Kerala police questioning suspects in Muthoot scion’s murder

ALAPPUZHA - Kerala police Sunday said that several people were being questioned in connection with the murder of 32-year-old Paul M. George, the son of M.G. George Muthoot, a prominent businessman who heads one of the four groups of the Muthoot family business house.

Sonia Gandhi to attend Kerala’s snake boat race

ALAPPUZHA - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be the chief guest at the 57th edition of Kerala’s famed snake boat race here Saturday, an event that is named after India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

CPI-M factional feud spills out on streets, media comes under attack

ALAPPUZHA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) move to drop Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan from the politburo does not seem to have ended the intra-party feuding in Kerala as hundreds of his supporters held a march here Monday to protest the party’s action, only to be attacked by cadres of the rival faction.

Australian students on holiday with a missionary streak

ALAPPUZHA - Back waters, idyllic houseboat rides with a sprinkling of social work thrown in. Nearly 60 Australian students will combine their holiday in this popular tourist destination in Kerala with charity work.

Floating store sets sail in backwaters of Kuttanad in Kerala

ALAPPUZHA - A novel initiative in the form of a floating retail store, is set to ease the woes of almost a million people living in the vicinity of backwaters of Kuttanad region in Kerala.

No reason for Achuthanandan to resign: CPI

ALAPPUZHA - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who is reportedly facing pressure from within his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to toe the party line on the Vijayan issue or quit, Sunday got support from the Communist Party of India (CPI) who said that he need not step down.

Protests over Malayalam film industry row continues

ALAPPUZHA - Members of a Malayalam film association tried to disrupt a movie shoot in Kerala, for the second consecutive day Sunday, to vent their ire against leading actors Mammootty and Dileep.

Congress legislator takes on sitting Left MP in Kerala’s Alappuzha

ALAPPUZHA - The stage is set for a battle royal in Kerala’s Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Alleppey) between sitting MP, Dr K.S. Manoj of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), and firebrand Congress legislator and former state tourism minister K.C. Venugopal.