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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first major Malayalam e-mail service, promoted by Bangalore-based Kavery Communications Ltd, was launched here today by Kerala Industries and Information Technology Minister P K Kunhalikutty.

Police on Monday booked BJP councillor T n harikumar and 30 others for staging a protest and blocking the cremation of a Covid-19 victim at the municipal crematorium in Kottayam.

Four men were arrested on Thursday night for robbing Rs 70 lakh from two college students near Thennampalayam on July 6.The rural police have seized a car, a mini truck and Rs 1.26 lakh from them.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Doordarshan Malayalam Channel will telecast a series of nine telefilms based on nine classic stories in Malayalam, P Peer Mohammed, director, Doordarshan Kendra, has said.

Kanyaka Talkies is selected to India Gold category of the competition.

The Manipur government on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IL&FS Township and Urban Assets Limited and Pricewaterhouse Coopers Private Limited for implementing the Smart City project here.

A team from special cell of the vigilance and anti-corruption bureau on Thursday conducted raids at the residence of former health and devaswom minister V S Sivakumar and his close associates in the capital. The action is in connection with the probe into allegations of amassment of disproportionate assets. The vigilance team conducted raids at the residence of Sivakumar and N S Harikumar who has been named the seventh accused in the first information report. The raids began at 8am.

The additional district and sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 10-years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 for sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter for five years.

The presence of three tainted officers on a list of 21 senior police personnel recommended for conferring IPS has cast a shadow on the promotion process.

In a bizarre incident, an alleged spat regarding parking of vehicles between Deputy superintendent of Police (Neyyattinkara Subdivision) B Harikumar and a youth has resulted in the death of the latter.

In an unfortunate incident, the cremation of an 83-year-old man who died of Covid-19 was blocked by locals leading to tension in Muttambalam, near here, on Sunday. Dramatic scenes were witnessed in front of the municipal crematorium, located in the Collectorate ward where the district headquarters is also located.

The state government reconstituted the general council of Kerala Sahitya Akademi by removing four members, including vice-president Balachandran Vadakkedath.

The drugs control department, which has been delaying the renewal of licence to Aluva blood bank for almost two years, has given yet another headache to blood bank authorities.

The crime branch team, which is probing the death of a 14-year-old boy who was found dead in a pond near his residence at Bharathanoor near Palode 10 years ago, exhumed the mortal remains of the boy from the burial site near his residence with the help of forensic team on Monday.