YouTuber Rahul Easwar remanded to police custody amid support for rape accused MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

YouTuber Rahul Easwar remanded to police custody amid support for rape accused MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

Rahul Easwar | Photo Credit: PTI A district court in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) remanded YouTuber Rahul Easwar to police custody till Thursday (December 4, 2025).  Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Elsa Catherine George had earlier remanded Mr. Easwar to judicial custody after the Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police arrested the right-wing activist and […]

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Rape investigation against Mamkootathil gathers pace as police inspect his residence in Palakkad

Rape investigation against Mamkootathil gathers pace as police inspect his residence in Palakkad

Rahul Mamkootathil. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The high-profile investigation into the accusations of rape and coerced termination of pregnancy against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil appeared to gather pace on Sunday (November 30, 2025), with plainclothes officers inspecting the legislator’s residence in his constituency.  The police also reportedly recorded the statement of the doctors who treated […]

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Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil’s presence at ASHAs’ agitation raises eyebrows; sparks political theatre

Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil’s presence at ASHAs’ agitation raises eyebrows; sparks political theatre

Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil interacts with agitating ASHAs in front of the government secretariat on November 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who was suspended from the Congress following allegations of serial sexual misconduct, made his presence felt at the conclusion of the 266-day-long sit-in protest by a section of […]

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Rahul Mamkootathil attends public function in Palakkad amid DYFI, BJP threats

Rahul Mamkootathil attends public function in Palakkad amid DYFI, BJP threats

Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah Rahul Mamkootathil, the beleaguered MLA of Palakkad, attended his first public function in seven weeks in his constituency on Sunday (October 5, 2025) night when he flagged off a KSRTC AC bus service to Bengaluru. It is the first KSRTC AC bus service from Palakkad […]

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SFI steps up protest against Kerala legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, blocks his car outside MLA quarters

SFI steps up protest against Kerala legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, blocks his car outside MLA quarters

Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil leaving the Kerala Assembly after the session on Monday (September 15, 2025) | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) signalled on Monday (September 15, 2025) that it would ratchet up its continuing street agitation against Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, who is facing accusations of sexual misconduct. A […]

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Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil appears at Kerala Assembly, ends self-imposed political exile amid sexual misconduct charges

Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil appears at Kerala Assembly, ends self-imposed political exile amid sexual misconduct charges

Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil leaving the Kerala Assembly after the session on Monday (September 15, 2025) | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil arrived at the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday (September 15, 2025), seemingly marking the end of his self-imposed political exile following accusations of sexual misconduct that had kept him away […]

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Kerala Speaker’s office receives letter stating Rahul Mamkootathil remains debarred from CLP

Kerala Speaker’s office receives letter stating Rahul Mamkootathil remains debarred from CLP

Rahul Mamkootathil. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Office of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker A.N. Shamseer confirmed on Saturday (September 13, 2025) that it had received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan, stating that Palakkad legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, who is facing accusations of sexual misconduct, remained debarred from the […]

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DYFI activists block Shafi Parambil MP’s vehicle at Vadakara in Kozhikode

DYFI activists block Shafi Parambil MP’s vehicle at Vadakara in Kozhikode

Congress MP Shafi Parambil. File | Photo Credit: PTI Activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) blocked a vehicle carrying Shafi Parambil, Congress MP, at Vadakara in Kozhikode on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) and raised slogans against him for allegedly trying to protect his close aide Rahul Mamkootathil, Palakkad MLA, who is in […]

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Kerala Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan threatens to expose ‘shocking’ revelations involving CPI(M)

Kerala Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan threatens to expose ‘shocking’ revelations involving CPI(M)

Kerala Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan (file) | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has threatened to expose certain “shocking things” involving the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] in Kerala in the coming days. Addressing the media in Kozhikode on Tuesday (August 26, 2025), Mr. Satheesan said the […]

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Sivankutty advises Rahul Mamkootathil to keep away from school science fest in Palakkad, but denies dropping Congress MLA from organising panel

Sivankutty advises Rahul Mamkootathil to keep away from school science fest in Palakkad, but denies dropping Congress MLA from organising panel

Kerala’s General Education Minister V. Sivankutty has denied that the government had dropped Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil’s name from the organising committee of the Kerala School Science Festival scheduled to be held from November 7 to November 10 in Palakkad. Speaking to reporters in Palakkad on Monday (August 25, 2025), Mr. Sivankutty, nevertheless, counselled Mr. […]

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