UPA-II's game changer direct cash transfer scheme is all set to go big across the country. CNN-IBN is taking a look at how its implementation is affecting lives. In the backward districts of Kerala, students are benefitting from it in the form of scholarships, but the tribals there are still apprehensive. ...
10:15 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Under scrutiny in the Suryanelli gangrape case, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Kerala Congressman PJ Kurien has claimed that he was a victim of a political conspiracy. Denying allegations against, Kurien has refused to step down. ...
09:56 AM, Feb 05, 2013
The Kerala Assembly was adjourned Monday morning after the Opposition shouted slogans against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who had ruled out a re-investigation into the Suryanelli gangrape case. Chandy had ruled out the re-investigation citing court decisions, which cleared Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien of rape allegations. ...
11:31 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Kerala government on Saturday said it would seek legal opinion on whether a fresh investigation should be conducted into the allegations against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, in the wake of the woman in the Suryanelli case persisting with her charge of being gangraped. ...
10:34 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Kuttyedathi has acted in almost 140 films and in over 4,000 Malayalam dramas. ...
11:24 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Sixteen years have passed but the Suryanelli rape case continues to shadow PJ Kurien, the deputy speaker of the Rajya Sabha. Troubles resurfaced for the Kerala Congressman after the rape survivor sent a letter to the Supreme Court last week, asking for a review of the apex court's order quashing all charges against Kurien. ...
08:31 AM, Feb 03, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Kerala High Court verdict in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case that had acquitted 36 accused. The apex court has remanded the gangrape case of a teenaged girl back to the Kerala High Court asking it to take a fresh look at it. ...
12:59 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Unfazed by the organisational consequences, CPM stalwart VS Achuthanandan on Wednesday said he was dropped from the party politburo a few years back for telling the truth about a corruption case in which state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan was facing inquiry. ...
01:55 PM, Jan 30, 2013
The Supreme Court will hear the Suryanelli rape case on Wednesday. A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by 42 men over a span of 40 days. The appeal against the acquittal of the accused has been pending in the apex court for eight years. ...
07:29 AM, Jan 30, 2013
The newly formed Additional District and Sessions court, for trying cases related to sexual atrocities against women and children, on Tuesday acquitted an accused of rape charges after the victim turned hostile. The special court, which was inaugurated by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday here, delivered its first verdict on Tuesday. ...
12:59 AM, Jan 30, 2013
Devinder Singh alias 'Bunty chor', who was arrested in Pune on Saturday, was on Monday brought to the city as he is wanted by Kerala Police in connection with a burglary at an NRI's house last week. ...
12:48 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Kamal Haasan's controversial film 'Vishwaroopam' received mixed response from the audience. ...
11:42 AM, Jan 27, 2013
Kamal Haasan's die-hard fans are travelling to Kerala to watch his mega budget 'Vishwaroopam', which has been banned for two weeks in Tamil Nadu. Eager to view the movie, which released across the globe barring Tamil Nadu on Friday, the fans of the actor-director from here and neighbouring Krishnagiri are travelling to destinations in Kerala such as Thiruvananthapuram, about 500 km from Dharmapuri. ...
03:55 AM, Jan 27, 2013
The notorious Delhi thief Bunty Chor was arrested on Saturday while he was checking into a hotel in Pune. Bangalore police had failed to nab him earlier this week. ...
11:02 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Four tourist from Tamil Nadu, including a child, drowned in Kerala's Alappuzha district after a houseboat capsized on Saturday. The incident took place at a popular tourist spot of the district, Punnamada lake. ...
04:44 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Delhi's infamous Bunty Chor, who committed over 500 burglaries across the country, has struck in Kerala, the police said on Wednesday. Devinder Singh, alias Bunty Chor, reportedly broke into a high security home with latest electronic surveillance devices in the early hours of January 21 and drove off with a brand new SUV worth Rs 28 lakh, a laptop and two mobile phones. ...
10:24 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the trial against 15 accused, including KK Rageesh, MLA and CPI(M) state committee member, in the case relating to the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan. Justice VK Mohanan issued the order while admitting the plea of the 15 accused. ...
06:07 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Jailed Kerala-based PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, admitted to a private hospital recently for treatment of diabetes, was shifted to a multi-speciality hospital in Bangalore in the wee hours on Saturday after he complained of giddiness. ...
03:18 PM, Jan 19, 2013
India has jurisdiction to try two Italian marines charged with killing two fishermen, India's Supreme Court said in a long-awaiting ruling on Friday, setting the stage for a criminal trial that could further sour ties between India and Italy. ...
01:56 AM, Jan 19, 2013
The Supreme Court on January 18 restrained all the state governments and Union Territories from granting permission for erecting statues or construction of any structure at public places which obstructs traffic movement. However, the apex court said that this order would not apply for installation of structures like street lights which facilitate smooth traffic movement. ...
01:59 PM, Jan 18, 2013
