Riding on Shimin Lal's second-half extra-time winner, Kerala defeated Maharashtra 2-1 to enter the summit clash of the 67th Santosh Trophy. ...
11:29 PM, Feb 28, 2013
The Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram evoked a mixed response amongst the leading industrialists and bankers of Kerala. At least 30 odd industrialists participated in the budget viewing session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) here. ...
07:34 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Maharashtra peaked at the right time after somehow staying afloat in the qualifying round with just one win from three matches. ...
05:36 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The government stood firmly behind Congress leader and Rajya Sabha deputy Chairman PJ Kurien as the Suryanelli rape case came up for debate in the House. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said that no evidence had been found Kurien by the investigating agencies and that the lawyer who represented the rape survivor in the Supreme Court had said that no case could be made against him. ...
02:45 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Kochi Metro rail project would be completed in three years if various issues like strikes and labour problem in Kerala are avoided, principal advisor to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation E Sreedharan said on Tuesday. "The Metro rail project can be a reality within three years if various issues like strikes, shortage of sand and labour problem are avoided," Sreedharan, also the principal advisor of the Kochi project, said....
11:21 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has reportedly defended police action against 111 people for posting and sharing 'defamatory' remarks against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case. The Cyber cell of the Kerala Police had filed cases against the Internet users, based on a complaint filed by Kerala Mahila Congress leader Bindu Krishna, who alleged that many of the comments also targeted her. ...
08:14 AM, Feb 26, 2013
Even as 111 people were booked for posting Facebook messages against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, Bindu Krishna, President of Kerala State Mahila Congress attacked them and said, "Someone posted defamatory comment on my social media for defending PJ Kurien. Those comments were against the woman community. My right ends where other person right starts. No one should be harassed in the name of right." ...
07:50 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The Kerala High Court on Monday posted till March 4 the bail hearing of 14 of the 36 accused in the Suryanelli gangrape case. The bail pleas had come up for hearing on Monday following an order from the Supreme Court. The list of the accused, however, does not include Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien. ...
02:20 PM, Feb 25, 2013
A case was filed against 111 people on Monday for defamatory remarks against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien on Facebook over the Suryanelli gangrape case. Bindu Krishna, a Mahila Congress leader in Kerala, had filed a complaint with the cyber cell of the Kerala Police against the defamatory comments. ...
12:42 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Following an order from the Supreme Court on the Suryanelli gangrape case, the Kerala High Court will start hearing the bail pleas of 14 of the 36 accused on Monday. The list does not include Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien as he is not an accused in the case. ...
08:43 AM, Feb 25, 2013
In a major breakthrough, a doctor in Kerala has developed a cheap, effective and eco-friendly medical syringe that can never be reused. ...
05:24 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Suryanelli gangrape survivor, who had filed a fresh police complaint against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, has now sent letters to Kottayam and Idukki SPs asking them to register her plea. The survivor, along with her parents, had gone to the Chingavanam police station to file the complaint on Friday, but it was not registered by the Assistant Sub-Inspector stating that the Station House Officer (SHO) and SI were...
05:35 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Malayalam is all set to get the status of a classical Indian language, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Saturday. ...
03:59 AM, Feb 24, 2013
In a new twist to Suryanelli gangrape case, the survivor on Friday lodged a police complaint insisting that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien be made an accused. The complaint lodged at Chingavanam police station also sought that Dharmarajan, an absconding convict who had jumped bail in the case and was arrested recently from Karnataka, and two other persons - Unnikrishnan and Jamal, be also arraigned as accused. ...
08:32 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Friday directed the government to probe the alleged "manhandling" of CPI-M member TN Seema by Delhi Police during a protest demanding removal of Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien who is facing charges in the Suryanelli rape case. ...
01:22 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the two Italian marines in a Kerala jail to travel to their country for four weeks. The duo, accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kochi coast, had approached the apex court seeking permission to travel to their country to participate in the Parliamentary elections there. ...
11:51 AM, Feb 22, 2013
The last time Kerala hosted the Santosh Trophy was in 2005 in Kochi. ...
02:18 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Normal life in Kerala was paralysed as the two-day nationwide strike called by Central trade unions entered the second day on Thursday with workers from most sectors ranging from transport to banking keeping away from work. ...
11:28 AM, Feb 21, 2013
It is the second day of the two-day nationwide strike called by trade unions in support of their various demands including urgent steps to control price rise, strict enforcement of labour laws in all places of work, social security net for workers in the unorganised sector, end to disinvestment in PSUs. More than 70 people have been arrested in Noida and 64 FIRs registered after the violence on Wednesday. ...
08:54 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Kerala rode on Rohan Prem's unbeaten 82 to beat Goa by six wickets in the South Zone encounter of Vijay Hazare Trophy. ...
09:11 PM, Feb 20, 2013
