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Kerala Police has its eyes on Indo-Russian AK-203, set to be first police force to procure it

This is a part of a larger project to modernise the standard-issue firearms used by the police force. The tender is for 250 units, with the deal valued at Rs. 2.25 crore.

What’s the Kerala half-price ‘scam’ involving ex-HC judge, politicians of all hues & ‘CSR funds’

At least 50 complaints have been received from across Kottayam district, says district police chief A. Shahul Hameed. On Monday, case was transferred to Crime Branch.

How the ‘Kuruva Gang’ of suspected robbers from Tamil Nadu is giving Kerala Police sleepless nights

The gang is known for its signature style: its members enter through the back door, have oil smeared on their bodies and names tattooed on their chests.

Booted & back in 2022, Kerala ADGP puts Pinarayi in tight spot again amid LDF-backed MLA’s charges

Nilambur MLA PV Anvar has accused ADGP (law & order) MR Ajith Kumar of murder, graft, involvement with gold smuggling racket & tapping phone calls of ministers and journalists.

Kerala Police arrest 6 in connection with Wayanad student death, one more taken into custody

20-yr-old JS Siddharth was found hanging in his hostel room on 18 February. His relative says this was a case of 'murder', alleging Siddharth was attacked by group of students on campus.

How this Kerala police student programme went global. Even UNICEF is a partner

In ‘Schools That Dream’, Shashi Velath and Anand Haridas look at the origin and subsequent success of IPS P Vijayan’s Student Cadet Programme.

Kerala Police registers 54 cases for spreading communal hate on social media after Kochi blast

Police said on Saturday that the most number - 26 cases- was registered in Malappuram district, followed by 15 in Ernakulam and five in Thiruvananthapuram.

‘Unassuming English teacher, recluse’ — inside the world of Kerala bombing suspect Dominic Martin

Dominic Martin returned to Kerala from Dubai in August. Neighbour says 'he kept to himself & the family went to Church occasionally but never had guests visiting them'.

Kerala cops book Union minister Chandrasekhar for comments after blasts — ‘promoting enmity’

Police in Kerala have lodged FIR against Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar for ‘intending to provoke riot, creating enmity between groups & causing nuisance’.

’50 crackers & 8 litres of petrol’ — Dominic Martin, father of 2, on how he ‘carried out Kerala blasts’

Police trying to corroborate claims of Martin, a spoken English teacher who has claimed responsibility for the Sunday blasts at convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses that claimed 3 lives.

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Renault India revs up for a comeback. Set for 5 car launch lineup starting with new Duster

Renault’s decision to not bring the second-generation Duster to India in 2019 was a head-scratching one. At the time, Indian executives had claimed this was due to cost issues.

Hints of thaw in US-China tariff war—as Trump says duties to ‘come down’, China open to talks

Trump has expressed optimism about reaching a tariff agreement ‘pretty quickly’, while Xi said that tariff & trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries.

LeT offshoot TRF now distances itself from Pahalgam attack, blames earlier claim on ‘hacking’

TRF denial over Pahalgam attack comes four days after initial claim and just hours after Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said LeT was extinct and denied having heard of TRF.

Pakistan ISI is killing Hindus for 45 years. To turn India into a nation at war with itself

At some point, Pakistan’s calculation has been, Hindus will rise in reprisal against their own minorities. That’s a crisis ISI has been conjuring up in India. A nation at war with itself.