Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who undertook an aerial survey of rain ravaged areas of Idukki and Wayanad, said Kerala was in the midst of an unprecedented flood havoc and the calamity has caused "immeasurable misery and devastation."
Veteran south Indian playback singer S Janaki on Saturday rejected the Padma Bhushan award, saying it has come too late in her 55-year-long career.
The film is directed by Shahid Khader and will be called Chennaiyil Oru Naal.
The elephant had died on May 27 after she ate the pineapple stuffed with crackers and forest officials said that it died standing in river Velliyar after it suffered an injury in its lower jaw.
The annual Reuters ranking of Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities for 2018 is out.
Shutters of at least 22 reservoirs in the state have been opened to drain out excess water.
The INS Jalashwa, the Navy's amphibious warship, reached Male on Thursday to undertake the massive repatriation mission named 'Operation Samudra Setu' (Sea Bridge).
'I want to make the government realise that they are not empowering Dalits by giving them free goats or hens; what they need is good education.'
Day 1 of the relaxations saw scores of people hitting the roads in their four wheeelers and two wheelers in various parts of the state, including coronavirus hotspots, and there was confusion galore over the easing of nroms.
Kerala Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran V S Achuthanandan filed nomination for contesting the assembly elections from his sitting seat Malampuzha in Palakkad district on Thursday. Achuthanandan filed his papers before joint registrar (co-operatives) A N Pradeepraj, who is the returning officer for the segment.
The outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India and the Maoists have recently conducted a secret meeting in Kottayam district of Kerala, according to highly placed sources in the Indian intelligence agencies.
Says the company encroached on people's land; will decide later if two of its wind mills can continue.
The legendary music director passed away at a private hospital after suffering from geriatric problem.
Some food historians believe idli was derived from some steamed rice preparations from Indonesia.
The actor is reportedly set for an intimate ceremony today in Palakkad.
Kerala Chief Minister and Communist Party of India - Marxist veteran V S Achuthanandan on Wednesday got into trouble over his comment about his opponent and Congress leader in Malampuzha segment Lathika Subhash.Subhash moved the Election Commission and court against him for making a 'defamatory' remark against her.The row was sparked by Achuthanandan's comment at a press meet in Palakkad on Tuesday when he said, "They are famous, and, if you inquire, you will know why."
The Kerala government decided to remove Suzlon Energy's windmills and other establishments from land in the Attappadi tribal area of Palakkad district, saying the company had taken the area illegally.
Campaigns for Kerala polls may have lost a bit of their grandeur, but they are still marked by occasional bursts of red, finds Shobha Warrier
For 'a person who has dedicated his life to teaching students, guiding them to restoring monuments and preserving our built heritage, I never dreamt that my home will one day be demolished.'
In a typical Malayali wedding, former Union minister Shashi Tharoor wed Sunanda Pushkar at his ancestral home on Sunday.
The plant at Pudussery was found to have been depleting the water table in the locality over the years.
The dry-run was being conducted in state capitals in at least three session sites. Some states also included districts that are situated in difficult terrain or have poor logistical support, according to officials.
Kerala Police sources said the recent arrest of two Maoist operatives -- Sikin and Sivaraman -- from rural areas of Palakkad district revealed that Roopesh and his wife Shiny, who are both in hiding, were heading the Maoist movement in the state.
State Assembly recommends imposition of curbs on extraction of water by the plant.
New Union minister L Murugan's declaration of Kongu Nadu as his native place, instead of Tamil Nadu, may be part of a grand BJP strategy to create new states out of existing ones, particularly those that have anti-BJP governments, mulls N Sathiya Moorthy.
CDs of home cinemas, produced on shoestring budgets and mostly dealing with social and emotional issues, now have a wide audience in the northern districts of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad and Kasaragod.
India does not wish to destabilise Pakistan in any manner and wants to maintain good relations with that country, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said in Palakkad on Thursday.
Other than the much hyped Kerala Cafe, the other Malayalam film releasing on this week is Uttara Swayamvaram.
The star is in huge demand in Karnataka too.
For the first time in the last 26 years, a shutter of the Cheruthoni Dam was opened on Thursday.
Two officers -- Lt Colonel Mukesh Jha and Major Amardeep Singh -- are among the five injured army personnel.
Mohan Raghavan's talks about directing his debut Malayalam film, the response to it and the difficulties that he faced making it.
Kerala Union of Working Journalists decided to boycott the press meets called by the BJP after saffron party workers attacked mediapersons.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages on a petition filed by a Kerala village panchayat challenging a high court order allowing the soft drink company to draw 500,000 litres of groundwater per day.
'Politics is not a post for retired people to enjoy.'
Former United Nations diplomat Shashi Tharoor said on Friday that he will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls if he was given a chance and gave indications that his preference was Congress.
Dharshana suffers from microcornea which has rendered her right eye almost a 'nil vision' and the left one a partial vision.
The BJP/Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and right wing outfits have made it clear that they would not allow any woman in the 10-50 age group to offer prayers at the shrine, where the deity is 'Naishtika Brahmachari' (perennial celibate).
Abdulla Haris, 21, a native of Adhur, had been missing for the last six months.
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