The Crime Branch (CB) probing the alleged CSR funds scam in Kerala recorded Congress leader Laly Vincent’s detailed statement at its office at Thripunithura on Wednesday. Ms. Vincent has been named in eight FIRs registered by the Kannur police related to the scam. Emerging from the office after several hours, Ms. Vincent told a television … Read more
An official permit will be compulsory from April 10 for the transportation of petroleum products into the State and their storage. The decision applies to quantities of 50 litres and above. The State Goods and Services Tax department has issued a notification listing the conditions and the documents required for their transport and storage. Persons … Read more
V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis by “prodigiously” hiking land tax slabs and levies for contract carriages and electric vehicles, chiefly two-wheelers. In a Facebook post, Mr. Satheesan described the government’s new tax regime, … Read more
Delhi-based fashion designer Divyam Mehta’s new collection Still Waters | Photo Credit: Special arrangement With deliberate, calculated precision, Delhi-based fashion designer Divyam Mehta defines the inspiration behind his newly launched summer collection Still Waters. He borrows the collection’s design language from South Asian contemporary art, tribal rugs and nautical stripes, but manipulates its grammar to … Read more
Asha workers block the road outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, as part of their protest on Monday (March 17, 2025) | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Kerala, whose 38-day-old agitation for fair remuneration has been making headlines at the national level, launched an intense phase of their agitation on … Read more
Minister M.B. Rajesh | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI The Kerala Police has prepared a list of repeat offenders in cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Abkari Act as part of efforts to clamp down on drug trade, Excise Minister M.B. Rajesh said in a reply to questions in the … Read more
Thomas Gabriel, who was killed by Jordanian army along with his brother-in-law Edison Charls who sustained bullet injuries. In just one year, three Keralites were killed in foreign territory by armies while undertaking a risky migration. Kerala, which has a long history of organised migration, is now grappling with the challenges of irregular migration. On … Read more
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday slammed the police for the delay in tracing a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing and later found dead along with her 42-year-old neighbour in Kasaragod on March 9, nearly a month after she and the man went missing. The Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran … Read more
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday agreed to an adjournment debate in the Assembly on the rising tide of juvenile delinquency, youth violence and increasing synthetic drug abuse in the State. Replying to a Rule 50 motion moved by senior Congress legislator and former … Read more
Refuting the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF)‘s allegations that the State government was complicit in the Union government’s offshore sand-mining move, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said that the government had on three occasions conveyed its strong disapproval of the plan. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday (February 27, 2025), he said that the … Read more