Cocoa price breaches ₹800 a kg-mark as scarcity persists

April 11, 2024 07:47 pm | Updated 07:47 pm IST - KOCHI Price of dry cocoa beans breached ₹800-a-kg-mark as short supply of the produce continues to haunt the international market thanks to lower production in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, which account for the bulk of world supply. Reports pointed …...Read More

Development has taken a back seat in Karnataka under Congress, says Vijayendra

April 11, 2024 07:47 pm | Updated 07:47 pm IST - MYSURU State BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra said here on Thursday that development in Karnataka has taken a back seat under Congress which was fixated on guarantee schemes. Speaking to media persons, Mr. Vijayendra said people have realised that the …...Read More

Lean inflows into Krishna projects hit hydel generation hard in 2023-24

April 11, 2024 07:44 pm | Updated 07:44 pm IST - HYDERABAD Poor inflows or flood from upstream States, not the rainfall within the State, into major reservoirs in Telangana during 2023-24 has resulted in very low hydro-electric generation reducing it to the lowest since 2016-17, forcing the power utilities …...Read More

BC association demands construction of Jyotirao Phule Bhavan in Vizianagaram

April 11, 2024 07:44 pm | Updated 07:44 pm IST - VIZIANAGARAM Uttarandhra Backward Classes Association president Muddada Madhu, on Thursday, asked the government to construct BC Bhavan in the name of social reformer Jyotirao Phule, since backward classes did not have such place for regular interaction. He offered floral …...Read More

15 children survive electric shock during temple chariot procession in Kurnool district

April 11, 2024 07:43 pm | Updated 07:43 pm IST - KURNOOL Fifteen children had a narrow escape after suffering an electric shock during the chariot procession at a local temple in Chinnatekuru village of Kallur mandal in Kurnool district on Thursday, April 11. The children, aged between 8 and …...Read More

Police wind up ‘Akshayapatra’ project in Kozhikode as number of beneficiaries drops

April 11, 2024 07:41 pm | Updated 07:53 pm IST - Kozhikode The ‘Akshayapatra’ counter opened by the Kozhikode City police to supply free meals to rough-sleepers and the wandering segments has been permanently shut citing increasing attempts to misuse the service by a section of ineligible beneficiaries. Police officers …...Read More

Lok Sabha poll | All the three rival fronts confident in Thrissur

April 11, 2024 07:38 pm | Updated 07:38 pm IST - Thrissur All the three fronts have expressed confidence in winning the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in the coming election. Attending a Face-to-Face programme organised by the Thrissur Press Club on Thursday, Jose Vallur, District Congress Committee president, K.V. Abdul …...Read More

Efforts on to raise money to save man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia

April 11, 2024 07:35 pm | Updated 07:35 pm IST - KOCHI Businessman and social activist Bobby Chemmanur, who has pledged to raise deliverance money to save Kozhikode native Abdul Rahim from death, continued his efforts on Thursday with a fund raising Yatra across Kerala. The Yatra reached Kochi on …...Read More

Admissions to courses at Kufos for 2024-25 academic year begin

April 11, 2024 07:32 pm | Updated 07:32 pm IST - KOCHI Admissions to courses at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos) for the academic year 2024-25 is currently on. Details of the courses and application forms are available at http://www.kufos.ac.in, according to a press release. Kufos, …...Read More

Beneficiaries of welfare schemes keen to vote for YSRCP: Bellana Chandrasekhar

April 11, 2024 07:32 pm | Updated 07:32 pm IST - VIZIANAGARAM YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Vizianagaram Lok Sabha candidate Bellana Chandrasekhar, on Thursday, said that the beneficiaries of government welfare schemes were keen to vote for the ruling party in the upcoming general elections for the uninterrupted continuation of …...Read More