The New Indian Express Kochi - April 16, 2025
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April 16, 2025
Vadra Quizzed For 8 Hours In Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned businessman Robert Vadra, the husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, for over eight hours in connection with its probe into money laundering linked to a Gurugram land deal.
1 min
ED Chargesheets Sonia, Rahul in National Herald Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in a Delhi court in the National Herald money laundering case.
1 min
Hospital Must Immediately Lose Licence If Newborn Is Trafficked, Says SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down strict guidelines for all states to prevent child trafficking and the offences arising out of it, warning that any laxity in implementing them could be treated as contempt of court.
1 min
Retail inflation at 67-mth low
• DECLINES TO LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED 3.34% DUE TO FOOD PRICE CORRECTION • RAISES HOPES OF FURTHER REPO RATE CUT BY 50 BPS IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR
1 min
PM's Praise Felt Like Vishukkaineettam, Says Great-Grandson of Chettur Sankaran Nair
Nair's legacy resurfaces through Palat duo's book 'The Case That Shook The Empire', now adapted into Kesari Chapter 2, releasing April 18, starring Akshay Kumar
2 mins
'Speed demon' shifts gears to ace classical chess
TEN years ago, a boy from Kerala made headlines as a chess prodigy. Nihal Sarin had won the under-10 title in the World Youth Chess Championship held in Durban, South Africa, in 2014.
2 mins
1 Dead, 15 Hurt as KSRTC Bus Veers Off Ghat Road Near Neriamangalam
A 14-year-old girl died and 15 others were injured after a KSRTC bus veered off the road and slid down a slope at Maniyappanpara near Neriamangalam on Tuesday.
1 min
P George Varghese passes away
P GEORGE Varghese (Raju) Pulikathara, the founding managing director of FCI OEN Connectors, passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 77.
1 min
'airkerala' set to fly from June; corporate office inaugurated
‘AIRKERALA’, the first airline to be based in Kerala, is gearing up to commence its flight operations in June. The airline’s corporate office was inaugurated in Aluva on Tuesday.
1 min
Pvt players knock on KMRL's door for feeder buses to Tripunithura
Residents demand better last-mile links as station lacks direct road access, nearby bus stops
2 mins
K M Abraham to appeal against HC order for CBI probe
IN THE wake of the High Court directing a CBI probe against him, Chief Minister's chief principal secretary K M Abraham is likely to go for appeal against the order.
1 min
Fireworks on schedule after favourable legal opinion: Min
THE FIREWORKS display for this year's Thrissur Pooram will be held as scheduled, following a favourable legal opinion from the Advocate General, Revenue Minister K Rajan said on Tuesday.
1 min
Pinarayi now holds the record of second longest-serving CM
PINARAYI Vijayan on Tuesday became the second longest-serving chief minister of Kerala.
1 min
6 Senior IPS Officers in the Fray for Post of State Police Chief
Police headquarters sends list to state govt, which will forward it to UPSC by April end
2 mins
Divya S Iyer's high praise for Ragesh stirs controversy
IAS OFFICER and Vizhinjam Port MD Divya S Iyer has courted controversy by praising CPM leader K K Ragesh.
1 min
Feminichi Fathima' Best Film, Tovino, Nazriya, Rima Top List
FASIL Muhammed's 'Feminichi Fathima' has bagged the best film award in the 48th Kerala Film Critics Awards for 2024 announced on Tuesday.
1 min
K K Ragesh elected CPM Kannur district secretary
Denies 'generation shift' in party; says key is to expose communalism
1 min
SUPER MARIO OF SEARING LETTERS
HY do we tell stories? Because narratives gift us with powers to survive the uncertain and momentary tales we live.
3 mins
STANDING UP TO THE BULLY ON THE PLAYGROUND
Today's China is not yesterday's Soviet Union. Nor is Trump's America the sole superpower. Anyone trying to push back the clock of history will get hurt
4 mins
Tejashwi Says CM Face To Be Decided By Grand Alliance
The top leadership of the RJD and the Congress held formal talks in Delhi on Tuesday on jointly fighting the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
1 min
Digital use raises no dementia risks, says study
Technology A Boon, Not Bane
1 min
SC raps HC judge's 'invited trouble' remark in rape case
Taking exception to an Allahabad High Court judge's recent remarks in a rape case that the rape survivor herself \"invited trouble\", the Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned judges against making such inappropriate observations against the complainant.
2 mins
4000-yr-old chariot to be displayed at National Museum's Harappan gallery
THE National Museum in the national capital will have two added attractions — bronze-age solid-disk wheel carts (chariot) discovered from the Sinauli archaeological site in Uttar Pradesh and a permanent exhibition of epigraphs — on display to enthrall the heritage enthusiasts.
1 min
15 Judges Per Mn Against Law Panel's Recommendation Of 50, Says Report
INDIA has only 15 judges per million population, significantly below the Law Commission's recommendation of 50.
2 mins
Yogi questions Mamata's silence in Bengal clashes
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee of encouraging communal unrest in her state under the \"guise of secularism\", questioning her silence in the ongoing tensions over the Waqf amendment.
1 min
South Bengal Town on Edge After Waqf Violence
A day after violence hit Bhangar in South Bengal, which erupted during protests demanding the withdrawal of the Waqf Amendment Act, Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested nine people in the incident.
1 min
Assamese Made Compulsory for All Official Work
The Assam government has made the Assamese language compulsory for all official work in the state, except for five districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region and three districts in the Barak Valley.
1 min
Maha cabinet nod to ₹5 lakh relief in custodial deaths
AFTER recommendations by human rights groups, the Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday decided to extend financial compensation to the family members of custodial death victims.
1 min
5 girls from Simdega named in national hockey team
IN a first, five players hailing from Jharkhand's Simdega district, including Captain Salima Tete, have made it to the Indian Women's Hockey team.
1 min
NC under fire as discussion denied
THE ruling National Conference in Muslim-majority J&K has come under fire from allies and opposition alike after the Speaker refused to allow discussion on the Waqf (Amendment) Act in the recently concluded budget session of the Assembly, with the Abdullahs backing the decision.
1 min
ED raids premises of Raj Cong leader, AAP MLA in ₹48K cr real estate fraud
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress leader and former minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Punjab AAP MLA Kulwant Singh as part of a probe into ₹48,000-crore Pearl Agrotech Corporation Limited (PACL) scam, a real estate investment fraud.
1 min
Rahul launches Gujarat party reboot
No caste, no clutter: Congress signals ground-level overhaul for swift results in 45-day drill
2 mins
Strike outside Gaza hosp kills medic, injures many
AN Israeli airstrike hit the northern gate of the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing a medic and wounding nine other people — all patients and medics — according to a spokesman for the hospital in the Muwasi area, where hundreds of thousands have sought shelter in sprawling tent camps.
1 min
Weinstein's retrial for sex crimes begins
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sex assault charges began Tuesday, forcing survivors who helped fire up the \"#MeToo\" movement to prepare to testify against him once more.
1 min
Khamenei says Iran-US talks going well but warns it may prove fruitless
Tehran and Washington to meet again in Muscat on Saturday, a week after top-level talks
1 min
$2.2 billion Harvard fund freeze after defying Don
ELITE US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.
1 min
JSW Steel to Invest ₹60k Cr in Green Steel
JSW Steel will invest ₹50,000-60,000 crore to build a 10 million tonne per annum green steel plant over the next three to four years.
1 min
NPCI Meets Bank Officials, App Providers
The National Payments Corporation (NPCI), which runs the unified payments interface, has met bank officials and third-party application providers (TPAPs) on the issue of recent repeated outages of the payment services.
1 min
Exports hit record $820 bn amid global challenges in FY25
DEFYING global headwinds and World Trade Organisation's bleak projections, India's exports surged to a record $820.93 billion in FY25, marking a 5.5% increase over the previous year's $778.13 billion, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday.
1 min
OALP: ONGC Wins 11 Blocks, OIL 9, Cairn 7
OIL and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and its partners have won the most number of blocks (15) in the ninth round of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).
1 min
Sebi bars Gensol Engineering and promoters from markets, halts stock split
LAUNCHING a crackdown on Gensol Engineering Ltd (GEL), India's capital market regulator -- the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) -- has barred the renewable energy firm and two of its promoters - Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi - from the securities markets till further orders in a fund diversion and governance lapses case.
1 min
Trump Hints at Relief for Automakers
THE country's automotive industry, especially the component manufacturers, may breathe a sigh of relief as US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.
1 min
Derivatives losses: PwC identifies ₹1,979 crore hit to IndusInd Bank
INDUSIND BANK disclosed on Tuesday that an external audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has identified a ₹1,979 crore financial impact due to irregularities in its derivatives portfolio, marking a significant blow to the private lender's risk management credibility.
1 min
Benchmarks rise over 2% as trade tensions ease
DOMESTIC equity markets extended their rally for the second straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by easing global trade tensions.
1 min
BFI officials publicly hit out at president Singh
The off-the-ring tussle in Indian boxing is here to stay.
1 min
Capitals Test For RR
Two teams coming off losses but Delhi are in much better shape when compared to Rajasthan. A look at their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Wednesday...
1 min
NOOR AHMAD DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Noor's coach in Afghanistan opens up about how the wrist-spinner emerged to become a star for Chennai
3 mins
Boucher backs Rohit to fix batting woes
TO get Rohit Sharma back in form, former Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher felt that it would depend on the former MI captain himself, how he challenges himself in phases of the match and to look back on his previous bad patches in his decorated career.
1 min
Chahal sizzles as Punjab secure unlikely victory
YUZVENDRA Chahal and the other Punjab Kings bowlers engineered a thrilling heist as they defended 111 against the holders, Kolkata Knight Riders, at a raucous Mullanpur on Tuesday night.
1 min
Big names put up subdued show; Vithya bags gold
AFTER a lukewarm response from the first three iterations of the Indian Open Athletics meeting, this edition, conducted by the Tamil Nadu Athletics Association (TNAA) saw a sizeable turnout of more than 400 athletes, organisers stated.
2 mins
Miracle in the Genes
Humans have come a long way as the most dominant species on Earth, largely due to sophisticated adaptations, ingenuity, and the evolution of a brain capable of abstract thought and complex planning.
2 mins
Kathakali Takes Centre Stage At This Krishna Temple Festival
The Chittoor Sree Krishna Swamy Temple is among the few temples of Kerala considered to be a sanctum for traditional arts, especially Kathakali.
2 mins
Class 10 girl's drawings make it to school textbooks
OR Malavika S A, a Class 10 student, the end of high school life came with something special. As she stepped out of the CP HSS Kuttikkadu in Kollam and closed her textbooks after the final exam, she left her mark in the form of artwork that will pass through the hands of countless students across the state.
2 mins
Nivin Pauly To Headline Dolby Dineshan Next
NIVIN PAULY will be headlining 1001 Nunakal-fame Thamar KV's third directorial titled Dolby Dineshan.
1 min
Sanjay Dutt's The Bhootnii gets a new release date
SANJAY DUTT'S horror-comedy The Bhootnii will now hit theatres on May 1, instead of the earlier announced release date of April 18, announced the makers.
1 min
First look of Fahadh Faasil's Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira out
THE FIRST look of Fahadh Faasil's Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira was unveiled by the makers on social media with a caption that reads, \"Their love story was perfect... until the wedding.\"
1 min
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