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Congress, BJP target Kerala Women’s Commission chairperson M.C. Josephine for her ‘callous’ remark to domestic violence victim

M. C. Josephine’s remarks have unleashed a storm of social media protests, with women activists, human right organisations and opposition parties wading into the controversy

Audio clips indicating alleged links of Arjun Ayanki with Karipur gold smuggling emerges

Five audio recordings indicating threatening conversations and plans to smuggle gold have emerged, which reportedly point to his association with the smuggling and gangs involved in the crime.

Kerala High Court observes that prima facie sedition case against Aisha Sultana does not stand

Kerala High Court makes absolute the interim anticipatory bail for the Lakshadweep filmmaker

A Kerala panchayat president's tale of redemption from alcoholism

George E. P., president of Ramamangalam panchayat in Ernakulam, will be sharing his experience of beating alcohol addiction as part of campaign to be launched by Ernakulam Social Justice Department on the International Day Against Drug Abuse on June 26

Congress MLA Shafi Parambil demands legal action against Kerala Women’s Commission chairperson M.C. Josephine

Ms. Josephine had made an insulting casual remark to a woman who complained to her during a phone-in programme organised by a television channel. The chairperson’s rather irritable behaviour had evoked widespread protest across the State

Many students in Kerala call for cancellation of final-semester university exams

Several students have joined a campaign in Twitter with the hashtag #Canceluniversityexams. The exams are scheduled to begin offline from June 28

Civil police officer, who was attacked while on COVID duty, discharged from hospital

He was brutally attacked by a person who violated COVID protocol

Aisha Sultana to return to Kochi

She was interrogated by Lakshadweep police in a sedition case

Police officer’s article in CBI bulletin draws praise

Article described how DNA profiling helped identify the culprit in the rape case of a minor

Crime Branch begins probe into quarry blast near Wadakkanchery in Kerala

Thrissur District Collector submits report to government

Aisha Sultana violated COVID norms, High Court told

She did not observe quarantine, mingled with people, Lakshadweep administration says.

SD College signs pact to study spread of water hyacinth

₹3-cr. project in tie-up with two U.K. universities, ICRISAT, NIPHM

Pandemic washes away the usual vibrancy of Moolam Boat Race

The 400-year-old Moolam Boat Race, which marks Kerala’s boat racing season, is reduced to a few customary rituals in 2021 owing to the Coronavirus pandemic

Lakshadweep Research Collective red-flags LDAR 2021, writes to President

The collective recently did a review of the implications of LDAR. The members said that in enabling takeover of local land, it was found that the draft regulation is not in consonance with existing laws

Five held on charges of poaching spotted deer in Wayanad district of Kerala

Forest officials seize animal carcass and two kg of cooked venison from the accused

Aisha Sultana to return to Kochi following interrogation by Lakshadweep police

Police examined her social media accounts and connections including if she had any links with any foreigner or an international grouping, her lawyer said.

More rosewood timber seized in Wayanad district in Kerala

The logs had been kept in private coffee plantations at Mukkam Kunnu, Makkyanikkunnu and Pakkam near Vazhavatta in Muttil South Village after felling it reportedly from revenue pattaya land, Forest Department sources said.

In Kerala, price of regular petrol per litre inching towards century mark

On Thursday, oil companies hiked the fuel price yet again, the 17th time in a little over a month. The price was hiked by 26 paise for petrol and 8 paise for diesel in Kerala

CBI opens enquiry against retired law enforcers responsible for wrongful prosecution of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan

The CBI had filed an FIR in May marked as classified in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (Thiruvananthapuram), R. Rekha

Two killed, five injured in road accident in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala

The accident took place near Thiruvalla Wednesday midnight when the driver lost control over his four-wheeler auto-taxi after being blinded by high beam glare and the vehicle then hit another car from the opposite direction

Children in distress in five more districts to benefit from Kerala’s Kaval Plus project

Kaval Plus programme lends holistic support to children in need of care and protection and survivors of sexual abuse in Kerala

Kerala Women's Commission to submit proposals to government to check dowry harassment and ostentatious weddings

Regulating ostentatious weddings and giving bride rights over gold and gifts she receives during wedding are some of the proposals on the anvil to check the menace, points out M. C. Josephine, chairperson of Kerala Women's Commission

This Kerala bookshop owner gives lawbook on domestic violence for free for women trapped in toxic relations

Abdul Latheef, who runs a used-books shop near Ernakulam Press Club, has offered to give copies of English and Malayalam versions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act and Rules for free on WhatsApp

Noted Kerala photographer and filmmaker Sivan passes away

Known as Kerala's first professional press photographer, he established the well-known Sivan's Studio at Statue in Thiruvananthapuram in 1959

Kerala yet to address systemic issues such as dowry harassment

90% of cases settled without any official complaint

The Hindu Kerala Bureau Chief Anil Radhakrishnan passes away

S. Anil Radhakrishnan handled many important beats

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