Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday attacked the Left for trying to score brownie points following the horrific tragedy in a Kerala temple. Chandy was reacting to the remarks by CPI-M leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan who on Tuesday sought the resignation of Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala in the wake of the Sunday disaster. A large s...
Three Kerala ministers will lead a team of experts to study the destruction civilian property suffered due to the deadly fireworks display at a temple in Kollam. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said after the weekly cabinet meeting that there had been "widespread damage" in and around the premises of the Puttingal Devi temple at Paravur town in Kolla...
Three people injured in the deadly fireworks show at a temple in Kollam died on Tuesday, taking the toll to 112, even as the Kerala High Court pulled up police for not preventing the horrific tragedy....
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday donated Rs.10 lakh to be used for relef and rehabilitation of those affected by the devastating fire at a temple in Kollam, in which at least 112 people were killed....
Two days after a fire tragedy in a temple killed 110 people, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday ordered a ban on exploding high decibel firecrackers at night. ...
Megastar Rajinikanth, actress Priyanka Chopra and tennis player Sania Mirza are some of the prominent persons conferred with Padma awards by President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday at an impressive investiture ceremony in Rastrapati Bhavan here....
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the government's budget proposal to levy one percent excise duty on non-silver jewellery was an "attempt to kill" small traders and workers in the sector....
The decision to change the name of Gurgaon as Gurugram has been taken on the basis of the representations received at several fora that it would be appropriate to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram," a state government spokesman said here....
As many as 68 of the 383 candidates contesting in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared criminal cases, including serious offences like murder and rape. ...
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was Tuesday removed from the post following directions by the Election Commission, a top official said....
