India’s women’s recurve archery team produced a sensational performance to clinch its maiden Asian Games gold medal, defeating the mighty South Korea 5-3 in the final at Nagoya on Friday. The Indian trio of Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod held their nerve in challenging, windy conditions to overcome a South Korean side boasting […]
The Kerala Prison Department is introducing stricter measures to prevent the misuse of telephone calls made by inmates. As part of the new measures, the department has decided to curb the practice of call forwarding, which was allegedly being misused by some inmates under the pretext of contacting their relatives from prison. Under the new […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has decided to appoint senior Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader and former minister M K Muneer as the chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission. The state Cabinet took the decision on Wednesday, and Muneer is expected to assume charge in the coming days once the official order is issued. […]
Kerala’s prolonged power crisis is expected to ease from October 1, with the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) announcing that there will be no night-time power cuts from today. The state had faced power restrictions throughout most of September, with several areas experiencing repeated 30-minute cuts and, in some places, outages lasting up to two […]
Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition and CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said the local body byelection results reflected an erosion in the support that the UDF had secured in the Assembly elections, claiming that the decline in public support had occurred within four months of the UDF government assuming office. In a Facebook post […]
District Medical Officers (DMOs) have informed the Kerala government that hospitals across the state currently have adequate stocks of medicines, even as shortages are being reported at the warehouses of the Kerala Medical Services Corporation Limited (KMSCL). The clarification was made during a meeting convened by Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Tuesday to review measures […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s brief interaction with an elderly woman during his visit to Mettur has gone viral on social media. Vijay was in Salem district on September 1 to open the sluice gates of the Mettur Dam and release Cauvery water for Samba paddy cultivation in Tamil Nadu’s delta region. After the official programme, the […]
Uttar Pradesh’s flood crisis has intensified, with 3,042 people rescued in a single day and the total number evacuated rising to 16,784. Officials said 23 of the state’s 35 districts are currently affected. Three people have died in rain-related incidents — 18-month-old Priyansh in Pratapgarh, and Shera, 32, and Suresh, 55, in Amroha’s Gajraula. The government has deployed 1,499 boats and motorboats and 1,067 medical […]
Kerala is preparing to develop the 622-km stretch of National Highway 66 from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram as India’s first electric truck corridor, marking a major step towards cleaner and more sustainable freight transport. A study conducted by the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) in collaboration with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has […]
Football is the lifeblood of Kerala, and every World Cup brings that passion to the streets, with villages and towns transforming into colourful pockets of different footballing nations. For millions of Malayalis, Lionel Messi has been at the centre of that football culture — captivating fans with his mesmerising movement and magical left foot. Even […]