kottayam district

Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 As many as 10,922 voters aged 85 and above, and persons with disabilities (PwD), exercised their franchise through home voting as part of the Assembly elections in Kerala on Monday, officials said.According to data shared by the Election Commission, 7,561 senior...

Pathanamthitta/Kottayam, March 30 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday intensified the UDF's campaign for the Kerala elections, targeting the CPI(M) by referencing a popular parody song about its leaders' alleged role in the gold theft at the Sabarimala temple, while also questioning Prime...

Kollam (Kerala), March 21 A teacher convicted in the sensational murder of Dr Vandana Das inside a hospital here was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday, and the prosecution said it will move an appeal seeking the death penalty for the accused. The victim's family also called for "maximum...

Kollam (Kerala), March 21 A Kerala court on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Dr. Vandana Das in a taluk hospital in May 2023.The Kollam Additional District and Sessions Court sentenced G. Sandeep to a total of 30 years for various offenses under...

Kochi, March 19 In a setback for NDA ally Twenty20 in Kerala, the party withdrew two actress candidates on Thursday after their names were found missing from the voter list.The party withdrew Lakshmi Priya's candidature from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district and Veena Nair's candidature from...

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

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...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 16: With Kerala set to hold elections on April 9 to elect a new 140-member Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates following meetings of the party’s Central Election Committee.The list features a mix of...

Kochi, March 6 Police on Friday arrested a doctor after he had been on the run following a hit-and-run accident near here that claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman, officials said.Police said Dr. Cyriac George was taken into custody from a resort in Kannankulam, near Wagamon, in Idukki...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted a large-scale search operation across six states and arrested three individuals in a major case of digital fraud. Searches were carried out at various locations in Delhi, Bengaluru in Karnataka, Palakkad in Kerala, Nagpur in Maharashtra...

Kochi, February 25 The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to conduct a feasibility study within two weeks in coordination with the state government regarding the proposed site in Kozhikode district for an AIIMS, saying that the need for the medical institute in Kerala "cannot be...

Hyderabad, February 25 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted extensive searches across six states on Wednesday and arrested three accused in a "Digital Arrest" fraud case involving ₹1.86 crore.The case involves defrauding a senior citizen from Kottayam district in Kerala...

Kochi, February 24 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) was giving little priority to the welfare of cows and bulls at the Vaikom Mahadeva temple in the Kottayam district and expressed shock that some animals had died of starvation.A bench of...

Kochi, February 24 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed that the status quo be maintained regarding the ownership of the Cheruvally Estate in Erumely, which was proposed to be acquired for the Sabarimala International Greenfield Airport.A bench of justices Devan Ramachandran and M B...

Kochi, February 24 A 63-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman and abandoning her body on an unused railway track in Vyttila, police said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Shaji, is a retired official from the High Court in Ponnurunni, according to police.The...

Idukki (Kerala), February 15 A car was damaged after a wild elephant attacked vehicles on the Munnar-Marayoor road, forest officials said on Sunday.Officials suspect that a wild elephant bull, popularly known as Padayappa, was involved in the incident, which occurred around 11 pm on Saturday...

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), February 13 The seventh accused in the case involving the alleged sexual assault of a spa employee by a gangster for allegedly refusing to pay him money in Thiruvalla was arrested on Friday, police said.The arrested accused has been identified as Shinto P. Sunny of...