KERALA: A 47-year-old man from Malappuram district in northern Kerala died of amoebic meningoencephalitis, marking the sixth death from the fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba in the state in the month.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate Kerala University Registrar KS Anil Kumar, who was suspended after he cancelled a seminar featuring Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar over the display of a Bharat Mata portrait with a saffron flag.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has ruled that individuals availing sexual services in brothels can be prosecuted under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITP Act), holding that payment for such services amounts to inducing prostitution.

KOCHI: Malayalam rapper Hiran Das Murali, popularly known as Vedan, who was given anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court last month in a case alleging rape on the false promise of marriage, appeared before the local police for questioning on Tuesday.

KERALA: A 56-year-old woman from Malappuram district, here, has succumbed to primary amoebic meningoencephalitis -- a rare and often-fatal brain infection --, health authorities confirmed on Monday.

KASARAGOD: A newlywed woman allegedly ended her life by hanging at her husband's home in northern Kerala's Kasaragod, prompting an investigation, the police said on Monday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Disciplinary action is set to be taken against four Kerala police personnel accused in a custodial assault case at Kunnamkulam, following widespread protests from the Congress.

MUMBAI: 'The Kerala Story' fame actress Adah Sharma indulged in the festive spirit by celebrating the auspicious festival of Onam in her hometown Kerala.

KERALA: As the row over the custodial torture of a Youth Congress leader in Thrissur continues, a similar case emerged in Kerala’s Kollam district on Friday.

THIRUVANANHTHAPURAM: With just less than two weeks left for a fresh Assembly session in Kerala, the Crime Branch Police has filed an FIR against Youth Congress former state president and Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in connection with multiple allegations of sexual harassment, stalking, and intimidation of women.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala woke up on Thursday to the vibrant sights, sounds and flavours of Onam, as the state stepped into the first day of the three-day celebrations of its biggest cultural festival.

KERALA: The police arrested a 27-year-old woman and mother of two from Karnataka after allegedly eloping with a 17-year-old male student from Alappuzha about two weeks ago, police said on Tuesday.

PALAKKAD: BJP workers marched to Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil's office in Kerala's Palakkad on Friday to protest against the leader who is facing sexual misconduct allegations.

KANNUR: One person was killed and another injured in a powerful blast at a house in Kannur’s Kannapuram area early on Saturday morning.

KANNUR: A person was killed in a powerful explosion that ripped through a rented house in Keezhara of Kerala's Kannur district on Saturday, leaving the entire village in shock.

KERALA: One person was killed and a few sustained injuries in a massive explosion at a rented residence in Kannur’s Kannapuram early on Saturday morning, the police said.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Saturday granted regular bail to Liviya Jose, a 21-year-old woman accused of conspiring to implicate beautician Sheela Sunny in a fabricated narcotics case.

KOCHI: A law graduate has approached the Kerala High Court seeking urgent directions for conducting the enrolment of law graduates to the Bar Council of Kerala (BCK).

KOZHIKODE: The police launched massive security checks on Thursday after district collectorates of Kozhikode and Kottayam received bomb threats via email, the police said.

MALAPPURAM: An 11-year-old girl from Chelari in Malappuram district of Kerala has been diagnosed with amoebic meningitis, also known as brain-eating amoeba, a rare but often fatal brain infection, on Wednesday.

KERALA: Five youths, including three brothers, were arrested in Pathanamthitta district for allegedly attacking and injuring a newly married couple who were on their way to a post-wedding photoshoot function, the police said on Tuesday.

THIRUVNANATHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of using the country’s 79th Independence Day address to glorify the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and V.D. Savarkar.

KOCHI: In a shocking incident, two bodies kept at a palliative care centre in Palluruthy in Kochi were mistakenly interchanged, leading to the wrong burial of one man and forcing an exhumation under police supervision.

NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court on Wednesday intervened in the ongoing dispute over the appointment of Vice-Chancellors at the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) and the Kerala Digital University in Kerala.

ALAPPUZHA: A man in Kayamkulam, about 45 km from here, died by suicide after posting an emotional video to his wife, two months after she had left home to find work because of financial difficulties.

KOCHI: The Kerala Catholic Congress has launched a scathing attack on CPI(M) state secretary M.V. Govindan, condemning his recent remarks against Thalassery Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany as “thoughtless” and unworthy of a senior political leader. Govindan was miffed at the Archbishop for praising Union Home Minister Amit Shah after he secured the release of two Christian nuns who had been arrested in Chhattisgarh on false charges.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to intervene in a trial court order that denied permission to Jollyamma Joseph, alias Jolly Joseph, the prime accused in the sensational Koodathayi serial murder case, to visit the crime scene along with her new lawyer.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government has, for all practical purposes, decided against approving the Kerala State Beverages (Marketing & Manufacturing) Corporation Limited’s (BEVCO) proposal to introduce home delivery of liquor.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress party in Kerala has launched a blistering attack on the state government after the Argentine Football Association (AFA) accused it of breaching a contract to bring football icon Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team to the state.

THRISSUR: The Congress party in Kerala is considering initiating legal proceedings over the BJP’s victory in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 general elections following the revelations made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi regarding large-scale electoral fraud.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Whistleblower Dr. Haris Chirackal, a faculty member at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, has alleged that government authorities are targeting him for "exposing corruption and systemic failures" in the healthcare sector.

THIRUVANANTHAUPURAM: The Kerala government's claim that no public money would be spent to bring football legend Lionel Messi to the state has now been exposed as misleading.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total of 28 people from Kerala who were reported stranded in the aftermath of a cloudburst in Uttarakhand have been confirmed safe.

KERALA: A major tragedy was narrowly averted on Wednesday after the ceiling of an auditorium at Kodaly Government Upper Primary School in Thrissur collapsed -- fortunately, on a day when the school was closed due to heavy rains.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress in Kerala has urged the State Election Commission to extend the deadline for adding names to the voter list ahead of the upcoming local body elections.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: The death of scriptwriter John Paul on Saturday in the absence of timely medical assistance at the time of his fall in January, has put the spotlight on the lackadaisical attitude of the health system of Kerala, otherwise rated as the best by NITI Aayog.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: For the second successive day, angry protesters in Kannur were seen engaging in a war of words with police and K-Rail officials, when they tried to lay the marking stone for the social impact assessment study of the project.

Thiruvananthapuram: An elderly man on Wednesday hacked his wife to death and hanged himself, police said.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: An elderly man on Wednesday hacked his wife to death and hanged himself, police said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala on Wednesday gave its nod for a hike in auto, taxi and bus fares, which will come into effect from from May 1.

GOA: Kerala Blasters FC will have experience on their side when they take on Mumbai City FC in a second-round match at the inaugural Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL) at the Nagoa Ground on Wednesday.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed actor Dileep's petition to either quash the FIR against him or hand over the 'conspiracy' case to the CBI.

NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry on Monday wrote a letter to the Kerala government for not updating the Covid data on daily basis.

THIRUVANANTHAPUR: Chittayem Gopakumar, the deputy speaker of the Kerala Assembly has expressed his displeasure at the CPI-M after his photo was removed from a picture of a function that took place in the Kerala Assembly on Ambedkar birth anniversary.

Thiruvananthapuram: It is after several years that the festival of harvest Vishu in Kerala has fallen on a day when the Christians are observing Good Friday, while the Muslims are in the midst of their Ramadan fast.

Thiruvananthapuram: A top Kerala bureaucrat who was moved out from a key post after he wrote a letter to Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan which angered him and he went to the extent of refusing to sign the Governor's address, was brought back on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: The Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu police, which is probing the illegal sand mining at Kallidaikuruchi in Tirunelveli district, has extended its probe to Kerala.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI-M legislator and trade union leader P.P. Chitharanjan said he was shocked to get a hefty bill from a local restaurant at his home district-Alappuzha where he had breakfast.

Thiruvananthapuram: Five Rajya Sabha members from Kerala are set to retire on completion of their terms by July.

NEW DELHI:Pointing out the economic, social and environmental impacts of the proposed K-Rail Silver Line Corridor, the ambitious Rs 63,941 crore project of the ruling CPI-M in Kerala, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) state convener and environmental activist C.R. Neelakandan on Sunday said the project is a non-starter in the southern state.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Saturday recorded 496 new Covid cases while the test positivity rate was 2.94 per cent, said Health Minister Veena George.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala on Friday logged 543 new Covid cases while the test positivity rate was 3.05 per cent, Health Minister Veena George said in a statement.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved the order on a Centre's plea to undertake a sample scrutiny of Covid death compensation applications to identify cases where fake documents were used. Also, on the aspect of fixing a time limit for filing Covid death claim application, the bench noted that it said it may give 60 days' time for filing claims for the persons who have already died due to Covid, and for future deaths, it could give 90 days' time.

FATORDA(Goa): Hyderabad FC and Kerala Blasters FC donning similar yellow colours, will look to claim the 2021-22 Indian Super League (ISL) trophy, when the two teams lock horns in the final at the PJN Stadium, here on Sunday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Saturday recorded 719 new Covid cases, one of the lowest in several months, so was the test positivity rate which was 3.55 per cent, said a statement from Health Minister Veena George.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Congress has nominated Jeby Mather from the minority community as its Rajya Sabha member from the state.

KOCHI:Four migrant workers from West Bengal were killed after a big chunk of earth caved in on them at a construction site near here on Friday afternoon.

KOCHI:Three youths were arrested while carrying hash oil worth Rs 2.25 crore in the wee hours of Wednesday on Kerala's Thrissur-Kochi national highway.

KOCHI:While the CPI-M may appear to be stagnant in states like West Bengal and Tripura, according to Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, the party's secretary in Kerala, things are different in the southern state where it has witnessed a rise in membership with the motto to make the Red outfit the party of majority.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Trouble breaks out in the Congress' Kerala unit every now and then, and after a lull, a rift has developed again with letters and emails being sent to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi complaining against state President K. Sudhakaran and the way he is operating.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Covid pandemic's third wave seems to be in its last stages in Kerala, as on Friday, the state saw 3,581 new cases, while the test positivity rate stood at 8.12 per cent, said a statement issued here by Health Minister Veena George.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala continues to breathe easy as the daily Covid tally and the test positivity rate (TPR) continue to fall, with the state seeing 5,023 new cases on Wednesday and TPR was 8.15 per cent, Health Minister Veena George said in a statement.

Thiruvananthapuram: Four members of a family, including father, mother, and two children were found dead in a house at Kodungallur in Kerala's Thrissur district on Sunday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala's first woman IPS officer, R. Sreelekha, who retired on Saturday, said that women police officers in the state face a tough time while on duty.

Thiruvananthapuram: After two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Contract Carriage Owners Association (CCOA) is in dire straits and the news on Saturday is a grieving bus owner in Kochi making his intentions very clear by deciding to sell his remaining 10 luxury buses at Rs 45 for a kilo.

Thiruvananthapuram: Sreelekshmi, the wife of Junior Warrant Officer A. Pradip -- one of the victims of the December 8, 2021 IAF helicopter crash that also killed India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and other defence officials, on Monday joined her duties as a Clerk at Taluk office in Kerala's Trissur, Revenue Minister K Rajan said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The daily Covid tally in Kerala has started to come down with 38,684 turning positive, while the test positivity rate also dipped down to 32.10 per cent, Health Minister Veena George said in a statement on Friday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday when the daily Covid cases fell below the 50,000 mark as 42,677 people turned positive for the coronavirus and the test positivity rate was 37.23 per cent, said a statement from State Health Minister Veena George.

BENGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charge sheet against eight accused persons including Deepthi Marla a.k.a Maryam, grand-daughter-in-law of Late Karnataka Congress MLA B.M. Idinabba in ISIS Kerala Module case. The accused were involved in radicalizing Muslim youth and recruiting them for terrorist organization ISIS, NIA sources said on Wednesday.

KOCHI: There were anxious moments for actor Dileep in a special sitting of the Kerala High Court on Saturday and at the end of the hearing, the court speaking tough, asked the actor and his aides to handover six mobile phones to the Crime Branch police probe team. The Crime Branch is probing the fresh case in which the actor is alleged to have conspired to do away with the investigating officers in the actress abduction case.

BENGALURU: Taking serious note over media reports about neighbouring Kerala state renaming some of its villages on bordering areas, Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday said that he would write to his counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan, appealing him not to rename villages situated on bordering areas.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The car believed to be used by airport gold smuggling suspect Arjun Ayanki was found hidden behind bushes on a hillock opposite the Pariyaram Medical College hospital in Kerala's Kannur district, police said on Sunday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Crucial days are ahead for Kerala Education Minister V. Sivankutty, as the Kerala Government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a reversal of the High Court decision which dismissed a plea for withdrawal of a case registered against six Left legislators in 2015 for indulging in vandalism in the assembly.

KOCHI: In a setback to the Lakshadweep administration, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed two controversial orders issued by the island administration.

THIRUVANTHANAMPURAM: Senior Kerala political leader C.P. John on Tuesday said that he will go on a 24-hour hunger strike from Wednesday to demand the setting up of a Covid Disaster Management Commission.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After battling for her life for over a month, the 22-year-old Nadeera, a victim of callousness at Kerala's premier cancer institute -- Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), here, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday at the Medical College Hospital.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Monday passed a unanimous resolution asking the Centre to see that the traditions and culture of Lakshadweep island inhabitants are protected and immediately withdraw the island administrator Praful Patel, who has tried to implement new laws, that could destroy the peace and tranquillity there.

Thiruvananthapuram: A former journalist with leading Malayalam news channels has alleged that she and her family were targeted by the CPI-M "cyberbullies" and her policeman husband was subjected to "moral policing".

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday said that it has deferred the bypoll for a Rajya Sabha seat in Kerala due to the Covid situation.

KOCHI: With the Congress led UDF and the ruling CPI-M led Left in Kerala up in arms over the happenings in Lakshadweep on the actions of the new Administrator of the Union Territory, Praful Patel, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday also came down heavily on the way things are going on there.

KOCHI: The two arrested -- Firoz Khan and Sathaar by the local police here, have been remanded to two weeks judicial custody for their involvement in an alleged fraudulent recruitment scam, which left several nurses from the state languishing in the UAE.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Mahila Congress' former chief, Lathika Subhash, who tonsured her head in the premises of the state party headquarters after being denied ticket to contest the April 6 elections, on Sunday said that she is all set to join the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

DUBAI: Healthcare groups in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have offered work to nurses from Kerala who have been stranded in the country due to Covid job scams, according to a news report.

THIRUVNANTHAPURAM: The 140 newly-elected Kerala legislators will take oath on Friday to officially enter the 15th Legislative Assembly of the southern state.

THIRUVANANATHAPURAM: The social media is abuzz with hectic activity after hearing that V. Sivankutty will be the new Education Minister of Kerala and trolls are coming thick and fast.

THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The mortal remains of Kerala's Soumya Santhosh, who was was killed on Tuesday in a rocket attack in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, where she has been working as a caregiver, will be brought to her home, said relatives and authorities.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A journalist in Kerala who had tested positive for the Covid-19 has died after developing coronavirus-related complications.Vipin Chand, 42, passed away on Sunday following a massive heart attack. He is survived by his wife Sreedevi and son Maheshwar.

THIRUVALLA(Kerala): Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the senior-most metropolitan of the Thiruvalla headquartered Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, passed away at a private hospital, near here early Wednesday, said Church officials.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan scripting a new political history in Kerala by becoming the first sitting government to retain power, all eyes are on the badly hit Congress, which leads the United Democratic Front, as never before has such a thing happened in the state.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 87-year-old R. Balakrishna Pillai, one of Kerala's stalwart politician breathed his last at a hospital at Kottarakara on Monday, said family sources.

BENGALURU: Buoyed by the victory of the Congress and the DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu, and Trinamool Congress retaining power in West Bengal, Karnataka leader of the opposition, Siddaramaiah on Sunday described these election results as 'a new game' in the country.

NEW DELHI: The Congress put up a dismal show in all the states/UT where Assembly elections were held barring in Tamil Nadu, where the DMK-Congress alliance is poised to return to power after a gap of 10 years.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 64-year-old K.K. Shailaja, on Sunday created history by going forward to secure the highest margin of victory in an assembly election when her margin crossed 60,000 votes.

NEW DELHI: In the early trends, the Congress is losing high stakes battle in the five states, but the real surprise is Kerala where the party is set to lose the state and the LDF is winning second time in a row to create history.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Even though counting of votes for the 140-member Kerala Assembly will begin at sharp 8 a.m on Sunday, the final results could well be delayed till early evening.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government on Friday slashed the price of RT-PCR tests to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700 at all private laboratories in the state, according to a government notification.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Finally on Wednesday, the Kerala government decided to place an order for one crore doses of Covid vaccines.
It would include 70 lakhs doses of Covishield and 30 lakhs Covaxin.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Even as Kerala's daily Covid positive cases are crossing the 28,000 mark, an all-party meeting held here on Monday to discuss this serious issue of widespread surge, however, ruled out the need for a total lockdown.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With May 2 fast approaching, when votes will be counted in Kerala, it's all happening as the rival factions have in all earnestness started to do what they know best to rally behind two times former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and present Leader of Opposition and former Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala.

KOCHI: The Kerala Police has finally taken Sanu Mohan into custody, who disappeared on March 21 along with his 13-year-old daughter, from here.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala unit of the CPI-M on Saturday sought the immediate intervention of the Prime Minister and the national leadership of the BJP to reign in Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan for his curt remarks and frequent attacks on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The unexpected resignation of Kerala Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel, often known as the blue eyed boy of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan shows that all's not well in the CPI-M in Kerala.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala Assembly Speaker and senior CPI-M leader P. Sreeramakrishnan for the second time will not appear before the Customs Department at their Kochi office on Thursday, after claiming to be 'unwell'.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:At sharp 7 a.m on Wednesday, polling got underway to elect a new 140-member Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The fate of 957 candidates would be decided by an electorate of 1,41,62,025 women, 1,32,83,724 men and 290 transgender voters.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP-led NDA in Kerala is gaining ground and the April 6 assembly polls is going to be a game changer as there is a triangular fight on 20 seats, a top BJP leader said.