Month: September 2025

With elections fast approaching, the United Democratic Front (UDF) leadership has intensified efforts to mend ties with the Nair Service Society (NSS), the influential community organisation that has aligned with the Left Democratic Front on the Sabarimala issue. In recent days, Congress Working Committee special invitee Kodikkunnil Suresh, KPCC disciplinary committee chairman Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, senior […]

The organisers of the annual Kalpathy Rath Festival have requested increased support from the district administration and police, given the growing crowds flocking to Kalpathy villages for the festival. The Kalpathy festival has seen a surge in attendance in recent years, largely driven by electronic and social media attention. This growth has raised concerns among […]

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged students to take a pledge to study the life of Mahatma Gandhi and imbibe Gandhian values. In a message on Tuesday to all schoolchildren from Class VIII to Plus Two in connection with Gandhi Jayanti, the Chief Minister reminded them that Gandhi’s life was a roadmap for realising the […]

A man taking bath from a stream at Navaikulam village in Thiruvananthapuram in October, 2024, where a teenager who was diagnosed with rare disease amoebic meningoencephalitis had taken bath. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Rising pollution of waterbodies in the State and the increase in ambient temperature could potentially be leading to increased amoebic concentration […]

A day after Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar cancelled a flagging-off ceremony of vehicles procured for the Motor Vehicle department (MVD), upset over the arrangement of the programme, a show-cause notice has been served to Assistant Motor Vehicles Commissioner V. Joy for the alleged lapses in organising the flag-off ceremony. The Minister had called off […]

Industries Minister P. Rajeeve on Monday launched the official logo of BioConnect, an international life sciences conclave and expo to be held on October 9 and 10 at The Leela Kovalam in the capital. Organised jointly by the Kerala Life Sciences Industries Park (KLIP), Bio 360 Life Sciences Park and the Kerala State Industrial Development […]

GCDA Chairman K. Chandran Pillai and Infopark CEO Sushant Kurunthil exchange greetings at the Infopark Phase-III project briefing held in Kochi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The development of Phase-III of Infopark Kochi, which is envisaged as a world-class ‘Integrated AI Township’, is expected to be completed by 2030, its chief executive officer […]

Jain P.V., 47, a district convenor of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s digital media cell and secretary of the Vyttila block committee of the party, was found dead at a lodge near Kacheripady here on Monday (September 29, 2025) night in a suspected case of suicide. Financial constraints are suspected to be the reason behind […]

Opposition MLAs walk out from the Assembly on Tuesday after Speaker A.N. Shamseer refused to allow a discussion on the alleged death threat made by a BJP leader against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: – Printu Mahadevan, former State president of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and […]