Modi flags off 9 Vande Bharat trains with new features

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it was unfortunate that earlier not much attention was given to modernising Indian railways and asserted that his government was working for its......

Kerala Vande Bharat Express: Target 2024?

Prime ministers turning up with such frequency to launch trains is an indication of the political mileage resident in public transport.Will our railways step out of the government's shadow?After......

'Why should our girls face discrimination?'

'In a secular society where women are treated equally by law, I want the same equal status for my daughters in society, on par with all the boys.' IMAGE: Lawyer C Shukkur, wife Sheena, second from......

Heavy rains claim 18 lives in Kerala so far, thousands displaced

Landslides and flash floods in Kerala triggered by heavy rains killed 18 people in the last few days, damaged hundreds of properties and displaced thousands to relief camps, the state government......

'Provide more fiscal powers to states', Kerala FM's Budget wish

Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal on Friday urged the Centre to provide more fiscal powers to the states as well as increase the shareable proportion of the GST collections. Illustration: Uttam......

How these college dropouts started a successful tech biz

Apple founder Steve Jobs had famously asked, "Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?" For Deepak, Hisam, Abhinav and Ashwin, four dropouts from LBS Engineering College in Kasargod, a small town......

Kerala set to showcase its industry-friendly face

Emerging Kerala Global Connect Summit, a government initiative to attract overseas capital to the state, is set to begin from Tuesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurating the summit.......

Tourist inflow to Kerala crosses 10-million mark

Tourist inflow to the God's own country, Kerala, has crossed the 10-million market in 2011, taking the total to 10,11 million, as against 9.2 million in 2010, according to the latest data of the......

STUNNING Sunny!

Nimrat hits the gym... Sanya takes a selfie... Mrunal has a good hair day... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram Sunny Leone makes orange look so hot!   Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Mohanlal: An Emperor Defeated By Love

'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the......

The BEST Films of 2017

Check out which movies made Sreehari Nair's list. In 2017, as voices around me vouched for neatness, niceness, and decency, I longed for movies that attempted to de-demonise our preferred demons;......

It's amazing such movies are being made in India

'Movie plots clearly don't excite director Dileesh Pothan as much as true stories where life had come dizzyingly close to becoming like a movie and then, had fused back with life.''This means that......

'I don't know what will happen when I see Messi'

IMAGE: Kunju Nibras, a Class 8 student from Thrikaripur, Kerala, has been gifted a trip to Qatar to watch the FIFA World Cup. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Kunju Nibras, whose tears when......

Duck tales: Kasargod U-19 girls all bowled out without scoring

All the 10 batters were dismissed in a similar fashion, bowled, with Wayanad's VJ Joshitha picking up a hat-trick. The Kasargod Under-19 girls' team suffered an embarrassing defeat as all their 10......

Maradona in Kerala with jewellery on his mind

Football legend Diego Maradona arrived in Kannur, Kerala, to a tumultuous welcome from thousands of football-crazy fans from all over the state. The Argentine World Cup-winning captain is in the......