Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Operation Toofan: 36 kg of cannabis seized, two held in Thrissur
Kunnamkulam police and DANSAF team intercept accused after dramatic escape bid, officers have a narrow escape as accused try to ram their vehicle into police vehicle
Nipah: one more person on contact list discharged from Kozhikode MCH
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Yellow alert issued for seven districts in Kerala on Thursday
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More shigellosis cases reported from seven districts in Kerala
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Women passengers on KSRTC Ordinary buses increase to a record 11.84 lakh on Day 2 of Priyadarshini scheme
Financial liability incurred by the KSRTC for providing free travel to women is estimated at ₹2.46 crore on June 16
Kerala’s secular society will not allow NEP implementation, says CPI(M) State secretariat
Though the Centre had begun implementing NEP from 2022 with saffronisation of textbooks and curriculum as its core, the LDF-led State govt. had prepared the curricula by upholding secularism, says a statement
Power curbs likely on limited scale till June 30, says Kerala State Electricity Board
Restrictions between 6 p.m. and midnight till June 30 on account of an acute power shortage felt nationwide
El Nino affected monsoon likely to cast a shadow over cardamom Sector
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₹12-crore boulevard project to boost tourism in Sulthan Bathery
The project, fully funded by the State government, will be implemented through the Public Works department after the necessary approvals and tendering procedures are completed

Kerala govt. to appoint Integrated Financial Adviser in every department
Bid to accelerate file processing and improve project implementation. The officer will ensure adequate scrutiny of the files before they are sent to the Finance department

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’

