Month: August 2025

Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) chairperson C.K. Abdul Rehim is set to demit office on September 3. A full court reference recently held was attended by Additional Advocate General Asok M. Cherian; Thiruvananthapuram Bar Association president Pallichal S.K. Pramod; the presidents of the KAT Advocates’ Association Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam units, M. Fathahudeen and Shameena Salahudeen; and […]

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating works on the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel road project at Anakkampoyil in Kozhikode on Sunday. | Photo Credit: TH The Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel road is a landmark initiative of the State government that will lead to the development of upland regions, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Inaugurating the works of the twin […]

The International Whale Shark Day observance held at Kochuveli on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Local fishers who helped in the rescue of stranded whale sharks were felicitated here on Saturday on the occasion of International Whale Shark Day. A total of 18 fishers from various coastal districts of Kerala were honoured for […]

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday (August 31, 2025) requested his Himachal Pradesh counterpart, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, to ensure the safety of 18 tourists from the State who are stranded there due to flash floods and landslides. The group, part of a tour organised by a Kochi-based agency, is stranded at Kalpa in Himachal […]

Refuting reports by a section of the media that the State government did not invite Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to flag off the procession on the concluding day of the government’s Onam week celebrations, General Education Minister V. Sivankutty said that an appointment has been already fixed with the Governor’s office to invite him formally. […]

Kerala has figured in the top rankings in major areas, including academic standards, retention rate, infrastructure and gender equality, in the latest Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) data for 2024-25 released by the Ministry of Education (MoE) this week, General Education Minister V. Sivankutty has said. The UDISE+ data is gathered using […]

A youth was killed and four others were seriously injured when a speeding SUV crashed into a pillar of the elevated highway along National Highway-66 near Kazhakuttam on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Shibin of Balaramapuram. The incident occurred around 11.45 p.m. The injured persons, identified as Rajneesh, 27, of Marayamuttom, Kiran, […]

Educational concessions, including scholarships and reservation in admissions, would become accessible at the post-matric level for students of 28 classes of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) of the State if a recommendation of the Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes (KSCBC) is accepted. The students of these classes, though on the OBC list, have been […]

Minister for Registration, Museums, and Archaeology Ramachandran Kadannappally inaugurated the Bishop Valloppilly Memorial Museum at Chempanthotty, which documents the history of the Malabar migration, on Saturday (August 30, 2025). The museum was opened after the completion of the first phase, with work on the second phase set to begin shortly. The Minister said museums would […]