Kochi: Multifaceted Malayalam writer M K Sanu, 97, passed away due to pneumonia at Ernakulam on Saturday.Sanu who was also a critic, academic, biographer, journalist, orator, social activist and human rights activist had authored 36 books, at least.A permanent member of the International Body for Human Rights, he was the founding member of the Mithram, …
Kochi: Former Premier H D Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna, ex MP, was sent to Life Imprisonment and fined Rs 10 lakh in a rape case by a court on Saturday, media reports said.Delivering the verdict, the Special Court in Bengaluru directed to pay a compensation of Rs 7 lakh to the complainant.Revanna broke down …
Kochi: A Kerala-based charitable outfit has been booked by ED for receiving Rs 220 crore from abroad allegedly violating the Foreign Regulation Act (FCRA), media reports said. The Directorate of Enforcement is probing the alleged violations of FCRA by Kunhammed Musliyar Memorial Trust in Kasargod and its NRI chairman Ibrahim Ahmad Ali. ED sleuths searched …
Kochi: Two Kerala nuns were today granted bail by a NIA court in Chhattisgarh after they were arrested for alleged human trafficking and forced religious conversion on July 25.Sisters Preethi Mary and Vandana Francis, along with Sukaman Mandavi, were taken into custody at Durg railway station based on a complaint of Bajrang Dal activists.The activists …
Kochi: Malayalam actor and mimicry artist Kalabhavan Navas, 51, was found dead in a hotel room where he was in Chottanikkara here on Friday, On Manorama reported.He was found motionless by the room boy.He was rushed to the nearby hospital where he was declared dead.Navas had planned to vacate the room as he was done …
Kochi: A 72-year-old man was arrested for impregnating a minor in Thamarasserry in Kozhikode in Kerala, media reports said.The girl complained of stomach ache following which she was taken to hospital where a medical test confirmed her pregnancy.After taking a statement from the 12 year old girl the accused,who lived near the victim’s house, was …
Kochi: Suspected remains of humans were found at mass burial sites near Nethravathi river in Dharmasthala cited by a former sanitation worker who turned a whistleblower.The excavation was done by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the presence of Karnataka government departments officials.The whistleblower claimed that there were 13 spots where he had buried bodies …
Kochi: The LuLu Group, which has good ties with the Left parties, is feeling the heat of protest by the CPM which is disputing allotment of land to the group at a strategic point “illegally”, media reports said.Demanding cancellation of the allotment, they sought a CBI probe into the ‘illegal land allotment’ to the UAE …
Kochi: A special NIA court in Mumbai acquitted all the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, media reports said.The accused included former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit were absolved by the court saying that the prosecution ‘failed to prove the case’.The provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act …
Kochi: Rapper Vedan has been booked for rape on the basis of the complaint of a young doctor, media reports said.Thrikkakara police registered the FIR under 376 (2) (n) for allegation of raping a woman multiple times from August, 2021, to March, 2023.The complainant accused him of backing out from his promise to marry her.In …
Kochi: Indian and US launched a new satellite to closely monitor minute changes on Earth, sea, and ice sheets from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta near Chennai on Wednesday, BBC reported. Data from the joint mission by Indian Space agency ISRO and NASA will help the world in preparing and dealing with disasters. The …
Kochi: A woman allegedly linked to a banned terror outfit Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), was nabbed by Anti Terror Squad (ATS) of Gujarat at Bengaluru on Wednesday, Deccan Herald reported.The accused, Shama Parveen, 30, is the fifth suspect arrested in connection with their suspected links to AQIS.The Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh …
Kochi: The BJP has condemned the arrest of Kerala nuns under the Anti Conversion Act of 2006 brought by the Congress Government in Chhattisgarh where the Saffron party isworking hard to secure the release of the nuns.Rejecting Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai’s claims on the arrest, the BJP asserted that the nuns were not …
Kochi: A massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote and far eastern coast after which Tsunami warnings were issued for parts of Russia, Japan, and Alaska, as well as all of Hawaii on Wednesday, CNN reported.The earthquake hit Russia at a depth of 18.2 kilometers.In 2011 a 9.0 magnitude earthquake had hit northeast Japan, …
Kochi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack were neutralised by the Indian Army, CRPF and J&K Police in an encounter tagged Operation Mahadev, media reports said.Over three months after Pakistani terrorists gunned down 26 civilians, at Pahalgam, the Army’s para commandos have killed Suleiman, believed to …
Kochi: The Union government hasdisputed claims regarding Indian nurse Nimisha Priya serving a death sentence made by ‘Grand Mufti ’ Kanthapuram A P Abubakar Musliyar who has withdrawn his post on social media platform X.The post regarding the overturning of the death sentence of Nimisha Priya in Yemen, has been deleted by Kanthapuram.The Tribune daily …
Kochi: A Muslim cleric has landed in trouble as the police have filed an FIR against him for allegedly making objectionable and inflammatory remarks against Dimple Yadav, MP, of Samajwadi Party, media reports said.Maulana Sajid Rashidi was booked for making the alleged remarks against former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s wife during a televised debate, an …
Kochi: In a major development, Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, 37, escaped the gallows as her death sentence issued by a Shariat court in Yemen was overturned, Times of India reported.The report quoted a statement from the office of Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram A P Abubakker Musliyar said.“The death sentence of Nimisha Priya, which was previously …
Kochi: Teenager Divya Deshmukh beat 38-year-old Koneru Humpy in an all-Indian final to become the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup on Monday in Batumi, Georgia, media reports said.The 19-year-old Divya of Nagpur beat Humpy using black pieces in the second rapid tie-breaker game.The winner was spotted through a tie-breaker. Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh played …
Kochi: Terrifying public support to legendary Communist late V S Achuthanandan, 101, is heating up a debate over the harassment meted out to him during his tenure as Kerala Chief Minister and later, political observers said.One of the founders of CPM in 1964, who Achuthanandan passed away on July 21, is in the centre of …
