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Three of a family stabs to   death by spurned lover

Chhapra , July 18 (IVC)  A  19-year-old  youth  stabbed  a  man  to  death and  his  two  minor  daughters  and injured  his wife, in Bihar’s Saran district after  his   one-sided love for  one  of  the girls was  rejected, police  said here yesterday.                 Police  gave  the  name  of the deceased  as Tarkeshwar  Singh  (55),  and exorcist Read More…

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Living-in partners  neither wife nor husband

By  our Correspondent Kochi, July 17 (IVC)   The  Honorable   High Court of  Kerala  has  ruled that  the  male  partner in a  live-in relationship cannot  be  prosecuted  for  the  offence of ‘cruelty  to  wife’ under  the  Indian Penal  Code, as  they  were not  legally  married.                 The bench of Justice  A Badharudeen made  this  decision while Read More…

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Wild Elephant  population in Kerala shrinks by 127  in 2024

By  Our  Special  Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IVC)    The wild elephant population in the State  declined  to  1793 in 2024  as against    1920   in 2023 , according to  the  Elephant  Population  Estimation in Kerala -2024  report  released   here  on  July 16, recording  a decline  of  127  elephants.                 The Forest  Minister  A K Saseendran  released Read More…

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High Court seeks  explanation

By our legal Correspondent Kochi, July  16  (IVC)    The  Division Bench of the Honourable  High  Court  of Kerala on July 15  directed  the Thiruvananthapuram District  Collector, Corporation and the Railways to file a  report detailing the  reasons for  the  flow of  plastic waste into  the Amayizhanjan Canal   the  manner in which  the  waste was removed, Read More…

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Almaya Munnettam up in arms

By our  Correspondent Kochi, July 14 (IVC)   The Almaya Munnettam (Laymen’ upsurge)  of the Ernakulam-Angamaly  Archdiocese  strongly    protested against the appointment of an outsider (outside the archdiocese) as the  vice-chancellor  of  the curia of  the  Archdiocese.                  The  unilateral appointment  of  a  priest outside  the  archdiocese as vice-chancellor was not  acceptable, the  Spokesman for the Read More…

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KCBC  wants Government to stop  misuse of minorities’ scholarships

By  our correspondent KOCHI, July 14 (IVC)    The  Jagratha (Vigilant)  Commission of  the  Kerala  catholic Bishops” Council (KCBC) has  urged  the  State government to  take immediate steps to  end the  misuse of the scholaships meant  for  the  minorities.                 The  report of the Comptroller   and Accountant  General (CAG) laid on the floor of the Kerala Read More…

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Sarbananda Sonowal receives First Mother Ship at Vizhinjam- India’s first deep water Container Transhipment Port

The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal received the first Mother Ship  ‘MV San Fernando’ marking the beginning of operation at India’s First deep water container transhipment port in Vizhinjam, Kerala today. The ship, with a capacity upto 9000 TEUs, docks at India’s first automated port which is equipped with state Read More…

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Considerable  increase  in Devaswoms’ income  during the  last five  years

By  our Religious  Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram, July   08 (IVC)    There  was a considerable increase in the   income  of the  various Devaswoms’ in the State for the last years, according to official sources.                 The  income  of  the  Guruvayur  Devaswom had gone up to Rs  485,57,36,010.92 during the  financial year  2023-24 from Rs 315,68,34,298.55  for  the 2019-20. Read More…

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Prime Minister receives Russia’s highest State Award

​In a special ceremony in St. Andrew Hall in the Kremlin, President of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin conferred Russia’s highest national award “The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle” on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to fostering India-Russia ties. The award was announced in 2019. While accepting the award, Read More…

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New pilgrim tourist  circuit from Nagapattinam to Thrissur: Suresh  Gopi

By our  Correspondent Thrissur, July  06  (IVC)  The Union Minister  of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas  and Tourism, Mr  Suresh Gopi  said  that a new tourism circuit from Nagapattinam from Tamil Nadu  to   Thrissur Lourde  Cathedral  was  under the proposal as part of fulfilling  the premises given by  him during the electioneering  to  the Read More…