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Kerala HC dismisses ex-minister KT Jaleel's plea against Lokayukta report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 20 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by former Kerala Minister for Higher Education and Minority Welfare KT Jaleel, challenging a report of the state Lokayukta which had found him guilty of nepotism and favouritism.
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Kerala HC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to terminate 26-week pregnancy
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 20 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed a 13-year-old survivor of sexual assault to terminate her 26-week-old pregnancy.
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Cochin Port forays into seaplane bunkering business, begins coastal shippi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 20 (ANI): From being a leader in bunkering ocean-going crafts, Cochin Port has now forayed into the seaplane bunkering business also.
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Kerala has enough oxygen production; supplying oxygen to other states, say
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 20 (ANI): R Venugopal, Nodal officer for Oxygen supply in Kerala and Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives of Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO), on Monday said that the state has no shortage of medical oxygen and is well equipped for any eve
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Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arab
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 19 (ANI): In a major action against contraband, the Indian Navy seized narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crores being transported from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea on Monday.
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Police nab Kerala man whose 11-year-old daughter was found dead
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 19 (ANI): Sanu Mohan, who was "absconding" after the death of his 11-year-old daughter Vaiga, was arrested almost after a month on Sunday in Karnataka, police said.
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As part of state-wide mass testing for COVID-19, Kerala's Ernakulam collec
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 17 (ANI): As part of a State-wide mass testing drive to contain the spread of COVID-19, Kerala's Ernakulam district has collected 16,210 samples for testing on Friday, District Collector S Suhas said.
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Woman can't be denied right to be considered for employment because of nat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday observed that a woman who is fully qualified cannot be denied of her right to be considered for employment on the grounds that she is a woman and because the nature of the employment would require her to work during nigh
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Four held in drug peddling case in Kerala's Kochi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 14 (ANI): Four persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in drug peddling in Kerala's Kochi on Tuesday.
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Kerala Minister KT Jaleel resigns
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 13 (ANI): Kerala Higher Education Minister KT Jaleel on Tuesday resigned from his position after the Kerala High Court refused to stay the Lokayukta verdict that charged him with "nepotism, abuse of power and favouritism" in giving government appointment to his
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Chopper with businessman Yusuff Ali makes emergency landing in Kochi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 11 (ANI): The helicopter carrying Lulu Group Chairman MA Yusuff Ali made a precautionary landing in Panangad of Kochi on Sunday. His wife, two other passengers along two pilots were present in the chopper which made the precautionary landing due to sudden deteri
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Tourism industry in Kerala stares at another crisis
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 11 (ANI): The tourism industry in Kochi, which was on the revival path post lockdown, is yet again staring at another crisis due to the spurt in COVID-19 cases. Several tourists are avoiding travelling to 'tourist locations' in the state fearing that a lockdown
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