Kerala Violence

Kerala minister domestic abuse case: wife moves court for booking husband

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 4, 2013

The estranged wife of former Kerala Minister K B Ganesh Kumar on Thursday moved a court in Thiruvanathapuram urging that he be booked under the anti-domestic violence act and seeking a restraining order against him.

Kerala minister KB Ganesh Kumar resigns after wife alleges domestic violence

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy; edited by Mala Das | Tuesday April 2, 2013

KB Ganesh Kumar, a minister in the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala, has resigned following allegations of domestic violence by wife. Mr Kumar put in his papers after a meeting with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

How minister KB Ganesh Kumar's divorce can spell trouble for Kerala government

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday April 1, 2013

The wife of a Kerala minister, Ganesh Kumar, has alleged domestic violence, putting in a tight spot the Congress-led UDF government of Oommen Chandy, who might have to ask him to resign.

Bharat bandh: losses estimated at 26,000 crore; factories, cars attacked in Noida

Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta (With Inputs from Agencies) | Wednesday February 20, 2013

The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions from today paralysed banking services across the country and shut down public transport in cities. Industry body Assocham said that the loss to GDP could be about Rs 26,000 crore, higher than i...

Bharat bandh shuts down banking, public transport; violence erupts in Noida

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Wednesday February 20, 2013

The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions from today paralysed banking services across the country and shut down public transport in cities. Factories in Noida came under attack and a trade union activist died in violence in Ambala. Un...

Kerala rape survivor's mother writes to Sonia Gandhi, says reinvestigate PJ Kurien

Press Trust of India | Thursday February 7, 2013

Exerting pressure on the Congress leadership in Suryanelli gang-rape case, the mother of the victim on Thursday wrote to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi wondering how PJ Kurien can continue as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha when the bill on sexual v...

Islamic scholar from Kerala urges protesters to shun violence

Press Trust of India | Sunday September 16, 2012

Noted Islamic scholar Kanthapuram AP Abubacker Musliar on Sunday urged the Centre to take effective steps to remove from internet the controversial American movie deemed offensive to Islam.

Media should avoid desire to be sensational though it is very tempting some times, says PM

Press Trust of India | Thursday September 13, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the media should avoid the desire to be sensational though it is very tempting some times. Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of Kerala Union of Working Journalists in Kochi he said the recent vi...

High Court sentences 24 more to life imprisonment in Marad carnage

Press Trust of India | Thursday August 16, 2012

Kerala High Court today sentenced 24 persons to life imprisonment, setting aside their acquittal by a lower court in connection with the 2003 communal violence in Marad that claimed nine lives.

Legal action will be taken against every act of violence: Oommen Chandy

Press Trust of India | Friday August 10, 2012

Asserting that government will not shirk from its duty, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said legal action would be taken against every act of violence allegedly committed by CPI(M) in Kannur following the arrest of their leader P Jayarajan ...

Tough action against those who indulged in violence: Chandy

Press Trust of India | Thursday August 2, 2012

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that tough action will be taken against those who indulged in violence during the hartal called by the CPI-M today to protest the arrest of its leader P Jayararajan in a murder case.

Protest turns violent

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 21, 2012

Twenty persons, including five police officials, were injured when youth wing of the Left party protested against raising retirement age of government employees in the budget turned violent at the collectorate here today. About 15 persons of Left De...

Dam row cuts short Sabarimala pilgrims' progress

Express News Service | Friday December 9, 2011

Hundreds of devotees of Lord Ayyappa from Tamil Nadu are being forced to cut short their pilgrimage to Sabarimala in Kerala due to violence on the other side of the border over the Mullaperiyar dam row. In the past couple of days, many pilgrims are r...

Stop attacks on Tamils: Karunanidhi

Express News Service | Wednesday December 7, 2011

DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday regretted the reported violence against Tamils in Kerala against the background of the intensifying row over Mullaiperiyar.

Border tense as Mullaperiyar dam row peaks

Express News Service | Tuesday December 6, 2011

Normal life almost came to a standstill along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border for the first time on Monday since the latest row over the Mullaiperiyar dam broke out. Traffic blockades even at minor intersections, sporadic violence targeted at Malayali-o...