Kochi: The High Court of Kerala on Thursday dismissed of Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter T Veena, her husband Mohamed Riyas against a court verdict of October 9 directing Vigilance Director Department to book them for different crimes including bribery.The division bench held that the order of the Single bench of October 9 has not affected
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Kochi: A fire ignited near Kadavumbhagam Synagogue by Ebin B Paul, 32, of Puthencruz has sent state police and Central intelligence agencies on high alert.The police are probing the accused activities which appeared to be suspicious as he had been communicating with an unidentified handler and making references of other potential targets, Asianet news reported.Ebin
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Kochi: The Comptroller and Auditor General(CAAG) has found large scale irregularities in implementing a project to rebuild 29 PWD roads of 718.94 km across 13 districts at a cost of ₹5119.54 crore benefitting contractors worth about Rs 40 crore, On Manorama reported. Deficiencies in areas like detailed project reports, bidding documents and deviations while executing infrastructure
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Kochi: Kerala Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T and husband Mohammed Riyas, MLA, were booked by the Vigilance for different cases including bribery and Hawala transactions, media reports said. Vijayan, who is former Chief Minister,has been named the first accused in the case related to payments allegedly made by CMRL. In the second case, Riyas has
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Kochi: Honouring High Court of Kerala verdict, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) will register an FIR against Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vjayan in the CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case on Monday, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said on Saturday.The government will not challenge the High Court’s verdict, he told reporters in Muvattupuzha, the Hindu reported.Chennithala said the High
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Kochi: The High Court of Kerala has ordered a fresh CBI probe into the death of noted violinist Balabhaskar in 2018.Setting aside Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate Court’s December 23, 2025 verdict rejecting a plea for further probe sought by Balabhaskar’s parents, the High Court in an order of October 9 directed the CBI to take
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Kochi: In a blow to Congress-led government, Kerala High Court on Friday directed the DGP to book former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena T, and her husband, Mohammad Riyas, MLA in bribery CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case among others.The court order came while hearing a petition filed by activist-lawyer K M Shajahan challenging the state
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Kochi: Social media influencer and motivational speaker Nisha Raphael has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a minor.The case was lodged at the Thrissur West Police Station.The minor was transferred to Thrissur General Hospital for a medical which revealed evidence consistent with sexual assault, Asianet news reported.Thrissur West Police have lodged the complaint
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Kochi: Twenty Five students were booked in University in Kerala’s Kasaragod district for disrupting a two-day seminar held to mark the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, media reports said.Students of outfits including SFI, AISF, KSU and MSF protested against the participation of J Nandakumar, national convener of the RSS-linked Prajna Pravah in the seminar held
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Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raided cooperative banks in Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kozhikode districts, in connection with financial frauds worth several crores.The raids are conducted under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in 20 locations including in residences of office-bearers, governing body members and employees among others, media reports said.The ED sleuths seized articles
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Kochi: In a major relief to the BJP, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday ordered release of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation councillor R Sugathan from detention.Setting aside the preventive detention of the BJP councillor, the court ordered Sugathan’s release from the Viyyur central jail while hearing a plea moved by his wife.Sugathan was sent to preventive detention
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Kochi: An Indian naval man was arrested by Andhra Pradesh special team at Coimbatore for allegedly spying for Pakistan.The 31-year-old Pradeep Mukherjee was arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police Counter Intelligence (CI) on October 3 at INS Agrani in Coimbatore, media reports said.The sailor is accused of allegedly leaking classified maritime intelligence to a Pakistani intelligence
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Kochi: Dubai Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, greeted Indian pilot Smit Machchhar who saved the lives of 172 passengers and crew members by foiling a terror plot to crash a Flydubai aircraft bound for Israel.The prince “appreciated and praised” the pilot for foiling the possible terror attack by neutralising the
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Kochi: India has succeeded in securing the deportation of hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Türkiye, Home Minister Amit Shah said.Navpreet Singh continued to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine to India from Afghanistan by obtaining Turkish citizenship under the fake identity of Navab Virk, Amit Shah said in a social media post.Agencies tracked him down, ripping
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Kochi: Flydubai Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchha, who was attacked by his co-pilot of Oman in the Dubai-Tel Aviv aircraft in an alleged bid to take control of the aircraft, said he opened the cockpit to save 182 passengers on Wednesday.Smit Machchhar said as he was lying on the ground injured and was still being
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Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Flydubai Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar who fought off an apparent hijack attempt on Flydubai. Modi said described Captain Smit as a “her”. India is proud of him, Modi posted on X.The pilot and passengers foiled attempt by the accused pilot who attacked Capt Smit in a bid
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Kochi: A woman was abducted and raped by a two of the five criminals hired by the wife of a person with whom the raped woman had eloped from Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.The victim and her lover were staying in a room in a lodge at Thrissur from where the criminals had abducted the victim
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Kochi: A total of 150 passengers, most of them jews, and crew of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv escaped a possible accident after a pilot was stabbed on Wednesday.The flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia after the attack, Israeli officials have told local media.The Flydubai plane signalled emergency two hours after it took
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Kochi: The Kerala Police have rejected jailed Reporter Channel promoter Anto Augustine plea seeking a date after October 5 to appear for questioning in connection with allegedly abusing Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan.The Police had summoned him to appear on September 28 when Anto failed to appear, Asianet news reported.Reporter Broadcasting Company managing director Anto
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Kochi: Kerala Vigilance department has prepared a list of 1,600 corrupt officials in different departments of the state government as part of project zero.The Vigilance Department is keeping surveillance on 250 staff who are under its red category, Vigilance Director Manoj Abraham told Asianet news.The majority of the suspected corrupt officials are in the Revenue
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