Ward number 15 of Aymanam grama panchayat in Kerala’s Kottayam has become India’s first digitalised panchayat ward. Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the website http://www.digitalaymanam.com at a function held at a temple premises in the village. This small panchayat ward in Kerala[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the curative petition filed by the Kerala government which sought the reinstatement of the death penalty on Govindachami, the man who was convicted of raping 23-year-old Soumya in 2011. Responding to the verdict, Soumya’s mother told media that Govindachami’s death would alone invite justice[Read More…]
After the leak of Aadhaar data of 14 lakh people in Jharkhand, the details of 35 lakh of pensioners are made public in Kerala in severe violation of the Aadhaar Act. The pensioners, whose data have been compromised, had linked their Aadhaar details and bank account as required by the[Read More…]
Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly’s latest short film, No Go Tell, directed by Jude Anthany Joseph teaches kids the difference between good touch and bad touch. The six-minute-long video creates awareness among children about the possibility of being sexually assaulted and what has to be done in such situations. In the[Read More…]
As per the results of the Malappuram bye-poll, Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator candidate PK Kunhalikutty bagged a clear win by 171,038 lakh votes. The election was held on April 12. The winning party remains ahead of the closest opposition the Communist Party[Read More…]
The by-election in Kerala’s Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency began early on Wednesday morning. Malappurram is a Muslim dominated area and the bypoll were necessitated due to the death Indian Union Muslim League’s (IUML) E Ahamed, who had won by roughly 2 lakh votes in 2014. Those contesting fir the Lok[Read More…]
A 30-year-old man suspecting of killing his parents, sister and aunt in their house in Thiruvananthapuram was detained on Monday night, said police. Identified as Kedal Jaison, the man was held from the railway station on Monday night. He was being interrogated and has admitted to committing the heinous crime,[Read More…]
On the sixtieth anniversary of first communist government, Kerala police had arrested and manhandled the parents and relatives of Jishnu Prannoy who were protesting seeking justice for the 18-year old engineering student who was killed under mysterious circumstances. Even after three month of the death of Jishnu at Pampadi Nehru[Read More…]
A 21-year-old girl was arrested in Kottayam district in Kerala for staying at her 17-year-old boyfriend’s place. She has been arrested under the Prevention of Children against Sexual Offence act (POCSO) on Monday. As per reports, the woman, who hails from Ernakulam, was produced before the JFMC Pala in Kottayam remanded[Read More…]
The special investigation police team has arrested three RSS cadres in connection with the murder of a madrasa teacher, Mohammed Riyaz Moulavi, in Kasargod in Kerala. Ajesh aka Appu,Akhil and Nithin, the three suspects, will be produced before the court on Friday. Kannur Crime Branch superintendent of police A Srinivas, who[Read More…]
Information obtained under the Rights to Information Act revealed that the Kerala government had recommended to remit sentences of noted criminals and release 1911 convicts on November 1, 2016 . The list included TP Chandrasekharan murder convicts, liquor contractor Manichan and controversial businessman Muhammed Nisham, who was sentenced to life[Read More…]
A school boy from Ernakulam in Kerala has fathered a child at his age of 12, becoming the youngest Indian father. The 16-year-old mother gave birth to a baby girl a few months ago at a hospital in Ernakulam and Genetic profiling of both the baby and the father was[Read More…]
Communal tension has been triggered in Kasargod district in Kerala after a 30-year-old Madrassa teacher was hacked to death by unknown attackers on Monday night. The incident happened at around 1.30am when the deceased identified as Riyaz, who hails from Kodagu district in Karnataka, was at his residence near[Read More…]
In a shocking incident of hate crime, a Catholic priest from Kerala was stabbed by an Italian man at St Matthews Church in Melbourne. According to reports, Reverend Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was just about to begin the Sunday mass when an attacker shouted “You are Indian, a Hindu or Muslim,[Read More…]
A Kerala-based Christian outfit has come out with a demand that nuns be allowed to perform the sacrament of confession for women and minors instead of priests. Kerala Catholic Reformation Movement held a sit-in dharna outside the Bishop House in Kochi on Sunday to press their demand. According to members[Read More…]
