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Latest updates and top stories from the Kerala category
Police remove vehicle used as ‘makeshift station’ from outside Pinarayi Vijayan's Kannur residence, but guards continue duty
The police vehicle had been stationed outside Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence, but had become unserviceable as it could not be started
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby slams Islamic scholar Kanthapuram’s anti-women remarks
Baby says ‘most religions, unfortunately, tend to show reluctance to recognise gender equality on various occasions’
Row over Kanthapuram directive limiting women’s public participation grows as Samastha defends ‘right to preach’
Syed Mohammed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal, leader of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, stated that religious scholars should not be attacked for explaining teachings to their followers
ED raids multiple locations in Keralam in hybrid ganja smuggling money-laundering case
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Farmers’ groups, Catholic Church, and local MLA from Keralam demand an exclusively high-range district
Local stakeholders are demanding the removal of Thodupuzha from Idukki to form an exclusively high-range district. Thodupuzha has a distinct culture and lifestyle that differ from the core identity of the high ranges, says chairperson of Idukki Land Freedom Movement
NH-66 stretch in Keralam being developed as the first e-truck corridor in country
According to the KSEB, the 622 km-stretch of NH-66 from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod is being developed as India’s first e-truck corridor. The financial requirement for the initiative will stay within the ₹2,000 crore sanctioned by the Centre under the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement
Consent irrelevant in POCSO cases, says Kerala High Court
The Court made the legal position clear while dismissing a plea by an accused challenging his conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012
Rare Fulvous whistling duck spotted in Keralam’s Malappuram
The bird, more commonly found in the wetlands of Assam and other northeastern States, reach Keralam around the beginning of the monsoon and usually return by October
Differences surface in CPI(M) Keralam leadership about Assembly poll debacle
Thomas Isaac, former Finance Minister and CPI(M) Central Committee member, says the party’s attitude that it was always right, that so-called apostates were free to leave the party fold, and that the organisation would be better off without sceptics was self-defeating
Priyadarshini impact: expert panel recommends ‘industry status’ to private bus sector in Keralam
By recognising the sector as an industry under the MSME category, private bus operators will be able to access bank loans, technical and financial assistance for modernisation of fleet, and other financial benefits, says the committee, headed by former Transport Commissioner and retired IPS officer K. Padmakumar
Elderly man dies after falling into abandoned quarry at Angamaly in Keralam
According to the first information report registered by the Angamaly police, the man is suspected to have slipped into the water while cutting grass near the quarry
Sunni Mahallu Federation urges Kanthapuram critics to stop interfering in religious matters
‘Religious scholars issue rulings for believers who follow them, and such rulings are not imposed on those who do not follow them’
White froth found in Periyar: PCB issues notice to FACT
The notice issued based on earlier inferences of suspected discharge of a white gel-like foam into the river, say PCB officials
Excise forms SIT to probe cases related to seizure of suspected MDMA
Investigators to seek custody of four arrested youths
No uniformity in food prices as traders go their own way
District Consumer Protection Committee seeks meeting of Food Advisory Committee to discuss the matter
Gold worth ₹1 crore hidden in eight-month-old’s diaper seized
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Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan seeks support of Centre for establishing coconut value-addition park
CM underscores the need to restructure coconut farming in Keralam through a shift from traditional methods to scientific and planned plantation models.
UDF aiding saffronisation of higher education: R. Bindu
The government’s position that the full rendition of Vande Mataram is required as per the protocol of programmes attended by the Governor is a wrong interpretation of the existing guidelines, she says
