Kochi: Incarcerated BJP leader R Sugathan on Tuesday took oath of office as councillor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation inside the Viyyur Central Prison in Thrissur as per High Court of Kerala’s direction.Sugathan who is under preventive detention under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA), took oath insidethe prison library hall at 11 a.m.Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V …
Kochi: A court on Monday convicted Chenthamara, 61, for murdering his neighbour Sudhakaran and mother Lakshmi in Palakkad on January 27, 2025.The Additional District and Sessions Court-IV, Palakkad will pronounce the sentence on July 15.Chenthamara killed the two while on bail while serving double life imprisonment for killing Sudhakaran’s wife Sajitha in August, 31 2019, …
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two more accused in the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru in 2022.Those arrested were Naushad, 32, of Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada and Abdul Nasir (41) of Somwarpet in Kodagu district, media reports said.The total number of accused arrested in the Nettaru murder case …
Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Friday directed the Cashew Development Department Secretary in charge K Biju to resubmit an affidavit along with amended government order granting sanction for prosecution in multi-crore cashew import case.Rejecting his unconditional apology over his controversial remarks in the original Government Order, the court directed him to issue a …
Kochi: Medical student Savariya of Alappuzha had died due to head injuries inflicted by classmate Sadrul Anam of Malappuram in Uzbekistan.Sadrul was arrested by Police in Uzbekistan where investigation is going on, Asianet News reported.The postmortem report found that Savariya had suffered serious injuries in her entire body.Savariya’s relatives said that her classmates witnessed Anam …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday questioned Lakeshore Hospital Managing Director in connection with organ scam in Kerala.The MD was summoned to ED’s Kochi office to question in connection with cases registered in six police stations in Kerala.Raids were conducted in hospitals across Kerala by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in June following …
Kochi: A 22-year-old medical student Savariyafrom Alappuzha in Kerala was allegedly killed by a classmate Sadharul Anam in Uzbekistan.Savariya, a native of Pilappuzha in Haripad in Alappuzha, was banged on the head with a laptopby Anam, a native of Malappuram four days back.The accused was reportedly taken into custody by Uzbek police.She was rushed to …
Kochi: Thalassery Sub Collector Asif K Yusuf has landed in trouble as the Central government has found him submitting invalid caste certificate issued by Tahsildar of Kanayanur Taluk office.The Centre recommended the Kerala government to take action against Thalassery Asif K Yusuf an 2016 IAS officer.The Centre’s Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said that …
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet against terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed and its proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), in the Pahalgam terror attack case that killed 26 civilians on April 22, 2025. The supplementary charge sheet was filed before the NIA Special Court in Jammu under various …
Kochi: Sixteen SDPI activists accused of killing SFI leader Abhimanyu heard the chargesheet filed against them in a city court in Ernakulam on Monday.All of them denied their role in the crime that took place on July 2, 2018 before the Ernakulam Sessions Court.The trial got stuck in the middle as key documents of the …
Kochi: Three police officers in Thripunithura in Ernakulam were suspended for drinking alcohol inside police barracks.The cops of the Kerala Armed Police 1st Battalion stationed at the Hill Palace police camp were caught during an inspection by officials, Asianet News reported.K Abhilash, N Nawaz and M Vishu were subjected to a breath analyzer test which …
Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Thursday dismissed a plea made by the POCSO case accused Muhammad Farman to prevent his arrest for another two weeks. Farman, who is accused of marrying a minor, was directed by the court to approach the court in Madhya Pradesh as the case was out of Kerala’s jurisdiction. A Special …
Kochi: Three persons were arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for allegedly planning to topple Joseph Vijay-led TVK government, media reports said.The matter surfaced after a TVK leader N Ilaiyaraja, MLA, claimed he was allegedly offered Rs 35 crore to support a resolution against the Assembly Speaker.The investigators claimed former DMK minister V Senthil Balaji and …
Kochi: A 30 year old pregnant woman who checked into a room of lodge in Thrissur on June 27 was found dead in the room on Tuesday.She came to the lodge with an auto rickshaw driver who turned up at the lodge on Tuesday saying that the woman was not responding to phone calls.The lodge …
Kochi: Yasin Malik, former militant leader, and four others were on Monday indicted as the mastermind behind the abduction, torture and murder of nurse Sarla Bhat in 1990.A 737-page chargesheet filed by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) in Kashmir named Yasin Malik as the mastermind, NDTV reported.Sarla Bhat, 36, a staff nurse at the Sher-i-Kashmir …
Kochi: Former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) President P S Prasanth and the temple administration have been indicted in the abarimala gold theft case probed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).The SIT has informed High Court of Kerala gathered evidence against Prasanth and the temple Administrative committee in the criminal conspiracy related to the handover of gold-plated …
Kochi: Thiruvananthapuram Corporation witnessed ruckus on Monday after Congress, LDF protested over inability to sign attendance register.The business started with Mayor V V Rajesh, Kerala Government permitting the display of Pradhan Manthri Awas Yojana (PMAY) logo in front of the houses.Rajesh rushed through the agenda items amid the sloganeering and announced the end of the …
Kochi: Kerala Police rejected Drishyam fame actor Ansiba Hassan’s plea to book Tini Tom whom she accused of making communal and defamatory remarks against her.The Kadavanthra police could not find any grounds for registering an First Information Report report against Tini.The probe report was submitted to the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ernakulam Central, The Hindu …
Kochi: Signs of a government Prosecutor helping a CPM worker accused of attacking ED sleuths secure bail despite Police’s Opposition have surfaced, Asianet News reported. Harish, who is the 9th accused, got bail from the Thiruvananthapuram Sessions court on Wednesday as prosecution did not oppose the bail ignoring police demand opposing the bail. Harish was …
Kochi: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust members Champat Rai and Anil Mishra quit with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s taking strong action in the alleged temple donation misappropriation case. The resignations by Rai and Mishra comes amidst the Special Investigation Team (SIT) unearthing serious lapses in the handling and monitoring of donations offered by devotees …
