Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
12-hour surgery saves young man’s hip at Thrissur Govt. Medical College in Kerala
Complex vascularised bone graft procedure performed to preserve hip joint and delay or avoid replacement surgery

Tap potential of AI tools to drive projects and planning process: LSG Minister K.M. Shaji
Shaji said it was imperative that in the emerging scenario, it was essential to make use of technological tools such as artificial intelligence (AI) to drive projects and the planning process

People’s Plan Campaign 2.0: student internships with local bodies proposed as part of year-long action plan
Local Self-Governments Minister K.M. Shaji inaugurates a daylong conclave of People’s Plan campaign activists
Children in Kerala’s Attappady get long-awaited bus ride, eye Parliament visit next
Twenty-seven students of Government UP School, Karara were at the Kongad MLA’s office to meet the Minister and MP to celebrate the arrival of their new school bus. There, they expressed a wish

Additional rice supplies planned if prices go up during Onam, says Kerala Minister Anoop Jacob
The government has written to the Food Corporation of India seeking its cooperation with regard to the additional supplies, says Minister
Demand to install advanced screening systems in blood banks in Kerala to detect infections
This is in the wake of reports about the spread of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C infections among college students in some parts of the country

Vice-chairperson post sparks fresh rift among Congress rebels in Pala
The differences came to light after a section of the dissident councillors demanded that an understanding be reached on the vice-chairperson’s post as well

Crisis deepens as service shortage hits rail passengers from north Kerala
Shortage of passenger trains and MEMU services between Central Kerala, Palakkad, and North Malabar blamed for worsening travel woes

Keltron receives self-certification rights for three defence products
The products are an electromagnetic log used for measuring a ship’s speed, an echosounder used for measuring the depth below a ship’s keel and an underwater telephone system for ship-to-submarine communication
‘Missed Independence Day? Go to Pakistan:’ Thrissur school owner’s remarks spark controversy
Parents question branding of absent students as ‘anti-national;’ SFI takes out protest march against school management
Veteran Malayalam actor Devan quits BJP, accuses party’s State unit of giving social reformer Sree Narayana Guru’s ideals the go-by
“My politics is based on the social ideals of Sree Narayana Guru. In the past five years, I have not seen them reflected in the BJP in Kerala. I have realised that the BJP State unit’s current line does not agree with my political orientation guided by the Guru’s ideals,” says Devan
NTPC Kayamkulam celebrates Independence Day
Krishnakali Sinha, president of the Navjyothi Ladies Club, appreciated the role of NTPC Kayamkulam in generating renewable energy through its floating solar plant
Kerala police are investigating Instagram and YouTube 'educational channels' that offer test-paper clues to lure anxious school students taking Onam mid-term examinations
An estimated 40 lakh school students are taking the Onam examinations, which will conclude on August 20. On August 16, the General Education department petitioned State Police Chief to conduct a detailed criminal inquiry into Instagram and YouTube channels that lure students by promising definitive clues about the mid-term Onam test papers
Fire at furniture godown near Plamoodu in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram
Four fire engine units were deployed to put out the fire that broke out at the godown located along the Pattom-Marappalam road

B.Tech student from Arunachal found dead in Kerala; Minister promises probe as students blame credits-based ‘year back’ system
State Higher Education Minister said around 20 students of the college were facing difficulties following the Kerala Technology University’s recent decision to allow only students who score 22 credits in Semester 4 to proceed to the next semester
CM Satheesan proposes to elevate Thripunithura as a heritage town at Athachamayam event
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan called upon the elected representatives from the region to come together beyond political lines and get a proper proposal made with the help of experts to elevate the stature of Thripunithura to a heritage town.

SIT fast-tracks GST evasion probe into Messi, Argentina team’s 2025 Kerala visit
Officials said the investigation will likely lay the legal groundwork for a sweeping anti-corruption enquiry into the high-profile plan that turned into a fiasco amid a storm of hype, despite the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s active backing

Why Kerala Government mulls a multi-agency probe into the failed bid to bring Messi and company to Kochi? | Explained
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan says Sports Department’s preliminary inquiry into the failed bid to bring Messi to Kerala during the previous LDF government’s tenure revealed ‘very serious allegations’


