KERALA

NIA arrests six more people and conducts searches at 6 places in Kerala gold smuggling case

6:39 pm August 2, 2020

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested six more people and conducted searches at six places in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case, an official said on Sunday. The agency has so far arrested 10 people in the case of smuggling of gold through diplomatic baggage addressed to the UAE consulate in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram. On July 30, […]

Indian man sentenced to life for stabbing wife to death in Dubai

11:14 pm July 26, 2020

Dubai: A 44-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to life for stabbing his wife to death in broad daylight at the parking lot of her office in Dubai after suspecting infidelity, according to a media report on Sunday. The court heard that Vidhya Chandran, 40, a mother of two, was stabbed to death by her […]

Indian couple found dead in flat in UAE

6:05 pm July 26, 2020

Dubai: An Indian couple have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in their flat in Abu Dhabi, media reports said. Janardhanan Pattiery, 57, and Minija, 52, from Kerala’s Kozhikode district, were residents of Abu Dhabi for nearly 18 years, Khaleej Times reported. Pattiery, who worked with a travel agency, had recently lost his job. Minija was a chartered accountant. “They were calm and quiet people. I […]

College student’s killer arrested in Kerala

4:18 pm July 20, 2020

Coimbatore: A 24-year-old man, who fatally stabbed a college-goer near here for not reciprocating his love, has been arrested in Thrissur, Kerala, police said on Monday. C Ratheesh, a mechanic, fell in love with the 18-year- old Aishwarya in her first year of college, the police said. After her parents objected to the affair since […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Second plasma bank in Kerala set up in Wayanad

4:07 pm July 20, 2020

Wayanad (Ker): Kerala’s second plasma bank has been set up at the Wayanad district hospital at nearby Mananthavady, close on the heels of a similar facility being launched at Manjeri in Malappuram. The District Medical Officer DrR Renuka, who inaugurated the plasma bank on Sunday, said the convalescent plasma therapy has been found effective for […]