Kerala

  Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8: Amid growing concerns over the ethanol content in petrol sold across the country, the Keralam government has ordered laboratory testing of fuel samples from four districts to ascertain whether oil marketing companies are complying with the prescribed blending standards under the Centre’s E20 fuel programme. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7: LuLu Group Chairman M.A. Yusuff Ali has once again demonstrated his commitment to philanthropy by coming to the rescue of a former Kerala throwball player whose family faced eviction following mounting bank debts. His intervention has brought relief to a family in distress while drawing renewed attention to his extensive charitable […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, 02 Oct: Differences within the Congress have put Kerala’s UDF government under pressure barely four months after Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan assumed office, with UDF convenor Adoor Prakash publicly questioning the process behind key appointments. The dispute centres on the appointment of M.K. Muneer as chairman of the Administrative Reforms Commission with Cabinet […]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, September 26: Shiv Sena’s Kerala state committee has appointed Kazhakkoottam Vinu Das chairman of its newly constituted State Policy Formulation Committee, according to a letter issued by state president Adv. Hari Kumar. The appointment follows a decision taken at the party’s Kerala state executive committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on August 28. In the letter […]

Kochi ,Sept 20: The bodies of two Malayali women who were brutally killed in California in the United States will be brought to Kerala on Monday after the completion of legal formalities abroad. The deceased have been identified as Anjana Hari, a native of Mudikkode in Thrissur, and Ann Mary Mathew of Kakkanad Lane in […]

Kannur, Sept 20 Senior CPM leader and State Secretariat member P Jayarajan has accused Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and the UDF government of creating favourable conditions for the Sangh Parivar to strengthen its presence in Kerala. Addressing the media in Kannur, Jayarajan alleged that Sangh Parivar organisations were among those most pleased with Satheesan becoming […]

Kollam ,Sept 19 Former Governor, advocate and author Adv. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai has been selected for this year’s Amritakeerthi Award instituted by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 1,23,456, a Saraswati sculpture designed by Artist Namboothiri, and a citation. The award will be presented at a function to […]

  Thiruvananthapuram,Sept 13 Long before Kerala’s ageing population became a policy concern, Rev. Dr Samuel T. Varghese recognised that senior citizens needed more than medical attention. They required companionship, dignity and a place within the community. That conviction led him to establish ‘Pakalveedu’,also known as Caring India, in Thiruvananthapuram in 1996. Described as Kerala’s first […]

Malappuram, Sept 7 A 38-year-old migrant worker has been arrested for allegedly killing his roommate by assaulting him and pushing him through an open window of a four-storey building near Edavannappara in Malappuram district. The arrested man was identified as Sunil Kiro, a native of Jharkhand. The victim, Prakash, 47, was also from Jharkhand. Both […]