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Veteran bureaucrat and TDB president Jayakumar returns to his original passion for painting
His 25th painting exhibition, Glimpses, at the Mauve Art Gallery on June 18, marks K. Jayakumar’s return to Thiruvananthapuram’s art scene after four years. The exhibition features 22 paintings, including 15 new works and a handful of older canvases selected from his earlier collections.
Crime Branch takes over probe into death of nursing student in Kollam
Febina Sajan, a 23-year-old nursing student of a private nursing college in Kollam, was found dead on January 18, 2026
Being an MLA is an opportunity to highlight issues of common man, Kerala Chief Minister tells legislators
Two-day orientation programme for members of Assembly gets under way in Thiruvananthapuram
Attack on Youth Congress activists: SIT approaches Kerala HC against anticipatory bail granted to accused police personnel
SIT contends that the restrictions on custodial interrogation have a serious impact on the investigation into the matter and requests the court to quash the anticipatory bail order
V.D. Satheesan set to be the third Congress CM in Kerala to present Budget
Satheesan will present the Budget since he also handles Finance portfolio
Kerala govt did not allocate specific departments to any special government pleader, says CM V.D. Satheesan
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Kerala rains: IMD issues orange alert for Kozhikode, yellow alert in six districts
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CMRL pay-off case involving ex-Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T. Veena | Explained
Income Tax Interim Settlement Board in 2023 found that T. Veena and her now-defunct company Exalogic Solutions had received monthly payments from CMRL despite there being no evidence of any services given in return. A probe by Serious Fraud Investigation Office revealed fictitious cash expenses of about ₹182 crore over a span of 15 years, allegedly used by CMRL to bribe various persons
Kerala Budget: Fiscal health, welfare, growth in focus as Congress-led UDF govt to present Revised Budget on June 19
Budget faces challenge of finding middle ground between re-aligning Kerala’s fiscal space for tackling concerns raised in White Paper on State finances and mobilising additional revenue for development and welfare, notably Indira Guarantees and ‘dream projects’
Nedumangadu child murder case: Kerala HC registers suo motu petition to probe child abuse, welfare system failures
Court orally inquires about reasons behind ‘inaction’ of District Child Protection Officer despite information of alleged abuse from the child’s grandmother
Kerala Cabinet forms sub-committee to study PM SHRI implementation; CM says ‘forced to’ continue with scheme
Satheesan says Kerala government is forced to continue with controversial project as previous LDF government had ‘already entered into an agreement’ and ‘received money’ from Centre
T. Veena, daughter of ex-Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, appears before ED for questioning in CMRL pay-off case
This is the first time Veena is appearing before ED at its office in the probe linked to allegations that CMRL made payments amounting to ₹2.78 crore to her now-defunct IT firm Exalogic without receiving any services in return
Major IPS reshuffle in Kerala: IGs, DIGs and SPs shifted in key police posts
Putta Vimaladitya, Inspector General of Police, Internal Security, is transferred and posted as Inspector General of Police, North Zone
VACB’s sting operation uncovers widespread illegal diversion of food grains from NFSA godowns, ration shops in Kerala
As part of undercover operation tiled Operation Food Safety, anti-corruption sleuths set up staged scenarios, posing as black marketeers seeking to purchase subsidised food grains from randomly chosen National Food Security Act (NFSA) warehouses and ration shops at at prices significantly below market rates
How everyday Kerala is being reimagined in an award-nominated illustration series
llustrator Mohammed Sajid’s portrait series is in contention at the AOI World Illustration Awards 2026, spotlighting fish sellers, flower vendors, postmen and other familiar faces of Kerala’s streets
Primed to treat: On Kerala and Nipah
The Kerala story in containing Nipah has lessons for pandemic preparedness
Record surge in women patronage in KSRTC on Priyadarshini scheme’s inaugural day
On June 15, the KSRTC saw 13.29 lakh women passengers use its services, of which zero-fare tickets were issued to 7.83 lakh women. The KSRTC incurs a revenue loss of ₹2.20 crore on the first day following the launch of the scheme.
