Friday, May 23, 2025

Topic: kerala

Kerala: 4-year-old girl thrown into river by mother was repeatedly sexually abused by uncle, police reveal

A 4-year-old girl, allegedly thrown into a river by her mother in Kerala, was subjected to months of sexual abuse by her paternal uncle, police investigations have uncovered.

Kerala govt files intervention application opposing Waqf Act in SC, says “Muslim minority’s apprehensions genuine”

The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, arguing that the amendment deviates from the scope and intent of the parent legislation—the Waqf Act, 1995.

Kerala: ED official named key accused in ₹2 crore bribery scandal, Vigilance files remand report

Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) in Ernakulam, Kerala, has named Shekhar Kumar, Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Kochi unit, as the key accused in a high-profile bribery case. 

Woman tests positive for Nipah in Kerala’s Malappuram, seventh outbreak in state since 2018

A 42-year-old woman from Valanchery municipality in Kerala's Malappuram district has tested positive for the Nipah virus, marking the seventh outbreak in the state...

UAPA accused Vijith Vijayan alleges human rights violations in Kerala jail

Ashfaq EJ & K Shabas Haris Vijith Vijayan, an accused in the Pantheerankaavu Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case, is reportedly enduring human rights violations...

Kerala: Secret RSS meet among prison staff; intel report leads to transfer of 18 officers

A clandestine meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sympathisers within Kerala’s prison department has exposed the deep infiltration of RSS sleeper cells in the southern state’s uniformed services, raising alarm over the growing saffronisation of law enforcement.