Kochi: Two women fell victims to human sacrifice carried out by a husband and wife in pursuit of prosperity and happiness in their family near Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, media reports said. Padma of Ponnurunni and Roseline of Kalady were lured by an agent Mohammad Shafi (alias) Shihab of Perumbavur and taken to …
Kochi: The country has witnessed perhaps the biggest narcotics seizure worth Rs 1,978 crore in Mumbai, media reports said. Drugs worth Rs 502 crore were seized soon after narcotics worth Rs 1,476 crore were seized the other day from a consignment of fruits imported allegedly by Vijin Varghese, Managing Director, Yammito International Foods. Vijin of …
Kochi: The Centre has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for five years after finding their activities unlawful, media reports said. The government has declared the ban under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Some of PFI’s founding members were leaders of the proscribed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and had …
Kochi: The NIA will file lookout notices against Abdul Sathar and C Rauf of the Popular Front of India (PFI) for their alleged role in terror activities in the country, media reports said. The notice will be served to Sattar, PFI State General Secretary and Rauf, secretary, in the NIA court Kochi once the agency …
Kochi: Six days after attacking and abusing a father, his daughter and her friend, four employees of the sinking KSRTC are evading arrest with the police not getting any hint of their whereabouts even as the Kerala High Court has expressed concern over the matter. Mohammad Sharif, Station Master, S R Suresh Kumar, duty guard, …
Kochi: Police raided a hypermarket at Thana in Kannur following reports about some of its promoters alleged links with Popular Front of India (PFI) activities, media reports said. The police seized computers, mobile phones and other articles. The police also raided a cloth shop at Prabhat junction. The raids are on in different places including …
Kochi: A total of 157 cases were registered, 170 arrested and 368 persons taken into preventive custody for violence carried out during the PFI hartal in Kerala called to protest against the arrest of its leaders by the NIA. Kottayam topped with 87 arrests, Wayanad 22 and Malapuram only 19. The areas with zero arrest …
Kochi: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested six persons in connection with the rape and murder of two minor Dalit girls in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and other offences including section 302 of the IPC. The accused were identified as …
Kochi: The Crime Branch, probing actor abuse case, has summoned former MLA P C George’s son Shaun George to appear before it on Tuesday morning at Kottayam Crime Branch office in connection with a fake whatsapp group of. The police have reportedly seized a screenshot sent by Shaun to accused actor Dileep’s brother, media reports …
Kochi: Adjourning actor Mohanlal’s Ivory possession case post vacation, the Kerala High Court observed that the actor cannot challenge the case pending against him in a lower court in Perumbavoor. The High Court said that Mohan Lal had no locus standi to seek withdrawal of the case and it was the government which could have …
Kochi: Actor Mohan Lal has approached the Kerala High Court challenging a lower court ruling against him in a case related to the actor possessing ivory. Claiming that he was in possession of the ownership certificate of the ivory, Mohan Lalchallenged the recent order of the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court III, Perumbavoor. The Perumbavoor …
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 …
