Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday provided 175 smart televisions for tribal students in Keralas Wayanad for online classes This is a part of the second phase of the contribution made by Gandhi in Wayanad to provide adequate infrastructure for the online classes Earlier he gave 50 TVs to the

02-07-2020

Thiruvananthapuram At a time when several states are reimposing fresh lockdown in the wake of the rising number of COVID cases Kerala has withdrawn its Sunday lockdown order gradually moving towards unlocking In a fresh order on Saturday the Kerala government lifted ongoing lockdown on all Sundays

27-06-2020

Pathanamthitta Sabarimala temple will not open to the public this month Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran has said Surendran added that the Sabarimala temple festival scheduled to commence from June 19 also stands cancelled He said the decision was taken after a meeting with the temple

11-06-2020

Thiruvanathapuram In a horrific incident of animal cruelty a pregnant elephant was fed firecrackersstuffed pineapple in Kerala’s Malappuram after which the poor animal suffered injures and died while standing in Velliyar river Shocking netizens and celebrities alike the outrage was joined by BJP MP

04-06-2020

Thiruvananthapuram Going in line with the guidelines of the Central government the Kerala government on Monday extended the lockdown in containment zones till June 30 Making an announcement Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday eased curbs in many sectors including allowing indoor film an

02-06-2020

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Minister Thomas Isaac has said that a 100member team of doctors and nurses has volunteered to assist doctors in Mumbai in battling coronavirus The team is led by Santhosh Kumar Deputy Superintendent of Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram who has already reached Mu

01-06-2020

Kollam The death of a young Kerala woman who suffered two snake bites in a span of two months turned out to be a wellplanned and executed murder said Kerala police which probed the case after the deceased woman’s father filed a complaint alleging foul play The shocking incident has got all ingredie

24-05-2020

Alappuzha A ninemonth pregnant nurse who returned to Kerala from Kuwait after recovering from COVID19 has tested positive for the virus again She tested negative in Kuwait but returned to India before undergoing the second test said the District Medical Officer   The 34yearold native of Alappuzha

19-05-2020

Kochi Metro passengers can carry liquor bottles inside the train provided they are sealed and within the permissible limit below 15 litre At present sealed liquor bottles are not banned The metro is one of the most peoplefriendly transport systems in the state and cannot deny passengers their rights

31-01-2020

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala Police have operationalised the Cheetah patrol system in the city to boost traffic regulation and ensure smooth vehicular flow The squads have been mandated with detecting traffic violations easing traffic snarls adopting steps to prevent accidents and report informatio

02-01-2020

Several schools in Kerala have started ringing the bell twice or thrice a day to remind students to drink water A school teacher said a proposal in this regard to be implemented across the state has also been submitted to the Education Department Meanwhile the Education Department said We have to an

18-11-2019

Kochi Ahead of the school reopening GPS made mandatory for school buses by Motor Vehicles Department MVD to ensure the security of children and reduce road accidents The GPS tracking and panic buttons are made mandatory for all the vehicles registered as educational institution buses and it has to b

26-05-2019

Congress General Secretary for UP East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to Twitter to share a picture of her brother and Congress President Rahul Gandhi filing nomination for Lok Sabha polls from Keralas Wayanad constituency My brother my truest friend and by far the most courageous man I know Take care o

04-04-2019

New Delhi The Centre has forwarded a bill of Rs102 crore to the Kerala government for the use of Indian Air Force aircraft and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state Rajya Sabha was informed Heavy rains caused floods in large parts of kerala in August last year resulting in loss of hum

05-02-2019

Kochi PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation an integrated Refinary Expansion complex of the public sector Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited BPCL at the Kochi refinery on Sunday Also laid the foundation stone for a petrochemical complex at the refinery and a skill development institute at Ettum

27-01-2019

Thiruvnanthapuram Catholic Bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mulakkal accused of rape by a kerala nun has been summoned to appear before the investigation team in Kerala on September 19 The case is very old and it is very difficult to gather scientific and technical evidence a police IG said refusing to s

12-09-2018

As many as 200 students of Thiruvananthapuram schools prepared notes for Class X students of two schools in floodhit Kuttanad district of Kerala The authorities identified schools where students had lost their study materials due to floods We could havephotocopied notes But children should learn how

10-09-2018

The preliminary findings in the postmortem examination of a 54yearold nun who was found dead in a well in Pathanapuram revealed nothing unusual and it could be a suicide G Pushpakumar Pathanapuram SubInspector said There is no evidence that she was murdered police added Earlier reports had said that

10-09-2018

 A nun of Malankara Orthodox Syrian was found dead at Church Mount Tabor Dayara and Convent at Pathanapuram on Sunday The deceased has been identified as Sister Susan Mathew 55 The dead body was found inside the convent well when the employees traced blood stains nearby around 9 am Police and fire f

09-09-2018

New Delhi National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma has slammed Kerala MLA PC George for calling a rape survivor nun prostitute at a press conference I am ashamed of such lawmakers who are giving these statements she said She also claimed the nun was facing discrimination and not receiving su

09-09-2018

The nun who was allegedly raped by a Bishop cried and locked herself in a room for hours after Kerala MLA P C George called her a prostitute in a press conference her colleague Sister Anupama revealed The rape survivor has refused to speak to anyone and has not eaten anything Sister Anupama said She

09-09-2018

On Saturday nuns hailing from the Kuravilangad convent staged protests outside the Kerala High Court demanding the arrest of Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal who has been accused of rape by a nun The protesters claimed that the police had interrogated the accused bishop only once in the 74 days sinc

08-09-2018

In an incident that has sent shockwaves across Kerala a fourmember gang broke into the house of Vinod Chandran a news editor at Mathrubhumi’s Kannur division in the Thazhe Chovva area of the district during the early hours of Thursday The gang allegedly entered their house after breaking the front d

07-09-2018

Citing Kerala floods and wildfires in California United Nations SecretaryGeneral António Guterres said that climate change is running faster than us The impacts are devastating and it is usually the poorest and the most vulnerable who are hit first and the worst he added He further said that the las

06-09-2018

New Delhi The union government would extend further aid to Kerala to rehabilitate flood affected people once the full estimate of the damage was done Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Wednesday Addressing the ‘India for Kerala’ conclave in Thiruvananthapuram organised by the Times Network in

06-09-2018

Kannan Gopinathan a 32yearold 2012 batch IAS officer serving as district collector in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli had arrived in Kerala on August 26 as the state battled devastation from deadly floods He was on an official visit to hand over a cheque for Rs one crore from Dadra and

05-09-2018

Kochi At least 42 people have died due to rat fever leptospirosis since August 1 following the floods in Kerala while 1006 cases of the fever have reportedly been confirmed Meanwhile the states health department has assured it has adequate supply of medications Flooded areas are vulnerable to rat f

05-09-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala government has decided to cancel all governmentfunded events for one year and instead use the money for relief operations and rebuilding of the floodhit state The money will go to the Kerala Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund or CMDRF Programmes like the International

04-09-2018

In a sermon of a different kind a Catholic priest addressed members of Muslim community inside a mosque thanking them for selflessly feeding the flood victims who had taken shelter at his churchFather Sanu Puthussery a Catholic priest addressed around 250 members of Muslim community inside a mosque

03-09-2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan left for the US from here on Sunday for medical treatment He is being accompanied by his wife Kamala Vijayan Pinarayi who will undergo a twoweek treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota is expected to be back by the third week of this month His US vi

02-09-2018

More than 11000 claims worth an estimated Rs 1200 crore have been filed by floodaffected people with the four public sector insurance companies in Kerala United India Insurance Company Director and General Manager K B Vijay Srinivas said the public sector insurance companies had decided to simplify

31-08-2018

Following the floods in the state of Kerala health department officials are now reporting an influx in the number of cases of leptospirosis Leptospirosis often dubbed rat fever is commonly spread through the urine of infected rats while its symptoms include fever headache vomiting muscle pain and ti

31-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund CMDRF has received a total donation of over ₹1027 crore as of August 31 to help those affected in the floodhit state While nearly ₹146 crore has been received through electronic payments ₹83586 crore has been received via cash cheque

31-08-2018

Kochi Keralas Kochi airport resumed operations at 2pm today after being shut for 15 days due to the floods in the state The Cochin International Airport Limited CIAL had confirmed on Tuesday that all tests were done and the long wait ends The airport was earlier shut till August 18 after which it wa

29-08-2018

A viral video claiming to show people in a halfakilometre long queue waiting to buy alcohol in Keralas Thrissur district was found to be fake People in the video had actually queue up at a petrol pump as there was a shortage of fuel during the recent Kerala floods The video was verified using signbo

28-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram On the backdrop of auspicious Onam the Chief Minister in a Facebook post requested Malayalee diaspora around the world to come forward for the betterment of Kerala after the devastating Floods that claimed lives of several innocent citizens Citing the humongous loss of Rs 19512 cr

27-08-2018

According to Reports the Indian Navy rescued nearly 17000 people caught in gushing waters in floodravaged Kerala Navy personnel who were part of the rescue mission code named Op Madad in Kerala displayed their skills and courage in rescuing thousands of people Commander Sridhar Warriersaid In all th

27-08-2018

Kochi As flood waters rose to engulf their homes at Kainakary a picturesque village in Alappuzha district at least 20 families took refuge in a church cemetery and are living in the company of the dead with their domestic animals Thankachan and his family refused to accept help and go to a safer pla

27-08-2018

Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that USD 600000  ₹418 crore  will be sent to UNICEF to strengthen relief and rehabilitation efforts in Kerala which witnessed its worst floods in nearly a century The grant aims to bolster efforts in assisting floodaffected people to rebuild their lives t

26-08-2018

Kochi The Kerala government has announced that electricity has been restored for over 23 lakh disrupted connections The Twitter handle of Kerala Chief Ministers Office posted that so far as many as 131683 houses wrecked in the flood have been cleaned The post added that electricity has been restored

26-08-2018

US tech giant Apple on Saturday announced to donate Rs 7 crore towards the ongoing relief workWere heartbroken by the catastrophic flooding in Kerala Apple is donating Rs 7 crore to support the life saving work Mercy Corps India and the Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund are undertaking to support

25-08-2018

A day after UAE Ambassador Ahmed Albanna said his country had not announced “any specific amount as financial aid” for floodhit Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan maintained on Friday that there was “no confusion over the aid” “There is no confusion over the aid from UAE The issue was discussed

25-08-2018

Kochi Flight operations from the floodhit international airport in Kochi  which was rendered non functional for over a week will resume from August 29 instead of August 26 as announced earlier The decision to extend the date was taken at a meeting at Cochin International Airport Limited where most s

23-08-2018

A Facebook post which includes a photograph of a room in the school which was used by the displaced people has gone viral on social media In the photograph you can see the spotless floor which is so clean that the windows shine off the scrubbed surface Not a single packet of any wrapper or garbage c

23-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala government will organize a farewell for various defence forces who helped in relief and rescue operations during recent unprecedented floods in the state announced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while addressing a presser on Wednesday evening Indian Air Force Navy and Army

22-08-2018

Kerala sought a Rs 2600 crore special package from the Centre even as the state struggled to find its feet after the devastating deluge that left at least 357 dead and displaced over 14 lakh people in a fortnight Centre released Rs 600 crore to Kerala and decided to waive customs duty and GST on the

22-08-2018

Thituvananthapuram In the wake of tropical cyclones in Kerala and Karnataka coasts the Centre has proposed to set up a Cyclone Warning Centre in Thiruvananthapuram The cyclone centre is expected to come up in another one month Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences MoES M Rajeevan said on Tuesd

22-08-2018

United Arab Emirates has extended Rs 700 crore as financial assistance to rebuild floodravaged Kerala The Centre has declared the devastating floods in Kerala a calamity of severe nature The UAE has been one of the first countries to offer solidarity with the people in Kerala The people of Kerala ha

22-08-2018

Lt Commander Abhijeet Garud the 33yearold Pilot who made the dramatic rooftop landing in Kerala to rescue 26 people said that he was counting seconds and told that the rescue operation lasted around eight minutes before the chopper took off again Asked what if something had gone wrong the 33year old

21-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The volunteers at Nishagandi collection centre are facing a major challenge in sorting the collected items as they are receiving a large quantity of used clothes and expired stuffs including medicines baby foods diapers and ready to eat food items According to a volunteer in charg

21-08-2018

kochi As flood water recedes in Kerala the Centre is focusing on checking the outbreak of waterborne diseases in the affected areas The health ministry on Monday airlifted 52 MT of emergency medicines while a second batch of 20 MT medicines is expected to reach later at night Around 20MT of bleachin

21-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The inmates of Central Prison Poojapura  are toiling hard to feed those staying in relief camps across Kerala the prisoners began preparing large number of chapathis and vegetable curry for relief camp inmates and those stranded in marooned houses The Central Prison at Poojappura

21-08-2018

The Indian diaspora in China in association with the Malayalee Association has raised over Rs 14 lakh for the welfare of flood felief victims in Kerala Suresh Varma president of the Beijing Malayalee Association said the money is being routed to the Chief Ministers relief fund in Kerala through the

21-08-2018

Kochi Union Minister KJ Alphons has said that Kerala needs thousands of electricians plumbers carpenters among others to help in rehabilitating the state after floods People with technical capabilities are required to put life back into Kerala added Alphons Over 6 lakh people are currently staying i

20-08-2018

Kochi Commercial flight operations in Kochi resumed on Monday after the Navy activated its airstrips to accommodate small passenger aircraft The first flight an Alliance Air ATR plane landed on Monday morning at INS Garuda Kochi Naval Air Station The 70seater passenger planes are being operated by A

20-08-2018

A Keralite based in Oman was fired from his job after he made insensitive comments on a social media post on the plight of the floodhit victims in the state Rahul Cheru Palayattu worked as a cashier at the Oman branch of Lulu Group International He was dismissed after he made fun of the sanitation r

20-08-2018

There was respite from the rains in most parts of the state today after nearly two weeks of virtually nonstop downpour and the red alert has been lifted in several districts The rainfall intensity over Kerala has decreased over the past two days the meteorology department said today adding there is

19-08-2018

Amid horrors of the torrential rains a young couple taking shelter in a relief camp in Malappuram district got married on Sunday cheered by others also sheltering with them Anju 24 the bride has been staying with her family members at a relief camp in a lower primary school there for the last three

19-08-2018

As Kerala witnesses unprecedented deluge in last many years many NGOs and social welfare organisations have joined the operation to help flood victims Khalsa Aid International a UK based philanthropist group has sent many Sikh volunteers to help those displaced and stranded in floods Their group’s v

19-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Midst the growing crisis of heavy rainfall overflowing rivers and flooded areas aid and assistant from several parts of India and overseas have ensured safety and supply of basic relief to the affected people Commending people from across the nation for providing aid for flood rel

19-08-2018

kochi Kerala is witnessing the worst flood in over 100 years with incessant rains over the last 10 days claiming over 300 lives and leaving over three lakh homeless However as a welcome relief for the people of the floodravaged state the weather department has withdrawn red alert for all districts f

19-08-2018

kochi The government on Saturday directed speedy settlement of claims under its life insurance general insurance and crop insurance schemes in floodhit Kerala Staterun insurance companies have also set up helplines to help in immediate settlement of claims Keralas worst floods in a century have kill

19-08-2018

New Delhi In a letter to PM Narendra Modi pilots of the cashstrapped national carrier Air India committed to fly planes without payment to support rescue operations in floodhit Kerala We consider this a unique privilege that we can use to assist in such operations We have full faith that Sir you wil

19-08-2018

The NDRF has evacuated over 10000 people from the heavy rains and flood waters affected areas of Kerala till now as it said it has launched its biggestever relief and rescue operation in the country till date A total of 58 teams of the force have been deputed to work in Kerala out of which 55 are wo

18-08-2018

The district administration of Thiruvananthapuram collected  54 loads of relief material until Friday evening The officials have been transporting these materials by truck mini buses and containers to Alleppey Kottayam Idukki and Pathanamthitta for the past two days Collection centres opened by the

18-08-2018

kochi A 21yearold Kerala girl who was trolled for selling fish outside her college to meet her educational needs has contributed Rs 15 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund as the state struggles to cope with the flood fury Hanan a BSc student at a private college at Thodupuzha in Idukk

18-08-2018

Google on Saturday said that people waiting for relief in floodhit Kerala can share their location even when they are offline Flood victims can use their Android smartphones or tablets to generate and share the plus code of their exact location which can pinpoint their whereabouts and make it easier

18-08-2018

Indicating more trouble for people in the floodravaged state a scientist at the Indian Metereological Department IMD in Trivandrum predicted heavy rainfall for the next two days even as the rains intensified in Kochi and central districts The scientist said a circulation has formed in north Bay of B

18-08-2018

Kochi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced Rs 500 crore as immediate aid for Kerala in addition to the 100 crore announced earlier The PM has also announced an exgratia of Rs 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs 50000 to those seriously injured from Prime Ministers National

18-08-2018

Alappuzha Amid the worst floods in the state since 1924 Kerala MLA Saji Cherian broke down on live TV and pleaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send helicopters CPIM Chengannur MLA Saji Cherian was in tears and literally begged for help as Malayalam news channel Asianet called him for a reaction o

18-08-2018

Kochi Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kochi to conduct a survey of floodaffected regions He arrived in state capital Thiruvananthapuram on Friday night He will review the status of relief and rescue operations today More than 10000 kilometers of national and state highways and a substantiall

18-08-2018

Aluva The Indian Navy which has been pressed into service for the rescue and relief operations in floodhit Kerala helped evacuate a pregnant woman from her house to a maternity hospital so that she could receive further medical assistance Sajita Jabeel 25 was rescued by the Navy from her village in

17-08-2018

According to Reports the state has decided to increase excise duty on liquor to collect revenue for flood relief “Yes there is a financial resource crunch We shall overcome As additional resource mobilisation to the Chief Ministers Disaster Relief Management Fund the excise duty on liquor increased

17-08-2018

New Delhi The India Meteorological Department IMD  states that  there will be  a slight reduction in rain intensity over Kerala in the next 24 to 48 hoursPresently there are no circulation systems near Kerala region and rainfall is most likely to reduce during August 16 and 17 With the low pressure

17-08-2018

With the death toll in the devastating floods rising to 114 in Kerala and more than one lakh people living in relief camps across the state the Centre on Thursday 16 August deployed all three wings of the armed forces in a massive rescue operation Meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected t

17-08-2018

The flood situation in all 14 districts of Kerala particularly in Pathanamthitta remained grim on Thursday with all three arms of the defence forces the NDRF and local rescue groups working overtime to pull out people stranded across the state Seventy five people have been killed so far People were

16-08-2018

Rescue and relief operations are on in full swing at flood ravaged Kerala The state has been witnessing incessant rains that has triggered floods and landslides Many people have been stranded after flood water entered into their districts The Army the Navy and the Air Force along with the National D

16-08-2018

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi today discussed with Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan the ongoing unfortunate flood situation in the state The Prime Minister tweeted saying that Centre stands firmly with the people of Kerala and is ready to provide any assistance needed Four teams of N

15-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan demanded the intervention of Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami to reduce the water level of Mullaperiyar Dam to 139 ft The water level in Mullaperiyar Dam currently stands at 142 ft At an emergency meeting convened by the chief minister in the capital on Wednesd

15-08-2018

Noted Malayalam poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee Chemmanam Chacko 92 passed away He had been undergoing treatment for agerelated ailments for quite sometime Known for his satirical works Chacko reacted to the contemporary sociopolitical issues of Kerala through his poems Chacko had won several award

15-08-2018

Kochi Cochin International Airport has temporarily suspended flight operations for four days till August 18 In a statement the Kochi airport said Kochi Airport operations temporarily suspended till August 18 Saturday 2 pm since the inflow of water is still on a raising trend We are working hard to

15-08-2018

According to Reports the death toll due to floods in the state of Kerala rose to 44 on Wednesday India Meteorological Department IMD on Wednesday 15 August issued red alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in most places for Wayanad Kozhikode Kannur Kasargode Malappuram Palakkad Idukki and Ernakulam

15-08-2018

CPIM central committee member E P Jayarajan wa has  sworn in as a minister todayJayarajan who had held the industries and sports portfolio had resigned nearly two years ago from the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet following nepotism charges as he ran into trouble after the appointment of his nephew P K Sud

14-08-2018

kochi Rain continues to batter Kerala in many parts of Kerala with northern hill district of Wayanad experiencing widespread landslides and flooding overnight forcing thousands of people to take shelter at relief campsOver 13800 people have been provided shelter at 124 relief camps in the district M

14-08-2018

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Thiruvananthpuram has come up with new job opening for the post of Medical officer on Contract basis MBBS degree holders who are looking for government vacancy can apply  MBBS Degree holders are eligible to apply for this post Selected candidates will be pai

14-08-2018

The Indian Armys Engineer Task Force has constructed a 40footlong temporary foot overbridge with fallen trees and local resources in floodhit Keralas Wandoor The bridge was built over a road which was caved in following heavy rains in the area Army is working 24x7 in evacuating hapless people from i

13-08-2018

According to recent reports the Mollywood Actors Mammootty and his Son Dulqar Salman donates an amount of 25 lakhs  to the Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund Earlier actor Mohanlal donated 25 lakhs to the flood victim The organisation AMMA too had given 10 lakh its representatives Mukesh and Jagad

13-08-2018

New Delhi The Supreme Court today said women have the constitutional right to enter Sabarimala temple in Kerala and pray like men without being discriminated againstA five judge constitution bench headed by chief justice Deepak Mishra which is hearing a petition challenging the decision of the devas

18-07-2018

Kollam The second accused Father Mathew surrendered before Kollam Crime Branch in connection with Malankara Orthodox Church caseThe Kerala High court on Wednesday declined anticipatory bail to 3 priests of Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church who are accused of sexually abusing a 34 year old married wom

12-07-2018

13 people were killed after heavy rain lashed several parts of Kerala since the onset of monsoon Also the strong wind which hit parts of state on Saturday led to falling of trees and electric poles at several locations causing traffic or blockade of roads Heavy rain continued in districts like Iduk

10-06-2018

Thiruvananthapuram A MLA of Indian Union Muslim League IUML on monday attended the Kerala Assembly wearing a mask and gloves to highlight the impact of Nipa virus in kozhikkode district triggering a war of words between the ruling LDF and opposition UDF membersThe kuttiady MLA Parakkal Abdulla walke

04-06-2018

There is good news News for people living in Kerala as the state government has decided to reduce taxes on fuel Petrol and diesel will now be cheaper by Rs 1 in Kerala and will come into effect from June 1 Finance minister Thomas Isaac has said tax reduction could lead to a loss of Rs 500 crore Petr

30-05-2018

Thiruvananthapuram A high level meeting chaired by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reviewed the steps taken by the state government to contain the outbreak of nipah virus which has claimed 11 live so far Directions have been given to continue vigil and to strengthen the states monitoring mech

24-05-2018

11 people have died in Kozhikode district Kerala allegedly after contacting what’s being called the ‘Nipah’ virus The Union Health Minister has sent a team from National Centre for Disease Control or NCDC to investigate and offer assistance to the local administration The deaths were attributed to N

21-05-2018

 Sreenath K a coolie who cleared the written test of the Kerala Public Service Commission says that  the preparation is just about his phone and earphones as he goes about his jobSreenath has been earning his livelihood carrying heavy luggage at Ernakulam Junction in Kerala for the past five yearsUn

13-05-2018

A 22yearold woman who was born without uterus and vagina underwent a laparoscopy surgery at the Little Flower Hospital in Angamaly three months ago which has been declared successful The womans condition was discovered at the age of 13 when she failed to get periods Then it emerged she did not have

12-05-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Governor P Sathasivam has removed the name of CPM leader and former Kerala University Syndicate member Adv A A Rashid from the panel of right to information commissioners The panel was prepared by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Minister A K Balan and the opposition leader Ramesh

10-05-2018

The Kerala State Film Development Corporation will be opening 100 new movie theatres across major cities in the coming months and is planning on publicprivate partnerships for the projectThe Kerala State Film Development Corporation KSFDC chairperson Lenin Rajendran said that in addition to the 100

04-05-2018

 An Indian has hit the jackpot by winning 7 million dirhams in a Big Ticket raffle in the United Arab Emirates UAE capitalAnil Varghese Theveril 50 won the amount in the Big Ticket millionaire draw held at Abu Dhabi International Airport on ThursdayI believe that in order to hit the jackpot you dont

03-05-2018

Thiruvananthapuram On allegations of Hitech fraud on PSC Exams the govt is all set to have a new system for the well functioning in every aspect For this from August 15 onwards PSC will follow some new techniques such as issuing exam calender for applicants before 70 days of the exam and an applica

25-04-2018

KSRTC has decided to implement the eticket system It means instead of giving money and buying tickets people can use a atm like swiping card to get the tickets Even foreign countries are following this system If the system comes into action the issues with between the conductors and passengers regar

25-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The cabinet has decided not to reduce the area of ​​blue balloon national park It has also decided to not to have any residential plans by reducing the area of the park For this Land will be gathered from the uninhabited area Permission will be granted to cutt off the trees from

24-04-2018

As the government announced the notification of revised slary the nurses working in private hospitals withdrawn their Strike today Along with that the Long March which was about to begin today has also withdrawn The Labour Commision signed the  related notifcations yesterday According to the Notific

24-04-2018

Against overthrowing the pay revision Nurses working in private hospitals planning to go for a long march organised by United Nurses Assosiation The long March will begin from K V M Hospital Cherthala on March 24th and aiming to reach Secretariate by covering 168 kilometres in 8 days And on the  fir

20-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram High waves that can leap up to 25 to 3 m are likely to occur along Kerala coast between April 21 and 22 It may be from 830 am of April 21st and 1130 pm of April 22 The alert has been issued by the Indian Meteorological Department and the National Institute of Oceanography Fisher

20-04-2018

Three policemen were arrested in connection with the custody death  of Varapuzha SreejithSanthosh Sumesh and Jithinraj have been arrested All three belong to the RTF a special squad of the Rural SP They were arrested after questioning in  Aluva police ClubSreejith was taken into custody on case of 

18-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The government again suspended DGP Jacob Thomas He has been suspended now for writing a book without the permission of the government The book named ‘Sravukalkkoppam Neenthumpol’ was penned violating service rules  Earlier a team lead by Chief Secretary  found the contents of the

18-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram   A Dalit class four employee in the secretariat was transferred to another department after he lodged a complaint against the principal secretary Vishwanath Sinha alleging ill treatment at office He has been moved to the chief minister’s grievance cell Meanwhile no action was tak

18-04-2018

PERUMBAVUR An Assam native and sixyearold girl was sexually abused by a Tamil Nadu Marthandam native on Tuesday When people in the country are protesting against increasing incidents of atrocities against women this is another shocking incident Perumbavur police have arrested him A case under POCSO

17-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is getting ready to rate the performance of his cabinet ministers yet again It is learnt that the chief minister has asked the ministers to submit the progress report in order to review the performance of the departments The ministers have been dir

17-04-2018

Kottayam   Tragedy struck Poonjar when two students drowned in the Meenachil river  on Tuesday The deceased students have been identified as Kumaranellur natives Muhammad Riyas and ChristopherThe bodies have been kept in private hospital in Erattupetta Two persons who were with the students are esca

17-04-2018

Malappuram Merchants of Tanur in Malappuram district went on strike today protesting against violence as part of fake hartal on Monday Police has declared curfew in and adjacent areas of Tanur High security arrangement has been  put in place in the area On Monday the police had arrested 280 people

17-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram One more accused in connection with the murder of former radio jockey Rajesh has been caught The police have nabbed Appunni the main helper of the prime accused and the quotation – gang leader Ali bhai It was Appunni who made all the arrangements for Alibhai to murder Rajesh Acco

17-04-2018

Kochi The postmortem report of Sreejith who died in police custody at Varappuzha indicates that he died due to the extreme torture method called Uruttal The report says that there were extraordinary constusions on Sreejith’s body There are indications that a special weapon was used so that there wo

17-04-2018

Indian Meteorological Department predicts that Kerala will experience monsoon this year from June First week The monsoon will be 97 percent of normal monsoon rain is expected during the season Though the monsoon will start on June 1st week in kerala it may reach in the other parts of the country wit

17-04-2018

Kochi A 21 year old man was killed and four others were injured when fireworks kept in a shed went off after a lighted cracker fell near it during a festival at a Chapel The incident occurred yesterday night around 8 pm during the ‘Perunnal’ festivities at the Chapel Angamaly Karukutty Assissi Naga

16-04-2018

Thrissur As Keralites were celebrating the festival of Vishu today four people including a woman and 3 children drowned at quarry pond in Anjoorkunnu near kunnumkulam in Thrissur The incident happened on the eve of Sunday Anjoorkunnu native Seetha her two children her neighbour child were drowned

15-04-2018

Kochi Vineesh son of Late Vasudevan has comet to the fore against the police in connection with Varapuzha custody death incident Vineesh has said that he had not testified against Sreejith or Sajith He clarified that he only said he knew Sreejith while being questioned the second time He added tha

15-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram It has been confirmed that the nine – yearold girl who died in Alappuzha the other day contracted HIV infection through blood transfusion at Regional Cancer Centre RCC in Thiruvananthapuram Altogether 48 persons had donated blood to the girl in RCC It has been confirmed that one

15-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Heralding prosperity and harmony malayalees across the world celebrate Vishu today Vishu is Known as the harvest festival of Kerala which falls on first solar month of Medam and it marks the Malayalam new year On Vishu day people begin the day by seeing ‘Vishukani’ with idol of L

15-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The state police chief  DGP Loknath Behra had given orders to install CCTV cameras in within two days in all station lockups The move is to following the controversies of the custodial death of varapuzha youth named sreejith CCTV cameras would be installed in 471 police stations

14-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The state government has taken over Pariyaram cooperative medical college The cabinet has approved the ordinance issued related to this The  government has already started to pay the loan dues to HUDCO Following the government’s decision to take over the medical college the gover

11-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Meteorological Centre has informed that the summer rain will strengthen in state from this month 14th onwards Thunderstorm is likely to hit the state for some days Summer rain is pouring down in some parts of the state now When the rain strengthens the intense heat will decr

11-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The key accused Ali bhai in the murder of Former radio jockey Rajesh Kumar has confessed to the crime He confessed that he committed the murder for his friend Abdhul Sathar The reason for the murder is vengeance against Rajesh for destroying family life Abdul sathar is the exhusb

10-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram   A special Investigation Team SIT has been formed to probe on the custodial death of Sreejith who was accused in the case relating to the attack on a house in Varappuzha I G S Sreejith will lead the team South Zone ADGP Anil Kant will supervise the probe team headed by I G S Sree

10-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram   As per the directions of the High court the Lokayukta has ruled that the ‘poramboke’ land in Pattoor should be reclaimed 436 cents of land need to be reclaimed in Pattoor It was  found earlier that the land mentioned in the Lokayukta verdict is ‘poramboke’ Earlier the government

10-04-2018

Malappuaram From morning itself the Kottapuram Townhall was  facing unbelievable crowd which was beyond the expectations of the organisers as there was supposed to be around 350 people according to their calculation on what the programme is intended for Yesthis is a very special day and special occa

09-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Traffic was disrupted widely across the state as part of the hartal called by Dalit organizations The Dalit organization activists laid siege to road at Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram Violence was reported from many places in the southern districts of Kerala as part of the har

09-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The dawntodusk hartall called by 30 dalit organisations is progressing in the statenDalit organisations are staging protest march at Thiruvananthapuram It is reported that protestors are blocking vehicles and laying siege on road here Meanwhile Police arrested dalit activist and

09-04-2018

New Delhi The Selection Committee – DME has submitted an affidavit at the Supreme Court seeking to cancel the admissions of 10 of the 150 students who got admissions for MBBS at the Malabar Medical College in Kozhikode This new development comes during a time when uncertainty over the admissions in

07-04-2018

Kochi Around 21 self – financing medical colleges have approached the Kerala High court  seeking to double the fees Kannur Karuna  Medical colleges too are among the colleges which approached the court seeking hike in fees The managements demand the fees to be increased to Rs 11 lakh from the prese

07-04-2018

MALAPPURAM Protest against acquiring land for widening national  highway continues to rage in Malappuram as clashed were reported near Vellimukku here People came to the fore in protest as the survey from  A R Nagar to Cherali progressed They have pointed out that about 32 houses would get demolis

07-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The medical bill passed by the government to regularize the admissions in Kannur Karuna private medical colleges was handed over to the governor by law secretary today However the CM’s office had claimed that they had handed over the bill to the governor last day But the bill was

07-04-2018

Malappuram Reports say that widespread protest is raging in A R Nagar in Malappuram in connection with the issue of land acquiring for the widening of national highway Many have got  injured in the lathi charge and tear gas shelling  by the police The clash broke out with the people stopping the of

06-04-2018

The National Family Health Survey 201516 NFHS4 has shown a considerable reduction in the proportion of men who drink alcohol in Kerala while the number of women who consume liquor has increased According to reports the percentage of men who drink in Kerala have also reduced to 37 from the 452 in the

06-04-2018

Kottayam   A joint Committee of Dalit organizations have called for a dawn – to dusk hartal in the state on April 9 Monday demanding a probe by a sitting judge over the incident of shooting  of Dalits who participated in the Bharat Bandh and to register a murder case against the wrongdoers The organ

05-04-2018

Malappuram As many as 18 vehicles that was kept inside the AM Honda showroom at Angadipuram in Malappuram district were gutted down in a fire which engulfed the showroom early this morning Fire was first noticed by the local people and it started spreading to the 2 storeys of the building which hous

05-04-2018

Kochi Film actor Kollam Ajith passed away on today early morning He was 56 He was under the treatment for stomach disease in a private hospital in kochi The demise came to 340 am The body will be taken to his native place  in the morning and kept for homage at his residence The funeral will take pl

05-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Assembly has passed the bill to regularize the admission held in 2016 17 by KannurKaruna Medical Colleges The admission of 118 students in Kannur Medical College and 31 in Karuna Medical College without considering NEET criteria was regularized The bill was also supported

04-04-2018

KOCHI Kochi Corporation on Tuesday demolished the boat jetty and compound wall of the house built by actor Jayasurya on encroached government land at Chilavannur in Ernakulam Thiruvananthapuram local tribunal had earlier rejected the petition filed by Jayasury against demolition of the illegal cons

04-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram A decision to do away with the higher tax revenue from the increase in petrol and diesel  prices cannot be done and the state has not decided on this Finance minister Thomas Issac said Presently the state is facing a deficit in tax revenue Hence the state cannot afford to lose t

04-04-2018

Vadakara Rajeevan a security guard of Kannookkara Cooperative Bank was found dead near a drainage close to the bank today morning It is reported that the police are still clarify the cause of death There is no clue about the time of death According to reports minor injuries are seen on Rajeevan’s b

04-04-2018

IDUKKI The police took into custody the main accused in the alleged  morphing of women’s photogrpahs by studio staff at Vadakara The accused identified as Bibeesh was taken into cutody from Vadakara last night Satheesan and Dinesh owners of ‘Sadayam Shoot and Edit Studio’ were taken into custody fr

04-04-2018

Chengannur The CPM has alleged that BJP workers are  bribing voters ahead of the yet tobe  announced  Chengannur bypoll It has filed a police complaint Stating that the BJP workers were giving money to women children and youth from the economically backward communities The complaint stated that amou

03-04-2018

PALAKKAD An elephant that ran amok amidst a ‘Palli nercha’ function gored its mahout to death The dead mahout has been identified as Thrissur native Kannan The incident happened near Alathur in Palakkad when the elephant named Ookans Kunju that was being presented as an offering at the Melarkode Mas

03-04-2018

Kochi The Kerala High Court has given permission to give  final notification regarding the minimum wages of nurses at the private hospitals rejecting the plea submitted by private hospital managements  challenging the notification The court  said that the government can  come out with a notificatio

03-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Talking at the Assembly Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijyan has said that stringent action will be taken against those who insulted the principle of the Kanjangad Nehru College on her retirement day by paying her homage The CM Said that it was not just a case of insulting womanhood bu

03-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that vizhinjam contract period cannot be extended and asked Adani Group CEO Karan Adani to complete the Vizhinjam project in the stipulated time Karan Adani reached the Chief minister’s Chamber for a meeting with the CM The Adani Group had

03-04-2018

Kochi   The division bench of Kerala High court  rejected a plea seeking the quashing of the Unlawful Activiities Prevention Act UAPA slapped on the accused in the kathiroor Manoj murder case The plea was filed by CPM Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan and other accused in kathiroor Manoj  murder

02-04-2018

Kochi The Thrissur Vigilance Court has criticized Vigilance officials for delay in registering the FIR on a complaint that accused actor Dileep’s D Cinemas of encroaching upon around one acres of poramboke land in Chalakkudy The court allowed the officials one week’s time to register the FIR The co

02-04-2018

Kochi Former Vigilance director Jacob Thomas who had raised allegations against High court  judges did not  appear at HC for the contempt of court petition levelled against him The Division Bench comprising  the chief justice had ordered  Jacob Thomas to appear in person at the court on Monday Neve

02-04-2018

Kochi The Kerala High Court  issued  a detailed guidelines for making more transparent to the Devaswom Board Appointments The highcourt order is on a petition filed by BJP intellectual cell state convener TG Mohandas alleging that the method of appoint of Devaswom Board members at Present is anti –

02-04-2018

Kochi CPM Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan on Monday filed an appeal in the high court seeking to  quash the Unlawful Activities Act UAPA slapped on him by the CBI in the Kathiroor Manoj  murder case appeal will be considered by the division bench comprising the chief justice A single bench o

02-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram   The 24 hour general strike called by 16 trade unions in the state in protest against the centre’s decision to extend fixed term employement across sectors has begun in the state  The strike began on Sunday midnight The trade unions will stage protest march in various centres acr

02-04-2018

Kochi On the Occasion of Good Friday Cardinal Mar George Alancherry has stated an indirect hint at the Syro Malabar land controversy that surrounds himChurch laws should not be questioned using country’s law he said “It is the moral duty of every citizen to abide by the law of the county But promi

30-03-2018

KOCHI Local Police have arrested Mary Ann Clement of Josun House Kathirkadavu Kaloor for allegedly cultivating cannabis ganja plants at her residence in Kathrikadavu on Thursday Following a tipoff the Ernakulam North Police raided her house and seized five ganja plants being grown in flowerpots and

30-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Some of the KSRTC pensioners conned the cooperative banks received double pension They opened account in more than one cooperative banks and received the dues by producing the pension documents There are 30090 pensioners in the state Among them malpractices have occurred in abou

30-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Transport Minister AK Saseendran declared that  consortium of banks and Prof Sushil Khanna committee have raise the retirement age of KSRTC employees “The recommendation is under consideration of the government A final decision on raising the pension age of KSRTC staff will be tak

30-03-2018

Kochi The Ernakulam District Sessions Court on Wednesday Postponed hearing in the actress abduction and attack case to April 11 The court asked the prosecution what documents should be given to Dileep Prosecution should list the documents except the video clip which is entitled to Dileep The court

28-03-2018

A popular radio jockey from Thiruvananthapuram was hacked to death in the early hours of Tuesday Thirtysixyearold Rajesh who reportedly used to work with Red FM was hacked by unidentified persons in Pallikkal police station limits  According to Pallikkal police the accused barged into a recording s

27-03-2018

Trivandrum Kudumba Sree units are getting active in the field of painting Women from Nirakoott painting unit in  Ernakulam are getting involved in these painting activities It all started 2 years ago They have earned more than 25 lakhs for completing 20 apartments in their journey They have attained

26-03-2018

Kannur Vayalkili protest leader Suresh Keezhatoor said that the government would be given sufficient time to resolve the ongoing issues on construction of  a bypass road through paddy fields  in Keezhatoor area in Kannur district A definite time frame would be given to the government to find a solut

26-03-2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday launched the mKeralam app which will offer government services through a unified interface According to reports the users will be able to avail over 100 services initially but the number of services offered will eventually increase to around 1000 Pu

24-03-2018

Thaliparambu The CPM will today take out a march against attempts to make Keezhattoor a conflict – prone area and to malign the region’s reputation’The party will form a public protection committee on Saturday for the puposeThe committee will be announced by CPM state Secretariat member M V Govindan

24-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Easing its stand on the Keezhattoor Bypaas issue PWD Minister G Sudhakaran has written a letter to Centre exploring the possibility of constructiong an elevated highway in the region The Minister has written a letter to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and the National Highway Authori

24-03-2018

Days after Jauhar Munnavir a professor at Farook Training College in Keralas Kozhikode district attracted much ire from the public for his offensive remark comparing womens breasts to sliced melons the professor is finally being held accountable for his remarks The Koduvally police on Thursday eveni

23-03-2018

Thaliparambu The CPM is all set to deal with the Keezhattoor protestors who are protesting against the construction of the national highway bypass through Keezhattoor village in Kannur district The CPM plans to conduct a mass protest march’ under the banner ‘Protect the village’ on Saturday to Keezh

21-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The state education department has issued notice to unauthorised unaided schools in the state to close down immediately Addressing the assembly on Wednesday Education minister C Raveendranath announced the action taken against the unaided schools “The department has issued notice

21-03-2018

Thrissur A patient with breathing difficulties died while being taken to a private hospital in an ambulance in which the oxygen cylinder reportedly  got exhausted during the  journey The deceased is Kallathod Kerera Kaatil K K Sebastian 64 Relatives of the patient allege that when the patient was s

21-03-2018

Agali According to  police the charge sheet in connection with the death of tribal youth Madhu  30–yearold from Attappadi region would will be filed within 2 weeks Police have so far arrested 16 persons in connection with the murder and 8 among them have been booked for murder charges The murder c

21-03-2018

Kochi The Contempt of Court proceedings have been initiated against DGP Jacob Thomas The high court’s decision  is that he should appear in person in the court on April 2 The action is against the remarks made by him against two sitting high court  judges in a complaint  sent to the Central Vigilanc

20-03-2018

Kochi The State Human Rights Commission SHRC has issued a directive to investigate the anonymous complaint of a final semester law college student of Govt Law College who has been kept on house arrest The Investigation would be held by a person not less the rank of a DySP and report submittedThe la

20-03-2018

Ramanattukara Protesting against the distasteful remarks on the dressing style of girl students made by a professor a girl students under SFI Kozhikode district committee led a symbolic protest march called ‘Watermelon march’ to the Farook College on Monday KSU and ABVP also staged protest march dem

20-03-2018

Kochi Eminent poet Balachandran Chullikkad has saked the authorities to remove his works from the syllabus and not to allow research on his poems Speaking in a press conference here Chullikkad said that he is putting forth this demand in the scenario of those who do not have the Knowledge to teach l

19-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Adani Group has approached the state government seeking more time to complete the Vizhinjam port project In its request the company said the inclement weather affected the project and that the drudgers were damaged in Cyclone OckhiThe requirements of the company will be studi

19-03-2018

After the state animal bird flower and fish Kerala is all set to get its “official fruit” now And it is none other than the jackfruit the largest tree borne fruit known for its distinctive taste and aroma The state government will make an official declaration in this regard on March 21 based on a pr

18-03-2018

Malappuram   A tanker lorry tipped  over near Aripura on the Kozhikode Palakkad National Highway resulting in traffic disruption on the road As a gas leak is suspected from the tanker the traffic on the road has been divertedThe accident  took place at 8 in the morning The tanker lorry containing c

18-03-2018

Mannarkkad In an early morning shocker two persons were killed when a vehicle ran over them when they were sleeping  near a parked bus at Mannarkkad in  PalakkadThe incident happened early morning at about 4 in the morning Two migrant workers from Jharkhand were killed and one sustained injuries Th

18-03-2018

Kochi A division bench of kerala High court  has stayed the single bench order to file a case against Cardinal Mar George Alencherry in controversial Syro Malabar land deal The stay is also applicable to steps taken by the police heeding to the single bench high court order to file case and start i

16-03-2018

Kochi The Kerala High Court on Thursday strongly criticised the state government for the delay in registrering case against Syro –Malabar church Major Archbishop Cardinal Mar George Alancheryy over the disputed land deal The court asked why it took four days for the police to file FIR against the C

15-03-2018

Kochi The Kerala High Court today strongly criticised the state government for the delay in registrering case against Syro –Malabar church Major Archbishop Cardinal Mar George Alancheryy over the disputed land dealThe court asked why it took four days for the police to file FIR against the Cardinal

15-03-2018

Kochi The Kerala High Court Postponed hearing of an appeal filed by Cardinal Mar George Alencherry who has been named as first accused in the controversial land deal of the Ernakulam Angamali archdiocese of the Syro–Malabar Church The appeal filed today has been postponed to Friday A senior advocat

13-03-2018

Kozhikode A group of women staff in the Excise Department has lodged a complaint of sexual and mental harassment against male colleagues including senior officials The women officers submitted their complaint to the Excise Minister State Human Rights Commission Excise Commissioner and State Women’s

13-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The pension age of KSRTC employees wont be increased Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed in assembly  today He was replying to a notice of adjournment moved by the opposition “We haven’t yet arrived  at a decision regarding this But we would think about it We are unable to

13-03-2018

Kochi The Kerala High  Court has come down heavily up on Jacob Thomas who is serving suspension while considering his sub petition seeking protection under Whistleblowers Protection Act for himself and his family The court has said “Jacob Thomas is a public servant and not a public master” The HC a

12-03-2018

IDUKKI A 39member gang consisting of tourists and college students from Tamil Nadu who came to visit Meesapulimala here got trapped in a forest fire Theni DySP has informed that 9 among these people have died in the incident About 25 people have been rescued According to sources these 36 people con

12-03-2018

Kannur A students Federation of India SFI was stabbed at Taliparambu  in the wee hours of today SFI leader NV Kiran sustained stab injuries on his leg and chest in the attack A gang attacked Kiran and those accompanying him when they were returning after participating in the Thrichambaram temple fe

11-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Indian Metrological Department IMD has cautioned fishermen in Thiruvananthapuram district from venturing into sea The warning was issued after a low pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal off South Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka coast The fishermen were alerted that they should no

11-03-2018

Kozhikode In her first visit to kerala after the Supreme Court’s verdict Hadiya and Shafin Jahan reached Kozhikode today Hadiya said she had faced several accusations from various corners but has obtained freedom now after the apex court restored her marriage with Shafin Jahan Addressing the media 

10-03-2018

Kochi Breaking his silence on DMRC’s decision to withdraw the multicrore Light Metro projects in Kerala DMRC Principal Adviser E Sreedharan  today said the lack of interest shown by the state government has compelled the Corporation to back off from the projects Addressing a press conference here

08-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala State Film Awards has new face With Indrans Winning the best actor award and Parvthy the best actress Kerala State Film Awards were announced today by Minister AK BalanIndran won the award for the movie Alorukkam and Parvathy for the movie Take Off The award consist c

08-03-2018

Kannur  In Kannur A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was reportedly defaced by an unidentified person at Taliparambu It is situated in front of the Taliparamb Taluk Office was vandalised at around 7 am today A unknown man hurled stones at the statue broke the spectacles and destroyed the garland on the sta

08-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The kerala High Court told CBI to take over investigation of the Shuhaib murder case The order has come in response to the plea filed by Shuhaib’s parents Pronouncing the judgement Justice B Kemal Pasha said that the CBI should probe it as a fresh case in order to bring out the t

07-03-2018

The Kannur town police arrested a 32yearold man for allegedly issuing a death threat over the phone to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan The accused is identified as Vijesh who claims to a hardcore RSS worker According to police officials Vijesh made a call to the CPI M district office in Kannu

06-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC has withdrawn from the proposed Light Metro project in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode cities DMRC chief advisor E Sreedharan had given a letter with regard to this to the government on February 28 But government has not replied yet DMRC office

06-03-2018

Thiruvanthapuram The vigilance has repeated that there is no evidence against Kerala Congress M Chairman KM Mani in the bar bribery case They submitted the report at the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court Stating that no evidence is available to prove that Mani has received bribe The vigilance had

05-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram An Anonymous telephone caller issued a death intimidation  to Chief  Minister Pinarayi Vijayan The police have registered a case and  initiated probe Following the death Intimidation the security of the Chief Minister has been strengthened It is reported that police officials ar

05-03-2018

Kochi Former Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and former Chairperson of Kerala Women’s  Commission Justice D Sreedevi79  passed away today at  2 am at her residence in kaloor Azad Road She has been under treatment for liver disease for a few days Funeral will be held today at 5 in the evening Ern

05-03-2018

Kozhikode With the Supreme Court ruling 152 more bars will be opened in the state Excise Minister T P Ramakrishan said the procedures for it will start by this week The minister said the bars are allowed to open after the supreme court verdict The apex court had last month ordered that the governme

04-03-2018

Kottarakara   In a bizarre mishap a policeman was killed when a lorry lost control and ran into a group of policeman who were conducting rescue operations after a road accident The  deceased is driver Vipin of the Police Control Unit SI Venugopal from the Police Control unit and ASI Ashokan sustaine

04-03-2018

Thrissur The post mortem report revealed that the tribal youth Madhu  who was mob lynched in Attappadi was brutally beaten on the previou days of the murder too The detailed post mortem report shows that Madhu died of brutal manhandling Dr N Balram the head of the forensic department of Thrissur Go

04-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The discussion between United Nurses Association UNA and the labour commissioner ended without any results Another discussion will be held on Tuesday About 62000 nurses from the private hospitals across that state would protest by taking leave for indefinite period alleging that

03-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The State Police Chief Loknath Behra has directed that lady sub inspectors should given the charge of SHO Staion House Officer in maximum police stations on International Women’s Day which falls on March 8 as part of promoting women empowerment The lady police officers will be

03-03-2018

Kollam Mothers can now comfortably breastfeed their babies at railway stations The Rotary Club plans to set up breastfeeding cabins  in all railway stations in the state 2 breastfeeding cabins have been set up in Kollam as part of the project They  implements the project with the cooperation of rai

03-03-2018

Chennai Kerala Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has  been admitted to hospital as a part of routine medical checkup the chief minister’s office clarified on Saturday “The CM visited Appollo Hospitals in Chennai as a part of routine medical checkup It was a preplanned visit His wife also accompanied

03-03-2018

Kannur The Kerala High Court has ruled that women should not be denied opportunity to resume their course just because they had to halt studies in the middle due to pregnancy or child birth The judgement was passed by justice Anu Shivaraman on a petition filed by K Ansiyabi a BA Arabic student of

03-03-2018

Chennai   Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan is hospitalized at the Appollo hospital Chennai today The chief minister has been admitted to the Chennai hospital situated at Greams Road this morning and is reported to have a variation in blood count He has been taken to the hospital on Saturday early mor

03-03-2018

Transgenders in Keralas Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday staged a daylong hunger strike in front of the Secretariat alleging violence against transgenders by police The protestors demanded withdrawal of false cases against them action against guilty cops a legislation to protect their rights and gove

02-03-2018

Attappadi Chief Miniter Pinarayi Minister visits Attappadi today to assess the situation following the death of tribal Madhu He chaired a meeting of officers of various departments concerned with the welfare of the tribals at the KILA hall at Agali Afterwards visited madhu’s home at Mukkali Chindakk

02-03-2018

A Kerala man living in the UAE had helped in bringing back the mortal remains of veteran actress Sridevi Ashraf Sherry Thamarassery had handled the paperwork as Sridevis body was being embalmed by the Dubai authorities after the police clearance Sridevi had passed away on Saturday night and her mort

01-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a case against the “Kuthiyottam” ritual performed during Attukal Pongala festival Case has been registerd on the basis of media reports Kuthiyottam performed as part of the Pongal festival by young boys wh

01-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Preparations have been completed for the  Attukal Pongala festival on Friday The  Pongala ritual will begin at 1015 am after the ceremonial ‘Thottam Pattu’ Pongala nivedhyam will be at 230pm Sacred hearths will be lit within 10 km perimeter of the temple Tantri Thekkedathu Kuzhik

01-03-2018

Kochi A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court by Muhammed father of slain Youth Congress worker Shuhaib demanding CBI Probe into his son’s murder The case was filed with special permission from the High Court The case will be considered today itself Muhammed’s advocate had requested the

27-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The state government on Tuesday withdrew case against six LDF legislators who were booked for vandalism inside the assembly during budget presentation in 2015 The decision to withdraw the case was taken on a petition submitted by V Sivan Kutty one of the accused There was uproar

27-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Opposition on today raised slogans and created ruckus in the Kerala Assembly by taking up the issuer of shuhaib murder and the lynching of tribal youth Madhu in Attappady The Opposition members reached the Assembly wearing black badge Even though the Speaker informed that an

26-02-2018

Dubai Veteran actor Sridevi’s mortal remains will be flown back to India from Dubai today her family said in a statement Sridevi’s body could not be repatraiated yesterday as the final investigation reports from Dubai Police were not ready last evening Reliance Communications RCom chairman Anil Amb

26-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday informed the Assembly that the State government will not order a CBI probe into Youth Congress activist Shuhaib’s murder at Edayannur near Mattannur The Opposition members boycotted the Assembly in protest against the chief minister’s sta

26-02-2018

Mannarkkad A youth has been stabbed to death following a conflict between CPI and  Muslim League wokers Kunthippuzha native Safeer son of Mannarkkad Municipality Councillor Varodan Sirjuddheen was killed in the clash The incident took place  in a textile shop at kodathippadi on Sunday by 9pm Safeer

26-02-2018

Iritty Father of Akash Thillankeri the main accused in connection with Shuhaib’s murder contributed Rs 100 to the fund collection drive for Shuhaib’s family under the leadership of Congress Akash’s father Vanjeri Raveendran donated the moneywhile Congress workers of Thillankeri Mandalam Committee w

25-02-2018

Kochi M M Akbar Islamic preacher and managing director of Peace International School was arrested in Hyderabad on today According to highly placed sources Akbar had arrived in Hyderabad from Australia and was scheduled to board a flight to Doha on Monday However he was held from Telangana’s capita

25-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan  expressed grief over demise of  veteran actress Sridevi on today  In a facebook Post he noted that her demise is an irreparable loss to the Indian Cinema “It is really painful to know that Sridevi who was in the Indian Cinema since five decades i

25-02-2018

Kozhikode Police on today seized a lorry laded with explosives weighing one tonne at Odatheruvu here The lorry was seized by a police team led by Mukkam SI  Abhilash at Edavanna Quilandy state highway The police team seized the lorry during an inspection conducted after a tipoff The lorry going fr

24-02-2018

Thrissur Post – mortem report has confirmed the argument that tribal youth Madhu’s death due to internal bleeding caused by a severe blow to the back of his head The report also says that Madhu had suffered severe blows to his chest in which his entire rib cage was broken   Bruis marks were also fo

24-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The state government on today announced a financial aid of Rs 10 lakh to the family of tribal youth who was allegedly lynched by a mob at Attappadi on suspicion of theft Chief ministerPinarayi vijayan directed the Chief Secretary to hurry up the procedures While Forest Minister

24-02-2018

Kannur Police have taken 5 people into custody in connection with the murder of Youth Congress functionary Shuhaib They were nabbed from Virajpet in Karnataka and being interrogated at Mattannur CI office The involvement of 3 people in the murder have been confirmed Kannur SP Siva Vikram told media

24-02-2018

Palakkad More Statements are coming out regarding the involvement of forest officials in the lynching of the tribal youth Madhu in Attapadi Chandrika Madhu’s sister has said that it was the forest officials who provided all the help to the people who attacked Madhu “Usually the forest officials do

24-02-2018

Actor Mammootty has written an emotionally touching social media post on the alleged mob lynching of  tribal youth Madhu in Attapadi He started his post by mentioning that he would like to address Madhu not as a tribal man but as his younger brother Mammootty also said  in the post that a person  w

23-02-2018

Thrissur Finally the CPM organizational report stated that the poor people of the society are not with party any more Majority of the destitute were supporting  the party but it is changing now This has to be examined seriously said the report The number of party members keep increasing as time pa

23-02-2018

NEWDELHI The Supreme Court rejected the plea seeking a CBI probe in the bar bribery scam in which former financer minister K M Mani  is an accused The court clarified that it cannot intervene in a case which is being investigated by the vigilance The court also said that it can be informed at a lat

23-02-2018

Thrissur  Shri A K Balan minister of law welfare of SC ST has said that stringent action will be taken against those found guilty in the incident of the lynching of  a tribal man named Madhu in Attapadi alleging that he had stolen food  items “It is being said that Madhu stealing food items is wha

23-02-2018

Kannur The sister of Slain youth Congress Leader Shuhaib has written an open letter to chief minister pinarayi Vijayan seeking his intervention to end political violence in Kannur Let our ikka be the last one on the list ” Sumayya writes The  emotional letter from Sumayya comes 10 days after the so

23-02-2018

KANNUR The accused who got arrested in connection with the hacking to death of youth Congress leader Shuhaib in Mattanur will be produced for an identification parade on today The identification parade of  Akash Thillankeri and Rijin Raj will happen at the  special  jail in kannur Mean while the  p

23-02-2018

Kannur Congress Leader K Sudhakaran Said today that he will continue his  hunger strike  infront of  Kannur Collectorate  till the government announces a CBI Probe into the murder of Youth Congress leader Shuhaib Sudhakaran decided to continue the hunger strike after the UDF meeting held at the agi

22-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Four student sustained injuries when a school bus fell off the Mamam bridge in Attingal on Wednesday The injured students have been shifted to the Taluk hospital nearby None had suffered serious injuries Around 15 students were in the bus at the time of the accident The bus lost

21-02-2018

Kannur Minister A K Balan who led the peace meeting which finally  ended in a boycott by the opposition said the government is ready for any kind of Investigation into the murder of Youth Congress Leader Shuhaib  If there is  dissatisfaction over Police’s probe into the alleged  murder anyone can

21-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram A young man from Ottappalam has made  a daring  appearance at the zoo in Thiruvananthapuram by jumping  into the enclave for lions Even though 33 year old Murukan Thonippadath provoked the  lioness Staff’s timely intervention saved him The zoo keepers diverted the lion’s attentio

21-02-2018

As the indefinite strike announced by the private bus operators  enters third day in Kerala the strike has actually turned out to be a blessing for state transport corporation Kerala State Transport Corporation KSRTC has recorded over Rs 7 crore in revenue for the second straight day on Sunday This

18-02-2018

Kochi 5 people were killed and 10 others injured in a blast that took place inside a ship at the Cochin Shipyard in Kochi The blast took place around 1045 am on board Sagar Bhushan a Oil and natural Gas Corporation ONGC drilling ship that was berthed for repair At least 2 people are said to be trap

13-02-2018

The angamaly magistrate court dismissed the petition  filed by actor Dileep seeking all evidences including assault visuals to be handed over to him The angamaly court  also shifted the trial of the actress attack case to the District Sessions Court The Court said it will not hand over the visuals

07-02-2018

Thiruvananthapuram A controversy has erupted after kerala assembly speaker P Sreeramakrishnan bought a pair of spectacles for nearly Rs 50000 and got the amount reimbursed from the state treasury The information with regard to the glasses emerged Saturday morning a day after the presentation of th

03-02-2018

Alleppy CUSAT Alappuzha has suspended classes in its engineering college following the protest of students The protest is due to some vegetarian students seeking action against serving them beef cutlets as a vegetarian dish University vicechancellor J Latha said that the college was shut down to bri

01-02-2018

After 783 days long protest in front of the Kerala  Secretariateseeking justice for brothers custodial deathSreejith calls of his protest as the the CBI recorded his statement Though the C B I agreed to begin investigation last week Sreejith said that he will only call off the protest when there is

31-01-2018

According to reports officials are planning to screen a laser show at the oldest dam in Asia located in IdukkiKerala The aim of the show is depicting the history of the state It is planned to be screened on the dam wall surface which is 500 feet high and 600 feet wide If the project becomes a realit

29-01-2018

Palakkad RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unfurled Indian flag on Republic Day in a private school in Palakkad Town Bhagavath reached the Vyas Vidya vidyapeetam CBSE affiliated Higher Secondary School at 930 am and unfurld the flag His actions could kick up a stir as the state government issued a directive t

26-01-2018

Trivandrum Kerala government issued a circular related to hoisting the national flag The circular stated that a minister should hoist the flag at the district level whereas in panchayat and municipal areas the Panchayat President municipal Chair person and Mayor can hoist the flag The circular also

24-01-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Centre agreed to give Sreejiv custodial death case to CBI The central agency to probe after Sreejith Sreejiv’s brother has been protesting to seek justice for the last 767 days outside Secretariate in Thiruvananthapuram “Will continue my protest till the CBI probe begins will

19-01-2018

Kannur Monday to Saturday it is a police station On Sunday it transforms  to a pediatric centre The police station will double as a free clinic for children every Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm The initiative is the brain child of circle inspector TK Retnakumar of Kannur Town Police station which is one

17-01-2018

Authorities in UAE have imposed a new rule for foreigners who seek work A certificate  of Good conduct It will take effect from February 4 2018 according to reports As per the decision of the UAE Cordination Committee or Cabinet resolution issued in 2017 stipulating that UAE Work Visa applicants

16-01-2018

Pinarayi Vijayan has promised to Sreejith and his mother that the government will take a positive stand in the high court to take over the case with the CBI Sreejith and his mother visited the CM on Monday evening CM explained the steps taken by the government for the CBI investigation The state go

15-01-2018

Thiruvananthapuram   The Kerala Startup Mission KSUM has tiedup with Zone Startup India to subsidise the threemonth virtual accelerator programme commencing on February 5 Zone Startups India director Ajay Ramasubramaniam said it was their first direct engagement with a state government “A lot of pr

11-01-2018

The Kerala government allowed prisoners in the jails to donate their organs to their close relatives The action is because recently a patient had passed away after authorities failed to give the required permission to a prisoner who was willing to donate one of his kidneys to the patient  

12-01-2018

The Kerala Womens Commission has slamms against an order that insists women teachers should wear coats over sarees St Marys High School in Pathanamthitta passed this order to the teachers The St Mary’s high school Pathnamthitta had no power to give such directions which goes against the government c

12-01-2018

Kerala Blasters crushed Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League Kerala blasters have pulled out three goals against Delhi DynamosIn the past games because of bad performace and the sudden resignation of coach MulestanThe Blasters were been under greater criticization and pressureBut now the presenc

10-01-2018

Kozhikode Kozhikode won the 58th  state school festival This is the 12th consecutive time Kozhikodu winning  the Crown They won the title with 895 points Palakkad came in second place with a difference of two points From the very first day onwards Kozhikode was ahead of the list palakkd was also th

10-01-2018

Calicutt District collector UV Jose has come in for the cleaning up of the renovated Kozhikode sweet street The Collector and team arrived at the street at 6am and headed to remove the garbage dung It is because of the irresponsible actions of towns men and business men that lead to the worst condit

09-01-2018

Devotees are restricted to travel through jungle road to Sabarimala Traveling through Karimala and Pulmedu areas is limited now The action was taken in the background of the attacks on the last days by elephants against the devotees and more than that people should be very careful even in day time a

09-01-2018

Kerala   Manual scavening an abominable practise that claims several lives across the country every year is going to be a past thing as the Kerala Government is procuring 50 robots which are developed to clean sewer holes Manual scavening is a caste based occupation mainly involving cleaning septic

08-01-2018

To improve security measures in the state the Kerala Police has decided to add hightech cameras as part of its uniform in a bid The cameras will be equipped with features such as live streaming and broadcast facilities infrared facilities for better night vision The cam will also have eight hours of

06-01-2018

Age proof is now required for women visiting Sabarimala temple This is because of the women devotees trying to trek to the shrine as the age group in between 1050 is banned TDB president A Padmakumar said any authentic document or certificate including Aadhaar card is acceptable during the routine

05-01-2018

Thiruvananthapuram  The strike by junior doctors in  protest to the decision of  the increase in the pension age of doctors has been settled by the Health Minister KK Shailajas assurance The Junior Doctors asked for an increase in the postsas if  new posts are not created parallel to  the increase o

31-12-2017

Fourteen people including 11 women most of them in their 20s and early 30s were killed and several injured in a massive fire that started from a restaurant in Mumbais Kamala Mills compound late on Thursday night and spread rapidly to nearby restaurants and offices as well Fire fighters took more tha

29-12-2017

Malappuram Six children died in a boat accident Kadukuzhi Lake near  Changaramkulam Narayanapuzha Ponnani In honor of the deceased in the accident two panchayaths namely Alankodu nallamukk panchayaths will be observing harthal tomorrow                                                               

26-12-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Months after the crippling global ransomeware attack Wannacry another cyber attack was reported in kerala Computers at the Mercantile  Bank branch in Thiruvananthapuram fell prey to the cyber attack The warning also said that if the files need to be retrieved then money in the fo

26-12-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala State Government Harivarasanam award goes to melody queen  K S Chithra This annual award is for making Sabarimala popular The award consist of 1 lakh rupee and a plate The first Harivarasanam award was given to K J Yesudas in 2012  

26-12-2017

Thiruvanathapuram  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Poonthura in Thiruvananthapuram to review the destruction caused in  the village after cyclone Ockhi He is expected to interact with the fisherfolk in the relief camp at St Thomas School on Poonthura According to earlier reports it was repor

19-12-2017

Kochi In regards to the actress abduction case the Malayalam actor Dileep has filed a counter case against the prosecution on the case file which has been leaked to the media The prosecution confirmed that the case file has not been leaked to the media from there end and even requested a solid inv

16-12-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM After Congress President  Rahul Gandhi visited villages hit by Cyclone Ockhi and commiserated with families of fisher folk Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also said to visit Kerala and Tamil Nadu soon an official said Putting an end to political criticism Modi was expected to visi

16-12-2017

Kochi Ernakulam’s chief judicial magistrate court awarded death sentence for convict Ameerul islam in Jisha rape and murder case A hearing to decide the quantum of punishment to the lone convict found guilty in the rape and murder of the 30 – year –old Dalit law student in Kerala last year was held

14-12-2017

Thiruvananthapuam    President – elect of Congress Rahul Gandhi would arrive in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday to attend the culmination of  Ramesh chennithala led road show ‘Padayorukkam’ He will also visit  Ockhi ravaged poonthura and vizhinjam In the evening he would inaugurate the birth centenar

13-12-2017

Kochi The quantum of punishment to Jisha murder case accused Ameerul Islam who was found guilty by the court on Tuesday will be pronounced on Thursday The court heard the arguments of both the prosecution and the defence lawyer The case is similar to the Nirbhaya murder and the accused has no remor

13-12-2017

Kochi  The Ernakulam Principal sessions court  on today found accused Amer ul Islam guilty in the Jisha murder case The quantum of punishment will be  pronounced  on Wednesday The Corut  had filed charges of  murder rape and destruction of evidence against Ameer The Assam native is only accused in

12-12-2017

Tirur Maruti car was recreated as benz The owner trapped The tyre structure and the front  of the car have been  changed so that it cannot be recognized The vehicle was found on the basis of  a complaint lodged with  transprort commissioner When the authorities were put in this he changed the car

08-12-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Cyclone Ockhi which has caused widespread damage in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts will not be termed a national disaster Minister of State for Tourism KJ Alphons said on Sunday On Saturday the Governement decided to approach the Centre for declaring Ockhi a national di

03-12-2017

Kochi Noted actor and Mimicry artist Kalabhavan Abi passed away today at a private hospital in Kochi due to health complications Reports said that  extreme fall in platelet count was the reason for his death His son shane Nigam is an emerging actor 

30-11-2017

kozhikkode Hadiya Jehan’s father K M Ashokan said on  Wednesday he will move a contempt plea in the Supreme Court against Sivaraj Homeopathy Medical College in Salem where his daughter is studying for its decision to allow her husband Shefin Jehan to meet her at the college He also questioned the c

30-11-2017

T’puram Senior CPI Leader and Former Minister E Chandrasekharan Nair Passed away on Wednesday afternoon at Sreechithra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram According to the party he was suffering from agerelated illness and breathed his last at a hospital One

29-11-2017

Live updates Nov 27 2017 536 pm IST The Supreme Court ordered the college administration to treat Hadiya like any other student and as per hostel rules but remained silent on whether Shafin Jehan or her parents would be allowed to meet her while she completes her studies Nov 27 2017 534 pm ISTCJI

27-11-2017

New Delhi Hadiya a woman whose decision to convert from Hinduism to be able to marry her Muslim lover kicked up a debate over individual liberties parental authority and socalled “love jihad” will meet Supreme Court judges at 3pm on Monday Hadiya born Akhila Ashokan married Shafin Jahan without he

27-11-2017

Lionel Messi drew level with Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of four European Golden Shoes after receiving the award at a ceremony in Barcelona on FridayThe FC Barcelona superstar claimed the prize – handed to Europe’s top goalscorer – for his 37 LaLiga strikes in 201617It is the fourth time Messi has tak

25-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram History was created on Wednesday when the Indian Navy inducted its firstever woman pilot The first batch of female officers passed out from the Indian Naval Academy Ezhimala Kannur on Wednesday Shubhangi Swaroop a cadet from Uttar Pradesh became the first woman pilot in Indian Nav

23-11-2017

Sabarimala On Sunday a 31 year –old woman tried to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple Women devotees between the age group of 1050 are not allowed to enter the temple According to Sources the woman a  resident of West Godavari district in Telengana was detained by police at Sannidhanam the temple co

21-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram A remotely piloted aircraft RPA of the Indian Navy SearcherII UAV crashed on Tuesday while taking off at the Southern Naval Command at Kochi in kerala The aircaraft was part of the kochi based Indian Naval Air Squadron 342 The mishap took place at around 1025 am reports said The

21-11-2017

T’puram Noisy scenes erupted in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation council meet and mayor was injured in the Scrimmage between BJP and CPM CorporatorsNow he has been rushed to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital ltiframe srcwwwyoutubecomembedrGJfut9UjX0 width560 height314 allowfullscreenal

18-11-2017

Sabarimala A hospital has inaugurated in Sabarimala sannidhanam by health minister K K Shailaja teacher The  three storey building was built at a cost of 543 crore from the National Health Mission It aims for providing better treatment for pilgrims Building has been constructed in 3 floors at 1692

17-11-2017

Aluva In the case of malayalam actress abduction Actor Dileep again called for interrogation On Nov 14th Actor dileep was again called for police interrogation in connection with seizure and assault case of a Malayalam actress The Malayalam actor is being interrogated in Aluva area of Ernakulam di

15-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The CPI has boycotted the weekly Cabinet meeting where embattled transport minister Thomas Chandy is also likely to be present The meeting began a short while ago at Secretariat in Thiruvananthpuram on Wednesday The CPI is under tremendous pressure for the resignation of the NCP

15-11-2017

Cochin A Jet Airways passenger on Monday caused a delay in a Mumbai bound flight after a hijack scare The passenger named Clince Varghese told an FSL staff that he is going to hijack the flight with a happy bomb The incident happened at the time of boarding process The airport authorities have detai

13-11-2017

A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sngh RSS worker was stabled to death on Sunday by alleged activist of the ruling Communist Party of India Marxist in kerala which has been of late witnessin frequent political clashes Police said Vadekkethala Anandan 28 and accused in the murder of CPIM activist Mohammed Kas

13-11-2017

Guruvayoor An RSS worker was stabbed to death on Sunday by alleged activists of the ruling Communist Party of India Marxist in Kerala which has been of late witnessing frequent political clashes Vadekkethala Anandan28 an accused in the murder of CPI M activist Mohammed Kasim 5 months ago was on hi

13-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The kerala police has registered a case against an Air India Express pilot on the basis of a complaint from a female flight attendant who alleged that she was sexually harassed by him A case has been registered under section 354 A sexual harassment of the Indian Penal Code a pol

11-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram To ensure ‘menstrual hygiene’ among girls the kerala government on Wednesday launched a new scheme for school students in the stateThe ‘She Pad’ scheme will benefit the girls of classes 6 to 12 in kerala and will be implemented in 300 schools in 114 panchayats this year Chief Min

10-11-2017

Kollam A 55yearold woman killed and more than 30 others injured when a foot overbridge across a canal collapsed at Chavara in Kollam district The bridge was located inside the staterun Kerala Minerals and metals Limited KMML complex The Victim Shyamala was an employee of KMML She died after the iro

30-10-2017

Kottayam The Kerala Women’s Commission responded to reports of a danger to the life of Hadiya a 24yearold woman who converted to Islam by asking the Kottayam district police to conduct a highlevel inquiry In her letter to district police chief Chairperson MC Josephine said the officer heading the pr

28-10-2017

Kollam Following a High Court order the government is now forced to appoint female employees at the outlets of Kerala State Beverages Corporation Limited BEVCO Shiny Rajeev has now joined as the first woman staff at a staterun beverage outlet in Puthenvelikkara near North Paravur Shiny who had pas

28-10-2017

Kottayam A video in Kerala ‘love jihad’ case has surfaced in which Hadiya can be seen pleading for help “Get me out of here Today or tomorrow I am going to die” the 24yearold Hadiya can be seen saying in the video apparently recorded in August “I am sure about this My father is getting angry I can m

27-10-2017

Kozhikkode AwardWinning Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla  77 passed away in Kozhikkode He was a doctor by profession won the Sahithya Akademi award for his novel Smarakasilakal 1980 and the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award twice for the same novel 1978 and Malamukalile Abdulla 1980 He is regard

27-10-2017

Thiruvananathapuram Traffic restrictions will be in place in the city from 1 pm to 8 pm on Friday in connection with President Ramnath Kovind’s visit Traffic and parking will be restricted along the airport Shanghumukham All Saints Chaka Bypass Venpalavattom Akkulam Kuzhivila Mukkolakkal Attinkuzhi

27-10-2017

Kannur Kerala Police arrested 2 more people with alleged Islamic State relations taking the total number of arrested people to 5 in two days On Wednesday 3 men with suspected links with the ISIS were arrested in the district the police said The trio who had left the state years ago were suspected t

26-10-2017

Thrissur The Guruvayoor Temple chief priest said that the government should make arrangements for nonHindus devotees to be able to offer prayers without any hitch This comes in tow of renowned singer Yesudas’ request to offer prayers in Trivandrum’s Shree Padmanabha Swamy Temple The Guruvayoor Shre

25-10-2017

 “If women are allowed in Sabarimala shrine it will become a spot for Thailand tourism” Says the head of Kerala temple’s board  The comment made by Travancore Dewasom Board TDB president Prayar Gopalakrishnan is now drawing flak from people “If women are allowed we cant ensure their security We don

14-10-2017

Delhi Central to intervene in kochi actress assault case  The action was taken after the complaint filed by a FEFKA member Salim to the Prime Minister’s office The complaint demands an inquiry to the conspiracy against Actor Dileep    Salim alleges that Dileep was trapped in this case There are sti

14-10-2017

New Delhi Two Kerala women both named Athira with different surnames have deposed before the National Investigation Agency NIA stating that they were induced and brainwashed to convert to Islam The women in their statements said that they were provided literature and audiovideo materials relating to

11-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Police arrested a 65yearold priest from Thiruvananthapuram  for allegedly sexually abusing a 10yearold school girl inside a church The incident took place when the victim had gone to  church for taking Bible lessons the police said The accused Father Devaraj of Kandanthitta

10-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The Crime Branch investigation team led by Ernakulam Crime Branch SP Santhosh Kumar has submitted a report to Crime Branch DGP A Hemachandran saying that Hadiya aka Akhila was not forced to embrace Islam and it was her own decision to do so  The report also said that Hadiya hersel

09-10-2017

Karnataka The bangalore city civil court has pronounced judgement about the solar scam case filed by K Kuruvila a businessman The court issued the verdict on the petition filed by Oommen Chandy asking him to sue from the case Oommen chandy’s relative who was allegedly involved in a 400crore solar p

07-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala chief minister to call a meeting to assess activities of Ministers It has been informed to all ministers and heads of departments to attend the meeting It also assess the function of ministers and the progress of the major projects of the government The chief minister’s o

07-10-2017

Kochi Malayalam Actor Dileep was granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the actress assault case and one day after his release he was reinstated as the President of the Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala FEUOK The current standing president Antony Permubavoor said “We have not ousted hi

05-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The UDF Wednesday called for a statewide hartal on October 16 to protest against the policies of the Centre and the state government The decision was announced by leader of opposition Ramesh Chennithala The hartal will be observed from 6 am to 6 pm The protest will highlight the d

04-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram BJP chief Amit Shah in a traditional Kerala Dhoti offered prayers on Tuesday morning at Rajarajeswara temple in the northern district of kannur before launching his party’s Jan Raksha Yatra Over the next 15 days Amit Shah and other top BJP leaders and union ministers will relay

04-10-2017

Kochi Malayalam superstar Dileep arrested for alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the kidnapping of an actress was today granted bail by the Kerala High Court The bail conditions include surrendering his passport furnishing a bond of Rs 1 lakh and a pledge to stay away from witnesses in th

03-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said all people bear attention  on utilizing the public complaint system They may submit their complaints to the government by an online system by all the people of the state httpcmokeralagovin is the public link that explains the complaint

30-09-2017

Kochi In a twist of the tale the local authorities have slapped a case under nonbailable sections on Shafeeq the online cab driver who was allegedly assaulted by three women in the city last week The police had arrested Clara Shibin28 Sheeja Afsal30 and Angel Mary 36 on Wednesday The women now lodge

26-09-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The capital city of the state will have traffic restrictions setup from Sunday to Thursday following the visit of Sharjah Sultan and Supreme Council member UAE Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi On Monday the restrictions will begin at 9 am and will end at 1 pm The affected are

25-09-2017

Kochi Three women on Wednesday were arrested by Maradu police after they resorted to violence against an Uber driver The incident occurred around 1130 am near the Police Watch Tower at Vyttila Jn The trio had booked the cab using the Uberpool facility which allows passengers headed to the same desti

21-09-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala’s first woman IPS officer R Sreelekha who donned that role has now earned the title of state’s first ever woman DGP She hails from Thiruvananthapuram and joined the police service in 1987 She has served as District Superintendent of Police in three districts and was promote

21-09-2017

Kochi The SIT submitted the probe into the actress assault case to the High Court on Tuesday The prosecution made the submission while opposing the bail plea filed by Dileep on Tuesday The court orally observed there did not seem to be any change of circumstances as of now The mere fact he had spent

20-09-2017

Thiruvananthapuram One of India’s greatest singers – K J Yesudas a Christian by birth has been given permission to offer prayers at the Padmanabha Swamy temple According to the temple custom only believers of Hinduism are permitted entry at the temple a major pilgrim centre and tourist attraction in

19-09-2017

Kannur A toddler was seen tied to tableau as part of Sobha Yathra on 12th September The grand procession was organized as part of Sri Krishna Jayanti and as part of the programme BJP and RSS outfits had organized Sobha yathra in different parts of the state The 3yearold child dressed up as lord Kri

15-09-2017

Thiruvananthapuram  The government has constituted an expert team to enquire into the complaint about a 9yearold child had been undergoing blood transfusion as part of cancer treatment at the Regional Cancer Centre RCC had later tested HIV The inquiry team headed by Joint Director of Medical Educa

15-09-2017

New Delhi In a sign of good fortune Father Tom Uzhunal who was kidnapped on March 4th 2016 by the infamous ISIS group had returned back to his home land safely Father tom is originally hailing from the district of Kottayam in a small villaige called Ramapuram Father tom was part of the ‘Missionaries

12-09-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the current governments has introduced policies solely for the protection of liquor barons and have drawn benefits through it He also said that the LDF Government’s volteface would only immerse people in liquor and the younger gene

12-09-2017

Kochi The local authorities in a special inspection had arrested an astounding 795 persons in relation to drunken driving in the streets of Kochi The inspection had lasted just 12 hours starting from 5pm on Saturday As many as 610 persons were arrested for rash and negligent driving and causing publ

12-09-2017

Trivandrum Pinarayi vijayan hails the Indian Army’s plan to induct women personnel in the military police “it is a great move towards women powered indian army” he said in his Facebook post He also expressed hope to see a fair representation in the force with more women Jawans and junior Commission

09-09-2017

A diamond merchant Savji Dhoklakia’s son Dravya Dhoklakia had made headlines last year for surviving in Kerala doing odd jobs for a month Recently 18yearold Dhruv youngest member of Dhoklakia family also arrived in the South Indian state for a week to go through the struggles faced by common people

08-09-2017

Kochi Malayalam Actor Dileep has been refused bail yet again the High Court today with the prosecution taking the same view that he may influence witnesses in the case if freed His counsel suggested that Dileep bail is crucial to the fortunes of the film industry because with he is involved in produ

29-08-2017

Kochi  The kerala High court dismissed the bail plea of actor Dileep for the third time in the case relating to the assault on woman actor Actor submitted his continued detention was delaying the shooting and release of movies affecting the livelihood of people associated with them He was arrested o

29-08-2017

Kozhikkode Kerala Health Minister KK Shylaja has directed the Health Department to conduct an urgent preliminary inquiry into reports about the alleged practice of female genital mutilation in the state This comes after several media reports claimed that the illegal practice is conducted in some med

29-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The kerala High Court upheld the verdict of CBI special court discharging Chief Minister  Pinarayi Vijayan and two former Kerala State Electricity Board officials from the SNC Lavalin Case The court made it clear that three other KSEB officials who were discharged by the special C

23-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram  With the aim of having onasadya free of pesticideridden vegetables the Agricultural Department is launching a project to encourage the public to use home grown vegetable for the feast  The project ‘Onathinu Orumaram Pachakari’ would be launched in Thiruvanathapuram soon  It aims

23-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram A police team led by Museum Police ASP K E Baiju recorded the statements from Dr V K Ajith Kumar of Government Ayurveda College and former police therapist Arun Babu in regards to the case registered against former state police chief T P Senkumar for allegedly forging documents to

22-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Steps has been taken to set up a fishing harbour at Pozhiyoor and a feasibility study initiated for four other fishing harbours at Valiyathura Poonthura Varkala and Chilakoor in Thiruvanthapuram district The fishing harbor at Pozhiyoor along with the one at Ajanoor in Kasargode d

22-08-2017

Wayanad A special agricultural project will be set up in the district to tap the unutilized potential of floriculture The plan was being taken considering the vast and untapped potential of the district in floriculture says State planning board vice chairman  VK Ramachandran  With the move a sustai

22-08-2017

Kochi Aluva regional dialysis centre gets donation of 25 lakh from a senior doctors group of dubai today The cheque received by the patron  of the hospital and former MP P Rajeev They honored the medical officer Dr N Vijayakumar by giving him golden cloth

22-08-2017

Kochi  kerala websites are found to be attacked by Pak hackers today They hacked ksackeralain ayurvedakeralagovin jalanidikeralain kscewbkeralagovin etc A facebook account named faisal afsal posted these links saying hacked He introduces himself as a hacker of pak cyber attackers The I T mission ha

21-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram  The swami whose genitals were allegedly slashed by a young woman has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court The swami was arrested based on allegations that he was raping the girl and attempted to do so on the day it happened  She chopped off  his genitals in anger for raping

21-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requested the Centre to provide more flight and train services to the state to clear the rush of passengers during the coming Onam and bakrid festival season He wanted the Centre to provide 15000 additional seats to airlines operating from th

20-08-2017

  Thiruvananthapuram Kerala has just been hit by the worst fever season in recorded time The numbers reached a staggering 695517 dengue cases in July and 502371 in June As per the latest report of the Directorate of Health Services August has seen a slow down of fever cases and deaths The ongoing

19-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram   Authority has sounded high alert across Kerala in the wake of cholera cases reported in Palakkad and Malappuram districts The cholera cases were traced to contaminated water supplied through Jalanidhi following which the authorities have been asked to clean up all water sources

18-08-2017

Kochi The bail plea of filmstar Dileep that was supposed to come up today at the high court has been postponed for Tuesday 22 August The lawyers were out of town attending the funeral of former Advocate General  M K Damodaran at Kannur His judicial remand has been extended till Tuesday A trial cour

18-08-2017

Kozhikode 88 children have been declared missing in a short span of 30 days in Kerala  The Ministry of Women and Child Development has reported that 867 children were reported missing and 567 tracked in the period of August 2016July 2017 It is feared that sex trafficking might be on the high in our

18-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Prathidhwani a socio cultural and welfare organization of IT Employees are planning to conduct a rally and demonstration demanding more number of trains to halt at Kazhakootam railway station The rally will start from Technopark Main gate at 4 pm and reach the destination of Kaz

18-08-2017

Kottayam Akhila ashokan who prefers to be called as Hadiya asks her mother Ponnamma ” Is keeping me like this enough Is this all my life is going to be” The video of the women whose marriage is now being investigated by the country’s top counterterror agency was shot with her permission according

18-08-2017

The first day of Malayalam month chingam 1st is observed as farmer’s day and the entire month is of celebrations Chingam is considered as the beginning of a new year in Malayalam The month represents activeness prosperity happiness and harvest after rains

17-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala government announced a relief of ruppees 10 lakh to the family of Murugan a road accident victim of Thirunelveli who died after being denied medical treatment by various hospitals in kerala A sum of 5 lakh each will be allotted to the two sons of Murugan the amount will be

17-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The Malayalam actress who was kidnapped and assaulted in Kochi on February 2017 has written a moving letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan The letter pointed out the derogatory comments made against her by Poonjar MLA PC George Mr PC George who has repeatedly asserted that the

16-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram A 16 year old school student from Vilapilasala had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his house on July 26 and is heavily suspected to been influenced by the Blue Whale Challenge game The boys mother told her son had downloaded the game in November last and came to

16-08-2017

Trivandrum Reports reveal that kerala has victim of blue whale game  Manoj manu aged 16 a Trivandrum native is suspected to be a victim of blue whale game His mother told to a major news channel that he used to go to cemetry after started gaming blue whale He might have started gaming from novembe

15-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Every citizen has to resist and defeat those who inject poison in nationalism Adhere to the colour of unity in diversity he said in the message of Independence day The kerala government would protect the law and orders womens safety and gender justice he added and wished all ker

15-08-2017

Kozhikkode Bus operators association  in kerala announced token strike on 18th of this month by demanding increment in bus charge premium increase and cancellation of the permit of buses which had ran more than 140 kilometers have to be withdrawn etc are the list they put forward  If the demands ar

14-08-2017

Kochi Kerala this year has the lowest recorded rainfall in a while It shows 30

14-08-2017

Kochi The Agriculture Department of Kerala plans to launch the ‘Kera Gramam’ project in the state It will cover 44 ‘Kera Gramams’ which includes 250 hectares of coconut farming The government plans to allocate Rs 25000 INR perha for the farmers to implement all needed procedures to kick start the pr

14-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The Trivandrum International Airport’s very own Air intelligence unit has apprehended two passengers in their smuggling gold attempt The seizure took place around 330 am where they were caught by the metal detector and found gold biscuits from the socks of the two passengers Ther

14-08-2017

Kollam I S R E L factory in Chavara has destroyed mangrove forests of their nearby area They have destroyed half dozen of uppatti kambattiand chinna types of mangroves so far The factory already chopped off 2 acres of mangroves in 6 months This went controversial and they agreed not to mine nearby a

13-08-2017

Kottayam Studies has shown that the drug consumption is getting high among children between 8 and 18 years 70 of the children has tasted drugs at least once says excise commissioner Rishi Raj Singh Students used to take drugs in the classroomstoilets and in hostel roomsTeachers must have more respon

13-08-2017

Kasargode  Kasargode General Hospital offers more misery to the fever patients The doctors prescribe medicines to those who suffer fever without diagnosing properly This is a threat to the life of a patient and often fever slips to pneumonia Last night a patient got prescription without even diagno

12-08-2017

Malappuram Thirtytwo students of Al Farooque English Medium School at Pandikkad Malappuram were told to follow a different dress code from the rest of their brethren School principal Abdul Kareem said the new system was launched as part of forming a prefect group to monitor cyber crimes and other d

12-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation Mayor VKPrashanth has initiated the e green protocol committee as part of the Onam week celebrations The celebration will be held from September 3 to 9 across 30 different venues The protocol prohibits the use of any and all plastic substances including Plastic c

10-08-2017

  Kochi On July Kerala hotels were once again given rights to sale liquor On March 31 2014 the then Kerala government have revoke liquor license  to all hotels under 5 star category Now the Kerala Bar Hotels Association has issued a petition to the Kerala High Court which denies granting FL3 licens

09-08-2017

  Thiruvananthapuram According to the police several teenagers in the country as well as in the state are reportedly playing the deadly online game ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ The game is reportedly created by a former convict in Russia and is said to psychologically provoke players to indulge in darin

07-08-2017

Bangluru Abdul Nasar Ma’dani who has been approached by the Supreme Court is expected to arrive in Kerala on Sunday to see his parents and take part in his son’s wedding The flight will start from Bangluru at 220 pm on Sunday The train will reach Nedumbassery at 330 pm From there he will go to Shas

06-08-2017

Kozhikode In Kozhikode district tomorrow Monday UDF declared Hartal The UDF called for a hartal tomorrow in four Panchayats Atholi Udayeri Naduvannur and Kottur

06-08-2017

  Thiruvananthapuram Cotton Hill Government Girls Higher Secondary School has initiated ‘Cotton Hill Pink FM’ an inhouse radio broadcast for its students The broadcast is from 1230 pm to 120 pm and a 30member RJ team has been selected from among students of 89 and 10 classes Programmes will cover s

04-08-2017

Kochi Ever since the National Council for Teacher Education NCTE the regulator body for teacher education in the country revised the duration of BEd course to two years from one year it had seen significant decrease in the students applying for the course Of the 190 colleges including government pri

04-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram AITUC and BMS Welfare Association are participating in the strike The strike was called on to eliminate the descriptive draft revision and stop the dismissal of employees in KSRTC  The  memorandum will be  issued by KSRTC management to meet the strike and the strike day is consid

02-08-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Lokayukta has sent notice to Kummanam Rajasekharan state BJP president for medical controversy The Lokayukta has directed to produce a report submitted by the party in connection with the corruption The Lokayukta also issued notice to the medical college owner SH Shaji The st

31-07-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the meeting was not a matter of concern to the media The Facebook page of the Chief Minister explains the incident Journalists were not invited to a discussion held at the Masket Hotel on Monday No one has been given any notice

31-07-2017

Bangalore The Supreme Court on Friday granted permission to Abdul Nasser Madani accused in the Bangalore blast case to take part in the marriage of his son Madanis argument was that the security cost could be done by himself which allowed him to participate in the marriage The Karnataka government

31-07-2017

Cochin Actress dancer and presenter Thara Kalyans husband Rajaram passes away He was undergoing treatment for dengue at the hospital and was shifted to ICU after he had been infected He is a well dancer choreographer and channel presenter Artist is more proficient in dance as a teacher

30-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kallada Ramesh the Chairman of Thiruvananthapuram  diary announced milma has received the International Approval ISO 2200 2005 for implementing food security standards This is a proud achievement for Thiruvananthapuram Diary by the a

30-07-2017

Kochi Actor Dileeps manager Appunni  will appear before the court today The apex court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of ​​Appunni The court directed Appunni to be questioned The anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the prosecution pleading him to be questioned His lawyer told the court

29-07-2017

Malappuram The local authorities have reported a steady increase in the deliverance of drugs within the district Catching someone red handed with substances has become a daily event in the northern district The drugs range from weed to LSD Just yesterday an individual was caught in possession of LSD

27-07-2017

  Following the Bihar fiasco the Kerala unit of the Janata Dal United has voiced their protest against Nitish Kumar’s decision to break up the ‘Grand Alliance’ and join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP The Party state president and member of Rajya Sabha – MP Veerendra Kumar said that he ho

27-07-2017

  Thiruvananthapuram The Neyyattinkara Judicial First Class Magistrate Court III has granted one day custody of Kovalam MLA M Vincent who is the sole accused of sexually abusing a 51yearold woman He was booked by the police for alleged rape stalking and abetment of suicide of a housewife who is als

26-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Freedom fighter K E Mammann 97 passed away  He was rushed to a private hospital in Neyyattinkara due to old age health problems He suffered from a stroke including Parkinson and  died at 11 am this morning He was undergoing treatment at Neyyattinkara Hospital after suffering a gri

26-07-2017

Kochi The remand of actor Dileep in Actress attack case has been extended till August 8 The remand of the district magistrate court extended by the time was terminated today Dileep appeared before Magistrate by video conferencing following the security issue in the court

25-07-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Police head Lokmanath Behura has said that the violence against children in the state is rising About 80 per cent of the accused are not convicted As per the Poxo Act 1583 cases were registered in the state in 2015 But in 2016 it increased to 2122 But only 20 per cent of those cas

23-07-2017

Kochi NCP State president Uzhavoor Vijayan passed away He was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi due to some liver related diseases He is a resident of Kurichithanam Kottayam  Since 2015 he has been nominated by the NCP as the state president

23-07-2017

  Kazhakootam KTDC has announced a new sports bar for technopark techies in Technopark Trivandrum Even though the idea of a sports bar is new to Kerala it is very popular among metro cities and other western countries The bar will consist of many numbers of TVs and sometimes even a large projector

21-07-2017

  Thiruvananthapuram On Thursday the 22daylong agitation by the nurses of private hospitals had ended Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said The Supreme Courtappointed committee had recommended the minimum salary and this will be implemented in the state The minimum salary of nurses in hospitals with

21-07-2017

   Thiruvananthapuram The government has decided to construct the proposed Sabarimala airport at the Cheruvally Harrisons Estate at Kanjirappally The estate sold to Believers Church by Harrisons Plantations has an area of 2263 acres and is adjacent to two national highways and five Public Works D

20-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram In regards to the ‘Shubhayatra’ initiative by the Kerala State Handicapped Persons’ Welfare Corporation 10 motorized wheelchairs developed by the Kerala State Science and Technology Museum KSSTM were handed over to beneficiaries by Social Justice Minister K K Shylaja The motorise

19-07-2017

  Karunagappally Valiyathu group of companies directorial board member Mohammed Kunju aged 72 had passed away at Valiyathu hospital on 18th of July at 345 pm Older brother of Valiyathu Ebrahim Kutty Muhammed Kunju had 6 children Shyla Jamsy Jessy Jasmi Jamees and Jiyas to wife Suhara The  funeral

18-07-2017

 Thiruvananthapuram Around 300 prepaid autorickshaw drivers at the Railway Station in Thampanoor are set to go on an indefinite strike starting today in protest to the new rule from the railways which demands a parking fee of Rs 10 from all the parked autorickshaw drivers Speaking about their predi

18-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V K Prasanth had started laying the foundations of the ‘Ente Nagaram Sundara Nagaram’ by campaigning a drive on Saturday through seven  locations within the city which include Putharikandam Kesavadasapuram near Karamana Bridge Pipinmoodu Junction Technopark Chakkai HI Offic

18-07-2017

  Kozhikode The fever epidemic raging across the state has gone from bad to worse and Malappuram feeling the peak of the predicament with over 5779 cases Coming behind is Kozhikode with over 2900 cases The Directorate of Health Services DHS also reported 499 suspected and 178 confirmed dengue cases

18-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The spread of illegal drugs are at an alltime high in the capital district of Kerala School children College students and even IT professionals alike are using this substance in extensive amounts The females of the state have also started smoking the products in fairly competitive

17-07-2017

 Kottayam Nurses of Bharath Hospital Kottayam initiated a sudden strike on Monday following an incident involving the nurses and the management Few individuals representing the nurses were on their way to talk to the management who in turn gave no heed to their words and even went on to push one of

14-07-2017

Kochi Malayalam Film star Dileep who was earlier hand over to police custody for a period of two days by the Magistrate has now extended the dates till Saturday evening in regards to the plea given by the local authorities The police have said that further investigation and questioning is indeed nec

14-07-2017

 The news that Dileep was involved in the incident regarding the abduction of famous South Indian actress had taken the media by storm Let us discuss the 6 highlights in the case that led to his capture Dileep had filed a complaint to the police saying that Pulsar Suni had approached him with int

12-07-2017

 Angamali The latest developments regarding the actress abduction case involves the accused and Malayalam movie star – Dileep being brought to the court under heavy security The hearing of the case which was held at 11 am saw the once fan favorite actor and his representative Advocate Ram Kumar had

12-07-2017

Angamali Malayalam super star Dileep is no stranger to crowds surrounding him in a public place The only difference this time was that instead of chants he was greeted by uproars and criticism and the public place in question was the magistrate Talking to the media present there Dileep stood his gro

11-07-2017

Kochi Dileep in regards to the abduction case was arrested on Monday night IFFK Producers association his position as the treasurer of AMMA has all been revoked AMMA had an executive meeting on Tuesday morning where these decisions were made Superstars such as Mohanlal Mamooty and pritvi raj voiced

11-07-2017

Kerala local authority on monday night arrested malayalam super star Dileep in connection with the abduction case of renowned south indian actress   The police have suspected the involvment of the actor and had taken him for an interogation session last week which lasted 13 hours Several artists

11-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Three weeks after the goverment revised its excise policy the excise department has sanctioned permits for bar license renewal in 24 hotels in the state The department has received 48 applications for the renewal of FL3 license with maximum number of applications coming from Thir

30-06-2017

Thiruvananthapuram The social forestry wing of the Forest Department has kickstarted its activities for the protection of Vamanapuram riverbank in Vithura village panchayat Forest Minister K Raju inaugurated the first phase of the project which envisages planting of 6000 saplings of Ramacham on one

28-06-2017

Kochi New revelations in Malayalam popular actress attack case expose mafia links in malayalam film industry  According to Kochi police Pulsar Suni the prime accused in the case told his jail mate Jinse a resident of Chalakkudy that he was hired by a megastar in Malayalam industry to attack the a

22-06-2017

Thiruvanathapuram In a bid to spread the word about dengue and other types of viral fevers among the coastal inhabitants located from pozhiyoor to kaappil a health awareness campaign Walkinwellness will be organised by Nehru Yuvakendra NYK from July 3 onwards As part of the nine day walkinwellness

20-06-2017

Kochi Kochi Metro Rail Ltd KMRL managing director Elias George said he was hopeful of the Centre nod to extend the project till Kakkanad He said the Prime Minister enjoyed the Metro ride and the view from the train “We could explain to PM all aspects of kochi metro including shift speed and transf

19-06-2017