Kochi: The five-year-old Behsa Karimi from Afghanistan had little inhibition while stepping into the world of modern education when she joined Class I in the 113-year-old Government Lower Primary school Mudiyoorkara, Kottayam in Kerala, OnManorama reported.Daughter of Mohammad Fahim Karimi and Ellaha Zahir from Herat City in Afghanistan, she reached school on the first day …
Kochi: Will BJP turn out to be a dark horse in Nilambur where byelection is going to be held on June 19 is a tricky question making rounds in the minds of political pundits raking their heads to predict the result.The BJP’s deliberate move to find a Christian candidate for the NDA front is to …
Kochi: Will BJP turn out to be a dark horse in Nilambur where byelection is going to be held on June 19 is a tricky question making rounds in the minds of political pundits raking their heads to predict the result.The BJP’s deliberate move to find a Christian candidate for the NDA front is to …
Kochi: Trinamul Congress leader P V Anvar has announced his decision to contest the Nilambur byelection in Kerala, media reports said.Traditionally affiliated to the Congress, Anvar was the college union chairman representing Congress.However, he started association with the CPM-led Left front in the 2016 Assembly elections. Anvar was elected as a LDF candidate from Nilambur …
Kochi: Mohan George, 62, is the BJP led NDA candidate in Nilambur byelection to be held on June 19.The decision was taken by the central leadership of the BJP.George is a practicing lawyer in Nilambur. He is a native of Chungathara in Nilambur.Before joining the BJP, he was in Kerala Congress. George is a member …
Kochi: Eight RSS workers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Thrissur court for murdering a DYFI activist Biju, 31, on May 16, 2010, at Kumbalangad, Wadakkanchery, in Thriisur in Kerala, media reports said.Delivering the verdict, the Thrissur Additional District and Sessions Judge III slapped a penalty of Rs 1,44,000 on each of the convicts.The …
Kochi: A 44-year-old man who butchered his wife in his slaughter house suspecting her fidelity was sentenced to death and slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh by a court in Malappuram, media reports said.The Manjeri Additional District Sessions Court II sent Najabuddin (alias) Babu of Kuttamboor in Narikkuni to gallows, for murdering his wife …
Kochi: M Swaraj, 46, of CPM is the LDF candidate in the Nilambur Assembly byelection on June 19.The name of Swaraj, member of the CPM State secretariat was announced by CPM State secretary M V Govindan at a press conference on Friday.Govindan downplayed the prominence ofP V Anvar of Trinamul Congress who had won during …
Kochi: Four members of a family were found dead at their home in Vakkam in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday morning.They were found from the ceiling of their house which was locked from inside.The deceased were Anil Kumar, his wife Sheeja, and their two sons Akash and Ashwin.Anil was an employee of the Vakkom Farmers Cooperative Bank, …
Kochi: Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan has been booked for allegedly assaulting and abusing his manager Vipin Kumar in the basement of a residential complex in Kakkanad in Kochi, media reports said.Vipin accused the actor of slapping him, verbally abusing him and threatening to kill him.An FIR was registered at the Infopark Police Station following a …
Kochi: Film maker Aryadan Shoukath, 59, of Congress has been named UDF nominee for the Nilambur by-election.The candidate of Shoukath, who is KPCC General Secretary, was cleared by Congress high command.The UDF took the decision ignoring the offer of former Left front backed Independent and Trinamool Congress leader P V Anvar to extend his support …
Kochi: The ED has filed chargesheet against CPM leaders including K Radhakrishnan, MP, and other party leaders in connection with Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank money laundering case, media reports said.Other CPM leaders named in the chargesheet filed before Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Kochi are A C Moideen, MLA, M M Varghese, …
Kochi: The South West monsoon hit Kerala on time on Saturday causing widespread calamities across the state.Incidents of high velocity winds uprooted trees and electrical posts across the state.Restrictions have been imposed on tourism activities like boating, kayaking, rafting, trekking among others. Night travel in hilly areas has been prevented from 7 pm to 7 …
Kochi: The saga of over three years old girl Kalyani is so terrorising that the child constantly endured sexual torture from her paternal uncle for over an year before she was done to death by her own mother Sandhya on May 19, media reports said.Kalyani went missing while being brought back home by Sandhya who …
Kochi: Collapse of a portion of NH 66 and surfacing of cracks at different stretches across Kerala has opened a debate over the quality of construction of the much touted National Highways in the state, media reports said.The collapse of a section of NH 66 at Kooriyad in Malappuram has brought to light a series …
Kochi: Former Kerala minister G Sudhakaran of the CPM has been booked for allegedly forging postal ballots in the Alappuzha constituency in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections.He allegedly said that he had tampered the ballots in favour of the CPM candidate.The case has been registered under various Sections.The police action was based on the direction …
Kochi: A vicar of a church in Pathiyaram, Erumapetty, in Thrissur was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday, media reports said.The deceased Fr Leo Puthur (32), a native of Perinchery, was vicar of St Joseph’s church.Fr Leo had become vicar at the church on October 22.The sacristan went to the vicar’s residence in connection …
Kochi: A vicar of a church in Pathiyaram, Erumapetty, in Thrissur was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday, media reports said.The deceased Fr Leo Puthur (32), a native of Perinchery, was vicar of St Joseph’s church.Fr Leo had become vicar at the church on October 22.The sacristan went to the vicar’s residence in connection …
Kochi: Senior CPM leader G Sudhakaran deposed before the Ambalapuzha Tehsildar Anvar S on Thursday on the veteran left leader’s alleged remarks that he tampered with postal ballots during the 1989 general elections, Manorama said.Anwar, who is the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, recorded Sudhakaran’s statement which is likely to be submitted to District Collector V …
Kochi: About 13 sovereigns of gold (107 grams), which disappeared from Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in the morning, was traced in the evening, media reports said.The gold was taken from the strong room of the temple for gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum door.The gold was found in a sandy area, where search was …
