Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
SC ruling on creamy layer prompts demand for JEE category revision
SC holds that parental income from salary and agriculture cannot be the sole basis for determining creamy layer status. In Kerala, OBC students are denied non-creamy layer certificates if their parents earn more than ₹8 lakh annually through salary or agriculture, forcing them to apply for JEE under the general category. Students now argue that SC order makes many of those denied NCL certificates eligible for OBC reservation.
72 CCTV cameras to be operational on Calicut varsity campus from June 8
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Kerala HC directs addition of father’s name in birth certificate of child who was born when parents were living together
Court orders addition of name exercising its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Farmers demand government action to address fertilizer and pesticide shortages
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Karuvannur loan scam: CPI(M) vows legal fight after PMLA court issues summons
BJP, Congress demand resignations of A.C. Moideen MLA; K. Radhakrishnan, MP
Third ro-ro ferry will be launched within a month, says Kochi Mayor
The new vessel will have the capacity to accommodate 14 trucks, 12 cars, and 50 passengers and has been designed to address the shortcomings of the existing ro-ro fleet
Govt. considering emergency trauma care facilities in all State-run hospitals: Minister Shibu Baby John
New dialysis unit set up at the Neendakara taluk hospital. Facility dedicated to the memory of Alin Sherin, the State’s youngest organ donor
Rights panel orders inspection of defunct public crematorium in Kadungalloor
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Pandipparambu reels under waterlogging as Thripunithura municipality mulls legal remedy
Water levels rose instead of receding after heavy overnight rain, reaching knee height in certain stretches; municipal authorities attribute the problem to a concrete structure obstructing a drainage channel passing through a private property
Appointments of interim Vice-Chancellor, Senate members at MG University in Kerala ignite row
Allegations that several nominees have close links with the BJP emerge
Loan write-off adalat for Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide victims
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Muraleedharan holds discussions with health professionals in Kerala
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Despite new technologies, IMD continues to rely on weather balloons
Twice-daily launches from IMD’s Thiruvananthapuram centre continue to provide vital atmospheric data for forecasting
Kufos proposes Kerala Blue Economy Council
The proposal formed part of two policy documents handed over by the Kufos to Fisheries Minister Abdul Gafoor during his first official visit
AMMA undecided on size of panel to settle ongoing row
It is learnt that a three-member committee, excluding the president and general secretary, may be constituted in an attempt to resolve the matter ahead of the organisation’s annual general body meeting scheduled for June 21
Rights Commission orders rehabilitation of tribal woman living under tarpaulin in forest
The Collector has been asked to assess the possibility of admitting the children to a residential school