Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Cricket coach in Kerala sentenced to 35 years of rigorous imprisonment in sexual abuse case
Verdict pertains to the second sexual abuse case registered against 40-year-old Manu M.; court also finds him guilty in a third case under similar circumstances

Conditions on custody of child must not be impractical: Kerala High Court
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Withdrawal amendment to FCRA Rules: CM
Satheesan says the amendment created conditions in which non-governmental organisations could not function in the country
Police demolish ‘illegal’ roadside shop in Idukkki over drug trade allegations
Crackdown as part of Operation Toofan
Stop supplying drugs or face arrest, Chennithala warns food delivery workers
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FCRA debate rekindled as Orthodox Church questions new rules
Church airs concerns over the manner in which the revised regulations were introduced, maintaining that stakeholders should have been consulted before the changes were proposed
Kerala to explore new alignment for Nilambur–Munderi–Meppadi road
The proposed Hill Highway project will connect Nilambur in Malappuram district and Meppadi in Wayanad district
Kollam District Collector enforces peak-hour ban and road safety measures following Kottarakara accident
Ban on heavy vehicles, including lorries and tippers, from operating on public roads in Kollam during peak hours, specifically from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Apprenticeship must be promoted to address unemployment of educated youth: Santosh Mehrotra
He observed that work experience is highly valued in the labour market and that apprenticeships provide young people with an opportunity to acquire such experience

Former Kerala Minister Sivadasa Menon to be commemorated on June 28
A founding leader of the Kerala Socialist Youth Federation (KSYF), the precursor to the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), he served two terms as a Minister in the E.K. Nayanar Cabinet

Kerala govt. restructures tide-over wheat distribution policy
The directive is aimed at preventing any wastage of food grains within the public distribution system.

Kerala High Court receives PIL on unsafe access road to Arookutty Community Health Centre
Petitioner states that damaged condition of road ‘severely hinders’ ambulance movement, especially in adverse weather, and affects health care access to the elderly, pregnant women, schoolchildren, and emergency service users

Ananthan Kaadu movie review: A flat, old-fashioned political potboiler lacking novelty
The filmmaker and the screenwriter seem to have taken the period setting of the film in the early 1990s a little too seriously, for the writing and making have a visible hangover of that era

Kerala CM Satheesan shifts to official residence ‘Cliff House’
V.D. Satheesan had been staying at Cantonment House, the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition, while maintenance work was being carried out at Cliff House
UDF stand on liquor tax cut may force Kerala govt to rethink move, says Congress leader Rajmohan Unnithan
Unnithan says liquor tax cut cannot not be implemented without discussion within UDF and without its approval

Kerala HC directs MoRTH to finalise approval for Vizhinjam-Navaikulam Outer Ring Road project
A petition was filed by Vizhinjam ORR Land Owners Welfare Movement, alleging that no compensation had been paid to the owners of the land acquired for the project
Straying tusker tranquillised, radio-collared in Kerala’s Kothamangalam
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