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Kerala VHSE gets AB-Dual recognition

With this, the Vocational Higher Secondary Education wing of the General Education department will be able to design courses according to the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and give them approval

27 Mar 2026 12:25 am
36.50 cr. authorised to clear victims compensation fund arrears, Kerala HC informed

This comes in the wake of the court observing recently that it would pass orders to attach the State governments treasury accounts if the government failed to pay the amount within a week

27 Mar 2026 12:17 am
Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Triangular battle on the cards in nine seats in Kerala

The LDF, the UDF and the NDA are locked in three-cornered fights in the constituencies of Nemom, Kazhakkoottam, Vattiyoorkkavu, Aranmula, Pala, Thrissur, Nattika, Palakkad and Manjeshwaram. The outcomes from these seats could even determine the final outcome of the polls.

26 Mar 2026 10:55 pm
Ro-Ro ferries fitted with Automatic Identification System

The AIS system enables the ferry master to monitor the movement of nearby vessels and crafts, thereby enhancing navigational safety

26 Mar 2026 10:27 pm
Stress laid on proper hygiene to prevent shigella spread in Kerala

A total of 15 cases, including one death, have been reported across the State this month due to shigellosis, a disease caused by Shigella bacteria. As many as 29 confirmed cases have been reported across the State so far this year

26 Mar 2026 10:17 pm
26 Mar 2026 10:01 pm
Kerala Assembly polls 2026: Detailed break-up of voter roll published

Kerala has 2,71,42,952 voters including 1,39,21,868 women, 1,32,20,811 men and 273 transgender voters for the 2026 elections

26 Mar 2026 9:27 pm
Ragam-26 fest begins at NIT-C

The three-day event to draw the participation of over 10,000 students in around 100 events

26 Mar 2026 9:07 pm
Transgender community members crowdfund to send group to national capital

A six-member group from Kerala is in New Delhi to voice their protest against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill and coordinate with other protesting groups

26 Mar 2026 9:07 pm
Kerala Assembly Polls 2026: Welfare Party declares support for UDF ahead of elections

Sangh Parivar seeks to maintain a favourable social atmosphere for its progress in the State by keeping the Left in power, and the WPI strives to keep such forces at bay, according to the party

26 Mar 2026 8:51 pm
Over 8,000 complaints on MCC violations received through cVIGIL app in Kozhikode

The app, available for download from the Election Commission of Indias web platform, allows users to upload real-time photographs, short video clips, and audio recordings as evidence

26 Mar 2026 8:51 pm
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: 890 candidates in the fray in Kerala as deadline for withdrawal of nominations ends

Koduvally has the highest number of candidates, 13, followed by Manjeswaram, Peravur and Thiruvananthapuram with 11 candidates each

26 Mar 2026 8:47 pm
Attack on Minister Veena George: Kerala HC seeks govt. response on plea

Petitioner says charges in FIR are exaggeration and no such attack took place on the Minister. He seeks probe by a police officer not below the rank of Dy.SP

26 Mar 2026 8:25 pm
Police officer under influence attempts to drive KSRTC bus, causes panic

The incident happened at the Pathanamthitta KSRTC bus stand; the officer allegedly misbehaved with staff and passengers, including women

26 Mar 2026 8:17 pm
Kerala Assembly elections 2026: Possibility of Muslim vote shift a worry for LDF

The controversial remarks made by SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan a couple of months ago seem to have deeply influenced Muslim voter sentiment

26 Mar 2026 7:22 pm
Security stepped up ahead of Assembly polls in Kozhikode

Route marches were completed in sensitive urban and rural areas in Kozhikode district to boost public confidence and prevent potential law-and-order issues

26 Mar 2026 7:06 pm
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Satheesan accuses Pinarayi of being an RSS agent

Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly posts photographs of veteran CPI(M) leaders, including EMS Namboodiripad, alongside BJP pioneers like L.K. Advani. He was responding to the Chief Minister asking about the deal, which compelled him to genuflect in front of Golwalkars photograph at an RSS event in Paravur in 2006

26 Mar 2026 6:55 pm
Prathichaya movie review: Not even a whitewash can contemporise this old-fashioned political thriller

Even as the Nivin Pauly starrer Prathichaya tackles the complex game of image-making in politics, it often feels like the movie stuck in the past, delivering predictable twists and one-dimensional characters

26 Mar 2026 6:25 pm
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: CM dares Satheesan to explain latters deal with RSS

Pinarayi Vijayan posts a 2006 photograph showing the Leader of the Opposition lighting a lamp in front of a picture of Hindutva ideologue M.S. Golwalkar

26 Mar 2026 5:45 pm
ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute develops electronic starch indicator for cassava

The device enables farmers and stakeholders to determine starch content quickly and accurately through a two-step process

26 Mar 2026 5:15 pm
CPI(M) leader K.K Shailaja confident of winning from Peravoor, considered a Congress bastion

Banking on a mix of development promises, the veteran CPI(M) leader in Kerala says past administrative experience and what she terms as growing dissatisfaction over lack of major initiatives in the constituency in the past 15 years would help her to win the election against the incumbent UDF MLA

26 Mar 2026 4:54 pm
Website to track interventions made by MLAs in Kerala Assembly launched

MLATrack.com tracks the interventions made by the MLAs in the State from 2021 to 2026.

26 Mar 2026 4:34 pm
Kerala polls: Expelled IUML leader Irshad booked over misogynistic remarks against CPI(M) legislator U. Prathibha

Alex Varghese, District Collector and Election Officer of Alappuzha, conducted a preliminary inquiry into a complaint from the CPI(M) mandalam committee and found a prima facie violation of Model Code of Conduct regarding the remarks

26 Mar 2026 3:48 pm
Kerala Assembly polls: SDPI pulls out of Manjeswaram contest, easing vote-split concerns for UDF

SDPIs withdrawal of its candidate comes days after criticism that the partys presence in the fray could divide votes and indirectly aid BJP

26 Mar 2026 2:55 pm
Major fire breaks out at oil recycling firm in Keralas Edayar; 1 killed

Victim identified as a Bihar native. The blaze is believed to have originated from a thermic fluid heater

26 Mar 2026 1:23 pm
Kerala polls: Pinarayi Vijayan slams Rahul Gandhi, Congress for aiding BJP to come to power in various States

Pinarayi Vijayan alleges that Rahul Gandhi, though a national leader of Congress, does not even match up to local leaders of his party in terms of his competence to comprehend various issues

26 Mar 2026 12:23 pm
26 Mar 2026 11:33 am
Malayalam actor-director E.A. Rajendran dies at 71

Rajendran was the brother-in-law of actor Mukesh and the son-in-law of noted theatre director O. Madhavan

26 Mar 2026 10:25 am
Welfare and distress: On the run-up to the Kerala Assembly election 2026

The Opposition is trying to undermine the LDFs development pitch

26 Mar 2026 1:24 am
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Repeat contest in Kothamangalam as Antony takes on Shibu again

Even as human-wildlife conflict and farmers issues dominate the constituency, the position of Church groups, particularly the Jacobite Syrian Christian denomination, could be a decisive factor

25 Mar 2026 10:39 pm
POCSO survivors forced to approach authorities repeatedly to get compensation: panel

Child rights panel report calls for interventions at government level to find funds for paying victim compensation

25 Mar 2026 9:39 pm