Kochi: A 27 year old woman from Alappuzha was nabbed by police under POCSO for eloping with a teenager, media reports said.The woman who ran away with the boy two days back was not using her mobile phone which made it difficult for the cops to trace her.It was a WhatsApp message from her to …
Kochi: A school teacher was booked for allegedly discouraging Muslim students from taking part in celebrations of other religions, the Hindu reported.The female teacher of Sirajul Uloom English High School, Kadavallur, sent audio clips to parents asking them to prevent their wards from attending such functions, the reports said.The Kunnamkulam police have registered a case …
Kochi: The Kerala Crime Branch will collect evidence from women who had reportedly made allegations of sexual abuse against Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, of Congress, Asianet News reported.The investigation team will also collect statements from those who have indirectly accused Rahul of abusing them.Crime Branch DySP Binu Kumar will lead the investigation.Rahul is likely to meet …
Kochi: Rapper Vedan, 31, secured an anticipatory bail from Kerala High Court in rape case filed by a young doctor Wednesday, Manorama reported. Delivering the bail to Hiran Das Murali, (alias) Vedan, the court observed that the registration of a new crime against the rapper or the possibility of another crime being registered cannot be …
Kochi: Dismissing a plea seeking a media gag on reports related to Nimisha Priya, senteced to death in Yemen, the Supreme Court on Monday asked do you want nobody should say anything to media?, Manorama reported. The nurse from Palakkad in Kerala was given capital punishment for killing her Yemen native business partner Talal Abdo …
Kochi: A former sanitation worker in Dharmasthala in Karnataka wasarrested and sent to 10-day police custody, media reports said.The accused had alleged he had been coerced into burying multiple murder victims over several years.The Special Investigation Team (SIT) questioned the complainant on Friday.Officials said the arrest was made due to inconsistencies in the statements and …
Kochi: A person from Gujarat allegedly attempted to attack Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta during the weekly public hearing session at her house on Wednesday, media reports said.According to the Delhi CMO, the accused from Rajkot allegedly attempted to assault her while she was interacting with citizens.The accused identified as Rajesh Bhai Khimji Bhai Sakriya, …
Kochi: Actress Minu Muneer was detained by Tamil Nadu police in connection with alleged trafficking of a woman aspiring to become an actor into a sex racket, Manorama reported.Minu, who accused a few actors of sexually abusing her, was taken into custody by Tamil Nadu Police from Aluva in Ernakulam district.Minu was accused of trying …
Kochi: One Rameez of Aluva was arrested for abetment to suicide of his lover Sona Eldhose, 23, near Muvattupuzha, Manorama reported.Police are planning to book Raneez’s relatives who were at their house where Sona was kept in captivity and assaulted.Police have acted based on the dying declaration left behind by Sona.Sona was found hanging from …
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 …
