Kochi: In a major ruling, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the centre to facilitate a mother to make efforts to save her daughter Nimisha Priya from death sentence in Yemen for murdering her Yenenese business partner Talal Abdo Madhi.The court gave the judgment considering the mother’s appeal against the centre’s travel restriction which …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has stayed the appointment of four nominees to the Kerala University Senate by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, media reports said.Issuing interim stay, the court sent notices to the four students appointed by the Governor.The court decision comes in the wake of a few students of the Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, …
Kochi: SFI activists who protested against the Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan were slapped with section 124 of the IPC, media reports said.This was done after the Governor issued directions to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police after the police booked the accused under lighter chargesfor trying to waylay the Governor during his …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan flayed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for directing the SFI to organise protests at three places in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.Miffed over the protests, the Governor got down from his car and dared the protestors who took to their heels.Alleging that he was not provided enough security, the Governor asked …
Kochi: The dowry death accused Dr Ruwais’ father has gone underground in connection with the suicide of his son’s fiance Dr Shahna the other day near Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said.His house at Karunagappally was found locked when police went searching for him.Dr Shahna’s mother alleged that Dr Ruwais’ father was also involved in demanding dowry. …
Kochi: Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has failed to clock the deadline of March 2022 in completing the work in the 1.63 km S N Junction – Tripunithura stretch, reports said. The contractors had agreed to complete the project in 20 months. Piling began in August 2020 and work is still going on. The tentative …
Kochi: CPI Kerala chief Kanam Rajendran, 73, passed away due to a heart attack here today.He was undergoing treatment for diabetes in a hospital in Kochi.Rajendran was not active in politics for over three months due to ill health.Born on November 10, 1950, in Kootikkal, in Kottayam, Kanam made his entry to politics through AIYF. …
Kochi: Mahua Moitra of Trinamool Congress was expelled from the Lok Sabha on the cash-for-question allegations on Friday, media reports said. Mahua was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha during the debate despite the Trinamool’s request to make her the speaker on behalf of the party. The voting favoured expulsion of Mahua Moitra …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday issued notices to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter T Veena and others in connection with alleged illegal financial transactions with Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), media reports said.Others to get notices are former ministerand Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, Muslim league leaders P K Kunhalikutty, V K …
Kochi: jeopardising the dream of forming a third front in Kerala, the Twenty20 has bid good bye to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), media reports said.Entrepreneur and chief of Twenty20, Sabu M Jacob, said the People’s Welfare Alliance is being disbanded.The matter has been brought to the notice of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Jacob said.Vinod …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has ordered investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to the memory card containing assault clippings of the survivor in the Actor abuse case of 2017, media reports said. The court ordered the investigation while hearing a prayer of the survivor who expressed fear that unauthorised access of the memory card …
Kochi: A medical doctor E A Ruwais, 28, was detained in connection with the suicide of a fellow doctor Shahna whom he was planning to marry, media reports said. He had gone into hiding after the case and was nabbed from a relative’s house Karunagappally in Kollam.Police have handed over his phone to the cyber …
Kochi: The All India Kisan Sabha of CPI has demanded revoking of the Forest Department’s notification to convert 364.39 hectares of land in Chinnakanal Village to Reserve Forest in Idukki district in Kerala. Its vice president Mathew Varghese welcomed the Kerala government’s decision to suspend the implementation of the order. Mathew said the government should …
Kochi: Charge Sheet was filed in the controversial Muttil tree cutting case in the First Class Judicial Magistrate’s court, Sultan Bathery on Monday.The 84,600-page charge sheet was filed after perusing 400 articles of evidence, including DNA test reports of the trees to study their age.Twelve persons including Muttil South village officer K K Aji and …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has intensified its probe into money received in bank accounts operated by the CPM in the Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam in Thrissur in Kerala, media reports quoting ED said. The amount that was received by CPM accounts in Karuvannur Cooperative Bank were not substantiated by the CPM district secretary …
Kochi: Three members of a family were detained in connection with the abduction of the 6-year-old Abigel Sara Reji who was later found abandoned in Kollam city, media reports said. The arrested, which included two male and a female, belonged to Chathannoor in Kollam.They were arrested in Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu by a special squad …
Kochi: Senior government pleader of the Kerala High Court P G Manu resigned after a sexual abuse case was registered against him, media reports said.The resignation was submitted to the Advocate General after he was booked on the basis of a complaint of a 25-year-old woman who accused him of sexually abusing her when she …
Kochi: In a blow to 29 lawyers, the Kerala High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against them for allegedly abusing a female Magistrate in Kottayam.The lawyers had also boycotted court proceedings as a protest against the Chief Judicial Magistrate booking lawyer Nawab M P in an alleged fraud case under various sections of the IPC.A …
Kochi: After 20 hours of suspense, abducted six year old Abigel Sara Reji was traced at Asramam ground in Kollam today, media reports said. The abductors had escaped after abandoning the child who was noticed by the people, the reports said. The girl was found at about 1.30 pm by the people who informed the …
Kochi: A six-year-old girl was abducted for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from Kollam in a car while she was returning home from school with her brother, media reports said.The abductors came in a white car and dragged Abigel Sara and into the car when Abigel and her eight year old brother Jonathan reached …
