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Thousands rescued as rains, landslides continue to haunt Kerala

Thousands rescued as rains, landslides continue to haunt Kerala

Rediff.com18 Aug 2018

A large number of people, including senior citizens, women and children were airlifted from isolated buildings

Kerala actress assault: Prime accused arrested

Kerala actress assault: Prime accused arrested

Rediff.com23 Feb 2017

The court premises witnessed high drama as the police forcefully took the duo into custody from the court complex.

Rainfall intensity decreases in Kerala; 6 lakh in relief camps

Rainfall intensity decreases in Kerala; 6 lakh in relief camps

Rediff.com19 Aug 2018

The maximum death toll has been reported from Idukki district, where 43 people have lost their lives so far, as per official estimates. 28 deaths were reported in Malappuram and 27 in Thrissur.

HC confirms death sentence on rape-murder case accused

HC confirms death sentence on rape-murder case accused

Rediff.com17 Dec 2013

The Kerala high court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy by a fast track court for brutally raping and causing the death of a 23-year-old woman after pushing her out of a moving train on February 1, 2008.

All you need to know about Nipah virus

All you need to know about Nipah virus

Rediff.com7 Jun 2019

Here is all you need to know about the virus, its symptoms and how you can prevent it.

Express train derails near Nashik: 3 killed, 37 injured

Express train derails near Nashik: 3 killed, 37 injured

Rediff.com15 Nov 2013

Two passengers were killed and 37 others injured when ten coaches of a train derailed at Ghoti, near Igatpuri in Nashik district, on Friday morning.

Diary: Bye-bye-bye

Diary: Bye-bye-bye

Rediff.com13 May 2003

Military takes lead in India's war against coronavirus

Military takes lead in India's war against coronavirus

Rediff.com26 Mar 2020

The military is mobilising to play a central role in holding patients exposed to the coronavirus.

Singer Ayiroor Sadasivan dies in road accident

Singer Ayiroor Sadasivan dies in road accident

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

He was 78.

Coronavirus: Kerala student 'stable'; 3 held for spreading rumours

Coronavirus: Kerala student 'stable'; 3 held for spreading rumours

Rediff.com1 Feb 2020

The woman, who tested positive, is a student of Wuhan university and is undergoing treatment at the Thrissur Medical College Hospital. 3 people have been arrested for spreading false information about those who had arrived in the state from coronavirus affected countries.

Here's the list of 80 districts under lockdown till March 31

Here's the list of 80 districts under lockdown till March 31

Rediff.com22 Mar 2020

It has also been decided to suspend the interstate bus services till March 31, the officials said. The decisions have been taken at a high-level meeting attended by chief secretaries of all states and the cabinet secretary and the principal secretary to the prime minister.

Passengers offloaded as COVID patient boards flight in Kochi

Passengers offloaded as COVID patient boards flight in Kochi

Rediff.com15 Mar 2020

The passenger belonged to a group of 19 holidaying in the hill resort town of Munnar in Kerala and was under surveillance.

Federal Bank to hire 5k employees: How to bag the job!

Federal Bank to hire 5k employees: How to bag the job!

Rediff.com6 Dec 2012

Graduates from any discipline can aspire for a lucrative job at India's fourth largest bank. Here's everything you need to know about the Federal Bank.

1 more tested positive for Nipah in Kerala, 6 negative

1 more tested positive for Nipah in Kerala, 6 negative

Rediff.com6 Jun 2019

"No one has been discharged from the isolation ward. Source of the virus is not confirmed yet."

Six train passengers injured in Andhra Pradesh

Six train passengers injured in Andhra Pradesh

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Six persons received injuries after they jumped off a running train fearing their compartment had caught fire, Railway officials said.

Kerala student trolled after video of her selling fish goes viral

Kerala student trolled after video of her selling fish goes viral

Rediff.com27 Jul 2018

Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam has come out in support of a 21-year-old Hanan.

India has flattened Covid graph: Health minister Vardhan

India has flattened Covid graph: Health minister Vardhan

Rediff.com28 Jan 2021

India has flattened its Covid-19 graph and 146 districts have reported no new case of the viral disease in the last seven days, 18 in 14 days, six in 21 days and 21 districts in the last 28 days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.

324 killed, 2 lakh in relief camps in Kerala as flood crisis worsens

324 killed, 2 lakh in relief camps in Kerala as flood crisis worsens

Rediff.com17 Aug 2018

106 people died on a single day on Thursday.

NIA court permits listing of Nazir in heist case

NIA court permits listing of Nazir in heist case

Rediff.com30 May 2012

A national Investigation Agency court on Wednesday permitted the Crime Branch to list alleged LeT operative T Nazir, prime accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case, for being involved in a jewellery heist in Ernakulam district in June 2002.

Norwegian national asked to leave India for violating visa norms

Norwegian national asked to leave India for violating visa norms

Rediff.com27 Dec 2019

Janne-Mette Johansson, a Norwegian national on a tourist visa, came under the scanner of Bureau of Immigration authorities over her suspected participation in an anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protest in the Kochi three days ago.

Bishop Franco Mulakkal sent to 2-day police custody

Bishop Franco Mulakkal sent to 2-day police custody

Rediff.com22 Sep 2018

His lawyers moved the application, submitting that the clergyman was arrested after a three-day-long interrogation by the probe team.

CIC orders report on Western Ghats be made public

CIC orders report on Western Ghats be made public

Rediff.com13 Apr 2012

Report consists of recommendations for dividing the Western Ghats region into various ecologically sensitive zones.

Job loss forced 8.7 lakh Keralites to return home during pandemic

Job loss forced 8.7 lakh Keralites to return home during pandemic

Rediff.com7 Jan 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a whopping 8.7 lakh expatriates from Kerala to return home, most of them from the Gulf, since last May, with a majority of 5.67 lakh citing job loss as the reason for it, according to official data.

Why Anglo-Indians feel let down by Modi

Why Anglo-Indians feel let down by Modi

Rediff.com20 Dec 2019

'We fear worse things to happen. We feel this is just a teaser.' 'I wonder whether later, the Christian community will be targeted.'

Captain of ship in Kerala collision case arrested

Captain of ship in Kerala collision case arrested

Rediff.com13 Mar 2012

The captain of a Singapore-flagged ship, suspected to have collided with a boat off Kerala coast killing five fishermen, was arrested and brought to the shore in Chennai on Tuesday.

Kerala, K'taka, Maharashtra heave sigh of relief after floods recede

Kerala, K'taka, Maharashtra heave sigh of relief after floods recede

Rediff.com13 Aug 2019

After days of incessant rains, the situation improved in many parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra on Tuesday with water receding in affected areas.

Three detained in activist nun's murder case

Three detained in activist nun's murder case

Rediff.com18 Nov 2011

Three persons have been detained in connection with the killing of nun Valsha John, police said on Friday.

Interesting story of India's first e-toilet

Interesting story of India's first e-toilet

Rediff.com16 Dec 2011

A government girls' school in Ernakulam has become the first school in the country to get an electronic public toilet.

PM surveys flood-hit Kerala, grants Rs. 500 cr emergency aid

PM surveys flood-hit Kerala, grants Rs. 500 cr emergency aid

Rediff.com18 Aug 2018

An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given per person to the next of kin of those killed in the floods.

Dileep's The Metro is out to thrill you

Dileep's The Metro is out to thrill you

Rediff.com19 Jan 2011

This week's Malayalam release is a thriller based on three separate incidents taking place in a city.

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

'It's a misnomer to call temple assets a treasure'

Rediff.com13 Jul 2011

Since the treasure at Thiruvananthapuram's Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple has been discovered the value of the riches and what should be done with it has become the talk of the town. But little attention has been paid to the rich history and culture of the state that these valuables reveal, says P J Cherian, director, Kerala Council for Historical Research and the director of the archaeological excavations at Pattanam in Ernakulam district.

Amnesty calls for independent probe in Kerala Dalit rape case

Amnesty calls for independent probe in Kerala Dalit rape case

Rediff.com7 May 2016

Amnesty International on Friday asked the Kerala authorities to ensure an independent investigation into allegations of police inaction in a case involving the rape and brutal murder of a 30-year-old Dalit woman in the state.

Kerala polls: A battle of rookie vs veteran

Kerala polls: A battle of rookie vs veteran

Rediff.com31 Mar 2011

The youngest contestant of the April 13 Assembly polls in the prestigious Ernakulam constituency, National Students' Union of India President Hibi Eden of the Congress-led United Democratic Front, will cross swords with veteran Sebastian Paul of Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front.

Death toll in landslide in Idukki rises to 43

Death toll in landslide in Idukki rises to 43

Rediff.com9 Aug 2020

The picturesque landscape of Pettimudi was flattened into a rough patch of boulders and mud with parts of asbestos and tin sheets seen scattered around.

SEE: Blasts bring down Maradu apartments

SEE: Blasts bring down Maradu apartments

Rediff.com11 Jan 2020

The 60-metre high 19-storey building, known as "Holy Faith H20, was levelled in seconds in a spectacular implosion.

NIA court frames charges against 6 'IS members'

NIA court frames charges against 6 'IS members'

Rediff.com4 Sep 2018

The youths 'had got together and formed an ISIS terror module named Ansarul Khilafa-KL over social media platforms and had made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks against prominent persons, including judges, police officers and politicians, and also against foreign nationals and rationalists', it said.

Assailant in Kerala hand chopping case arrested

Assailant in Kerala hand chopping case arrested

Rediff.com20 Aug 2010

In a major breakthrough, one of the seven persons who allegedly carried out the Taliban-style attack on a college lecturer in Moovattupuzaha, Kerala, has been arrested by the special investigation team probing the case. Acting on information, the personnel of the special investigation team took into custody Shamsudeen alias Shamsu of Arackapady in Ernakulam district from Ukkadam on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Thursday night.

'Left has edge in Kerala, tough fight in Bengal'

'Left has edge in Kerala, tough fight in Bengal'

Rediff.com1 Apr 2011

It will be a 'tough fight' between the Left Front and the Trinamool Congress in this month's assembly polls in West Bengal while in Kerala the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front had an 'edge' over the Congress-led United Democratic Front, Communist Party of India General Secretary A B Bardhan said on Friday.

Kerala professor hand chopping case: 10 convicts handed 8-year jail terms

Kerala professor hand chopping case: 10 convicts handed 8-year jail terms

Rediff.com8 May 2015

A special NIA court in Ernakulam on Friday sentenced 10 convicts to eight years rigorous imprisonment for chopping the hand a college professor in Kerala in 2010.

How banks in Kerala are helping the flood victims

How banks in Kerala are helping the flood victims

Rediff.com22 Aug 2018

All documents and data were safe as there was a Disaster Recovery Centre for every bank