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...
P.J Joseph appointed as interim chairman of Kerala Congress (M)
P.J Joseph has been appointed as the interim head of Kerala Congress (M) party following the demise of its former chairman K.M Mani.
He will act as t...
Bishop Franco Mulakkal appears in court
Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping and sexually assaulting a nun in Kerala, on Friday appeared before a magistrate court in Pala.The Pala Judi...
Rahul Gandhi visits kin of late KC(M) leader K.M Mani
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid a visit to the bereaved family members of Kerala Congress (M) leader and former state minister K.M Ma...
Kerala Police charges Bishop Franco Mulakkal in nun rape case
A special investigation team of the Kerala Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, seven months after he was arrested o...
Kerala Congress (M) leader K.M Mani passes away
Veteran leader of Kerala Congress (M) and former state finance minister K.M Mani passed away on Tuesday at Kochi’s Lakeshore hospital.
He was 8...
Infighting breaks out in Kerala Congress (M)
Intensive infighting has erupted in Kerala Congress(M) over party chairman K.M Mani's decision to field his loyalist and former MLA Thomas Chazhikada...
EC directive on Sabarimala illogical, says BJP
The BJP on Monday termed as 'illogical' the Election Commissions directive to political parties in Kerala that the Sabarimala temple row should not b...
Elephant tramples Sabarimala pilgrim to death
A Sabarimala pilgrim was trampled to death by a wild elephant in a forest area, 60 km from Kottayam early on Wednesday, police said. Paramasivam, 35,...
Pinarayi Vijayan has failed to control violence: Congress
Opposition Congress in Kerala attacked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the Sabarimala issue, accusing him of not controlling the law and order sit...
Hadiya's father joins BJP
K.M Asokan, father of Hadiya, the young woman from Kerala who converted to Islam and married a Muslim man against her family's wishes, on Tuesday sai...
Gwalior Bishop Thomas Thennatt dies in car accident
Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior has succumbed to a severe head injury in a tragic car accident. He was 65.According to a press release from the Dio...
Court says Kevin was a victim of 'honour killing'
In a major development, an additional Sessions Court in Kottayam has agreed to consider the murder of Dalit Christian youth Kevin P. Joseph as an inc...
We will stand firmly with Ayyappa devotees: NSS chief
The Nair Service Society (NSS), an outfit of Kerala's influential Nair community, said it stood firmly with the devotees opposing entry of women in t...
Police action against Ayyappa devotees 'unethical': NSS
Nair Service Society, an outfit of Kerala's influential Nair community, Friday termed as 'unethical and anti-democratic' the police action against de...
