Kerala

  Thiruvananthapuram, August 17 Former Kerala BJP president K. Surendran and Anil Antony, son of veteran Congress leader and former Defence Minister A.K. Antony, have been appointed national secretaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The two Kerala leaders figure among the 16 national secretaries named as part of the BJP’s organisational revamp under party president […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 17 The Kerala Police have introduced a maternity-friendly uniform option for pregnant personnel, addressing long-standing practical difficulties faced by women officers while performing official duties during pregnancy. According to a departmental circular, pregnant police personnel may wear a khaki salwar kameez with a matching shawl and sandals instead of the standard police uniform. […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, August 17 Kerala is expected to receive isolated light rainfall on Monday, while a high-wave warning has been issued for several coastal stretches amid the possibility of sea incursions on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department said light rain could occur at isolated places in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, August 16 Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday warned the UDF government of legal and political action for omitting Vande Mataram from the State’s official Independence Day celebrations. Addressing reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, Chandrasekhar accused the government of disregarding instructions issued by the Union government and violating provisions governing respect for national symbols. […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, August 15 The Kerala Government has proposed a comprehensive three-tier testing system for ghee offered by devotees at the Sabarimala temple amid concerns over its quality and safety. Devaswom Minister K. Muraleedharan, in a letter to the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president on Saturday, directed the board to strengthen quality-control measures before the […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, August 15 The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kerala unit on Saturday threatened legal and political action against the UDF government for allegedly omitting Vande Mataram from the State’s official Independence Day celebrations. BJP State general secretary S. Suresh accused the government of insulting the national song by excluding it from the ceremony attended by […]

  Kollam, August 15 The Kottarakkara Taluk Union of the Nair Service Society (NSS) has strongly criticised K.B. Ganesh Kumar for allegedly insulting the organisation and its general secretary, G. Sukumaran Nair, and demanded his immediate resignation from the NSS karayogam. A resolution condemning Ganesh Kumar was presented by union member G. Thankappan Pillai. It […]

  Kannur: A 25-year-old nurse employed at a private hospital was found dead in her hostel room at Thalassery in Kannur district on Thursday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Aleena Sabu, a native of Ashtamudi in Kollam district. She had been staying at a women’s hostel at Temple Gate in Thalassery for […]

Kozhikode, August 14 A suspected egg-pelting attack on a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus near Bidadi has prompted officials to examine whether a similar act contributed to last week’s fatal KSRTC accident on the Mysuru–Bengaluru Expressway. The latest incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Wednesday when unidentified persons allegedly threw eggs at the windscreen […]