Avian flu confirmed in 7 states, Centre sends advisory to curb spread of disease
Jan 10, 2021, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: With more states confirming avian flu, the disease has been confirmed from seven states-Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.
Kerala Guv to address Assembly Session on Friday
Jan 08, 2021, at 03:46 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan will make the customary policy address of the government on the opening day of the 22nd session of 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly on January 8.
Kerala assembly passes resolution against Modi govt's agricultural reforms
Dec 31, 2020, at 07:06 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The legislative assembly in the Left-ruled Kerala on Thursday passed a resolution seeking the withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws, in tune with the demands of thousands of Indian farmers protesting at the Punjab-Haryana border, media reports said.
Kerala: 21-year old Arya Rajendran becomes Thiruvananthapuram Mayor, youngest in India
Dec 28, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A 21-year old Communist leader, named Arya Rajendran, was on Monday appointed as the Mayor of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram becoming the youngest person to assume the post of any Indian city ever.
Kerala: Police register case against 3 IUML activists in the murder of DYFI worker
Dec 24, 2020, at 09:21 pm
Kasaragod/UNI: Police have registered a case against three activists of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) for plotting and murdering of a DYFI activist in Kanahangad late on Wednesday night.
NIA searches multiple locations in Kerala and West Bengal in connection with anti-terror probe
Dec 23, 2020, at 06:13 am
Thiruvananthapuram/Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched seven locations in Kerala in connection with its probe against the members of the terrorist outfit Jund Al Aqsa believed to be based in war-torn Syria, and it raided a house in West Bengal's Murshidabad district and arrested an Al-Qaeda suspect.
CBI court convicts Kerala priest, nun in 1992 Sister Abhaya murder case
Dec 22, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Nearly three decades after the murder of 21-year-old nun Sister Abhaya, a CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram pronounced a catholic priest and a nun guilty on Tuesday.
CPI(M)-led LDF registers big win over Congress-led UDF in Kerala civic polls
Dec 17, 2020, at 04:49 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is all set to register a big win in Kerala's civic polls, grabbing most of the gram panchayats and district panchayats, despite being surrounded with corruption charges.
LDF making gains in Kerala panchayat polls, UDF leading in municipalities
Dec 16, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS/UNI: The latest trends in Kerala local body polls show CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is leading in 517 panchayats, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is leading in 374 and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is leading in 22 others in 28 panchayats.
Kerala: Initial trends show LDF, UDF neck-and-neck in Local Body election
Dec 16, 2020, at 06:53 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: As the initial trends started coming, a neck-and-neck battle between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is witnessed after the counting of votes was taken up in the three-phase local body poll in Kerala at 0800 hours on Wednesday.
Kerala: Polling in third phase of local body elections underway, average 52 pc voting till 1.30 pm
Dec 14, 2020, at 07:27 pm
Kozhikode/UNI: Voting in the third and final phase of Local Body election in four districts of Kerala is underway after it began at 7 am on Monday.
Kerala: Polling for second-phase of local body election begins
Dec 10, 2020, at 04:14 pm
Kochi/UNI: Voting for the second of three-phase local body elections began in five districts of Kerala on Thursday, amid tight security and Covid-19 guidelines in place.
Kerala: Polling for first phase of local body election begins
Dec 08, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Voting for first phase of the three-phase local body election in five districts of Kerala began at 0700 hours on Tuesday, amid tight security and COVID-19 guidelines in place.
Nov 25, 2020, at 05:06 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: The Kerala government has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Centre's decision to lease out the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to the Adani Enterprises.
Gold smuggling case: Sivasankar held in Customs case too
Nov 25, 2020, at 03:40 am
Kochi/UNI: The Customs officials on Tuesday arrested M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan at the district prison here in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case.
Kerala Cabinet decides to approach Governor to repeal new ordinance
Nov 25, 2020, at 03:28 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala Cabinet on Tuesday decided to approach Governor Arif Mohammed Khan to repeal the Kerala Police Act amendment ordinance.
Controversial amendment to Kerala police act not be implemented: Pinarayi Vijayan
Nov 23, 2020, at 08:24 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday clarified that the controversial amendment to the Kerala Police Act will not be implemented.
Kerala Governor signs controversial Police Act amendment ordinance, Oppn slams LDF govt.
Nov 22, 2020, at 07:47 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI/IBNS: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has signed the Kerala Police Act Amendment ordinance brought by the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government which aims to prevent cyber attack against women and children, amid concern by the opposition that it would empower cops to crack down on the freedom of press.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s office knew about gold smuggling, says ED
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:42 am
Kochi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed a special court in Kochi that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s private secretary M Sivasankar and some officials at the CM’s office were privy to the gold smuggling activities, media reports said.
Arrest of IUML MLA Kamaruddin likely to create ripples in Kerala politics
Nov 08, 2020, at 03:56 am
Kasaragod/UNI:The arrest of IUML Manjeshwaram MLA M C Kamaruddin by police in a string of cheating cases on Saturday is likely to have political repurcussions in Kerala.
Kerala: Police arrest IUML MLA in series of cheating cases
Nov 08, 2020, at 03:26 am
Kasaragod/UNI: Even as the Indian Union Muslum League (IUML) had decided to seek the resignation of its Manjeswaran MLA M C Kamaruddin, the state crime branch police on Saturday arrested him in connection with series of cheating cases related to the Fashion Gold Jewellery Group, headed by the legislator.
Sabarimala Temple in Kerala reopens with strict Covid-19 protocols
Oct 17, 2020, at 07:52 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Sabarimala Temple dedicated to Lord Ayappa reopened on Saturday after seven months for a five-day monthly puja with all safety measures in place as Kerala continued to record a spike in Covid-19 cases, said media reports.
NIA looking for five more terrorists in Kerala
Sep 21, 2020, at 03:55 am
Kochi/UNI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been in Kerala for a week looking for five persons alleged to have direct links to terror group Al-Qaeda unit in Pakistan.
More al-Qaeda terrorists to be arrested, says NIA in court
Sep 21, 2020, at 01:18 am
Kochi/UNI: Seeking the custody of the terrorists nabbed from here, National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday stated that more members of al-Qaeda are to be caught.
NIA officials arrest 9 Al-Qaeda operatives from West Bengal, Kerala
Sep 19, 2020, at 02:58 pm
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials have arrested nine Al Qaeda terrorists while conducting multiple raids in Kerala’s Ernakulam and West Bengal’s Murshidabad regions.
Ambulance driver rapes Covid-19 patient on way to hospital in Kerala
Sep 06, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A Covid-19 patient was raped by an ambulance driver in Pathanamthitta district in central Kerala late on Saturday night, media reports said.
Fire breaks out at Kerala Secretariat, triggers political row
Aug 26, 2020, at 04:41 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A minor fire broke out at the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday evening.
Pettimudi landslide : 6 more bodies recovered, toll rises to 49
Aug 10, 2020, at 08:44 pm
Idukki/UNI: The death toll in the massive landslide, that destroyed a row of 30 houses of tea estate workers in the high range Pettimudi near Rajamalai here, climbed to 49 on Monday, as six more bodies have been recovered.
Aug 08, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Kozhikode/IBNS: Kerala Health department has asked all the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and local residents, who were involved in the rescue efforts at Karipur airport in Kozhikode last night, to go into self isolation as one deceased passenger of the ill-fated Air India Express flight has tested positive for Covid-19 while at least three more persons are suspected to be positive.
Aug 08, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Kozhikode/IBNS: Air India Express's First Officer Akhilesh Kumar, who had co-piloted the first flight to Kozhikode from Dubai under the Vande Bharat Mission three months ago, lost his life in last night's plane crash at Karipur airport in Kerala's Kozhikode, leaving behind his wife who is expecting to deliver their child in the next 15-17 days, reports said.