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Kottayam (Kerala), March 30 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi drew loud cheers from the crowd when he said he was looking forward to Kerala having a female chief minister.Addressing a rally in Puthuppally, Gandhi spoke about the guarantees announced by the Congress if it comes to power, including...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 30 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that under the proposed FCRA amendments, only the RSS would be able to receive foreign funds, while other organizations would be restricted.Addressing an election rally in Puthuppally, Gandhi said the introduction of...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 30 AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Monday alleged that the FCRA amendment bill introduced in Parliament targets minority communities and charitable organisations.Speaking at a press conference here, he said the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA)...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 29 Two young men were killed when their motorcycle collided with a tanker truck here on Sunday, police said.The deceased were identified as Sachin P Satheesh (23) and Ayan P Jayan (23), both residents of Padinjarekkara.According to police, the accident occurred in...

In Kottayam, Kerala, March 23 Former MLA P.C. George, a prominent figure in the region, has announced his candidacy for the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections. George, who has a long-standing connection with the St. George community, has declared that he will be running as a candidate for the...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 22 Senior Congress leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said on Sunday that the differences that emerged during candidate selection within the party will not affect its prospects in the upcoming Assembly elections, asserting that the UDF is united in its fight against the...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 17 As Kerala prepares for the April 9 Assembly polls, the southern Kottayam district is witnessing a father and his son contesting as NDA candidates in two constituencies with a significant Christian voter base.They are none other than veteran politician P C George and...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 16 Kerala Congress (Mani) announced on Monday that party chairman Jose K Mani will contest the election from the Pala constituency here, effectively ending all speculation.The Kerala Congress (M), an ally of the LDF, has announced candidates for 12 seats in the...

Kottayam (Kerala), March 9 A couple was found dead in a pool of blood at a rented house here on Monday, police said.The deceased, Sajan Joseph and his wife, Anusha Joseph, were natives of Mannar in Alappuzha district and were residing in a rented house at Chirakkadavu in Ponkunnam.Police...

Kochi, March 8 A court here has sentenced a Kerala film producer to two years' imprisonment each in two cheating cases.Additional Sessions Court Judge Sabarinathan P found Joby George (49) of Kallara South in Kottayam guilty in two cases related to promising jobs and business opportunities...

Kochi, March 6 Police arrested the father of a doctor on Friday, who is on the run after a 19-year-old woman died in a hit-and-run accident near here, officials said.The Special Investigation Team, which is tracking down the accused, Dr. Cyriac, arrested his father, George Mathew of...

Kottayam (Kerala), February 28 Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday emphasized the transformative power of education, asserting that it shapes the character of individuals and, in turn, the future of the nation.Addressing the concluding ceremony of the centenary celebrations of St...

Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi/Kozhikode, February 28 A day after the Kerala High Court paved the way for the release of 'The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond', ticket sales remained slow, although theatre owners said they were expected to pick up in the coming days.Meanwhile, activists of the Democratic...

Kottayam (Kerala), February 28 Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews III, the head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, welcomed Prime Minister Modi's reported stance that the Malankara Church should remain united, on Saturday.His remarks are significant given that Prime Minister Narendra...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 Four officials of the Fort Police Station here have been suspended in connection with an alleged custodial torture incident, police said on Friday.The suspended personnel are Grade Sub-Inspector Sreekumar and Civil Police Officers Siju, Sunil, and Gireesh.Last...

Kottayam (Kerala), February 27 Uncertainty prevailed regarding Vice President C P Radhakrishnan's planned visit to the Mannathu Padmanabhan Samadhi (Mannam Samadhi) in Changanassery, here, after the NSS allegedly denied permission for a security check at the site, police said on Friday...

Kottayam (Kerala), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced the former Ernakulam Additional District Magistrate (ADM) to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs five lakh in a 2015 bribery case.Kottayam Vigilance Court Judge K V Rajanish sentenced B Ramachandran, a...

New Delhi, February 25 The CBI on Wednesday arrested three individuals for allegedly defrauding a senior citizen from Kottayam, Kerala, of a large sum of money through "digital fraud," officials said.The arrests were made during a search operation that covered six states – Goa, Karnataka...

Kochi, February 24 – What was initially suspected to be a railway accident near Vyttila in Kerala has now been confirmed as a murder case, with police arresting a man from Kochi for allegedly killing a 35-year-old woman and dumping her body on an abandoned railway track in an attempt to make it...

Ranchi, February 20 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren paid tributes to Aalin Sherin Abraham, the 10-month-old girl from Kerala, whose parents donated her organs after her death, saying that the child has become immortal.Soren said that his government would take all steps to strengthen the...