Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Faced with outrage, Kerala Health Minister makes a U-turn on DYFI food packet distribution in hospitals
K. Muraleedharan said that the government would put an end to the distribution of food packets on hospital premises under the banner of political parties. His office issues a statement the next day that it need not be perceived as a general statement and pertained to one hospital
Students must unite against drugs: Minister Bindu Krishna
She was presiding over the distribution ceremony of the ‘Focus Kollam’ Minister’s Excellence Award-2026, organised for talented students from the Kollam constituency
Meaningful socio-political cinema giving way to crime and violence, says Rafeeq Ahamed
Poet-lyricist says cinema has gradually been reduced to a form of entertainment with little lasting emotional or intellectual impact on audiences; he inaugurates celebrations marking 100th screening of Kolazhy Cinema Kottaka in Thrissur
DUK partners with HEX20 to launch hands-on educational programme in satellite technology
The initiative aims at providing selected students from India and abroad with immersive training in the design, assembly, integration and testing of satellite subsystems
Curbing talent exodus: It’s deja vu for Indian Space Research Organisation
In the early 1990s, the information technology boom and campus recruitments dealt a blow to ISRO which was then on an expansion mode
Man stabbed to death in Kottayam
The accused, Sreekanth, a resident of Manganam, was arrested shortly after the incident
SIT attributes eight elephant deaths in Kerala river to ‘natural accidental causes’
The animals might have accidentally slipped into the river following extremely high rainfall and died due to the impacts of the fall, according to the report
New study hints at a wider distribution of Agasthyamalai Bushfrog in Western Ghats
A research team has discovered the Agasthyamalai Bushfrog in the high-elevation shola forests of Devikulam, near Munnar, extending the species’ known distribution by more than 120 km northwards. Until now, the species was thought to be confined to the Agasthyamalai Hills south of the Shencottah Gap
Geo-tagging of forest locations raises concerns over trespassing
Forest department flags 23 Google Maps listings inside reserve forests in Kozhikode as misleading; officials say unauthorised map pins and uploaded photographs are encouraging illegal entry into protected areas; DFO seeks removal of the listings, warning of trespassing, public safety risks and human-wildlife conflict
Row over free meal distribution by political outfits at government hospitals in Kerala
Health Minister declares that no political organisation will be allowed to run welfare activities inside government hospitals under its own banner and says the responsibility rests solely with the Health dept. DYFI, which has been offering free meals for years, says it stepped in only because the hospitals lacked a mechanism to provide free food to patients’ caregivers
India emerging as deep-tech powerhouse through sustained policy support: NITI Aayog Member Abhay Karandikar
14th Convocation of IISER Thiruvananthapuram held
Third death anniversary of Oommen Chandy observed
The commemorative event featured a series of welfare initiatives
SPEK seeks expert review before Korapuzha dredging resumes
The environmental organisation calls for the constitution of an expert committee, including a marine ecologist and a representative of residents, to evaluate the proposal to deepen the estuary before any further decision is taken
Vallasadya season begins at Aranmula
Oarsmen aboard 10 palliyodams arrived at the temple ghats to a rousing welcome on the opening day
