New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key absconder in Kerala’s Sreenivasan murder case, linked with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) terrorist organisation. K.P. Muhammadali, the PFI Palakkad district president, was taken into custody on Thursday morning at the IGI Airport, New Delhi, on his arrival from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he had been hiding for the past four years.With this, the total number of accused arrested in the case now …
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) Kerala will have another moment of pride on Tuesday evening when NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon, whose family traces its roots to Ottapalam in Palakkad district, blasts off to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.The launch is scheduled for 8.17 p.m. IST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, marking the beginning of an eight-month mission that will conclude with the crew’s return to Earth in April next year.Dr Menon, the son of …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) The Kerala government on Tuesday ordered the constitution of a high-level task force headed by AIG of Police Poonkuzhali to investigate the comparatively high incidence of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in certain police station limits of Palakkad district over the past few years.The decision was taken by Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, who directed the Home Department to constitute the task force within thre…
Kochi, June 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into a series of child deaths reported in Palakkad district over the past 13 years, expressing concern over irregularities in the manner in which at least one of the cases was investigated.A division bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M.Syam Kumar passed the order while considering a public interest litigation seeking a comprehensive probe into cases involving the un…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday expelled former legislator P. K. Sasi from the party, marking the exit of another leader who once enjoyed a strong support base in Palakkad district.Sasi, a former MLA from the Palakkad region, had been at odds with the party leadership since he was denied a second term in the 2021 Assembly elections.The decision to drop him from the electoral fray had triggered discontent within his camp, and relatio…
Thiruvananthapuram Dec 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday strongly condemned attacks on Christmas celebrations across the country, warning that any attempt to undermine constitutional freedoms and Kerala’s pluralistic ethos would not be tolerated. Vijayan said this while speaking to the media on Christmas eve here.“The incidents of violence and intimidation targeting Christmas observances were deeply disturbing and aimed at dimming a message of peace and humanity that res…