Kerala

Kerala Asha workers cut hair as protest for pay hike enters 50th day

Leaders of the ongoing protest by Asha workers before the Kerala secretariat, intensified their stir by cutting their hair on Monday, the 50th day of their movement.

Mar 31, 2025

'Anchored in a 19th-century ideology', Shashi Tharoor slams Left

Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday took a swipe at the CPI(M)-led Left government in Kerala over the delay in permitting private universities to open in the state, saying that they are anchored in a 19th-century ideology, and will enter the 21st century, may be in the 22nd.

Mar 26, 2025

Violence in visual media can have undesirable effect, says Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the depiction of violence in visual media can have an "undesirable effect on people", and to what extent it can be shown has to be ascertained keeping in mind the right to freedom of speech and expression.

Mar 18, 2025

Kerala HC sets aside appointment of probe commission in Waqf related case

The Pinarayi Vijayan government on Monday suffered a jolt when the Kerala High Court allowed the petition challenging the appointment of an Inquiry Commission to find a permanent solution to a dispute between the Munambam residents and Waqf Board.

Mar 17, 2025

Role of political leaders in Kerala CSR funds scam to be probed, says CM Vijayan

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday informed the state Assembly that only a detailed probe will reveal if there was any involvement of political leaders in the now infamous Kerala CSR funds scam.

Mar 17, 2025

ED raids SDPI offices in Kerala as part of nationwide crackdown

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday morning conducted searches at the offices of the Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in three key locations across Kerala -- Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, and Kozhikode -- as part of a nationwide crackdown.

Mar 6, 2025

Senior CPI leader, ex-MLA P. Raju passes away

Senior CPI leader and two-time former legislator P. Raju passed away here at a private hospital on Thursday. He was 73.

Feb 27, 2025

Kerala youth who killed family, girlfriend was under influence of drugs

A 23-year-old youth, Affan who killed four of his relatives and also his 19-year-old girlfriend was under the influence of drugs at the time of the crime, according to a preliminary probe by the police.

Feb 25, 2025

Mizoram student stabbed to death in Kerala, batchmate arrested

A 22-year-old BTech student from Mizoram was stabbed to death near his college in Thiruvananthapuram. The deceased, Valentine, was a student at Rajadhani Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nagaroor.

Feb 23, 2025

Seven SFI students suspended in new ragging case, Kerala Minister to meet principals

Seven senior students belonging to the Student's Federation of India (SFI) at the Government College Kariavattom here have been suspended after a complaint of ragging was reported.

Feb 18, 2025

CSR scam case: Kerala HC deeply concerned over FIR against former judge

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the manner in which an FIR was registered against former Kerala High Court Justice, C.N. Ramachandran Nair, in the Rs 1,000 crore CSR funds scam case.

Feb 18, 2025

Five nursing students arrested for ragging in Kerala

Five third-year students of the state-run School of Nursing in Kottayam were arrested on Wednesday morning for ragging freshers.

Feb 12, 2025

Out on bail in murder case, Kerala man kills two more

A man who was on bail in a murder case, on Monday killed a woman and his son, who was related to the one whom he killed in 2019.

Jan 27, 2025

Kerala: Close relative of Indian cricketer Minnu Mani killed in tiger attack

A 45-year-old tribal woman, aunt of Indian cricketer Minnu Mani, was mauled to death by a tiger on Friday in Mananthavady of Kerala's Wayanad district.

Jan 24, 2025

Kerala bizman attacked in Karnataka, robbed of car, cash

A Kerala businessman was attacked by a gang of four robbers and robbed of his car and cash in Karnatakas's Mysuru district.

Jan 20, 2025

Kerala court pronounces death sentence for Greeshma in Sharon Raj poisoning case

A local court in Thiruvananthapuram sentenced 24-year-old Greeshma to death by hanging for murdering her lover, Sharon Raj, by poisoning him with a toxic chemical mixed into ayurvedic medicine on October 14, 2022.

Jan 20, 2025

Kerala court finds Greeshma guilty of murder of 23-year-old Sharon, mother acquitted

A local court in the Kerala capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, on Friday convicted Greeshma, a young woman, of murdering her lover Sharon Raj by poisoning him with a toxic chemical mixed into an ayurvedic medicine on October 14, 2022.

Jan 17, 2025

Kerala twin murder case: Ex-MLA, three others get relief from HC

Five days after a CBI court here sentenced 10 CPI(M) workers to a double-life term and four others, including a former party legislator to five-year imprisonment in the Periya twin murder case, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the verdict of the four.

Jan 8, 2025

10 Kerala CPI-M activists get double life term; ex-MLA gets 5 years' jail for murder of 2 Cong workers

A CBI court here on Friday sentenced 10 CPI-M workers to a double life term and four others including a former party legislator to five years' imprisonment in the Periya twin murder case.

Jan 3, 2025

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar sworn in as 23rd Governor of Kerala

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Kerala on Thursday by Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar.

Jan 2, 2025