The woman who died by suicide, apparently after facing harassment through loan apps, had downloaded 34 dubious mobile applications, including loan apps, it has emerged. The 31-year-old homemaker and mother of two children was found hanging in her house at Aruvappara in Vengoor, near Perumbavoor, on Tuesday. The Ernakulam Rural police have formed a special…
Industries Minister P. Rajeeve holding consultations with representatives of the BMW Group on Wednesday. Industries Minister P. Rajeeve on Wednesday held consultations with representatives of the BMW Group. He said that the group will cooperate with the State governmentâs Automotive Technology Round Table in November ahead of the Global Investors Summit next year. He said…
Film editor and member of the Women in Cinema Collective Bina Paul | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The release of the Hema committee report on issues in the Malayalam film industry has kindled debates on what the State governmentâs response should be. In an interview to The Hindu on Wednesday, film editor and Women in…
The Kerala Police have launched an inter-State search for a 13-year-old Assamese girl who was reported missing by her parents from their house in the Kazhakuttam police station limits on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. They have also sought the help of their counterparts in Tamil Nadu, particularly the Kanyakumari district police, to aid in the…
Visitors on the concluding day of the Kerala Travel Mart in Kochi in 2022. At 2,839, buyer registrations for the 12th edition of the four-day Kerala Travel Mart (KTM-2024) that will be held at Sagara-Samudrika Convention Centre in Willingdon Island here from September 26, crossed the 2,500-mark for the first time in the history of the…
Filmmaker Vinayan, Actor Thilakan | Photo Credit: File The version of the Hema committee report made publicly available did not take any names, but the redacted revelations were enough to revive the memories of forgotten stories of discrimination and bans in the Malayalam film industry, as well as other skeletons to tumble out of the…
The collective has asked the Centre to pass a legislation to overturn the ruling by a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.  | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA A collective of various Adivasi-Dalit organisations will organise a Statewide hartal in Kerala on Wednesday (August 21, 2024) in protest against the Supreme Court ruling that…
A five-day national workshop on âIndiaâs National Security and Disaster Managementâ, organised by the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, began at the Central University of Kerala (CUK) on Monday (August 19). The event, hosted by the Department of International Relations and Politics, will conclude on August 23. The inaugural lecture on âDisasters and public…
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (file) | Photo Credit: KAMAL KISHORE Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday (August 19, 2024) urged banks to write off loans availed by the victims and the survivors of the devastating July 30 landslides in Wayanad. Addressing a meeting of the State Level Bankersâ Committee (SLBC) specially convened here…
The car that was swept away in floodwaters at Mullaringadu under Vannappuram panchayat on Friday night. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A catholic priest had a narrow escape as a car he was driving was swept away in floodwaters at Mullaringadu, near Thodupuzha, in Idukki on Friday night. The area had witnessed heavy rainfall from…
