NEW DELHI: In response to the recent explosion at a convention center in Kerala, security measures have been significantly enhanced in the national capital Delhi. A high-ranking police official, on condition of anonymity, disclosed that security has been intensified in various key areas, including markets, churches, metro stations, bus stands, railway stations, and other public spaces.The official...
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KOCHI: Former chief of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, virtually addressed a pro-Palestine rally held in Malappuram district of Kerala on Friday.The "Youth Resistance Rally" with a tagline of "Uproot Bulldozer Hindutwa and Apartheid Zionism" was organised by Solidarity Movement, an organisation under the state unit of Jamaate Islami Hind.The visuals of the rally held in Malappuram town shows that Meshaal...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's stand on a plea to permit the mother of a woman from Kerala, who is facing the death penalty in Yemenfor the murder of a national, to travel to the country to save her daughter from gallows. Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the Centre's counsel to file a status report within two weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on November 16. The...
LONDON: A 24-year-old Indian man from Hyderabad has pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a student from Kerala working as a part-time waitress in a Hyderabadi biryani restaurant in East London.Sriram Ambarla, of no fixed abode, an Indian national, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday. He choked and almost collapsed when he stood to enter his plea. He had to be given water and was allowed to sit down...
Kerala indie-folk band When Chai Met Toast performed to a packed house at a city pub on Friday. The band, known for their easy lyrics and beautiful melodies, was in town as part of their Love You The Same tour, named after their 2022 EP. The crowd sang along, as they belted out a series of hits such as Sushi song, Constellation, Love you the same, Nee aara, and their recent Bollywood collaboration,...
CHENNAI: Vijayakumar, 64, and his wife Usha Devi, 59, are in a rare mix of relief and tension. Relief because they are with their daughter; tension because they find themselves in a war zone. The couple from Thiruvananthapuram had travelled to Israel last month to spend time with their daughter Anagha, who is pursuing her PhD at Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv and are now stuck in raging war after...
KANNUR: Shahrukh Saifi, the man suspected of starting a fire onboard a train in Kerala was brought to the southern state by road on Thursday morning after being nabbed in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri on Wednesday. The fire incident inside the train resulted in the deaths of three people, including a toddler.The on-road journey of the suspect to Kozhikode, however, witnessed some dramatic events.After...
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday said his government will celebrate the centenary year of the Vaikom Satyagraha (Vaikom struggle) to honour the memory of social reformist Periyar, who fought across the borders for the people and succeeded in making such revolutions in history, and to propagate the principles of social justice. Making a suo motu statement under Rule 110, the...