Agencies ISLAMABAD: The national positivity ratio of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan shot past 10 per cent on Thursday after 3,946 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the country. According to data issued by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 38,858 tests were conducted in the country during the last 24 hours […]
Mullappally calls for Amit Shah to reveal on the mysterious death
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State Congress president Mullappally Ramachandran has demanded Union Home Minister Amit Shah to reveal more details about the mysterious death in the gold smuggling case, which he mentioned during his speech at the culmination of BJP state president K Surendran’s Vijaya Yatra. Mullappally maintained that Amit Shah’s silence shows the tacit understanding between the […]
Chandy calls upon LDF government to apologise
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former chief minister Oommen Chandy slammed the LDF government for blocking the previous UDF government’s welfare pension scheme in local self-governments due to political reasons and then shifting the blame for this to others. Though an apology was long overdue for delaying the social security pension by 16 months, the government should apologise for […]
Election Commission keeps RS Polls from Kerala in abeyance
New Delhi The Election Commission of India has on Wednesday decided to keep in abeyance the schedule of elections to fill three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala after the Law Ministry raised some issues. “The commission had announced schedule for biennial election for three seats to Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Kerala. In the […]
Sobha to sacrifice life for Sabarimala
Thiruvananthapuram, BJP leader and NDA candidate for Kazhakootam assembly constituency in the ensuing elections, Sobha Surendran has said that she was ready to sacrifice her life for the sake of Sabarimala temple. The firebrand leader said that NDA is not seeking votes in the name of Lord Ayyappa or the Sabarimala temple but only discussing […]
Prime Minister’s support helped better administration of Tamil Nadu, Edappady K Palaniswami
Chennai, March 24 Chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappady K Palaniswami has said that the advices and tips provided by Prime minister Narendra Modi had helped him govern and administer the state of Tamil Nadu and take it to good development perspectives. He was addressing an election campaign of BJP Aruvarakuruchi constituency, K Annamalai […]
13% new borns with covid – hit moms tested positive in Kerala
Nearly 13 % of new borns, whos mothers contracted Covid – 19 during delivery, have tested positive for Covid soon after birth in the state However, the majority had mild symptoms and they recovered soon. Data from the directorate of health services (DHS) shows that as on October 21, 2020, about 1,835 Covid positive pregnant […]
Balashankar insists there’s a BJP-CPM deal in select seats
Senior BJP and RSS leaders rejected on Wednesday a claim made by a Sangh Parivar veteran that BJP had struck a secret deal with CPM to deny him a ticket to contest the upcoming assembly elections. Rejecting R Balashankar’s statement that RSS had initially supported him for Chengannur seat, RSS state unit head Gopalankutty Master […]
Kerala Assembly Election: Mother of Walayar girls to take on CM Pinarayi in Dharmadom
The mother of the two girls found dead in Walayar under suspicious circumstances in 2017 on Tuesday announced that she will contest against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as an independent candidate in the Dharmadom constituency in Kannur district in the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls. Last month, she had tonsured her head to protest against the […]
After lawyer couple’s murder, protests across Telangana courts and demands for protection for advocates
The brutal murder of advocates Gattu Vamana Rao and his wife PV Nagamani on a busy highway in Peddapalli district earlier this week, has led to widespread protests from lawyers across the Telangana. Several petitions have been filed before the courts, even as advocates abstained from their duties and took to the streets blocking roads […]