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Over 70% turnout in first phase of rural, urban body polls in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 10 -- Over 70% of registered voters exercised their franchise on Tuesday in the first phase of the elections to the three-tier rural and urban local bodies in Kerala, official... Read More


Cong leader's support to Dileep spurs political row

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 10 -- United Democratic Front (UDF) convener and senior Congress leader Adoor Prakash on Tuesday spurred backlash after he expressed support for actor Dileep, acquitted a day ... Read More


Malayalam actor Dileep acquitted in gang rape case, six others convicted

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 9 -- A Kerala court on Monday convicted six people but acquitted actor Dileep in the sensational 2017 actress abduction and gang rape case that made national headlines, sent s... Read More


Will take action at right time in Sabarimala: CPI(M) Kerala secretary

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 8 -- Hindustan Times caught up with CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan in the state capital on the sidelines of the local body election campaign. Here are some excerpts from t... Read More


Biz rivalry behind abduction of Kerala expat, rescued

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 8 -- A Malayali expatriate businessman, who was kidnapped at gunpoint by a four-member gang near Shoranur in Kerala's Palakkad district, was traced to an isolated house and re... Read More


Probe ordered into leak of explicit CCTV videos from Kerala theatre

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 5 -- The Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) has begun an internal inquiry after CCTV visuals of one of its theatres in Thiruvananthapuram city were seen circula... Read More


State Congress expels Palakkad MLA after court rejects bail plea

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 5 -- The Kerala unit of the Congress on Thursday expelled rape-accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil on the same day a district court in Thiruvananthapuram rejected the latt... Read More


2nd rape complaint filed against absconding MLA

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 3 -- Absconding Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, charged with rape and forced abortion, has been accused of sexual assault under the pretext of marriage by another woman. The w... Read More


Masala bonds case: ED notice to Vijayan, ex-min

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 2 -- The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has issued show-cause notices to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former state finance minister TM Thomas Isaac in connectio... Read More


From law classmates to ex-DGP: The many hues of local body election candidates in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 1 -- In less than two weeks, voters in Kerala will head to the polling booths to choose their representatives for the three-tier rural and urban local bodies. Conducted every ... Read More