Kochi: An event organised to express solidarity with the incarcerated journalist Siddique Kappan in Kozhikode today was cancelled as per police direction, media reports said. The function was cancelled after the police got reports of a possible clash and suggested the organisers suspend the seminar planned at Kozhikode town hall. M K Raghavan, MP, of …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader and former CPM Kerala state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, was cremated with full State honour at Payyambalam beach in Thalasserry in Kannur district in North Kerala today. The 69-year-old Balakrishnan, who was battling with cancer, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on October 1. The body was kept at his …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader, former CPM state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, 69, passed away in Chennai tonight, media reports said. Kodiyeri, who was a CPM politburo member, was undergoing treatment for cancer at a private hospital in Chennai, the reports said.He was taken to Chennai on August 29 after his health deteriorated. Born on November 16, 1953, …
Kochi: A Thiruvananthapuram court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the KSRTC workers who allegedly bashed a person who went to renew his daughter’s concession ticket. Rejecting the plea of the five accused, the Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court said it would send a wrong message across the society. The prosecution argued that the accused who …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister’s former principal secretary M Sivasankar has been made sixth accused in the Dollar smuggling case. An amount of Rs 1 crore seized from the locker of another accused Swapna Suresh was the bribe money received by Sivasankar in the Life Mission housing scam, the chargesheet filed by the Customs said. Swapna …
Kochi: Kerala High Court has directed those arrested for unleashing violence and causing destruction during the illegal hartal to pay Rs 5.20 crore to getting bails. The court ruled that the amount should be paid in two weeks failing which the amount be recovered by attaching the properties of the accused, media reports said. The …
Kochi: A total of 221 Popular Front of India and SDPI leaders were arrested during sudden raids conducted across the state today. The raids were conducted in the offices and houses of leaders in many districts mainly Alappuzha, Palakkad and Wayanad. With today’s arrests the total number of those arrested has gone up to 1,809 …
Kochi: The debt-ridden KSRTC has appealed to the Kerala High Court to make good the losses of Rs 5.06 crore suffered by it during the hartal called by Popular Front of India the other day. The KSRTC said that the losses include damage suffered by the buses and loss of revenue for not operating services …
Kochi: A blogger and youtuber, Kiran Anand Namboodiri, is the new head priest of the famous Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayur in Thrissur. An ayurveda doctor by profession, Kiran, 34, operated a clinic in Moscow for six months. He was also in Dubai for sometime. Kiran did his studies from Coimbatore Ayurveda Pharmacy. Kiran is …
Kochi: Kerala University Vice Chancellor has defied the Governor’s ultimatum to identify a senate member by today for the search committee formed to select the new Vice Chancellor of the University. The VC has written a letter along with the resolution of the senate which said the Governor’s decision to set up the search committee …
Kochi: Senior Congress leader Aryadan Mohammad, 87, passed away at a hospital in Kozhikode on Sunday. Aryadan was in the ICU for the last few days for treatment of infection. Aryadan Mohammad was in Congress from 1952 and remained with it for the last seven decades. He became minister four times and was elected to …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has ruled that the state government should decide how it was going to recover the losses suffered by the KSRTC from the sponsors of the hartal called by the Popular Front of India (PFI) on Friday. The court directed the government to give a report before October 17 when the …
Kochi: Despite Prime Minister’s tall promises of making railways competitive, trains services in Thiruvananthapuram division are operated in inefficient manner. The Tirunelveli-Palakkad Palaruvi Express (16791) was running 40 minutes late on September 21. The train started from Tirunelveli on time and arrived at Kollam Junction on time at 04.15 am.The ghost of lethargy gripped the …
Kochi: In an embarrassment to the Congress, Veer Savarkar’s picture appeared in the flex board erected in connection with the Bharat Jodo yatra led by Party leader Rahul Gandhiat Athani near Aluva near Kochi in Kerala. As the matter surfaced, the state Congress swung into action and replaced the image with that of Mahatma Gandhi …
Kochi: Four employees of the debt-ridden Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) were suspended for assaulting a person who had visited the bus stand with his daughter to renew her concession in Thiruvananthapuram today.Police have also registered case against the accused. Aryanad unit station master A Mohammad Sharief, duty guard of Kattakada depot S R …
Kochi: Over two lakh people in Kerala are suffering from Alzheimers out of the 5.3 million people affected by it in the country. Situation is grim in Kerala where the number of elderly people is higher compared to the other states, Senju Joseph, Director, Best Dementia Care told thenewsskerala.com. More than 16 percent of the …
Kochi: Differences have surfaced in the crisis ridden Congress over the candidature of party presidentship with two senior MPs in Kerala opposing the nomination of Shashi Tharoor, media reports said. Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, said that it was Tharoor’s unilateral decision to contest, the reports said. While K Muralidharan, MP, said those who had allegiance with …
Kochi: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi’s mother Damayanti amma passed away at Amritapuri today, media reports said. She was 97 and was suffering from age related ailments, reports said. Her husband Sugunanda pre deceased her. Kasturi Bai, late Subhagan, Sugunamma, Sajini, Suresh Kumar, Sateesh Kumar, Sudheer Kumar are her other children, reports said. Rishikesh, Shaji, Rajini, Geeta, …
Kochi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan today accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of making intervention seeking extension of Kannur University Vice-Chancellor. Addressing reporters at Thiruvananthapuram, Khan said Pinarayi wrote three letters and visited in person to recommend for his candidature. The Advocate General was sent to give legal advice in support of Pinarayi with the …
Kochi: Kerala is witnessing an unprecedented political crises following the Governor Arif Mohammad Khan falling out with the Left government on different issues including his security. The state is looking forward to know more about the letters the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had written to the Governor who is going to bring them before public …
