Kochi: The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to furnish details of all the criminal cases relating to MLAs and MPs which were withdrawn after September 16 last year with the reasons for the same.

New Delhi: The Kerala Government’s move to secure primary societies in the cooperative sector from stringent guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has received a setback with the Union Finance Ministry confirming that such entities cannot use the term “cooperative bank”.

The Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn the order mandating two doses of vaccines for entering temples. The order was issued for devotees planning to visit Meenakshi Sundareswar and Ramanthaswamy temples in Madurai and Rameswaram, respectively.

BHUBANESWAR: India on Monday successfully tested a supersonic missile assisted torpedo system from a defence facility off the Odisha coast strengthening its anti-submarine warfare capability.Developed by DRDO, the next generation missile-based standoff torpedo delivery system was fired from the launching complex IV of Abdul Kalam Island.

Harnaaz Sandhu swiftly made it to the top of the trends list after she was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Monday, 21 years after Lara Dutta won the title in 2000. Punjab-based Harnaaz Sandhu represented India at the 70th Miss Universe 2021 beauty pageant, held in Eilat, Israel.

Thenmala: Excise officials at Aryankavu check post here foiled the bid to smuggle 52 liquor bottles from Puducherry to Kerala. It is learnt that the smuglers aimed to sell the liquor in Kerala for a high margin as the liquor is cheaper in the Union Territory.

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday condemned “blatantly misogynist” and “nonsensical” questions in the Class-10 CBSE exam, saying those reflected “extremely poorly” on the standards of education and testing.

Thevalakkara: Two fire force personnel who were on off-duty turned saviours for a family who met with a road accident on the state highway in Kollam here on Sunday. The timely action of the two officials saved a woman and her son from drowning in a pond. Anu S Nair (40) and her son Sanalkumar were rescued by the two fire force officers who were passing by to attend a function.