Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday pursued the Central government’s intrusion concerning the recent trend of incidents involving fishermen being killed and detained by neighboring countries after they allegedly drifted into international waters. Appealing for a special assistance package to ensure justice for fishermen, he says that they are living[Read More…]
A day after Shiv Sena activists attacked young couples on Marine Drive in Kochi, ‘Kiss of Love’ protest organizers announced that they are re launching the stir on Thursday against moral policing. The Facebook page of ‘Kiss of Love’ announced that the protest would be held Thursday, at 4 pm[Read More…]
Kerala government on Wednesday said it plans to further restrict groundwater use by PepsiCo at Palakkad plant in the context of severe drought in the state. “The government will take stern measures to restrict usage of groundwater due to prevailing drought and if possible stop Pepsico from drawing it at[Read More…]
Kerala budget presented by finance minister on Friday proposed a revolutionary decision to make Internet access a human right. As the country is on the race to become digitally empowered, Kerala is all set to become first state to recognise the right to Internet access. The project named K-FON (Kerala[Read More…]
Director Vidhu Vincent’s ‘Manhole’ has been selected as the best film of 2016 in Kerala State Film Awards. Minister of state for cinema AK Balan announced the award at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram. Vinayakan bagged the best actor award for his realistic performance in the movie Kammatipaadam, while Rajisha[Read More…]
The Ujjain Police have registered a case against former RSS activist Kundan Chandrawat for announcing a bounty of Rs 1 crore on the head of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The RSS on Friday sacked its functionary Kundan Chandravat who had sparked a controversy by announcing a 1 crore bounty[Read More…]
The Army on Friday issued a statement on the suicide of Lance Naik (L/Nk) Roy Mathew. According to them, he likely took the extreme step owing to media personnel asking him “leading questions” on the ‘sahayak system’ and his “resultant guilt” in letting down his seniors. “Preliminary investigations have now[Read More…]
The RSS on Friday sacked its functionary Kundan Chandravat who had sparked a controversy by announcing a ₹1 crore bounty on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. RSS’s Madhya Pradesh state head Prakash Shastri issued orders for his removal from all Sangh posts, a day after Chandravat made his statement in Ujjain.[Read More…]
Kerala government on Friday ordered a probe after the Congress-led opposition legislators read out details of the state budget even as finance minister Thomass Issac was presenting the document in the House. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called it an unprecedented situation and Speaker Sreerama Krishanan said if indeed the budget[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, an army jawan from Kerala was found dead near his camp in Nashik, days after he accused senior officers of harassment, said his family on Friday. The body of 33-year-old, Roy Mathew was found on Thursday near his camp in Maharashtra. Although the army believes it[Read More…]
A reward of Rs 1 crore was announced by RSS Ujjain sahprachar pramukh Kundan Chandrawat on bringing the head of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan for “killing of over 300 Sangh workers” in the state. However, RSS strongly condemned and distanced itself from the controversial statement. While RSS called it a[Read More…]
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader from Madhya Pradesh has announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore on Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s head. Dr Chandrawat, RSS pramukh in Ujjain, alleged that Vijayan was responsible for the killing of RSS members in Kerala. The RSS leader issued the statement asking[Read More…]
Fishermen in Rameshwaram have declared to go on an indefinite hunger strike against the government ban on fishing for 45 days from mid-April which will continue throughout the month of May exclusively during the fish breeding season. Notably, this ban is enforced to safeguard the fishes during their breeding season[Read More…]
A 22-year-old youth, who was allegedly subjected to moral policing by a group of men at Azheekel beach, was found dead at his house at Attapady in the district, police said. Aneesh (22) was found hanging from a tree behind his house late last evening, they said. Aneesh and his[Read More…]
Kerala government will launch a registry of sex offenders, the first of its kind in the country, Governor Justice (Retd) P Sathasivam said in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. “It will be the first in the country,” he added. The registry will contain all identification details of sex offenders and would be[Read More…]