Kochi: A Technopark staff was allegedly raped by an unidentified person in her hostel room at Kazhakkoottam in Thiruvananthapuram in the wee hours on Friday morning, media reports said.The accused entered her hostel room at about 2 am. She screamed after which the accused escaped.The hostel authorities rushed to her help. They helped rhe 25-year …
Kochi: Prime accused in Sabarimala gold loot case, Unnikrishnan Potti, has been sent to 14 days police custody by a Pathanamthitta court on Friday, media reports said.Potti, who was arrested in the wee hours, was produced before the Court where the police submitted an arrest report which said that the accused had removed two kg …
Kochi: Prime accused in Sabarimala gold scam Unnikrishnan Potti was arrested in the wee hours of Friday.The Special Investigation Team arrested him after 10 hours of interrogation in connection with the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple gold missing case on Thursday, media reports said.The SIT headed by ADGP H Venkatesh headed the interrogating near Thiruvananthapuram.He was arrested …
Kochi: The Special Investigation Team took Unnikrishnan Potty into custody in connection with the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple gold missing case on Thursday, media reports said.The SIT headed by ADGP H Venkatesh is interrogating Potty at a secret location.Potty, who is the prime accused in the case, was picked from his residence at Pulimathu in Thiruvananthapuram.His …
Kochi: Police have booked chief associate director Dhinil Babu after a woman accused him of casting couch, Asianet News reported.The woman accused Dhinil of luring her to a building near actor Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Film’s office in Panampilly Nagar, Kochi, for a discussion on a new film.She accused him of locking her up in a …
Kochi: Finally the Southern Railways has cracked its whip against catering contractors supplying poor quality food in Vande Bharat trains after widespread complaints from public in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Hindu reported.The Kochi-based Brindavan Food Product who used to supply food in six Vande Bharat trains was fired.The railways had earlier fired the contractor …
Kochi: Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, 80, passed away at an Ayurvedic eye hospital at Koothattukulam in Ernakulam in Kerala on Wednesday, media reports said. He suffered a cardiac failure during his morning walk on the campus.He was under treatment at the hospital for the last five days. He was accompanied by his daughter …
Kochi: Demanding action against Left Minister Saji Cherian in Kerala, former Minister G Sudhakaran of CPM today accused Saji of plotting against him by branding him a BJP leader, Asianet News reported.Warning Cherian to keep off from him, Sudhakaran alleged that Cherian tried to expel him from the party. Some party members even celebrated by …
Kochi: The Latin Catholic Church managed St Rita’s Public School in Palluruthy reopened on Wednesday break following a controversy over a Muslim child insisting to wear a head scarf against the school rules, media reports said.The matter got murkier as the student called her father Aziz who rushed with his supporters who crowded in the …
Kochi: A minor girl’s opposition to her parents marrying her off to a casual worker has landed two families and others in trouble in Kerala’s Malappuram, Asianet News reported.It was during the betrothal function the police barged into the venue at Marakkara Maravattom panchayat where the cops gathered evidence and booked the groom, two families …
Kochi: The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) administrative committee head A Padma Kumar of CPM is one of the accused in the gold scam in Sabarimala temple by the police, Manorama reported.Padma Kumar was at the helm in 2019 when the sanctum door frame and sanctum guards (Dwarapalaka) were removed in violation of the laid down …
Kochi: The police have registered two First Information Reports in the Sabarimala gold missing case.Sponsor Unnikrishnan Potty is the main accused, media reports said.According to sources, two separate FIRs have been registered.The investigation will examine charges of unauthorised extraction, illegal transportation, and fraudulent transactions. The Kerala High Court had on Friday directed the state DGP …
Kochi: A second year medical student from Odisha was gang raped in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district of Friday night, police said on Saturday, media reports said.The incident occurred outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur when the student went out with a friend for dinner, the reports said.The student from Jaleswar is under …
Kochi: Calicut University has been closed indefinitely following unrest in the campus, media reports said.The university will not open until further notification.Students have been asked to vacate hostels.The campus has witnessed violent incidents since yesterday evening.The decision to close the university was taken for the safety of students, Vice Chancellor P Ravindran said.
Kochi: A Muslim cleric remanded for allegedly inciting communal tension in Bareilly in UP through ‘I Love Muhammad’ protest is facing Revenue recovery in a 30 years old loan default case, Times of India reported.The cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza had been ignoring multiple notices sent to him from Rasoolpur Kutti Sadhan Cooperative Society.The district administration …
Kochi: In a key development, the Kerala High Court on Friday observed that the Kerala Waqf Board’s (KWB) 2019 decision to declare disputed property in Munambam as a waqf was bad in law.A Division Bench of the court made the observation while setting aside a single judge’s order that had earlier quashed the State government’s …
Kochi: Kerala became the first State to pass a bill amending the Central Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, pending President’s approval, media reports said.The Wildlife Protection (Kerala Amendment) Act, 2025, aims to address the rising incidents of human-animal conflicts in the State.The bill passed by the Kerala Assembly on October 8, will be sent to the …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday ordered the state DGP to register a criminal case in the disappearance of gold from Sabarimala, media reports said.A division bench of the court gave the ruling after the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) vigilance inquiry confirmed the disappearance of gold from the temple.The court directed the Special Investigation …
Kochi: Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace prize 2025 today.She is an industrial engineer, and human rights advocate. She was born on October 7, 1967, in Caracas, to psychologist Corina Parisca and businessman Henrique Machado Zuloaga as the eldest child.This is the first time that the Prize is going to South America.Machado …
Kochi: Israelis and Gazans are celebratingthe success of west Asia peace talks which aims at finding a permanent solution to the decades long unrest, BBC reported.With Israel cabinet giving its nod to the US brokered peace deal, the ceasefire is expected to take effect within 24 hours of Tel Aviv’s approval.Israel will have its control …
