Reported By Sovi Vidyadharan

Former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has once again openly hit out at the CPM state leadership led by his arch-rival Pinarayi Vijayan, saying the state secretary's word is not the final word in the party. The 88-year-old Marxist veteran even likened Mr Vijayan to former Communist leader SA Dange, who was often criticised for his autocratic...

Kerala Police is all set to start the complex task of identifying and registering lakhs of migrant labourers in the state. The move assumes significance in the wake of a huge increase in the number of labourers from other states in recent years and some of them getting involved in criminal activities.

Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan, who was expelled from the CPM in 2009, was hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Vadakara in Kozhikode district late last night. Police say 52-year-old Chandrasekharan was attacked at around 10.15 PM on Friday. The assailants, who came in a car, hurled country-made bombs at Chandrashe...

The owner of a boat, on which two fishermen were killed by Italian marines in February, has withdrawn the compensation case after receiving Rs 17 lakh as damages from the Italian government. Freddy, owner of the fishing boat St Antony, also reportedly gave an undertaking to Italian authorities stating that he "pardons the marines in the name of God...

A day after a single judge bench of the Kerala High Court allowed Italian ship MV Enrica Lexie to leave Indian waters, a division bench of the court has stayed the order. The ship has been under the custody of Indian authorities for the last month-and-a-half after two Italian navy guards on board the vessel shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Ke...

Former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has once again openly hit out at the CPM state leadership led by his arch-rival Pinarayi Vijayan, saying the state secretary's word is not the final word in the party. The 88-year-old Marxist veteran even likened Mr Vijayan to former Communist leader SA Dange, who was often criticised for his autocratic...

Kerala Police is all set to start the complex task of identifying and registering lakhs of migrant labourers in the state. The move assumes significance in the wake of a huge increase in the number of labourers from other states in recent years and some of them getting involved in criminal activities.

Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan, who was expelled from the CPM in 2009, was hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Vadakara in Kozhikode district late last night. Police say 52-year-old Chandrasekharan was attacked at around 10.15 PM on Friday. The assailants, who came in a car, hurled country-made bombs at Chandrashe...

The owner of a boat, on which two fishermen were killed by Italian marines in February, has withdrawn the compensation case after receiving Rs 17 lakh as damages from the Italian government. Freddy, owner of the fishing boat St Antony, also reportedly gave an undertaking to Italian authorities stating that he "pardons the marines in the name of God...

A day after a single judge bench of the Kerala High Court allowed Italian ship MV Enrica Lexie to leave Indian waters, a division bench of the court has stayed the order. The ship has been under the custody of Indian authorities for the last month-and-a-half after two Italian navy guards on board the vessel shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Ke...