Kochi: A Land Revenue Tahsildar was arrested red handed on Friday for accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a person for settling a fake dispute tailored by the official.Joseph Anthony of Kanayannur Taluk in Ernakulam was arrested by Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption sleuths at Kadavanthra with two of his agents Kannan …
Kochi: A trainee cop was arrested and terminated from service for using Rs 7 lakh collected for buying and stitching uniforms for trainees on an online betting game. A police team from Peroorkada in Thiruvananthapuram arrested Sambhu R Krishnan who was a trainee in the Special Armed Police (SAP).Shambhu, who was booked under section 318 …
Kochi: In a pre-dawn operation, noted criminal Arjun Ayanki was arrested by the police led by a top official in Kannur after a hunt of over two days.Ayanki allegedly attempted to give a slip to the police, when the cops zeroed in on him in the wee hours.He was arrested along with another person from …
Kochi: Two students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) were denied anticipatory bail by a Mumbai court for allegedly shouting slogans in backing jailed activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.The court observed that the charges that the students had shouted slogans in support of Khalid and Imam besides recovery of electronic devices, weighed …
Kochi: History-sheeter Arjun Ayanki’s brother Akhil and two others were arrested by policeon Friday as part of move to capture fugitive Arjun who threw challenges to Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and police officials.In a Facebook post, Ayanki slighted Chennithala’s recent warning on a crackdown on goons threatening police officers.Police are hunting for Arjun who is …
Kochi: A 14-year-old boy shot himself dead before killing seven people by opening fire at them at in Bangkok.The student killed his grandparents and five teachers before taking his own life, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters, BBC reported.Thirty people were injured in the firing out of which condition of nine of them were …
Kochi: Udhayanidhi Stalin, former Tamil Nadu deputy Chief Minister, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with alleged remarks purportedly on popular actor Trisha.The senior DMK leader was arrested for his alleged controversial remark on Trisha addressing a public rally in Thanjavur, the Hindu reported.A leading actor, Udhayanidhi, who is Leader of the Opposition in Tamil …
Kochi: Former Tamil Nadu minister and actor Udhayanidhi Stalin of DMK was detained by police on Tuesday for remarks about actor Trisha, media reports said.Udhayanidhi made the alleged controversial remarks against Trisha during a Cauvery rights protest at Thanjavur.“… Did I say something wrong? Did I take something anybody’s name except the Chief Minister?”, he …
Kochi: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomarwere acquitted on Monday by a Delhi court in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) court delivered the judgement.Six noted wrestlers had accused Brij Bhushan Singh, former, BJP MP, ofharassing …
Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Monday granted bail to nine Left activists accused ofattacking Directorate of Enforcement sleuthswhile collecting evidence against Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan’s daughter Veena T in a money laundering case on May 27.Kiran P S., Jeevan, Anil Kumar, Sreejith, Nishad, Siddharth S, Shefeek, Nandhu G R, Rahul A Rajan were …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has informed the High Court of Kerala CPM workers had plotted to kill their sleuths during a raid in connection with a money laundering case against Kerala Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena T on May 27.Opposing the bail pleas of the accused, the ED told the High Court …
Kochi: An intense low-pressure over central India triggered widespread rain across Kerala with the weather Department sounding a red alert in eight districts in the state where four death have been reported.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared a Red alert in Idukki, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod, the Hindu reported.An orange alert …
Kochi: A court in Wayanad sentenced five years Rigorous imprisonment to four persons in connection with attacking police official Salam during the Muthanga agitation of 2003.The Wayanad District and Sessions court slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 on each of them while it ordered to pay Rs 7 lakh to the family of Vinod who …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister has been given a clean chit by the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (VACB) in the Punarjani housing scheme, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, on Thursday said.Chennithala on Thursday formally declared that Satheesan has been given a clean chit asprobed into alleged irregularities in the Punarjani scheme found no evidence against Satheesan.has …
Kochi:The CBI has indicted six including Swapna Suresh and Santhosh Eappen in the chargesheet filed in the Life Mission corruption case in Thrissur in Kerala. Santhosh Eappen, Managing Director, Unitac Builders, is the first accused, followed by Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair, and Sarith.A total of about ₹4 crore to ₹4.5 crore was allegedly embezzled as commission/bribes out …
Kochi: In a suspected terror attack a woman was killed and 16 others injured, some of them seriously, when a car driven by the suspect Abdul, 21, plouwed into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event around 22:00 hours Berlin Standard Time (BST). The woman died on the spot while about 2,200 cops have launched …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has alleged that Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) paid Rs 2.78 crore to Veena T and her Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd without getting any services as she was daughter of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, media reports said. In a report filed before the Adjudicating Authority, the ED has …
Kochi: Kerala government on Friday formally placed M R Ajith Kumar, Former DGP, Law and Order in connection with allegedly sabotaging probe into attack on Youth Congress protesters at Alappuzha in December 2023.The government placed him under suspension as his continuance in service could affect the fairness of the inquiry.The Special Investigation Team had found …
Kochi: Former Sabarimala Devaswom Board president P S Prashanth was taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team on Thursday in connection with the temple gold robbery case.Prashant, who was picked up from his residence in Thiruvananthapuram, is likely to be arrested soon.Prashanth had himself posted on his Facebook post that he was foreseeing his …
Kochi: Chenthamara, 59, was sentenced to death by a Palakkad court in the sensational 2025 Nenmara double murder case killing a mother and son.Delivering the sentence, the Palakkad Additional Sessions Court IV observed that the case fell under the “rarest of the rare” category. The court slapped a fine of Rs 20 lakh to be paid as compensation …
