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Kochi: A software engineer, his wife and two children were found dead in their house in Chandapura Uzhavathukadavu in Kodungaloor today. The dead were identified as Ashif, 40, wife Aseera, 34, children Asara Fathima, 13 and Anonees, 8. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide due to financial crunch. Presence of carbon monoxide was found

Kochi: A five-year-old girl was killed when a wild elephant attacked her at Kannanakuzhy in Athirappally in Chalakkudy on Monday. Daughter of Nikhil of Puthanchira in Mala, Agnimia was injured when the elephant hit her with its trunk while she was traveling on a two wheeler with her father and grandfather Jayan. The elephant came

Kochi: A government bus conductor was fired from service for allegedly misbehaving with a woman traveler in a bus in Vaikom recently. P P Anil Kumar of Vaikom KSRTC depot was dismissed from service after an enquiry conducted by the vigilance department found him guilty, media reports said. Earlier, he was suspended and a departmental

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday adjourned actor Dileep’s anticipatory bail plea case for Tuesday.The court directed police not to arrest the actor before that. The actor had moved the court after an FIR was filed against him for conspiring to harm a few cops on the basis of materials provided by film director

Kochi: Cultural capital Thrissur is one city that is not shy of trying novel ways to implement ideas that turns out to be a major success. One such project successful tried by ThrissurCorporation is leasing out of the dull looking Vadakke stand to South Indian Bank which has meticulously converted it into a lovely little

Kochi: Late Congress leader P T Thomas had a financial liability of over Rs 75 lakh which should be cleared by the party, UDF Ernakulam district chairman Dominic Presentation said. However, the party has not yet made any official statement regarding this. This would be a great tribute toThomas, who passed away last month, media

Kochi: The actor assault case victim has appealed to the Chief Minister to order a further probe into the case in the wake of the resignation of two prosecutors and new revelations made by a director against Dileep. Expressing fear over the dilution of the case, she said the disclosure made by director Balachandra Kumar

Kochi: Noted film director K S Sethumadhavan, 90, who initiated great actors like Mammootty, Kamal Hassan, Suresh Gopi into the world of acting, passed away at Chennai on Friday media reports said. Born in 1931 at Palakkad, Sethumadhavan took to film after completing his graduation from Victoria College. He did some outstanding films with actor

Kochi: Nonagenarian technocrat E Sreedharan of BJP has bid adieu to active politics citing age reasons. Increasing age was causing difficulty in becoming active in politics, he told reporters.However, he said that he will be there in politics, but not active. While stepping into the hustings there was tremendous confidence, he said. Sreedharan said he

Kochi: Charge Sheet has been filed against three including dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi in a court in Thiruvananthapuram on different charges including assaulting YouTuber Vijay P Nair. The police filed a charge sheet against the dubbing artist, activists Diya Sanaa and Sree Lakshmi Arakkal for trespassing into youtuber’s lodge to abuse, splash ink and making life

Kochi: Unnatural deaths of women continue unabated as a widow and her teenaged son succumbed to their burn injuries in a hospital in Ernakulam. Sindhu, 42, and her 17-year-old son were taken by neighbours and relatives to a hospital where Sindhu died on Sunday and son on Monday, media reports said. Neighbours and relatives broke

Kochi: In a tragic incident, five members of a family hailing from Beypore in Kozhikode were killed in a road accident. Mohammad Jabir, 48, his wife Shabana, 36, children Laiba, 7, Saha, 5, Lufthi 3, were traveling from Jubail to Jizan when their vehicle collided with the vehicle of a native last night at Dammam.

Kochi: Senior CPM leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan resumed his duties as the secretary of the state unit of CPM today. The decision of Kodiyeri’s return to the post was taken by the CPM state secretariat at Thiruvananthapuram today. Kodiyeri had proceeded on leave on November 13, 2020 due to his ill healthfollowing which A Vijayaraghavan took

Kochi: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has urged the people to remain extremely careful in the wake of Omicron variant of coronavirus being reported in neighbouring Karnataka. She said people should stick to the basics of getting vaccinated, avoid gatherings, using masks, sanitisers, and keep a safe distance among others. The state is strictly following

Kochi: The brutal murder of CPM leader Sandeep Kumar in Turuvalla in Pathanamthitta was a result of personal enimity, police said. The prime accused Jishnu had a personal grudge against Sandeep, police said. There are a few criminal cases pending against him. Out of the five accused, four have been detained by police. Jishnu, 23, 

Kochi: In a major embarrassment to the CPM, CBI today indicted a former CPM legislator K V Kunhiraman in the murder of two Youth Congress activists Kripesh, 21 and Sharath Lal, 24 at Periya in Kasaragod in 2019. Others indicted in the case were Raghavan Valatholi, K V Bhaskaran, Gopa Kumar(alias) Gopan Velutholy and Sandeep