Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Malanakara dam shutters opened for major repair works
Maintenance works include replacing shutter screws and installing new rubber seals
Vigilance probe exposes financial irregularities in road project
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Thiruvananthapuram City police return 67 recovered mobile phones to owners
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AIIMS, organ transplant institute, MCH development among Kozhikode’s wish list
Centre remains evasive on approval for an AIIMS in Kerala; authorities at the Kozhikode MCH are hoping the new government will address long-pending staff shortage and fast-track major healthcare projects in the district
University Syndicate can’t challenge orders passed by its Chancellor, says Kerala HC
Case in connection with engineer causing approximately ₹27.50 lakh loss to university. Court observes that case records reveal that the university suffered huge loss and the university and the State should ensure that a proper Vigilance investigation is done
ASHA workers hold celebratory march in Thrissur to welcome hike in honorarium
Government gives hope to all skilled workers, says INTUC
Milma to hike milk price by ₹4/litre from June 1
Customers will have to pay ₹28 for a 500-ml packet of homogenised toned milk, which is priced at ₹26 now. The prices of other variants of packaged liquid milk and other milk products sold by Milma will also go up correspondingly
Man held for cheating woman of ₹32 lakh, gold and sexually assaulting her
Accused arrested from Ervadi in Tamil Nadu
Shipping delays hit cashew sector in Kerala
Shipping bottlenecks, especially around the critical Strait of Hormuz, have hit the industry from ends, blocking the import of raw cashew nuts and stalling the export of finished kernels

Kerala CM says UDF unaware full version of Vande Mataram will be sung at swearing-in, ceremony as per Lok Bhavan’s arrangements
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Thripunithura firecracker blast: ₹10 lakh each relief to families of victims
Compensation sanctioned from Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to families of Vishnu A. of Ulloor, Thiruvananthapuram, and Anil S. of Shooranad, Kollam, who were killed in the explosion at a temporary firecracker storage unit in February 2024

Kerala’s UDF government announces 100-day action plan from June 1
Directives issued to all departments to take necessary steps for implementation of all promises in UDF’s election manifesto by 2031

K.V. Thomas quits as Kerala’s Special Representative in New Delhi after new UDF govt takes over
Thomas clarified that his tenure naturally came to an end when the term of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ended

N.S.K. Umesh to be Kerala Chief Minister’s Officer on Special Duty
Umesh will continue to hold the post of Director of General Education till another person is appointed

Kerala’s UDF govt scraps K-Rail project launched by LDF
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan says all land acquired for the project will be de-notified and yellow concrete markers that demarcated the prospective line will be removed

‘No place for personal enmity in politics’, says G. Sudhakaran on swearing in former Kerala CM Pinarayi as MLA
Sudhakaran, who has been sworn in as Pro Tem Speaker of Kerala Assembly, says he sees ‘no difference’ between Pinarayi Vijayan and any other MLA to whom he will be administering the oath of office on Thursday

Brain-eating amoeba: Kerala reports another death from amoebic meningoencephalitis
Deceased is a 73-year-old woman from Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district

G. Sudhakaran sworn in as Kerala Assembly Pro Tem Speaker
Appointment of Sudhakaran, who won from Ambalappuzha constituency with UDF backing after a high-profile rebellion against his former party, CPI(M), adheres to established parliamentary convention of designating the senior-most member of the House to the temporary post

