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KOTTAYAM: Bishop Franco Mulakkal will be produced before the magistrate court in Pala at 2.30 pm on Monday. He was arrested on the charges of repeatedly raping a nun between 2014 and 2016.

KOCHI: The bail plea of Bishop Franco Mulakkal was rejected by the Pala Judicial Magistrate Court on Saturday. He was arrested on Friday by the Kerala Police on charges of raping a nun. The court granted the police two days’ custody of the accused.

KOCHI: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of raping a nun, may soon reportedly be arrested, according to sources.

KOCHI: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of raping a nun, will be questioned for a second day by the Kerala Police on Thursday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The vigilance court on Tuesday dismissed a report that had previously acquitted the former finance minister K M Mani in the bar bribery case.

NEW DELHI: The supreme court on Friday awarded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to acquitted scientist Nambi Narayanan, 24 years after he was falsely arrested by the Kerala police in the sensational ISRO Espionage Case, and had to suffer jail term and ignominy.

BANGALORE: Allaying the speculations of a rift in the coalition of Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara stressed that there is no problem between the alliance partners, adding that the government is safe and stable.

BANGALORE: Passengers boarding flights of select airlines at Bangalore International Airport need stand in long ques for the boarding pass.  Instead, the image of the passenger’s face that the bio-metric system in the airport captures will be the boarding pass. 

BANGALORE: In the recent past, several train tragedies occurred giving nightmares to the officials of Indian Railways.  They were supposed to steer clear of the chaos resulted by the disaster and follow-up analyses and allegations.

BANGALORE: A ready-to-operate fire station constructed by NetApp India Pvt. Ltd. was inaugurated by Karnataka deputy Chief Minister, Dr. G. Parameshwara, at Whitefield today.

BANGALORE: With an intention to draw more passengers to air-conditioned (AC) coaches or chair cars, the South Western Railway (SWR) has slashed fares in five express trains originating from Bengaluru, Gadag and Mysuru in Karnataka, said an official on Saturday.

BANGALORE: Siddaramaiah, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka wrote a letter to his successor HD Kumaraswami, advising him to not to shift the Film City Project from Mysore to Ramanagar.

CHENNAI: A DMK functionary in Perambalur district, S. Selvakumar was arrested after a video of him allegedly thrashing a woman at a beauty parlor gone viral on Thursday. He was later produced in a court which remanded him to judicial custody. police said.

CHENNAI: The AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu Sunday decided to recommend to the state Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the release of all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reports PTI.

CHENNAI: The DMK moves forward under new leadership but faces challenges from a former member. Will the party stick together unlike its political rival in the aftermath of its longtime leader?

CHENNAI: Expelled Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader MK Alagiri, who led a rally to his late father M. Karunanidhi's memorial at Marina Beach in Chennai on Wednesday, asked if the party would oust all those who supported him, reports ANI.

CHENNAI: An 11-year-old girl from Chennai in Tamil Nadu has grabbed attention on the Teachers Day on Wednesday by creating a small museum of fossils. 

CHENNAI: Lois Sofia, who was arrested after shouting a slogan against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on a Tuticorin-bound aircraft in which state BJP President Tamilisai Soundararajan was also travelling, has been granted bail.

AMRAVTI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will be delivering a keynote address at an event, titled 'Financing Sustainable Agriculture: Global Challenges and Opportunities' - to be organised on the sidelines of the annual United Nation General Assembly on September 24, reports PTI.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh government approves to allot 15,091 houses in 2018-19 under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) – NTR Nagar Urban Housing Scheme.

AMARAVATI: N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh termed demonetisation as s disaster and he also demanded the abolition of Rs. 2000 currency note.

AMRAVATI: N Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief of Telugu Desam Party and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh criticising the Narendra Modi-led government for the continues rise in fuel prices. Addressing a press conference on Monday he said that the petrol price will hit Rs.100 soon. He also opined that in addition to fuel price, the rupee value would also touch Rs. 100 against one US Dollar.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed the officials of the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) to beautify Krishna river bunds downstream Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada.

VIJAYAWADA: A girl student of Sri Venkateswara Medical College in Tirupati committed suicide on Sunday, the second such incident in a week, police said.

HYDERABAD: Former MLA Jagga Reddy was arrested under various charges on Tuesday. According to the circle inspector of the Hyderabad Market police station, who made the arrest, Reddy allegedly had trafficked three persons from Hyderabad to  the United States impersonating them as his family members.

HYDERABAD: Post the dissolution of the state assembly on Thursday afternoon, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has announced a list of 105 candidates for elections. 

HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to dissolve state Assembly paving way for early election. The decision was taken after a Cabinet meeting at Pragathi Bhavan, the CM's camp office, in Hyderabad, which lasted for around 15 to 20 minutes.

HYDERABAD: Telangana State has achieved 21.96 percent growth rate in revenue during the first five months of the financial year 2018-19, informed Chief Minister's office on Wednesday, reports ANI.

HYDERABAD: Diamond - studded gold tifin box and a gold tea cup, which could fetch around Rs 50 crore in the international market, have been stolen from Nizam's Museum at Purani Haveli.

HYDERABAD: Telangana Police on Sunday arrested Rajya Sabha MP D. Srinivas' son D. Sanjay on charges of sexually harassing students of his college.