A man injured in a mishap in Kerala was being denied medical treatment by various hospitals in Kollam and in Thiruvananthapuram. The 30-year-old man from Tamil Nadu struggled between life and death for almost seven hours before he succumbed to his injuries. The man was taken to at least two[Read More…]
The Kerala unit of the Janata Dal (United) has decided not to be a part of the party in protest against Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar’s decision to split from the mahagathbandhan and join hands with the National Democratic Alliance(NDA). Veerandra Kumar, party’s state president and Rajya Sabha MP announced[Read More…]
Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has dismissed the likelihood of the party agreeing to designate party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury from West Bengal with the support of the Congress, even as the Central Committee, the top decision-making body of the CPI(M), discusses a third Rajya Sabha term for Yechury. “Accepting[Read More…]
While India is battling with stagnation in job creation, more than 500 posts in cooperative banks, in Kannur, remain unoccupied as the qualification to these jobs are not properly defined. The confusion in the notifications also adds to this. System Supervisor and Data entry operator posts in these banks mostly remain vacant.[Read More…]
Famous Malayali author, KP Ramanunni, lodged a police complaint in connection to an anonymous threat letter warning him that his right arm and left leg would be chopped off if he did not convert to Islam within six months. The letter was sent to his Kozhikode residence six days ago.[Read More…]
After Mumbai-based digital media company, Culture Machine, announced ‘First Day of Period Leave’ for its employees, a Kerala-based Malayalam news channel, Mathrubhumi, has become the first organisation in the state to follow the league. In a team of 300 employees working with the channel, around 75 are women. It has[Read More…]
In Kerala, 80,000 nurses will go on an indefinite strike from 17 July demanding higher wages which is likely to affect the functioning of hospitals. The United Nurses Association (UNA) and Indian Nurses Association, spearheading the ongoing agitation, said they would intensify their protest from 17 July. The situation could[Read More…]
While Kerala is infamous for the ruthless killing of stray dogs, the government has plans to change its reputation. The Kerala government is planning to implement a policy to accommodate stray canines in dog rehabilitation zoos in all the 14 districts. To ensure the safety of people from dogs, Kerala[Read More…]
Popular Malayalam actor Dileep who has been arrested in connection with the abduction and assault of a leading South Indian actress in February this year has now been sent to 14 days judicial custody on Tuesday morning by a court in Angalamay. Dileep was arrested Monday evening from Kochi and[Read More…]
To overcome acute water scarcity in the area, around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a village in Pookkottukavu in Palakkad district of Kerala. The work is not just confined to young women. Even elderly women climb down pits using makeshift bamboo ladders and dig for hours using pickaxe and[Read More…]
In an initiative that will empower women and secure their position, Kerala government had decided to facilitate fearless movement of women anywhere in the state and set up a ‘One-Day Home’ in Thiruvananthapuram to provide safe accommodation for women visiting the city. CM Pinarayi Vijayan addressing the leaders of various[Read More…]
While the country made a huge deal about transgenders being employed in Kochi Metro as a step towards gender equality. The reality is unsatisfactory and dark. While the metro was inaugurated by PM Modi on Monday, in one functional week, 8 transgender employees have quit their jobs out of the[Read More…]
While there is so much infiltrating our everyday lives, little humane gestures restores our faith in mankind. In one such instance, Congress legislator Roji M John visited a hearing and speech- impaired man who was trolled as the “first drunkard on Kochi Metro” by people on social media, reported Hindustan[Read More…]
While BJP’s one of the main agenda is to drive away ‘black-money’ from the country which is why PM Modi chose to ban currencies overnight, Kerala Police seized fake currency notes and printing machines from the house of a BJP local leader at Sree Narayanapuram near Kodungallur in the district.[Read More…]
On Wednesday night, a farmer allegedly committed suicide outside a village office in Kerala’s Kozhikode district. 57-year-old Kavilpurayidathil Joy hailing from Chakkittapara village was found hanging around 9.30 pm after he was allegedly harassed by staff in the village office which led to the suicide. He left behind a wife[Read More…]
In a recent incident, a young law student girl chopped off the genitals of a self-styled godman, Sreehari alias Ganeshananda Theerthapada. The girl who belongs from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, however, changed her statement in the letter dates June 12 and said that Sreehari never sexually abused her. On another hand, another[Read More…]
Kerala government on Sunday appealed to the people to join the government’s mass sanitation drive on a war footing after more than 100 deaths were reported since January in Kerala due to numerous types of fevers. As many as 103 people, including women and children, succumbed to several types of[Read More…]
While things are spinning out of control in the debate of nationalism in our country, in a recent instance, a college magazine seems to have offended the right wing groups beyond repair. A Kerala College magazine recently published cartoons in which a man and a woman are portrayed having sex[Read More…]
In Kerala’s Malappuram district, one of the greatest mosques has decided to reduce noise pollution by delivering only one azaan on loudspeaker instead of five. Inspired by one of the biggest mosques in Vazhakkad, the 17 other small mosques have also decided to opt the same option. An agreement was[Read More…]
As PM Modi on Saturday is set to inaugurate the Kochi Metro, reports say that the list of dignitaries doesn’t include important people onto the dais of the inaugural function. The list also excludes Delhi Metro adviser E Sreedharan. Only four people including Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the[Read More…]
In a moving gesture, the authorities of the Kochi Metro thanked the workers who were involved in the massive construction of the soon-to-be-inaugurated metro railways on Monday. They gratefully acknowledged their efforts by hosting a traditional banquet known as Sadhya. They held the banquet for over 800 migrant workers from[Read More…]
The number of visitors in Choolannur sanctuary in Palakkad, Kerala has gone up, days after a Rajasthan HC judge said that peacocks do not have sex and peahens get pregnant by drinking the tears of the peacock. Visitors coming to the sanctuary are queuing up at the peafowl to see[Read More…]
In a commendable move, a young filmmaker from Kerala is becoming the voice of the Adivasi culture in the state and spreading the same to far-away lands. Leela Santhosh, 29, is the only adivasi film-maker from the state. She is trying to bring out the culture of the adivasis through[Read More…]
On Wednesday, the Kerala High Court rejected to put a hold on the ban imposed by the Centre on the sale of cattle for slaughter. The next hearing in this matter is due on June 28. Notably, the High Court had earlier backed the Centre’s decision. However, the state government[Read More…]
Kerala government is all set to make the marriages nature-friendly with the announcement of a green protocol. The implementation of the protocol includes the exclusion of all the non-degradable articles. Disposable glasKerala: Marriages to follow green-protocol ses, thermocol decorations and plates will be kept at bay from marriage functions. According to[Read More…]