Thiruvananthapuram: The Accountant General (AG) office, under the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, has filed a case against Kerala cricketer Rohan Prem who was ousted from his job as an auditor for producing a fake degree certificate. Speaking to IANS, an official of the AG’s office here said that Prem[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday informed the assembly that if need arises, the state government will come up with a new law banning arms training in places of worship. Replying to a question that came up in the House form both treasury and opposition benches, the Chief Minister[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the marriage of Hadiya with Shafin Jahan, setting aside a Kerala High Court order annulling their wedding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a brief operative order, however, said that an NIA investigation into the criminal dimension into the[Read More…]
Palakkad (Kerala) : A 27-year-old tribal youth said to be “not of sound mind” was beaten to death here in Kerala by a lynch mob which had accused him of theft, according to the mother. The turn of event on Thursday has elicited the response from across the state after a[Read More…]
New Delhi: Kerala woman Hadiya who is in the midst of a ‘love jihad’ controversy, has told the Supreme Court that she is a Muslim now and wants to live with her husband Shafin Jahan — with whom her marriage was annulled by the Kerala High Court. In an affidavit before[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the blast at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala in which five persons were killed. The Minister, however, confirmed the death of four persons. “Shocked by the unfortunate blast at Cochin Shipyard where four people have died. My heartfelt condolences[Read More…]
Five persons were killed and a dozen others injured in a blast inside an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) tanker at the Cochin Shipyard here in Kerala on Tuesday, police said. Those working at the time of the blast mostly included daily labourers and contract workers. Tuesday is a[Read More…]
Kannur: Thirty-year-old Youth Congress worker, Shoaib was found murdered late last night by CPI-M workers, the party said. The Left party’s leadership here has denied any role in it. The Congress party called for a dawn-to-dusk shut down in protest of the murder in the district but allowed vehicles to ply.[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday strongly condemned the proposed move by the Centre to come out with an orange colour passports for those who have not passed their Class 10 examination, calling it discriminatory. “No way this proposal should go forward. This is creating two different types[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others on a plea by the CBI challenging their discharge in an alleged corruption case involving three hydel power projects in the state. A bench of Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer also[Read More…]
With the CPI-M preparing for its state conference next month, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is all set to ensure there is no one to challenge him in the state and he has complete control over the party – and will be hoping his clout will give him a larger say[Read More…]
Authorities are finding it tough to manage the massive rush of pilgrims at the famed Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, said temple authorities. The wait for a pilgrim to get a “darshan” is eight hours, said a temple official. “The rush has reached its peak. All pilgrims have been instructed[Read More…]
A total of 141 Kerala fishermen remain missing following Cyclone Ockhi that hit the southern districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on November 30, according to official figures released here on Wednesday. Another 75 fishermen from other states who went fishing from the Kerala coast are also untraced. A total[Read More…]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday ordered action against a school in Palakkad for allowing RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to hoist the national flag during the Independence Day celebrations. Vijayan directed the Director of Public Instruction (DPI) to ensure that proper action was taken against the Headmaster and Manager[Read More…]
A central team landed on Tuesday to assess damages caused by Cyclone Ockhi, which struck the southern districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on November 30. A total of 74 persons have been killed and according to the Latin Diocese, more than 250 continued to remain missing. The team, consisting[Read More…]
Kerala Congress President M.M. Hassan slammed former CAG Vinod Rai, calling him an agent of the BJP and asked both Rai and the party to apologise in the wake of the acquittal of all the accused in the 2G scam case. “With the acquittal, it has now become crystal clear[Read More…]
Forty-five thousand classrooms in around 4,775 schools across Kerala are set to turn hi-tech by March-end next year as 60,250 laptops and 43,750 multimedia projectors are ready for disbursement, said an official. K. Anvar Sadath, Vice Chairman, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), told IANS that the purchase orders[Read More…]
Indians are living in a climate of hate and intolerance, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says, adding that the Congress was incapable of fighting “communal forces” ideologically. Vijayan also said that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will decide whether he has to exit Kerala and play a larger national[Read More…]
The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to provide job quotas to the economically backward in the forward communities and the process will begin with Devasoms, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Wednesday. Vijayan said the decision was taken by the cabinet. In principle, a constitutional amendment would be needed to[Read More…]
Battling land grab charges, Thomas Chandy on Wednesday resigned as the Kerala Transport Minister. Chandy submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through NCP leader TP Peethamabaran. Speaking to the media later, Peethamabaran said the resignation letter had been handed over. “All the details will be told to you[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress on Thursday rejected the Solar Judicial Commission probe report which indicted former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and other Congress leaders and said they are ready to face any trial. “We have always said that LDF came to power on completely false and baseless allegations. Mr. Chandy[Read More…]
While hearing a petition with regard to the inter-religious marriage of Kannur-native Sruthi and Anees Hammed, the Kerala High Court on Thursday observed that “All love marriages should not be termed as ‘love-jihad”. It further said that these kinds of marriages should be encouraged as there is no boundary for[Read More…]
The issue of banning entry of women at Kerala’s historic Sabarimala temple was referred to the constitution bench by the Supreme Court on Friday. A three-judge bench led by the chief justice, Dipak Misra framed many questions to look at by the constitution bench including if the temple can curb[Read More…]
Kerala government on Saturday told the Supreme Court that there is no need for National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the alleged forced conversion and wedding of a Hindu woman to a Muslim in the state. The government told the top court that the state police are effectively investigating the[Read More…]
In another case of violence against journalists, Sajeev Gopalan, a senior journalist of a regional Malayalam daily, was allegedly beaten and stripped in front of his family members by the police at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on Sunday. The 49-year-old journalist was rushed to a nearby hospital with[Read More…]
