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Thiruvananthapuram: News

30 Jul 2025
Chhattisgarh

How Kerala nuns, arrested for 'conversion,' caused ripples in Parliament 

Protests erupted across Kerala, Delhi, and Chhattisgarh for the fourth consecutive day over the arrest of two Keralite nuns on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking.

21 Jul 2025
Politics

Former Kerala CM VS Achuthanandan passes away at 101 

Former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan died on Monday, July 21, 2025, at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. He was 101.

09 Jul 2025
Alappuzha

Why Kerala has 'arrested' a cargo ship 

Kerala has arrested the Liberian container ship MSC Akiteta II, which is currently within Indian territorial waters, after the Kerala High Court ordered its arrest on Monday.

05 Jul 2025
Air India

British team to examine stranded F-35 in Kerala today

A British team of around 25 to 40 aviation engineers is expected to reach Thiruvananthapuram on July 5, with an initial schedule for Sunday, to examine the F-35 fighter jet of the Royal Navy.

20 Jun 2025
Narendra Modi

'Tharoor was invited to campaign for...Nilambur bypoll': Congress rebuts MP 

The Congress party's Kerala unit chief, Sunny Joseph, has refuted Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor's claims of not being invited to campaign for the Nilambur Assembly by-election.

07 Jun 2025
Politics

Actor-politician G Krishnakumar, family face kidnapping, extortion charges

Actor-politician G Krishnakumar and his family are facing serious legal troubles after a staff member of his daughter Diya's company accused them of kidnapping and extortion.

06 Jun 2025
Politics

Kerala minister boycotts Raj Bhavan event over 'Bharat Mata' portrait

Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad boycotted a World Environment Day event at the governor's house in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

27 Apr 2025
Kerala High Court

Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram airport receives bomb threat via email

Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV) received a bomb threat via email on Sunday, April 27.

03 Apr 2025
Kerala

Kerala launches POSH training for film industry professionals

Kerala's Women and Child Development Department is launching a training program to sensitize film industry professionals about the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (POSH) Act.

02 Mar 2025
Kerala

Kerala mass murder: Accused killed girlfriend as 'she'll be alone...'

The prime suspect in a Kerala mass murder case, a 23-year-old man identified as Afan, has reportedly confessed to killing his girlfriend because he believed she "will not be able to live alone" without him.

25 Feb 2025
Kerala

Kerala man confesses to killing 6, including family members, girlfriend

A 23-year-old man from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, identified as Afan, walked into the Venjaramoodu police station on Monday evening and confessed to murdering six people.

12 Feb 2025
Kerala

'Dumbbells tied to genitals..stabbed with compasses': Kerala students ragged mercilessly 

A horrifying ragging incident has emerged from the Government Nursing College in Kottayam, Kerala.

20 Jan 2025
Kerala

Sharon Raj murder: Kerala court hands death sentence to girlfriend

A sessions court in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, sentenced a 24-year-old Kerala woman to death for murdering her boyfriend.

16 Jan 2025
Kerala

Kerala police exhume body of priest found in sitting position  

The police in Kerala on Thursday exhumed the body of a self-proclaimed godman, Gopan Swami, who was found in a sitting position in a concrete chamber in Neyyattinkara.

29 Dec 2024
Malayalam

Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam actor Dileep Sankar found dead in hotel room

Prominent Malayalam actor Dileep Sankar was discovered dead in a hotel room in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday morning.

19 Nov 2024
Kerala

Rape case: Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Siddique

The Supreme Court of India has granted anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor Siddique, who is facing rape allegations.

12 Nov 2024
Malayalam

Rape case: SC extends Siddique's interim bail for another week

The Supreme Court has extended the interim protection from arrest for Malayalam actor Siddique, who is embroiled in an alleged rape case.

'Collector Bro' among 2 Kerala IAS officers suspended for indiscipline

The Kerala government, headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has suspended two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers—K Gopalakrishnan and N Prashanth—for disciplinary reasons.

25 Sep 2024
Kerala High Court

MeToo accused Siddique still missing; government to block bail re-appeal

Malayalam actor Siddique has been missing since the Kerala High Court denied his anticipatory bail plea in a rape case.

24 Sep 2024
Ernakulam

Actor-politician Mukesh grilled for 3hrs after arrest, released on bail

Malayalam actor and legislator M Mukesh was arrested on Tuesday (September 24) on charges of rape but was later released on bail.

24 Sep 2024
Malayalam

Kerala HC rejects actor Siddique's anticipatory bail in assault case

The Kerala High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of Malayalam actor Siddique, who is embroiled in a sexual assault case.

21 Sep 2024
Shashi Tharoor

'Will raise issue in Parliament…': Tharoor on corporate work culture

Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has called for a legislation mandating an eight-hour workday, five days a week.

02 Sep 2024
Kerala High Court

Rape case: Malayalam actor Siddique moves HC for anticipatory bail

Malayalam actor Siddique has approached the Kerala High Court, reportedly seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case filed against him.

30 Aug 2024
Indian Penal Code

Malayalam actor Jayasurya faces second FIR over sexual assault allegations

Malayalam actor Jayasurya has been hit with a second First Information Report (FIR) over allegations of sexual misconduct.

23 Aug 2024
Malayalam

Malayalam actor Nirmal Benny (37) dies due to heart attack

Malayalam film industry is mourning the untimely demise of actor Nirmal Benny, who passed away on Friday at the age of 37.

22 Aug 2024
Air India

Bomb threat on AI flight: Emergency declared at Thiruvananthapuram airport 

A state of full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Thursday, after a bomb threat on an Air India flight from Mumbai.

06 Aug 2024
Kerala

Kerala: Rare brain disease kills 27-year-old after bathing in pond

A 27-year-old man in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram died from a rare, often fatal, brain disease called amoebic meningoencephalitis.

What IIT Delhi's landslide risk map revealed about Wayanad

Just a few months before the massive landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad, a landslide susceptibility map created by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi indicated that 58.52% of the district was classified as having "high to very high" risk.

15 Jul 2024
Indian Navy

Kerala sanitation worker found dead after 46-hour search

Joy, a sanitation worker from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala's capital city, was found dead on Monday morning after being missing since Saturday.

12 Jul 2024
Adani Group

India's largest transshipment port, Vizhinjam, welcomes mothership: What this means 

Defying naysayers' predictions that the Vizhinjam Port in Kerala would not be operational by 2025, the first container ship, "San Fernando," landed at the Vizhinjam International Seaport on Thursday at 7:00am.

Actor-MP Suresh Gopi relinquishing ministerial role for films? His response 

Suresh Gopi, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first-ever MP from Kerala, has disputed claims that he does not want to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet.

04 Jun 2024
Rajeev Chandrasekhar

2024 poll results: Tharoor trails Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is currently trailing behind Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.

Kerala rains: 4 dead, IMD sounds 'orange' alert

At least four people have lost their lives due to heavy rains in Kerala, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue an orange alert for several districts on Thursday.

Top CPI(M) leader in hot seat over 'talks' with BJP

Rumors of a meeting between veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader EP Jayarajan and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala incharge Prakash Javadekar have set political circles abuzz.

13 Apr 2024
Kerala

Keralites crowdfund ₹34 crore to free death-sentenced man in Saudi 

Keralites in India and overseas have successfully raised ₹34 crore in four days to secure the release of Kozhikode native Abdul Rahim, who was facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia.

11 Apr 2024
Rajeev Chandrasekhar

'Irony died when...": Minister's jibe at Tharoor in affidavit row 

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday hit back at the Congress over the controversy surrounding his election affidavit.

10 Apr 2024
Malayalam

Renowned Malayalam film producer Gandhimathi Balan dies at 66

Gandhimathi Balan, a celebrated producer in the Malayalam film industry, passed away on Wednesday in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 66.

10 Apr 2024
Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar sends legal notice to Shashi Tharoor for defamation

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) representative for Thiruvananthapuram, has issued a legal notice to Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor, accusing the latter of defamation.

08 Apr 2024
Shashi Tharoor

What Shashi Tharoor said after Union minister's debate challenge

Congress's three-time Thiruvananthapuram MP, who's also renominated for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by the party, Shashi Tharoor, has accepted Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar's "challenge" for an open debate.

03 Apr 2024
Narendra Modi

Who is alternative to PM Modi? Congress's Shashi Tharoor responds

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday that discussions about alternatives to Prime Minister Narendra Modi were "irrelevant."