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 …
Kochi: Dr M K Ram, prime accused in the death of first-year BDS student R L Nithin Raj of Kannur Dental College, was arrested from Karnataka where he was hiding after his anticipatory bail pleas were rejected by Kerala High Court and Supreme Court.Ram, who is accused of abetment to the suicide of first-year BDS …
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 …
