Kochi: A youth identified as Shyamjit has been arrested in connection with the murder of 23-year-old woman Vishupriya at Panoor in Kannur in North Kerala today. According to police the accused murdered her for breaking up her relationship with him. She was found murdered inside her house where she was alone when the murder took …
Kochi: The Supreme Court has rejected the survivor’s plea to change the actor abuse case, involving Malayalam actor Dileep, to a different court. Dismissing the prayer, a Division Bench said that the frequent discussions and debates by the media had created wrong perceptions about the case among the public including the petitioner. In her petition, …
Kochi: A Thiruvananthapuram City Court granted conditional anticipatory bail torape accused Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly. The Additional Sessions Court directed Eldhose to appear before the investigation team before October 22. The court warned him against making any attempts to influence the case by persuading or threatening the complainant or witnesses. The accused argued that the …
Kochi: The NIA court has sent five leaders of the banned Popular Front of India to three days custodial interrogation. Karamana Ashraf Moulavi, Abdul Sattar, Yahya Koya Thangal, K Mohammad Ali and C T Sulaiman are those sent to NIA custody. The investigating team prayed for their custody based on the information seized from their …
Kochi: A police officer has been found guilty of delaying action against a Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly in a physical and mental abuse case filed by a woman who was his acquaintance. A departmental enquiry conducted against the Kovalam police station SHO found that he tried to persuade the complainant to withdraw the complaint by …
Kochi: Kerala boasts of having the first elected communist government in Asia in 1957 when E M S Namboodiripad formed a Left government after the formation of the state. It is irrefutable that the state is blessed to have selfless leaders like EMS, A K Gopalan, K R Gouri, T V Thomas, P K Vasudevan …
Kochi: Congress leader Eldhose Kunnappilly, MLA, in Kerala has been booked under non bailable charges after a woman levelled allegations of physical and mental abuse against him. The woman, who was his acquaintance, accused Eldhose of taking her to Kovalam on September 14 and assaulting her after an argument broke out between them and Eldhose …
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 …
