Kannur Jail

A 34-year old prisoner, facing charges of killing her parents and two children, allegedly committed suicide in a jail in Kerala's Kannur today, officials said.

A controversial female undertrial convict from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's home village, was found dead in a jail near Kannur on Friday, police said.

The Kerala Police have filed a case against a Youth Congress leader and other workers after a video was circulated of a group of men slaughtering a calf in public. The workers, whose number is unspecified, were led by Kannur Youth Congress leader Rijil Makkutty, the police said. The men are accused of slaughtering an animal in a way that causes pub...

Kerala beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, serving a life sentence for killing a security guard in a fit of rage with his Hummer SUV, has been running his massive business empire from his cell in Kannur Central Jail, according to a complaint filed on behalf of his relatives.

Amid a raging row over registering of a case against two Dalit sisters and sending them to jail for allegedly attacking a CPI(M) activist in Kannur, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said there was no need to react to the issue.

Kerala multi-millionaire Mohammad Nisham, who has been given life term and an additional 24 years imprisonment for the murder of a security guard by driving his Hummer into him, has allegedly been given a "helper" inside Kannur jail.

The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) suffered a double blow at the hands of the Kerala High Court on Monday as the latter dismissed bail pleas of party legislator TV Rajesh and jailed Kannur district party secretary P Jayarajan, in the murder of Indian Union Muslim League worker Abdul Shukoor.

Veteran Kerala Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader P Jayarajan was on Wednesday arrested and jailed in connection with the murder of Indian Union Muslim League worker Abdul Shukoor in February this year.

Two hardcore criminals escaped from the Central jail by breaking open the window grills of the high security jail in the wee hours on Monday, police said.

A 34-year old prisoner, facing charges of killing her parents and two children, allegedly committed suicide in a jail in Kerala's Kannur today, officials said.

A controversial female undertrial convict from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's home village, was found dead in a jail near Kannur on Friday, police said.

The Kerala Police have filed a case against a Youth Congress leader and other workers after a video was circulated of a group of men slaughtering a calf in public. The workers, whose number is unspecified, were led by Kannur Youth Congress leader Rijil Makkutty, the police said. The men are accused of slaughtering an animal in a way that causes pub...

Kerala beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, serving a life sentence for killing a security guard in a fit of rage with his Hummer SUV, has been running his massive business empire from his cell in Kannur Central Jail, according to a complaint filed on behalf of his relatives.

Amid a raging row over registering of a case against two Dalit sisters and sending them to jail for allegedly attacking a CPI(M) activist in Kannur, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said there was no need to react to the issue.

Kerala multi-millionaire Mohammad Nisham, who has been given life term and an additional 24 years imprisonment for the murder of a security guard by driving his Hummer into him, has allegedly been given a "helper" inside Kannur jail.

The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) suffered a double blow at the hands of the Kerala High Court on Monday as the latter dismissed bail pleas of party legislator TV Rajesh and jailed Kannur district party secretary P Jayarajan, in the murder of Indian Union Muslim League worker Abdul Shukoor.

Veteran Kerala Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader P Jayarajan was on Wednesday arrested and jailed in connection with the murder of Indian Union Muslim League worker Abdul Shukoor in February this year.

Two hardcore criminals escaped from the Central jail by breaking open the window grills of the high security jail in the wee hours on Monday, police said.