The New Indian Express Kochi - April 24, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi - April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
Sketches out, Khalid mastermind
A day after 25 tourists and a local person were shot dead in Pahalgam, security agencies on Wednesday released sketches of the three terrorists involved in the attack.
1 min
Local Lad Fought Assailants, Laid Down His Life
WHEN terrorists opened fire at tourists at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam on Tuesday, local pony ride operator Syed Adil Shah's first instinct was not to run for cover, but to save the lives of the tourists around him.
1 min
Seshadri engineers Wayanad's tryst with Kashmiri saffron production
A fragrant sliver of luxury, often reserved for grand feasts and age-old remedies, saffron has always been shrouded in mystique.
2 mins
'A degree course in life': For state's youngest panchayat president, politics means service
RESHMA Mariam Roy, who scripted history as Kerala's youngest panchayat president at the age of 21, likens her tenure to a lengthy degree course in life as she nears the completion of her five-year term.
2 mins
Police Register Case After Priest, Council Members Assaulted
The police on Wednesday registered a case after a parish priest and council members were allegedly assaulted by a group of parishioners angered over a tour conducted amid the mourning period following the reported death of Pope Francis.
1 min
'Waqf Amendment to save 97% Muslims from exploitation by elites'
THE workshop organised by BJP state committee to discuss the Waqf Amendment provided a platform for a healthy discussion on Wednesday.
1 min
Thrikkakara planning task force to tackle drug menace
100-member team to be formed, task forces to enforce surveillance
1 min
Man impersonating CBI officer nabbed from Nettoor
The police on Wednesday arrested a 60-year-old man for impersonating a CBI officer and seized a fake ID card from his flat in Nettoor.
1 min
Wayanad Rehab Project Progressing Well
Kerala's next chief secretary, Dr. A Jayathilak, has a no-nonsense approach to getting things done.
1 min
Anvar extends unconditional support to UDF, but no place for TMC in Front
STRIVING for his political survival, P V Anvar scaled down his demand for a UDF berth for his Trinamool Congress and pledged \"unconditional and full support\" to the Opposition front's candidate in Nilambur by-election.
2 mins
A trip to Jammu & Kashmir was our childhood dream
AS RELATIVES and neighbours discussed funeral plans for N Ramachandran at 'Neeranjanam,' a man in his 60s stood quietly at a distance, visibly overwhelmed by grief.
1 min
Valley trips cancelled as attack sparks fear among Kerala tourists
THE recent terror attack at Pahalgam in Kashmir has thrown Kerala's travel industry into turmoil, leaving both tourists and tour operators in a state of panic.
1 min
Former domestic help held for twin murder
A DAY after an elderly couple was found murdered inside their house at Thiruvathukkal in Kottayam, the police on Wednesday arrested an Assam native—their former domestic help and the prime suspect—from a poultry farm at Meladoor near Thrissur.
2 mins
BJP & Cong fight over Chettur Sankaran Nair's legacy
Cong highlights his freedom fight, 1897 leadership, while BJP rebrands him as a nationalist aligned with anti-colonial, Indian-first ideology
2 mins
Maa, he is no more, terrorists shot him dead
AN EERIE silence has befallen Ishani village in Balasore district's Saragaon panchayat.
1 min
Who Is Truly Fiscally Healthy?
ITI Aayog's recent launch of a fiscal health index, intended as an annual publication, aims to provide data-driven insights into the fiscal health of Indian states.
3 mins
No Surge Pricing, Increase Flights: Govt to Airlines
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday called upon all airlines to take swift action to increase the number of flights from Srinagar to different cities across the country due to an overwhelming demand by tourists to return home amid the Pahalgam terror attack.
1 min
Pahalgam attack a leaf out of Pak army chief's 'jugular vein' remarks
The Pahalgam killings were a planned attack by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists.
1 min
Tourism takes a beating as 'Paradise' under attack
Valley Pays For Violence Tour operators, hotel owners worried about the fate of the tourism industry
1 min
Injured tourists say won't come back to Kashmir
TOURISTS who survived the terror attack at Baisaran in Pahalgam and are undergoing treatment in Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Anantnag district, said on Wednesday that they would never come to the Valley again, as fear-stricken visitors cut short their stay and began leaving Kashmir in hordes.
1 min
NRI on India visit to meet 3-yr-old son gunned down
Thirty-six-year-old Bitan Adhikari, who worked in the United States, was one of three men from West Bengal who fell victim to terrorist gunfire.
1 min
IAF Corporal From Arunachal Married in Dec
AN Indian Air Force (IAF) Corporal from Arunachal Pradesh was among the 26 people massacred by terrorists in Pahalgam, Kashmir on Tuesday.
1 min
Death comes calling for newly wed Karnal Naval officer
HARYANA naval officer Vinay Narwal got married just four days ago. On his maiden trip with his newly-wed wife, Narwal was shot dead upon the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam along with 26 others. His mortal remains were consigned to flames on Wednesday evening with full state honours.
1 min
Entered into wedlock 2 months back, Kanpur bizman falls prey to bullets
MARRIED just two months ago, it was 31-year-old Shubham Dwivedi's second sojourn to the Valley Kashmir with his newly-wed wife. Accompanied by 11 family members, the Kanpur-based businessman had much frolic to look forward to on Pahalgam meadows. But, fate had only cruelty in store.
1 min
Beijing says 'door open' to trade talks
CHINA said on Wednesday the door was \"wide open\" for trade talks with Washington, a day after US President Donald Trump signalled the possibility of a \"substantial\" lowering of tariffs on Beijing.
1 min
Israeli strike in Gaza kills 25 as Arab mediators work on long-term truce
AN overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza killed 25 people, as Arab mediators worked on a proposal to end the war with Hamas that would include a five-to-seven-year truce and the release of all remaining hostages, officials said Wednesday.
1 min
RBI Shifting Gears to Prop Up Growth
EVEN though growth remains on a steady path, global turbulences, mainly arising from the trade war, threaten to weigh down the momentum, according to the minutes of the first monetary policy review of the current fiscal by the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
1 min
More high-value purchases to attract 1% TCS
The tax department is now going to track high-value purchases above ₹10 lakh like wristwatches, art pieces, antiques, yachts, and collectibles by levying a 1% TCS on them.
1 min
LTIMindtree net profit rises 2.6% to ₹1,128 crore
THE sixth-largest software company LTIMindtree on Wednesday posted a 2.6% increase in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March 2025 at Rs 1,128.5 crore compared to Rs 1,099.9 crore in the same quarter last year.
1 min
Private sector activity rises to 8-month high in April
PRIVATE sector output has grown at its fastest pace in eight months in April on the back of sharp rise in new businesses; mainly buoyant global demand for goods and services, shows a private survey.
1 min
Sensex closes above 80k for the first time this year
Mkts extended winning streak for 7th consecutive session on Wednesday
1 min
High gold prices to hit jewellery sales volume; revenue to grow 13-15%
THE ongoing rally in gold prices, which crossed the psychological $3,500/ounce mark on the global market on Tuesday and ₹1 lakh/10 gram in the domestic market, is set to eat up the sales volume of organised gold jewellery retailers by 9-11% this financial year.
1 min
Megha Engg receives ₹12,800 cr order from Nuclear Power Corp
MEGHA Engineering & Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) has received a purchase order worth ₹12,800 crore from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to construct two 700 MWe nuclear reactors, Kaiga Units 5 & 6, in Karnataka.
1 min
Top-order agony as SRH hit unwanted 6
Frontline batters have an evening to forget against Mumbai Indians as team slumps to sixth defeat of the season
3 mins
Vithya breaks meet record, Niharika shines
THE third day of the 28th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition was more sedate than the first two where national and meet records were set.
2 mins
So pleased to be contender for CL berth: Pep after City's dramatic win
Pep Guardiola admitted his wild celebration of Matheus Nunes's stoppage-time winner against Aston Villa felt strange because Manchester City don't score as many late goals as their Premier League rivals.
2 mins
A Gujarat Road Trip To Pick Up Cyber Fraudster
This one began with a hush-hush of easy money and ended with a high-stakes manhunt across blistering highways and the bustling alleys of Surat.
3 mins
ART BEYOND CANVAS
WO roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. These final lines of the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost could easily describe the journey of Sreeja Kalappurakkal, a self-taught artist from Thrissur.
3 mins
Pankaj Tripathi's next with OMG 2 director Amit Rai starts rolling
ACTOR PANKAJ Tripathi is collaborating again with his OMG 2 (2023) writer-director Amit Rai for a socially relevant human drama.
1 min
A farmer's culture is about humanity, not religion
ANGALA in Marathi refers to the water that accumulates at the bottom of a well. Raoba Gajmal's Marathi film of the same name is a moving exploration of the hardships of an ageing farmer in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra, how he literally plunges to the lower depths to provide not just for his family but his beloved cattle as well.
3 mins
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Language: English
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