Thiruvananthapuram

Unemployment high in India due to govt’s “ill considered demonetisation decision”: Manmohan Singh

4:26 pm March 3, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Attacking the Centre, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said unemployment is high in the country and its informal sector is in shambles following the “ill considered demonetisation decision” taken by the BJP-led government in 2016. He also criticised the central government for not holding regular consultations with the states. Inaugurating a […]

Vishwas Mehta new CIC of Kerala

8:04 pm March 1, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Chief Secretary Vishwas Mehta on Monday took charge as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of the State Information Commission. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath to Mehta at a function here, in which several government official took part. A 1986 batch IAS officer hailing from Rajasthan, Mehta retired from his […]

Vice-President Naidu urges Indian people to revisit food habits, not consume junk food

11:15 pm February 25, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said “98 percent of rural people” in the country did not contract the coronavirus as they “live with nature” and urged Indians to revisit the habits including the food habits and consume traditional healthy food and not the junk food. Naidu, who was in the state to deliver the […]

Malayalam poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away

3:59 pm February 25, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Well-known poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri died here on Thursday, family sources said. Namboothiri, 81, one of the widely acclaimed poets of contemporary Malayalam literature, was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014. Born in Thiruvalla, a place in Pathanamthitta district, Namboothiri’s works are known for their blend of tradition and modernity. Family sources said he passed […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

India devoting great importance to solar energy, says PM

7:00 pm February 19, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is devoting great importance to solar energy to ensure a stronger fight against climate change and also connect the country’s farmers with the solar sector. Speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of key projects in power and urban sector in poll-bound Kerala via video […]