Kerala

Court rejects marines` bail plea, extends remand

The marines, Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone, were brought from the Central Prison in Thiruvananthapuram and produced before Goapakumar on expiry of the remand period.

Tharoor moots Parliament sitting in Bangalore

MP Shashi Tharoor has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to consider the possibility of holding a five-day sitting of both the Houses of Parliament outside New Delhi, preferably in Bangalore.

Pedestrian killed after being hit by min`s car

A 72-year-old man was fatally knocked down allegedly by an official car in which Kerala Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob was travelling.

Chandrasekharan murder: 12 under custody

Twelve persons have been taken into custody for questioning in connection with the recent murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan, police said today.

Kerala regrets refusal of plea for more Haj quota

Kerala expressed disappointment over the Centre rejecting its request for raising the state`s Haj quota by determining the number of pilgrims.

Student`s suicide: Bank manager held

Manager of a bank was arrested in connection with the suicide of a nursing student, who was denied an education loan.

Special Yesvantpur-Ernakulam Express from May 18

The South Western Railway today announced that it would run weekly express special trains between Yesvantpur-Ernakulam from May 14 to June 18 in each direction.

Two AI flights from Kozhikode cancelled

Air India on Thursday cancelled its two international flights from Kozhikode and rescheduled another on the third day of the pilots strike.

Rebel`s murder fans VS-Vijayan feud in CPI(M)

Chandrasekharan was a popular CPI(M) leader from the party stronghold Onjiyam before he was expelled for questioning the ideological deviations.

Whipping up emotions on dam unfortunate: Thomas

Member of the SC appointed Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam Justice K T Thomas today said it was unfortunate that some quarters had sought to whip up emotions on the panel`s report, instead of looking at it rationally.