In an apparent reply to former Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader G. Sudhakara’s remarks that the construction of the Kunchan Nambiar Memorial at Ambalappuzha was not carried out properly and was being left to ruin, H. Salam, MLA, on Saturday said that the statements were aimed at insulting the State government, Kunchan … Read more
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded not guilty to newly expanded federal sex trafficking charges, maintaining his innocence in a high-profile case that continues to shake the entertainment industry. The 55-year-old rapper and producer entered his plea Monday before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan federal court. The updated indictment now includes five … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during the Budget Session of State Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Refuting allegations of “minority appeasement”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) launched a scathing attack on the Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar addresses the press on the schedule of Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on January 7, 2025. Courts have ruled on 42 occasions that EVMs are not hackable and allegations of tampering are totally baseless, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday (January 7, 2025), rejecting claims by opposition … Read more
Women staff and women’s organisations had accused Dr. H.C. Lokesh, Associate Professor in the Department of General Medicine at Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, who was holding additional charge of District Surgeon, of misconduct. | Photo Credit: Prakash Hassan Shivamogga The District Surgeon of Hassan, who was removed from the post by the Department of … Read more
The BJD which was in power in Odisha from 2000 till June 2024, on Friday, said the allegations that state government officials took bribes from the Adani Group for the supply of renewable energy to the state from the central pool, are “false and not based on fact”. Adani, India’s second-richest man, and seven others, … Read more
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has said that the truth about the expose by P. V. Anvar, MLA, will emerge only through a probe either by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or some other Central agency. Talking to reporters here on September 1 (Monday), Mr. Chennithala accused the Chief Minister and Ministers of ‘being … Read more
K.K. Shailaja, the LDF candidate in the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency, campaigning at Uralloor on Wedensday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A row over the misuse of cyberspace for denigrating candidates appeared to monopolise the Lok Sabha campaign narrative in Kerala on Wednesday. Online slander spreads like invasive digital weeds, dehumanising candidates and blurring their … Read more
India has emerged as one of the world’s largest shrimp exporters. | Photo Credit: AP India, now the biggest supplier of America’s favourite seafood — shrimps — has strongly refuted allegations of human rights and environmental abuses raised by a Chicago-based human rights group, and top Commerce Ministry officials will meet seafood exporters on Thursday … Read more
File pictureo of security officers standing guard outside the office of NewsClick in New Delhi | Photo Credit: AP The NewsClick portal has rejected as untenable and bogus allegations levelled in a Delhi Police FIR against it, and said the proceedings initiated are “nothing but a blatant attempt to muzzle the free and independent press … Read more