Bishop Franco Mulakkal's discharge plea dismissed
A trial court in Kottayam on Monday dismissed a discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, in connection with the case of alleged rape of a ...
'Love Jihad' is a reality in Kerala, claims BJP leader
A day after the Union Home Ministry told Parliament that no case of 'Love Jihad' has been reported by any of the central agencies, the BJP claimed th...
2 hospitalised for symptoms of coronavirus in Kottayam
Two persons, who returned from coronavirus-hit China two weeks ago, have been admitted to the isolation ward of the Government Medical College Hospit...
4 die as bus rams into car near Vaikom
Four people, including two women, were killed on Tuesday when a car in which they were travelling was rammed by a bus near Vaikom, police said. The a...
Accused in rape of minor girl in Kerala held
A man accused of raping a minor girl in Kanjirappally, was nabbed in the early hours of Saturday, police said. Arun Suresh, hailing from Karimbukayam...
Elephant kills mahout, rams bus in Kottayam
An elephant ran amok and killed its mahout while he was trying to tame it before attacking a bus carrying passengers, police said on Tuesday. The tus...
KC(M) dispute: Kattappana court dismisses Jose K Mani’s petition
In yet another setback to Jose K Mani, a court in Idukki district on Friday upheld a lower court''s order restraining him from officiating and discha...
Teenage girl sexually abused for 2 yrs
A 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted for the past two years by five men, four of whom have been arrested, police said in Kottayam on Monday. Tho...
Six deaths in 12 years: Kerala cops to exhume 4 bodies after plaint
Kozhikode: The police, probing the mysterious deaths of six members of a family at Koodathayi in Kerala Kozhikode district, said that the victims cou...
LDF's Mani C. Kappan wins Pala assembly by-poll
The ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala on Friday won the by-election to Pala assembly constituency, wresting the seat from the opposition Congress led U...
Police take control of Piravom church
Amid dramatic scenes, police made a forced entry into a church in Kochi, caught in a row between two factions, and removed protesting rival Jacobite ...
71.43% voter turnout in Pala by-poll
An estimated voter turnout of 71.43 per cent was recorded in the by-poll held at Pala constituency on Monday."Out of a total of 179,107 voters, 12793...
Pala by-poll: BJP’s N. Hari is NDA candidate
BJP’s central leadership announced that the party’s Kottayam district president N. Hari would be the NDA candidate in Pala assembly by-po...
Pala by-poll: Jose Tom Pulikkunnel is UDF candidate
The Congress-led UDF has announced Jose Tom Pulikkunnel, a leader of the Jose K. Mani faction in the Kerala Congress(M), as its candidate for the Sep...
Pala by-poll: Mani C. Kappan to be LDF candidate
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Mani C. Kappan will contest as the nominee of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the September 23 by-p...
Kevin murder case: Court awards double life sentence to all convicts
A court in Kottayam on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to 10 people for the honour killing of a 23-year-old Dalit Christian man last year, which ha...
10 people convicted in murder of Kevin
Ten people were convicted by a court in Kottayam on Thursday in the sensational murder of 23-year-old Dalit Christian Kevin P. Joseph in 2018. The Pr...
Kerala Governor decries violence on campuses
Kerala Governor P. Sathasivam on Monday said political parties and other outfits were "exploiting" the youthful vigour of students for "undesirable a...
Man held for 'sexually assaulting' minor girl in Kerala
A 63-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in Thalayolaparambu in Kottayam district, police said on Sunday. Y...
'Tippler' found hanging in police station
A 27-year old man, taken into police custody near Kottayam based on a complaint from his family, was found hanging in the police station on Tuesday m...
