Thiruvananthapuram |Β The Kerala Police registered an FIR against state IAS official N.Prasanth for lewd remarks sent to a woman journalist. The bureaucrat has been with outraging the modesty of a woman following a complaint filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalist with the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The incident took place before the April […]
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Covid tally in Kerala crosses 20,000 for second day now
Thiruvananthapuram |Β There seems to be no reduction in the number of daily Covid cases in Kerala as on Wednesday, the figure crossed 20,000 for the second successive day. A statement issued here by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 22,056 people turned positive after 1,96,902 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours. On […]
Kerala continues to report high proportion of total Covid cases
Thiruvananthapuram |Β With daily Covid tallies in Kerala continuing to remain high, the state accounts for nearly a fourth of new cases reported across the country. Out of 54,069 new Covid cases registered on Wednesday, Kerala had 12,787 cases and on Thursday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a statement, said that 12,078 people turned positive after […]
This Kerala student draws using her hands, feet and mouth
Thiruvananthapuram |Β Here is an artist in Kerala who has mastered the skill of drawing caricatures simultaneously using both her hands, feet and mouth. E.V. Divya is a third year general nursing student hailing from Thrissur and though not an artist, the boredom during the lockdown last year, made her think on how best to utilise […]
Video of elephant bidding farewell to dead Kerala Mahout goes viral
Thiruvananthapuram |Β Damodaran Nair or Omanachettan as he was fondly called, was a Mahout of the Elephant “Brahmadathan” in Pala of Kerala for the past twenty-five years. The mahout who was fighting cancer passed away on June 3 and as per his last wish, family members and other mahouts brought Brahmadathan to see the body of […]
Kerala: Ambulance assistant sexually harasses Covid patient, arrested
Thiruvananthapuam |Β Kerala police have arrested an ambulance assistant in Malappuram district on charges of sexually assaulting a 38-year-old Covid patient in the ambulance. The arrested person has been identified as Prashanth of Pullamanthole in Malapuram district. The offender was arrested on Saturday by the Perinthalmanna police after the woman told her doctor about the incident […]
Vijayan, Chandy test Covid positive
Thiruvananthapuram |Β Two days after the Kerala Assembly polls, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his predecessor and Congress leader Oommen Chandy both tested Covid positive on Thursday. While Vijayan himself wrote on his Facebook page that he has turned Covid positive and is getting himself admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College, Chandy’s family is preferring to […]
Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh names Kerala CM in dollar hawala
Thiruvananthapuram:Β Hours after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the Central agencies, a statement given by the gold smuggling case prime accused — Swapna Suresh to the Customs Department — surfaced on Friday, which said ‘Vijayan had a role in dollar smuggling’. In her statement recorded under Section 108 of the Customs Act, and the 164 […]
Conditional bail to mother arrested for sexually abusing minor son
Thiruvananthapuram (2 Min Read):Β The Kerala High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to the 35-year-old woman who was arrested following a complaint by her minor son that she has been sexually assaulting him. Justice S. Shirsy granted her bail on a Rs 1 lakh security bond and called upon the government to constitute a special […]
17 held for rape of minor girl in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram:Β In a horrifying incident of sexual abuse, a minor girl was raped by several men leading to the arrest of 17 of them and registration of 30 cases under the POCSO Act. The incident happened in Pandikkad, Malappuram district. The Child Welfare Committee and the police have swung into action now. The girl was abused […]