KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the case in which the palm of Thodupuzha Newman College professor T J Joseph was chopped off, has collected evidence of forign extremists funding.NIA has issued an alert in all airports in the country to track the four main accused in the case.
The Kerala state police had conducted a detailed probe into the case and filed chargesheets against 27 accused. The investigation was taken over by the NIA after it was strongly suspected that the incident had terrorist involvement and that foreign extremist agencies had funded the attack  read more »

08 Apr 2011. Kochi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has submitted the first information report (FIR) in the lecturer attack case. The NIA report has named 54 people as accused. The NIA took over the case on March 9 from the Moovatupuzha(KERALA) police which registered the case. Earlier too, 54 persons were named as accused.T J Joseph of Newman college in Thodupuzha was attacked on July 4 when he was returning with his family members near his home in Muvattupuzha.  read more »

Thiruvananthapuram: The management of Newman College today filed a counter affidavit in the University
Appellete Tribunal here against lecturer T J Joseph plea for staying his dismissal in the wake of the question paper row, which led to a brutal attack by militant activists of Popular Front of India.  read more »

K.N. Panikkar: “Ideologically Kerala society has become communal, even if it is not expressed in any terms.”

DR K.N. PANIKKAR, a historian known for his consistent commitment to secularism, democracy and human rights, is the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council and the Chairman of the Kerala Council for Historical Research. He is a former Professor and Dean at the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and a former Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University in Kerala.  read more »

Prof T J Jose has once again spoken words of forgiveness, this time to the Catholic Newman College Management.  read more »

Kochi: The Kerala High Court, on Thursday, ordered police protection for Ryhana R. Kazi, 22, from Kasaragod who complained of receiving threats to her life for not wearing the purdah and head scarf.  read more »