Kochi | The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain why there is a gap of 84 days for second dose of Covishield vaccine. The court also asked if it was possible to reduce the time gap if vaccines are sourced by parties themselves. The court made this remark when hearing a petition […]
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Marital rape good ground to claim divorce, says Kerala HC
Kochi | In a ruling that could have far-reaching implication in divorce cases, the Kerala High Court on Friday held that that marital rape can be a good ground to claim divorce. The verdict by a division bench of Justices A. Muhamed Mustaque and K. Edappagath came as it turned down an appeal filed by the […]
Fearing arrest by police, film personality Ayesha seeks anticipatory bail
Kochi | After the Kavaratti Police served a notice to leading Lakshadweep film personality Ayesha Sulthana to appear before it on June 20 in connection with her remarks made on a Malayalam TV channel about the spread of Covid on the island, she filed a plea for anticipatory bail in the Kerala High Court on Monday […]
‘Sathe was a great human being, excellent pilot’
Kochi: I have lost a good friend who was a great human being and a pilot par excellence, says retired naval commander Sam T.Samuel recalling Deepak Vasant Sathe, the pilot of the ill-fated Air India Express flight that crashed killing 18 on board including the two pilots. Sathe lost his life along with 17 others […]
Seized Rs 1 cr, 1 kg gold from Swapna’s locker: NIA tells court
Kochi: The NIA, which is probing the Kerala gold smuggling case, told a special NIA court here on Friday that they have seized Rs one crore and one kg gold from a bank locker of accused Swapna Suresh, who was sent to judicial custody along with co-accused Sandip Nair till August 21. Both were presented […]
Kerala startup develops tracking app for effective quarantine
Kochi: Necessity is the mother of invention, goes the old saying. In line with the adage, four young enterprising IT geeks, have tweaked their existing IT solution to come up with a new tracking app that can be used by authorities to track those in quarantine. The start-up, Pinmicro, which has an office at Infopark […]
Kerala reports first death from COVID-19
Kochi: The first COVID-19 death has been reportee from Kerala, here, said a State Minister on Saturday. State Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunilkumar told the media that the 69-year-old man arrived from UAE on March 22 and was in isolation. “He is from Kochi and was suffering from heart ailment and blood pressure. Since he was […]
5 British tourists under observation in Kerala test positive for coronavirus
Kochi: Five British tourists who were under quarantine at a hospital here on Friday turned positive for Covid-19, said a state Minister. With this the total number of positive cases has touched 30. “These 5 positive patients all aged over 60 include one woman. They were part of a 19-member tourist group from the UK. […]
COVID-19 positive British national, group stopped at Kochi airport from flying to Dubai
Kochi: A group of foreign tourists including a coronavirus positive British national was stopped from flying to Dubai at Cochin airport on Sunday, the officials said. The patient arrived in Kerala on March 2 and reached Munnar on March 7. But on March 10 he developed symptoms of coronavirus and was asked to remain under […]
Judicial custody for Christian priest abusing boys in Kerala
Kochi: A Christian priest who was arrested on Sunday for sodomizing young boys — inmates in a Boy’s Home here, headed by the Father himself, was sent to judicial custody for 14 days. Father George, alias Jerry, 40, the director of the Home, was arrested based on complaints of parents of the young boys, an officer […]