Kerala
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All state univ female students will be given menstrual leave: Kerala min
Thiruvananthapuram: In a pioneering decision, the Kerala government on Monday said it would grant menstrual leave for female students studying in all state universities coming under the Department of Higher Education. Taking a…
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Masks, sanitisers, social distancing back in Kerala for a month
Thiruvananthapuram: Covid restrictions, like those stipulated during the pandemic time, will be in force in Kerala with immediate effect for a month, it was announced on Monday. All will have to wear…
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Kerala Sports Minister under fire over ‘ODI match’ remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: The otherwise soft-spoken Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurahiman’s now-hugely controversial statement that those “starving need not go and watch the ODI match” (between India and Sri Lanka) on Monday came under…
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This Kerala university announces ‘menstruation benefit’ for female students
Kochi: Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) announced to grant menstrual leaves to its female students. The University on Saturday announced an additional 2 per cent of condonation of shortage of…
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Soaring popularity of Tharoor triggers disquiet among Congress leaders in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Three-time Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s growing popularity in the state has apparently left his fellow party leaders worried. Those following Congress politics in Kerala are turning to party…
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Kerala bans production of mayonnaise made from raw eggs
Thiruvananthapuram: With complaints over quality of food being served in hotels and even deaths being reported due to food poisoning, the Kerala government, after a meeting with stake holders, on Friday issued…
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Bird flu outbreak in state-run poultry farm in Kerala, 1800 birds dead
Kozhikode: A bird flu outbreak has been reported in a state-run poultry farm in Kozhikode district of Kerala as around 1,800 chickens have died of the infection, official sources said. The presence of…
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Kerala CM claims certain religious minorities, women not safe under BJP rule in country
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister country and Vijayan on Monday alleged that women and certain religious minorities were not safe under BJP rule in the country and accused the Sangh Parivar of creating…
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Death of student not due to food poisoning; Kerala Police suspect a plot
Thiruvananthapuram: In a twist, the Kerala Police appears to have unearthed a letter written by a 19-year-old student from Kasargod, who passed away on January 7, and was initially suspected to be…
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Kerala BJP slams Left over Benazir Bhutto’s picture in AIDWA poster
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala unit of the BJP on Friday condemned the women’s wing of the CPI(M) — All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) — for using the picture of former Pakistan Prime…
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Unable to repay debts, family of 3 commit suicide in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Unable to repay debts, three members of a family in Kerala committed suicide on Friday by setting themselves on fire. Despite his best efforts, the 48-year-old Rameshan failed to make the…
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After giving scare to KCR, ED’s key man heads to Kerala; will he ‘unsettle’ Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram: After giving sleepless nights to K. Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana, top Enforcement Directorate official Dinesh Paruchuri is all set to take over as the head of the Kerala ED…
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Despite being educated unemployment rate among Kerala youth huge: Shashi Tharoor
Kottayam: Unemployment rate among the youth in Kerala is huge and there is a need to make the state more attractive for its younger generation to prevent them from going outside for jobs,…
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SC only looked into legal, technical aspects of demonetisation: Kerala Fin Min
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Monday said the Supreme Court verdict upholding the Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes only looked into its…
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70 hospitalised in Kerala after food poisoning
Thiruvananthapuram: At least 70 people were admitted to various hospitals in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district after an alleged food poisoning during a baptism function held at Malappally in the district earlier this week,…
