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Crime

Nuns supporting rape accused Bishop Franco to take charge of convent where the victim resides

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2018

The three nuns who have been transferred are reportedly very critical of the victim and supporting nuns and were also part of a team which visited Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Delhi pleading innocence of Franco.

Crime

Kerala: Two radical Islamist PFI members among the 10 believed to have joined ISIS

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2018

The districts of Kannur and Kasargod in Kerala have claimed notoriety in recent years for being the hotbed of ISIS recruitment and radicalisation activities.

Law

Kerala: Ayyappa devotee sets himself on fire outside the state secretariat

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2018

Venugopalan Nair, 49 while protesting against the state government, poured petrol over his body, set himself ablaze at around 2 am in the morning on Thursday.

Crime

CPI-M youth wing leader and father of victim among those arrested for the rape of 16-year old in Kannur

OpIndia Staff - 8 December, 2018

The accused persons allegedly abducted the girl to a lodge and filmed her rape to blackmail the victim.

Crime

French investigative team arrives in Kerala to interrogate ISIS terrorist lodged in Thrissur jail

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2018

Moideen was nabbed in connection to a busted covert meeting happening at Kanakamala in Kannur district.

Kerala: Beef festival organiser and left-wing ‘activist’ Deepa Nisanth apologises for plagiarism

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

In 2015, she had challenged the Sangh Parivar by taking the lead in organising a beef festival at the college, which is run by Cochin Devaswom Board.

News Reports

Kerala to build a ‘women’s wall’ on new year day to prevent the state from ‘sliding back into medieval madness’

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2018

Vijayan, on Wednesday, had said that Sabarimala won't be allowed to become an Ayodhya.

News Reports

Church warns whistleblower priest who supported Bishop Franco’s victim of disciplinary action

OpIndia Staff - 22 November, 2018

The Kerala nun rape case where the nun had accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been full of controversies

Sabarimala: Consent of the Governed vs Divine Right

Shreyash - 17 November, 2018

In both Sabarimala and firecrackers ban, there has been widespread disobedience and if the state wants to implement these policies against the will of people, a disproportionate amount of force will have to be used.

News Reports