Kochi: Three members of a family were detained in connection with the abduction of the 6-year-old Abigel Sara Reji who was later found abandoned in Kollam city, media reports said. The arrested, which included two male and a female, belonged to Chathannoor in Kollam.They were arrested in Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu by a special squad …
Kochi: Senior government pleader of the Kerala High Court P G Manu resigned after a sexual abuse case was registered against him, media reports said.The resignation was submitted to the Advocate General after he was booked on the basis of a complaint of a 25-year-old woman who accused him of sexually abusing her when she …
Kochi: In a setback to the ruling Left government, the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University was quashed by the Supreme Court on Thursday. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, in a judgment set aside the Kerala High Court verdict upholding the re-appointment of Ravindran. The court …
Kochi: A mid air fight between a husband and wife forced the pilots to land the plane in New Delhi on Wednesday, media reports said.The Bangkok-bound Lufthansa airlines flight tried to land in Pakistan but was denied permission.Following this the aircraft from Munich was allowed to land at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in …
Kochi: In a blow to 29 lawyers, the Kerala High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against them for allegedly abusing a female Magistrate in Kottayam.The lawyers had also boycotted court proceedings as a protest against the Chief Judicial Magistrate booking lawyer Nawab M P in an alleged fraud case under various sections of the IPC.A …
Kochi: After 17 days of suspense, 41 rat miners trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12 were rescued on Tuesday evening, media reports said. The rescue was possible after the work on laying pipes through the rubble ended in the morning. The NDRF and SDRF teams entered the tunnel to evacuate the …
Kochi: After 20 hours of suspense, abducted six year old Abigel Sara Reji was traced at Asramam ground in Kollam today, media reports said. The abductors had escaped after abandoning the child who was noticed by the people, the reports said. The girl was found at about 1.30 pm by the people who informed the …
Kochi: A six-year-old girl was abducted for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from Kollam in a car while she was returning home from school with her brother, media reports said.The abductors came in a white car and dragged Abigel Sara and into the car when Abigel and her eight year old brother Jonathan reached …
Idukki: The Kerala Congress (M) –led LDF panel named Sahakarana Samrakshana Munnani has swept the election held on Sunday to the governing committee of Malanad Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Bank in Nedumkandam by winning all 13 seats. The election to the cooperative bank which is said to have 30,500 voters spread across 13 panchayats in …
Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids in the house of migrant workers in Kozhikode in Kerala on Sunday, media reports said. The raids were held in the camps in South Beach in connection with the alleged links of the suspects with Pakistan-based handlers. These suspects were involved in promoting radical and anti-national activities …
Kochi: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shiv Kumar has been selected for the J Alexander memorial award. The award, constituted in memory of late Karnataka Minister J Alexander, will be presented on January 14, 2024, coinciding with the second death anniversary of Alexander, J Alexander Study Centre, who are organising the event, said. Political …
Kochi: IIT and IIM degree holder and founder of Subhiksha retail chain, Subramanian has been sentenced to 20 years by a Chennai court for defrauding investors, media reports said. Levying a penalty of Rs 8.92 crore on Subramanian and Rs 191.98 crore on the entities, the court directed to pay Rs 180 crore to the …
Kochi: Kerala has a long history of disasters for poor planning, which continues unabated like the one at CUSAT that claimed four lives even as the government gets away with lame excuses, media reports said.The Sabarimala stampedes in 1999, 2011, Puttingal temple tragedy in 2016, Kerala floods in 2018, boat disasters in Kumarakom in 2002, …
Koch: Uncertainty continued in the rescue of 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 15 days, media reports said.The failure of the US made Auger machine used for horizontal drilling has made the authorities of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to look for vertical drilling, the reports said.The auger …
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has given its nod to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to question former Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac for alleged FEMA violation in connection with the issue of Masala Bonds under the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), media reports said. The ED will issue fresh summons to Isaac to …
Kochi: At Least four students died and 64 injured in a mele triggered due to rains during Tech fest at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) on Saturday, media reports said. The deceased include two boys and two girls were brought dead, Health Minister Veena George told reporters at Kozhikode. Two students were …
Kochi: A court on Saturday sentenced four accused to life term in connection with the murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan who was killed about 15 years back.The fifth convict Ajay Sethi was sentenced to three-year simple imprisonment under IPC section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abet, aid, or knowingly …
Kochi: Amidst reports of contesting from Kerala in upcoming General Election, Union Minister Nirmala Sitaraman interacted with people on board Vande Bharat Express in the state on Friday.She took selfies with fellow passengers and shared the pictures shared on her X (Twitter), media reports said.She was surprised to find Union Minister for External Affairs V …
Idukki: In view of the attack on the Youth Congress and KSU activists who waved black flags at the Chief Minister and his cabinet ministers while they were travelling in the special luxury bus at Pazhayangadi in Kannur das a part of the Nava Kerala Sadas, the district YC unit has decided to conduct protests …
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Kochi: Lawyers disrupted court proceedings shouting slogans against the Chief Judicial Magistrate for registering an FIR against an advocate for producing forged documents for the benefit of his client, media reports said. The lawyers barged into the courtroom protesting against the Magistrate who recorded the events in her order, the reports said. The order accused …
