The officer said that the man surrendered at Kodakara police station in the morning, claiming he was the one who set off the blasts.
Shaken after two consecutive defeats, Kochi Tuskers Kerala would look to infuse some life to their IPL campaign when they clash with an equally shattered Delhi Daredevils in Kochi on Saturday.
Told to take money and withdraw, the successful but frightened Kochi franchise winners seek Sonia's protection.
Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Sunday said the UDF will take part in all the rehabilitation efforts and work towards restoring normalcy in the lives of the survivors.
The base will be used by carriers such as Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, to operate 70-seater ATR aircraft to places such as Bengaluru.
The Kerala police on Thursday launched an investigation into an alleged social media campaign against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Facebook post requesting help for the people affected by the landslides in Wayanad district. The campaign was aimed at motivating people to reject the CM's appeal for disaster relief, it said.
Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera shares his impressions from the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India's landmark artistic extravaganza.
India and Maharashtra batter Kedar Jadhav on Monday announced his retirement from international cricket, four years since his last appearance for the national team.
At the airport, Joseph was received by the regional passport officer.
Naval warship INS Kochi, the stealth guided missile destroyers, has been commissioned by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
A Defence spokesperson said on Friday that the Defence Ministry had neither accorded nor denied landing permission for an aircraft carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Naval airport in Kochi.
Two Navy-escorted passenger ships with 475 people evacuated from the conflict-hit Yemen arrived in Kochi on Saturday.
The stunning win over Mumbai Indians gave IPL debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala the fillip they desperately needed and the side would be aiming to spring a surprise once again when they take on another heavyweights, defending champions Chennai Super Kings, in Kochi on Monday.
Two training ships of the 1st Training Squadron of the Indian Navy -- INS Krishna, a frigate, and INS Tir, with about 300 cadets, sailors and officers onboard were participating in the exercise. Capt N N Rao, the Commander of INS Tir, will be the overall supervisor on the Indian side. On the German side, three visiting warships belonging to the 2nd Flotilla -- with Captain Michael Budde as the Commander Task Force -- are taking part.
Tech titan Google on Wednesday launched the Google Wallet app for Android users in India, allowing them to securely store essentials like boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and public transport passes. The digital wallet, which becomes operational in India from Wednesday, comes as a complementary service to existing payment app Google Pay, a top official said.
IPL CEO Sundar Raman and Kochi franchisee members are expected to visit the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on December 16.
Reader Sudha Priya sends us a photograph.
Kochi will be the new headquarters of Air India Express, while Thiruvananthapuram will be the main engineering centre of the airline.
State higher education minister R Bindhu has directed a three-member team, comprising the principal secretary of higher education, and Cochin University's vice-chancellor and registrar, to inquire into the stampede incident, an official release said.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala rode on a rollicking opening stand between Brendon McCullum and VVS Laxman as they scored a challenging 161 for five against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their debut Indian Premier League match in Kochi on Saturday.
Amid indications that investors of the Kochi IPL franchise have withdrawn, BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said the Board has received "certain letters" from the consortium's stakeholders and a final decision on the troubled team would be taken on November 28.
Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A will remain at sea for 8 months. They will rely on wind power, do the repairs on the boat themselves and navigate some the world's most treacherous waters.
Sunanda, who was not married to Tharoor then, had refuted allegations of any wrongdoing.
The high court's 111-page order came on the appeals moved by the 26 accused against the special court's orders denying them bail.
A group of Indian nurses, who were evacuated from Libya by the government, arrived in Kochi in the early hours of Friday morning.
Unable to resolve their differences, the Kochi franchise have withdrawn from the Indian Premier League (IPL) barely two days before the expiry of their one-month deadline, paving the way for the Board of Control for Cricket in India to issue a new tender for a replacement team.
A group of young women and men have had enough of moral policing in Kerala. On Sunday, November 2 they plan to meet at Kochi's Marine Drive and stage a somewhat unique protest that involves... kissing.
The curtain goes up on the quarter-final league matches in the National Football Championship, for the Santosh Trophy, on Friday.
Malaysian Airlines will be launching its operations in the Kochi-Kuala Lumpur sector from November this year. \n
At the bottom of the points table, former champions Deccan Chargers would be aiming to put an end to their dismal show so far when they clash against Kochi Tuskers Kerala at the Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
Adding a new twist to the Kochi IPL franchise drama, Union Minister for Agriculture and the BCCI president Sharad Pawar revealed on Thursday that members of the consortium that won the Kochi IPL franchise wanted to be based in Anmedabad.
The Kochi-Bangalore-Chennai A-320 IC 509 flight with 42 passengers and seven crewmembers had taken off for Bangalore at 0700 hours from Nedumbassery airport, but returned within 30 minutes after the problem was noticed, airport sources said.
The BCCI on Tuesday said it was not aware of the Kochi consortium's "links" with ex-Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, who was a member of the IPL's Governing Council before being ousted a few weeks ago.
The Kochi IPL franchise, which was given ten days to sort out its problems, submitted a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket, on Monday, which will now take a decision on the newly-formed team's fate in the fourth edition of the high-profile Twenty20 league. The BCCI's legal team has been entrusted the task of studying the letter which was forwarded to its president, Shashank Manohar.
2000 India-South Africa series: Court says some matches fixed, attempts made to fix others
