Mishap off Kerala coast: Two survivors, one tale
“It was a moment that made me think of God and pray for His help. We were fishing, and suddenly saw a huge oil taker in the vicinity without sufficient signal. We were on a life-and-death struggle as
4 percussionists die, 8 hurt in van mishap
Four persons from Alappuzha district were killed and eight others critically injured as the minivan in which a group of percussionists from Muhamma was traveling fell into a gorge at Vellikkulam near
Class X student ‘beaten up’ by cops in Kerala
V. Vimal, a 15-year-boy studying in Class X at Leo XIII School, was allegedly tortured by the Alappuzha north police while he was attending special class at a tutorial centre on Friday night.
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Engg student’s ear bitten off in scuffle
Punnapra police spread the dragnet for Jinu, an electronics and communications student at the Punnappra cooperative engineering college, on a charge of biting off his classmate’s ear during a scuffle
Poverty forces mum to abandon 2 kids
This is Kerala; God’s own country. But some are more equal than the others. “How does poverty affect life? This question led this correspondent to meet a 35-year-old woman Latha, who abandoned her tw
Indian behind alcohol distillation method
An Indian scientist headed a path-breaking study that discovered membranes based on the “miracle material” graphene can be used to distil alcohol.
AP girl begs, earns to become teacher
She dreamt of being a teacher, but fate forced her to do begging! Educated, speaking in English, and having her left hand disabled by birth, she presents a curious sight.
Seventeen-year-old Shravani
Achuthanandan to face case politically and legally
CPI-M veteran V.S. Achuthanandan on Thursday said he would face legally and politically the Congress-led UDF government's move to register a case against him for alleged irregularities in assigning la
Hunger stir call in FB for new dam
Hundreds of youth are planning to conduct an indefinite hunger strike in the capital city demanding the reconstruction of the Mullapperiyar Dam after they were inspired by a message on Facebook.
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Mizhi, a film inspired by Soumya incident
It has set out to shake the conscience of the state and is on its way to accomplishing this as the shooting for “Mizhi” the film based on the tragedy of Soumya, the girl who was raped at a railway sta