Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Kochi metro Phase II: KMRL awards ₹91.6-crore contract to Siemens
Contract covers communication systems, including passenger information displays, CCTV, fibre-optic connectivity and emergency communication facilities
Kerala CM Satheesan making false claim on SC rejecting petitions against Waqf amendment Bill: Rajeeve
He says Chief Minister is speaking like a spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party, by echoing its stance on including non-Muslims in an institution related to Muslims

Court rejects bail for two more CPI(M) activists in ED attack case
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Greens decry delay in remediation of Kuzhikandam creek in Kochi as PCB redraws plan
High Court directs PCB to revise implementation plan and complete key remedial works by year-end; greens say prolonged delay has allowed pollution and civic problems to persist; funding gap and recovery of remediation costs from polluting industries yet to be resolved

Woman’s hand severed by partner in Kadakkavoor
Domestic disputes allegedly triggered the brutal assault, resulting in head injuries and a severed hand.
Online taxi fares surge as drivers continue ‘offline strike’ in Kerala
Commuters face higher fares and cab shortages, forcing many to switch to buses and autorickshaws; drivers demand fare revisions, welfare measures and action against illegal bike taxis; talks with Uber scheduled on Thursday

Waqf Board chairperson slams IUML, Kerala govt. for favouring non-inclusion of Muslims on State Board
K.S. Hamsa accuses the State government of siding with Sangh Parivar affiliates, who, according to him, are out to destabilise the board

Tenders invited for expansion of international terminal in Thiruvananthapuram airport
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Police use water cannon as Youth Congress, KSU march against police action on Congress leaders in Delhi turns tense
Protest condemns the alleged manhandling of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi by the Delhi Police during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET irregularities
Crime Branch to re-arrest Dr. M.K Ram in Nithin Raj death case
A fresh Crime Branch team has taken over the probe and commenced its investigation in Kannur

BJP protest march to Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram turns tense
The march was organised in protest against the Congress demonstration held outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence in New Delhi
Nilambur doctors save tribal woman, newborn after rare uterine rupture
The 25-year-old woman from the Cheerakkuzhi tribal hamlet near Chugathara was brought to the Government District Hospital Nilambur hospital with a rare uterine rupture that left the baby lying inside her abdominal cavity

Efforts on to repatriate body of Kasaragod native killed in ship attack
Akhil Joel was among the four Indians killed after a cargo ship was hit in an alleged Russian missile attack off the coast of Odesa, Ukraine
KILA, Kozhikode Corporation ink pact to push ‘City of Literature’ works
The Corporation authorities have decided to work with KILA again to use its expertise to conceive innovative initiatives; more thematic projects will be taken up in the coming days
Early return of cattle proposed as tiger attacks rise in plantations
Tigers have been regularly preying on cattle across both forest ranges
Kerala Cabinet nod for framing anti-ragging law
Sanction also given for roll out of distress app in memory of J.S. Sidharthan, whose death in February 2024, allegedly following brutal ragging, had triggered a public outcry
