Kanagaraj, 36, was employed at Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden home in Chennai and sacked three years ago.
The lack of clarity on who is next in line, when the time comes, as indeed it will one day some day, reflects poorly on the management of the world's largest political party. It scarcely need be said that a squabble between the contenders, Shah and Yogi, is exactly what the doctor ordered for the Opposition, notes Krishna Prasad.
Section 498A of the IPC provides the punishment for the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman who subjects her to cruelty.
Sources said the chopper, which was on a training flight, crashed as it began taking off from the helipad.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that a signal was given to Coromandel Express to enter the main line but it was taken off and the train entered the loop line, where it crashed into a goods train parked there.
Since Friday evening, 41-year-old Shemir, who works as a logistics manager in Dubai Silicon Oasis, has been making frantic phone calls to different trauma centres in Kerala near the Kozhikode airport to get information of his family members on board the flight.
In the five years in politics Priyanka Gandhi has undeniably emerged as a thorn in the BJP flesh, notes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. It is time that this thorn is twisted a wee bit more when the elections have become far more uncertain than what it was when the Election Commission announced the poll schedule.
Kerala Congress President V M Sudheeran on why the state needs to get sober.
In a marathon 16-hour-long surgery, doctors at the Kochi-based Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre successfully conducted India's first hand transplant on Tuesday.
One of them involved some people from Kerala returing from a pilgrimage of Velankanni in Tiruvarur district.
Let's delve into the world of IPL 2024 and meet the captains who are ready to leave their mark on cricket's biggest stage.
Former speaker of the Kerala Assembly and one of the stalwarts of the Communist movement and three-term Lok Sabha MP from Chiraynkeezhu constituency Varkala Radhakrishnan passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. He was 83
'Reluctance to go against temple rituals is understandable and the Hindu vote bank is extremely important at the ensuing elections.' 'But even the devout Hindus will not hold it against the government if the opportunity presented by the tragedy is utilised at least for a temporary ban.' 'Later, it may be too late as it might dawn on people that a hundred lives are not too much of a sacrifice to save a tradition,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'People should realise that what we are fighting for today is actually for tomorrow, for future generations.'
There was no casualty and all passengers were taken to Thrissur for their onward journey. Railway ordered a probe.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy also announced earmarking of Rs 20 crore for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the April 10 fireworks tragedy at the century-old Puttingal Devi temple at Paravoor.
The police on Monday arrested Victor Samuel, driver of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation boat that capsized in Thekkadi lake killing 45 tourists on board.
Division bench comprising Justice Thottathil Radhakrishnan and P S Gopinathan directed the Police, Forest and Travancore Devaswom board to file reports regarding the reasons for the accident.
Every twist and turn in KMC's civil service career is attributed to serendipity, an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. He plays down his capabilities, which took him to the top of the civil service as the Cabinet Secretary or his misfortune in losing a daughter in her prime and suggests that his career was indeed serendipitous, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Despite the national capital recording its best air quality on Diwali day in eight years, pollution levels may rise due to low night temperatures and sporadic burning of firecrackers though there is a ban on their manufacture, storage, sale and use within the city.
At least eight students -- six boys and two girls -- are feared dead in yet another boat capsize in Kerala's Malappuram district. Rescue operations are on in full swing.
Big-ticket investments taking off is crucial for Kerala given the years it lost to labour militancy courtesy the same political forces currently in power, explains Shyam G Menon.
The devastation caused by the current deluge has damaged hundreds and thousands of homes and vehicles.
It's an action packed schedule on OTT this week.
Several opposition MPs on Wednesday demanded an explanation from Home Minister Amit Shah after two visitors jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors' gallery and opened canisters that emitted coloured smoke, triggering panic among the members.
Justice Devan Ramachandran, in an order issued on Thursday evening, said it was a tragedy that the orders of the court and the competent authorities are 'given absolutely no respect' by persons and entities 'who are in charge of the future of this nation'.
'A democracy cannot mean the rule of just two people,' said one audience member, who recalled that he too had chanted 'Modi, Modi' when the PM had visited the USA. Many of those gathered admitted to having been Modi supporters. What had changed them was the growing concentration of power. Jyoti Punwani reports from New York.
Praying for those affected by the aircraft accident in Kozhikode, said Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli
While the state's decision to take the road to Prohibition has been given a communal twist, there are several political imperatives of the move
Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, from Kerala has won a million dollars in lottery, just six days after miraculously surviving the accident.
Seven coaches of a Bengaluru-bound train derailed near Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu on Friday after boulders fell on it but all the 2,000-odd passengers were safe and nobody was injured in the incident, the Southern Railway said in Bengaluru.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India's economic growth is a 'natural by-product' of his nine-year-old government's political stability, as he expressed optimism that it will be a developed nation by 2047 with 'corruption, casteism and communalism' having no place in our national life.
The driver of the lorry apparently lost control after the tyre burst and jumped the median and collided with the oncoming passenger bus, police said. The driver Hemaraj, a native of Ernakulam, has been arrested.
UDF, LDF raise voice against cow slaughter ban backed by BJP leadership.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP was performing the 'thulabharam' ritual when he got hurt. He had to get six stitches.
Rahul Gandhi is marching with a positive thought, it is a positive yatra. There is no violence, no hatred. If you are not showing this yatra, you are not fulfilling your dut
Super heroes, super cops, super fun. Sukanya Verma tells us it's all there on OTT this week.
'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.'
J Sandhya, member, Child Rights Commission, speaks to Shobha Warrier about the recent incident where more than five hundred poor children from Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal were being sent to Kerala orphanages, and why children's rights need to be protected with vigour.
Becks Krishnan was saved by prominent NRI businessman and philanthropist M A Yusuffali who helped to pay his "blood money" amounting nearly Rs 1 crore.
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