Kochi: Former Government Chief Whip P C George today secured bail in a hate speech case made at Ananthapuri Hindu Mahasammelanam at Thiruvananthapuram on April 29.The JFCM court at Vanchiyoor, which was conducted in the magistrate’s House, directed George against influencing witnesses and making hate speeches.Police had sought police custody claiming that giving bail at …
Kochi: Former Government Chief Whip P C George was today arrested under non bailable sections of 295 (A) and 153 (A) for making hate speech at Hindu Mahasammelanam at Thiruvananthapuram on April 29.He will be examined medically before producing in front of the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate Court -II.As the courts are under vacation, …
Kochi: The seventy-one-year old Planthottathil Chacko George has been an MLA a number of times since 1980, but has never got the privilege to become a minister for his own deeds.It was his upstart demeanor which had prevented him from marching up the ladder of growth in his public life.The only time when George got …
Kochi: The 81-year-old A K Antony ended his innings in Parliament to return home to keep himself away from active parliamentary politics.It was an emotional farewell at his residence when the former Defense Minister and his wife Elizabeth were given a painful send off by the staff at his quarters the other day.Congress leader Benny …
Kochi : Rape accused, actor, producer, Vijay Babu is expected to file an anticipatory bail plea after an actor accused him of raping her.The actor has expressed confidence of proving his innocence, media reports said.Eight witnesses including those in the film industry have deposed before the police in connection with the case. More are expected …
Kochi: Kerala Chief Secretary V P Joy hailed the Dashboard monitoring system used by Gujarat government in implementing projects fast.Talking to reporters after watching the demonstration at Gujarat Chief Minister’s house for about one-and-half hours from 11 am, he said it was wonderful, media reports said.He said the system helped save time in administration.Gujarat introduced …
Kochi: Once a hardcore leftist, A P Abdullah Kutty is now a Modi fan and has welcomed the Left government’s decision to study Gujarat model.It is a positive change in the approach but it is not known what CPM leaders like Prakash Karat and others have to say about it, Abdullah Kutty, who was kicked out …
Kochi: In a shift from its original stand, the LDF government has decided to study the Gujarat model of governance.A team from Kerala will leave for Gujarat on Wednesday to study the BJP government’s tool of good governance.The team headed by Chief Secretary V P Joy will visit Gujarat from April 27 to 29.The team …
Kochi: Eleven devotees were electrocuted and at least six seriously injured when they were pulling a chariot in connection with a temple festival in Thanjavur in the wee hours of today.The dead included a few children, media reports said.The event was organised in connection with Apar Gurupuja in remembrance of a saint Thirunavukarassar in Kalimedu, …
Kochi: Veteran Congress leader K Sankaranarayanan, 90, passed away at his house in Palakkad.He was suffering from old age illness.Starting his career as a local scribe, Sankaranarayanan became active in politics at grassroot level.He came up the hard way without any god father to back him.He was Palakkad District Congress Committee president from 1962 to …
Kochi: In a revolutionary decision, the new AAP government has announced 300 units of free electricity to households in Punjab. At a time when people in Punjab were tortured with hefty power bills, the decision comes as a blessing. The decision was announced by the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after holding discussions with Punjab …
Kochi: Another killing of an RSS activist Sreenivasan, 45, rocks Palakkad hours after the slaying of an SDPI leader Subair in the district on Saturday. Six assailants in three two wheelers reached the shop at Melamuri. They barged into his automobile shop and hacked him at around 1 pm, media reports said. Sreenivasan, a former …
Kochi: The Crime Branch has filed a petition in the trial court seeking cancellation of the bail of actor Dileep on charges of violating bail conditions in the actor assault case of 2017. The petition said that there was evidence of Dileep influencing witnesses which is a breach of bail conditions. New evidence is coming …
Kochi: Noted actress Kavya Madhavan has been summoned by the crime branch in connection with the actor assault case of February 17, 2017 in Kochi. Kavya has been asked to appear before the investigation team at Aluva police club on Monday morning, media reports said. The questioning is part of the investigation taken up by …
Kochi: Cyber specialist and seventh accused in the conspiracy case to harm police officials, Sai Sankar was arrested by the investigation team in Andhra Pradesh. Sai Sankar, who was accused of helping Dileep to delete objectionable data from his phone, was arrested from Andhra Pradesh yesterday for failing to appear before the investigation team for questioning. …
Kochi: Congress gets another blow as senior Congress leader and former Union Minister K V Thomas is all set to bid adieu to the party. The Congress had refused permission to the 75-year-old former professor from attending a seminar organised by the CPM coinciding with the party Congress at Kannur. The 75-year-old former professor, Thomas, had sought …
Kochi: The Royal Mercedes Benz car of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom will be gifted to NRI businessman M A Yusuf Ali. Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma had announced his decision to present the car to the chairman of Lulu group Yusuf Ali in 2012when Ali visited Pattom palace in 2012 on Varma’s invitation. The 1955 model …
Kochi: The actor assault case of 2017 has polarised Mollywood with one section siding with Dileep and the other one with the survivor. There is a war of words between the two blocs during debates in TV channels with each group fighting to the hilt to subdue the other. The rivalry between the artists became …
Kochi: The two-day all India strike turned out to be an all Kerala strike, hitting daily activities of the common man even as small provision shops were forced to down shutters. The left parties are using the anti people activities to protest against the BJP government’s anti people policy. Interestingly, the electors of the government …
Kochi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was attacked by a person when Kumar was offering tributes to a freedom fighter Shilbhadra Yaji at Bakhtiyarpur on Sunday.The assailant marched through the battery of Chief Minister’s special security sleuths and pulled Kumar to bring him face to face to bang the when the security personnel pounced on …
