Kochi: A Rs 1,000 crore plan for the development of Hill shrine of Sabarimala was announced by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today, media reports said.The projects would be executed to make the shrine safe and convenient for the devotees, he said opening the Global Ayyappa Sangamam atthe foothills on Saturday.Vijayan said that development work …
Kochi: Days after Congress MLA Rahaul Mamkootathil facing sexual allegations, similar charges cropped up against a CPM Kerala legislator K N Unnikrishnan, MLA.Unnikrishnan has accused the Congress of conspiring to harm him and has warned of legal action against those spreading allegations.A woman CPM leader K J Shine Teacher has threatened legal action over the …
Kochi: A tenth standard girl Devika was found dead hanging in her house today, Manorama reported.Devika was found hanging from a saree in the bedroom.She was a student of Government Higher Secondary School, Kundamkuzhi.She was the daughter of Savita running a hotel near Benduduka Gramina bank.Devika was president of Balasangham Benduduka village.Police are investigating the …
Kochi: Twenty four persons including 22 school students were injured when a school van turned over while climbing a hill near Thiruvananthapuram today, media reports said.The incident occurred at Nilamel Veykalnear the border of Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.The students were from Believers Church Vidya Jyothi English School in Kilimanoor. The accident was reported at Maramkuzhy in …
Kochi:After torturing people before cameras in police stations, a cop in Kerala crushed an elderly person on September 7 and went into hiding near the state capital, media reports said.A Station House Officer Anil Kumar of Parashala Police Station not only violated protocol while taking leave, but also left the senior citizen Rajan to die …
Kochi: Exposure of purported leaked audio clip of a DYFI leader accusing party leaders of amassing wealth as they went up in ranks, media reports said.The audio clip of the DYFI leader asks how party leader M K Kannan amassed wealth even as he used to sell peanuts.The audio clip of district secretary and state …
Kochi: Kerala DGP Ravada Chandrasekhar has said that a comprehensive probe was needed to find out the truth behind the allegations against police atrocities in the state, Asianet reported.Action will be taken on incidents which skipped out of the investigation, he said while addressing the north range meeting.He blamed a few police men for tarnishing …
Kochi: A brain eating amoeba has claimed six lives in Kerala with a 47-year-old person of Malappuram falling its prey, media reports said.Known as amoebic meningoencephalitis, it claimed the life of the Malappuram native while he was undergoing treatment at medical college where he was admitted in a critical condition on August 9. A few …
Kochi: Kerala will see massive revision in voters’ list before going to vote for a new government in May 2026 while the state had seen such an exercise in 2002, Manorama reported.The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) had led to protests and legal tangles in Bihar where the last SIR was done in 2003.The Election Commission …
Kochi: Former Kerala Minister and Assembly Speaker, P P Thankachan, 86, of Congress, passed away on Thursday at a hospital at Aluva, media reports said.Thankachan was ailing for some time now.P Paulose Thankachan born on 29 July 1939, at Angamali in Ernakulam District was l Congress party.He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in …
Kochi: Kerala Fire and Rescue Services DGP Yogesh Gupta has moved the CAT accusing the state government of depriving himthe vigilance clearance report sought by the Union Home Ministry for deputation in central services, Manorama reported.Yogesh moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on August 27 blaming stategovernment for denying him the reportruining his chances of …
Kochi: Close on the heels of videos showing Kunnamkulam Police in Thrissur torturing an innocent person, another case of custodial torture in Peechi station in same district has exposed pathetic condition Law and order prevailing in Kerala, media reports said.In the second case in 2023, the victim Ouseph accused the police commissioner of not acting …
Kochi: Four police officers of Kunnamkulam police station were today suspended in connection with custodial assault of a Youth Congress leader V S Sujith on April 5, 2023, media reports said.The action was taken based on the report submitted by the Thrissur Range DIG to the IG of police.The suspended police personnel are Sub Inspector …
Kochi: In a move to act against cops who bashed a Congress leader in custody in 2023, Kerala DGP has sought legal advice to proceed against them, Asianet News reported.The DGP has sought legal possibility of IG reviewing DIG’s previous report that gave minor punishments to three of five erring police men including the Sub …
Kochi: Kerala State Beverages Corporation (BEVCO) earned a record ₹826.38 crore through the sales of liquor during the Onam season ended September 4 posting 6.38 per cent increase in the same period last year.In the same period last year it was Rs 776.82 crore..Onam eve Uthradam day witnessed an increase of 9.23 per cent at …
Kochi: Police allegedly offered Rs 20 lakh to a Congress leader V S Sujith seeking to withdraw the case Sujith had given against five cops for torturing him in a police station in Thrissur, Asianet News reported.Sujith was approached through a local leader to withdraw the case filed in a court after complaints lodged with …
Kochi: Videos of police bashing a Youth Congress leader inside a police station in Thrissur have exposed the cops violating court orders, Manorama reported.Chovannur mandalam president Sujith V S being brutally assaulted inside the Kunnamkulam police station on April 6 2023.The CCTV footage was released following an RTI application filed by Sujith who moved Kunnamkulam …
Kochi: Onam celebrations in Kerala Legislative Assembly were hit by a tragedy when a 46 m-year-old reveler Junais collapsed and died in the middle of the events on Monday, media reports said.V Junais, who was the deputy Librarian, was rushed to the General hospital where he died.A resident of Vazhayil House, Karthika Housing Colony, Batheri …
Kochi: A 27 year old woman from Alappuzha was nabbed by police under POCSO for eloping with a teenager, media reports said.The woman who ran away with the boy two days back was not using her mobile phone which made it difficult for the cops to trace her.It was a WhatsApp message from her to …
Kochi: In a major infrastructure initiative by Kerala, construction of the twin tunnel linking Wayanad and Kozhikode was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday, media reports said.The Anakkampoyil–Kalladi four-lane road project will connect Thiruvambadi panchayat in Kozhikode with Meppadi panchayat in Wayanad.He said the project was included in the LDF’s 2021 election …
