A court in Lakshadweep on Wednesday sentenced NCP Lok Sabha member Mohammed Faizal from Lakshadweep to 10 years' imprisonment in an attempt to murder case.
Category: Kochi
Chaos reigns famed St Mary's Basilica at Kochi on X'mas eve
Differences over unified mass at the famed St Mary's Basilica here, which snowballed into violence last month, has cast its shadow on the Christmas celebrations with police being deployed to prevent the situation from deteriorating any further.
IT sleuths raid leading Malayalam film personalities
Income Tax officials from Kerala and Tamil Nadu arrived at the residence and offices of leading Malayalam film personalities on Thursday morning to launch raids
Kerala HC closes contempt of court case as govt says Vizhinjam protests over
A day after the hectic parleys between the state government and the protesters against the Adani Vizhinjam port, the government informed the Kerala High Court on Wednesday that protests at the port construction site have been called off.
'No issues with deployment of central forces at Vizhinjam', Kerala govt tells HC
The Kerala High Court on Friday sought the views of the Central government about deploying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel at the construction site of the Vizhinjam port project.
Kerala HC: Consensual sex with married woman on false promise of marriage no ground for rape
The Kerala High Court has ruled that consensual sex with a married woman on the basis of false promise of marriage will not amount to rape since such a promise is not enforceable under law.
If one party in Muslim marriage is a minor, offence will come under POCSO Act: Kerala HC
The judge is the son of retired Justice K.T. Thomas who had turned down the bail plea of a 31-year-old Muslim man from West Bengal in a case registered against him by the Thiruvalla Police in August this year where he was alleged to have "kidnapped" a 14-year-old girl.
Kerala: Four arrested for gang-rape of model in moving car
Kerala Police on Saturday arrested three youths and a woman in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old model in a moving car here on Thursday night. Kochi City Police Commissioner C.H. Nagaraju told the media that three youths and a Rajasthan woman have been arrested.
19-year-old model says gang-raped in Kochi, woman among four accused held
Three Kerala youths and a woman from Rajasthan were taken into custody on Friday after a 19-year-old model complained of being raped in a car here on Thursday night, police said.
Efforts on to bring back 16 Indian sailors from Nigeria: Union Minister
Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, on Saturday said that all efforts are going on at various levels to bring back the 16 Indian sailors on board a Norwegian oil carrier MT Heroic Idan, after Equatorial Guinea authorities handed it over to the Nigerian Naval authorities.
Cannot restrict woman's reproductive choice: Kerala HC
The court took the route of an earlier apex court judgement where it was held that as per Article 21 of the Constitution of India, a woman has right to make reproductive choice as it is a dimension of her personal liberty.
Kerala Human sacrifice case: 3 sent to 14-day judicial custody
A local court here on Wednesday sent three people accused of killing two women allegedly as part of a "ritualistic human sacrifice" in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, to two weeks judicial custody.
PM commissions India's 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
Addressing the commissioning ceremony, Modi said: "INS Vikrant is a floating airfield, a floating town... and the power generated in it can light up 5,000 houses, while the cables can run to Kashi from Kochi."
Cochin International Airport: India's champion in sustainable energy
One of the prominent challenges of the 21st century is how to make aviation sustainability a reality in the face of the industrys high global footprints. In this modern world, transportation by air has become a necessary evil as more and more people and industries rely on it, creating a dilemma between economy and environment.
Swapna Suresh names Kerala CM, his wife in gold smuggling case
Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh, who had promised to make more revelations about the case, on Tuesday directly named Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his wife, daughter, two top aides to Vijayan and one Cabinet minister in connection with the case.
Kerala HC junks plea to remove PM's photo from Covid vaccine certificates
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Covid vaccine certificates and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on the petitioner.
Looking at building quality infrastructure of Rs 110 lakh cr: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who launched various new projects of central public sector organisations in Kerala's Kochi on Sunday, announced that his government us looking at building infrastructure worth Rs 110 lakh crore to power India's rise.
819 evacuees from Maldives, Lakshadweep arrive in Kerala
A total of 698 people who were evacuated from Maldives on INS Jalashwa, arrived here on Sunday around 9.30 a.m., said the Cochin Port officials. This operation is part of Indian Navy's 'Operation Samudra Setu'.
177 passengers from Bahrain land at Cochin airport
The first evacuation flight from Bahrain carrying 177 passengers landed here at 11.30 p.m. on Friday. The flight carried four passengers each from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu while the rest of them were from various other districts of Kerala.
164 foreign tourists flown out from Kochi to Switzerland
This is the fourth flight that repatriated tourists from the state to Europe since the international airports were closed on March 23 to contain spread of Covid-19 disease.
CBI court to try Kerala CPI-M leaders in murder case
In a setback to the state's ruling CPI-M, the Kerala High Court on Monday directed that a murder case in which two top party leaders are accused be shifted from Kannur to the CBI court here.
PM announces Rs 500 crore assistance to flood-hit Kerala
The Prime Minister, who flew from Delhi on Friday night, made an aerial assessment of the damage caused by the floods. However, the survey was done only in some of the affected areas due to bad weather.
Congress in Tripura blocks rail stations to protest police fired-killing of 5 farmers in MP
The firing on Tuesday came during raucous protests to demand better crop prices in the drought-ravaged region that saw one farmer suicide every five hours in the past two years.
DMs, SPs of violence-hit MP districts transferred
The farmers agitation entered its eighth day on Thursday. The peasants have been on strike since June 1, demanding loan waiver and fair price for their produce.
Indian American selected among 12 NASA astronaut candidates
He continued on to earn a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from the US Naval Test Pilot School.