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Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Students with intellectual disability to get 25% grace marks in technical exams in Kerala
This brings them on par with other categories of persons with disabilities

Kerala govt approves appointment of economic advisors to Planning Board vice-chairman K.M. Chandrasekhar
Finance Department gives in-principal approval for appointment of D. Narayana, former Director, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Kiran Kumar Kakarlapudi, Assistant Professor, GIFT, and M. Parameswaran, Professor, Centre for Development Studies

Kerala HC sets aside Centre's order refusing FCRA renewal to two NGOs over alleged Vizhinjam port protest funding
High Court directs competent authorities to review and pass orders afresh within three months for the petitioners – Save A Family Plan and Kerala Social Service Forum

Vijay govt complains to Supreme Court of Kerala’s ‘obstructionist attitude’ to strengthening Mullaperiyar dam
Tamil Nadu, in a report, said Kerala has not cooperated with the timely completion of measures to strengthen the baby dam, earth dam and the grouting of the main dam, which were critical for structural safety
Cyber police seize phone used by Arjun Ayanki to post online threats
The recovery assumes significance as Ayanki allegedly told investigators that he himself had posted the controversial messages on social media
Kozhikode medical college ranked first in Kerala, 20th nationally in IIRF 2026
The rankings have come at a time when the GMC, Kozhikode, is stepping into its 70th year of existence

Three new cascade frog species discovered in northeast India; one named in honour of Kerala social worker Padmini Varkey
Study also records five other cascade frog species documented in India for the first time

Pinarayi Vijayan accuses Kerala CM of insulting coastal community through ‘callous’ remarks about their plight
Opposition Leader says V.D. Satheesan’s attempt to draw a comparison between death figures under past and present administrations smacks of ‘lack of humaneness’
Kerala human rights panel appoints ex-Chief Secretary S.M. Vijayanand to monitor waste management in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
Special rapporteur-cum-special monitor to evaluate and advise on issues related to solid waste disposal in the capital city

Sukumaran Nair fires back at K.B. Ganesh Kumar over ‘democracy in NSS’ row
NSS general secretary accuses the former Minister of 'acting as a tail of those seeking to destroy the community organisation’

Kerala government’s big desilting push faces scrutiny over Chulliyar project in Palakkad
Chulliyar dam desilting project has come under a cloud over allegations of irregularities in dredging and transportation of sediments and environmental damage

After public protests, Freshcut poultry-waste unit in Kerala’s Kozhikode likely to shift operations
Local action committee leaders, who recently resumed their agitation after factory management secured a stay on KSPCB’s order, hinted that joint discussions were underway with mediation of people’s representatives and government officials to speed up relocation

Body of missing youth recovered from Chaliyar river in Kerala
23-year-old went missing after a country boat capsized
Karkidaka Vavu: Hundreds offer ‘bali tharpanam’ at Aluva in Kerala’s Ernakulam
Many, including women and elderly, from various places turned up at the Siva temple premises on the banks of the Periyar River from the morning to perform the ritual. Over 40 balitharas (booths) were set up for the ceremonies

M.P., the indomitable: the man who electrified the imagination of Kerala’s youth
Despite impressive awareness about environmental sustainability and a rather passive and patchy awareness of the desirability of decentralised governance, Kerala is miles and miles away from the dreams of the like of M.P.
No roar on the muddy track as Maramadi, Kerala’s bull surfing contest, misses another year
Once a marquee Independence Day event held at Anandappally village in Pathanamthitta, the historic tradition remains off the calendar for a 14th year due to legal battles

Lawyers turn down Kerala High Court request to allow Chief Justice to hoist tricolour on August 15
Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association decides to continue with the practice of its president hoisting the national flag on court premises on August 15. The Chief Justice hoists the tricolour at the court on Republic Day

CPI(M) seeks clarification on links of drug case accused to Kerala Chief Minister’s office
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Samastha madrasa count rises to 11,134
The newly recognised madrasas are in Bengaluru, Kasaragod, Malappuram, Palakkad, Dindigul, and Tirunelveli

