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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...

Kollam, February 20 A court here on Friday granted statutory bail to former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president and CPI(M) leader A Padmakumar in one of the cases related to the Sabarimala gold loss incident.Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit CS granted bail to Padmakumar in the case...

Kollam (Kerala), February 20 Sabarimala Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru has linked his arrest in the alleged gold loss cases at the hill shrine to his stand during the 2018 women's temple entry row, claiming that his position at the time had upset many.Rajeevaru, who was the 16th accused in the...

Kollam, February 20 – In a dramatic turn in the Sabarimala gold theft case, Tantri Kantarar Rajeevar has accused the Pinarayi Vijayan government of orchestrating his arrest as an act of political revenge, even as the Kollam Vigilance Court granted him bail after 41 days in remand.He walked out...

Kollam (Kerala), February 19 A case has been registered against a suspected hacker who allegedly hacked social media accounts and computer systems for money and posted online advertisements for it, police said on Thursday.The Kollam Rural Cyber Police registered the case against a man from...

Thrissur (Kerala), February 18 Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, V.D. Satheesan, said on Wednesday that the Kerala High Court verdict on the Nava Kerala survey vindicated the Congress-led UDF's stand that taxpayer money was being used by the ruling government for election campaigns...

Kollam, February 18 – The Tantri, Rajeevar, was granted bail by the Kollam Vigilance Court on Wednesday in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case, marking a significant development in the high-profile investigation.The relief came in connection with the bail applications filed in the...

Kollam (Kerala), February 18 A vigilance court here on Wednesday granted bail to Sabarimala tantri (chief priest) Kandararu Rajeevaru in the cases related to alleged misappropriation of gold from the Lord Ayyappa shrine, according to police sources.Rajeevaru is the 16th accused in the case...

Kollam (Kerala), February 18 An accused in a POCSO case escaped from the court premises just minutes before he was sentenced to a cumulative 23 years for abducting a minor girl from Assam and sexually assaulting her, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at the Fast Track Special...

Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam, February 17 Two members of a family died near Nilamel in Kollam a day ago in what is suspected to be a case of food poisoning after dining at a restaurant in Vizhinjam, police said on Tuesday.Two other members of the same family are currently receiving treatment...