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Three youths held with ganja Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A day after the Kalamassery police launched an anti-drug campaign in the wake of the brutal assault of a youngster by his friends at a colony, three youths were arrested with 4.2 kg of ganja and five LSD stamps on Thursday evening. The arrested are Sumesh, 26, of Vadakkanchery, Balu, 21, of Thrissur, and Vishnu, 22, of Fort Kochi. They were nabbed from Moolepadam in Kalamassery. The arrests were made in a joint operation by the D...

‘Plan sanctioned to set up or refurbish STPs’ Arguing that it could lead to a “Ganga-like situation” if ignored, BJP member Appacchu Ranjan in the Assembly urged the government to set up sewage treatment plants (STPs) along the course of the Cauvery to stop rampant pollution. Raising the issue during Question Hour, he said several towns along the river course, Bhagamandala onwards, did not have functional STP, leading to raw sewage being dumped into the pristine waters. In his response,...

He had failed to pay CC of vehicle bought in 2004 The Aluva East police on Thursday arrested a person who had been absconding, skipping trial in court. The accused is Sramprikkal Salim, 48, of Vallam. The case pertains to his alleged failure to pay the CC of a vehicle he had bought at ₹6 lakh in 2004. He had gone into hiding after securing bail and had since failed to turn up for trial. The arrest came in the wake of District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) K. Karthik’s order to all sub-divi...

‘Research into drugs from natural products holds much promise’ Updated: Updated: Share Article B.S. Unger   Research into drugs produced from natural products and traditional medicine holds much promise to a country that has vast natural resources, B.S. Unger, scientist at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), said in Chikkodi on Wednesday. He was speaking to science students of KLE Society’s Basava Prabhu Kore Degree College. �...

Israel’s SpearUAV in micro drone pact with Paras Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA SpearUAV, developers and suppliers of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for defence and homeland security applications from Israel, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Paras Aerospace, a subsidiary of Paras Defence and Space Technologies, to introduce encapsulated Ninox 40 system for military forces, paramilitary, internal security and law enforcement agencies in India. Ninox 40 is a micro-tact...

Rahul likely to visit Puducherry Updated: Updated: PCC planning interactions, road shows Share Article PCC planning interactions, road shows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Puducherry later this month to prepare the ground for the partys campaign for the upcoming Assembly poll. A top party functionary told The Hindu that the Chief Minister and the PCC chief were working with the AICC leadership to organise the tour as early as possible. “Mr. Gandhi promised to visit Puduche...

Assembly clears two municipalities Bills Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Municipalities and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to extend the time limit for payment of property tax and also to provide a rebate of 5% if tax is paid within one month from the date of commencement of the amended Act. The Karnataka Municipalities (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021, was also passed. It aims to revise the existing property tax structure and provide ...

RIL arm to sell shale assets for $250 mn Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Reliance Marcellus, LLC (RMLLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd., has signed agreements to divest all of its interest in certain upstream shale gas assets in Pennsylvania. These assets, which are currently operated by various affiliates of EQT Corporation, have been agreed to be sold to Delware-based Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., (NOG) for $250 million cash and warrants. The agreement gives entitl...

Updated: Share Article AAA Among other things, there would be two intervals per film show “to reduce exposure time and facilitate ventilation”, said the circular issued on Thursday by the Chief Secretary.   | Photo Credit: SAMPATH KUMAR GP A day after the Karnataka government allowed opening of cinemas with full capacity, it issued guidelines to theatre owners, that include mandatory collection of names and contact numbers of the audience. Among other things, there would be two intervals ...

KCR urged to appoint VCs immediately Updated: Updated: CM promoting private universities, says Congress spokesperson Share Article CM promoting private universities, says Congress spokesperson AICC spokesperson Sravan Dasoju slammed Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for turning universities into ‘Headless Corpses’ and charged him with ‘deliberately killing’ higher education system in Telangana. Mr. Sravan thanked Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who wanted appointment of Vice Chance...