Kochi: The postmortem report of Tik Tok fame BJP leader Sonali Phogat, 42, has shown use of blunt force on her, media reports said. Phogat, who died under mysterious circumstances, arrived in Goa on August 22 accompanied by two of her aides Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi against whom police have registered murder charges, the …
Kochi: The Crime Branch conducted a raid in the house of former MLA P C George and his son Shaun George in Poonjar in Kottayam in connection with the actor assault case of 2017. The raid was held in connection with alleged dealings of Shaun with Dileep’s brother, media reports said. The investigation team has …
Kochi: A local court in Pathanamthitta has directed police to register a case against former Kerala Minister K T Jaleel for making objectionable remarks on Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tiruvalla, issued the direction on a petition filed by an RSS leader Arun Mohan who said the remarks made by Jaleel were …
Kochi: At Least 12 bus crew, including seven drivers, of private buses were taken into custody after they were found inebriated in Thrissur today. Five conductors were also apprehended for being under the influence of alcohol during the raid, media reports said. The buses have been impounded and the police are going to seek cancellation …
Kochi: A court in Palakkad today cancelled the bail of 12 accused facing charges in the murder of a tribal Madhu in Attapadi in Palakkad in 2018 for violating bail conditions. The prosecution argued that the accused had influenced the witnesses violating the Kerala High Court’s bail conditions due to which some of the witnesses …
Kochi: In a swift operation, police nabbed a top customs official for helping smugglers to smuggle gold through Karipur airport in Kozhikode, media reports said.Muniappa was held after the police chief of Malappuram got a tip-off about the smuggling.Gold weighing 320 grams was seized from the possession of Muniappa who had recently resumed duty as …
Kochi: The sexual abuse case registered against Director Balachandra Kumar turned out to be fictitious. The police moved the Kerala High Court seeking permission to close the case as there was no evidence to prove the allegations. The case was registered after a woman accused Kumar of abusing her in the house of a lyricist …
Kochi: An arrest warrant pending against Bihar’s new Law Minister Karthikeya Singh of the RJD has jolted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who feigned ignorance about the case. Singh and many others are facing arrest in an abduction case with the intention to eliminate a builder. A court had on July 14 issued an arrest warrant …
Kochi: Murder of a CPM leader in Palakkad has triggered speculation on the perpetrators’ political identity even as CPM has put the blame on RSS. While a witness, having affiliation with the CPM, alleged that the killers were CPM activists while some accused the BJP of behind the murder. Shahjahan, 40, was killed last night …
Kochi: The actor abuse case survivor has moved the Kerala High Court seeking change of her case from the Principal Sessions Court to a different court. She prayed to the court that the decision to shift her case to Principal Session Court is illegal, media reports said. The survivor also sought to change of the …
Kochi: A son of a priest burgled his own house at Kuropada in Kottayam in Kerala.The priest Ilappanaal, Fr Jacob Nainan and his wife had gone to the church when the incident took place the other day, media reports said. On their return they found their house ransacked and chili powder strewn all around and …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has sent notice to actor Dileep in response to prosecution plea seeking to cancel his bail in connection with the 2017 actor abduction and assault case. The prosecution said it had sufficient evidence to prove that Dileep, who is the eighth accused, tried to sabotage the case by influencing the …
Kochi: A minor and her 37-year-old lover allegedly banged to death her parents who prevented her from marrying her lover in Jharkhand, media reports said. The 15-year-old girl was trying to elope with her lover to get married when her parents came on their way in their house in East Singhbhum on Sunday, the reports …
Kochi: A 24-year-old DYFI leader Surya Priya was found murdered in Konnallur in Chittilancherry Palakkad today. A 27-year-old Sujeesh of Anakappara in Anjumurthimangalam has surrendered before the Alathur police claiming responsibility for the murder. Surya Priya was DYFI Konalloor unit secretary Chittilanchery area committee member and CDS member of the CDS of Melarcode panchayat. The …
Kochi: Diplomatic baggage gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh today alleged that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan helped a UAE native leave the country in 2017 after he was booked for carrying a banned satellite phone, media reports said.She told reporters in Kochi that the accused was held by the CISF at Nedumbassery airport on August …
Kochi: A DNA test has confirmed the identity of Irshad who was abducted by gold smugglers in Panthirikkara in Kozhikode district in Kerala for retrieving the gold Irshad was supposed to carry for them. The body of Kozhikunnummel Irshad was found in Kadaloor river on July 17, but the police was not able to confirm …
Kochi: The Crime Branch has moved the Kerala High Court seeking cancellation of actor abuse case accused Dileep’s bail.Earlier, the trial court had rejected the plea following which the Crime Branch had approached the High Court challenging the lower court order.Rejecting the plea, the trial court had in April said that the prosecution had failed …
Kochi: Transport Minister Antony Raju moved Kerala High Court seeking to quash the charge sheet filed against him in connection with tampering of evidence in a drug smuggling case. Raju argued that the prosecution had not completed the procedures before filing the chargesheet. The move comes when the trial court’s going to hear the case …
Kochi: The NIA court sentenced Thadiyanantavida Nazeer and Sabir Buhari to seven years imprisonment in connection with the 2005 Tamil Nadu Government bus burning case at Kalamassery in Ernakulam in Kerala.The court sentenced Thajuddin to six years imprisonment in the case.The court imposed a penalty of Rs 1.75 lakh on Nazeer while the penalty on …
Kochi: Defrauders of gullible depositors in cooperative societies can no longer get away just like that as the central government has set up a dedicated ministry headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discipline the Cooperative sector. The RBI has been armed with more powers by amending Banking Regulation Act after the Punjab Maharashtra …
