Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was taken to hospital after he suffered injuries while making a Thulabharam offering at the Gandhari Amman Kovil temple in Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. As per the early reports, Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha candidate Tharoor was sitting on a weighing scale, which broke following which the leader fell. He was[Read More…]
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Trade strike: Protesters vandalise SBI manager’s cabin in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, As the 48-hour nationwide trade strike entered its second day on Wednesday, angry protesters stormed into the cabin of a State Bank of India (SBI) manager here and vandalised it “At around 10.15 a.m., angry protesters came into my cabin and asked if I did not know that today[Read More…]
Kerala: DySP B Harikumar, prime suspect of the Neyyattinkara murder case found dead
B Harikumar, Kerala Deputy Superintendent of Police, who was accused of pushing Sanal Kumar, found dead at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram. Harikumar’s body was found hanging from the ceiling. The body has been sent for post-mortem and an initial probe has been launched by the police. A week before, the[Read More…]
India vs West Indies: Drizzle in Thiruvananthapuram ahead of 5th ODI
Thiruvananthapuram: There was light drizzle here in Kerala ahead of the final match of the India-West Indies One Day International (ODI) cricket series on Thursday. The 40,000 capacity Greenfield Stadium was expected to be full, despite the Met predicting rains later in the day. There was some showers late on[Read More…]
India vs West Indies, 5th ODI: India beat West Indies by nine wickets, clinches series 3-1
Live Updates Between India vs West Indies 5th ODI: Yet another resounding win for India to claim the ODI series 3-1. India have now won six consecutive bilateral ODI series at home and eight straight vs West Indies OUT! Khaleel Ahmed strikes as Kedhar Jadhav takes a brilliant low catch.[Read More…]
Sabarimala verdict: Shiv Sena calls for Kerala shutdown on Monday
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 29 (IANS) The Kerala unit of Shiv Sena on Saturday announced a statewide shutdown on Monday to protest the Supreme Court verdict throwing open the Sabarimala temple to all women. Party’s state secretary M.S. Bhuvendran alleged the verdict overlooked the temple traditions and rituals. “The Sabarimala temple has[Read More…]
Kerala set to open India’s first hotel by women for women
In order to make travelling solo easier and safer for women, the state-run Kerala Tourism Development Corporation is all set to launch an ambitious project for women, in Thiruvananthapuram. It is reported that India’s first women’s only hotel run by women will be established soon. The hotel named ‘Hostess’ aims[Read More…]
Kerala: Senior journalist beaten up, stripped in front of family members
In another case of violence against journalists, Sajeev Gopalan, a senior journalist of a regional Malayalam daily, was allegedly beaten and stripped in front of his family members by the police at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on Sunday. The 49-year-old journalist was rushed to a nearby hospital with[Read More…]
Bricks of Attukal Pongala to be reused for making homes for poor
In Thiruvananthapuram, lakhs of bricks used by women to perform rituals for the Attukal Pongala, will be re-used to construct houses for the poor. Attukal Pongala is the most important festival of Attukal Bhagavathy Temple. The offering of Pongala is a very special temple practice in the southern part of[Read More…]
Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh sworn in as Kerala chief justice
Thiruvananthapuram first, Pune second, Kolkata ranked third in City-Systems survey
The Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS), released by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy on Tuesday, ranked 21 key cities from 18 states in the nation, based on 83 parameters on the City-Systems framework. In the annual survey, Bengaluru has slipped from rank 12 in 2015 to rank 16[Read More…]
Put yourself in their shoes
There is so much talk of how the passengers on the Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai rushing to rescue their cabin luggage instead of themselves. I have lived in the Gulf for many years and have traveled on these flights. Most of the people on the flight especially from[Read More…]