Thiruvananthapuram: The Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly protested fiercely against M Swaraj, CPM MLA, quoting The Bible for the wrong reasons. The quote is reported to have offended members for many reasons. Swaraj had asked the Opposition members to to read Matthew Chapter 7 verse 6 of the Bible. The Bible verse reads: “Do not […]
Bank of India. It is learnt that more than 1,000 peons and sweepers of SBT will lose their jobs.
A circular to this effect has been issued to all the branches of SBT.
The circular asked the branch managers not to make any new appointments at the branch level.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Govt has ditched Kerala in favour of Tamil Nadu, by granting in-principle clearance to a Rs 25,000-crore transshipment harbour project nrae Colachel fishing harbour.
This move has dealt a severe blow to Kerala’s upcoming Vizhinjam harbour project as the centre govt-sposored port at Colachel is coming up just 35 km away from Vizhinjam, thereby dimming its business potential to almost a big zero. If Colachel port becomes functional, Kerala will have one more loss making ports in its kitty, after the Vallarpadam Terminal tragedy. The Adani Group is developing the Rs 7,525-crore project in Vizhinjam.
Thiruvananthapuram: The State Intelligence department of Kerala has filed its first information report about the missing persons from Kerala who are reported to have joined the Islamic State movement ibn Syria.
Thiruvananthapuram: The First Budget of LDF Government, presented by Thomas Isaac, has proved more populist than the budget of the former government led by UDF. At the same time, the finance minister was firm on imposing more taxes and curtailing expenses.
The LDF government has opened its heart to women. They get more in the budget. 10 per cent of the total budget is for the safety and upliftment of women. The women deserted by their husbands will be provided with a monthly pension.
Thiruvananthapuram: Educational institutions in Kerala, including professional colleges, will get an extra holiday on Thursday, on account of the Muslim festival Eid-ul-Fitr, according to an announcement by the state government.
Kollam: After much drama and tension over the denial to board the Indigo fight yesterday, Abdul Nazar Madani reached his home at Anwarssery at 2.30 am on Tuesday.
Kozhikode: Prashanth Nair, District Collector of Kozhikode, offered unconditional apology to Kozhikode MP, M K Raghavan, fearing departmental action for denouncing an elected representative through social media.
M K Raghavan MP had lodged a complaint with the Chief Minister against the collector’s rude behaviour and protocol violation
Kochi: Idea cellular phone network service in the State came to a standstill on Saturday morning due to a technical snag at the master switching centre at Kakkanad in Ernakulam.
Kochi: Communist Party of India (CPI) which is a constituent of the LDF-led Kerala cabinet has raised serious corruption charges against Ernakulam Collector Rajamanickam and demanded his removal from his current posting.