Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: It seems the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is short of a breakthrough in the sensational case related to the suspicious death of actor Kalabhavan Mani in 2016. Though the CBI carried out polygraph tests on some suspects, it did not help the agency unravel the mystery behind his death. It was
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Central Government on Thursday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the implementation of the Attappadi Comprehensive Tribal and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Development project formulated by Union Ministry of Rural Development is facing severe resistance from local politicians in Attappady. The Centre made the submission in response to a petition filed
Source: deccanchronicle.com KOCHI: The High Court on Tuesday came down on the state government for issuing an order preventing officials from providing any information on inter-state river disputes under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A single bench, taking exception to the wordings of the government order, stated: “I must say that I fail to
Source: newindianexpress.com KANNUR/KOCHI: Ten days have passed since NRI businessman Sajan Parayil committed suicide, but the investigation into the case has made little progress with the police not pressing charges against anyone so far though four officials of Anthoor Municipality have been suspended by the state government. Even an anticipatory bail petition filed by suspended
Source: dnaindia.com The ruling CPI(M)’s state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Monday said nobody attempted to settle the rape allegation levelled against his son Binoy Kodiyeri by a Mumbai-based woman. Balakrishnan, who addressed the media after a meeting of the party’s state committee, said he came to know about the complaint only after a court sent a
Source: newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Kerala High Court, which on Friday expressed shock at the suicide of the foreign-returned businessman in Anthoor, observed it was unfortunate to see an investor being pushed to the brink by the insensitive attitude of the regulatory authorities. The court asked for an investigation at the government level into the incident.
Source: telegraphindia.com A Kerala woman has chopped off her tresses in symbolic protest against the state electricity board shaving the crowns off several trees in her grove to erect a transmission tower. Former journalist Meena Menon, 48, had fought six years to protect her biodiversity-rich, 2-acre patch of mini-tropical vegetation, Shantivanam (Forest of Peace), from
Source:- newindianexpress.com KOCHI: VS Achuthanandan, chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission of Kerala, on Wednesday approached the High Court challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court order dismissing his complaint seeking a Vigilance probe into the alleged encroachment into the land of the Kerala Water Authority at Pattoor,in Thiruvananthapuram. He said the Vigilance Court rejected his complaint on the ground the
Source:- wefornews.com Kochi, June 5 : Kerala administration has confirmed that 311 people are under observation. According to a medical bulletin, the 23 year-old student has been admitted to a private hospital with Nipah virus and is slowly recovering. The state government has put four larger districts, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kollam, and Idukki, on high alert
Source:-business-standard.com Taking a pragmatic view of the massive rout suffered by the Left in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, the Communist Party of India (CPI) said on Thursday that the arrogance of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Sabarimala issue were the primary reasons for the Left’s debacle. The ruling Left won just one out of the 20 Lok Sabha
