Kochi: Three medical students from Karnataka drowned in Payyambalam Beach in Kannur on Sunday, Manorama News reported.Afnan, Rahanudeen, and Afraz, of a medical college in Bengaluru drownedwhile taking a bath in the sea.They were camping at a nearby resort with friends.There were eleven members including doctors and students.Eight members went to the sea for taking …
Kochi: Third arrest was recorded in connection with the gold robbery from Sabarimala temple today, media reports said.Former Executive officer of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) Sudheesh Kumar was arrested for allegedly concealing information about gold-plated artefacts in the temple records.Kumar was being questioned by the SIT for the last few days. He was produced …
Kochi: Seven teenagers of a school were sent to a juvenile home for brutally assaulting another student of the school in Malappuram in Kerala, media reports said.The police took the accused students of Valavannur Yatheemkhana Vocational Higher secondary school to juvenile home after the Child Welfare Committee issued an order in this regard.Mohammed Harshid sustained …
Kochi: In an embarrassment to the ruling LDF, the Opposition Leader V D Satheesan of Congress on Friday hailed rebel CPM leader and former PWD Minister G Sudhakaran at an award function at Thiruvananthapuram, Asianet News reported.Satheesan said he has not seen a PWD Minister like Sudhakaran.Honouring Sudhakaran with the late RSP leader J Chandrachoodan …
Kochi: Powered by an unbeaten 127 by Jemimah Rodrigues, India made a record run chase to beat defending champion Australia by five wickets to enter the finals of women’s World Cup at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai today.India will lock horns with South Africa in the finals on November 2.Winning the toss, Australia decided …
Kochi: Sabarimala gold robbery case prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti was today remanded by a court in Pathanamthitta, media reports said.Potti was produced before the Court in Ranni after 14 days of his police custody ended today.The court had sent Potti to 14 days police custody in connection with the robbery of gold cladded artefacts in …
Kochi: A court in Idukki sentencedHameed to death for burning to death his son, daughter in law and two grandchildren in Cheenikuzhi in Thodupuzha today.The court also sentenced him for 10 years of Rigorous Imprisonment and fined Rs 5 lakh.The convict Hameed locked the four in their house and torched it.Muhammed Faizal 45, Faizal’s wife …
Kochi: A 77-year-old housewife from Azhur in Chirayankeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College died of amoebic meningoencephalitis. media reports said.She was under treatment forone month for sodium deficiency.Ten days back her blood tests showed that was infected with amoebic infection even as the source was not found.A total of 10 people have died due to the …
Kochi: A Kerala High Court judge has recused from hearing a PIL seeking a CBI probe into allegations of financial fraud against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T Veena, The Times of India reported.The Income Tax Department has accused Veena of receiving monthly financial benefits from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) without providing any …
Kochi: In a major relief to air travellers, the Centre has given nod to set up a railway station near Cochin International Airport Ltd at Nedumbassery near here.The Railway Board approved the construction of the station fulfilling a long-pending demand, Union Minister George Kurian’s office said in a statement on Wednesday, the Economic Times reported.It …
Kochi: President Droupadi Murmu on flew in the French fighter Rafale from Ambala Air Force Station in Haryana Wednesday.Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, and many senior officials were present. Supreme commander of armed forces, President Murmu had flown in a fighter jet Sukhoi from Tejpur in Assam on April 8, 2023.Murmu became the third …
Kochi: In a bid to bring round the CPI, the CPM on Wednesday suspended implementation of the Centre’s PM-Shri until it is reviewed by a cabinet sub committee. A decision on the issue will be taken after the sub committee submits its report, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram during the cabinet …
Kochi: Sabarimala Temple gold robbery case second accused Murari Babu was sent to four days police custody by a court in Pathanamthitta in Kerala, media reports said.The suspended Travancore Devaswom Board official was taken to the Crime Branch office in Thiruvananthapuram by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Kerala High Court to …
Kochi: Kerala is facing unprecedented political churning with two left parties of the government not compromising on the Rightist central government’s education policy PM-SHRI.While the CPM is for implementing it, the CPI is opposed to the programme which it feels is a plan by the BJP government to communalise the state’s education sector under the …
Kochi: In a major announcement, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday said it is going to embark on the second phase of the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories.Addressing a press conference on Monday, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said the EC had …
Kochi: Three persons including father of a newborn boy were arrested while trying to trade a two month old baby for Rs 50,000 at Kummanam in Kottayam, Manorama News reported.The father was from Assam while the buyer and the agent were from Uttar Pradesh.It was the timely intervention by the mother of the child that …
Kochi: The political unrest in the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has intensified with the differences between the main ally CPM reaching new levels, media reports said.The CPI youth wings and students’ wings are up in arms against the government of which it is a part opposing the state government’s decision to implement the BJP …
Kochi: Cops have arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum last Sunday, BBC quoting French media reported.The men were originally from the Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Den, BBC quoted Le Parisien newspaper. One of them was preparing to board a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport.Four robbers …
Kochi: Fr Antony Kattiparambil, 55, is the new Bishop of Kochi by Pope Leo XIV.m, the Hindu reported.Fr Kattiparambil, 55, is serving as the Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Cochin.The position was vacant since March 2, 2024, when Bishop Joseph Kariyil resigned on turning 75 which is the retirement age for Catholic prelates. Born …
Kochi: Afghanistan and Pakistan began talks brokered by Turkey in Istanbul on Saturday to find peace at their borders, media reports said.The two were engaged in fierce battle for two weeks claiming many lives on both sides.The fight was triggered by blasts in Kabul who retaliated by attacking along the border. In reply, Islamabad carried …
