A politically tumultuous sitting appears to be in the offing as the 13th session of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly commences on Friday (January 17, 2025). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A politically tumultuous sitting appears to be in the offing as the 13th session of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly commences on Friday (January…
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to put on hold the draft University Grants Commission Regulations, 2025, (minimum qualifications for appointment and promotion of teachers and academic staff in universities and colleges and measures for maintenance of standards in higher education), describing it as an infringement on the Constitutional…
In view of the increasing incidents of corruption and irregularities at the inter-State check-posts manned by the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD), the government is planning to shut down all the 19 MVD check-posts in Kerala and redeploy officials. The surprise raids carried out by the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (VACB) at the MVD check-posts…
File photo of businessman Boby Chemmanur | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala High Court granted bail on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) to businessman Boby Chemmanur, in the sexual harassment case that was registered against him on a complaint by a woman actor. He had been arrested in connection with the case, and remanded in judicial…
Eight people, some of them migrant workers, were injured in a wasp attack at Pazhamthottam in Aikaranad panchayat in Ernakulam on Monday while they were engaged in building a retaining structure for a road in the panchayat. Panchayat council member Sathyprakash A. said the injured were initially taken to a government hospital nearby but were…
Minister for Higher Education R. Bindu at the exhibition of innovative products developed by students at Cusat on Monday (January 13). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Innovative products developed by students of various universities were showcased at an exhibition at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) on Monday (January 13). The event was…
Alappuzha District Administration in association with the International Quizzing Association (IQA) will organise the IQA District Quizzing Championship on January 16. The event, aimed at identifying the official quiz champion school in the district, will be held at Mary Immaculate High School, Poomkavu at 9.30 a.m. Students in classes 8 to 12 can participate in…
Idukki District Collector V. Vigneshwari reviewing the arrangements for Sabarimala pilgrims at Pullumedu in Idukki on Monday ahead of the Makaravilakku festival. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Idukki district administration has completed Makaravilakku festival arrangements at Pullumedu, Panchalimedu, and Parunthumpara centres in Idukki, where the Sabarimala pilgrims throng to witness the Makarajyothi. Talking to the…
P.V. Anvar arriving for a press conference after submitting his resignation as Nilambur MLA in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on January 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran P.V. Anvar, Independent legislator from Nilambur in Kerala, has resigned. He met Kerala Speaker A.N. Shamseer and handed over his resignation letter on Monday (January 13, 2025). Mr. Anvar decided…
Police and Motor Vehicles department squads have adopted stringent measures to prevent migrant sellers and alms-seekers from creating inconvenience to motorists at major traffic junctions in Kozhikode city. The action comes in the wake of a recent order issued by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) responding to public grievances about the practice that is…
