Top Stories from Kerala: Idukki Bishop's comment on 'love-jihad' kicks up a storm

Top Stories from Kerala: Idukki Bishop's comment on 'love-jihad' kicks up a storm
Top Stories from Kerala: Idukki Bishop's comment on 'love-jihad' kicks up a storm
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1. Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Samgam (SNDP) leader Velapally Nadesan called Idukki diocese bishop a "poisonous communalist" following the latter's criticism on interfaith marriages in Christianity. Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikatil on Saturday alleged that SNDP and the Muslim community have been trying to trap Christian women through love jihad and interfaith marriages. Read TNM report. 2. Former chief whip PC George will not be dismissed from the Kerala Congress Mani group as expected. The steering committee of the party decided to suspend him from the party as he fielded a separate candidate apart from the official UDF candidate in the Aruvikkara by election. Read a Asianet report.  3. Two visually challenged cricket players were killed at the Thrissur KSRTC bus stand after a bus rammed into the crowd near the stand. The players were on their  way to attend a meeting of the blind cricket team managers in Kochi. Read a report in Malayala Manorama. 4. Four CISF constables have been arrested for vandalism in the Karipur airport. The CCTV visuals from the airport reportedly show angry CISF personnel damaging airport property after coming to know of their colleague Yadav's death. Read TNM report.  5. A temple panel in Northern Kerala raised objections when Sheeja Si vadas, a dancer, decided to build a dance school near the temple saying it was "against the faith". Sheeja however doubts a caste factor behind these objections as she belonged to an upper caste and her husband is from a lower caste. Read P Sudhakaran's report in Times of India. 

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