Army personnel during the construction of a bailey bridge at Chooralmala area as part of a rescue operation after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, in Wayanad district, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI There was tension at Chooralmala in Wayanad district on Sunday morning (February 23, 2025) when the police stopped a … Read more
Protests are brewing in Wayanad with one more person dying in wild elephant attack, the second such incident in the past two days, and the United Democratic Front (UDF) calling for a hartal in the district on February 13. According to sources, the deceased is Balakrishnan alias Balan, 27, a native of Attamala Erattukund near … Read more
The Minister says the Kerala government will expedite the land acquisition for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide victims. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The inordinate delay by the Centre in declaring the landslides in Wayanad as a disaster of extreme severity, 154 days after the natural disaster wiped out two villages in the district, might … Read more
‘EMERGENZ 3.0’, the third edition of Aster International Emergency Medicine Conclave, will be held in Wayanad from January 7 to 12, 2025. The organisers told the media on Wednesday that experts in emergency medicine from across the globe would lead workshops at the event to be held at Dr. Moopen’s Medical College. As many as … Read more
The Meppadi grama panchayat authorities have prepared a primary list of Chooralmala landslide survivors for their rehabilitation. Panchayat president K. Babu told The Hindu that the list was compiled as per the district administration’s directives after examining the houses that were unfit for human habitation. Mr. Babu said the initial list included details of 520 … Read more
All arrangements are in place for byelection to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut from Wayanad, the seat vacated by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, who kept the Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh from … Read more
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress candidate for the byelection to the Lok Sabha from the Wayanad constituency, waves to her supporters during a roadshow in Wayanad. | Photo Credit: ANI Stepping up her attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress leader and United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha byelection, … Read more
**EDS: @INCIndia ON Nov. 4, 2024** Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi during a roadshow, in Kenichira of Wayanad district. (PTI Photo) (PTI11_04_2024_000146B) The United Democratic Front (UDF) seems to be buoyed by the second phase of campaigning of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Along with her brother and former … Read more
A file photo of the search and rescue operations following the landslides at Chooralmala in Wayanad, Kerala. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Kerala government remains optimistic that the Centre would release special assistance to Kerala in view of the Wayanad landslide disaster, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Replying to questions in the State … Read more
A meeting convened by the affected individuals in the aftermath of the Mundakkai and Chooralmala landslides has called for urgent and intensified search efforts in the Chaliyar area, particularly from the Sentinal rock water falls, to locate those still missing. The gathering, held at the M.S.A. Auditorium, Meppadi, on September 4 (Wednesday), witnessed the participation … Read more