His lawyers moved the application, submitting that the clergyman was arrested after a three-day-long interrogation by the probe team.
The picturesque landscape of Pettimudi was flattened into a rough patch of boulders and mud with parts of asbestos and tin sheets seen scattered around.
Six persons received injuries after they jumped off a running train fearing their compartment had caught fire, Railway officials said.
The humiliating rebuff given to the power brokers in Delhi in Kerala's local body election carries a big message: Malayalis thoroughly disapprove of the Modi government's shenanigans to misuse central agencies to destabilise a genuinely popular state government, notes M K Bhadrakumar.
The 60-metre high 19-storey building, known as "Holy Faith H20, was levelled in seconds in a spectacular implosion.
An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given per person to the next of kin of those killed in the floods.
A national Investigation Agency court on Wednesday permitted the Crime Branch to list alleged LeT operative T Nazir, prime accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case, for being involved in a jewellery heist in Ernakulam district in June 2002.
The thanks-giving activities will start with laying of wreaths at the police memorial in Delhi and in several other cities on Sunday morning to honour the police personnel deployed in enforcement of the nationwide lockdown, officials said. It will be followed by fly-pasts by fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, covering a sizeable number of cities and towns across the country between 10 am and 11 am, officials said.
Report consists of recommendations for dividing the Western Ghats region into various ecologically sensitive zones.
The captain of a Singapore-flagged ship, suspected to have collided with a boat off Kerala coast killing five fishermen, was arrested and brought to the shore in Chennai on Tuesday.
Three persons have been detained in connection with the killing of nun Valsha John, police said on Friday.
The diagnostic test kit developed by the Thiruvananthapuram institute can detect coronavirus in 10 minutes, and the sample to result time will be less than two hours, Vardhan tweeted. A total of 30 samples can be tested in a single batch on a single machine, he said.
The youths 'had got together and formed an ISIS terror module named Ansarul Khilafa-KL over social media platforms and had made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks against prominent persons, including judges, police officers and politicians, and also against foreign nationals and rationalists', it said.
Amnesty International on Friday asked the Kerala authorities to ensure an independent investigation into allegations of police inaction in a case involving the rape and brutal murder of a 30-year-old Dalit woman in the state.
A government girls' school in Ernakulam has become the first school in the country to get an electronic public toilet.
This week's Malayalam release is a thriller based on three separate incidents taking place in a city.
All documents and data were safe as there was a Disaster Recovery Centre for every bank
Since the treasure at Thiruvananthapuram's Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple has been discovered the value of the riches and what should be done with it has become the talk of the town. But little attention has been paid to the rich history and culture of the state that these valuables reveal, says P J Cherian, director, Kerala Council for Historical Research and the director of the archaeological excavations at Pattanam in Ernakulam district.
Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is "injustice" to the migrant workers from the state.
The youngest contestant of the April 13 Assembly polls in the prestigious Ernakulam constituency, National Students' Union of India President Hibi Eden of the Congress-led United Democratic Front, will cross swords with veteran Sebastian Paul of Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front.
A special NIA court in Ernakulam on Friday sentenced 10 convicts to eight years rigorous imprisonment for chopping the hand a college professor in Kerala in 2010.
It will be a 'tough fight' between the Left Front and the Trinamool Congress in this month's assembly polls in West Bengal while in Kerala the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front had an 'edge' over the Congress-led United Democratic Front, Communist Party of India General Secretary A B Bardhan said on Friday.
In a major breakthrough, one of the seven persons who allegedly carried out the Taliban-style attack on a college lecturer in Moovattupuzaha, Kerala, has been arrested by the special investigation team probing the case. Acting on information, the personnel of the special investigation team took into custody Shamsudeen alias Shamsu of Arackapady in Ernakulam district from Ukkadam on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Thursday night.
Efforts are underway to nab the alleged mastermind Pulsar Suni and another accused V P Vigeesh.
The police on Friday filed a charge-sheet against 27 accused in the brutal attack on Professor T J Joseph, a private college lecturer in Kerala, whose right hand had been chopped off allegedly by activists of the radical outfit Popular Front of India on July 4 last year.The charge-sheet was filed before the First Additional Sessions court in Ernakulam. There are total 54 accused in the case and the remaining 27 accused are all absconding.
In the Marxists-ruled Kerala, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Kerala chapter has launched a helpline offering assistance to "Hindus in distress". Named Shivaji Hindu Helpline, the service particularly offers "help for Hindu girls who are being lured into what they call the trap of "love-jihad".
Disability activist Virali Modi recounts her life's most challenging moments and how she turned adversities in her favour.
The Special Investigation Team probing the attack on Newman College teacher Professor T J Joseph has nabbed accused K K Ali of Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district, who was reportedly involved in the assault. Ali was arrested in the wee hours of Monday from Pollachi in Tamil Nadu, said the police.Ali was allegedly involved in the conspiracy of the attack. He also reportedly purchased an Omni van from one Lawrance of Thrissur, two weeks prior to the attack.
'The only place through which I can give an answer is through IPL even if I play for India. I want to face the fear and that's the only way to live life.'
Former International player and Olympian Referee Bentla D'Coth of Ernakulam has become the first Indian woman referee to be selected for the FIFA FUTRO III referee's instructor course to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from August 1 to 6.
Incessant downpour battered several states, including Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka, on Friday, with landslips and floods throwing normal life out of gear.
The Indian Railway plans to launch 101 new suburban trains in Mumbai. The Railways will also launch 10 more Duranto trains.
In view of the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Railways on Saturday decided to cancel a few trains originating from Delhi and divert the Ernakulam-bound Mangala Express from its scheduled route.
The evacuation process will be completed before October 3, said Fort Kochi Sub-Collector Snehil Kumar Singh.
The wife of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, Soofiya Madani, arrested in connection with the Tamil Nadu bus burning case, was on Wednesday granted conditional bail by a court in Kochi, Kerala.
Sreesanth said he would decide on whether to contest in the election on Wednesday.
Gandhi also said that he was in favour of accepting foreign aid from countries like the UAE for rebuilding the flood-ravaged southern state.
The Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh police are sending special investigation teams to Kerala to assist the ongoing probe into the blast that rocked the Ernakulam district collectorate on July 10.The police teams from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, which have witnessed terror attacks in the past, will share their expertise with the Kerala police. Central intelligence agencies suspect that some activists of the SIMI might have been involved in the blast.
Heavy polling has been reported in the three assembly constituencies in the Kerala by-polls. According to information available with rediff.com, Kannur recorded 20 per cent polling at 10 am while Alappuzha recorded 14.5 per cent and Ernakulam 12.90 per cent.The Kannur by-poll has been marred by allegations and counter-allegations between the Communist Party of India - Marxist and the Congress.Chief Minister Achuthanandan has openly spoken up against the EC.
Online tutoring seems to have caught the fancy of many in Kerala with many enthusiasts from unemployed educated housewives to even 13-year-olds doubling up as teachers.
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