An eight-year-old boy died in Kerala after consuming large amount of liquor, said police. According to police, the boy was alone in his home in Kunnikode village and seeing a bottle in his parent’s cupboard, he drank it. “There was no one at home and when the parents returned in the evening yesterday (Sunday), the […]
Rahul Gandhi behaved like a “joker” during his visit in the state Monday and such a person is being projected as the prime ministerial candidate by the Congress, a CPI-M leader said here Tuesday. Communist Party of India-Marxist state leader Pinarayi Vijayan said: “His candidature as the Congress’s PM candidate is more or less finalised […]
The Kalapakavadi family was informed Monday around 2 p.m. that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would be over for lunch. “I asked my wife Susheela to see that a Syrian Christian lunch be ready in 45 minutes. She and the others set about getting the meal ready,” said Kalapakavadi. Gandhi was on a day’s visit […]
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, in his first meeting with police top brass, vowed to make the state a “Nirbhaya Kerala,” one where women have nothing to fear. Six new all-women police stations would be set up, he said. He said atrocities against women and children would be sternly dealt with. Chennithala was sworn in […]
The Left opposition Monday walked out of the Kerala assembly on the first day of the session, dissatisfied with the government’s reply on steps taken to give more time to people to link their Aadhaar number to a bank account. Such a linking of Aadhaar number and bank account is necessary for availing the subsidy […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Friday night on a three day visit. He was received at the airport by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, cabinet ministers and others. Manmohan Singh will spend the night at the Kerala Raj Bhavan and Saturday morning will unveil the plaque of the Central University’s campus […]
As a New Year gift to poor women in Kerala, the state government Wednesday launched a special lottery where the revenue will go to a fund that will provide a marriage aid of Rs.30,000 each to families of weaker sections. “This programme was announced in the last state budget and the entire revenue generated through […]