The New Indian Express Kollam - April 16, 2025

The New Indian Express Kollam - 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
State's 1st adventure tourism academy and park set for launch in Sasthampara
THE state's first adventure tourism academy and park is set to launch at Sasthampara, an emerging destination located just 14 kilometres from Thiruvananthapuram.
1 min
'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
Courts in Tvm get hoax bomb threats
THE POLICE were on high alert for several hours on Tuesday after two court complexes in the district received anonymous bomb threats.
1 min
Grandfather booked for tying boy to tree and beating him up
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was allegedly tied to a tree and brutally beaten up by his maternal grandfather at Vellalloor in Nagaroor.
1 min
20 Sovereigns of Gold Missing From Idol in Ezhupunna Temple
AROUND 20 sovereigns of gold ornaments adorning the idol at the Ezhupunna Sree Narayanapuram MahaVishnu Temple have gone missing, prompting an investigation by the Aroor police.
1 min
Woman lawyer jumps into Meenachil river with daughters; bodies recovered
Practising lawyer at Pala and High Court Jismol was a practising lawyer at Pala and the High Court. According to available reports, family issues led to the suicide.
1 min
Woman, 2 daughters die in suspected self-immolation
Thara died soon after incident | Children succumbed to burns at MCH
1 min
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
Wild Jumbo Attack: 2 Tribal Persons Found Dead in Athirappilly Forest
TWO tribal persons who went inside the forest for collecting honey and other forest produce were found dead inside the forest in Athirappilly on Tuesday.
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
State Film Awards 2023 to be presented today
CHIEF Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will present the Kerala State Film Awards 2023 to the winners on Wednesday.
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
Stalin constitutes panel to study Centre-State relations
FIFTY-five years after the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi constituted the P V Rajamannar Committee in 1969—the first such panel in India's history formed to study centre-state relations—his son and current CM MK Stalin on Tuesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to study the constitutional and legal provisions that impact the centre-state relations.
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
No correlation between digital use, dementia
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.
1 min
CBI's Operation Chakra: 4 digital arrest kingpins held after raids in 12 locations
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said that it has arrested four kingpins in 'digital arrests' case, leading to defrauding of money to the tune of ₹7.67 crores.
1 min
Good news for farm as IMD predicts above-normal rain this monsoon
Neutral El Niño a favorable condition; Tamil Nadu, NE may get below-average precipitation
2 mins
4,000-year-old Sinauli chariot to be displayed at Delhi National Museum
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
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
Second US carrier arrives in Mideast ahead of nuke talks
A second US aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme.
1 min
Xi Jinping begins his Malaysia visit in shadow of Trump tariffs
CHINESE President Xi Jinping arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for a highly anticipated state visit that comes as Beijing fights an escalating trade war with the United States.
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
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 Billion Amid Global Challenges in FY25
DEFYING global headwinds and World Trade Organization'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
Swiggy Launches AI-Powered Platform Pyng
SWIGGY on Tuesday launched AI-driven platform Pyng, a new consumer app.
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
Bank Credit to Rise by 100-200 bps to 12-13%
BANK credit is likely to grow by 100-200 basis points year-on-year to 12-13% this fiscal, as against 11-11.5% the industry has notched up in fiscal 2025, on the back of tailwinds like new supportive regulatory measures, a boost to consumption from tax cuts and softer interest rates.
1 min
Tariff Pause: Govt to Finish BTA Talks Before Deadline
Virtual talks will begin this week, physical rounds likely in first week of May
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
IEA Revises Global Oil Demand Growth Downward Amid Rising Trade Tensions
GLOBAL oil demand growth projections for 2025 have been revised downward due to rising global trade tensions, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
1 min
BFI officials publicly hit out at president Singh
The off-the-ring tussle in Indian boxing is here to stay.
1 min
NOOR AHMAD DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Noor's coach in Afghanistan opens up about how the wrist-spinner emerged to become a star in 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
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