Kochi: A huge financial irregularity of Rs 211 crore is staring at the Congress-ruled Kottayam municipality which is meeting today for the first time after the issue surfaced, media reports said.The ruling Congress has not reacted to the finding of the audit conducted by the Local Self Government Department recently.The audit found missing Rs 211 …
Kochi: Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan was booked by Kochi police on the basis of a harassment complaint lodged by actor Manju Warrier, media reports said.Sanal, who is residing in the US, is on bail after he was arrested on the basis of her complaint in May 2022.Manju accused him of harassing the actor over …
Kochi: Four persons including two women drowned in Kallagathu beach while they were bathing in the beach in Thikkodi in Kozhikode in Kerala on Sunday evening.The deceased were natives of Kalpetta in Wayanad. One person was rescued.The victims were part of a team belonging to a gym.
Kochi: Malayalam film director Shafi, 56, passed away due to brain haemorrhage last night here, media reports said.He was hospitalised on January 16 due to severe headaches and insomnia. It was found that he was suffering from brain hemorrhage for which he underwent surgery. His condition deteriorated following which he was put on a ventilator …
Kochi: Many elderly people in Kerala live at the mercy of their offsprings, mainly sons, Department of Social Justice’s National Helpline for Senior Citizens said, media reports said.According to the 2023-24 annual report, 38 percent of the elderly are mistreated by their sons, while 15% suffer abuse from daughters-in-law.The abuse includes physical and mental mistreatment …
Kochi: A court in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday sentenced S S Greeshma, 24, to death for poisoning her boyfriend, Sharon Raj (23) to death, to marry another person, media reports said.Delivering the verdict, Neyyattinkara Additional Sessions Court sentenced her uncle Nirmalakumaran Nair to three years jail term for destroying the evidence.The court in its 586 judgment …
Kochi: Kerala Kalamandalam got its first male dance teacher after R L V Ramakrishnan joined the institution as Assistant Professor in Bharatanatyam.Vacancy for the post was announced two months back in accordance with UGC guidelines. Ramakrishnan who applied for the post and cleared the prescribed examination and interview and topped the list.Ramakrishnan, who is the …
Kochi: Non payment pf GST compensation and reduced grants have put Kerala in financial difficulties, new Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar said on Friday.Delivering his maiden address at the 13th session of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly on Friday,Arlekar said the government was committed to implement rehabilitation of Wayanad and will complete the construction of …
Kochi: Four members of a family met with a watery grave in Bharathapuzha at Painkulam in Cheruthuruthy in Thrissur today.Kabir, 47, wife Shahina, 35, their daughter Sara, 10, and Shahina’s niece Fuwath, 12, drowned in the river.The family reportedly visited the Bharathapuzha in the evening after arriving at Shahina’s sister’s house.According to locals the children …
Kochi: A Bangladeshi woman was arrested in Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district for illegally residing in India, media reports quoting police on Thursday.On getting an alert, a police team swung into action and nabbed the woman named Tasleema.She was living with a Bihar native in Perumbavoor which is a settlement of a large number of migrant …
Kochi: Malayalam actor and mimicry artist Koottickal Jayachandran was denied anticipatory bail by Kerala High Court in a POCSO case on Tuesday, media reports said.Jayachandran, accused ofmolesting a minor girl under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.The case was registered at Kasaba police station in Kozhikode in June 2024 based on a …
Kochi: Incarcerated entrepreneur and jeweller Bobby Chemmanur on Tuesday secured a bail from the Kerala High Court in a sexual harassment case filed by an actressThe police did not oppose Bobby’s bail application.A magistrate court in Ernakulam had remanded Bobby to 14 days of judicial custody on January 9. He was arrested on January 8 …
Kochi: Two teenaged girls succumbed to the injuries sustained after falling into Peechi Dam in Thrissur on Monday, media reports said.Ann Grace, 15, and Aleena, 16, from Pattikad died at Jubilee Mission Hospital in Thrissur.The victims were among the four who jumped into the Dam reservoir to rescue Nima’s sister who was drowning on Sunday.Erin …
Kochi: A king cobra was caught from the hill shrine of Sabarimala in Pattanamthitta district of Kerala, media reports said.The forest department has no history of catching a king cobra in the premises of the abode of Lord Ayyappa in the past, the reports said.A king cobra was caught in Pamba, which is the gateway …
Kochi: Twenty priests and 200 faithfuls were booked for unlawful gathering and rioting in the outside the Bishop House of Angamaly-Ernakulam archdioce on Saturday, media reports said.Ernakulam Central Police registered two cases following the alleged ruckus outside the Bishop House of the Angamaly-Ernakulam archdiocese, the reports said.The problem started after police tried to remove a …
Kochi: Petrol pumps in Kerala will strike work from 6 am to 12 pm on Monday, media reports quoting petroleum dealers’ association said.The strike is to protest against the alleged assault on association leaders by tanker lorry drivers’ union members, the reports said.The alleged assault happened during a meeting at the HPCL office in Kozhikode. …
Kochi: The Bishop House of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese witnessed unpleasant scenes when police evicted priests who were observing a peaceful fast at Bishop’s house in the wee hours of Saturday.This led to the supporters of the priests rushing to the spot and engaging in heated arguments with the police who evicted the priests who were protesting …
Kochi: In a startling revelation, an 18-year old girl accused over 60 persons of raping her for the last 5 years since she was 13 years old in Pattanamthitta leading to the arrest of 5 persons, media reports said.Based on a complaint received by the Child Welfare Committee (CMC) from the girl, FIRs have been …
Kochi: Controversial leader P V Anwar, MLA, in Kerala, joined the All India Trinamool Congress (AITUC) which is in power in West Bengal today.National General Secretary AITUC Abhishek Bannerjee gave the membership to Anwar who fell out with Kerala CPM Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and quit the Left coalition in Kerala making serious allegations against …
Kochi: Income Tax sleuths raided a jewellery firm unearthing alleged significant tax evasion and large-scale money laundering, media reports said.The Income Tax Department has allegedly unearthed huge tax evasion by the firm across Kerala, the reports said.The Income Tax Investigation wing has carried out inspections at 30 stores in the state.The agency accused the firm …
