Kochi, July 23 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed the criminal proceedings against businessman Boby Chemmanur in the sexual harassment case filed by a Malayalam actress, bringing an end to a high profile case that had drawn widespread attention since his arrest in January 2025. Justice Jobin Sebastian allowed Chemmanur’s petition seeking to quash the proceedings pending before the Additional District and Sessions Court at Ernakulam, after recording that the dispute between the part…
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Kannur, July 23 (IANS) A fresh political flashpoint has erupted in Kerala’s Kannur with the alleged arson attack on a shrimp farm owned by former CPI(M) member T. Purushothaman, a key supporter of rebel MLA V. Kunjikrishnan, intensifying the post-election turmoil within the party.The incident comes at a time when the CPI(M)’s national and state leadership is reviewing the Left’s crushing defeat in the Assembly elections, where its strength in the 140-member Kerala Assembly plummeted from 99 se…
Kannur, July 21 (IANS) Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has ordered a fresh investigation into the death of BDS student Nithin Raj after the release of the prime accused, Dr M.K. Ram, on procedural grounds exposed serious lapses in the Crime Branch probe.Expressing strong displeasure over the developments, Chennithala sought an urgent report from the Director General of Police (DGP) and directed the Crime Branch chief to explain the lapses that led to the court granting relief to the accu…
Kannur, July 20 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the investigation into the death of dental college student Nithin Raj, the Crime Branch on Monday arrested the case’s prime accused, Dr M.K. Ram, bringing to an end months of evasion that had drawn sharp public criticism and judicial censure.He was taken into custody from Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka and brought to the Crime Branch office in Kannur, where he is being questioned.On April 10, Nithin Raj R.L., a 22-year-old dental student at Anjaraka…
Kannur, July 16 (IANS) For nearly two decades, K.K. Ragesh has been widely regarded as one of the closest political associates of veteran CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan. However, now Ragesh finds himself at the centre of growing discontent within the party.His steady rise through the party ranks from Students’ Federation of India (SFI) leader to Rajya Sabha member, then Private Secretary to the Chief Minister, and later Kannur district secretary, has often been attributed by both supporters and …
Kannur, July 11 (IANS) An 18-month-old boy died at a private hospital in Kerala’s Kannur five days after he allegedly developed serious complications following the administration of anaesthesia for treatment of a minor lip injury. The child, identified as Devansh Shouria, had been undergoing treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in Kannur after his condition deteriorated during a procedure at the hospital’s Payyannur branch. He was the only child of T. Suraj and Vijisha, residents of Mathamangalam…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (IANS) For a party that has long prided itself on iron discipline and collective responsibility, the CPI-M in Kerala is witnessing an unusually public display of dissent as its Central Committee meets on Saturday to deliberate on the crushing Assembly election defeat that ended the Left Democratic Front’s decade-long rule in the state.What began as an internal post-election review has now spilled into the public arena, with senior leaders openly contradicting one anot…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) With the CPI(M) Central Committee set to meet in New Delhi later this week, all eyes are on whether the party leadership can defuse the unprecedented rebellion brewing in its once impregnable Kannur bastion, where expelled veterans continue to challenge the leadership in public.The meeting assumes added significance amid growing disquiet within the party.While the CPI(M) had earlier endorsed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Secretary M.V. Govindan to co…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) Two veteran CPI-M politicians from Kannur, the party’s strongest organisational fortress in Kerala, now reflect on a journey that few had expected, moving from their Left landscape to becoming legislators by defeating their erstwhile outfit’s official candidates.V. Kunjikrishnan and T.K. Govindan, both veteran CPI-M leaders with deep roots in Kannur politics, scripted major upsets in the recent Assembly elections, with the Congress-led UDF’s support helping t…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) For nearly a decade, Pinarayi Vijayan’s style of functioning as Kerala’s Chief Minister was defined by authority, distance and a carefully controlled public presence. But recent developments suggest a noticeable change in the body language of the veteran leader, who once appeared almost unreachable to the media and others.Soon after assuming office in 2016, Vijayan discontinued the weekly Cabinet media briefing, a practice that had existed in Kerala politics …