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The Kerala KAAPA judgment did not free an innocent man. It exposed a state that took liberty with missing, illegible paperwork. Preventive detention without a readable file is power without proof.
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Rifleman Subash Chandra Bose of the Tripura State Rifles vanished on 4 April 2012 while travelling by train from Ernakulam to Guwahati. Fourteen years on, Justice G. Girish's Kerala High Court bench has ordered the CBI to take over, overruling the agency's objections.
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The Keralam government has received a legal opinion that there is no legal bar to prosecuting CEC Gyanesh Kumar for abetment to suicide in the 2006 death of Malaysian engineer Lee See Been. The Home Minister has ordered a fresh Vigilance probe into the case.
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The Sept 29 blaze that gutted Fort Kochi's 1808 Koder House may have spread from an adjacent building's terrace, the Electrical Inspectorate found. Fire units from across Ernakulam plus the Navy and Coast Guard battled it — exposing the tourist hub's firefighting gaps.
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Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday ordered a fresh VACB inquiry into allegations against CEC Gyanesh Kumar from his 2006 tenure as PWD Secretary — reviving a two-decade-old case around a Malaysian engineer's death and claims the original probe was derailed by outside pressure.
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Ten students were injured when roofing sheets at the Thrissur aquatics complex were torn off in wind and rain during the school games, forcing the swimming events to be postponed. Parents learned of the cancellation only after reaching the venue; the child rights panel has taken a suo motu case.
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