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Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 As many as 10,922 voters aged 85 and above, and persons with disabilities (PwD), exercised their franchise through home voting as part of the Assembly elections in Kerala on Monday, officials said.According to data shared by the Election Commission, 7,561 senior...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 29 Police have registered a case after a fake government order claiming that the summer school vacation had been shortened was circulated on online platforms, officials said on Sunday.The Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police registered the case on Saturday night...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Congress MP K. Sudhakaran reiterated on Saturday, after meeting with party leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, that he remains firm on his stance regarding who should be the Chief Minister of Kerala if the UDF wins in the April 9 Assembly polls.However, the Congress...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar sent the Deputy CEO and a section officer back to their parent departments on Saturday over an EC document sent to political parties that bore a BJP seal.The decision was taken following an inquiry into the incident...

New Delhi, March 28 The CBI has arrested an alleged killer of a student who had evaded authorities for over two decades while living under an assumed identity in Nagpur, Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.Durga Bahadur Bhat Chetri, alias Deepak, was apprehended on Friday in connection...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a wanted criminal who had been on the run in a case involving the kidnapping and brutal murder of Shyamal Mandal, a student at the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, in 2005, an official said on...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Kerala Minister V Sivankutty, the LDF candidate from Nemom for the April 9 polls, said on Saturday that his rival and BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar can fix the time and venue for an open debate on development in the constituency.Chandrasekhar had earlier...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar said on Saturday that the objective of the election process should be to ensure 100 per cent voter participation.The Governor also believed that the State Election Commission should serve as a model for election panels in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Maldivian, the national carrier of the Maldives, is planning to expand its operations in India as part of its aim to attract around 2 lakh Indian tourists, the airline said on Saturday.Following a brief strain in diplomatic ties with India after Prime Minister...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 – Kerala's evolving electoral landscape has revealed a rare and striking trend in this Assembly election: direct contests between six incumbent legislators.As many as six incumbent MLAs are engaged in head-to-head battles across three constituencies. This means...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 Kerala Minister V Sivankutty, the LDF candidate for Nemom in the April 9 elections, said on Saturday that his rival and BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar can arrange a public debate on development in the constituency.Chandrasekhar had earlier challenged...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 – Kerala's Leader of the Opposition, V. D. Satheesan, launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday, accusing him of frequently shifting positions for electoral gains and fostering both majority and minority communalism.Speaking to the media...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Friday said the Centre has agreed to allow rescheduling of the JEE (Main) 2026 examination for candidates who are unable to appear on April 5, which falls on Easter Sunday.In a Facebook post, the Minister of State for Tourism &...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan on Friday alleged that the Congress had facilitated the BJP's victories in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in 2024 and the Nemom Assembly constituency in 2016.Responding to allegations of a CPI(M)-BJP deal raised by the UDF...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The Kerala Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9, will see over 2.7 crore voters in the state choosing between 890 candidates from various political parties, according to figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI).The ECI stated that out of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer on Thursday, condemning the action taken against those who reacted to the 'BJP seal' issue.The controversy revolves around a communication issued by the Election Commission to political...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – Thiruvananthapuram is set to host a significant scientific event as astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS), arrives in the city on March 28.He will be in Kerala as a guest of Governor Rajendra Vishwanath...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 A police officer has been suspended for allegedly posting social media messages supporting an LDF candidate in Vamanapuram ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections, officials said on Thursday.The suspended officer, identified as Vaishakan, is stationed at the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The cyber wing of the Kerala police has registered a case against the social media platform X and one of its accounts for circulating an AI-generated video allegedly depicting the Prime Minister and the Election Commission in a "misleading and defamatory manner."...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – In a swift response during the ongoing assembly elections, the Kerala Police have taken action against the circulation of an AI-generated video that allegedly portrayed the Prime Minister and key constitutional authorities, including the Election Commission of...