Kozhikode, Jan 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday sought to play down speculation over his absence from a key meeting of Kerala Congress leaders convened by the party high command in Delhi on Friday, asserting that there was no political subtext to his decision and that any concerns he had were already conveyed internally.Tharoor’s absence from the meeting, chaired by the party’s central leadership amid preparations for the upcoming Assembly…
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Chennai, Jan 22 (IANS) Director Advaith Nayar has now revealed that his eagerly awaited action entertainer ‘Chatha Pacha’, featuring Arjun Ashokan, Roshan Mathew, Vishak Nair, and Ishan Shoukath along with Malayalam superstar Mammootty, is about a bunch of friends trying to make it in life together. In an exclusive interview to IANS, director Advaith Nayar said, “‘Chatha Pacha’ is actually a full-on explosive action entertainer. It’s India’s first WWE-inspired film. We’ve actually seen films in …
Kochi, Jan 21 (IANS) India is gearing up to position itself as a key player in the global seaweed economy, with stakeholders set to chart a comprehensive roadmap at the 7th India International Seaweed Expo & Summit, scheduled for January 29–30 in Kochi.The two-day event, hosted by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), aims to foster collaboration, technology transfer, and sustainable development across the seaweed sector.Top officials from the Ministry of Agricultur…
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) Actress Santhi Mayadevi has now begun dubbing for director Jeethu Joseph’s eagerly awaited Malayalam film ‘Drishyam 3’, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the lead. Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) Actress Santhi Mayadevi has now begun dubbing for director Jeethu Joseph’s eagerly awaited Malayalam film ‘Drishyam 3’, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the lead.The actress, who plays an important role in the popular franchise, took to her Instagram stories section to pos…
Gandhinagar, Jan 20 (IANS) The devastating earthquake of January 26, 2001, had reduced Kutch to rubble, triggering widespread uncertainty over the region’s future. However, under the leadership of then Chief Minister and present Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kutch not only recovered but emerged as a model of development, self-reliance and cooperative-led growth. Today, with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at the helm, the district’s development trajectory has gained renewed momentum. A key pi…
Kochi, Jan 19 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday struck a defiant ideological note in Kochi as he addressed a mammoth Maha Panchayat gathering of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), congratulating nearly 7,800 Congress representatives who emerged victorious in the December 2025 local body elections.The programme marked the UDF’s first major post-poll mobilisation and underlined its renewed confidence ahead of the Assembly elections.Hailing the man…
Kochi, Jan 19 (IANS) INS Sagardhwani, India’s oceanographic research vessel under the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO, was flagged off for the fifth edition of the Sagar Maitri (SM-5) initiative from Southern Naval Command at Kochi, an official said on Sunday. The initiative seeks to build sustained scientific collaboration with eight Indian Ocean Region (IOR) countries, namely Oman, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Myanmar.After the f…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) In a significant push to future-proof its workforce and strengthen its skill development ecosystem, Kerala has unveiled a major collaborative initiative bringing together national and academic institutions. A coaching institute, a Gujarat-based university, and Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala have signed a landmark tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch advanced, industry-oriented training programmes in the state.The agreement…
Kochi, Jan 15 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying George Kurian will inaugurate a state-of-the-art food testing laboratory in Kochi on Saturday, marking a significant step in strengthening quality assurance infrastructure for Kerala’s dairy and food sectors.The facility has been set up through a collaboration between Milma (Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd) and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).The laboratory, established under…
Chennai, Jan 14 (IANS) The makers of director Jeethu Joseph’s eagerly awaited Malayalam film ‘Drishyam 3’, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the lead, on Wednesday announced that the film would hit screens worldwide on April 2, 2026. Well known production house Aashirvad Cinemas, which is producing the film, took to its X timeline to make the announcement.It wrote, “Years passed. The past didn’t. #Drishyam3 | Worldwide Release | April 2, 2026.”It may be recalled that Mohanlal had compl…