Kochi: Three sitting judges and two retired judges of the Madras High Court were among the passengers and crew who escaped a possible train mishap in Salem in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, media reports said.The Erode–MGR Chennai Central Yercaud Superfast Express hit a 10-foot-long piece of rail track and came to a halt as its …
Kochi: Six persons from Tamil Nadu were arrested in Malappuram for allegedly trafficking a nine month old infant to a woman for Rs.1.5 lakh, Asianet reportedThe baby’s mother Keerthana, step father Siva, buyer Aadi Lakshmi, intermediaries Senthil and Prema Latha were arrested.The buyer told Police that she bought the infant for adoption.The actual price demanded …
Kochi: In a hit and run case, the accused sped away after allegedly hitting a cop engaged in vehicle check at Thodupuzha in Idukki district near here.Sub-Inspector E M Muhammed sustained injuries on Saturday afternoon. The official of the Kalloorkad Police Station in Muvattupuzha was admitted to a private hospital in Thodupuzha, media reports said.The …
Kochi: A newly wed woman of Indore killed her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, 29, while celebrating their honeymoon at Meghalaya, media reports said.The accused Sonam, 25, surrendered before the police and confessed to her role in the crime, Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) I Nongrang said on Monday.She surrendered before the police in Ghazipur, Uttar …
Kochi: Leading Oncologist V P Gangadharan has received a threatening letter to kill him and family if Rs 8.25 lakh was not paid in lieu of the death of a girl treated by the doctor, media reports said.The letter was received on May 17 at Lakeshore Hospital issuing death threats accusing the doctor of alleged …
Kochi: Six people were injured after a man attacked a weekly peaceful demonstration organised in seeking release of Israeli hostages by Hamas in an outdoor mall in Boulder in Colorado, BBC reported.The suspect, identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of Egypt, shouted “free Palestine” while throwing Molotov cocktails on demonstrators, the reports said.Soliman, whose visa …
Kochi: As part of unearthing information about alleged sharing of classified information by a CRPF personnel with Pakistani intelligence officers (PIOs), the NIA on Saturday carried out searches at 15 locations spread over 8 states, The Times of India reported.NIA claimed to have seized several electronic gadgets and sensitive financial documents, along with other incriminating …
Kochi: Eight RSS workers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Thrissur court for murdering a DYFI activist Biju, 31, on May 16, 2010, at Kumbalangad, Wadakkanchery, in Thriisur in Kerala, media reports said.Delivering the verdict, the Thrissur Additional District and Sessions Judge III slapped a penalty of Rs 1,44,000 on each of the convicts.The …
Kochi: A 44-year-old man who butchered his wife in his slaughter house suspecting her fidelity was sentenced to death and slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh by a court in Malappuram, media reports said.The Manjeri Additional District Sessions Court II sent Najabuddin (alias) Babu of Kuttamboor in Narikkuni to gallows, for murdering his wife …
Kochi: A former French surgeon, Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was sentenced to a maximum term of 20 years in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014, BBC reported.The victims include two of his nieces.The court had taken into account the fact that the former surgeon targeted unwell, vulnerable and …
Kochi: A CRPF official was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday on charges of espionage, media reports said.Moti Ram Jat, who was accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan Intelligence officers, was dismissed from the service, the reports said.Jat was actively involved in espionage activity with Pakistan Intelligence Officers (PIOs) since 2023, …
Kochi: The ED has filed chargesheet against CPM leaders including K Radhakrishnan, MP, and other party leaders in connection with Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank money laundering case, media reports said.Other CPM leaders named in the chargesheet filed before Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Kochi are A C Moideen, MLA, M M Varghese, …
Kochi: The saga of over three years old girl Kalyani is so terrorising that the child constantly endured sexual torture from her paternal uncle for over an year before she was done to death by her own mother Sandhya on May 19, media reports said.Kalyani went missing while being brought back home by Sandhya who …
Kochi: An Israel national and his fiancee, working at the Israeli Embassy, were killed outside a Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC, BBC reported.The deceased were shot down while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, the reports said.According to Israel’s ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, the two were going to get engaged …
Kochi: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Saifullah Khalid, alias “Vinode Kumar,” was killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media reports said.Khalid was a key conspirator in the 2005 Indian Science Congress (ISC) attack in Bangalore, the 2006 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and the 2008 CRPF camp assault …
Kochi: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Saifullah Khalid, alias “Vinode Kumar,” was killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media reports said.Khalid was a key conspirator in the 2005 Indian Science Congress (ISC) attack in Bangalore, the 2006 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and the 2008 CRPF camp assault …
Kochi: A vicar of a church in Pathiyaram, Erumapetty, in Thrissur was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday, media reports said.The deceased Fr Leo Puthur (32), a native of Perinchery, was vicar of St Joseph’s church.Fr Leo had become vicar at the church on October 22.The sacristan went to the vicar’s residence in connection …
Kochi: A vicar of a church in Pathiyaram, Erumapetty, in Thrissur was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday, media reports said.The deceased Fr Leo Puthur (32), a native of Perinchery, was vicar of St Joseph’s church.Fr Leo had become vicar at the church on October 22.The sacristan went to the vicar’s residence in connection …
Kochi: A 19-year-old girl student of an engineering college in Pune was arrested and remanded to police custody for allegedly making a pro Pakistan slogan, the Indian Express reported. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the National Investigation Agency (NIA), intelligence agencies backed by the Pune city police, are probing the case pertaining to her Instagram …
Cops nab girl for pro Pak postKochi: A 19-year-old girl student of an engineering college in Pune was arrested and remanded to police custody for allegedly making a pro Pakistan slogan, the Indian Express reported. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the National Investigation Agency (NIA), intelligence agencies backed by the Pune city police, are probing …
