Assembly ruckus case: Kerala HC declines to stay trial

Kochi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Kerala High Court on Friday declined to stay the trial in the 2015 Assembly ruckus case in which General Education Minister V Sivankutty and some other prominent LDF leaders are also among the accused. Justice Ziyad Rahman A A asked all the accused, including LDF convener E P Jayarajan and Left […]

Judge found dead in Odisha

Cuttack, Sept 2 (PTI) A special POCSO judge in Odisha’s Cuttack was found dead at his official residence here on Friday, police said. The deceased 49-year-old judge was identified as Subash Kumar Behari. The body of the POCSO court judge was found hanging from a ceiling fan and there were injury marks on his neck, said […]

PM Commissions INS Vikrant

Kochi, Sep 2 (PTI)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant here on Friday, which put India into a select league of countries with domestic capability to build such large warships. The Prime Minister commissioned the carrier, built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, at a […]

Cotton, Maize cultivation in TN hit by incessant rains

Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Incessant and untimely rains in Tamil Nadu has affected the Cotton and Maize cultivation in the state. In Permbalur district of the state, a stream breach has led to the total destruction of more than 100 acres of Cotton and Maize cultivation. At Keezha Permbalur in Veppur Union of Permbalur district, […]

Stalin, Pinarayi meet on Friday: Siruvani water sharing to be discussed

Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin will be meeting his Kerala counterpart, Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday at Thiruvananthapuram. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is reaching Kerala to participate in the South Indian ,Chief Minister’s conference at the Kerala capital in which Union Home Minister, Amit Shah is attending. The discussions between […]