Kochi: Eight convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case were granted bail by the Supreme Court today.However, the Apex Court rejected applications of four others who were convicted to death.The bail was granted in view of the convicts spending 17-18 years in prison.Earlier, the Gujarat government had opposed petitions seeking bail in the case.Fiftynine …
Kochi: A 11-day-old infant baby was recovered from a childless woman who had bought it for Rs 3 lakh from the real mother of the child in Thiruvananthapuram, media reports said. The matter came to the notice of the Childline which informed the police who took the woman and infant to the Child Welfare Committee …
Kochi: South Asia’s maiden Water Metro Service in Kochi will be launched by Prime Minister in Thiruvananthapuram on April 25even as Kerala Chief Minister had inaugurated it two years back.While the Prime Minister was going to dedicate the project to the nation, Pinarayi had opened the Vyttila-Kakkanad route through video conferencing in February 2021 ahead …
Kochi: Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Kerala on Saturday. The crescent moon was not sighted in the state on Thursday.The festival marks the end of the month-long dawn to dusk fasting month of Ramadan.As a result of this the state government has declared two consecutive holidays on Friday and Saturday.Earlier, the holiday was on Friday.Kerala …
Kochi: The ED has filed chargesheet in a Special Court against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar in the Life Mission case in which he is first accused.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has named Swapna Suresh as the second accused. She was an official in the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram then.The ED …
AI cameras to discipline road usersKochi: A total of 726 cameras controlled byArtificial Intelligence will open their eyes on Thursday across the state to check traffic violations under the “Safe Kerala” project.The aim is to discipline the road users and bring down accidents by 20 per cent.Pillion riders must wear helmets, those sitting in the …
Kochi: The Railways surrendered before the Union which challenged the suspension of an employee whose action caused a delay in the operation of Vande Bharat during the first trial run, media reports said.The railways had acted against the senior official for giving clearance to a lower priority train ignoring Vande Bharat at Piravom station in …
Kochi: The arrival of Vande Bharat in Kerala has got tremendous publicity with the media tracking its movement from Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur during its trial run on Monday.While political observers see it as a ploy to lure the voters in the coming Lok Sabha polls, the move is certainly going to help the saffron party.Though …
Kochi: Trial run for the semi high speed Vande Bharat began today morning at 5.10 am when it left Thiruvananthapuram for Kannur.The train will reach the destination at 12.30 pm.The train will make its return trip without any delay. The train will be flagged off by the Prime Minister on April 25 at Thiruvananthapuram.Preparing for …
Kochi: Finally Kerala is going to get the much touted Vande Bharat Express this month, media reports said.The Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur via Kottayam is likely to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister during his visit to the state on April 25, the reports said. The 16 rakes train would start from Thiruvananthapuram and have stops …
Kochi: Bureaucrat Siram Venkitaraman, 36,will have to stand trial in the road crash case killing a scribe K M Basheer in August 2019 in Thiruvananthapuram.The Kerala High Court said that the charges of culpable homicide against him are tenable.The court observed that the accused was inebriated and tried to destroy evidence.The court said that statements …
Kochi: In a blow to former PWD Minister V K Ebrahimkunju, the Kerala High Court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to go ahead with its investigation against him in the money laundering case. A division bench of the court vacated the stay which Ebrahimkunju had earned from the court when the central agency was probing …
Kochi: The LokAyukta today rejected a review petition challenging its verdict to transfer the Chief Minister Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) to a full bench.The division bench said the petitioner R S Sasikumar had no evidence to back his allegations.The three member full bench will now consider the alleged CMDRF misuse case against the Chief Minister …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court today rejected a plea seeking a probe against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the diplomatic baggage gold and currency smuggling case. The court accepted the state government’s argument that the plea filed by Aji Krishnan of an NGO is not tenable. The court dismissed the charges that the probe …
Kochi: A woman badly bashed her discarded boyfriend to stop chasing her as she had found a new lover, media reports quoting police said. Lakshmi Priya of Kollam and her new lover in Kollam hired goons to abduct the victim and beat him up mercilessly to discourage him from having any ties with her, the …
Kochi: In a major jolt to the Congress, former Congress Chief Minister’s son Anil Antony joined the BJP on Thursday. Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan, BJP Kerala chief K Surendran were among those present in the function held in Delhi on Thursday. Former Union Defence Minister A K Antony’s son Anil had criticised …
Kochi: A trial court on Wednesday found 14 of the 16 guilty of lynching to death a tribal youth Madhu, 30, in a mob attack in Attapadi on February 22, 2018.The court in Mannarkkad in Palakkad, which will deliver the verdict on Wednesday, found the accused guilty under various sections of IPC and certain provisions …
Kochi: The Soccer School, Thodupuzha, started summer football camp on Sunday. Padmashree awardee, Olympian Shiny Wilson inaugurated the camp organised for girls and boys in the age group of 5 to 17.Former national swimming star and Arjuna awardee Wilson Cherian was the chief guest. Kerala football association president Tom Jose Kunnel, Idukki district football association …
Kochi: All is not well in Congress in Kerala as its aim to crush groupism in the grand old party has failed terribly.While the war between erstwhile ‘A’ and ‘I’ groups has stopped due to the ill health of former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and sidelining Ramesh Chennithala, a new group under former Union Minister …
Dr. Gangadharan has said on record that the doctors were surprised over the way Innocent took it when it was confirmed that he was suffering from it Kochi: Veteran actor Innocent has not only left hundreds of films for people to watch and forget their worries but has become a beacon to those battling cancer. …
