Suspected mental torture: CPO attempts suicide at Vadakara police station

Suspected mental torture: CPO attempts suicide at Vadakara police station

Alleging mental torture and insult by the superior officer, a senior civil police officer (CPO) from Koyilandy attempted suicide at the Vadakara police station on Monday. The incident took place soon after the CPO posted a voice message in a WhatsApp group of police officers hinting at his plan and details of the alleged torture. […]

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Attempts being made by those in power to attack critical thinking, says Minister

Attempts being made by those in power to attack critical thinking, says Minister

Protests by a group of history students against ahistorical and baseless statements are being misinterpreted as murder attempts by those in power, Minister for Local Self-Governments and Excise M.B. Rajesh has said. He was opening an event organised by the State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications to mark its 60 th anniversary here on Monday. “Attempts […]

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MCH attack: police intensify search for suspects on the run

MCH attack: police intensify search for suspects on the run

Unfazed by mounting political pressure, the police squad probing the attack on security guards at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) has intensified its search for two more suspects who have been at large for over two weeks.   “They are here in Kozhikode enjoying the protection of fellow political workers. We will not […]

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Make sports indispensable for campuses, says E.J. Jacob

Make sports indispensable for campuses, says E.J. Jacob

Prof. Jacob’s contribution to sports lauded on his 90th birthday Prof. Jacob’s contribution to sports lauded on his 90th birthday Le Kanchees auditorium near the Calicut University campus on Wednesday saw a rare gathering of achievers from different walks of life. They got together to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of a sports personality who brought […]

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Suspected mental torture: CPO attempts suicide at Vadakara police station

Conference of interventional cardiologists in Kozhikode from Saturday

A two-day annual conference of the Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala, the organisation of experts dealing with coronary heart diseases and other complex heart ailments, will be held from September 3 at Hotel Raviz Kadavu, Kozhikode. P.B. Jayagopal, president of the council, will inaugurate the meet. E. Rajeev, organising secretary, said in a release on […]

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K.K. Balan is CPI Kozhikode district secretary

K.K. Balan is CPI Kozhikode district secretary

K.K. Balan has been chosen as the new Kozhikode district secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) at its three-day conference at Feroke, which concluded on Wednesday. He replaced T.V. Balan, who has been holding the post for around a decade. The conference also elected a 39-member district council. Mr. Balan, a native of […]

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20 injured as barricade collapses on Kozhikode beach

20 injured as barricade collapses on Kozhikode beach

As many as 20 persons sustained injuries when a barricade collapsed during a concert on the Kozhikode beach on Sunday. The injured were taken to Kozhikode Government General Hospital. No one sustained grave injuries in the incident which took place around 7.30 p.m. Police sources said it was an unexpected turnout that led to the […]

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Suspected mental torture: CPO attempts suicide at Vadakara police station

Two held on charge of attacking cops in Kozhikode

A Sub Inspector and a Civil Police Officer from Kasaba station who were carrying out a vehicle checking at Palayam in Kozhikode were allegedly attacked by two young men on Sunday. The youths, who were reportedly in an inebriated state, turned aggressive on Sub Inspector S. Abhishek and Civil Police Officer Muhammed Zakariya while resisting […]

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Suspected mental torture: CPO attempts suicide at Vadakara police station

Minor girls rescued from suspected human trafficking bid in Kozhikode

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP) have foiled a suspected human trafficking attempt, rescuing 12 minor girls who were allegedly trafficked from Rajasthan to Kerala with the support of a Perumbavoor-based charity firm. Apart from booking two persons who accompanied the girls and parents of some of them to Kozhikode […]

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