THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP’s crushing defeat in the Palakkad assembly by-election has led to severe criticism from within the party. Many leaders are blaming state president K Surendran and candidate Krishnakumar for the defeat in the constituency. With the party’s central leadership denying the reports of a change of leadership in the state unit, K Surendran […]
KANNUR: A major theft has been reported at a businessman’s house in Valapattanam. A major theft took place at the house of Ashraf of Valapattanam. The burglars decamped with 300 sovereigns of gold jewellery and cash of Rs 1 crore. No one was at home at the time of the incident. Ashraf and his family […]
KOCHI: The devaswom bench of the Kerala High Court has prohibited the use of orchid flowers and leaves for decoration at Sabarimala Sannidhanam. The division bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice S Muraleekrishna ordered only flowers in accordance with traditional customs should be used and that they must be replaced daily. The Devaswom […]
Kozhikode: The Congress party will observe a hartal in Kozhikode district on Sunday in response to the violent clashes that erupted during the Chevayur Service Cooperative Bank election on Saturday. The hartal will be observed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Essential services will be exempted from the hartal. The altercations, which involved Congress party […]
Kochi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kerala Police, probing the sexual harassment complaint against director Ranjith, submitted the chargesheet to the Ernakulam magistrate court on Saturday.The case was registered following a sexual harassment complaint filed by a Bengali actress.According to Mathrubhumi News, Ranjith is facing charges under the IPC sections 354 and 509.The actress officially […]
PALAKKAD: In a heavy blow to BJP in Kerala, former leader Sandeep Varier joined Congress in the presence of KPCC President K Sudhakaran and Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan. Amidst chants and slogans, congress workers gave a rousing reception to Sandeep who arrived with a small entourage at the Palakkad KPCC committee office to take […]
Palakkad: Soon after Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil dismissed the Palakkad bypoll-related black money allegations made by the CPM, visuals emerged showing a blue trolley bag from the hotel where the alleged incident occurred. However, it remains unclear whether the bag contained black money, as claimed by the CPM. What the visuals show CCTV footage from the KPM […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even though the Centre has put forward conditions for sanctioning viability gap fund (VGF) of Rs 817.8 crore for Vizhinjam port, the Adani group has decided to commission the port without paying any heed to it. If the Centre releases Rs 817.8 crore, the state will also have to pay an equal amount to […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The investigation report says that there is no evidence to substantiate the allegation that ADM Naveen Babu took a bribe. The investigation report of the Joint Commissioner of Land Revenue was handed over to the Chief Minister. Collector Arun K Vijayan’s statement had said that ADM Naveen Babu had told him that he had […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has ordered a further probe in the wake of new revelations in the Kodakara Hawala case. The government ordered a further probe after the chief minister’s meeting with DGP Sheikh Darvesh Sahib. A special investigation team will take further action in the case. The police will submit a report to the […]