The governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu have classified 263 fishermen missing since cyclone Okhi as dead, taking the total death toll so far to 365 from the cyclone. A total of 102 people from Kerala and 191 people from Tamil Nadu had been registered...
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Amit Shah wants a repeat of Tripura in Kerala. Here’s why he can’t
BJP President Amit Shah is not a very expressive person, but the relief and happiness on his face during the party’s regular press conference today was hard to miss. Among the questions asked of Shah was whether today marks the ‘golden period’ of the BJP...
Kerala businessman offers life-time job to accused in actress cyber-bullying case
Joby George of Kerala-based Goodwill Entertainments has offered a ‘lifetime’ job in the UK, Australia, Dubai or India to the person who was arrested by the Kerala police yesterday for cyber-bullying an actress who criticized super star Mammootty. “If u can give u r no...
BSNL 4G is coming to villages, not towns
BSNL Chairman Anupam Shrivastava has officially confirmed what had only been hinted at so far, the company will indeed launch 4G services starting with Kerala next month. However, in all the buzz, one key element of the plan was overlooked — it is going to...
Kerala Love Jihad: Ashokan says he’s not anti-Muslim
Ashokan Mani, who has accused the Popular Front of India of trying to kidnap his daughter into Syria, today said he had no problems with his daughter converting to Islam or marrying a Muslim. Ashokan, who has been asked by the Supreme Court to produce...
VENGARA Election Results: Left Front vote up 20%, Cong, BJP down
The results of the bypoll held in Vengara assembly constituency in Kerala have confirmed the Congress-led UDF’s worries about losing support in the southern state. The results also showed that the BJP suffered a decline in popularity in Kerala in the last 18 months or...
BJP places gruesome banners of Kerala killings in New Delhi
Publicado por Athira Beena Sunny em Domingo, 8 de outubro de 2017 In an attempt to drum up public support for its fight with the Left Front in Kerala, the BJP’s Delhi unit has in the heart of the national capital placed grisly photographs of...
CPIM activists attacked for arranging Hindu-Muslim marriage in Kerala
Tensions are on the rise between the ruling CPI-M and the Social Democratic Party of India in Ambalapuzha in Kerala after Left activists were attacked, allegedly for arranging the wedding of a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl. The SDPI is second only to the...
Police arrest biggest group of illegal Bangladeshis in Kerala; 35 nabbed
Police in Kerala have arrested 35 people in Malappuram district on suspicions of being illegal Bangladeshi citizens staying in India. The arrests were made in Edavannapara in the Muslim-dominated district. Police sources said that the arrests are likely to lead to an acceleration in investigations...
Car driver fined Rs 5,000 for blocking bus from overtaking
A medical student in Kerala was fined Rs 5,000 and his car impounded for three days after the driver of a State Road Transport Corporation bus complained that the student forced the bus to go slow. Faizal, from Azhiyoor near Mahe, was accused of blocking...
Kannur Airport: 95% of airside, 90% of cityside work completed
Kerala’s fourth international airport at Kannur is very close to completion, with 95% of the airside works and 90% of cityside work completed, the government said today. Airside refers to the runway, bays, traffic control tower and so on, while city-side works refer to civilian...
Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV gets derated by Malayalis
Republic TV, the channel launched by Arnab Goswami — the former editor of Times Now — has come in for a barrage of criticism on social media after Malayalis took offence to what has been portrayed as repeated attempts by the channel to tarnish the...
Kerala Muslim girl draws fire for marrying Hindu boy
A Muslim girl who got married to a Hindu boy has come under heavy fire on social media for causing distress to her parents. Many of her former co-religionists found her decision unpalatable. “You have sacrificed the eternal for the fleeting, not because you lack...
Kerala Police file FIR against journalists after sting goes awry
Kerala Police have filed a first information report against the head and eight members of the ‘investigation team’ of a newly launched TV channel for a botched up sting operation targeting a minister. The FIR has been filed under sections of the Information Technology Act,...
Kerala merchant’s union strike against black-money currency move
Kerala’s merchants and traders union has asked its members to shut all shops from Tuesday to protest the Center’s decision to swap currency notes to control black money. The central government has withdrawn existing 500 and 1000 rupee notes and asked everyone holding the same...
Religious man denies breastmilk to newborn for 24 hrs
A man from God’s own country has come under social media fire for preventing his wife from feeding their newborn child over religious reasons. The incident took place on Wednesday around 2 PM, at the EMS co-operative hospital in Mukkam in Kozhikode district, Kerala, where...
Finally, Kerala CM takes a stand on Lawyers vs Media fight
Almost three months after the tussle between various lawyers associations and journalists first hit the headlines, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today took a stand on the issue, urging lawyers to let the media do their job. “The lawyers should realize that they do wrong...
Amit Shah wishes ‘Vaman Jayanti’ on Onam
It is customary for politicians to wish people on festivities. Doing so is supposed to give the audience a feeling that the politician connects with them and shares in their joy. However, it is also possible for this to have unintended consequences in a different cultural...
BMW experience tour reaches Thrissur this weekend
BMW announced the dates of its experience tour to be held in Thrissur district in Kerala on the 20th and 21st of this month. The venue will be Corporation ground in Paravattani added the company. Participants will be allowed to test drive and know more...
Police crack Kerala’s Nirbhaya case, arrest Amiyur Islam
Kerala Police have cracked the controversial case of the brutal rape and murder of Jisha, a law student in Perumbavoor near Kochi in Kerala. Amiyur Islam, a Bengali-speaking migrant labourer with an Assamese address, was arrested three days ago in Palghat. The body of the girl,...