
Madurai: A middle-aged Mexican woman who had gone missing in Srivilliputhur in Virudhunagar district on April 9, was allegedly found murdered in Madurai on Tuesday. Her 40-year-old boyfriend was later arrested for allegedly murdering her and disposing the body in a suitcase after burning half of it, police said. The 36-year-old Ceule Denise Acosta, learning Mohiniyattam classical dance at a deemed University of arts and culture at Thrissur in Kerala,...

08:26 PM, Apr 17, 2012

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Thrissur-bound Thiruvananthapuram superfast bus had a head-on collision with city-bound fast passenger bus from Kollam at Kadambattukonam on Sunday evening. Four women were killed and at least 40 injured in the accident. The incident occurred around 7 pm.According to witnesses, the superfast bus was over-speeding and apparently lost its control and collided with the fast passenger bus.There was a light shower in the locality on Sunday evening. This...

12:11 PM, Apr 16, 2012

Thrissur: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has recently recommended 14 sites, including temples and palaces, from Kerala to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESO) to include in its list of World Heritage Sites. ASI's superintending Archaeologist in Thrissur, Dr M Nambirajan told PTI on Monday that the ancient Sree Vadakkunnathan (Shiva) temple, where the famous "pooram" festivals are held, was one such shrine recommended. Two-hundred and fourteenth...

07:02 PM, Mar 19, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: Forty-one mentally challenged inmates were found living in pathetic conditions in a dubious asylum in Thrissur in Kerala. The inmates were chained to their beds, without clothes, with not even a proper roof above their heads. The inmates, who are mostly men and two to three children were rescued after a raid by the district health department and revealed their appalling conditions. They were transferred to the Thrissur Mental...

02:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012

Thrissur: A 23-year-old woman is battling for her life after she jumped from a running train to escape molestation bid by a man who entered the woman's compartment of the Ernakulam-Shornur passenger train, police said. The woman was found lying unconscious on the rail tracks with serious head injuries in between Vallathol Nagar and Shornur Railway station at 2130 hours last night, police said. Police said a man entered the...

04:17 PM, Feb 02, 2011

During India's last match against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma had run out Lahiru Thirimanne with an easy pick and throw from the backward point region after the batsman made a suicidal call for a single. Today, it was Rohit who was at the wrong end of a poor call and a superb pick and throw from backward point. In the 22nd over, Gautam Gambhir steered a delivery from Rangana Herath...

09:36 PM, Apr 23, 2008

The inquest must begin. This was India's seventh consecutive overseas defeat in Test cricket, their third in that period by an innings, and their worst series since the 3-0 whitewash in Australia in 1999-00. In the process, MS Dhoni became the first Indian to lead India to six innings defeat. It is the end of an era. The end was swift and merciless on day two, leaving India to smart...

11:52 AM, Apr 11, 2008

New Delhi: Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who skipped the ongoing West Indies series due to a non-malignant lung tumour, would be fit to play competitive cricket in three weeks' time, his mother said on Monday. The world will see a new Yuvraj on and off the field when he returns to cricket in 2-3 weeks. Yuvraj's way of looking at life has changed. He has realised what he should do...

10:12 AM, Mar 27, 2008

Karachi: The ICC had offered Pakistan teenaged pacer Mohammad Amir a bargain under which if he had confessed to his involvement in spot-fixing he would have escaped with a maximum ban of two years. A well-informed source in the Pakistan cricket Board told PTI on Wednesday that the offer came across the table even before the anti-corruption tribunal of the ICC held its hearings earlier this year. I can confirm...

06:24 PM, Mar 01, 2008

The teacher apparently believed it would cure the child of the “nasty” habit. ...

07:29 AM, Nov 07, 2007

A mahout has developed a Belt Trap to be put around the elephants’ ankle at the sign of trouble. ...

01:32 PM, Oct 05, 2007

The Kerala government is facing the heat, or in this case, the waterlogging. ...

01:13 PM, Sep 14, 2007

It's estimated that nearly Rs 20 crore worth of sarees are sold on Onam. ...

02:48 PM, Aug 27, 2007

The government has decided to introduce training for mahouts elephants were being exploited. ...

11:52 PM, Jul 30, 2007

Ten-year-old Anu from Thrissur saved four children from drowning. ...

10:53 PM, Jul 26, 2007