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Cabinet hikes MSP for copra by up to 121% for 2025 season

AS part of its pro-farmer stance since it assumed power in its third term, the NDA government on Friday gave its nod for the increased Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for 2025 season.

10-acre 'Kalagram' along Ganga for Mahakumbh

ADDING SHEEN TO KUMBH MELA

FIR against Rahul in Parliament scuffle case transferred to Delhi Crime Branch

THE Crime Branch of Delhi Police is set to take over the probe into the FIR filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly pushing and injuring BJP MPs during the scuffle on the Parliament premises, sources said on Friday.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN RULE BOOKS GO OUT THE WINDOW

For the first time in decades, the principles on which the modern world was built are open to question.

WE MUST EXTEND HEALTH SPAN, NOT JUST LIFE SPAN

Even a 'cured' disease often leaves behind disabilities impairing the quality of life. If we can't ensure wholesome health, the expected demographic dividend will continue to elude us

CPM dismisses P Mohanan's view on MEC 7

THE CPM has dismissed its Kozhikode district secretary P Mohanan's statement that MEC-7, a group that promotes physical exercise, has links with Jamaat-e-Islami and banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

HC suggests depositing an amount as bail condition

THE HC has suggested the inclusion of depositing an amount towards damage caused as a condition for granting bail to the accused in cases registered under the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act.

Woman receives unidentified body, ransom demand in parcel

IN a shocking incident, a woman in Yendagandi village of West Godavari district received a parcel containing the body of an unidentified person on Thursday night.

Appoint warehousing corp MD in 2 mths

THE Kerala High Court directed the state government to appoint a new MD in the Kerala State Warehousing Corporation within two months.

Abhimanyu murder: Mom moves HC to expedite trial

Mother says the case is in preliminary hearing stage even after 6 yrs

Siddu hits out at Centre over 'Hindi imposition'

CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the central government is trying to impose Hindi across the country, posing a threat to regional languages like Kannada.

HC allows probe, protects KTR from arrest till Dec 30 in Formula-E case

THE Telangana High Court on Friday directed authorities not to arrest BRS working president KT Rama Rao till December 30, 2024 while allowing the investigation in the Formula-E race case to proceed.

Dad, stepmother get RI for brutally assaulting boy

ELEVEN years after a five-year-old boy, Shafeeq, was brutally attacked by his biological father and stepmother in Idukki's Kumily, leaving him in a near-death condition, the Thodupuzha First Additional Sessions Court judge Ash K Bal sentenced the accused to rigorous imprisonment on Friday.

27 off municipality's welfare pensioners' list

KOTTAKKAL municipality has cancelled the welfare pensions of 27 beneficiaries hailing from division 7 after an investigation revealed they were ineligible for the aid.

Golwalkar event: CPM flayers Satheesan

CPM STATE secretary M V Govindan on Friday said that Congress leader V D Satheesan had inaugurated a function organised in connection with the centenary celebrations of RSS ideologue M S Golwalkar who had upheld the Chaturvarna system.

Fitness review done before postponing tests for school buses

THE MOTOR Vehicle Department (MVD) carried out an 'accident prevention-based fitness review' in the last few weeks before issuing the order allowing Educational Institution Buses (EIBs), whose fitness certificates have expired or are about to expire soon, to continue plying for another four to five months, Transport Commissioner Nagaraju Chakilam said on Friday.

Suspended IAS officer issues legal notice to chief secy, top officials

SUSPENDED IAS officer Prasanth N has issued a legal notice to chief secretary Sarada Muraleedharan and IAS officers A Jayathilak, and K Gopalakrishnan besides a vernacular newspaper, alleging grave misconduct, including document fabrication, forgery, manipulation of official records and criminal conspiracy.

Training has stooped to level of persecution

Training has stooped to level of persecution

Govt releases 1st ranking of higher edu institutions; Cusat tops univs

It's for the first time in country that a state govt has ventured into ranking its higher edu firms

Class V student uses stick to save classmate from electrocution

IN A REMARKABLE display of courage and presence of mind, Muhammad Zidan, a Class 5 student of Kalladi Abdu Haji HSS, Kottoppadam, saved the lives of his classmate Muhammad Rajih and a senior student, Shahjaz, after they suffered electric shocks from a live fuse.

Kannur varsity criticised over leak of exam result

KANNUR University is under fire after its first-semester exam results were leaked hours before the official announcement.

NH widening work: Protests intensify for flyover at Pariyaram Embate Jn

THE action committee is set to intensify its ongoing strike at Embate in Pariyaram demanding urgent measures to resolve traffic congestion on the national highway.

Hepatitis A outbreak: Test confirms e.coli presence in drinking water

The bacteria is a clear indicator of severe contamination and poses significant health risks

Brothers' Ayyappa devotion takes shape of Rubik's Cube mosaic

THEY deftly juggled and rolled the Rubik's Cubes, arraying them from the bottom up on to a specially designed metal canvas.

Brazil's Malu wins top honour as fest ends; Farshad Hashemi best director

ONE of the 29th IFFK's prime inclusions was Brazilian filmmaker Pedro Freire's passionate portrayal of Malu Rocha, a free-spirited woman who shares a volatile relationship with her mother and daughter.

MT critical, on oxygen support

JNANPITH laureate M T Vasudevan Nair, who was admitted to the Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode, continued to be in critical condition, hospital sources said late Friday night.

Session ends, discord doesn't

B R Ambedkar issue set to resonate in the forthcoming Delhi and Bihar assembly elections

MEA TICKS OFF YUNUS GOVT FOR AIDE'S REMARKS

The government on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that 2,200 cases of violence against Hindus and other minorities were reported from Bangladesh this year up to December 8.

Your cuppa is healthy, US food, drug regulator finally agrees

WITH the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognising tea from the Camellia sinensis plant is a healthy beverage, the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) raised a toast to it.

'Chip designing skills, ecosystem give India edge in semiconductor manufacturing'

In an interaction with Dipak Mondal, Dr Amith Singhee, director of IBM Research India and CTO of IBM India and South Asia, explains breakthroughs in quantum computing and Generative AI.