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Railway police launch probe into clash between woman passenger and TTE in Kerala
Argument over upgradation of a general ticket to a reserved one. Following the incident, both filed complaints with the Government Railway Police, with a conflicting version of the incident
Kerala HC reissues police protection order for viral Kumbh Mela woman
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Kerala to unveil transport policy soon, says Minister C.P. John
Road safety mission, pre-licence driving education in higher secondary schools to be party of policy
Political row over DYFI’s free meal distribution in Kerala govt hospitals continues to simmer
Health Minister K. Muraleedharan accuses Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan of batting for those seeking to appropriate public space 'using philanthropy as a pretext’
Death of BDS student Nithin Raj: Kerala Home Minister seeks report on 'flawed arrest' of accused Dr. Ram
Ramesh Chennithala directs State Police Chief to conduct departmental inquiry into the reasons that resulted in Monday’s 'flawed arrest'
Supreme Court frees Kerala Waqf Board from State official ‘supervision’
A three-judge Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant passed the order while hearing the Board’s appeal against an interim order of the Kerala High Court on July 15
Six-month UDF rule in Kerala’s Pala municipality ends with ouster of chairperson Diya Binu
No-confidence motion, moved by LDF against Diya Binu, regarded as youngest chairperson of any civic body in the country, was carried with support of 17 councillors, including four Congress members and UDF vice-chairperson
Kerala State Planning Board reconstituted with K.M. Chandrasekhar as vice chairperson
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan is chairperson. Chandrasekhar was vice chairperson of the board during the term of Oommen Chandy-led UDF government from 2011-16
Kerala’s Wayanad reports fresh shigellosis case as college student tests positive
Four other students with similar symptoms hospitalised
Dream voyage ends in tragedy for Keralite as missile strike kills merchant navy officer weeks after wedding plans
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V.S. Achuthanandan death anniversary: Pinarayi Vijayan says former CM and communist leader remains ‘a blazing memory’
In a Facebook post, Pinarayi pays tribute to VS and says the latter aggressively championed people’s causes, strong-arming governments to correct course
AMMA row: Shwetha Menon says ‘will go to any extent’ to ensure ‘power group’ does not lead association
In a social media post, the actor says her fight is against the ‘power group’ named in Hema Committee report
Kerala HC directs State Police Chief to form special squads for hit-and-run cases
Police directed to work together and alert special squads in tracing such vehicles and drivers
Two held from Kochi as CBN seizes 30 tonnes of ‘fighter drug’ in Delhi
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Structural stability assessment of KWA reservoirs in Kochi begins
The French firm SUEZ has begun non-destructive testing of the water utility’s reservoirs, pump houses and other infrastructure
Nithin Raj murder: M.K. Ram arrested, court orders his release
Court finds procedural lapses in arrest. The former teacher of Kannur Dental College had been absconding for weeks after the High Court rejected his anticipatory bail in connection with the death of BDS student Nithin Raj. He was arrested in Coorg on Monday. Nithin’s family blames caste-based harassment for his suicide
One hotel ordered to shut, two eateries fined in food safety inspection in Ernakulam
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