Kerala News HIGHLIGHTS: Case against Asianet reporter: V Muraleedharan says SFI goons run Kerala's Home Dept

Kerala News HIGHLIGHTS: Case against Asianet News reporter Akhila Nandakumar: MoS V Muraleedharan lashed out at the Kerala government and the SFI. He alleged that the Kerala Home Department is run by the goons of the SFI. The Union Minister also demanded immediate withdrawal of the case.

6.20 PM:  Case against Asianet News reporter: V Muraleedharan says SFI goons run Kerala's Home Dept

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday said that Kerala's home department is run by the Students' Federation of India's (SFI) goons. The Union Minister also demanded immediate withdrawal of the case.

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3.52 PM: Maharaja's certificate forgery case: K Vidya moves HC for anticipatory bail

Former SFI leader an accused in Maharaja's college experience certificate forgery case to obtain a job as a guest lecturer, K Vidya, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The anticipatory bail application has been submitted in the case registered by the Ernakulam Central Police and handed over to the Agali Police. 

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2.22 PM: Case against Asianet News Reporter: CPI leader backs Akhila Nandakumar

Communist Party of India (CPI) leader C Divakaran, who expressed his displeasure against the government's action, openly said that he did not understand what the reporter Akhila Nandakumar had done wrong. 

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12.51 PM: Heavy rains to lash Kerala in next five days as 'Biparjoy' intensifies into extremely severe cyclonic storm

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that Kerala will receive heavy rain for the next five days due to the depression in the Bay of Bengal and Cyclone Biparjoy. A yellow alert has been declared for the districts of Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kozhikode for Sunday (June 11) and for Kannur and Kozhikode for tomorrow (June 12).

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11.10 AM: Case against Asianet Chief News Reporter: Kerala CPM justifies action against Akhila Nandakumar; Will take more actions if there are anti-SFI campaigns

We will continue to take action if there are anti-SFI campaigns, said Kerala CPM State Secretary MV Govindan on Sunday. "Don't try to escape in the name of media. We have also filed cases before," he said.

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11.03 AM: Arikomban in Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary: No need to panic, says District Collector PN Sreedhar.

District Collector PN Sridhar said there is no need to worry for people in Kanyakumari district as wild tusker Arikomban entered the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday. He said that the Forest department officials are monitoring the jumbo. The collector also said that precautions have been taken so that the tusker does not venture into residential areas.

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10.50 AM: Case against Akhila Nandakumar an act of media suppression, says Former Justice of Kerala High Court Kemal Pasha 

The decision to file a prosecution against Asianet News Chief Reporter Akhila Nandakumar has drawn criticism from former justice of Kerala High Court Kemal Pasha. According to Kemal Pasha, the government's repression of the media led to the filing of the case against Akhila Nandakumar. It is police laxity, he claimed, and there is no legal basis for filing a case against Akhila. Akhila performed her duties. The government is attempting to steer clear of journalists. According to Kemal Pasha, the police work to appease their political masters. 

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9.36 AM: Case against Asianet News reporter: 'Kerala is witnessing a police raj and even journalists are not spared', says Kerala BJP

There is widespread condemnation of the Kerala Police action against Asianet News chief reporter in Kochi, Akhila Nandakumar, for merely reporting on the mark list controversy in Maharaja's College. State BJP chief K Surendran "The police action against @AsianetNewsML reporter Akhila Nandakumar is outrageous. Akhila went to cover the news of SFI leader's fake marksheet and now she is 5th accused in a fabricated case. We have been consistently raising the issue of Kerala police behaving like the B-team of @CPIMKerala and time and again, we are proven right. Under @pinarayivijayan, Kerala is witnessing police raj and even journalists are not spared."

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9.29 AM: Rajya Sabha MP and Congress leader KC Venugopal claims Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government's actions "put fascism to shame".

Rajya Sabha member and Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said: "It is a fascist era in Kerala now. If news is reported against the government or Communist Party of India-Marxist they will be charged with conspiracy and silenced. The unusual action of the police, who registered a case against Asianet News Chief Reporter Akhila Nandakumar, who went to report honestly on the Maharaja's College mark list controversy, is anti-democratic." 

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9.20 AM: Shocking! Asianet News Chief Reporter Akhila Nandakumar booked for reporting Maharaja's College controversies

The Kochi City Police has accused Asianet News head reporter Akhila Nandakumar of conspiring, in blatant violation of press freedom. Nandakumar has been covering the Maharaja's College Mark list controversy nonstop. The Left-backed Students' Federation of India State Secretary PM Arsho's allegation served as the basis for the police action. What's astonishing is that Akhila Nandakumar was arrested without even performing a preliminary investigation after the complaint was taken at face value.