Kochi: A government pleader was arrested on the charge of allegedly attempting to molest a woman on a city lane today, police said. Dhanesh Mathew Manjooran was chased and caught by locals after the woman raised an alarm following the molestation bid by him late this evening, they said. Later, police recorded the statement of […]
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP today flayed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s statement that an attempt was being made to create an anti-Muslim feeling in the society, saying he was indulging in “appeasement politics”. Party state president Kummanom Rajasekharan said here that the chief minister should reveal who had made such an attempt. “The Chief Minister, who has to […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The murder of two workers belonging to CPI(M) and BJP in Kannur district had its echo in the Kerala Assembly today with Congress-led UDF Opposition members staging a walkout in protest against the government’s alleged tepid response to the incident. The two party workers had been hacked to death in what is suspected to […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said a high-level meeting would be convened on July 17 to discuss matters connected with the ongoing expansion and development work at the Kozhikode International Airport. The matter was raised at the Assembly by the opposition which said the partial closure of the airport for the past one […]
Kannur: After a short break, political violence has returned to Kannur as a CPIM and a BJP worker were hacked to death in separate incident in the district on Monday night. According to Sanjay Guruddin, Superintendent of Police, Kannur 36 year old C.V. Dhanaraj, a CPIM worker hacked to death by an unidentified gang at […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told the State Assembly on Monday that 21 persons declared missing in the State are suspected to be in the camps of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria or Afghanistan, as per news reports. They include 17 persons from Kasargod and four from Palakkad. Responding to a submission by […]
Kollam: The Kerala High Court has today given bail to all 41 accused in Kerala’s Kollam temple fire tragedy that claimed over 100 lives because police failed to file the chargesheet within 90-day deadline. At least 110 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured after a stray spark landed on a cache on […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said terrorists have no religion and an entire community should not be blamed for the alleged links of some with the ISIS. Extremist activities cannot be attributed to any particular religion alone, the chief minister told the Assembly. “Vested interests are creating an anti-Muslim feeling,” Mr Vijayan cautioned. […]
Thiruvananthapuram:An Eid release, Kasaba, the Malayalam movie starring Kerala superstar Mammootty, has established itself as a hit, with ticket sales already hitting a reported 2.5 crores in the first day, which beats a record held by his own son, Dulquer Salmaan. But women’s rights activists, as also some critics, have red-carded some of the dialogue […]
Kozhikode: Controversial Mumbai-based Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Sunday got support from Kerala’s Indian Union Muslim League, which claimed he had always spoken against terrorism and was now being “hunted”. Addressing reporters here after a meeting of the leaders of the IUML, the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s second-biggest constituent, its Lok Sabha member E.T. Mohammed […]