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Time of India
12-06-2025
- Time of India
Police start evidence collection in marriage fraud case
Thiruvananthapuram: Aryanad police, probing the marriage fraud case, on Thursday took accused Reshma, 30, to Parandodu for evidence collection. From there, the probe team went to Mahila Mandiram in Kollam, where she lived for over one year in 2023. In the coming days, she will be taken to CMS College, Kottayam, and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, where she claimed to have completed her graduation and post-graduation, for evidence collection. She will also be taken to places from where she reportedly married multiple men, police said. The team will also take Reshma to the house of a Kollam native with whom she lived for more than two years. Kanjiramattom native Reshma was arrested by Aryanad police on May 6, two hours before her marriage to Aneesh C, 35, a Parandodu ward member. Aneesh had spotted her wedding card with another person's name and some certificates in her bag. During a preliminary probe, police found that she was married multiple times and also has a daughter. Police registered a cheating case against her for trying to marry Aneesh while concealing her marital status and motherhood. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
09-06-2025
- Time of India
2 hours before 14th marriage, Ernakulam woman held in Kerala capital; probe begins
1 2 3 T'puram: A few days after a 30-year-old woman from Ernakulam was arrested in the state capital for attempting to get married for the 14th time, concealing her past record, Aryanad police have set up a team to probe her activities over the past couple of years. Kanjiramattom native Reshma Chandrasekharan, mother of a two-year-old, was arrested last week just two hours before she was about to marry Aneesh C, 35, a panchayat ward member representing Parandodu in the capital district. She reportedly had planned to marry another person next month. "We will move a custody application before the court to interrogate her and to confirm how many people she had married. We will have to hear about her past from herself. It must then be verified with the people associated with her," said a police officer. The probe team will also focus on her motive behind marrying several men. As per preliminary findings, Reshma was excellent in her studies and did her graduation at Kalady Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University. She later moved to CMS College, Kottayam, for post-graduation in Sanskrit and planned to do a PhD as well. Her first marriage was during her studies in 2014 to an Ernakulam native. In 2022, she became pregnant in a relationship with a Valakom-based man. In the meantime, she married people including from Kollam, Thodupuzha, Angamaly and Vaikom. Reshma's mother is reportedly staying with the Valakom-based man. He was unaware of Reshma's marriage frauds. Reshma contacted Aneesh using a number given on a matrimonial website, cooked up stories that she was adopted and convinced him, winning his sympathy. She also told him that her mother was against her marriage. It was Aneesh who proposed to marry her legally without her mother's consent. However, two hours ahead of the marriage, Aneesh found a wedding card of her marriage with another man from her bag and several certificates. He sensed foul play and alerted police. Aneesh lost Rs 7.5 lakh which he spent on marriage preparations, but said he was happy that he realised she was a cheat at least at the last moment.
The Hindu
03-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Student parliament for climate justice at Kottayam
Aimed at making their voices heard at COP30 , the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Brazil in November, a Student Parliament for Climate Justice will be held at CMS College, Kottayam, on June 6. The event will bring together student representatives from various schools run by the Church of South India (CSI) and they will share stories of climate crisis from 17 climate-vulnerable regions across the globe. The event will feature stories from Sundarbans, Tuvalu, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Dominica, the Amazon rainforest, California, Canada, Greece, Mozambique, Iraq, Mali, Kenya, Greenland, Alaska, Australia, and Kerala. Student ambassadors from the U.S., India and Bhutan too will speak. The parliament will culminate with the adoption of a resolution demanding a carbon-free global economy and decisive action. The event is jointly organised by the CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese's Department of Environmental Concerns and CMS College, Kottayam. Following the parliamentary session, a public meeting will be held. Bishop Malayil Sabu Koshy Cherian, Bishop of the CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese, will preside. Cooperation Minister V.N. Vasavan will inaugurate it. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, jurist K.T. Thomas and others will speak. Anju Sosan George, Principal of CMS College, will serve as official host of the event.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
208 years on, CMS College gets 1st woman principal
Kottayam: For the first time in its 208-year history, CMS College, one of the oldest colleges in South India, has appointed a woman principal. Anju Sosan George, an associate professor in the English department, has been formally appointed as the 29th principal of the college, which is run by the Church of South India (CSI) Madhya Kerala Diocese. Anju had been serving as principal-in-charge since 2024, following the retirement of former principal Varghese Joshua. She joined the college's English department in 2007. She completed her undergraduate studies at Madras Christian College in 2004 and earned her postgraduate degree from Stella Maris College, Chennai, in 2006. In 2008, she received her MPhil from Madurai Kamaraj University, and in 2019, she was awarded a PhD in Disability Studies from the University of Kerala. Speaking to TOI, Anju expressed gratitude to God for her new role, stating that she is eagerly looking forward to the challenges it brings. She said history was being created as society and the system evolved. "Change is happening everywhere. There were many women leaders in various fields. It just happened that I too became a part of it." Anju aims to make undergraduate courses more industry-aligned and employment-friendly. "Each student that goes out of this college should secure jobs and we will be trying to make the student equipped for that." Babu Cherian, a former professor, said that it was significant—and long overdue—that a woman was finally appointed principal after more than two centuries. He noted the CSI Church was the first mainstream church in India to appoint a woman bishop. In 2013, Rev E Pushpa Lalitha became bishop of the CSI's Nandyal diocese in Andhra Pradesh. "The credit goes to both the church and the new principal, who is academically most qualified for the role," he said.
New Indian Express
30-04-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Renowned shooting coach Sunny Thomas passes away at 85
KOTTAYAM: Prof. Sunny Thomas, the celebrated shooting coach who transitioned from teaching English to shaping India's Olympic shooting legacy, passed away early on Wednesday following a heart attack. He was 85. A native of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Prof Thomas was best known as the mentor of Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist. He served as the chief coach of the Indian national shooting team from 1993 to 2012, leading the country through one of its most successful phases in the sport. Under his guidance, India secured multiple Olympic medals, including Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics, India's first individual silver medal, and Bindra's historic gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2012 London Olympics, India added to its tally with Vijay Kumar clinching silver and Gagan Narang winning bronze, both trained under Thomas. His influence extended well beyond the Olympics. During his tenure, Indian shooters bagged 29 medals at the Asian Games and a remarkable 95 medals at the Commonwealth Games. Prof Thomas was a five-time Kerala state champion and a former national champion in the rifle open sight category. His passion for the sport began in 1965 when he joined the Kottayam Rifle Club. After retiring as an English professor, he dedicated himself fully to coaching, a shift that marked a turning point in Indian shooting. In recognition of his immense contribution to Indian sport, he was awarded the prestigious Dronacharya Award in 2001. Born on 26 September 1941 to K K Thomas and Marykutty of the Meckatt family in Thidanad, Kottayam, he completed his higher education at CMS College, Kottayam. He taught at Sacred Heart College, Thevara, before joining St Stephen's College, Uzhavoor, where he later retired as an English professor. He is survived by his wife, Prof K J Josamma, a former botany professor at the same college, and their children—Manoj Sunny, Sanil Sunny and Sonia Sunny.
