Thrissur

“Pulikali” adds colour to Onam festivities in Kerala

8:12 pm September 14, 2019

Thrissur: With their bodies sporting painted stripes of the big cat and donning tiger masks, around 300 artistes, including three women, participated in the famed “Pulikali” here as part of the week-long “Onam” celebrations. The “Pulikali” (Tiger dance) began at around 5 PM at the Swaraj Round in Thrissur, with participants dancing and bouncing their […]

Heavy rains expected in Gujarat on July 16; IMD issues red alert

Rains lash Gujarat, warning issued for weekend

11:07 pm August 9, 2019

Ahmedabad: Heavy rains continued in many places in Gujarat on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a warning of “heavy to very heavy rainfall” over the next two days. The downpour threw normal life out of gear at many places in central and south Gujarat, resulting in swollen rivers and water-logging in residential […]

Rains batter South India, Kerala worst hit with 22 dead

6:44 pm August 9, 2019

Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram/Bengaluru: Rains continued to batter South India on Friday, with landslips and floods throwing life out of gear in Kerala leaving 22 people dead over the past three days and authorities scrambling to evacuate people from low-lying areas. Over 80,000 flood-affected people were evacuated in Karnataka, as Tamil Nadu asked the IAF to be on […]

Kerala rain fury claims 4 more lives, over 22,000 moved to relief camps

1:59 pm August 9, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: There was no let-up from heavy rains in Kerala as four members of a family were killed at Edavanna in Malappuram district when their house collapsed on Friday, taking the rain-related death toll in the state to 12, while over 22,000 people have been moved to relief camps. The Cochin International Airport, where flight […]

Convict attacks police escort for not buying him beedi

10:31 pm July 29, 2019

Thrissur: A policeman was injured Monday when the convict he was escorting to a court hit him with handcuffed hands and tried to escape as he was reportedly not allowed to buy a beedi, police said. The incident occurred when the civil police officer Prabin was accompanying the convict Ramachandran sentenced to 23 years of […]