Giving a platform to Keralites in the Gulf to air their grievances, an exclusive session on Non-Resident Indians in that region was held as the 11th Pravasi Divas began in Kochi on Monday.
The nun alleged that she was subjected to sexual abuse 13 times.
India on Sunday announced temporary suspension of e-visa facility for Chinese travellers and foreigners residing in the neighbouring country and issued a fresh advisory saying anyone with travel history to China since January 15 can be quarantined.
There are remarkable similarities between Bombay Jayashri's Oscar-nominated song in Life of Pi and Irayimman Thampi's age-old composition. We make a case for the 200-year-old melody.
The passenger belonged to a group of 19 holidaying in the hill resort town of Munnar in Kerala and was under surveillance.
The suggestion was made by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the on-going Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Kochi.
Why has the drumstick tree not found favour with officialdom given the ease of cultivation, its excellent nutritional value, shelf-life of its leaves as food, and its use as vegetable, asks Sonali Ranade
In the 'Additional guidelines for quarantine of returnees from abroad/contacts/ isolation of suspect or confirmed cases in private facilities', released on Thursday evening, the ministry said there are large number of facilities such as hotels, service apartments and lodges which are "unoccupied due to impact of COVID-19 on travel and tourism".
Wuhan has been a popular destination for Keralites and others as an educational hub with quality and affordable medical courses attracting overseas scholars.
'These reports of cases being very low in other states, is it true? Are the numbers believable?'
The CM urged all Malayalis to donate one month salary to rebuild the state, where the death toll has now touched 302.
'If Rahul Gandhi disappears, Modi has to talk about his own policies and why they failed'
A Keralite who escaped from the captivity of an extremist group in the Philippines returned home to Kozhikode on Sunday, ending 14 months' of ordeal in an emotional re-union with kin and friends.
A group of Keralite nurses moved in a vehicle by rebels from their hospital in Tikrit in Iraq are lodged in an old building near a hospital in Mosul and are safe, according to family members of a nurse in Kottayam.
Kerala politicians led by Chief Minister Ommen Chandy on Wednesday knocked the doors of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his immediate intervention in persuading Tamil Nadu to settle the Mullaperiyar dam issue.
The LDF was also leading in 10 out of the 14 district panchayats and 108 block panchayats of the total of 152, according to the State Election Commission figures.
Chandy said Modi had kept mum on the controversy and what Keralites want is not his silence, but an unconditional apology from the prime minister.
Heard of Onam Sadhya? The traditional harvest festival of Kerala is incomplete without feasting on Sambhar, Avail, Oalan, Kootu and Paysam.
Heard of Onam Sadhya? The traditional harvest festival of Kerala is incomplete without feasting on Sambhar, Avail, Oalan, Kootu and Paysam.
Modi highlighted the fact that normal rules and procedures have been set aside in view of the emergency nature of requirement in Kerala.
'Only when you are close to the party, will you understand what the BJP stands for.'
Malayalam film industry is gearing up to celebrate Onam and Eid in style.
Company officials hope that a slew of recent measures will help revive sagging volumes.
The Kerala government's attempts of garnering funds for its under construction airport ran into rough weather on Sunday when a group of NRIs questioned the 'agenda' behind the 'secrecy' of the details of private-public participation in the management and allotment of shares in the proposed airport. Matters got worse when a senior bureaucrat said that they were not asking 'ordinary' Keralites to invest, if they don't have the money.
Anthony Bourdain, the American author, chef and host of Discovery Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program No Reservations was in Kerala recently, checking out the state's unique cuisine and Keralite tastebuds.
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'There are only two bottlenecks for universal vaccination.' 'One, is availability of the vaccine.' 'Two, is the logistics for administering the vaccine.'
Former India cricketers Robin Singh and Sriram Sridharan will be coaching Bloem City Blazers and Johannesburg Giants respectively in the upcoming T20 Global League to be held in South Africa.
A consortium of India's largest engineering company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and non-resident Keralite (NRK) businessman P Mohamed Al-led Galfar Engineering & Contracting has bagged the design and development order for the New Salalah International Airport in the Sultanate of Oman for $764 million (Rs 3,452 crore).
Presenting the making of the calendar.
Supporters of the proposal voiced their grievances at the gathering on how their properties were allegedly taken over by government, mafia and illegal occupants.
Launching its biggest ever repatriation exercise, India on Thursday airlifted 363 of its citizens, including nine infants, stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to the international travel lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pinarayi is exploring the potentials of 'socialism with Indian characteristics'. The next five years under Pinarayi's watch will be a transformative period for Kerala's development, observes M K Bhadrakumar.
Ten tourists were killed and 32 injured when the driver of the luxury bus in which they were travelling lost control after hitting a divider on a four-lane road near Panangudi in Tirunelveli district in the wee hours of Friday.
In view of the terror threat to the state, the Kerala home department has issued instructions to hotels on accommodating foreign visitors coming to Kerala.
29 actors from south India posed for this rare photograph as part of the Evegreen Reunion.
The Kochi IPL controversy also draws attention to the clout of Gulf-based Keralites
Bengal's star performer Denson Devadas might be a Keralite but the regional factor does not matter for the diminutive midfielder.
A look at Bellary Naga, a Kannada remake of the Malayalam hit Rajamamikam.
Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the shrine, said revenue collection on the opening day registered a growth of Rs 1.28 crore compared to last year.
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