Under Officer V.P. Theja receiving the Raksha Mantri Padak from Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the investiture ceremony held at the Republic Day Camp in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In the events preluding Republic Day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh awarded the âRaksha Mantri Padakâ, the highest honour to be bestowed on NCC…
The government has appointed a five-member expert committee to study in detail issues concerning the school academic calendar in the wake of a High Court judgment in the matter. The committee comprises V.P. Joshith, head, department of Education, Central University of Kerala; Amar Fettle, State nodal officer, adolescent health, National Health Mission; Deepa Bhaskaran, assistant…
A 30-year-old woman was found stabbed to death inside her house in broad daylight in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on Tuesday (January 21, 2025), the police said. The police rushed to the scene after receiving information and found Athira, 30, the wife of a priest working at a nearby temple, dead with a deep cut…
About 30 people were injured, three of them seriously, when a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus collided with a tourist bus at Manoor, near Edappal, in Malappuram district of Kerala early on Tuesday (January 21, 2025). The police said both the buses were speeding. The accident took place around 3 a.m. The injured…
District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) Vaibhav Saxena has sought two separate reports in connection with the dramatic turn of events in Koothattukulam in which a CPI(M) councillor Kala Raju was allegedly âabductedâ by her own partymen on Saturday (Januaray 18). Additional Superintendent of Police (Ernakulam Rural) has been asked to submit a report exclusively on…
The Kerala Warnings, Crisis and Hazard Management system (KaWaCHaM), the disaster risk warning system, developed by the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) with the support of the National Disaster Management Authority and the World Bank, will be launched by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday. The entire system includes a network of 126 siren-strobe…
The police team investigating the abuse of a Dalit minor girl in Pathanamthitta in Kerala has taken one more individual into custody. According to officials, a 25-year-old V.S. Arun was arrested from his residence near Elavuthitta on Sunday (January 20, 2025). His arrest will be formally recorded following a preliminary interrogation. This latest development brings…
The curtain came down on the Kudumbashreeâs two-day âInternational Childrenâs Summit on Zero Waste Managementâ with hopes of a clean world led by children. Novel ideas and recommendations on waste management were presented by children at the summit. Local Self-government department Principal Director Seeram Sambasiva Rao inaugurated the summit valedictory and presented awards to children…
Former Chief Secretary and writer K. Jayakumar has been selected for the Azhikode Smaraka Award 2024 instituted by Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi. In a statement issued here, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Vichara Vedi office-bearers said that Jayakumar had been chosen for the prize for his contributions to art and literature. The award carries a purse…
A mine-laying unmanned ground vehicle with anti-tank landmines installed on it operates in Kharkiv region amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova | Photo Credit: Reuters Jain Kurian, 27, (Indian Passport No: V4211068) from Kuranchery in Thrissur embarked on a journey to Bahrain on April 4, 2024, along with his brother-in-law Binil…
