Thiruvananthapuram: K Muraleedharan, the son of former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran, on Monday reiterated he would go to any extent to clear his late father's name in the 1994 ISRO spying case that later proved to be a dud. "I am yet to get a reply from Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on the demand I made that action should be taken against the three (now retired) police officers who investigated the case," Muraleedharan told reporters here. The case had seen Karunakaran's downfall in 1996.
Should Chandy not reply, Muraleedharan said he "will go ahead with legal steps because my father was haunted by this case for no fault of his". "My father was ousted from the chief minister's post following a conspiracy and this had the support of (then prime minister) P.V. Narasimha Rao," he added. The Central Bureau of Investigation had asked the Kerala government to take action against the three officers after the Supreme Court ordered the closure of the case in 1996 and the freeing of the five accused, including Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist S. Nambi Narayanan.
The case once again came to the fore last month when a division bench of the Kerala High Court upheld an order of the National Human Rights Commission awarding compensation of Rs.1 million to Narayanan. Soon after that, Muraleedharan wrote to Chandy demanding action against the three police officers. Narayanan, along with another ISRO official, two Maldivian women and a businessman were arrested
02:32 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Kochi: Unhappy with denial of ticket to her for the April 13 Kerala assembly elections, K Padmaja, daughter of late congress leader, K Karunakaran, came out in the open about her disappointment, but said she would campaign for the Congress candidates in all the 140 constituencies. While Padmaja was denied ticket, her brother, K Muraleedharan, who was recently re-admitted into the party after five years, was considered for Vattiyurkavu seat...
05:23 PM, Mar 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the trial on palmolien import case against Chief Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas will go on. The apex court vacated a stay on the case and rejected former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran's petition. Following the order, a Tiruvananpuram court can now proceed with the framing of charges against all accused in the palmolien import scam which includes CVC Thomas. Thomas is...
01:52 PM, Jan 11, 2011
Thrissur: Thounsands of people from all parts of Kerala paid homage to Veteran Congress leader, K Karunakaran, whose body was brought to Thrissur on Saturday morning from the state capital. Prime minister Manmohan Singh is expected to arrive in Thrissur by 2:00 PM to pay his respects to Karunakaran, who died in Thiruvananthapuram on December 23 evening. In view of the Prime Minister's visit, security has been tightened in thrissur....
12:32 PM, Dec 25, 2010
Thiruvananthapuram: Condition of ailing Congress leader K Karunakaran turned critical on Wednesday and was shifted to ventilator, according to hosptial sources. The 93-year old Karunakaran was admitted to hospital on December 10 following severe breathing problem. Though his condition was critical in the initial days, he showed imrovement last week. Opposition leader Oommen Chandy visited Karunakaran at the hosptial on Wednesday, sources said. ...
04:34 PM, Dec 22, 2010
Thiruvananthapuram: The ventilator support to ailing Congress stalwart K Karunakaran was removed on Friday as his overall health condition made further improvement. According to a medical bulletin issued by Aanthapuri Hospital, where the 93-year-old former Chief Minister has been undergoing treatment for a week, the ventilator as well as tubes had been removed after the team of doctors attending on him reviewed his condition. His breathing condition and responses had...
05:59 PM, Dec 17, 2010
Thiruvananthapuram: Condition of veteran Congress and former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran continues to be critical and is still on ventilator support, a bulletin issued by the hospital where the 93-year-old leader is under treatment said. "There is no change in the condition of Karunakaran. He is still on total ventilator support", the bulletin issued by Aanathapuri hospital on Tuesday said. However, there was a slight improvement in the oxygen...
12:15 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Tiruvananthapuram: Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran has been out on ventilator support in a city hospital here after his condition became serious. According to doctors Aananthapuri Hospital, the condition of the leader was slightly worrisome and he had been given ventilator support this afternoon. He had been diagnosed with chest and urinary infection, hospital sources said. Karunakaran was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with...
03:17 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Doctors said his condition was serious when he was admitted. ...
04:35 PM, Nov 12, 2009
London: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has suffered a hairline fracture of his right thumb and will bat on the final day of the second Test at Lord's here on Tuesday only if absolutely necessary, a team spokesman said. Dilshan himself initially played down the extent of his injury after twice being hit on the thumb by England fast bowler Chris Tremlett while making 193 - the highest individual Test...
12:12 AM, Feb 02, 2008
Napier: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has issued a scathing critique of his side's top order, describing their performance as "unacceptable" in their latest defeat by Pakistan. Pakistan lead the six-match series 2-1, with one game washed out, after winning the third encounter by two wickets with an over to spare on Tuesday. In a series being used to fine-tune for the World Cup, New Zealand have gone downhill since ...
11:44 PM, Dec 06, 2007
Though Karunakaran is trying hard to merge his party, DIC-K, with Sharad Pawar's NCP. The latter is in no hurry. ...
06:01 PM, Sep 02, 2006
