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A muted start to Thrissur Pooram festivities after the Mundathikode blast

Sample fireworks scheduled for the day cancelled. Scale of celebrations curtailed, illumination of pandals restricted to main Pooram days. Thiruvambady observes 3-day mourning.

24 Apr 2026 8:55 pm
Four people, including two Bangladeshi women, arrested in Thiruvananthapuram for violating Immigration and Foreigners Act

The arrests were made during a raid conducted at a spa in Jagathy in Thiruvananthapuram, where the Bangladeshi women were found to be employed as therapists without valid documentation

24 Apr 2026 8:48 pm
Industries department accords sanction to Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited to go ahead with value addition of monazite

To seek necessary permissions from the Union government before going ahead with the value addition project

24 Apr 2026 8:42 pm
Punalur municipality rolls out relief measures as temperatures soar

Authorities issue directives to hospital staff to prioritise and provide immediate emergency care for patients with sunburns and other heat-related ailments

24 Apr 2026 8:34 pm
CSIR-NIIST to organise techno fest and customer meet on May 11

Participants will have the opportunity to interact with scientists, visit research divisions, and witness demonstrations of technologies, advanced research facilities, and equipment

24 Apr 2026 8:20 pm
For snakebite management, training crucial for doctors to administer antivenom

Antivenom administration can trigger adverse reactions in the patient, which taluk hospitals may not be equipped to handle. It can be given only in confirmed envenomation cases, which require specific clinical evaluation and blood tests, facilities that many taluk hospitals lack. However, antivenom should not be withheld as complications due to snakebites are a far greater risk than adverse reactions

24 Apr 2026 8:15 pm
Youth stabbed to death in Kattakkada in Keralas Thiruvananthapuram

Despite sustaining injuries during the scuffle, the victim reportedly remained at the scene for some time and continued arguing before eventually leaving on a friends motorcycle after feeling unwell

24 Apr 2026 8:15 pm
Rajan Gurukkal warns of unethical elephant spectacles

Calls for move away from live elephants in fests

24 Apr 2026 8:11 pm
Weakened campus politics a reason for BDS students death in Kannur college, says M.V. Govindan

Students should attain the strength to expose and resist tendencies such as cast discrimination and come together to strengthen campus politics in places where it has been weakened or erased, says CPI(M) State secretary

24 Apr 2026 7:50 pm
Neelakurinji facing threat from unregulated tourism, infra expansion: report

Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, in an affidavit, says these activities not only reduce the habitat extent of the species, but also disrupt its critical ecological processes

24 Apr 2026 7:36 pm
Ration irregularities in Edamalakkudy: two civil supplies officials suspended

The suspended officials are Devikulam Taluk Supply Officer Sanjaynath and former Rationing Inspector Jayakumar E

24 Apr 2026 7:20 pm
Hours Fish Point project launched in Kollam

Initiative aims to provide consumers with rapid access to fresh fish, and is designed to safeguard the welfare of the fishing community

24 Apr 2026 7:16 pm
KSEBs summer plan draws regulatory panel ire

KSERC, at a public hearing on a KSEB proposal on power purchases using the term ahead market, criticises the latter for surrendering excess day-time power when it could have been avoided by fast-tracking battery energy storage system projects and for failing to draw up sufficient power swap arrangements with other States to meet the summer demand

24 Apr 2026 6:48 pm
BJP-led Thiruvananthapuram Corporation council a failure: Sivankutty

Minister and Mayor V.V. Rajesh engage in a war of words over civic issues in the city

24 Apr 2026 5:10 pm
Kerala health alert: Public urged to stay vigilant against amoebic brain infections during summer

Health Minister advises people to avoid bathing or washing their faces with unclean water and stressed the need to maintain hygiene in water sources

24 Apr 2026 4:28 pm
Coast guard chopper on training sortie flies over Sabarimala; ICG says due to bad weather

Police register case after Sabarimala Special Commissioner orders inquiry due to sensitive security of the hill temple

24 Apr 2026 1:56 pm
Kerala Assembly polls: IUML legislator Abdul Hameed slams Congress over CM debate

IUML Malappuram district general secretary P. Abdul Hameed, MLA, warns such talks could disappoint UDF supporters in Kerala

24 Apr 2026 12:55 pm
Samridhi vs Indira Canteen row erupts again in Kerala amid political slugfest over food sourcing

Budget initiative by Kochi Corporation and Kudumbashree faces controversy as LDF accuses UDF of misusing food from Samridhi to support Indira Canteen. Kochi Mayor claims the arrangement benefits the women behind Samridhi. The new dispute is sparked by LDF leader V.A. Sreejiths social media claims

24 Apr 2026 12:36 pm
Fishers flag safety gaps, call for quick-response rescue service

Concerns raised in the wake of the disrupted marine ambulance service in Kozhikode

24 Apr 2026 2:07 am
Recent hits give Malayalam film industry a shot in the arm

A couple of young and talented filmmakers have scripted success in the Malayalam film industry through their recent ventures. G. Krishnakumar finds out how the youngsters have rekindled hope in the industry that has been struggling to stay afloat

24 Apr 2026 12:29 am
Pandalam family member criticises Kerala for stance in Sabarimala entry dispute

Senior representative of erstwhile royal family criticises government in Supreme Court for not being firm in opposing petitions filed by non-believers questioning the age-old rituals of Sabarimala temple

23 Apr 2026 11:14 pm
Two, including social media influencer, held with suspected MDMA

The seizure was made by a special squad of the Excise department at Pantheeramkavu in Kozhikode

23 Apr 2026 9:50 pm
Kerala fireworks tragedy: The killing fields of Mundathikode

Police personnel scour the paddy fields near the fireworks blast site looking for body parts

23 Apr 2026 9:18 pm
Kerala fireworks tragedy: severed head found as search intensifies

Cadaver dogs aid recovery of body parts; over 300 kg of unexploded explosives collected as probe deepens

23 Apr 2026 8:51 pm
Kerala on the brink of heatwave, Chief Minister calls for self-lockdown

IMD Director says though heatwave has not been technically declared, the hot and humid conditions are at times comparable to heatwave. Intense heat, coupled with high humidity, is likely to persist at least till April 27

23 Apr 2026 8:38 pm
Kerala records all-time high daily power usage and peak demand as mercury rises

Kerala records a daily power consumption of 116.11 mu and peak demand of 6,013 MW on Friday (April 17)

18 Apr 2026 4:34 pm
Filmmaker Fazil Razak on Moham selected for Moscow International Film Festival 2026

The director on shaping a psychologically layered story and navigating the festival circuit

17 Apr 2026 10:21 am
With BDS students death in Kannur, caste bias back in focus

The death of a student of Kannur Dental College has raised disturbing questions about caste discrimination on Keralas college campuses. The college has dismissed a faculty member and suspended another, pending inquiry. The incident led to an outpouring of related complaints from other students. The bereaved family, the students college-mates, faculty, and activists express their views

16 Apr 2026 11:28 pm
Kerala dental students death: College to dismiss faculty member as protests intensify

Managements decision to initiate dismissal proceedings comes after discussions with student union representatives. Students had earlier warned of class boycott until action was taken against the faculty member

16 Apr 2026 4:36 pm
Statewide taxi service plays a crucial role in organ donation

The service significantly enhanced the coordination and management of the various activities involved in the donation

12 Apr 2026 4:27 pm
Samridhi, Indira canteen row refuses to die down

Ruling and opposition councillors lock horns over the issue at the Kochi Corporation Council meet

27 Jan 2026 10:51 pm