Pix by K Rajesh Kumar KOCHI: Dileep and Kavya Madhavan got married in a ceremony at Kochi on Friday morning. The wedding was kept a secret till hours before the ceremony. The function was attended by selected guestss. The wedding came as a big surprise to the guests as well as the couple’s fans. In […]
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh castigated the government and the Prime Minister over the demonetisation move, saying its implementation was a monumental management failure and a case of organised loot and legalised plunder. Singh, who spoke in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha, said the decision will result in […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following protest by the opposition against the demonetisation measures, LDF called for a hartal in Kerala on Monday, November 28. Banks and essential services have been exempted from the dawn to dusk hartal .The demonetisation reform has hit the functioning and threatened the survival of the co-operative sector in Kerala. The hartal has been […]
BEIJING: Over 40 people were killed today after a platform under construction at a power plant collapsed in east China’s Jiangxi province, the latest industrial disaster in the country. The accident occurred at about 7:00 am when a cooling tower platform plunged to the ground, trapping an unknown number of people beneath it, state-run Xinhua […]
NEW DELHI: To encourage widespread usage of digital payments post demonetisation, the government on Wednesday said no transaction charges will be levied on debit cards till December 31. All public sector banks and some private sector ones have agreed to waive the transaction cost for all payments made through debit cards, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta […]
JAMMU: Army on Wednesday launched a counter offensive against Pakistan along the LoC, a day after three Indian soldiers were killed, with body of one of them being mutilated in a cross-LoC attack. The offensive comes hours after the Indian Army vowed “heavy retribution” to the attack on its soldiers Brigadier, Northern Command, S Gotra […]
NEW DELHI: Amid opposition attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the people to directly convey their views to him on demonetisation via his App. He asked the public to participate in a survey where a number of questions have been posed with regard to scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes. “I […]
KOCHI: Actor Mohanlal, in his blog came out in support of demonetization of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The actor, who extended his support for demonetization, feels that such a movement was necessary for the benefit of our country. Mohanlal has also made it clear that he is not the supporter of a specific person but […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior CPM leader M M Mani, who had earlier said his party had a history of killing political rivals from a prepared list, will be inducted into the Kerala Cabinet on Tuesday. Mani will replace CPM central committee member E P Jayarajan, who was forced to quit following allegations that he appointed close relatives […]
KANPUR: At least 120 people were killed and more than 100 injured as 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express ran off the tracks near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday morning. The incident took place at around 3 am near Pukhrayan, about 100 km from Kanpur, at a time when most of the passengers were […]