After the two-month summer vacation, schools in Kerala opened on Monday with the state government conducting 'Praveshanolsavam' for the students who begin their new academic year, which is marked by revised textbooks and major changes in the way students are evaluated.
"I was in charge in Kerala, the way all our leaders and workers campaigned for the polls. Our votes have almost doubled from 12 per cent last time, it can go to 20-24 per cent. This is because the Christian community has voted in huge numbers," Javadekar said.
RSP leader Shibu Baby John on Sunday questioned the predictions of the exit polls, saying that the BJP will get much fewer seats than what was predicted by these polls.
"Heatwave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Odisha on June 3," said the weather bulletin.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the situation of the ongoing heatwave in the country and the preparedness for the onset of monsoon at his residence in the national capital.
The exit polls on Saturday predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to improve its vote share in the southern states in the Lok Sabha elections.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai took a dig at the opposition alliance, the INDIA bloc, while expressing happiness over the exit poll results that predicted a thumping majority for NDA in the Centre and an improved vote share in the southern states including Kerala and Telangana.
The exit polls on Saturday predicted that DMK and its allies are expected to win most of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Congress-led alliance will retain its dominance in Kerala with the BJP and its allies also slated to win a few seats in the two southern states
Speaking to reporters at the City Civil Court, he said, "My statement has been misconstrued. I never said that the black magic ritual 'Shatru Bairavi yaaga' against me and the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was carried out in the Raja Rajeshwara temple in Kerala, but I had clearly men
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an advisory to fishermen to prohibit fishing activities along the southern Kerala coast and Lakshadweep region following predictions of strong winds and severe weather conditions.
Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul on Saturday informed that all 20 centres in the state are prepared for the vote counting of the Lok Sabha election. The vote counting will be on June 4. The officer also asserted that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure that the vote-co