has been praying for a week at the St Thomas church here for a miracle that would bring back her husband, one of the 29 fishermen from here missing...
View ArticleKerala asks Centre to declare Cyclone Ochki national disaster, seeks special...
Thiruvananthapuram | The Kerala government today described Cyclone Ochki as an “unprecedented calamity”, saying it caused widespread damage in the state and urged the Centre to declare it a national...
View ArticleLiquor consumption age in Kerala to be raised from 21 to 23 years
Thiruvananthapuram | The Kerala government today decided to raise the age limit for consumption of liquor from the existing 21 years to 23 years. A decision to promulgate an ordinance to make necessary...
View ArticleDeath toll mounts to 36; search operations to be extended to International...
Thiruvananthapuram | Three bodies were recovered today off the Kerala coast, taking the death toll due to Cyclone Ockhi to 36, even as defence sources said search and rescue operations will be extended...
View ArticleCyclone Ockhi: Indian Navy extends help to Singapore vessel stranded at sea
Kochi | The Indian Navy engaged in search and rescue operations in Cyclone Ockhi-hit seas off Kerala and Lakshadweep extended help by giving fuel to a foreign vessel stranded off Minicoy Island. INS...
View ArticleGujarat, MP, Haryana fastest growing states; Kerala at bottom
New Delhi | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana were the top three fastest growing states in the last four fiscals, while Punjab, UP and Kerala featured in the bottom three, a report by Crisil said...
View ArticleTamil Nadu CM writes to Modi on govt press merger
Chennai | The Tamil Nadu government today suggested that Government of India Presses (GIP) in Kerala and Karnataka be merged with the one in Coimbatore, saying it will ensure the continued presence of...
View ArticleKerala seeks special package to tide over Ockhi loss
Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala will seek a special financial package from the Centre to rehabilitate families affected by cyclone Ockhi and ensure safety of the coastal region. A decision in this regard...
View ArticleFour from Kerala drown after car plunges into canal in Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore | Four persons drowned when their car nosedived into a canal attached to Parambikulam Aliyar Project in the district today. Five persons from Ernakulam in Kerala were returning to their...
View ArticleOckhi: Fishermen take out march to Raj Bhavan,toll rises to 42
Thiruvananthapuram | Thousands of fishermen today took out a march to the Raj Bhavan here demanding a coordinated search operation to trace missing fishermen and a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
View ArticleBJP rally in Kolkata protesting Bengali laborer’s death in Alappuzha
Kolkata | The West Bengal BJP unit today took out a rally protesting against the death of a youth from Bengal in Kerala and questioned why mainstream political parties were silent over the issue. The...
View ArticleFlash mob: case against nine persons for harassing woman in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram | Nine persons have been booked following a complaint from a woman alleging harassment for participating in a flash mob here on the sidelines of the ongoing International Film...
View ArticleKerala to get pilgrim-tourism circuit to link Pandava temples
Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala will soon have a unique pilgrim-tourism circuit connecting five temples associated with the ‘Pancha Pandavas’, the mythical characters in ‘Mahabharatha’. The shrines...
View ArticleOckhi cyclone: Search operations to continue in Kerala,Toll rises to 66
Thiruvananthapuram | The death toll in the Ockhi cyclone that hit the Kerala coast mounted to 66 with more bodies being recovered even as the Centre assured the state government that search operations...
View ArticleRahul visits cyclone-hit areas in Thiruvananthapuram
Poonthura/Vizhinjam | Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi today visited some places hit by the Cyclone Ochki in southern Kerala that has claimed 66 lives, most of them fishermen, and pitched for a...
View ArticleIt’s like Nirbhaya case, says Judge sentencing man to death in Jisha murder case
Kochi | Drawing a parallel with the 2012 Nirbhaya case, a court here today sentenced to death a 22- year-old labourer from Assam for the rape and murder of a 30- year old Dalit law student in Kerala...
View ArticlePM Modi to visit Ockhi hit villages in Kerala on Dec 19
New Delhi | Soon After the visit of Rahul Gandhi at Ockhi hit villages in Kerala, Prime Minister Modi also said to meet the families of ockhi affected fishermen in Kerala on Tuesday said officials.
View ArticleCPM alleges Congress helping BJP in Kerala
Hyderabad | The CPI(M) today alleged that the Congress was helping the BJP-RSS by carrying out campaigns against the Left party in Kerala. Stating that the saffron combine was running a “hate- filled”...
View ArticleOckhi: Kerala to expand search operations up to Goan shores
Thiruvananthapuram | With over 100 fishermen still missing in the cyclone Ockhi that hit the state 18 days ago, the Kerala government today decided to expand the search operations up to Goan shores....
View ArticleA ‘panic button’ to make public transport safer in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram | Traveling in public transport vehicles will no longer be a nightmare for women in Kerala, as these will soon be embedded with ‘panic buttons’. The motor vehicles department is...
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