Kottayam

Kottayam: 4 surgeons killed as car falls into pit

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Four surgeons of Kottayam Medical College were killed after the car they were travelling in, fell into a 1000-feet-deep pit. The accident happened late last night.

Kerala man wins Rs one crore in lottery but dies before getting money

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 23, 2013

A 25-year-old labourer who won Rs one crore lottery prize drowned in an irrigation pool before he could get the money.

Bharat bandh: In Kerala, government employees defy orders, join strike

Written by Sneha Mary Koshy, eduted by Samira Shaikh | Thursday February 21, 2013

Bharat bandh: Normal life in Kerala continues to remain crippled with transport hit and many workers skipping work during the second day of the nation-wide strike called by various trade unions.

VS Achuthanandan calls on Suryanelli victim and family

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 16, 2013

Leader of the opposition in the state assembly V.S. Achuthanandan on Saturday called on the Suryanelli sex case victim at her home near here.

Suryanelli rape case: Kottayam court asks Dharmarajan to serve life term

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday February 16, 2013

A Kottayam court today ordered Dharmarajan, a lawyer and the only man convicted in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case, to serve the life term handed to him in 2002 by a special court. Dharmarajan, who has been absconding since 2002, after he was granted b...

Suryanelli rape case: Lone convict Dharmarajan arrested from Karnataka

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Friday February 15, 2013

Dharmarajan, a lawyer and the only man convicted in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case, has been arrested in Karnataka and is being taken to neighbouring Kerala, where he will be produced in a Kottayam court.

No one pressured me to name PJ Kurien: Kerala rape survivor to NDTV

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday February 11, 2013

Sitting near the dining table in a small house in Kerala's Kottayam district, a 33-year-old woman recounts how, when just a school girl, she was kidnapped and then raped by 42 men in 40 days.

Bogie of Express Train derails, traffic disrupted

Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 12, 2012

A bogie of the Nilambur-Thiruvananthapuram Rajyarani Express derailed between Kottayam and Kayakulam early Wednesday morning, disrupting traffic on the busy route.

In Kerala, another shocking case of father raping daughters

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Wednesday November 28, 2012

Another case of a father raping his minor daughters has been reported from Kerala. The 30-year-old man has been arrested and sent to judicial remand for sexually assaulting his two daughters in their home in the state's Kottayam district.|

Not joining Kerala cabinet: Ramesh Chennithala

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday November 29, 2012

Kerala state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala on Monday categorically denied the possibility of his joining the party-led coalition government's cabinet.

Children allegedly sexually abused by caretakers at Kerala juvenile home

Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday October 11, 2012

There is shock and panic in Kerala after complaints of sexual and physical abuse of minor children in the Thiruvanjoor Juvenile Home in Kottayam. The juvenile home set up under the Social Welfare Department of the state government, falls in chief min...

Man arrested for planting detonator on rail track in Kerala

Press Trust of India | Saturday August 25, 2012

Police on Saturday arrested a 37-year-old man who was suspected to have planted a crude explosive device on the rail track near Piravom Road station between Kottayam and Kochi earlier this week.

Suspicious object on track, train services disrupted

Press Trust of India | Thursday August 23, 2012

Train traffic between Kottayam and Ernakulam was disrupted for an hour today as an object which looked like a "steel bomb" was found on the railway bridge near Piravom Road station, police said.

Houseboats workers' strike enters second day

Press Trust of India | Monday July 2, 2012

The strike by a section of houseboat workers in the backwater tourism sector at Kumarakom near Kottayam over wage revision contract entered the second day today.

Tea factory gutted

Press Trust of India | Friday June 22, 2012

A cooperative tea manufacturing factory at Teekoy in Erattupettah in the district was completely gutted in a fire today, but no one was injured, police said