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Former Flipkart executives-run e-commerce omnichannel retailer FirstClub aims to tap into the top 10 per cent of India's population, people with annual household income above ₹15 lakh, amid the e-commerce industry boom, Moneycontrol reported on Thursday, December 12. The company's founder, Ayyappan R, told the news portal that the platform will be for people who do not mind paying more …

KOCHI: Heavy rain lashed south and central Kerala inundating low lying areas on Tuesday morning. Heavy rain caused water logging and traffic snarl ups at Edappally, Kakkanad, Infopark, Sahodaran Ayyappan Road, Ernakulam South railway station, KSRTC bus stand, Palarivattom, Kaloor Aluva, Thrikkakara, Kalamassery, Tripunithura, Fort Kochi, Thoppumpady, Mattancherry, Mundamveli and West Kochi areas. The rain gauge at Cusat recorded 98.5 …

Actress Janhvi Kapoor is making heads turn in a very sexy promotional look for her upcoming film Mr and Mrs Mahi, co-starring Rajkummar Rao. Meanwhile, in a heartfelt gesture before the release of ‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’, Janhvi visited a temple in Chennai with her late mother and legendary actress, Sridevi’s cousin Maheshwari Ayyappan. Captioning the photo, she wrote, “Visited …

The Thirunelli temple, believed to be 5,000 years old, is dedicated to Vishnu. Every year, thousands of devotees throng the banks of the Papanashini River during the new moon days in the Malayalam months of Thulam and Karkidakom to perform pithrutharpanam. Meanwhile, around Sabarimala, with its Ayyappan temple, huge infrastructure projects, such as an airport and an elevated rail network, …

Two accused persons, who escaped from the police while at the Gobichettipalayam court on January 6, 2024, were arrested by a special police team from Tiruppur district, on Tuesday, January 9. In a case related to robbing cash from a temple hundial, the Kadathur police had registered a case and arrested P. Ayyappan alias Ajith, 24, his brother P. Sethu, …

A court in Erode, on Monday, sentenced a commercial assistant and a wireman at the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited to two years of rigorous imprisonment for demanding and receiving a bribe from an applicant in 2006. The prosecution’s case was that Ayyappan, 53, approached the Office of the Assistant Engineer, Operation and Maintenance, Erode, for two service …

India thrashed the United Arab Emirates 5-0 to register their second win on the trot and virtually seal a spot in the quarterfinals of the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships here on Wednesday. The men’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty made it 3-0 with 21-15 21-14 over the duo of Dev Ayyappan and Dhiren Ayyappan. The women’s …

Centenarian freedom fighter Ayyappan Pillai no more

Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran freedom fighter, eminent lawyer and one of the early leaders of the BJP in the state, K Ayyappan Pillai died in the city at the age of 107 years, family sources said on Wednesday. A supporter of Travancore State Congress, formed under local chapter of Indian National Congress in 1938, State Congress leaders assigned him to present people's …

D O the leaves fall with a cry, Ayyappan wondered as he looked at the Thenvarikka. “Muthacha, please don’t sell the thenvarikka.” “Tell it to your father.” With a smarting pain in his heart, Ayyappan gazed at the thenvarikka again. Have you ever done an honest day’s work?” “Acha,” Leela intervened again, “It is no use talking to him.” “Hey, …

Kerala Speaker's Aide K Ayyappan Appears Before Customs for Quizzing in Smuggling Cases

Kerala Assembly Speaker’s Assistant Private Secretary K Ayyappan finally appeared before the Customs on Friday to depose regarding the gold smuggling and US dollar smuggling cases. The Kerala Assembly’s Secretary replied to the Customs that Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan’s staff was protected under Section 165 of the House’s rules of business and procedures. Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh and co-accused …