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Muslim League Education Minister wants ‘Green’ Boards in Kerala Schools

The state education department headed by Muslim League minister Abdu Rabb has brought in yet another ‘revolutionary’ idea: this time, the changing of the age old blackboards in schools to…

Temple Robbery at Nettur Mahadeva Temple

There has been a massive robbery in Nettur Mahadeva Temple, where the prabhamandalam, antique jewellery worth lakhs has been stolen. The Mahadeva Temple at Nettur is one of the divine…

Jayakrishnan Master Murder Case to be Re-investigated.

Kannur: The state home ministry has given orders to the Crime Branch to reinvestigate the murder of former state vice-president of Yuva Morcha, Jayakrishnan Master. The investigation team will be…

Anonymous Call Threatens Nedumbassery Airport Authorities of Forthcoming Terror Strike.

An anonymous phone call at Nedumbassery International Airport has threatened  authorities with  an impending terror strike at the airport. According to investigating officials, the call has been traced to Saudi…

Child Trafficking in Attappady: Close to 2000 Adivasi Children in Orphanages.

A sizable portion of Adivasi children from Attappady are allegedly being smuggled into various orphanages. According to the latest reports, an approximate of 2000 children, belonging to various scheduled castes…

Furore in Kerala Assembly over School Principal Headmistress’s ‘Vindictive’ Transfer

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the first time in the ongoing Assembly session, the House was adjourned for the day on Wednesday after Opposition members disrupted proceedings over the transfer of the principal…

Hatred against Sanskrit , Casteist Mentality or mere arrogance of Muslim league Minister?

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The headmistress of Cotton Hill Girls High School was transferred for allegedly criticizing the education minister on reaching late for a function arranged in the school. Headmistress K K…

Dig at Rahul Gandhi: Kerala Youth Congress Leader Refers to Party VP’s Reforms as ‘Tughlaq-like’

Thiruvananthapuram: In a veiled attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, a state Youth Congress functionary in Kerala on Tuesday dubbed the recent organisational reforms as “Tughlaq-like” and said they had…

Congress Leader’s Son Arrested for Smuggling of Deadly Narcotics via Nedumbassery Airport.

Ansar, son of Congress leader – has been arrested in connection with the alleged smuggling of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), the brand that comes under one of the deadliest of…

Religious discrimination at MGU by private Secretary of Vice Chancellor – Special Branch Report

Kottayam: There appears to be a strong religious bias shown against people who make a visit to MG University, to meet the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice- Chancellor. According to police reports,…

Stuck for 2 yrs for ‘RSS links’, Kerala TV channel set to get clearance

The NDA government is set give clearance to a proposed Malayalam television channel, which had been stuck for close to two years as the previous UPA government had reservations about…

HC moots CBI probe into child trafficking case

KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Thursday said alleged trafficking of children from other states to orphanages in Kerala calls for an investigation by CBI, since the case involves more…

Government’s plans of constructing a museum to display temple treasures against secular values of nation: Kummanam.

Government’s plans of constructing a museum to display temple treasures against secular values of nation: Kummanam.

The proposal of Kerala government towards setting up a museum to showcase the treasures at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, if the Supreme Court permits, has been flayed by Hindu Aikya Vedi.…

Yet another Hindu Munnani leader brutally murderd in Chennai.

Yet another Hindu Munnani leader brutally murderd in Chennai.

Chennai June 19: In another shocking incident, Hindu Munnani leader Sri Suresh was murdered by anti-national elemnents in Chennai on Wednesday night. Suresh, 45years, was hacked to death around 10.00pm…

Earlier Reports of Human Trafficking Ignored by Govt to Appease a ‘Particular Community’: Former SP Balakrishnan

Former Special Branch SP Balakrishnan has come up with a startling revelation that there were instances of child trafficking even earlier. Sometime back, in 2010, even though there was information…

College magazine with Anti-Prime Minister remarks withdrawn.

Guruvayur: Faced with legal action and protests from BJP, the Sree Krishna College here on Monday withdrew its campus magazine which contained unsavoury remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A…

Left Discusses Hindu Votes Dip; Paid price for defaming Mata Amritanandamayi

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPM state committee  decided to review the Lok Sabha election debacle at the district level and to wait till the LDF discussed the poll performance to appoint a…

Display Golden Crosses and Tippu’s pistol’s in Oomen chandy’s museum not temple offerings

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government is ready to exhibit the treasures discovered in the cellars of the famous Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in a museum with the permission of the Supreme Court, Chief…

Orphange pimps received 1000 Rs per child from Islamic corporate orphanges

Palakkad: Arrest of Mohammad Parvees , one of the agent who supplied children from Jharkhand and Bihar to Islamic corporate orphanages in Kerala revealed many shocking facts about orphanage mafia…

Anti-Modi Content in Campus Magazine: Kerala HM Flays Police for Action Against Students

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a new turn to the row over campus magazines containing remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala today resented the police action against the…

SIMI Camp – Finally after 8 years charges framed against 11 SIMI terrorists

SIMI Camp: Charges Framed against 17 http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/SIMI-Camp-Charges-Framed-against-17/2014/06/17/article2284770.ece KOCHI: The NIA Court here framed charges against 17 accused persons in the Panayikulam SIMI Camp case on Monday. The trial of the…

‘Together we will keep BJP away from Kerala assembly’ pledges Congress and CPM

Thiruvananthapuram:  In the history of Kerala assembly yesterday was a black day. Ruling front led by Congress and the opposition led by CP(IM) came into a consensus yesterday to support…

Reconvert proposed Site for Aranmula Airport into its Pristine Form: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has directed the District Collector of Pathanamthitta to reconvert the site chosen by KGS Group for its airport project back to its pristine form. The HC…

Forced Religious Conversion of Adivasi Children: Flaws on the Part of High Ranking Officers Exposed.

Taking into account the numerous allegations that Adivasi children of Kerala who are housed in various orphanages are being forcibly converted into other religions, the Child Welfare Committee for Juvenile…

KGS nurturing dreams of the Aranmula airport is a futile endeavour

KGS’ nurturing dreams of the airport is a futile endeavour: Samara Samiti   The Samara Samiti has reaffirmed that it will not allow the construction of the proposed airport under…

Muslim orphanages scrambling to clear the place off inmates.

With the case of human trafficking snowballing into mammoth proportions, other Muslim run orphanages are now scrambling to clear their institions free of any such inmates from other states. According…

Al Qaeda video urges Kashmiri youths to wage jihad on India.

Al-qaeda has released a new video in Urdu calling on Muslims in the Kashmir region to follow in the footsteps of their “brothers” in Iraq and Syria and launch a…

Thodupuzha case: Orphanage authorities booked under Juvenile Justice Act.

KOCHI: Thrissur child welfare committee (CWC) authorities said that the 28 children from Bihar, who were detained in city, were brought here nine months ago for religious studies. The children…

Jihadi Romeo stabbed girl and relatives

Kollam: In yet another case of Love Jihad in the state, A Jihadi Romeo stabbed a girl and her relatives. Ansar stabbed Suresh Kumar his wife Deepthi and Anupa. Anupa…

BJP state president V Muraleedharan talking about contemporary issues.

Jharkhand women taken to Kerala for Flesh trade. Kerala corporate’s role suspected

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that women who were taken to Kerala as part of employment training to Kitex, Kizhakkambalam, could be part of human trafficking. These allegations were…

SFI Foul mouths absconding

Magazine Row: BJP Activists Protest Outside College http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Magazine-Row-BJP-Activists-Protest-Outside-College/2014/06/14/article2279858.ece GURUVAYUR: In the wake of the fresh controversy in Sree Krishna College here, the BJP activists conducted a protest in front of…

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Yet another communist student outfit magazine that ridicules Prime Minister Modi.

Yet another communist student outfit magazine that ridicules Prime Minister Modi.

The SFI seems to have made it a fashion to spin derrogatory stuff. Close to the heels of having created controversy with the defamatory material on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, the…

Six arrested in Kerala for portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘Negative Face’.

Six arrested in Kerala for portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘Negative Face’.

Six persons, including four students and collage staffs of a government polytechnic in Kerala, have been arrested on the charge of defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi by featuring his photograph…

Child Trafficking : Sasikala Teacher to speaks in agitation at Mukkam.

Child Trafficking : Sasikala Teacher to speaks in agitation at Mukkam.

FIR against Ravi Krishna and Shaffi Mather in 108 Ambulance Scam.

An FIR has been filed against Ravi Krishna and Shaffi Mather, former economic adviser to chief minister Oommen Chandy, in connection with the 108 ambulance scam. Ravi Krishna is the…

29 Bihari children found abandoned in Trissur

29 children hailing from Bihar have been found abandoned in Trissur, without any authentic documents supporting their whereabouts. Reports suggest that these children, who were staying in an orphanage in…

Intelligence Bureau warns of threat to Amarnath yatra

In the first major fallout of the twin terror attacks on the Karachi airport, the Intelligence Bureau has cautioned that there could be a major terror strike on the Amarnath…

State Home Minister speaks of suspected Maoist presence in 6 districts

State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has reiterated that Naxal presence in Kerala seems to have taken strong roots in 6 districts. “There is Maoist activity in in and around forest…

Statue of Goddess Saraswati Vandalized in School Premises.

Statue of Goddess Saraswati Vandalized in School Premises.

A statue of Goddess Saraswati, which donned the prime place in the premises of Saraswati Vidyaniketan in Onnaammile, Kumili has been vandalized. According to sources, a group of miscreants stormed…

Thumbs down to airport, Left loses green mantle to RSS in Kerala.

Thumbs down to airport, Left loses green mantle to RSS in Kerala.

Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy had laughed it off when senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak Kummanam Rajasekharan joined the anti-airport struggle in this village on the foothills of the Western…

KGS Aranmula airport was never meant to cater to international operations.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: KGS Aranmula Airport Ltd had pegged itself as the “first private international greenfield” airport in India, but that was far from the truth. Appeals accepted by the National Green…

Chief Minister being subservient before Muslim League: V Muraleedharan.

“When the Chief Minister and two of his ministers repeatedly claimed that the recent episode of bringing in children from Jharkhand is not an instance of child trafficking, it only…

Youths packed off to Yemen from Kerala after being religious conversion.

Police are searching high and low for the international racket that has been packing off youth from India to Yemen, after converting them Islam. This shocker came to light when…

YuvaMorcha sought central agency probe into Child Trafficking in Kerala.

State President of Yuva Murcha Adv P Sudheer has sought a probe into various orphanages run by Muslim bodies in Malappuram, Palakkad and Kozhikode, alleging that they were not adhering…

Mobile Phone Recovered from Viyyur Central Jail

THRISSUR: An investigation team led by Jail DGP K Radhakrishnan recovered a mobile phone, two mobile chargers and three headsets from the ‘D Block’ of Viyyur central prison, where the…

Authorities of Mukkam orphanage tried to enforce muslim rituals, says Victims

The children from Jharkhand who were transported to the orphanage at Mukkam have alleged that authorities tried to enforce on them various customs and practices such as sunni faction’s orthodox…

Kerala police intercept yet another suspected child trafficking racket, bus seized.

Yet another set of children, this time 26 boys who were illegally being taken to orphanages have been rescued by police. The children, stated to be from Ahmedabad were being…

CPI (M)’s stone pelting robs vision of a student on the eve of Modi’s oath taking.

Kannur, May 31 : The terror unleashed by CPIM goons rendered nightmare for 16-year-old boy who lost his vision in one eye.  The CPI(M) activists hurled stone at a lorry,…