KERALA

Flipkart expands benefits for sellers under 'Growth Capital' programme

Flipkart onboards over 50,000 kirana shops to bolster delivery ahead of festive season

7:02 pm September 9, 2020

New Delhi: Walmart-owned Flipkart on Wednesday said it has on boarded more than 50,000 kirana shops to strengthen its supply chain and delivery capabilities ahead of the upcoming festive season. In preparation for the festive season and the ‘Big Billion Days’ sale, Flipkart has significantly expanded its kirana onboarding program to make deliveries to customers […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

People should use more electric vehicles to curb pollution: Javadekar

10:54 pm September 7, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre has upgraded the fuel standards to BS-VI in a bid to fight pollution, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday and urged people to shift to electric vehicles. Speaking at a webinar on the first ever ‘International Day of Clean Air For Blue Skies’, Javadekar also urged the states to come up with […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Woman COVID-19 patient raped by ambulance driver in Kerala

7:21 pm September 6, 2020

Pathanamthitta: A 19-year-old woman COVID-19 patient was allegedly raped by an ambulance driver while shifting her to a first line treatment centre near here, police said on Sunday. Taking note of it, the State Women’s Commission registered a case on its own into the incident, which drew wide condemnation from the opposition Congress and BJP, […]

Social reformer Ayyankali’s birth anniversary celebrated

7:50 pm August 28, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Friday celebrated the 157th birth anniversary of social reformer Ayyankali with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remembering his fight “reclaiming” streets and said it was one of the “momentous chapters in our State’s fight against feudalism.” Chief Minister, ministers, leaders of political parties and people from all walks of life paid homage at the statue […]

Gold smuggling case; agencies probing alleged import of holy books from UAE “without proper documentation”

8:37 pm August 23, 2020

Kochi: Central agencies probing the sensational gold smuggling case in Kerala are now focusing their probe into the alleged import of holy books to the state from the UAE via diplomatic channel “without proper documentation”, official sources said here on Sunday. Highly placed sources said the agencies are probing whether the consignments brought from the UAE “without proper documentation” were the Holy […]