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Pinarayi Vijayan sworn-in as Kerala CM for 2nd time

Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran Pinarayi Vijayan, who led the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to an unprecedented consecutive victory in the April 6 assembly polls, on Thursday......

Cyclone Tauktae intensifies, 6 dead in 2 states

Gale-force winds, heavy rainfall and high tidal waves swept the coastal belt of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa as Cyclone Tauktae hurtled northwards towards Gujarat on Sunday, leaving four people dead......

Heavy rain lashes parts of Kerala, floods feared; NDRF teams deployed

As the low-pressure area in the south-eastern Arabian Sea intensified into a severe depression on Friday, heavy rains lashed many parts of Kerala and huge tidal waves started hitting......

'What a rebel she was!'

Legendary Marxist firebrand K R Gowri, one of the founding leaders of the Communist movement in Kerala and the lone woman member in the state's first cabinet, died at a hospital in......

3rd wave of Covid may not come if strong measures taken: Govt advisor

There may not be a third wave of coronavirus in the country if strong measures are taken and effectively implemented at the state, district and city-level, the country's top scientific officer said......

Kerala fixes floor price of vegetables at 20% over cost

Kerala on Tuesday became the first state to fix the floor price for vegetables, which would be 20 per cent above the production cost, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in Thiruvananthapuram on......

The Kerala minister who's fighting for states in GST Council

Thomas Isaac has been in and out of the national news in his role as Kerala’s finance minister since 2018 for various path-breaking tax initiatives. But it is 2020 that he has become more......

Kerala beckons tourists: We're open!

Kerala Tourism has drawn up God’s Own Country 2.0 and the department is going all out to repair the state’s image and infrastructure. Apart from being a damage control exercise, it is......

How banks in Kerala are helping the flood victims

All documents and data were safe as there was a Disaster Recovery Centre for every bank Banks in Kerala have decided to reschedule loans and to not levy service charges and fees for issuing new......

3 die in queue to exchange notes; ATMs across country run dry

The scramble by millions of panicked consumers to exchange banned currency or deposit them turned tragic on Friday when two people died in separate incidents in Maharashtra and Kerala amid chaos......

Allu Arjun flags off Kerala's famed boat race

Kerala government picks Telugu star to launch the state's best-known boat race. Telugu movie star Allu Arjun was the Guest of Honour at the 66th Nehru Trophy boat race on the Punnamda lake, near......

'Nobody can take Balabhaskar's place, ever'

'I had always felt he was on par with international musicians.''Everybody realised his worth as a musician only after he left us.' Music lovers were shocked when Balabhaskar passed away after he......

PIX: Halle Berry goes to Kerala

Here's how Halle gets her glow! After enjoying a beautiful sunrise in Mumbai, X-Men actress Halle Berry met up with Dia Mirza and Ananya Birla. Next, she headed to Kerala to enjoy the beach and......

It's amazing such movies are being made in India

'Movie plots clearly don't excite director Dileesh Pothan as much as true stories where life had come dizzyingly close to becoming like a movie and then, had fused back with life.''This means that......

Sreesanth likely to play for Kerala

Named among probables for Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. IMAGE: S Sreesanth was included in the list of players for the local T20 event in Alappuzha this month. Photograph: Files Former India pacer......

Sreesanth among Kerala probables for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

IMAGE: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth is eligible to return to cricket after his seven-year ban ended in September. Photograph: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth/Instagram Former India fast bowler......

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