The case of smuggling of gold through diplomatic baggage to the UAE Consulate here, which had rocked the previous LDF government, is back on the political debate table after key accused Swapna Suresh’s disclosures against senior IAS officer M Sivasankar, who was suspended as principal secretary to the CM whenRead More →
An office attendant working at the Kerala government secretariat here has been suspended on charges of making defamatory comments about Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on WhatsApp. A Manikuttan, a staffer of the public administration department and a member of the pro-Congress association of secretariat employees, had posted photos of Vijayan,Read More →
Kerala’s model of care that transformed how people lived and died in the state has been cited in a new report by the Lancet Commission, which will be released on Tuesday. With basic healthcare out of reach for millions and many people getting bankrupt through catastrophic out-of-pocket spending on healthcare inRead More →
A 45-year-old nursing officer at the government taluk hospital of Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, who had tested positive for Covid-19 Monday, was found dead at her home Tuesday. P S Saritha had been on duty at the Covid care centre for four days from January 8. Monday, sheRead More →
Kerala continued to register a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases on Monday, as it reported 22,946 fresh cases, taking the total caseload to 53,92,652. According to the official figures, the growth rate of new virus cases shot up by 182 percent as compared to the number ofRead More →
A sexual assault case has been lodged against a senior official of the Adani-run Thiruvananthapuram International Airport here, following which the company has suspended him from service. Thumba police on Saturday registered a case against Chief Airport Officer (CAO), Madhusudana Rao, based on a complaint filed by a woman employeeRead More →
FROM notions of how an ideal victim must behave to theories of possible enemies within the system plotting against the accused; speculation that the complainant could have had an affair with a married man to an earlier, narrower definition of rape. These are some of the key factors behind theRead More →
Kottayam SP D Shilpa told reporters that the police have sought legal opinion from the special public prosecutor to move an appeal against the judgment. “We got the detailed verdict late Friday. We have sought a legal opinion to move the appeal,” she said. Meanwhile, Bishop visited various churches andRead More →
Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Saturday said there was no considerable spread of Covid-19 among students in the state and the government’s decision to put on hold the offline classes for students of grade 1 to 9 for two weeks was a precautionary step as the viral infection sawRead More →
CPI(M) politburo members Pinarayi Vijayan and S Ramachandran Pillai have taken conflicting stands on China, with the former being critical of the neighbouring country’s approach towards fighting imperialism and the latter showering praise on it for gaining strength to question American imperialism. Both leaders presented their views at the ongoingRead More →
