Kochi: A medical doctor E A Ruwais, 28, was detained in connection with the suicide of a fellow doctor Shahna whom he was planning to marry, media reports said. He had gone into hiding after the case and was nabbed from a relative’s house Karunagappally in Kollam.Police have handed over his phone to the cyber …
Kochi: Another cross border marriage is going to happen early next year between Javeria Khanum of Karachi Sameer Khan in Kolkata, media reports said.After securing a 45-day visa, the 21-year-old Javeria arrived India through the Wagah border where she was welcomed by her fiancé and his father Ahmed Kamal Khan Yousafzai amidst beating of ‘dhol’, …
Kochi: Five tourists, including four from Kerala, were killed and three injured in a road accident at Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Ganderbal district on Tuesday, media reports said.The four deceased tourists are Anil, 34, Sudheesh, 32, Rahul, 28 and Vignesh, 23 from Palakkad, the reports said.They were …
Kochi: The Congress-led I.N.D.I.A bloc meeting scheduled for Wednesday in New Delhi has been postponed due to the absence of leaders of major political parties, media reports said.The meeting has been rescheduled to the third week of December even as a meeting of the coordination committee will be held on Wednesday.Trinamool Congress chief and West …
Kochi: The All India Kisan Sabha of CPI has demanded revoking of the Forest Department’s notification to convert 364.39 hectares of land in Chinnakanal Village to Reserve Forest in Idukki district in Kerala. Its vice president Mathew Varghese welcomed the Kerala government’s decision to suspend the implementation of the order. Mathew said the government should …
Kochi: Charge Sheet was filed in the controversial Muttil tree cutting case in the First Class Judicial Magistrate’s court, Sultan Bathery on Monday.The 84,600-page charge sheet was filed after perusing 400 articles of evidence, including DNA test reports of the trees to study their age.Twelve persons including Muttil South village officer K K Aji and …
Kochi: Michaung Cyclone has inundated Chennai and many areas in Northern Tamil Nadu while the government has ordered people to stay indoors, media reports said.Social media is flooded with people sharing scores of pictures of floods. Bus, rail and air services have come to a standstill, the reports said.Power outages are reported from most of …
Kochi: Former Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s National Conference has said that his party will fight polls in the Union Territory independently, media reports said.Congratulating the BJP-led alliance over winning polls in three out of the four states, Abdullah said that the Congress had failed terribly, though it did well in …
Kochi: The grand old party Congress’ decision to float the I.N.D.I.A coalition to crush BJP has failed to deliver the goods in the Hindi heartland in the assembly elections in which the BJP is leading 3-1.All credits to the Congress-led front for doing exceedingly well in Telangana where it will form the new government thrashing …
Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has intensified its probe into money received in bank accounts operated by the CPM in the Karuvannur Cooperative Bank scam in Thrissur in Kerala, media reports quoting ED said. The amount that was received by CPM accounts in Karuvannur Cooperative Bank were not substantiated by the CPM district secretary …
Kochi: A medical doctor born in the United States and residing there for several decades lost citizenship of the country.The 62-year-old Siavash Sobhani from Virginia lost his citizenship on the grounds that his late father was an Iranian diplomat at the time of his birth, NDTV said quotating the Washington Post. Dr Sobhani was shocked …
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 …
