Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (UNI) Members elected to local self-government institutions in Kerala will assume office after taking the oath or affirmation on December 21, the State Election Commissioner, A Shahjahan, has announced. The State Election Commission (SEC) has issued detailed guidelines for conducting the oath-taking ceremonies. According to the guidelines, the senior-most elected member or…
Kochi, Dec 16 (UNI) The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), South Asia’s largest contemporary art festival, opened to the public on Monday, offering a mix of ticketed and free exhibitions spread across 22 venues in the city. A one-day pass is priced at Rs 200 for visitors aged between 18 and 60. Students…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (UNI) Renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose, the only Indian recipient of the prestigious Vittorio De Sica Award, has called for replacing film censorship with an accreditation system, asserting that cinema, as an art form, cannot be subjected to restrictive controls. Goutam Ghose, a special invitee to the IFFK, said cinema represents individual freedom…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (UNI) On Vijay Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the brave soldiers who fought in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, saying their courage and sacrifice ensured a historic victory for India. “On Vijay Diwas, we remember the brave soldiers whose courage and sacrifice ensured India had a historic victory in…
Milan, Dec 16 (UNI) Global pop sensation Mariah Carey will take center stage at the Opening Ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, promising an unforgettable performance at the iconic Stadio San Siro on February 6, 2026. This will mark the first time the five-time Grammy Award winner has ever performed at an Olympic Opening…
Srinagar, Dec 16 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Tuesday morning conducted raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley in connection with a terror-related case. Officials said searches were carried out at 12 locations across seven districts after search warrants were obtained in case registered in 2023 under Sections 153-A…
New Delhi, 16 Dec (UNI) Delhi’s air quality showed signs of improvement on Tuesday morning, bringing some relief after three days of hazardous ‘severe’ pollution levels. At 6 am, Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 381 in the ‘very poor’ category, showing an improvement from Monday’s reading of 427 and Sunday’s 461, the highest…
Kolkata, Dec 16 (UNI) After falling sharply in October, engineering goods exports rebounded in November this year with the total value of engineering goods shipments estimated at USD11.01 billion in November 2025, an impressive 23.7 percent year-on-year increase from USD8.9 billion in the same month last year, according to EEPC India chairman Pankaj Chadha. Cumulatively,…
Kaithal, Dec 16 (UNI) On the instructions of SP Upasana, the District Police are cracking down on touts who are cheating the common people on the pretext of sending them abroad. Police spokesperson said that while investigating a case of cheating of lakhs in the name of sending a youth to Australia. Accused Manish Singh,…
Kochi, Dec 16 (UNI) The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), which has been under scrutiny over its alleged links to the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI), registered notable gains in Kerala’s recent local body elections, winning 102 seats across the state. According to SDPI State president C P A Latheef, the party secured…
