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In the backdrop of Nayagarh 'Pari' rape-murder and Mamita murder, the Niti Aayog's Urban SDG index 2021 rates women crime in Bhubaneswar higher than Vizag, Patna and Kolkata
Kochi: The Kochi Metro project has been in news for hiring 23 transgender people as employees of the new train service but a recent video shared by those new employees is breaking the internet for the simple request they have made. In the video, one employee says, “When you look at me today, I don’t […]
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive here later Sunday, is slated to dedicate the Rs 16,504 crore single largest investment in Kerala when he unveils an integrated Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) refinery expansion complex. He will lay the foundation stone of the complex which is a complete “Make in India” initiative aimed […]
Kottayam (Kerala): Four nuns — who went on a public protest last year demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who then headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar in Punjab — were on Wednesday handed transfer orders asking them to shift to different places but they declined to oblige. As the four nuns, now attached […]
Thiruvananthapuram: A dawn-to-dusk Kerala shutdown call, given by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS) to protest against the visit of two women to the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, evoked a mixed response in the state on Thursday. The SKS said the shutdown was intended to oppose the role of the Kerala government which apparently facilitated the […]
Thiruvananthapuram: With the Kerala government extending prohibitory orders in Sabarimala until Wednesday, the Congress-led UDF on Monday disrupted Assembly proceedings for the sixth consecutive day. While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers took to the streets across the state, the party has called for a Thiruvananthapuram shutdown on Tuesday to protest so-called “police high-handedness”. Both the […]
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday turned down a bail plea by a man arrested last month, saying protests against the entry of women to the Sabarimala temple were unacceptable. “The protests at Sabarimala are not acceptable as it is against the verdict of the Supreme Court,” a High Court bench said, rejecting the […]
Kochi: Bengaluru FC kept their perfect record against Kerala Blasters FC intact in the Indian Super League (ISL) with a 2-1 win at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday. Captain Sunil Chhetri opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a neat finish past Naveen Kumar. Kerala equalised with a well-converted spot-kick by Slavisa […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP will continue to stand by devotees opposed to the entry of all women to the Sabarimala temple, Kerala BJP President P.S. Sreedharan Pillai said on Sunday. Pillai also announced a series of protests to ensure that Sabarimala’s uniqueness — keeping away women in the age group of 10 to 50 — was […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Over 3,345 protesters who prevented women from entering the Sabarimala temple, have been arrested while 517 cases have been registered at various police stations across Kerala, authorities said on Sunday. On Sunday morning, Sabarimala tantri family member and activist Rahul Eashwar was arrested in Kochi taking the total number of arrests since October 26 […]
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested in September on charges of raping a nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016. The bishop secured the bail with strict conditions that he should not enter Kerala. He must also surrender his passport and should appear before the police […]
Kochi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal who has been named in a sexual abuse case by a nun, on Tuesday moved the Kerala High Court seeking an anticipatory bail. The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar would be appearing before the police probe team on Wednesday. The bail plea would be heard by Justice V. […]
Kochi: Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has ended his association with Kerala Blasters Football Club (KBFC), the Indian Super League (ISL) outfit said in a statement on Sunday. “Sachin has been a great support and we thank him for his immense contribution to KBFC. He will forever be a member of the Yellow Army. As it […]
Kochi: A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) of the Indian Navy crashed during take-off just outside the Naval base in Kochi on Tuesday, a Defence spokesman said. No casualties were reported. The incident occurred this morning when the Israeli-made pilotless aircraft took off from the Naval airport here for a routine sortie, he said. The crash […]