A boat ride ended in a tragedy on Sunday evening for nine tourists, including five women and three children, who drowned in the sea at Manappad, about 50 km from Thoothukkudi. The deceased are yet to be identified. According to locals, a group from Tiruchi, who had come to their native place of Azhagammanpuram for a temple festival, visited the […]
» Read moreThe National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested Mouinudheen Parakadavath, a Kerala resident, in connection with its probe into an alleged Islamic State module. Mouinudheen, wanted by the NIA, arrived at the IGI Airport here on February 14 from Abu Dhabi, the agency said in a statement. The 25-year-old, a resident of Kasaragod, was summoned for questioning at the agency’s headquarters […]
» Read moreFormer Union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader E Ahamed has passed away early today after he suffered a cardiac arrest, a senior doctor has confirmed. The 78-year-old Ahamed died at 2:15 am at RML hospital where he was admitted yesterday and put on artificial life support. “E Ahamed has passed away at 2:15 am. His body has been […]
» Read moreKerala State Haj Committee Chairman and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama joint secretary Kottumala Bapu Musliar, 65, died at a private hospital at Kozhikode on Tuesday. A member of the Samastha Mushawara, Bapu Musliar was general secretary of the Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board and president of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Mufathisheen. He was ailing for the past few weeks.He […]
» Read moreAfter Pakistani cyber attackers hacked Thiruvananthapuram airport’s website yesterday, a group of cyber experts from Kerala – the ‘Mallu Cyber Soldiers’ – decided to respond in kind: by hacking the website of a Pakistani airport. But the ‘soldiers’ weren’t content just to hack the site. They invited others to log in and “nail the site,” too. The hackers, who’re from […]
» Read moreAt least 31 people have been injured in a stampede on Sunday at the famous hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Kerala’s Sabarimala, visited by lakhs of devotees during this season. According to district officials, the injured have been admitted in the medical facility at Sannidhanam in Sabarimala. The three seriously injured have been rushed to the medical college in […]
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