Kochi: Alleged Islamic State operative Riyas Aboobacker, who was taken into custody by the NIA two days back from Kerala’s Palakkad and formally arrested on Monday, was sent to judicial custody till May 29 by the special court here on Tuesday. Aboobacker alias Abu Dujana was arrested on charges for conspiring to commit a terrorist […]
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Veteran Kerala politician K.M. Mani dead
Kochi: Veteran Kerala politician K.M. Mani, who never lost any Assembly election since 1967, died on Tuesday evening at a private hospital here, doctors said. The 86-year-old was undergoing treatment for a lung ailment since his admission to the hospital last week. Mani’s party is the biggest ally of the Congress in the United Democratic […]
Now Shashi Tharoor’s aunt, uncle join BJP
Kochi: A day after Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan joined the BJP, Thiruvananthapuram Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor’s aunt and her husband took membership of the BJP here on Friday. Sobhana Sasikumar, Tharoor’s mother’s sister, as well as her husband Sasikumar and 13 others were welcomed into the party by state BJP president P.S. Sreedharan […]
Backstabbing is in the DNA of Malayalees: K.J.Alphons
Kochi : The lone Keralite in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, bureaucrat-turned-politician K.J. Alphons, on Sunday expressed his ire at the way Malayalees behave and attributed it to a DNA issue where backstabbing is common. “Malayalees have a characteristic of seeing things in a poor light, whenever another Malayalee achieves something. Malayalees have a DNA problem […]
Two Navy officials killed in freak accident
Kochi : In a freak accident, two Naval officers were killed here on Thursday after getting trapped beneath the iron shutter of the helicopter hangar, police said. According to police, the incident occurred around 10 a.m. at the Southern Naval Command’s headquarters here. “The Navy is conducting their probe. Two Chief Petty Officers who were […]
Kerala HC rules no more protests at Sabarimala temple
Kochi : The Kerala High Court on Tuesday ruled that there should be no more protests at the Sabarimala temple during the ongoing pilgrimage season. It also asked the police to deal properly with the pilgrims, allowed the pilgrims to chant Lord Ayyappa hymns, but refused to lift prohibitory orders in place in and around […]
Protests in Sabarimala not acceptable: Kerala HC
Kochi : The Kerala High Court on Thursday turned down a bail plea by a man arrested last month, saying protests against the entry of women to the Sabarimala temple were unacceptable. “The protests at Sabarimala are not acceptable as it is against the verdict of the Supreme Court,” a High Court bench said, rejecting […]
Bishop Franco Mulakkal who is accused of raping nun, gets bail
Kochi : The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested in September on charges of raping a nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016. The bishop secured the bail with strict conditions that he should not enter Kerala. He must also surrender his passport and should appear before the police […]
Kerala High Court denies bail to rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal
Kochi : The Kerala High Court on Wednesday denied bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested on charges of raping a nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016. Justice V. Raja Vijayaraghavan observed that there exists evidences against the bishop, who is currently in judicial custody. Mulakkal was arrested on September 21 after three days […]
Nun rape: HC order on Bishop’s bail plea on Oct 3
Kochi : The Kerala High Court will deliver on October 3 its order on the bail plea of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on charges of raping a nun. Justice V. Raja Vijayaraghavan heard on Thursday the arguments in the case against Mulakkal for allegedly raping the senior nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016. He was […]