On Tuesday Bindu Ammini, one of the two women activists, who managed to enter the Sabarimala temple last season, was attacked with chilli powder by a Hindu Aikeya Vedi worker in front of the Kochi City Police Commissioner office. She was attacked when she was reaching Commissioner’s Continue Reading
Shehla Sherin a school girl who died at school due to snakebite on Wednesday, Nida Fathima her schoolmate has become the face of the protest against the system that led to the death. As the media gathered to Government Sarvajana Vocational Higher Secondary Education School in Sultan Bathery on Thursday, where Shehla was bitten by […]Continue Reading
Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister on Thursday promised stern action against officials who neglected their responsibilities. Condoling the death of Shehla Sherin, he termed it a serious issue. He said “teachers are supposed to teach students how to respond to a situation like this. But we came to know that some of the teachers in the […]Continue Reading
On Wednesday Kalamassery native moved to Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court against the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) for allegedly failing to act despite excavating corruption in allowing the construction of the house of playback singer MG Sreekumar at Bolgatty. Girish Babu, the petitioner, also said a vigilance case should be registered against Sreekumar and nine Continue Reading
Justice PR Raman, Devaswom adjudicator has proposed to impose a ban on the use of mobile phones by pilgrims on the premises of Lord Ayyappa temple here. Raman, who was here to supervise the situation and facilities available for pilgrims, said the proposal for the ban was raised following the pictures of the Sreekovil of […]Continue Reading
Persons riding pillion on two-wheelers will also have to wear helmets from December 1. After the Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to immediately issue a notification making it compulsory, the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) said it would strictly enforce the law from the start of next month. All pillion riders above […]Continue Reading
On Monday the Central Crime Branch of the city police called three professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for the investigations in the suicide of the student Fathima Latheef. They were told to appear before the investigating officers on Tuesday. Police sources said these three professors were named in one of the […]Continue Reading
Walayar case special public prosecutor Latha Jayaraj, who was under fire for alleged inefficiency in handling the case, was ousted from her post on Monday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the Assembly that the order regarding Latha’s removal has been issued. The CM said the government is with the parents of the two girls, whose […]Continue Reading
On Saturday evening 5 pm, Sabarimala shrine is set to open for the two-month-long pilgrim season . The CPI(M) led LDF Kerala government has been making preparations to make it a unproblematic experience. On Friday, the state government indicated that it would not “take young women to the Sabarimala temple” due to the “grey areas” […]Continue Reading
Declined Kovalam poet Gomathi Amma, passed away at Nemom on Wednesday. She was 87. She is known for her recital of Ayyinappilla Asan’s Ramakatha Pattu and Ayyinappilla Asan’s Bharatham Pattu. A winner of Folklore Academy Award, Gomathi Amma had even memorised hundreds of lines from the two works which are believed to have originated 150 […]Continue Reading



















