Thiruvananthapuram |Β Argentina and Messi have won the World Cup, but in Kerala things appeared to have gone haywire with numerous incidents of clashes being reported from several places in the state, and one teenager collapsed during victory celebrations. Akshay, 17, was taking part in the victory celebrations at the Kollam Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium soon […]
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90 minutes atop tree, youth saves himself from wild elephants
Thiruvananthapuram |Β A Kerala youth while working in his land near the picturesque Munnar tourist destination suddenly found himself in the middle of a herd of wild elephants. Seeing the elephants of various sizes heading towards him, the youth, named Saji, tried to run away, but soon felt that he could not run further. The only […]
Posing as doctor Kerala woman steals newborn from hospital, gets caught
Thiruvananthapuram |Β Things did not go as what 33-year-old Neetu Raj had planned and in a matter of two hours was put behind bars for stealing a baby from hospital. Around 3.20 p.m. on Thursday, the woman dressed as a doctor arrived at a the gynaecology ward at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital and after examining […]
Kerala: Man attacks wife for backing out of kidney selling deal
Thiruvananthapuram |Β A man in Thiruvanthapuram was arrested for allegedly attacking his wife and children, after she backed out of donating her kidney to help him settle his debts, police said on Friday. The incident was reported from Vizhinjam, near the famed Kovalam beach in the state capital city, when Sajan suddenly turned angry after his […]
Kerala IAS Officer Booked For Sending Inappropriate Messages To Woman Journalist
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 […]
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 […]