Kerala: Four suffer sun stroke
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:55 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 26 (UNI) Four people suffered sun stroke in Kerala on Tuesday.
Kerala: BJP finalises key seat adjustments with regional parties
Mar 20, 2019, at 08:45 pm
New Delhi, Mar 20 (UNI): In a major boost to the BJP in its ambitious plan for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, the saffron party on Wednesday entered into seat arrangement with the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and the P.C. Thomas-led Kerala Congress.
Kerala: Police arrest 422 in 'Operation Bolt'
Mar 17, 2019, at 10:40 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 17 (UNI) About 422 people were arrested in the first day of the raid in connection with 'Operation Bolt,' launched by Kerala Police to counter activities of drug mafia and goons in this city.
Kerala: Two killed, 5 hurt in road accident
Mar 17, 2019, at 10:20 pm
Kannur, Mar 17 (UNI) Two persons were killed while five others sustained injuries when two cars in which they were travelling collided at Mundayad near Varam, here on Sunday morning.
Congress stalwarts opt out of the LS polls contest in Kerala
Mar 16, 2019, at 05:53 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) Expected to record a landslide victory in Lok Sabha polls in Left-ruled Kerala, the Congress, however, on Saturday decided not to field its three top leaders for the polls.
Rahul Gandhi on two-day visit to Kerala
Mar 13, 2019, at 09:51 pm
Thrissur, Mar 13 (UNI/IBNS) Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrived here tonight on a two days hectic visit during which he will formally launch the party's poll campaign in Kozhikode on Thursday and will address a huge rally of workers at the beach.
Kerala: Over a dozen two-wheelers gutted in fire
Feb 27, 2019, at 06:13 pm
Kasaragod, Feb 27 (UNI) About a dozen of two wheelers confiscated by Bekal police in various cases, were gutted in fire on Wednesday early morning.
Kerala: Fire breaks out at paint godown, trucks, stock destroyed
Feb 23, 2019, at 08:03 pm
Malappuram, Feb 23 (UNI/IBNS) A fire, that broke out at a paint godown at Edavakad in Thoovakkad near here on Saturday afternoon, has destroyed the entire stock and a couple of trucks inside the premises.
Millions of women offer 'Pongala' to Aattukal Devi
Feb 20, 2019, at 01:23 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (UNI) More than three million women devotees who flocked into the city from different parts of Kerala and neighbouring Tamil Nadu offered 'Pongala' to the Goddess of Attukal Devi temple, here on Wednesday.
Rahul condemns murder of 2 Youth Congress activists in Kerala
Feb 18, 2019, at 04:51 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 18 (UNI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday strongly condemned the brutal murder of two Youth Congress activists in Kasargod district on Sunday night.
Kerala witnesses shutdown over death of youth Congress workers
Feb 18, 2019, at 11:47 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 18 (IBNS): The Congress on Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in Kerala over the killing of its two youth workers in Kasargode district a day ago, media reports said.
POSCO case against Kerala Imam for alleged sexual assault on minor
Feb 13, 2019, at 07:56 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 (IBNS): A Muslim cleric was booked on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor in Kerala, media reports said.
Shashi Tharoor nominates Kerala fishermen for Nobel Peace Prize for their role during 2018 floods
Feb 06, 2019, at 08:37 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IBNS): Thiruvananthapuram's Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said he had nominated the fishermen of Kerala for this year's Nobel Peace Price.
Assam’s JMB operative arrested in Kerala
Feb 02, 2019, at 03:51 pm
Guwahati, Feb 2 (IBNS): Continuing its operation against the Bangladesh based terrorist organization Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), security forces have arrested an operative of JMB from Kerala.
Kerala nuns face excommunication for accusing bishop of rape
Jan 29, 2019, at 01:20 pm
Kochi, Jan 29 (IBNS): Six Roman Catholic nuns at the St Francis Mission Home in Kuravilangad, 22 km from Kottayam, are facing excommunication after one of them had spoken out against alleged rape by a former Bishop of Jalandhar from 2014 to 2016, said reports.
Rahul Gandhi to meet Congress workers, alliance leaders in Kerala today
Jan 29, 2019, at 10:43 am
Kochi, Jan 29 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a meeting of the party's booth workers and meet leaders of the United Democratic Front alliance here today, said media reports.
Hands of those who touch Hindu women should be cut: Anantkumar Hegde
Jan 28, 2019, at 06:44 am
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): Stirring a fresh row, Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde on Sunday said hands of those who touch Hindu women should be cut irrespective of their caste and religion, media reports said.
Communists and Congress talking about democracy biggest joke: PM Narendra Modi
Jan 27, 2019, at 08:11 pm
Kochi, Jan 27 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Communists and Congress talking about democracy was the "biggest joke".
Jan 20, 2019, at 07:21 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IBNS): A controversy has emerged after several women, who were named in the Kerala government released list of females who entered the Saraimala Temple, claimed that they do not belong to the menstruating age.
Conduct of Kerala Govt on Sabarimala issue shameful: PM Modi
Jan 15, 2019, at 10:25 pm
Kollam, Jan 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the Kerala's Left-led government over the Sabarimala Temple issue.
Jan 14, 2019, at 10:45 pm
New Delh, Jan 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the project “Development of Spiritual Circuit: Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple-Aranmula-Sabarimala” being implemented under the Swadesh Drashan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in Kerala on Tuesday.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Kerala tomorrow
Jan 14, 2019, at 06:24 pm
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on Jan 15, 2019, officials said on Monday.
Jan 05, 2019, at 12:24 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, Jan 5 (IBNS) : Bombs were hurled at the houses of Thalassery MLA and CPI(M) leader AN Shamseer and BJP MP V Muraleedharan at Thalassery among other places while a worker of the Marxist party was stabbed as violence hit Kerala once again on Friday night over the entry of women in the Sabarimala temple. In an earlier violence six BJP workers were stabbed.
Sabarimala violence: CPI-M worker stabbed, bomb hurled at BJP leader's house
Jan 05, 2019, at 09:55 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 (IBNS): Violence gripped Kerala once again over the entry of women in their mid-40s in the Sabarimala Temple as a worker of Communist Party of India (Marxist) was stabbed in Iritti in Kannur area on Friday night, media reports said.
Modi visit to protest-hit Kerala 'postponed'
Jan 04, 2019, at 10:46 pm
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "postponed" his visit to Kerala in the wake of 1,400 people being arrested in the state amid protests over two women in their 40s entering the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday.
Twitterati slam Shashi Tharoor for his 'unnecessary' comment on Sabarimala
Jan 04, 2019, at 12:57 pm
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Several Twitter users have launched an unsparing attack on senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for terming entry of two women recently into Kerala's Sabarimala temple as "unnecessary" and accusing the Congress of hypocrisy on the issue of women's rights.
After Bindu and Kanakadurga, now a Sri Lankan woman enters Sabarimala
Jan 04, 2019, at 08:47 am
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IBNS): Amid protests and widespread violence, another woman, who is in her 40s and has been identified as a Sri Lankan national, entered the Sabarimala temple in the Indian state of Kerala on Thursday.
Sabarimala: More than 100 injured during Kerala shutdown
Jan 03, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IBNS): Widespread violence was reported from across Kerala on Thursday amid a shutdown call by pro-Hindutva groups to protest against the state government for aiding two women in their 40s to enter the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday.
No urgent hearing of contempt plea against Sabarimala priest: Supreme Court
Jan 03, 2019, at 01:58 pm
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a contempt plea filed against Kerala's Sabarimala temple's priest, who had closed the shrine to perform "purification rituals" after two women had entered the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine a day ago, media reports said.
Activist injured in clash during Sabarimala protest dies
Jan 03, 2019, at 01:36 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IBNS): An activist, who was injured in a clash during the protest against women's entry into Kerala's Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, has died, media reports said.