THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 53-year-old man from Puthenchanda in Varkala was found drowned at Papanasam beach on Sunday morning. The deceased, identified as Binukumar, was first spotted by a group of fishermen who had gone out to sea early in the day. They brought the body ashore and alerted the police.

The police said preliminary indications point to suicide, though the conc...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP candidate in Sasthamangalam ward and former DGP R Sreelekha on Sunday alleged that the Communist party wins votes and governs the state by intimidating and threatening the public.

In a Facebook post, she questioned whether there was “anything wrong” in making such a statement.

Referring to Kannur, Sreelekha said, “Reports claimed that the...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At a time when Varkala is being celebrated globally after finding a place on the Unesco tentative list, the historic cliff is ironically facing one of its worst phases of destruction — with even government-approved projects contributing to the violations. Allegedly, the government has granted approval for two major projects that have encouraged large-scale...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Giving a bitter sight to book lovers in the capital city, over 700 books have been placed on low-lying chairs and platforms in the Malayalam section of the State Central Library here. When asked about the situation, the authorities stated that the books — mostly new — had been kept there for nearly a month. However, officials attributed this to the lack of...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mentioning that the essence of being an artist is to be honest to oneself and his surroundings, veteran Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna said that art which does not engage with time is useless. “If an artist’s art is not in conversation with the time, place and environment they live in, it is not art,” he said after receiving the fifth P Govinda Pillai Memor...