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2 Detained By Kerala Police For Latvian Tourist's Alleged Rape And Murder

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday May 3, 2018

Two suspects have been detained by the Kerala police for the alleged rape and murder of a Latvian tourist, whose decomposed body was found, with the head severed, 30 days after she went missing in March.

Engineering Student, Caught Cheating, Found Hanging In Kerala Hostel

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Wednesday May 2, 2018

A third year aerospace engineering student from Telangana was found hanging in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram, just hours after he was allegedly caught cheating in his examination on Friday.

Kerala Lecturer Goes To Cops Over Death Threat Allegedly From BJP Workers

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Monday April 30, 2018

A lecturer in Kerala's Thrissur has filed a police complaint against death threats that she received on Facebook, allegedly posted by BJP workers. Deepa Nishanth, who teaches at Sree Kerala Varma College, gave a screenshot of the threats that she received on Facebook to the police

No Arrests A Week After Latvian Tourist's Headless Body Was Found In Kerala

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Sunday April 29, 2018

The 33-year-old Latvian woman whose body was found hanging upside down from a tree in Kerala earlier this month, with the head severed, was murdered, police said. The woman's decomposed body was found nearly a month after she went missing from the beach town of Kovalam near state capital Thiruvananthapuram in March. Though several several suspects ...

6 UP Youths With Fake Aadhar Cards Caught At Army Recruit Rally In Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 22, 2018

Six youths from Uttar Pradesh have been taken into police custody for allegedly producing fake domicile documents, including Aadhaar cards, during an ongoing Army recruitment rally in Thiruvananthapuram.

Headless Body Found In Kerala Could Be Of Missing Latvian Woman: Police

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Saturday April 21, 2018

The body of a woman hanging upside down from a tree, with the head severed, has been found in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram. Police suspect it could be that of a 33-year-old Latvian woman who went missing from the beach town of Kovalam last month.

IMAX Grows in India With Nine New Screens

Akhil Arora | Friday April 20, 2018

The two new deals with INOX and Cinépolis will see IMAX screens opening in New Delhi, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Gurugram, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Countrywide Protests Over Kathua, Unnao Rape Cases: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday April 16, 2018

Demonstrations were held in several cities across India, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa and Bhopal on Sunday as public outrage over a spate of rape and murder of children spiral. Over the last two weeks, two cases have shaken the nation. Last Sunday, a 16-year-old, who was allegedly raped by a BJP lawmaker in Unnao,...

India Unites In Protests Against Kathua, Unnao Rapes: Highlights

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday April 16, 2018

Huge protests were held in cities across India, including in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ajmer after massive outrage over the rape cases involving minors in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and Uttar Pradesh's Unnao.

BCCI Picks Four Stand-By Cities For Chennai Super Kings' Home Matches Due To Cauvery Turmoil

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 11, 2018

IPL 2018: Visakhapatnam is front-runner from among the four cities, the other three being Thiruvananthapuram, Pune and Rajkot.

Dotted With Seating Facilities, CCTV Cameras, Kerala Plans Women-Friendly "She Corridor"

India News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From PTI) | Monday April 9, 2018

The "she corridor" will be dotted with seating facilities on both sides of the road, CCTV cameras, FM radio, she-toilets, napkin vending machines.

Normal Life May Be Hit In Kerala Today As State To Go On 24-Hour Strike

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 1, 2018

Normal life in Kerala is expected to be affected today in view of a 24-hour general strike called by various trade unions demanding rollback of a central government order allowing fixed term employment across sectors.

The Curious Case Of Kerala Student's CBSE Maths Paper

India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Sunday April 1, 2018

A class 10 student in Kerala's Kottayam has alleged that she was handed a Maths question paper, which was entirely different from what her friends who took the exam got. Ameeya Saleem, a student of Mount Carmel Vidyaniketan, claims she got a question paper from 2016.Her school authorities have written to CBSE

Shocking Video From Kerala Hospital Shows Elderly Patient Tortured

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday March 29, 2018

A frail elderly man lying on a bed, whimpering in pain as a nursing attendant twists his twists his fingers: the cellphone video from a government hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, which is being widely circulated, has evoked anger and shock.

CCTV Shows Kerala Woman Lying Injured On Road, People Walk, Drive By Her

Thiruvananthapuram News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Wednesday March 28, 2018

A 65-year-old woman, the victim of a hit-and-run, lay bleeding in the middle of a busy road in Thiruvananthapuram, with cars and buses passing her by without stopping, in a shocking display of public apathy caught on security cameras in the Kerala capital.