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Nurses to continue strike in Thiruvananthapuram

UNA, which called the strike, represents the majority of nurses working in as many as 490 private hospitals, including clinics, in the State

5 Mar 2026 6:43 am
KGMCTA defers strike for a week following Kerala government assurances

Government agrees to disburse the pay revision arrears of 18 months immediately. Arrears of the remaining 39 months will be disbursed in accordance with legal advice

4 Mar 2026 11:57 pm
Kalamassery municipality mulls energy-efficient alternatives for street lights

The municipality has drafted a project to replace tube lights with LED lights in the first phase of the project expected to cost around 75 lakh

4 Mar 2026 11:50 pm
Cochin Dioceses post-SIR campaign seeks to ensure nobody loses right to vote

The diocese, comprising 40,750 families spread over four Assembly constituencies in two districts, has launched the drive to identify those who remain out of the electoral rolls even after the recently concluded Special Intensive Revision of voters list

4 Mar 2026 9:35 pm
P.K. Sasi to quit CPI(M), to contest in Ottapalam as Independent

While CPI(M) leaders insist that his exit will not dent the partys prospects, UDF hopes to leverage his influence

4 Mar 2026 9:10 pm
Seat-sharing talks progressed well, LDF to announce candidates soon: Ramakrishnan

LDF convener says organisational work for ensuring fronts victory in the elections is ongoing, adding the response of the public during house visits has been encouraging

4 Mar 2026 9:03 pm
West Asia crisis: Kerala launches counselling support to expats, families back home

Expatriate Keralites and their family members can access 24X7 the services of counsellors under Tele-Manas. Anxiety triggered by exaggerated portrayal of the crisis by a section of the media is causing greater distress to expatriates and their families, says NoRKA-Roots CEO

4 Mar 2026 9:00 pm
As war in West Asia intensifies, cardamom prices take a hit

Average price of cardamom falls by 150 per kg. However, no order cancellations reported yet

4 Mar 2026 8:49 pm
SSLC, Plus One exams begin on Thursday

4.18 lakh students have registered for SSLC examinations. 4.11 lakh students will appear for the Plus One higher secondary examinations and 3.41 lakh students for the Plus One improvement examinations

4 Mar 2026 8:49 pm
Talk to Mayor adalat resolves 250 complaints in Thrissur

Footballer I.M. Vijayan assured by Mayor that Municipal Stadium would remain under the Corporation

4 Mar 2026 8:42 pm
Governor signs Malayalam Language Bill, making Malayalam Keralas official language

New law mandates use of Malayalam in government administration, and extends to semi-government bodies, public sector undertakings and cooperative institutions

4 Mar 2026 8:33 pm
Twin joys from students farming efforts in Thrissur

NSS members of Govt. HSS, Marathamkode, laboured on a 35-cent plot and harvested 280 kg. The students then donated the profit from the harvest for the heart surgery of a baby

4 Mar 2026 8:33 pm
ED questions Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru in Sabarimala gold theft case

ED is looking at the Special Investigation Teams alleged findings related to the Tantris financial transactions

4 Mar 2026 8:13 pm
New police station buildings inaugurated in Kozhikode

Chief Minister launches construction works of States first rural jail at Puthuppanam near Vadakara in Kozhikode through videoconferencing

4 Mar 2026 8:13 pm
FYUGP monitoring committee finalises uniform academic calendar for 202627

Semester break introduced during valuation camps held on campuses after the first, third, and fifth semester examinations

4 Mar 2026 7:55 pm
Tunnel road project: controlled rock blasts to begin on March 6

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to launch the process to be carried out under stringent safety measures

4 Mar 2026 7:42 pm
UVI levels remain high in parts of Kerala, alerts issued in districts

According to a bulletin issued by theKSDMA on February 4, 2026, the highest level of UVI (eight) was recorded at Munnar in Idukki

4 Mar 2026 7:23 pm
Israel-Iran conflict: Oman Air restores flights halted for Ramzan offering relief to expats stuck in Gulf

Hundreds of Indian expatriates from the UAE are travelling to Muscat by road. The 450-km journey from Dubai takes about six hours, including roughly one hour for border clearance

4 Mar 2026 7:14 pm
Fifty years on, Rajans death continues to be shrouded in mystery

It was on March 1, 1976, that P. Rajan, a student of Regional Engineering College, Kozhikode, was taken into police custody alleging links with Naxalites. Despite a prolonged legal battle by his father Eachara Varier, Rajans whereabouts still remain a mystery. The police personnel accused of being involved in the incident have all along protested their innocence. The incident left a deep impact on the States politics too.

4 Mar 2026 7:12 pm
Kodikunnil Suresh invites G. Sudhakaran to Congress, slams CPI(M) for insulting senior leader

Expressing strong disapproval of the CPI(M) leaderships current stance, the MP describes the neglect and derogatory remarks directed at Sudhakaran over the past few years as extremely unfortunate

4 Mar 2026 6:44 pm
Researchers in Kerala try out land-based nurseries for coral conservation

Coral species collected from underwater reefs off Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram, are grown in a controlled environment on land as part of a Kufos project. They will be reintroduced into their natural habitat once they reach a certain level of growth

4 Mar 2026 4:39 pm
Kerala Assembly polls: RSP-Congress friction deepens in Eravipuram as Congress pushes Karthik Premachandran as candidate

Local Congress leaders demand that son of Kollam MP N.K. Premachandran be fielded to ensure UDF victory. Citing current nominees low chances, around 38 leaders petition Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan

4 Mar 2026 4:15 pm
Governors should examine Bills within reasonable time: Goa Governor

Goa Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju was speaking to a group of journalists from Kerala who visited the Lok Bhavan in Panjim last week as part of a press tour

4 Mar 2026 4:05 pm
Summer heat pushes up Keralas daily power consumption

As per Power department projections, average daily consumption in March is likely to touch 103.5 million units (mu), and that of April and May, 111.7 mu and 96.4 mu respectively

4 Mar 2026 3:26 pm
How students resource maps can be a gamechanger in local body planning

Students of Government Model Boys Vocational and Higher Secondary School, Attingal, apply experiential knowledge to practical situations to come out with 26 thematic maps that can emerge as a valuable resource in Attingal municipalitys planning process

4 Mar 2026 2:48 pm
Kerala CPI(M) veteran G. Sudhakaran signals break with party after 63 years

In a Facebook post, Sudhakaran says he has not applied for membership scrutiny (an annual intra-party exercise) because he feels the CPI(M)s State and district (Alappuzha) leadership has spurned and ridiculed him

4 Mar 2026 2:38 pm
Farmer in Keralas Wayanad dies in suspected elephant attack

According to local residents, the victim had gone to drive off an elephant that had entered his farm. However, as he did not return, they checked and found him lying on the ground with elephant footprints around him

4 Mar 2026 1:19 pm
Sabarimala gold case: Kerala court grants statutory bail to former TDB president A. Padmakumar

Mr. Padmakumar is a former CPI(M) MLA and had served as TDB president when the decision was taken to hand over Sabarimala artefacts for replating to prime accused Unnikrishnan Potti in 2019

4 Mar 2026 12:16 pm
Kerala private sector nurses go on strike; services at 490 hospitals and clinics hit

They seek higher pay, improved staffing levels to reduce workload, better patient-caregiver ratio and end to alleged arbitrary lay-offs

4 Mar 2026 11:54 am
Ex-Navy official arrested with 1.2 kg of ganja, cannabis plants in Kerala

The accused, identified as Binu V. William, was nabbed during a search conducted at his residence in Poomkavu based on a tip-off

4 Mar 2026 11:02 am
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