Stories by Ashraf Padanna

Tharoor releases report on developmental projects

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Gowri Amma goes down memory lane at biennale

Kochi biennale artists recreate vandalised works

Celebrity visits raise India biennale spirits

Kerala parties demand Madani release

Psychiatric inmate ‘strangled roommate to death’

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LDF alleges political vendetta, walks out of House

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Dubai’s Global Village gets a replica in Kerala

IUML seeks speedy trial or release of Madani on bail

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Amway rejects unfair business practices charge

Marxist intellectual laid to rest with state honours

Kerala CPM leader held for political murder claims

Top officials spared from VS land largesse case

Forest rangers launch hunt for ‘rogue’ tiger

Minister hopes arts festival will bring cultural rejuvenation

Kerala district first to achieve ‘financial inclusion’

Tharoor hits back at city mayor’s remarks

India opens new $12 million electronics factory

Kerala mulls stake in state’s fifth airport

Kerala Startup Village to incubate 350 firms

MYL alleges sabotage in quota system, announces stir

MYL alleges sabotage in quota system, announces stir

Sharp rise in cost of living linked to high rate of diabetes

Sharp rise in cost of living linked to high rate of diabetes

Tharoor calls anthem case vexatious, frivolous

Top Kerala official fired for meddling in graft probe

Mohanlal to kick off diabetes awareness campaign

Kerala police pulled up for stripping business

Kerala government announces PDS reform

New twist in temple treasure row

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Kerala cabinet meeting to be held in Kochi

Thilakan’s condition slightly better, says minister

Thilakan’s condition critical, say doctors

Suspected Kerala rail track bomb planter slips away

KSIDC denies charges that it funded garment units

Kannur airport commissioning may get delayed

Chandy starts at 5am as CPI-M lays siege on his office

Mohanlal joins Emerging Kerala drive

Congress spokesman comes out against ‘green group’

Kerala plans to build Rs538 billion industrial corridor along national highway

Masterplan ready for Kerala’s Technocity

Justice sought for youth who died in custody

Cochin Port’s shipbuilding gets good response

No compromise on rule of law, asserts Chandy

Pensioners outnumber government staff in Kerala

All set for Ramadan congregation in Kerala

Marxist leader says his speech was fabricated

Kerala police arrest two for Bihari youth’s death

Woman gangster jailed for blackmailing priest

Congress leader in Kerala challenges leaders

Kerala police begin probe into death of youth

Kerala shifts focus on green industries for growth

gulftoday.ae | CPI-M member questioned in student murder case

VS and six others to be charged in land largesse

gulftoday.ae | Court strikes down Kerala’s new liquor policy

CC rejects VS arguments, warns against indiscipline

Kerala’s student police to celebrate anniversary

Chandy pilots landmark ‘right to services’ bill

Kerala to attract investments, focus on sunrise sectors

Kerala hoteliers shutdown in protest against raids

CPI-M likely to take disciplinary action against VS

Dileep, Shweta and Blessy shine at Kerala state film awards

Food safety officials conduct state-wide raid on eateries

Kerala High Court urges crackdown on extortion

Bureaucratic game alleged in Kerala airport decision

PM thanked for clarification on service tax regime

Asianet movie channel set for Sunday launch

Kerala holds seminar on Malabar Muslim diaspora

Chandy upset at bid to drag Metro project into debate

Kerala entrepreneurship mission proves a hit

Actors Jayan,Urvasi child custody battle turns ugly

Data shows Kerala’s Malabar region backward

Kerala temple inventory inspection in crucial phase

Kerala startup provides security solution to NIA

Police to probe allegations against Congress MP

Unmanaged blood sugar level leads to death: Study

Private engineering colleges face the music

Kerala not safe haven for terrorists, says minister

Tharoor draws PM’s attention to NRI tax concerns

Kerala cop falls victim to road rage

KIMS group opens sixth hospital in Gulf

Achuthanandan questioned again in land scam

CII draws up roadmap for Kerala investments

Kerala’s ‘virtual traffic cop’ gets eWorld honour

Kerala tops in growth of India’s investment projects

Kerala all set to revive its low-cost airline project

Tabloid story goes viral, Elizabeth defends herself

Student protest turns violent in Kerala

Marxist ideologue launches veiled attack on CPI-M

Caught on hidden camera, CPI-M leader attacks rivals

Caught on hidden camera, CPI-M leader attacks rivals

Kerala ruling coalition improves majority

No end in sight for Kerala assembly stalemate

IUML legislator’s presence stalls Kerala Assembly

LDF disrupts House proceedings

One more held in Communist rebel’s murder

CPI-M leaders summoned in Shukkoor murder case

Gangster arrested in sensational political murder

Tourism board steps in, vows waste-free Kerala

Are some priests in Kerala, the southern Indian state which its tourism brochures describe as God's Own Country, after money, wine and women? The recent book, Swasthi (Hail), authored by Sister Mary Chandy, narrates four decades of her life in convents till she was "forced to leave for questioning wayward behavior of nuns and priests in monasteries". The book was released last month and was sold out within three days. According to her, young nuns respond to the sexual advances of priests and those who oppose will be forced out of the religious order. There are instances of nuns secretly bearing babies and committing suicide not being able to withstand the pressure. The 67-year-old now runs an orphanage, where she had given shelter to 17 children, relying on small contributions from the local community irrespective of their religious allegiance. Most of these children belong to impoverished tribal settlements in the hilly district of Wayanad. Activists say priests expl...