Kerala

  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 […]

Thiruvananthapuram, 13 August The Congress high command has shortlisted three leaders for the post of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president as part of an organisational revamp aimed at strengthening coordination between the party and the State government. Former UDF convener and MP Benny Behanan, KPCC working president and MP Shafi Parambil, and party vice-president and […]

  Kochi, August 13 The Kerala High Court has withdrawn police protection granted to Orthodox Church vicars at six churches caught in the decades-old dispute between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions. A Division Bench comprising Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and A.K. Preetha set aside a January 31, 2023, Single Bench order directing the police to […]

  Thiruvananthapuram, August 13: Kerala is bracing for another spell of heavy rain, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting intense showers at isolated places in several districts on Thursday and Friday. Yellow alerts have been issued for Kannur and Kasaragod on Thursday, where isolated heavy rainfall is likely. Light to moderate rain is also expected […]

Kottayam, August 12: Nair Service Society (NSS) General Secretary G. Sukumaran Nair on Wednesday strongly rejected allegations levelled by former minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar against the organisation and its leadership, challenging him to approach the courts if he believed there was no internal democracy in the NSS. Responding to the criticism, Sukumaran Nair said he […]

Kochi, August 11 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday temporarily halted the disclosure of records concerning a Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) recruitment process for a senior post in the State Planning Board. Justice Murali Purushothaman stayed an order issued by the State Information Commission that had directed the KPSC to provide details of marks […]