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Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category

District planning wing initiates steps to implement grassroots-level development projects
As a first step, the DPO will convene a meeting of all departments in the district, say officials
Blue economy offers unlimited opportunities for ‘Puthuyuga Keralam’: Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan
He underscores the need to use State’s port-maritime sector as the chief catalyst for its future development, stresses the need to overcome challenges posed by pollution, climate-change-related challenges and coastal erosion
No plans to privatise public health sector, says K.Muraleedharan
The State government only plans to make use of CSR funds of major corporates for the construction of new buildings in government hospitals, the Minister said

Govt. has stepped up preventive measures against Shigella: Kerala Health Minister
Muraleedharan says Food Safety officials have been directed to carry out checks at restaurants and wayside eateries to ensure that food safety norms are being followed
Operation P-Hunt: nine locations raided in Kollam City, four mobile phones seized
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Benny Thomas, Additional Private Secretary to Electricity Minister Sunny Joseph, resigns amid nepotism allegation
The appointment of Benny, who is the brother-in-law of Sunny, to the post had drawn criticism from the Opposition Left Democratic Front
Residents reluctant to leave landslide-prone Vilangad, say officials
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Addicts can seek treatment, get legal relief under NDPS Act: Thrissur Rural police
Initiative under Section 64A aims at rehabilitation while crackdown on drug mafia continues
Kochi-Theni greenfield highway project put on hold
The 151-km-long project was envisioned about a decade ago to decongest the 121-km-long NH 85 corridor between Kochi and Munnar
Govt steps in to prevent salary disruption in cultural institutions
Temporary charge assigned as vacancies stall routine functioning across key bodies

DNA test to be conducted as woman from Kozhikode ‘reclaims’ child placed in Ammathottil
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Flow diverter treatment cures 100 brain aneurysm patients at Kozhikode MCH
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Restrictions on tourism activities, quarry operations lifted in Wayanad
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Two children killed after wall collapses in heavy rain in Kasaragod
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Drainage work begins on Koorkenchery–Kuruppam road in Thrissur to tackle waterlogging
Thrissur Corporation launches project under PQC road scheme; major relief expected for commuters and traders

