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Kerala bypoll has a lot at stake for Rahul, aide Venugopal

Kerala bypoll has a lot at stake for Rahul, aide Venugopal

Rediff.com23 May 2022

Any adverse electoral fallout in Thrikkakara by-poll may have an impact on Rahul Gandhi because this falls in the state he represents as a member of Parliament and KC Venugopal because it is his home state, reports Shine Jacob.

Kerala court convicts husband guilty in Vismaya dowry death case

Kerala court convicts husband guilty in Vismaya dowry death case

Rediff.com23 May 2022

Vismaya, 22, was found dead in the house of her husband at Sasthamkotta in Kollam district on June 21, 2021.

Govt tweaks rules for Aadhaar enrollment

Govt tweaks rules for Aadhaar enrollment

Rediff.com9 Dec 2023

The government on Saturday said a person who is eligible for Aadhaar can enroll using iris scan in case fingerprints are unavailable. The statement comes after Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar intervened to ensure the enrollment of a woman, Josymol P Jose, in Kerala who could not get enrolled for Aadhaar as she did not have fingers. A team from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) visited Jose at her home in Kumarakam, Kottayam district, in Kerala, the same day and got her Aadhaar number generated, the statement said.

Amid JN.1 scare, Karnataka reports 2 Covid deaths

Amid JN.1 scare, Karnataka reports 2 Covid deaths

Rediff.com21 Dec 2023

Two Covid-19 related deaths and 20 fresh cases were reported in Karnataka, according to a Health bulletin issued on Wednesday.

Young Indian professional dies in car accident in US

Young Indian professional dies in car accident in US

Rediff.com24 Mar 2024

Arshia Joshi lost her life in a tragic car accident in Pennsylvania on March 21, the Consulate General of India in New York said in a post on X on Saturday.

'Nobody's Asking Where Money Will Come For Freebies'

'Nobody's Asking Where Money Will Come For Freebies'

Rediff.com24 May 2024

'The prime minister's comment on 'revdi culture' was welcome. But I am disappointed he did not follow up on that.' 'All political parties, including the BJP, have been guilty of this.' 'Now, Modi's guarantees, the Congress's 'nyay' path and both ruling and Opposition parties are vying with each other for freebies in my home state Andhra Pradesh.'

What a terrorist wants: Bomb blasts and Kerala holiday!

What a terrorist wants: Bomb blasts and Kerala holiday!

Rediff.com28 Mar 2014

Kerala remains a safe haven for members of the IM and the SIMI alike, says Vicky Nanjappa

Ranji: Pujara reaches memorable milestone as Saurashtra, Rajasthan register wins

Ranji: Pujara reaches memorable milestone as Saurashtra, Rajasthan register wins

Rediff.com21 Jan 2024

Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match in Nagpur on Sunday.

Sights And Dazzle Of Japan

Sights And Dazzle Of Japan

Rediff.com25 Jun 2024

Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.

Recipe: Kerala-Style Meen Pollichathu

Recipe: Kerala-Style Meen Pollichathu

Rediff.com16 Dec 2021

Wrapped in banana leaves, this fish is usually fried in coconut oil and gains a heavenly aroma and taste.

Husband has no control over wife's 'stridhan': SC

Husband has no control over wife's 'stridhan': SC

Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

A husband has no control over his wife's 'stridhan' (woman's property) and while he may use it during the time of his distress, he has a moral obligation to return it to his wife, the Supreme Court has reiterated while directing a man to pay Rs 25 lakh to a woman in return for her lost gold.

High Drama As Campaign Ends In TVM!

High Drama As Campaign Ends In TVM!

Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

As the curtain falls on the campaign for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday, April 24, a ringside view of the closing ceremonies.

Record 3,300 kg of drugs seized off Gujarat coast in major drug haul

Record 3,300 kg of drugs seized off Gujarat coast in major drug haul

Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

The drugs seized include 3,089 kilograms of charas, 158 kg of Methamphetamine and 25 kg of morphine.

Why Kerala has succeeded and Maharashtra is struggling

Why Kerala has succeeded and Maharashtra is struggling

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

'Around April 1-2, both states had similar number of cases, around 300.' 'The number of deaths in Kerala were 2 and in Maharashtra around 10. But the two graphs have diverged after that.'

Inspiring! These Women Followed Their Dreams!

Inspiring! These Women Followed Their Dreams!

Rediff.com7 Mar 2024

As we celebrate women achievers who are excelling in their careers, here are incredible tales of hard work and perseverance to inspire you this week.

Recipes: Make Your Own Ghar Ka Masalas

Recipes: Make Your Own Ghar Ka Masalas

Rediff.com26 Apr 2024

Homemade is best. Safe. Pure. Tasty.

Deve Gowda Sacks C M Ibrahim

Deve Gowda Sacks C M Ibrahim

Rediff.com20 Oct 2023

Was C M Ibrahim's Rediff Interview the last straw for Deve Gowda?

EC issues notice over Modi's 'mangalsutra' speech

EC issues notice over Modi's 'mangalsutra' speech

Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

Separately, the poll panel also issued a notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, asking him to respond to the complaints filed by the BJP against him and the main opposition party's senior leader Rahul Gandhi regarding their remarks.

HC upholds Centre's bar on Kerala's MediaOne news channel

HC upholds Centre's bar on Kerala's MediaOne news channel

Rediff.com8 Feb 2022

The Kerala high court on Tuesday upheld the Centre's decision to bar telecast of Malayalam news channel MediaOne.

Kerala court sentences husband to 10 years in jail for Vismaya's dowry death

Kerala court sentences husband to 10 years in jail for Vismaya's dowry death

Rediff.com24 May 2022

A Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in jail the husband of Vismaya, an Ayurveda medical student who hanged herself in her marital home in June last year, for dowry death.

JN.1 sub-variant spreads across 15 states, 923 cases reported

JN.1 sub-variant spreads across 15 states, 923 cases reported

Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 has spread to 15 states and Union territories with a total of 923 cases of the infection reported so far, according to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).

Mollywood 'star' candidates fail to weave magic in Kerala

Mollywood 'star' candidates fail to weave magic in Kerala

Rediff.com3 May 2021

Prominent celebrity losers include national award-winning actor Suresh Gopi, comedian Dharmajan Bolgatty, actress Priyanka Anoop, actor-anchor Krishnakumar and television serial actor Vivek Gopan.

Police arrest 4 PFI-SDPI workers for RSS leader's murder in Kerala

Police arrest 4 PFI-SDPI workers for RSS leader's murder in Kerala

Rediff.com22 Apr 2022

The senior police officer said the four, after interrogation, revealed their roles and that the police now knows all the participants, conspirators and collaborators involved in the killing of the RSS leader.

TN car blast: 5 held, UAPA invoked; Kerala visit of accused under probe

TN car blast: 5 held, UAPA invoked; Kerala visit of accused under probe

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

A police release in Coimbatore said a case has been registered in the Ukkadam police station over the incident.

Kerala police arrests 3 RSS workers for PFI leader's murder in Palakkad

Kerala police arrests 3 RSS workers for PFI leader's murder in Palakkad

Rediff.com19 Apr 2022

Three Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers have been arrested for allegedly carrying out the murder of a Popular Front of India leader in Palakkad district of Kerala on April 15, the police said on Tuesday, and added that the trio were friends of an RSS leader who was killed in Palakkad in November last year.

Kerala police blames both PFI-SDPI and RSS-BJP for Palakkad killings

Kerala police blames both PFI-SDPI and RSS-BJP for Palakkad killings

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

Members of the Popular Front of India and its political offshoot Social Democratic Party of India as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were among those involved in the two recent back-to-back murders in Palakkad district, the Kerala police said on Monday.

Ranji round-up: Avasthi grabs seven to put Mumbai on top

Ranji round-up: Avasthi grabs seven to put Mumbai on top

Rediff.com20 Jan 2024

Tamil Nadu lead Railways by 363 runs courtesy Jagadeesan double hundred

India reports second coronavirus case from Kerala

India reports second coronavirus case from Kerala

Rediff.com2 Feb 2020

A person from Kerala with a travel history to China has been tested positive. Health ministry said the patient is stable and is being closely monitored.

2 more held in Kerala RSS leader's murder case, total arrests reach 11

2 more held in Kerala RSS leader's murder case, total arrests reach 11

Rediff.com25 Apr 2022

ADGP (Law and Order) Vijay Sakhare told PTI that the police have also taken into custody a person suspected to be involved in the killing of RSS leader Sanjith in the district in November last year.

150 Kerala docs, nurses help Mumbai fight COVID-19

150 Kerala docs, nurses help Mumbai fight COVID-19

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

'There is no place in Kerala like Mumbai. This is a huge city with 30 million people and slums'

SC seeks Kerala's reply on easing Covid curbs for Bakrid

SC seeks Kerala's reply on easing Covid curbs for Bakrid

Rediff.com19 Jul 2021

The SC asked the Kerala government to file its response during the day on an application against the three-day relaxation in COVID-19 restrictions in the state in view of the upcoming Bakrid festival.

Why Kerala is Angry at Shailaja's Exit

Why Kerala is Angry at Shailaja's Exit

Rediff.com20 May 2021

Personal competence, where it should have been acknowledged and appreciated, was sacrificed for that oft heard line: Party-is-supreme. It angered that at a time when lives are at stake amidst the pandemic, the government didn't deem continuity in leadership important for the health portfolio, observes Shyam G Menon.

IMA asks Kerala to withdraw order easing Covid restrictions ahead of Bakri-Eid

IMA asks Kerala to withdraw order easing Covid restrictions ahead of Bakri-Eid

Rediff.com18 Jul 2021

The apex doctors' organisation said it would knock the doors of the Supreme Court if the Kerala government does not enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour to curtail the rising menace of the viral disease by withdrawing this decision.

Indian Soccer: Kerala Blasters stun Jamshedpur FC

Indian Soccer: Kerala Blasters stun Jamshedpur FC

Rediff.com10 Jan 2021

All the results from the I-League and ISL matches played on Sunday

Kerala reports India's first monkeypox case, Centre rushes high-level team

Kerala reports India's first monkeypox case, Centre rushes high-level team

Rediff.com14 Jul 2022

A person who returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing signs of monkeypox tested positive for the disease, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday.

Life's A Desi Beach For Aashka, Elnaaz, Pia

Life's A Desi Beach For Aashka, Elnaaz, Pia

Rediff.com9 Jan 2024

What celeb wear when they visit their favourite beaches.

He Gave HIV Positive Orphans A Home

He Gave HIV Positive Orphans A Home

Rediff.com1 Feb 2022

'We have struggled to pay the rent, we have struggled to pay the electricity bill, we have struggled to send them to school, to buy books and uniforms but there was food on the table every day!'

32 parties supported one nation, one poll; 15 opposed it

32 parties supported one nation, one poll; 15 opposed it

Rediff.com14 Mar 2024

The high-level committee on 'one nation, one election' approached 62 parties out which 47 responded -- 32 in support of holding elections simultaneously, 15 against it.

3 held for illegally entering India by fishing boat

3 held for illegally entering India by fishing boat

Rediff.com8 Feb 2024

The boat was spotted off the Mumbai coast during patrolling on Tuesday morning, a police official said.

Sonu Sood airlifts Odisha migrants from Kerala

Sonu Sood airlifts Odisha migrants from Kerala

Rediff.com29 May 2020

The group, comprising on 147 women and 20 men, were airlifted by an Air Asia chartered flight from Kochi to the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar.