Kochi: BJP in Kerala is in a soup over the attacks on Christians in North India with BJP leaders directly coming under the range of fire of Bishop of Thrissur which sent Suresh Gopi of BJP to Lok Sabha, media reports said.With the Saffron party planning big gains in the local bodies and Assembly polls, …
Kochi: India advised its citizens toavoid deserted areas in Ireland where a six-year-old girl was abused by minors outside her house, Wion News reported.The Indian Embassy in Ireland issued a safety advisory after the girl of Indian origin was brutally assaulted by a group of boys between 12 and 14 years and an 8-year-old girl …
Kochi: Actor Shwetha Menon on Thursday moved the Kerala High Court seeking a stay of a lower Court order directing the police to book her on charges levelled by a social activist, media reports said. The social activist had approached the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court seeking criminal action against her for doing objectionable roles …
Kochi: Malayalam actor Shwetha Menon was booked for doing roles having alleged vulgar and obscene content, media reports said.She was booked under Section 67 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, for making financial gains.The Ernakulam Central police registered a first information report (FIR) against her for doing roles in movies having alleged vulgar and …
Kochi: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has busted a gang allegedly involved in anti national activities, the New Indian Express reported.They were conspiring to incite communal tension as part of waging a war against India. The arrests were part of a probe into radical online networks linked to Pakistan.The UP ATS first detained Ajmal …
Kochi: The Supreme Court on Mondayslammed the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his defamatory remarks about the Indian army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra on December 16, 2022, Times of India reported.A division bench of the court said that a “true Indian won’t make such statements”.“How do you get to know …
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Rape and murder convict, Govindachamy nabbed hours after he jumped the high security Kannur Central Jail from his hideout in Kannur on Friday, media reports said.He was convicted for raping and murdering 23-year-old Sowmya in a moving train between Thrissur and Shornur in Kerala in 2011.He was perched on stairs of a well behind …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has raided 35 premises and 50 companies linked to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group (RAAGA Companies) in a money laundering case related to the Yes Bank loan fraud case, media reports said. The CBI had registered two FIRs in this regard and ED had got inputs from SEBI, the National …
Kochi: The Bombay High Court on Monday set free 12 persons who were convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case that killed 180 people and injured many, media reports said.Absolving them in the July 11, 2006,case, a division bench of the court observed that the prosecution had “utterly failed” to prove the case against …
Kochi: Even as India is inching close to launching bullet trains, it has failed to ensure safety of travellers who lodge complaints on Railmadad on issues like excess charge as it happened on board a train to Vaishnodevi, media reports said.Agents of the blacklisted catering company zeroed in on the passenger who was pulled down …
