KOCHI: The Kerala ... black flag at a person cannot be perceived as a defamatory or illegal act to attract an offence under Section 499 of the IPC. Even if a black flag was waved at the chief ...

The Kerala High Court has ruled ... Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas quashed a case against three individuals accused of waving a black flag at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s convoy.

Kerala Chief Minister A.K. Antony sounded the alarm yesterday over the growing addiction in Kerala to arrack or country liquor, while admitting that the total ban he had imposed on arrack during ...