A case was reportedly filed against 111 people today for defamatory remarks against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien on Facebook over the Suryanelli gangrape case.
Over 13 years after confirming the death sentence of three accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination as head of a Supreme Court Bench, former judge KT Thomas on Sunday said it would be "constitutionally incorrect" to hang them as the convicts have spent 22 years in jail without a "review" of their case.
A college girl who hit the headlines by kicking and punching eve teasers recently has landed in trouble with the city police registering a case against her based on a local court order.
A 44-year-old electrician has been arrested for allegedly installing a hidden camera in a water heater he had fixed in his neighbour's bathroom.
A Congress MP from Kerala has kicked up a storm by calling the victim in the Suryanelli rape case a prostitute. During a press conference in Muscat on Saturday, K Sudhakaran said the victim — who was allegedly raped by 42 men over 40 days in 1996, when she was 16 — had carried out “outright prostitution”.
With Congress leadership under pressure over allegation against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case, a party MP in the state has kicked up a row by making insulting comments on the rape victim.
Dharmarajan, the absconding accused in the Suryanelli gangrape case over which Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien is facing heat, was on Friday arrested by Kerala Police from Sagar in Karnataka.
Union minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Monday ruled out quitting the UPA government at the Centre over hanging of Afzal Guru, an issue on which chief minister Omar Abdullah had made some strong statements.
The Suryanelli sex scandal got murkier on Saturday after a sting operation showed a former Kerala high court judge defending the acquittal of 35 accused in the case, saying the victim was a child prostitute and not raped.
CPI(M)-led LDF opposition today forced the adjournment of the Kerala assembly over alleged police excess against women MLAs demanding re-investigation of charges against Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case.
The CPM-led opposition disrupted proceedings of the Kerala assembly on Monday, demanding a fresh investigation into the alleged role of PJ Kurien, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, in the Suryanelli sex scandal.
The CPI(M)-led LDFopposition disrupted proceedings in the Kerala Assembly today, demanding a fresh probe into the allegation of the victim against Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case.
With his name being "dragged" into the Suryanelli gangrape case, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien has said that he suspected his political foes, including some in the Congress were involved in the 'conspiracy' to malign him.
A CBI court on Saturday ordered a fresh probe into the sensational 2004 Kaviyoor suicide, in which five members of a family were found dead in their home, to find out if any politicians were involved.
Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy today ruled out a re-investigation into the Suryanelli gangrape case, saying top courts had cleared the allegations raised against Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson PJ Kurien.