Thiruvananthapuram: Body of an unidentified woman, believed to be around 55 years old, was found floating in the sea near Bollard Pull Test Centre off Vizhinjam on Saturday morning, prompting a police investigation.Body was spotted around 10am, following which personnel from Vizhinjam Fisheries Control Room, marine enforcement wing and coastal police jointly recovered it from…
Thiruvananthapuram: After months of uncertainty and mounting public frustration over worsening traffic congestion, construction of the long-delayed Enchakkal flyover is set to resume, with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the contractor reaching an understanding to restart the project at the earliest.The breakthrough came during a meeting convened by NHAI on Thursday with representatives…
T’puram: Police intensified the probe into the alleged Vizhinjam gold pawn fraud case by scrutinizing transactions worth over Rs 7 crore routed through the accused’s bank account over the past five years. Police are tracing the movement of funds to determine where the money was transferred and whether the transactions are linked to the alleged…
T’puram: Sindhu Kumari, the prime accused in the alleged gold pawn fraud case linked to the deaths of two employees of a private finance company, denied all allegations during her custodial interrogation on Monday, police said. The accused was questioned till 7pm, but police said she was not cooperating with the probe.“We are confronting her…
T’puram: The investigation into Vizhinjam gold fraud that allegedly drove two employees of a private finance company to suicide has widened, with police now suspecting that prime accused Sindhu Kumari was aided by another person in carrying out the alleged fraud, as per a police source. Police are probing the suspected accomplice’s role in the…
T’puram: Diabetes should be viewed not merely as a disorder of blood sugar but as a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce energy at cellular level, according to international experts who are attending at the three-day 14th Annual Global Diabetes Convention at Kovalam.Addressing an online session on ‘The Forgotten Organelle in Type 2…
T’puram: The investigation into the alleged gold pawn fraud linked to two suicides is likely to be handed over to the district crime branch as the number of complaints against the prime accused continues to rise.Sources said the addition of abetment to suicide charges, along with financial fraud, has strengthened the case for transferring the…
T’puram: Vizhinjam police on Sunday arrested a 53-year-old woman accused of cheating two employees of a private finance company by misappropriating gold ornaments entrusted to her, a fraud that investigators say pushed the women into crippling debt and led to last week’s suicide attempt in which one of them died.The accused, Sindhu Kumari of Venganoor,…
T’puram: A bar employee was attacked and injured following a dispute over the quantity of chicken curry served at a bar near the bypass in Vizhinjam. Police arrested two men in connection with the incident. The accused were identified as Shafi, 30, and Yaseen, 25, of Kovalam. According to Thiruvallam police, the altercation broke out…
Thiruvananthapuram: Budget has allocated Rs 326 crore for tourism sector. Though lower than funds sanctioned in the previous years, new govt has announced its intention to declare the sector as an industry and develop destinations, promote heritage, pilgrim, farm, dam and plantation tourism.Presenting the revised budget for 2026-27, chief minister V D Satheesan said that…
