Noted Malayalam novelist and short story writer M Mukundan has been selected for the Kerala government's highest literary award 'Ezhuthachan Puraskaram' for this year.
The two public sector undertakings tasked with manufacturing the latest M3 type electronic voting machines to be used in next year's Lok Sabha elections have delivered the lot comprising nearly 22.3 lakh ballot units and 16.3 lakh control units to the Election Commission, a senior EC official said.
Five persons, including two fire brigade personnel on a rescue mission, died in a well Thursday apparently due to inhalation of toxic gas in Kalyan in neighbouring Thane district of Maharashtra, the police said.
Divya Spandana, an actor-politician, had taken a dig at a photo of the Prime Minister standing by the giant statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat.
India Register 9-wicket Win, Take Series 3-1
TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who is trying to unite the opposition parties to take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections next year, Thursday met Congress president Rahul Gandhi here, sources said.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to help India bundle out the West Indies for 104 in the fifth and final ODI at the Greenfield Stadium here Thursday.
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia): As rainfall continued in several parts of the city, rain lashed for around one hour here.
Udupi: As the Udupi District Maralu Horata Samithi's over night dharna that is being staged in front of the DC office here has entered eighth day on thursday, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt participated in the protest and expressed his support.
The Cabinet Thursday approved renaming Jharsuguda aerodrome in Odisha as 'Veer Surendra Sai Airport', according to an official release.
