Kochi: Entrepreneur Boby Chemmanur, who was detained on the basis of a young actress’ complaint of sexual harassment, was arrested after sustained questioning on Wednesday, media reports said.The police recorded the actress’ confidential statement before the Ernakulam First Class Judicial Magistrate for over two hours, the reports said.She also submitted digital evidence, including comments and …
Kochi: Thrissur lifted the 63rd Kerala School festival after a gap of 26 years beating Palakkad by a difference of one point.Thrissur emerged victorious with 1,008 points.Palakkad 2007. Defending champions Kannur secured third place with 1,003 points. Thrissur had last secured the title in 1999.Kozhikode got 1000 points, Ernakulam 980, Malappuram 980, Kollam 964,Thiruvananthapuram 957, …
Kochi: Kerala High Court bench on Wednesday suspended the CBI Special Court’s verdict against four CPM leaders including an ex-MLA K V Kunhiraman who were convicted by a CBI court for forcibly rescuing an accused from police custody in the Periya murder case.The CBI special court on January 3 had convicted them under section 225 …
Kochi: Popular businessman, Boby Chemmanur, was detained by police based on a case registered against him on a complaint of an actress who accused him of making obscene comments on social media against her.He was booked under non-bailable charges, including Section 75(4) (making sexually coloured remarks as a form of sexual harassment) under the Bharatiya …
Kochi: The Congress in Kerala has landed in soup after letters purportedly written by late Congress leader N M Vijayan accusing many party leaders of involvement in financial irregularities, media reports said.Vijayan, who was Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC), treasurer,has blamed party MLA I C Balakrishnan, DCC president N D Appachan and some other party …
Kochi: A court in Thalassery in Kerala sent nine RSS-BJP activists to Rigorous Life Imprisonment on Tuesday for the murder of Democratic Youth Federation of India activist Rijith (26), media reports said.The Thalassery Additional Sessions Court (III) in Kannur district also imposed a fine of ₹1.10 lakh on the convicted individuals.One of the accused, Ajesh, …
Kochi: A court in Malappuram granted conditional bail to P V Anwar, MLA, of Democratic Movement of Kerala who was arrested in connection with the attack on the Nilambur Forest Office in the district.The court directed Anwar to deposit a bond of ₹35,000 and two sureties.Anwar was accused of damaging public property worth ₹50,000 while …
Kochi: Kerala is going to become the first state to operate its own airliner, Air Kerala which is likely to start commercial services from Kannur and Mysuru airports this year, media reports said.The budget friendly service is likely to begin operations by the middle of this year. The services are envisaged to provide impetus to …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by a widow seeking a CBI probe into the controversial death of her husband Naveen Babu, Additional District Magistrate.Rejecting the plea of Naveen’s wife, Manjusha, the court directed the DIG (Kannur) to supervise the ongoing SIT investigation. The court directed the SIT to submit periodical …
Kochi: Four persons were killed and many injured, two of them seriously, when a Kerala state bus fell into a deep gorge at Pullupara near Kuttikkanam in Idukki this morning, media reports said.The bus had gone on a spiritual tour of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu from Mavelikara on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Rama …
Kochi: A CBI special court in Ernakulam today sentenced 10 convicts to double Life Imprisonment and four CPM leaders to five years Rigorous Imprisonment for killing two Youth Congress leaders in Periya in Kasargod on February 17, 2019, media reports said.The CBI had sought capital punishment to the convicts who were found guilty by the …
Kochi: Railways in Kerala are not addressing the problems of the public who are fleeced by the porters and booking staff while visiting different stations in Kerala for sending parcels, the affected public said.There is no system through which a common man could send cargo hasslefree without undergoing alleged harassment from parcel booking staff and …
Kochi: Congress leader Uma Thomas, MLA, was seriously injured after tripping down during an event in Kochi on Sunday, media reports said.She was rushed to a hospital where she is currently on a ventilator, hospital authorities said.She sustained head and lung injuries, with signs of blood clots. Further investigation is on by the doctors who …
Kochi: Torching of effigy (pappanji) in Fort Kochi parade ground and New Year rally have been cancelled in view of the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh of Congress.These are the programmes directly organised by the Cochin Carnival committee.However, the torching of pappanji organised by Galla de Fort Kochi at Veli ground about two …
Kochi: A CBI Special Court on Saturday convicted 14 persons including former Uduma MLA K V Kunjuraman of CPM in the killing of two youth Congress leaders in Periya in 2019, media reports said.Six of the convicted were important CPM leaders. The court acquitted 10 accused as the prosecution failed to prove their complicity in …
Kochi: Malayalam screenplay writer, director, journalist, M T Vasudevan Nair (MT), 91, passed away at a private hospital tonight, reports said.MT, who was in the hospital for the last 11 days due to health issues, suffered heart and kidney problems leading to his death.MT started his career as a sub editor in Malayalam publication Mathrubhum …
Kochi: Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will be the new Governor of Kerala in place of Arif Mohammad Khan who has been shifted to Bihar, media reports said.Arlekar, 70, is the 23rd Governor of Kerala. He has been the Governor of Bihar and Himachal Pradesh. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa and a …
Kochi: Two crew members of caravan were found dead inside the caravan at Karimbana Palam near Vadakara in Kozhikode district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Manoj, the driver and Joyal, the cleaner of the vehicle which lay idle at the site from Sunday.The vehicle is owned by a Malappuram native. They were returning to …
Kochi: Online food distribution was affected across Kerala as workers of Swiggy started an indefinite strike in support of its demands including better remuneration, media reports said.The workers led by unions including CITU, INTU, AITUC staged protest in front of Instamart in Thiruvananthapuram.The Unions had shot letters to mamagement who rejected all the demands like …
Kochi: Filmmaker P Balachandra Kumar, who was a key witness in the actress assault case of 2017 in Kerala, passed away due to ailments at Chengannur in Kerala on Friday.Kumar, who was undergoing treatment for kidney ailments, passed away at a private hospital.The statement issued by him in the controversial case in which actor Dileep …
