Kerala and Maharashtra together contribute nearly 65 percent of the total active coronavirus caseload of the country, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. India’s active caseload has fallen to 1,84,182 today. The share of active cases in the total positive cases has further shrunk to […]
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AIU seized gold worth Rs 50.96 lakhs from a passenger at Kerala’s Calicut Airport
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) has seized one kilogram of 24-carat gold worth Rs 50.96 lakhs from a passenger at Kerala’s Calicut Airport, said the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi on Monday. According to the Customs, the gold was perfectly concealed inside the rotor of a mixer grinder. “Calicut AIU Batch A has Seized […]
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Kerala: Covid-19 patient recovers after he was administered plasma therapy
Thiruvananthapuram: Convalescent plasma therapy, an experimental medical procedure, where critical coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients are treated using plasma collected from those who have recovered from the viral infection, have come to the rescue of a critical patient (51), who is undergoing treatment at Thrissur Medical College Hospital in Kerala, the […]
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena to marry DFYI president Riyaz
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena is set to marry Democratic Youth Federation of India (DFYI) national president PA Mohamad Riyaz later this month. The marriage will take place on June 15. It will be a simple function in Thiruvananthapuram, solemnised under the Special Marriages Act, according to the […]
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Kerala elephant may have accidentally eaten cracker-filled fruit: Environment ministry
The pregnant elephant, who died in Kerala’s Palakkad last month triggering widespread outrage, may have accidentally eaten a cracker-stuffed fruit, the Union ministry of environment has said. The 15-year-old elephant died after chewing on a pineapple stuffed with crackers, according to initial reports, but later an autopsy conducted on her found it […]
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2 held in connection with pregnant elephant’s death in Kerala
Two people have been taken into custody by the joint investigation teams of the police and forest departments in connection with the brutal killing of a pregnant elephant in Palakkad in Kerala, officials said on Friday. According to initial reports, the people taken into custody are workers at a private estate. […]
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Centre, Kerala lock horns over expatriates’ evacuation
Kerala has crossed swords with the Centre over the evacuation of stranded expatriates from the Middle Eastern countries even as the state reported three deaths and 94 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, highest since the outbreak began in January. The state government has landed in a […]
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Kerala’s BevQ app approved: Malayalis thank Sundar Pichai, Google profusely
BevQ, the alcohol distribution app’s launch was delayed last week leading many people to express their desperation on the Google CEO’s Facebook page Doesn’t quite matter how things are in the rest of the country, Malayalis are, however, elated and flooding Google and Sundar Pichai’s social media pages with ‘thank you’ messages […]
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With 1 more death, Kerala’s Covid-19 toll rises to 7
Kerala’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) death toll went up to seven after a 62-year-old woman died at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on Monday night, health officials said. They said the woman, a resident of Kannur, was a paralytic and was suffering from many other ailments. Her husband, who works in […]
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Kerala SSC, SSLC postponed exams to be held from May 26
The examinations of the 10th standard and the plus-two students will commence in Kerala from May 26, its Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.The exams were postponed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The students reaching Kerala from other states will have to undergo 14-day quarantine and special arrangements will be […]
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Kerala asks for NEET, other entrance examination centres in Gulf countries
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in allotting entrance examination centres in the UAE and other Gulf countries, where a large number of expatriate Indian students reside. There has been concern among the expatriate students in the Gulf about writing the […]
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Private photos put on net, Kerala lecturer rejects suicide, fights back
A Kerala man sexually abused a local lecturer on pretext of marriage and then posted her intimate photos on social media and porn sites before fleeing to the UAE, from where the cops are trying to have him extradited. The incident came to light on the complaint of the Malappuram […]
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Kerala Maoist encounter toll rises to four
With the recovery of one more body from the forests on Tuesday, the toll in Kerala police-Maoist encounter in Agali in Palakkad district rose to four, police said. Three Maoists were killed in the encounter on Monday. The body of Manivasakam, a leader of the Kabani ‘dalam’ of Naxalites, was […]