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Kollam (Kerala), March 6 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that politics and international relations in the current times were "heading towards darkness" and away from knowledge.Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, further said that there was no attempt to...

Kollam (Kerala), March 6 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that politics and international relations in the current times were "heading towards darkness" and away from knowledge.Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, further stated that there was no attempt to...

Kollam (Kerala), March 5 A motorcyclist died after falling into a pit dug as part of the National Highway construction here, police said on Thursday.The deceased, identified as Aji Kumar, 50, a resident of Memana, was found lying dead in a pit dug for constructing drainage as part of the...

Kollam (Kerala), March 5 A man suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a wild elephant in Kulathupuzha on Thursday morning, according to forest officials.The injured man has been identified as Prakash (48), a resident of Kulathupuzha.According to forest officials, Prakash was...

Kollam (Kerala), March 4 A vigilance court here on Wednesday granted statutory bail to former TDB president A Padmakumar in the case related to the alleged misappropriation of gold from the idols of the Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala, sources said.Padmakumar had already been granted...

Kollam (Kerala), March 3 A Kerala court has awarded damages of Rs five lakh to a retired army officer for "malicious prosecution" by the police.Principal Munsiff Ragi S directed the state government and six of its police officers to jointly pay the compensation to 54-year-old Willington, a...

Kollam (Kerala), March 2 Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Monday that it is time for a "new era" in Kerala, asserting that the state is ready for political change.He was addressing a gathering in Kollam as part of the Congress party's state-wide 'new era' rally, led by Leader of...

Kollam (Kerala), March 2 The opposition Congress in Kerala strongly condemned the heckling of its MLA by a section of people during the inauguration of the government's township project for landslide survivors in Wayanad and alleged a conspiracy by the CPI(M) behind the incident.The ruling...

Kollam (Kerala), March 2 The opposition Congress in Kerala strongly condemned the heckling of its MLA by a section of people during the inauguration of the government's township project for landslide survivors in Wayanad and alleged a conspiracy by the CPI(M) behind the incident.The ruling...

Kollam (Kerala), March 2 An offshore support vessel docked at the port here on Monday following tensions in the Middle East, officials said.The vessel, Zaki Vision, flying the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis, arrived at Kollam Port in the morning.The Kollam Port Officer's office said that the...

Kollam, March 2 A court here on Monday dismissed the bail petitions filed by a former member of the Travancore Devaswom Board in two cases related to the Sabarimala gold loss incident.Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit CS rejected the pleas after examining the medical records of the accused...

Kollam (Kerala), March 1 Vice President C P Radhakrishnan said on Sunday that education must go beyond textbooks and cultivate critical thinking, empathy, resilience, and integrity in students.He was inaugurating the centenary celebrations of St Stephen's Higher Secondary School in...

Kollam (Kerala), March 1 A court here has sentenced a man to imprisonment until death for torturing and sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.Special Judge Aravind B Edayodi of the Punalur Fast Track Court (POCSO Act Cases) awarded the sentence and a fine of Rs 5 lakh to Kalaivanan Kamaraj...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 – Kerala Health Minister Veena George has become the target of ridicule among the people of the state, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Friday."People are laughing at the mere mention of her name," Satheesan told reporters in Adoor.He alleged...

Kollam (Kerala), February 27 A court here on Friday granted statutory bail to a former TDB official in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case.Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit CS granted bail to former Thiruvabharanam (sacred ornament) Commissioner K S Baiju in the case related to the...

Kollam (Kerala), February 26 DYFI state committee member Chintha Jerome and 55 others were arrested on Thursday for allegedly raising provocative slogans during a protest over injuries sustained by Health Minister Veena George following a KSU agitation, police said.The case relates to a...

Kochi, February 26 The Kerala High Court on Thursday sought the Centre's response to a public interest litigation opposing the Padma Bhushan award being conferred on SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan.A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M also issued...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would hear a plea filed by the CEO of Chennai-based Smart Creations, challenging his arrest in the case of alleged misappropriation of gold from the Lord Ayyappa shrine, on March 19.The idols of the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity)...

Thiruvananthapuram/Kannur, February 22 The arrest of Sabarimala Tantri Kadararu Rajeevaru in the gold theft case triggered a fresh round of accusations and counter-accusations in Kerala on Sunday, with the opposition Congress alleging that the chief priest was "deliberately framed" in the case...

Kollam (Kerala), February 21 A village assistant was apprehended by the VACB on Saturday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 here for processing a land conversion application, officials said.The accused, Muhammed Khan, a native of Pattom in Thiruvananthapuram, reportedly demanded...