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Kerala man held for suspected terror links let off after 24 hours: Report
By Press Trust of India | Kochi
PUBLISHED ON AUG 26, 2019 11:10 AM IST
Security was tightened in Tamil Nadu on Friday following reports that six LeT terrorists had infiltrated the state by sea from Sri Lanka and moved to different cities.
Terror suspects held in Kerala, Tamil Nadu; vigil stepped up
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Thiruvanathapuram/Chennai
PUBLISHED ON AUG 25, 2019 05:49 AM IST
Security was tightened in Tamil Nadu on Friday following reports that six LeT members had infiltrated the state by sea from Sri Lanka and moved to different cities, including Coimbatore.
LeT terror threat: Tamil Nadu cops detain 2 in Coimbatore
By MC Rajan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON AUG 24, 2019 09:03 PM IST
Tamil Nadu continues to be on high alert since midnight of Thursday, following intelligence alert that six Pakistan-based LeT terrorists have sneaked into the state through neighbouring Sri Lanka.
Congress worker hacked to death in Kerala, party says PFI behind attack
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2019 05:12 PM IST
Congress workers alleged that activists belonging to the Social Democratic Party of India, political wing of fundamentalist outfit Popular Front of India, were behind the attack.
IMD issues red alert in six districts of Kerala, predicts extremely heavy rains
By Press Trust of India | Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON JUL 16, 2019 08:40 PM IST
The weather office has predicted that extremely heavy rains will hit Kerala and has issued red alert for Kerala’s these six districts - Idukki, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur, Ernakulam and Thrissur.
Biryani prepared by Kerala jail inmates to go online
By Press Trust of India | Kerala
UPDATED ON JUL 11, 2019 12:41 PM IST
The combo, which was specifically designed for online sale, includes 300 grams of biryani rice, one roasted chicken leg piece, three chappathis, a cup cake, salad, pickle and one litre bottled water along with a plantain leaf to eat the food, authorities at the Viyyur central jail, where it is being prepared. The prison authorities have tied up with Swiggy, online food delivery player, to deliver food from the Central Jail premises.
Oppn takes on Kerala govt over custodial death; CM says guilty won’t be spared
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2019 03:44 PM IST
Rajkumar, an accused in a money-laundering case, died in police custody last week and there were attempts to hush up the case as a natural death.
Man held for sexually assaulting minor girl in Kerala
By Press Trust of India | Kottayam
UPDATED ON JUN 02, 2019 07:22 PM IST
The accused had left Thalayolaparambu recently when he came to know that the police have started investigation into the case based on a complaint.
Kerala lynching victim’s sister is now a civil police officer
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2019 08:11 PM IST
The lynching of frail Madhu triggered an outrage after the video of the attack had gone viral. One of the pictures posted on social media showed a man holding a stick questioning the tribal, while another was seen taking a selfie with the bleeding victim.
Ban on celebrity jumbo threatens to take sheen out of Thrissur Pooram
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2019 07:23 PM IST
The tallest domesticated jumbo in the state at 10.5 ft, Ramachandran plays a key role in Pooram festivities every year but has been banned from public display this year.
After IS arrest, Kerala on edge ahead of Ramzan, Thrissur Pooram
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2019 07:36 PM IST
The arrested terrorist, Riyas Abookacker, a native of Palakkad, reportedly told the NIA that he was ready for a suicide attack in Kerala but his friends had let him down by not providing explosives and logistic support.
Kerala teen won Internet for riding horse to school. Here’s why she did it
By HT Correspondent | Thrissur, Kerala
UPDATED ON APR 10, 2019 12:21 PM IST
Krishna took up horse riding as a hobby when she was in Class 7 and often rides a horse to school.
Lok Saha elections 2019: NDA picks Ezhava leader to take on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Kerala
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON APR 02, 2019 12:07 AM IST
Thushar Vellapally is the president of the Bharatiya Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), a political outfit of backward caste Ezhavas.
Efforts on to bring back body of Kerala woman killed in New Zealand mosque shootings, says CMO
By Press Trust of India | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2019 06:45 PM IST
Ancia Alibava from Kodungallur in Thrissur district, among the 49 people who were killed in the shootouts at two mosques, was pursuing her M.Tech degree in an Agricultural University there.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Thrissur, Kerala
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2019 12:26 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 constituency watch of Thrissur, Kerala.
In Kerala, PM Modi fires Sabarimala, triple talaq salvo at Left govt, UDF
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2019 11:53 PM IST
PM Modi’s attack on the CPI (M) is the second this month over Sabarimala. In an address to BJP workers in Kollam two weeks back, Modi said the Kerala government’s handling of the issue will go down in the history as a “shameful act”.
Malayalam film director Priyanandan alleges cow dung attack by RSS workers in Kerala’s Thrissur
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2019 12:50 PM IST
Malayalam film director Priyanandan was in the news recently for posting a comment on Facebook about the ongoing agitation in Sabarimala. The director alleged that he was overpowered by a group of men, who flung cow dung at him and manhandled him when he went out of his house to fetch milk.
One dead in Kerala protests over Sabarimala row, 100 injured during bandh
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2019 03:47 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party is supporting the shutdown while the Congress-led UDF is observing a “black day” on Thursday.
‘Old is gold’: Ajitha Vijayan continues her 18-year-old milk supply job even after becoming Thrissur’s mayor
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON DEC 23, 2018 10:19 AM IST
When she took up mayorship last week, many advised her to dump her old profession, but she refused.
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to boost BJP’s campaign in Kerala in backdrop of Sabarimala agitation
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2018 12:41 AM IST
PM Modi will address his first rally in Kerala in Pathanamthitta, the district where Sabarimala is situated, on January 6, and another in Thrissur on January 27. Amit Shah will address a meeting in Palakkad on December 31 and another in either Kannur or Kozhokkode in January-end.
PM Narendra Modi to address two public meetings in Kerala
By Press Trust of India | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2018 05:35 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi will address BJP workers at a public meeting in Pathanamthitta, the central Kerala district where the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple is located, on January 6. He will again visit the state on January 27 to inaugurate a conference of the BJYM in Thrissur.
Young Nihal impresses with calm demeanour
By B Shrikant | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON NOV 13, 2018 09:14 AM IST
Nihal, who became the 12th-youngest GM in chess a few months back and has a rating of 2576 in classical chess, impressed with the calm manner in which he tackled the pressure of playing some of the biggest stars of the game.
Met department withdraws red alert for rains in Tamil Nadu and Kerala
By M Manikandan and Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON OCT 06, 2018 05:39 PM IST
A red alert for the districts of Palakkad, Thrissur and Idukki in Kerala was also withdrawn on Saturday.
Heavy rainfall predicted in Kerala on Sunday, red alert issued in 3 districts
UPDATED ON OCT 03, 2018 07:57 PM IST
The red alert has been issued in Idukki, Thrissur and Palakkad, some of the worst hit areas in Kerala floods that took place in August this year.
A month after Kerala floods, 4,778 people still in 120 relief camps
By Indo Asian News Service | Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON SEP 11, 2018 02:19 PM IST
A total of 1,738 persons are in 55 camps in Thrissur district and 1,702 in Alappuzha.
Centre will provide all possible support to flood-hit Kerala: Union health minister Nadda
By Press Trust of India | Kochi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 07, 2018 02:26 PM IST
“We just want to have an evaluation and whatever best we can do and what more we can do, that is what we are going to discuss,” Union health minister J P Nadda said during his visit to flood-affected areas in Thrissur.
Flood-hit Kerala sounds alert for leptospirosis, 28 deaths reported
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON SEP 02, 2018 07:23 AM IST
At least nine deaths and more than 300 suspected cases of leptospirosis were reported in the last one week.
Kerala man returns to check his flooded house, greeted by a crocodile
By Indo Asian News Service | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON AUG 22, 2018 12:02 PM IST
Since the waters began to recede in the past two days, Mustafa, a snake catcher in Malappuram, has caught over 100 snakes from homes.
‘Sons of the sea’, Kerala’s fishermen are the unsung heroes of relief work during the floods
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2018 12:07 AM IST
As many as 1,200 members of the fishing community have engaged at least 460 outboard engine boats and catamarans in relief work.
On the cards, a quirky vacation behind bars in God’s Own Prison
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2018 12:11 PM IST
The country’s largest prison, Tihar Jail, is also toying with the idea of launching a similar project called ‘Feels like Jail’.