Kerala: 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 better warning system to prevent recurrence of such tragedies. Addressing the families of fishermen who died in the cyclone and interacting with them, Gandhi said […]
Kasaragod : The CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Saturday led a protest march against the Kerala government and state Finance Minister K.M. Mani, leading to a day-long shutdown in the state. Kasargod the protest shutdown began at 6 a.m., although no untoward incidents have been reported till now. While two wheelers were seen […]
Bangalore : Exuding confidence that the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala will fare better than last time, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy dismissed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) claims of a ‘Modi wave’ in the country. Kerala went to the polls on April 10. Addressing presspersons at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office […]
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has won the United Nation’s Public Service Award for his Mass Contact Programme, which saw him directly engaging with people in the state to address their grievances. Mr Chandy bagged the first prize from the Asia Pacific region with awardees chosen every year from five zones around the […]
Mangalore : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Karnataka Assembly election results will indicate the trend for general elections scheduled fo next year. Addressing nursing students from Kerala at Sahodaya Hall, Balmatta on May 2, Thursday, he said the UPA government was providing a good administration under the leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. […]
Thiruvanthapuram : Air Kerala, the state government’s airline, would be launched April 14, 2013, to coincide with Vishu, new year’s day in the Malayalam calendar, says Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. “It (Air Kerala) will be airborne April 14. The only question is whether the first flight will be an international or domestic one. Next month, […]
Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader P. Mohanan was arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekharan, police said. In a major embarrassment for Kerala’s main opposition party, Mohanan, husband of firebrand CPI-M legislator K.K. Lathika, was taken into custody after police overtook his car and […]
Manjeshwar: Manjeshwar GP, which was a part of DK prior to 1956, and now in Kerala across the Karnataka borders by rail and road, has been crowned as the first E-payment GP in taxes settlement, birth and death registrations, and Panchayat works under progress depicted on a computer screen, in a Website marked “www.tax.Isg Kerala. […]
Thiruvananthapuram : At least three children died after a school van carrying around 25 students plunged into a canal near here Monday evening, police said. The children, from the Jyothi Nilayam School on the city’s outskirts, were returning home after school. Eyewitnesses said the van skidded off the road while trying to avoid a dog […]
Tiruvananthapuram: In the 140 seat Kerala Assembly House, the Congress led United Democratic Front on Friday managed secure a thin majority of 4 seats (72) in a close battle not seen in 30 years. Thus V.S Achutanandan loses power as CM now. UDF led by Oommen Chandy obtained 72 seats just crossing the winning post, […]
