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
The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, including intelligence provided by a major ally, a Canadian official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on September 21. The official said the communications involved Indian officials and Indian diplomats in Canada … Read more
BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Saturday said his party’s allegations of irregularities in awarding contract of the Ennore Thermal Power Station (ETPS) expansion project to BGR Energy Systems Limited (BGRESL) have been vindicated by the showcause notice issued by Tangedco to the contractor over an inordinate delay. In the notice issued in June, … Read more
Minister for Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian has dismissed the allegations of attempting to influence the State film award jury levelled by filmmaker Vinayan against Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Chairman and filmmaker Ranjith. Speaking to mediapersons on Tuesday, the Minister said there was no way he could have intervened in the decision-making of a jury, who … Read more
These three men claimed to have married the same woman since 2022 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the past 24 hours, over half-a-dozen men have held street demonstrations in Srinagar against a woman from the Pir Panjal valley’s Rajouri district, whom they accuse of marrying multiple men for a couple of months and later … Read more
V.D. Satheesan, Leader of the Opposition, has accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of trying to silence Congress leaders by slapping false cases against them to escape from the corruption allegations levelled against him. He told the media on Wednesday that the case against K. Sudhakaran, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president, was an example. The complainant … Read more
A team from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will visit Chidambaram on May 24, in connection with Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi’s allegation of forced virginity tests (two-finger tests) being performed on girls, who were believed to be victims of child marriage. NCPCR member R.G. Anand announced this in a … Read more
A Trinamool Congress activist rides his bike with the party flags. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: PTI The Trinamool Congress is feeling the heat of allegations of corruption in the selection of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) beneficiaries in West Bengal. On Saturday, more than a dozen functionaries of a panchayat samity in Murshidabad … Read more