The Election Commission announced Tuesday that 54 assembly constituencies and one parliamentary constituency in 10 states would go to the polls on November 3 and 7, respectively. Two assembly constituencies in Manipur will also go to the polls along with the Valmiki Nagar parliamentary constituency in Bihar on November 3. …
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : The Kerala government has decided to hold the next Mandala Makaravilakku pilgrimage season in Sabarimala for a limited number of pilgrims following COVID-19 standards, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The pilgrimage season is from November 15, 2020 to January 20, 2021. Addressing the media, the Chief Minister said: …
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Vijay P Nair ran a YouTube channel claiming to be a psychiatrist and often uploaded sexist content against women | Image Credit: YouTuber On August 15, Nair had uploaded a video titled ‘Why don’t feminists in India, especially Kerala, wear underwear?’ And it was targeting several women, including veteran poet …
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NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon retreated from parts of western Rajasthan and Punjab on Monday, 11 days after their normal retirement date, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Conditions are turning favorable for its subsequent withdrawal from some more parts of Rajasthan and Punjab and some parts of Haryana, Chandigarh, …
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After keeping the coronavirus under control for just a short time, the viral case burden has risen alarmingly in Kerala in the past week, forcing health authorities to review containment strategies. State Health Minister KK Shailaja admitted on Sunday that it is a testing moment for Kerala and that cases …
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on Friday found a Kerala man, Subahani Haja Moideen (34), guilty of waging war against a friendly country. His punishment will be announced on Monday. The man is said to have ties to the Islamic State and recently returned to the country. …
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NEW DELHI: India ranks first in the world in terms of total Covid-19 recoveries, with the country accounting for 19 percent of total global recoveries, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, for the first time in at least four months into the pandemic, weekly Covid-19 cases in India …
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Out of the 22 but one, all the states have chosen to borrow only to the extent of their revenue shortfall from the implementation of the GST. However, Mizoram chose to borrow the entire shortfall from GST this year, including lost revenue due to COVID-19, said a government official, seeking …
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NEW DELHI / KOLKATA / BAHARAMPUR / KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained a “Pakistan-sponsored al-Qaida module” operating from West Bengal and Kerala on Saturday, arresting nine people for planning to carry out terrorist attacks in India “in the near future” with sophisticated weapons “fixed” by an al-Qaida manipulator, …
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NEW DELHI: India reported more than 94,000 new Covid-19 cases and 1,145 deaths from the virus on Saturday, even as test numbers across the country showed a sharp decline in the past two days. On Friday, just over 8.8 lakh of samples were tested for the coronavirus across India, a …
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