In dig at Modi, Ramesh pats CPI-M leader for becoming 'FM of Somalia'

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he congratulated his friend T M Thomas Issac for, what he sarcastically said, taking over as "Finance......

Kerala budget leaked on social media, claims Oppn

Kerala assembly on Friday witnessed uproarious scenes during budget presentation with Congress-led opposition staging a walk out alleging leakage of the document in the social media. The budget,......

With 91 seats, Left dethrones UDF in Kerala

The BJP scripted history by securing a seat in the assembly for the first time. The Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front on Thursday returned to power in Kerala getting a......

Kerala polls: A battle of rookie vs veteran

The youngest contestant of the April 13 Assembly polls in the prestigious Ernakulam constituency, National Students' Union of India President Hibi Eden of the Congress-led United Democratic Front,......

GST deadlock over administrative control on assessees

Continued lack of consensus at next meeting could cast shadow on GST rollout by April 1. Most issues related to the proposed Goods and Services Tax taken up by the GST Council have been resolved.......

Kerala economy grew by 9.89% in FY10

Kerala's economy grew by 9.89 per cent in the 2009-10 financial year and the state's public debt stood at Rs 70,969 crore (Rs 709.69 billion) at the end of the fiscal, according to the Economic......

Centre may drop veto from GST Bill

Amid opposition from the states, the Centre may smoke the peace pipe by dropping the contentious provision in the Constitutional Amendment Bill on a Goods and Services Tax (GST) that proposed to......

Kerala to create 100,000 IT jobs

Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Issac on Friday announced that the government would take measures to create one lakh (100,000) job opportunities for the IT sector in the state. He also said that......

Puzhu Review

Mammootty plays the despicable Kuttan with absolute integrity, observes Divya Nair. If you have read the Mahabharata, you are probably aware of the story of King Parikshit and Takshaka, the......

Review: Avva is a class apart

Kannada National award winning filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh has had a string of good films like Deveeri, Bimba and Preethi Prema Pranaya in the early part of her career. While her last film Thananam......

Kamli: Good effort

The Lambada community has been part of the landscape of Hyderabad and parts of Andhra Pradesh. Dressed in their colourful attire and chunky jewellery, the Lambada women are often seen toiling as......

Review: Gulabi Talkies

Three decades ago when Girish Kasaravalli's debut Kannada film Ghatashradhdha was released in Bangalore, the film was able to get a very good opening. It was very well appreciated by a large......