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Kannur: A 23-year-old engineering post-graduate who was on a phone romance for more than year was shocked to find her ‘sweetheart’ was a 67-year-old man. The woman from Thiruvanathapuram had travelled all the way to Kannur to meet her phone boyfriend for the first time, that day the woman had…
Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Tuesday has asked his party colleagues to develop political maturity, after senior Kerala state Congress leaders have been attacking each other on TV channels “Today many of my friends here, the moment they see mikes of TV channels they cut loose and make lots of statements.…
Kerala state Governor H. R. Bhardwaj on Monday suspended the state’s Information Commissioner K. Natarajan, following an allegation that Mr Natarajan had tried to interfere with the vigilance investigation into gifting of government land by Opposition Leader V. S. Achuthanandan to his relative . Mr. Natarajan was a Deputy Inspector General…
A section of theatre owners in Kerala today have launched an indefinite strike to press their demand for hike in ticket fares by stopping screening The theatre owners called for the strike after the government rejected their demand to increase “service charge” levied from the viewers from Rs two to Rs…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YihcJvOsGl0 Kannur: Legendary Diego Maradona on Wednesday cast a spell on football crazy fans of Kerala, entertaining them with some magical moves with the ball, including his left-footed manoeuvres and headers, at the jam-packed Municipal Jawahar stadium here. It was a dream come true for the thousands of football…
Trivandrum: Worms were found in Fried Chickens served by Kentucky’s Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in the Capital city of kerala. The incident was reported by Shiju, after he had ordered a dinner of fried chicken and sat down to eat on Monday evening. They then began to feed some of one of the…
Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala High Court observation that the government should consider banning toddy had ruffled feathers in a state where many consider it a “health drink”. With the court now reluctantly accepting that a ban was not feasible, it’s cheers once again. The Kerala High Court had last month asked…
The Private Bus Operators Confederation has decided to go on an indefinite strike from September 25 to press its various demands including a fare hike for all sections including students. After it claims it has suffered heavy losses after authorities failed to prevent KSRTC buses from operating services on certain routes’…
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, along with his Cabinet colleagues, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night and sought Central support for 11 major development projects, including the launch of Air Kerala, the State-owned aviation service. Kerala has sought Central support for sharing the financial burden of providing compensation to…
In a major crackdown on online film piracy, Kerala Police have registered cases against more than 1000 persons for allegedly uploading or downloading recently-released Malayalam movie Bachelor Party. The Anti-piracy Cell of the state police traced the IP addresses of a total of 1,010 persons who illegally uploaded or downloaded or…
Loading image. Please wait Rs 100 crore gift to Keralites on Onam Thiruvananthapuram: Coinciding with the Onam, Kerala's harvest festival, the state government handed out various social security benefits like pensions, unemployment doles and ex-gratia payments to the tune of Rs.100 crore to people. State Labour Minister Shibu Baby…
Keralites living in Chennai usually look forward to one day every year and that’s their festival of harvest – Onam, which is on August 29, this year. Homesick, they are more than eager to visit their family back home in Kerala and cashing in on this situation are smart Omni…
