Kerala News
Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
UDF-ruled panchayat in Malappuram seeks review of Kerala govt’s Priyadarshini free bus travel scheme
Resolution moved by Othukkungal grama panchayat, ruled by UDF constituent IUML, welcomes the social benefits provided by the scheme but calls for changes in its implementation
John Mathias’ family takes exception to remarks on missing fishermen, demands overhaul of rescue system during Kerala Ministers’ visit
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and Fisheries Minister V.E. Abdul Gafoor visit houses of missing fishermen John Mathias and Shijin in Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala cashew import scam: R. Chandrasekharan, K.A. Ratheesh move HC Division Bench against Single Judge order in contempt plea
Chandrasekharan and Ratheesh have contended that the Single Bench, which considered the contempt plea, ignored their right to challenge the sanction order to prosecute them
Why Hepatitis A is no longer a simple disease in Kerala
Doctors are reporting severe and atypical symptoms in those affected, including a prolonged phase of high liver enzyme levels, extra-hepatic complications such as bone marrow suppression and many young adults going into fulminant hepatitis requiring liver transplantation
SFI activist accused of attacking ED officials in Kerala detained at Chennai airport
Police said his involvement in the attack was revealed after they analysed visuals of the incident. By then, however, the accused had left for Dubai, prompting the police to issue a lookout circular
Police register cases after Orthodox, Jacobite factions clash over church ownership in Kerala
Separate cases registered against 10 persons, including priests, of Jacobite faction, and 12 priests and believers of Orthodox faction
How institutions decay: On the perils of personal staff becoming parallel power centres
When Ministers’ Private Secretaries begin to behave like government authorities, governance becomes informal, arbitrary, and personality-driven
Guruvayur Devaswom to discuss renaming of ‘Kodathi Vilakku’ following court directive
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French firm completes consumer survey of over 1 lakh households in Kochi
KWA pipeline network to be designed based on findings of consumer, structural, water-flow and condition assessment surveys
Priests, members of Orthodox and Jacobite factions clash at church
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Humanitarian Atom Fest concludes in Thiruvananthapuram
The fest featured a series of programmes highlighting India-Russia cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and was held to mark the 55th anniversary of the Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation
BJP calls arrest of Kerala Hindutva ideologue T.G. Mohandas discriminatory
The party alleges that the arrest is a ‘drama’ intended to divert attention from lapses in flood relief operations and protest by the coastal community
Kasaragod Collectorate employee dies after reportedly consuming poison
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KFDC to launch ‘Athma’ brand of tea, coffee
The new products will hit the market in September
Luxury car gutted, another damaged in fire at apartment’s basement parking
Timely action by the Fire and Rescue Service helped contain the fire that could have spread to more cars
Agricultural Extension Education department at Vellayani Agri College celebrates golden jubilee
The celebrations featured a two-day programme ‘Samanwaya - Uniting Academia’ on August 6 and 7
Search operation fails to trace missing fisher from Kerala’s Neendakara
Gautam Krishnan, the fisher who went missing after a boat capsized off Neendakara,
Cyber police take Hindutva ideologue T.G. Mohandas into custody in Kochi on charges of making controversial remarks on student protesters at Jantar Mantar, women
Youth and student organisations took out protest marches to his house demanding legal action. Leaders of the Students Federation of India and the All India Students Federation filed complaints against him
