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Kollam, March 17 – In a significant verdict that has brought a measure of closure to a case that shocked Kerala, the Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Tuesday found G. Sandeep guilty of the brutal murder of young doctor Vandana Das.The incident dates back to May 10, 2023, when Vandana Das, a...

Kochi, March 17 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the observations made by a vigilance court regarding the allegations and SIT investigation against the tantri (chief priest), Kandararu Rajeevaru, in the Sabarimala gold loss cases.The order by Justice A Badharudeen came in response to an...

Kollam (Kerala), March 17 – A Kerala court on Tuesday found a man guilty in the sensational murder of Dr. Vandana Das in a taluk hospital in May 2023.The accused, G. Sandeep, was found guilty by the Kollam Additional District and Sessions Court of the brutal murder, according to public...

Kollam (Kerala), March 15 Four more people were arrested in connection with the murder of a gangster at Puthiyakavu here, officials said on Sunday.With this, the total number of accused held in the case has risen to eight.Athul, a native of Ochira, was hacked to death in broad daylight on...

Kollam (Kerala), March 14 An accused in a murder case, who had been released on bail, was killed in broad daylight on Saturday by a group armed with weapons, police said.Later in the day, four people, two of whom allegedly carried out the attack, were arrested, police said, adding that a...

Kochi, March 14 KMRL announced on Saturday that it has submitted a comprehensive feasibility study report for implementing water metro systems in multiple Indian cities, a move that could transform urban water transport across the country.The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) said in a statement...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said on Saturday that some party MPs from Kerala have expressed interest in contesting in the upcoming assembly elections in the state, but the final decision will be that of the high command.Speaking to reporters, Venugopal...

Kollam (Kerala), March 14 An accused in a murder, who had been released on bail, was killed in broad daylight here on Saturday by a group armed with weapons, police said.An officer from the Karunagappally police station said that the incident occurred after the murder accused, who was also a...

Kollam (Kerala), March 9 A court here on Monday dismissed the bail petition of former TDB member N Vijayakumar in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft cases.Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit C S rejected Vijayakumar's bail plea in two cases related to the theft of gold from the...

Kochi, March 8 Coast Guard personnel were searching for two crew members of a fishing boat after a ship collided with their vessel off the Kollam coast, officials said on Sunday.Nine other crew members were rescued, they added.Even though the Coast Guard on Sunday evening claimed that two...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 – The Sivagiri Mutt urged Rahul Gandhi on Saturday to ensure that candidates from backward communities are fielded in winnable constituencies in the upcoming Assembly elections.The demand was made when the Congress leader visited the mutt and paid homage at the...

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...