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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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