Asha workers block the road outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, as part of their protest on Monday (March 17, 2025) | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in Kerala, whose 38-day-old agitation for fair remuneration has been making headlines at the national level, launched an intense phase of their agitation on … Read more
Minister M.B. Rajesh | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI The Kerala Police has prepared a list of repeat offenders in cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Abkari Act as part of efforts to clamp down on drug trade, Excise Minister M.B. Rajesh said in a reply to questions in the … Read more
Thomas Gabriel, who was killed by Jordanian army along with his brother-in-law Edison Charls who sustained bullet injuries. In just one year, three Keralites were killed in foreign territory by armies while undertaking a risky migration. Kerala, which has a long history of organised migration, is now grappling with the challenges of irregular migration. On … Read more
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday slammed the police for the delay in tracing a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing and later found dead along with her 42-year-old neighbour in Kasaragod on March 9, nearly a month after she and the man went missing. The Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran … Read more
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday agreed to an adjournment debate in the Assembly on the rising tide of juvenile delinquency, youth violence and increasing synthetic drug abuse in the State. Replying to a Rule 50 motion moved by senior Congress legislator and former … Read more
Refuting the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF)‘s allegations that the State government was complicit in the Union government’s offshore sand-mining move, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said that the government had on three occasions conveyed its strong disapproval of the plan. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday (February 27, 2025), he said that the … Read more
P.C. Chacko | Photo Credit: Vipin Chandran Infighting within the Kerala unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) has led to P.C. Chacko stepping down as president of the party state unit. Mr. Chacko is learnt to have submitted his resignation to Mr. Pawar on Tuesday, but has not informed his supporters about his … Read more
P.V. Anvar (centre) with Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan and IUML leader P.K. Kunhalikutty at the UDF’s Malayora Jatha in Malappuram on January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) State convener P.V. Anvar’s participation in the United Democratic … Read more
One of the tea estates that will be part of Chai@Vagamon | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT With her new project Chai@Vagamon, social entrepreneur Lakshmi Menon hopes to give tourists to the hill station a new set of experiences that extend beyond the typical offroading, tea garden and pine forest visits. She wants travellers to get … Read more
File photo of businessman Boby Chemmanur | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala High Court granted bail on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) to businessman Boby Chemmanur, in the sexual harassment case that was registered against him on a complaint by a woman actor. He had been arrested in connection with the case, and remanded in judicial … Read more