OP services hit as govt. doctors stage protest in Kozhikode

OP services hit as govt. doctors stage protest in Kozhikode

**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** Kozhikode: A man looks at a notice pasted outside the closed OPD ticket counter at a hospital, amid a strike by doctors across Kerala after a doctor was attacked at a government-run hospital, in Kozhikode, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_09_2025_000305B) | Photo Credit: – Kozhikode Outpatient (OP) services at … Read more

Kozhikode beach: Kerala Maritime Board invites bids for three major projects

Kozhikode beach: Kerala Maritime Board invites bids for three major projects

The 2.5 acres of land close to the Vellayil harbour is to have the facility to park a minimum of 150 cars. (Representational image only) | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Kerala Maritime Board (KMB) is requesting proposals for the development of three properties under it on Kozhikode beach from interested firms. A pre-bid meeting … Read more

Health officials in Kozhikode checking if well water could be PAM source

Health officials in Kozhikode checking if well water could be PAM source

Health department officials here are checking if well water could be a source of infection for one of the recently reported primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) cases in Kozhikode district. At present, three persons – a three-month-old child and a 40-year-old man from Kozhikode and an 11-year-old child from Chelari in Malappuram – are undergoing treatment … Read more

Global Gateway project takes off at Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village in Kozhikode

Global Gateway project takes off at Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village in Kozhikode

A 3D image of the proposed open stage over the pond at Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village, Iringal, Kozhikode. The Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village at Iringal, near Vadakara, in Kozhikode is being upgraded as part of the Global Gateway to Malabar’s Cultural Crucible project. New infrastructure as well as a drastic change in the … Read more

Two nabbed for suspected kidnapping bid in Kozhikode

Two nabbed for suspected kidnapping bid in Kozhikode

The police on Thursday nabbed two Mangaluru natives who allegedly attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old boy while he was playing on the beach near Puthiyakadavu in Kozhikode. The two were identified as Sreenivasan, 53 and Lakshmi, 48. Police sources said the two were caught by local residents when children who reportedly witnessed the incident alerted … Read more

Captive elephant involved in Kozhikode temple tragedy was close to musth, reveals report

Captive elephant involved in Kozhikode temple tragedy was close to musth, reveals report

People try to tame the elephants that went berserk during a temple festival at Koyilandy in Kozhikode district, Kerala, on February 13. Three people were killed in the incident. | Photo Credit: PTI The captive elephant Guruvayur Peethambaran, one of the elephants involved in the tragedy that took place at Manakulangara temple at Koyilandy in … Read more

N. Rajendran reinstated as Kozhikode DMO

N. Rajendran reinstated as Kozhikode DMO

There is another twist in the saga related to the transfer of district medical officers (DMOs) in the Health department. With the Kerala High Court directing the department to maintain the status quo before the transfer order issued on December 9, N. Rajendran has again assumed charge as the DMO in Kozhikode. The High Court … Read more

Anchored fishing boat catches fire near Beypore in Kozhikode; close shave for two Lakshadweep fish workers

Anchored fishing boat catches fire near Beypore in Kozhikode; close shave for two Lakshadweep fish workers

Rescue squads in action to save a fishing boat that caught fire near the Beypore harbour early on Sunday morning. Photo: Special Arrangement Two Lakshadweep fish workers were rescued from an anchored fishing boat that caught fire following fuel leakage near the Beypore harbour early this (November 10, 2024) morning. The two workers — Tajul … Read more

Jaundice cases: Water testing camp planned at Kommeri in Kerala’s Kozhikode

Jaundice cases: Water testing camp planned at Kommeri in Kerala’s Kozhikode

The Kozhikode Corporation, in association with the Kerala Health department, is planning to conduct a water testing camp in Kommeri where around 28 people have been diagnosed with jaundice. This was decided at a meeting held on Thursday in which the local councillors, corporation health staff and members of the standing committee on health were … Read more

Kerala rains: Landslides, flooding wreak havoc in Kozhikode district

Kerala rains: Landslides, flooding wreak havoc in Kozhikode district

Orlakkode bridge in Kozhikode is submerged as the Poonoor river overflows on July 30. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Kozhikode district in Kerala is facing severe rain havoc that has led to landslides in several places, though there have been no casualties so far. A landslide at Vilangad-Malayangad in rural Kozhikode has resulted in the … Read more