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Vijayan claims Rahul shying away from attacking BJP

Kerala CM seeks Centre’s nod for using SDRF funds fully for COVID-19; Thanks PM for sending NDRF teams

11:28 pm August 10, 2020

Thiruv: Citing the double blow of COVID-19 and monsoon fury, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Monday demanded that the states be allowed to use funds fully from the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) for the fight against the pandemic, removing the current 25 per cent limit. Raising the demand during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video conference with Chief Ministers of flood-hit […]

Heavy rain lashes Kerala; govt ready to face onslaught: CM

11:08 pm August 3, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Parts of Kerala, including Kozhikode and Idukki districts, received heavy rain on Monday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state government was prepared to face any eventuality and he sought six more teams of the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force). As the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted heavy rain in the coming days in Kerala, Vijayan said the government has set up a 24-hour control […]

NIA arrests six more people and conducts searches at 6 places in Kerala gold smuggling case

6:39 pm August 2, 2020

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested six more people and conducted searches at six places in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case, an official said on Sunday. The agency has so far arrested 10 people in the case of smuggling of gold through diplomatic baggage addressed to the UAE consulate in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram. On July 30, […]

NIA arrests Swapna, Sandeep Nair, accused in gold smuggling

11:05 pm July 11, 2020

Kochi: Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, key accused in the gold smuggling case, were arrested by the NIA from Bengaluru on Saturday, official sources said here. Swapna is among the four accused booked by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the smuggling of 30 kg of gold through diplomatic baggage which arrived at the Thiruvanathapuram […]

COVID-19: Navy undertakes medical evacuation trials

11:26 pm April 9, 2020

Kochi: The Indian Navy has undertaken medical evacuation trials, including the exercise of airlifting patients on Lakshadweep islands in the aftermath of novel coronavirus scare, a defence spokesman said here on Thursday. Lakshadweep MP Mohammad Faizal said some 3,000 people were home quarantined on the islands but not a single COVID- 19 case has been […]