A burnt body of a youth was found inside a car in Alapuzha on Friday morning. Dilip hailing from Thuravoor was the deceased. Seeing smoke and fire coming out of the car, natives informed police about the mishap. Dilip was into finance dealings in Chertala. The body has been shifted to the Alapuzha Medical College […]
The CBI filed a revision plea in the High Court against the lower court discharging CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin case. The plea was filed on Friday when the time for filing an appeal was due to expire. It was the Thiruvananthapuram CBI special court which discharged Pinarayi from the Lavlin […]
Declining his bail plea for now, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed medical examination of 2008 Bangalore blasts accused Abdul Nazir Maudany to ascertain if he requires medical supervision till his eye surgery is done. Ordering that Maudany be examined by Bangalore’s Manipal Hospital in a week’s time, the apex court bench of Justice H.L. Gokhale […]
Visuals of the attack unleashed by SDPI activists that broke out during a victory procession held after the announcement of byelection results of Mangalam Gramapanchayat, has been telecast by media channels. Visuals show two CPM workers, including CPM Purantur local committee member and former panchayat member A K Abdul Majeed (55) and Arhad (35) being […]
CPI-M led LDF Opposition members in Kerala today disrupted proceedings in the House, seeking a debate on the Kasturirangan committee report on Western Ghats conservation forcing the Speaker to adjourn the Assembly for an hour. LDF members were irritated over the Centre’s assertion before the National Green Tribunal yesterday that order restricting industrial activities and […]
The disconnect between CPI(M)’s Kerala leadership controlled by Pinarayi Vijayan and V S Achuthanandan has again come out in the open with the party virtually admonishing the veteran leader for his stance on issues like T P Chandrasekharan murder case and approach towards BJP rebels from Kannur district. What has angered the party is the […]
Chief minister Oommen Chandy said the government is ready to hold talks with the family members of the endosulfan victims who are undertaking a protest. The CM entrusted the agriculture minister to hold talks. If the protestors are ready for talks, then it could be held today itself, the CM clarified. The opposition moved a […]
Congress leader V.M Sudheeran supports CBI probe in TP Chandrashekaran murder case. CBI probe is inevitable in exposing the high level conspiracy that lead to the murder of the Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrashekaran, he said. He has send a letter demanding this to Chief Minister Oomen Chandy. The letter also states that TP […]
The Kollam District Sessions Court judge Ashok Menon awarded life term to Biju Radhakrishnan who was found guilty on Thursday for killing his first wife Reshmi. Biju’s mother Rajammal was awarded 3 years jail. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 2.10 lakh on Biju and directed that the amount be utilised for the […]
Seeking to mop up funds for its development and welfare initiatives, Kerala’s Congress-led UDF Government today hiked taxes and levies touching mostly motor vehicles, liquor, textiles and buildings. In his budget for 2014-15 presented in the state Assembly, Finance Minister K M Mani sought to raise additional resources of Rs 1556.35 crore while giving emphasis […]