Kerala
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Heavy rain lashes north Kerala; Bayar records highest rainfall
Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain continued to lash parts of Kerala, with northern districts receiving the highest rainfall during the 21 hours ending at 5.30 am on Tuesday, August 4, according to the IMD.…
- Kerala
8 dead, 8 missing as heavy rains wreak havoc in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Sunday, August 2, said that eight people have died, an equal number were missing and 13 injured in the previous day’s heavy rains which…
- Kerala
Kerala withdraws cases against NEET protestors
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has decided to withdraw all cases registered in connection with protests held across the state in support of the NEET agitation in Delhi, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said…
- Middle East
India raises with UAE plight of over 130 medical workers
New Delhi: India has taken up with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the concerns of more than 130 Indian medical workers affected by the closure of the Iranian Hospital in Dubai, the…
- Kerala
Kerala: Bengal man receives call from Pakistan, taken into custody
Kozhikode: A 35-year-old man from West Bengal was taken into custody in Kerala’s Beypore area on Thursday, July 30, after he allegedly received a phone call from a Pakistan-based number, police said.…
- Sports
Sreeshankar leaps into history with second CWG long jump medal
Glasgow: Murali Sreeshankar added another chapter to Indian athletics history on Wednesday, July 27, becoming the country’s first long jump double medallist in Commonwealth Games with a silver here. Having claimed silver…
- India
Satheesan defends remarks on family food traditions
Thiruvananthapuram: Defending his recent remarks on preserving traditional food practices, Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday, July 29, rejected allegations that he had made a sexist statement, saying his comments…
- India
‘Would shoot protestors’, ‘women like rape’: RSS ideologue
In yet another instance that reflects the ideology of the formerly banned right wing Hindu organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), idealogue TG Mohandas, in a series of YouTube videos said that he…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police nab 5 QNET agents from Goa resort, cars seized
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police have arrested five representatives of the multi-level marketing firm QNET from a resort in Goa in connection with a multi-lakh fraud case, seizing three vehicles and digital evidence in…
- Middle East
Indian man freed from Saudi jail with blood money held in drug case
Kannur: A man who returned from Saudi Arabia after securing his release through the payment of Rs 80 lakh as blood money was arrested for allegedly masterminding an interstate narcotics racket in…
- Telangana
Tummala seeks joint southern push for oil palm farmers’ MSP
Hyderabad: Telangana Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has urged the agriculture ministers of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to jointly press the Centre to safeguard the interests of oil palm…
- News
Man held with nearly 500 grams of MDMA, hybrid ganja in Kerala
Malappuram: Nearly half a kg of MDMA and a small quantity of hybrid ganja was seized from a man at Kuttipuram in Malappuram district, police said on Monday, July 13. The arrested…
- Bangalore
NIA arrests two key accused in Praveen Nettaru murder case
Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two key accused who had been absconding for nearly four years in the murder case of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru, marking a…
- Lifestyle
‘Kashmir of South India’ and how to get there from Hyderabad
Dreaming of a cool getaway from Hyderabad? Munnar, nestled in Kerala’s Western Ghats, is one destination that should be on your travel bucket list. Known as the ‘Kashmir of South India’, this…
- India
Vietnam boat capsize: Bodies of 15 deceased to reach home soon
Hanoi: The bodies of the 15 Indian tourists who were killed in a boat accident off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island have been sent to Ho Chi Minh City from where they will…