16 hours ago
Sonia set for successive fourth term as Congress president
New Delhi Sep 2 - Sonia Gandhi, already the longest serving incumbent, was Thursday set for a successive fourth term as Congress president with 55 valid sets of nomination papers filed in her favour by party leaders. No other candidate is in the fray.Gandhi, 63, assumed office as party president in 1998. Chairperson of the party's Central Election Authority - Oscar Fernandes said that 56 sets of ... read more

Bangalore | 17 hours ago
Police oppose bail to Maudany, final hearing on Sep 6
Bangalore, Sep 2 - Karnataka police Thursday opposed granting bail to People's Democratic Party chief Abdul Nasir Maudany, now in jail here for alleged involvement in the 2008 serial explosions in Bangalore.Maudany, arrested by the state police from his camp in Kerala Aug 17, has sought bail claiming he has been falsely implicated in the blasts that killed a woman and injured 15 others July 25, 20 ... read more

19 hours ago
Sonia set for record fourth term as Congress president
New Delhi Sep 2 - Sonia Gandhi was Thursday set for a record fourth term as Congress president with at least 55 sets of nomination papers filed in her favour by her party's office-bearers. It will make her the longest serving party president in the 125-year history of the Congress.Gandhi, 63, assumed office as party president in 1998. Over 55 sets of nomination papers had been filed till Thursday ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 20 hours ago
Kerala to get fifth airport
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 - The Kerala government Thursday gave the nod to a proposed airport to be built at Aranmula in the state's Pathanamthitta district in which the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group - would have a 15 per cent holding.Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said the promoters of the airport can now acquire the land. 'They have to make arrangements for the land on their own and it ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 20 hours ago
Kerala to serve ultimatum to Smart City Dubai on Kochi project
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Thursday said Smart City Dubai, builder of the Rs.1,500-crore Kochi IT township, will be asked to say within 15 days whether or not it is going ahead with the project.Achuthanandan said the government will send a letter to Smart City Dubai Chief Executive Fareed Abdul Rehman, asking the company to express its intention. 'The lett ... read more

Shimla | 23 hours ago
No government plans to revive vaccine units, says MPs panel
Shimla, Sep 2 - The central government has no roadmap to revive the three state-run vaccine producing plants in the country, shut in January 2008, a parliamentary panel has concluded.In its report tabled in the Lok Sabha during its monsoon session last month, the panel said the sequence of events since the licences of the three units were revoked in January 2008 'clearly shows that their revival i ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Six lawmakers join National Shipping Board
New Delhi, Sep 1 - The government Wednesday appointed six lawmakers as members of the national Shipping Board, a permanent statutory body set up to advise the government on issues relating to shipping sector and its development.The six members appointed to the board - for a period of two years each - included four from the Lok sabha and two from the Rajya Sabha, said an official statement from the ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 1 day ago
Kerala local bodies elections to be held in October
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 - The State Election Commission Wednesday decided to conduct the local bodies elections in Kerala in the last week of October.Elections have to be held to fill up close to 22,000 seats in the three-tier local body structure in the state. 'Elections would be held in a single phase and in a manner in which the newly-elected bodies would assume office before Nov 1,' an offic ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 1 day ago
Malayalam film 'Nirakazhcha' to be dubbed in Italian
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 - Debutant director Aneesh J. Karanad is a happy man as his Malayalam film 'Nirakazhcha' will soon be dubbed in Italian and will be screened in 600 theatres across Italy.'Nirakazhcha' is about an Italian painter, played by Vincenzo Bocciarelli, who visits Kerala to recreate the magnificent Raja Ravi Varma paintings and falls in love with a model -. Bocciarelli is a popula ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 1 day ago
And now Kerala to air educational reality show
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 - The country's first-of-its-kind Educational Reality Show is aimed at unleashing the creativity and innovativeness of school students in Kerala, thanks to the initiative of IT@School ViCTERS.Speaking to IANS, chief of IT@School Anwar Sadath said 75 episodes in the show, with participants from classes from I to X, will be aired on the IT@School ViCTERS channel from Novemb ... read more