LDF does not need communal votes: Pinarayi

LDF does not need communal votes: Pinarayi

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) does not require the votes of any communal element in the the Nilambur bypoll. In an election campaign for LDF candidate M.Swaraj in Nilambur on Saturday, he criticised the Indian Union Muslim League for allegedly joining hands with the Jamaat-e-Islami and asked the […]

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LDF does not need communal votes: Pinarayi

Sanskrit varsity to publish rank list on June 16

The rank list for admission to the four-year undergraduate and diploma programmes of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, will be published on Monday (June 16, 2025). Interviews for undergraduate programmes in Sanskrit, Music, Dance, and Fine Arts will be held from June 21 to 24. Classes will commence on July 1, according to a […]

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LDF does not need communal votes: Pinarayi

Award for filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Noted filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won the Prof. M.P. Manmadhan Akshaya Award 2025 instituted by Akshaya Pusthakanidhi and Ebenezer Educational Association. The award comprises a cash prize of ₹1 lakh, memento, and a citation. The jury consisted of literary critic M. Leelavathi, poet Prabha Varma, and Paipra Radhakrishnan, writer, according to a release. Goa Governor […]

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A ‘millety’ nutribar from CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology

A ‘millety’ nutribar from CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology

A millet-based nutribar developed by the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Millets, often dubbed superfoods, are quite trendy these days. So are nutribars. The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) lab in Thiruvananthapuram, has combined the two to […]

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Nilambur Assembly bypoll: Congress leaders cry foul over ‘targeted’ vehicle checks as campaign intensifies

Nilambur Assembly bypoll: Congress leaders cry foul over ‘targeted’ vehicle checks as campaign intensifies

Congress MP Shafi Parambil accuses election officials of targeting party leaders. File | Photo Credit: PTI With less than four days for the Nilambur Assembly byelection, the campaign is becoming murkier, with Congress MP Shafi Parambil and Palakkad legislator Rahul Mankootathil accusing election officials of targeting them by asking them to pull over their vehicles […]

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Southwest monsoon intensifies over Kerala; IMD puts northern districts on red alert 

Southwest monsoon intensifies over Kerala; IMD puts northern districts on red alert 

Commuters caught in rain near Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on June 13, 2025. IMD predicts continuous rainfall in most parts of the State. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran The southwest monsoon, which had early onset this year, has intensified over Kerala after a lull. A Saturday morning (June 14, 2025) weather update by the India Meteorological […]

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GCDA may become first local body to serve as appropriate authority for land pooling for a major project

GCDA may become first local body to serve as appropriate authority for land pooling for a major project

A view of the Greater Cochin Development Authorithy office in Kochi. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) will be the first local body to act as an appropriate authority to make available land for a major project in the State under the land pooling rules, if and when it […]

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Kerala govt. delay in greenlighting Phase 3 dampening Infopark Kochi’s allure as a premium IT destination

Kerala govt. delay in greenlighting Phase 3 dampening Infopark Kochi’s allure as a premium IT destination

According to sources, the unavailability of land at Infopark Kochi is beginning to reflect on the inquiries for IT space. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Infopark Kochi is losing its allure as a premier IT destination due to the State Government’s more than a year-long delay in green-lighting its third phase. One of the […]

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High Court concerned over plastic pollution in waterbodies

High Court concerned over plastic pollution in waterbodies

The compressed biogas plant at Brahmapuram. The implementation of the compressed biogas (CBG) plant project had been completed, while around 150 tonnes of waste was processed during daily trial runs. In addition, the construction of internal roads at the Brahmapuram waste treatment facility was complete, and the black soldier fly project was functioning effectively, the […]

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LDF does not need communal votes: Pinarayi

Man accused in two cases involving ganja arrested under PITNDPS Act

The Kochi City police arrested a man accused of being a habitual offender under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act. The arrested is Ramesh Kusuliya of Raiguda in Odisha. He was an accused in two Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) cases involving commercial quantities of ganja, registered […]

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