News for 'ernakulam'

Singer Ayiroor Sadasivan dies in road accident

Singer Ayiroor Sadasivan dies in road accident

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

He was 78.

1 more tested positive for Nipah in Kerala, 6 negative

1 more tested positive for Nipah in Kerala, 6 negative

Rediff.com6 Jun 2019

"No one has been discharged from the isolation ward. Source of the virus is not confirmed yet."

India has flattened Covid graph: Health minister Vardhan

India has flattened Covid graph: Health minister Vardhan

Rediff.com28 Jan 2021

India has flattened its Covid-19 graph and 146 districts have reported no new case of the viral disease in the last seven days, 18 in 14 days, six in 21 days and 21 districts in the last 28 days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.

Federal Bank to hire 5k employees: How to bag the job!

Federal Bank to hire 5k employees: How to bag the job!

Rediff.com6 Dec 2012

Graduates from any discipline can aspire for a lucrative job at India's fourth largest bank. Here's everything you need to know about the Federal Bank.

Kerala student trolled after video of her selling fish goes viral

Kerala student trolled after video of her selling fish goes viral

Rediff.com27 Jul 2018

Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam has come out in support of a 21-year-old Hanan.

Job loss forced 8.7 lakh Keralites to return home during pandemic

Job loss forced 8.7 lakh Keralites to return home during pandemic

Rediff.com7 Jan 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a whopping 8.7 lakh expatriates from Kerala to return home, most of them from the Gulf, since last May, with a majority of 5.67 lakh citing job loss as the reason for it, according to official data.

Six train passengers injured in Andhra Pradesh

Six train passengers injured in Andhra Pradesh

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Six persons received injuries after they jumped off a running train fearing their compartment had caught fire, Railway officials said.

Norwegian national asked to leave India for violating visa norms

Norwegian national asked to leave India for violating visa norms

Rediff.com27 Dec 2019

Janne-Mette Johansson, a Norwegian national on a tourist visa, came under the scanner of Bureau of Immigration authorities over her suspected participation in an anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protest in the Kochi three days ago.

324 killed, 2 lakh in relief camps in Kerala as flood crisis worsens

324 killed, 2 lakh in relief camps in Kerala as flood crisis worsens

Rediff.com17 Aug 2018

106 people died on a single day on Thursday.

Why Anglo-Indians feel let down by Modi

Why Anglo-Indians feel let down by Modi

Rediff.com20 Dec 2019

'We fear worse things to happen. We feel this is just a teaser.' 'I wonder whether later, the Christian community will be targeted.'

Bishop Franco Mulakkal sent to 2-day police custody

Bishop Franco Mulakkal sent to 2-day police custody

Rediff.com22 Sep 2018

His lawyers moved the application, submitting that the clergyman was arrested after a three-day-long interrogation by the probe team.

Kerala, K'taka, Maharashtra heave sigh of relief after floods recede

Kerala, K'taka, Maharashtra heave sigh of relief after floods recede

Rediff.com13 Aug 2019

After days of incessant rains, the situation improved in many parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra on Tuesday with water receding in affected areas.

NIA court permits listing of Nazir in heist case

NIA court permits listing of Nazir in heist case

Rediff.com30 May 2012

A national Investigation Agency court on Wednesday permitted the Crime Branch to list alleged LeT operative T Nazir, prime accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case, for being involved in a jewellery heist in Ernakulam district in June 2002.

CIC orders report on Western Ghats be made public

CIC orders report on Western Ghats be made public

Rediff.com13 Apr 2012

Report consists of recommendations for dividing the Western Ghats region into various ecologically sensitive zones.

PM surveys flood-hit Kerala, grants Rs. 500 cr emergency aid

PM surveys flood-hit Kerala, grants Rs. 500 cr emergency aid

Rediff.com18 Aug 2018

An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given per person to the next of kin of those killed in the floods.

Captain of ship in Kerala collision case arrested

Captain of ship in Kerala collision case arrested

Rediff.com13 Mar 2012

The captain of a Singapore-flagged ship, suspected to have collided with a boat off Kerala coast killing five fishermen, was arrested and brought to the shore in Chennai on Tuesday.

Three detained in activist nun's murder case

Three detained in activist nun's murder case

Rediff.com18 Nov 2011

Three persons have been detained in connection with the killing of nun Valsha John, police said on Friday.

Death toll in landslide in Idukki rises to 43

Death toll in landslide in Idukki rises to 43

Rediff.com9 Aug 2020

The picturesque landscape of Pettimudi was flattened into a rough patch of boulders and mud with parts of asbestos and tin sheets seen scattered around.

Interesting story of India's first e-toilet

Interesting story of India's first e-toilet

Rediff.com16 Dec 2011

A government girls' school in Ernakulam has become the first school in the country to get an electronic public toilet.

SEE: Blasts bring down Maradu apartments

SEE: Blasts bring down Maradu apartments

Rediff.com11 Jan 2020

The 60-metre high 19-storey building, known as "Holy Faith H20, was levelled in seconds in a spectacular implosion.

Dileep's The Metro is out to thrill you

Dileep's The Metro is out to thrill you

Rediff.com19 Jan 2011

This week's Malayalam release is a thriller based on three separate incidents taking place in a city.

Amnesty calls for independent probe in Kerala Dalit rape case

Amnesty calls for independent probe in Kerala Dalit rape case

Rediff.com7 May 2016

Amnesty International on Friday asked the Kerala authorities to ensure an independent investigation into allegations of police inaction in a case involving the rape and brutal murder of a 30-year-old Dalit woman in the state.

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

Rediff.com13 Jul 2011

Since the treasure at Thiruvananthapuram's Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple has been discovered the value of the riches and what should be done with it has become the talk of the town. But little attention has been paid to the rich history and culture of the state that these valuables reveal, says P J Cherian, director, Kerala Council for Historical Research and the director of the archaeological excavations at Pattanam in Ernakulam district.

NIA court frames charges against 6 'IS members'

NIA court frames charges against 6 'IS members'

Rediff.com4 Sep 2018

The youths 'had got together and formed an ISIS terror module named Ansarul Khilafa-KL over social media platforms and had made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks against prominent persons, including judges, police officers and politicians, and also against foreign nationals and rationalists', it said.

Kerala hails Pinarayi, sends Modi a message

Kerala hails Pinarayi, sends Modi a message

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

The humiliating rebuff given to the power brokers in Delhi in Kerala's local body election carries a big message: Malayalis thoroughly disapprove of the Modi government's shenanigans to misuse central agencies to destabilise a genuinely popular state government, notes M K Bhadrakumar.

Kerala polls: A battle of rookie vs veteran

Kerala polls: A battle of rookie vs veteran

Rediff.com31 Mar 2011

The youngest contestant of the April 13 Assembly polls in the prestigious Ernakulam constituency, National Students' Union of India President Hibi Eden of the Congress-led United Democratic Front, will cross swords with veteran Sebastian Paul of Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front.

Fly-pasts, lit-up ships: Military prepares to thank 'corona warriors'

Fly-pasts, lit-up ships: Military prepares to thank 'corona warriors'

Rediff.com3 May 2020

The thanks-giving activities will start with laying of wreaths at the police memorial in Delhi and in several other cities on Sunday morning to honour the police personnel deployed in enforcement of the nationwide lockdown, officials said. It will be followed by fly-pasts by fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, covering a sizeable number of cities and towns across the country between 10 am and 11 am, officials said.

How banks in Kerala are helping the flood victims

How banks in Kerala are helping the flood victims

Rediff.com22 Aug 2018

All documents and data were safe as there was a Disaster Recovery Centre for every bank

Kerala professor hand chopping case: 10 convicts handed 8-year jail terms

Kerala professor hand chopping case: 10 convicts handed 8-year jail terms

Rediff.com8 May 2015

A special NIA court in Ernakulam on Friday sentenced 10 convicts to eight years rigorous imprisonment for chopping the hand a college professor in Kerala in 2010.

Kerala institute develops kit to detect COVID-19 in 2 hrs: Vardhan

Kerala institute develops kit to detect COVID-19 in 2 hrs: Vardhan

Rediff.com18 Apr 2020

The diagnostic test kit developed by the Thiruvananthapuram institute can detect coronavirus in 10 minutes, and the sample to result time will be less than two hours, Vardhan tweeted. A total of 30 samples can be tested in a single batch on a single machine, he said.

'Left has edge in Kerala, tough fight in Bengal'

'Left has edge in Kerala, tough fight in Bengal'

Rediff.com1 Apr 2011

It will be a 'tough fight' between the Left Front and the Trinamool Congress in this month's assembly polls in West Bengal while in Kerala the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front had an 'edge' over the Congress-led United Democratic Front, Communist Party of India General Secretary A B Bardhan said on Friday.

Assailant in Kerala hand chopping case arrested

Assailant in Kerala hand chopping case arrested

Rediff.com20 Aug 2010

In a major breakthrough, one of the seven persons who allegedly carried out the Taliban-style attack on a college lecturer in Moovattupuzaha, Kerala, has been arrested by the special investigation team probing the case. Acting on information, the personnel of the special investigation team took into custody Shamsudeen alias Shamsu of Arackapady in Ernakulam district from Ukkadam on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Thursday night.

Chargesheet filed in Kerala professor attack case

Chargesheet filed in Kerala professor attack case

Rediff.com14 Jan 2011

The police on Friday filed a charge-sheet against 27 accused in the brutal attack on Professor T J Joseph, a private college lecturer in Kerala, whose right hand had been chopped off allegedly by activists of the radical outfit Popular Front of India on July 4 last year.The charge-sheet was filed before the First Additional Sessions court in Ernakulam. There are total 54 accused in the case and the remaining 27 accused are all absconding.

VHP launches Hindu Helpline in Kerala

VHP launches Hindu Helpline in Kerala

Rediff.com27 May 2010

In the Marxists-ruled Kerala, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Kerala chapter has launched a helpline offering assistance to "Hindus in distress". Named Shivaji Hindu Helpline, the service particularly offers "help for Hindu girls who are being lured into what they call the trap of "love-jihad".

Kerala professor attack case: Another accused held

Kerala professor attack case: Another accused held

Rediff.com30 Aug 2010

The Special Investigation Team probing the attack on Newman College teacher Professor T J Joseph has nabbed accused K K Ali of Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, who was reportedly involved in the assault. Ali was arrested in the wee hours of Monday from Pollachi in Tamil Nadu, said the police.Ali was allegedly involved in the conspiracy of the attack. He also reportedly purchased an Omni van from one Lawrance of Thrissur, two weeks prior to the attack.

Kerala actress molestation: One taken into custody, search on for mastermind

Kerala actress molestation: One taken into custody, search on for mastermind

Rediff.com21 Feb 2017

Efforts are underway to nab the alleged mastermind Pulsar Suni and another accused V P Vigeesh.

Bentla 1st Indian woman ref for FIFA course

Bentla 1st Indian woman ref for FIFA course

Rediff.com25 Jul 2010

Former International player and Olympian Referee Bentla D'Coth of Ernakulam has become the first Indian woman referee to be selected for the FIFA FUTRO III referee's instructor course to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from August 1 to 6.

Centre-West Bengal engage in fresh tussle over migrants

Centre-West Bengal engage in fresh tussle over migrants

Rediff.com9 May 2020

Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is "injustice" to the migrant workers from the state.

10 new Duronto trains; 101 locals for Mumbai

10 new Duronto trains; 101 locals for Mumbai

Rediff.com24 Feb 2010

The Indian Railway plans to launch 101 new suburban trains in Mumbai. The Railways will also launch 10 more Duranto trains.

Floods: South-bound trains cancelled

Floods: South-bound trains cancelled

Rediff.com3 Oct 2009

In view of the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Railways on Saturday decided to cancel a few trains originating from Delhi and divert the Ernakulam-bound Mangala Express from its scheduled route.