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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called the expansion of the petroleum sector essential for making a self-reliant India.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that the Iranian leadership thanked India for letting them dock IRIS LAVAN at Kochi amid conflict in West Asia.

Indian nationals arrived at Cochin International Airport (CIAL) on Wednesday, sharing that there is not a panic situation thanks to their government's support, amid the heightened tensions due to the volatile West Asian conflict.

Air India Express announced on Tuesday that it will continue scheduled flights to and from Muscat on March 4, alongside additional services to Delhi, Kochi, and Mumbai. However, the airline confirmed that all scheduled operations to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE will remain suspended until 23:59 hrs IST on March 4, 2026.

The Goa Police on Wednesday registered a case against a 19-year-old man from Delhi after his speeding Mahindra Thar rammed into another car, killing a 65-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh in the state.

Speaking at the inauguration, Rijiju said, "Kerala always lacks the right government that can drive the energy and take Kerala to the next level of prosperity. So that is why I said I am more excited to open this NDA office here in Ernakulam, and the Kochi are, and this will be a good beginning. As an NDA, we are united. A great beginning to start our work."

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its money laundering probe into the Sabarimala gold misappropriation case, Kandararu Rajeevaru, and N. Vasu. Both have been directed to appear for questioning at the ED's Kochi office in the first week of March 2026.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that Kerala remains the only state to have effectively implemented the decentralisation of power, with local bodies successfully delivering doorstep services and setting an exemplary standard in waste disposal.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an absconding coordinator of physical education training of Popular Front of India (PFI) on arrival from the UAE at the Cochin International Airport.

A Chennai-based jewellery shop worker, Kalpesh, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Kochi for interrogation on Tuesday.