Thiruvananthapuram: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will visit Kerala on November 24 in connection with the 80th annual pilgrimage season of Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala near Kollam. Hundreds of spiritual leaders from different Mutts would participate, Sree Narayana Dharma Sanghom Trust general secretary Swami Rithabharananda told a press meet here on Monday. Besides Dalai Lama, Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Metropolitan, Dharma Sanghom Trust president Swami Prakashananda and Kerala Assembly...
09:23 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Kollam: The troubled lives of the people in the city have come to the fore with the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the previous week, which placed Kollam city on top of the list in suicide rate. Express had reported on Thursday about the position of the city as the suicide capital of the country, with 39.3 suicide cases per one lakh persons during the previous...
12:31 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Kollam: Even as Kollam city gained the dubious distinction as the suicide capital of the country by recording the highest suicide rate among the 52 major cities, the authorities remained blissfully unaware of the new status. As per the 2011 data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, the suicide rate in the city with a population of 11.1 lakh stood at 39.3 per cent, with 436 persons committing suicide...
01:48 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Kollam: A court in Kerala on Monday extended the custody of the two Italian marines arrested for allegedly shooting dead two Indian fishermen and ordered them to be sent to the Central Jail in state capital Thiruvananthapuram till March 19. Italian marines Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone were on February 20 sentenced by the court to 14 days custody, of which the first three days was police custody. The judicial...
06:35 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Kollam: Two fishermen died when a ship collided with a shipping boat at the high seas of the Kochi Alleppey coast which is 9 km north of Kollam city on Thursday at 3 am. The deceased were identified as Francis Justine and Xavier, police said. Four fishermen were reportedly missing after the ship collided with the boat which is named Don I. There is no clarity yet in the merchant...
07:19 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Kerala Education Minister MA Baby says the state government is not reluctant to arrest 2008 Bangalore serial blast accused Abdul Naseer Madani. Madani on Monday claimed that he was not feeling well. Doctors were called in to treat him at his Kollam residence after he complained of fever. ...
11:56 PM, Aug 16, 2010
Kollam: Karnataka and Kerala are involved in a bitter war of words over People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nasser Madani, the accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial bombings. Karnataka Home Minister VS Acharya said that Kerala had not been cooperating on Madani's arrest. On the other hand Kerala claims that state has been extending all help to Karnataka Police team that is in Kollam to arrest Madani. "We are...
05:35 PM, Aug 16, 2010
Standoff between Karnataka and Kerala Police, over 2008 Bangalore blast accused and PDP leader arrest, continues. ...
09:18 AM, Aug 16, 2010
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