KERALA

Kerala HC orders re-trial in Walayar sisters sexual assault

12:05 am January 7, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Holding that there was ”miscarriage of justice”, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed a retrial in the sensational Walayar case in which two minor sisters were found dead in their hut in 2017 after allegedly being sexually assaulted. A division bench, comprising Justices A Hariprasad and M R Anitha, allowed appeals filed by the state government and […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

No trace of bird flu in Telangana: Minister

11:14 pm January 6, 2021

Hyderabad: There are no traces of bird flu in Telangana and people need not panic, state Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav said on Wednesday, as authorities launched preventive measures. Yadav, who held a meeting with officials on the preventive measures to be taken with regard to bird flu, said Central government officials have announced […]

Efforts on to nab man who illegally married minor girl in Hyd

5:22 pm January 1, 2021

Hyderabad : Efforts were on to nab the 57- year old man who ”illegally” married a minor girl here following a conspiracy allegedly hatched by her aunt, police said on Friday. Police teams were on the job to arrest the man, who hails from Kerala, and a probe was on, they said. Six people who […]

Ker: Crime Branch probe ordered into death of couple following immolation bid

4:21 pm January 1, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Friday handed over investigation of the recent self- immolation incident of a poor couple amidst their attempt to thwart an eviction drive here to the Crime Branch. State DGP Loknath Behera gave necessary instructions to the Crime Branch in this regard, official sources here said. The couple-Rajan (47) and his wife Ambili (40), natives of Nellimoodu […]

Man hacked to death by wife’s kin

11:05 pm December 25, 2020

Palakkad : In a suspected case of honour killing, a 27-year-old man, who had got married hardly three months ago, was hacked to death by his wife‘s relatives in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Friday evening, police said. An officer of the Kuzhalmannam police station said the bride’s father and uncle are suspected to be the […]