Category: Kochi

Loknath Behera, former senior officer of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and part of the team that interrogated David Coleman Headley -- the key conspirator in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks -- on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the successful extradition of Tahawwur Rana from the United States.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed that notices be sent to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter Veena Vijayan in a petition filed by Congress legislator Mathew Kuzhalnadan alleging corruption.

A TTE died after a passenger pushed him off a moving train in Kerala's Thrissur on Tuesday evening, police said. The accused, who was later arrested, was identified as Rajnikanth, a migrant labourer hailing from Odisha.

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday initiated an investigation into a money laundering case involving Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan’s IT firm and the Cochin-based mining firm CMRL.

The adoption of green hydrogen as a maritime fuel is at the forefront of India’s commitment to a sustainable future that aims for ‘net zero’ emissions by 2070 in order to limit global warming.

A Kerala court which had earlier found 15 members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) guilty in the 2021 murder of BJP leader Renjith Sreenivasan, sentenced all of them to death on Tuesday.

The Kerala High Court on Friday sought responses of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena and other top politicians on a plea demanding a probe into allegations of bribery and misuse of power by high-ranking public officials.

The Kerala High Court quashed proceedings against a man accused of having committed offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 on the ground that the victim and accused were now married.

Citing the holy Bible, the Kerala High Court came to the help of an 80-year-old citizen, whose request for arrears of maintenance from his children, was turned down by a family court.

The Kerala unit of CPI-M in general and particularly its legislator A.C. Moideen are jittery after a 22 hour Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at his residence in Trissur district ended in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has told the Kerala High Court that awareness of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) would be made part of the school curriculum from the next academic year onwards. 

In February,  Zahad gave birth to their child. However, the birth certificate of the child registered by the Kozhikode Corporation recorded the mother's name as Zahad (transgender) and father's name as Ziya (transgender).

State Minister of Animal Husbandry J.Chinchurani will kick-start the process by feeding a huge ball of rice mixed with ayurvedic and allopathic medicines to two elephants - Jr Vishnu and Vinayakan.

The Kerala High Court has ruled that AHigh Courts have the power to conduct disciplinary proceedings against presiding officers of district and other subordinate courts under their jurisdiction, including in Lakshadweep.

The Kerala High Court has said that when two parties decide to live together by virtue of a mere agreement, and not in accordance with any personal law or the Special Marriage Act, they cannot claim it to be a marriage or seek divorce.

The three, Sanu Joseph from Kochi, who was the Chief Officer of the Ship; Heroic Idun along with V. VIjith, third officer of the ship from Kollam and Milton D' couth, who was the ship's oiler from Mulavukad in Kochi, reached home on Saturday.

Kutty, a frontline politician with the NCP, which is an ally of the CPI(M) in the Left Front government, is deeply disappointed with the attitude of the local self-government officials, and also a local CPI(M) leader.

In a major haul, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said it has seized around 2,500 kg high purity methamphetamine valued at Rs 12,000 crore in the Indian water, and detained a suspected Pakistani national in this connection.

The presence of 96-year-old former Left supported legislator M.K. Sanu at the public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that consisted of mostly youths, here, on Monday evening, has now raised eyebrows.

An eight-year-old girl studying in Class 3 at a school in Kerala's Thrissur died when a mobile phone on which she was watching a video exploded in her hand.

K. Muraleedharan, son of legendary Congress leader K.Karunakaran, on Friday expressed his disappointment over being "meted out a raw deal" at the Centenary Celebration of Vaikom Satyagraha, held near here.

In a huge set back to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, the Kerala High Court on Friday quashed his order which withdrew 15 nominated senate members to the University of Kerala.

The ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the alleged bribery case in Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan backed 'Life Mission project' appears to be entering a crucial phase with the former CEO of the project, U.V. Jose's second day of questioning on Wednesday.

Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday gave a thumbs up to the country's banking system, while stressing how recent developments in the US have brought to the fore the criticality of banking sector regulation and supervision.

"It's quite common that when someone does something for the poor and weaker sections of the society, their names will be discussed and I am not going to be worried because of that," said Ali.