Inaccuracies flagged in Class IV textbook

Inaccuracies flagged in Class IV textbook

After an error in the teacher text for Class IV Environmental Science kicked up a row, inaccuracies in English and Malayalam Environmental Science textbooks for students have also been flagged. In the Malayalam medium ‘Parisara Padhanam’ textbook, Chapter II titled ‘India Ente Rajyam’ has an activity in which students have to write the names of […]

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Demand to introduce MEMU service, augment coaches in trains in Ernakulam-Thrissur corridor

Demand to introduce MEMU service, augment coaches in trains in Ernakulam-Thrissur corridor

A massive traffic snarl on the Ernakulam–Thrissur national highway at Muringur after a wood-laden lorry overturned on Friday night. | Photo Credit: K.K. Najeeb With commuters sometimes taking over three hours to cover the Ernakulam-Thrissur NH 544, where traffic snarls are worsening around flyover and underpass worksites, there is a strong demand to augment coaches […]

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Inaccuracies flagged in Class IV textbook

Low pass percentage in FMGE: medical aspirants from Kerala cautious about choosing right foreign varsity

The extremely low pass percentage in the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) in recent years has left students from Kerala increasingly cautious about choosing the right university for medical education abroad. “Aspirants check the pass percentage of students from each university in the previous years in FMGE before selecting their destinations. The international ranking of […]

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Inaccuracies flagged in Class IV textbook

Drug trafficking: police retrieve contact lists of prime suspects

The Kozhikode City police have retrieved the contact lists of a few major alleged synthetic drug pushers who were recently arrested by the District-Level Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force (DANSAF) during flash inspections. Police sources said the recovered phone data would help identify more suspected traffickers and aid investigations into some previously registered drug cases. The […]

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Inaccuracies flagged in Class IV textbook

Surendran seeks inquiry into ‘financial deals’ of Kerala CPI(M) leaders

Former BJP State president K. Surendran has alleged that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leadership in Kerala has become an “underworld gang” by sourcing hundreds of crores of illegal money through dubious companies registered abroad. He told the media here on Sunday (August 17) that the money had been transferred to them in […]

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Inaccuracies flagged in Class IV textbook

Railway gate to be closed for maintenance

The railway level crossing gate no. 33 (Arthunkal gate) between Cherthala and Mararikulam railway stations will be closed for maintenance work from 8 p.m. on August 18 (Monday) to 8 a.m. on August 19. Alternatively, road users could use level crossing gate no. 34 (Kanichukulangara). Published – August 17, 2025 06:26 pm IST Source link

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Major mishap averted as beam falls during Aroor-Thuravoor elevated highway construction

Major mishap averted as beam falls during Aroor-Thuravoor elevated highway construction

An aerial view of the under-construction Aroor-Thuravoor elevated highway. (File) | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY A massive iron beam installed as part of the Aroor–Thuravoor elevated highway construction fell to the ground at Thuravoor Junction while being dismantled on Sunday morning (August 17, 2025). No one was injured in the incident, which occurred around 6 a.m. […]

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Union Minister Suresh Gopi’s remarks on voters’ list controversy an insult to Thrissur people: DCC president Joseph Tajet

Union Minister Suresh Gopi’s remarks on voters’ list controversy an insult to Thrissur people: DCC president Joseph Tajet

Joseph Tajet, Thrissur DCC chief, and Union Minister Suresh Gopi Thrissur District Congress Committee (DCC) president Joseph Tajet on Sunday (August 17, 2025) hits back at Union Minister and Thrissur MP Suresh Gopi, saying his remarks on the voters’ list controversy were nothing but “an insult to the people of Thrissur.” Reacting to the Minister’s […]

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Voter List row: ECI will respond, not me, says Suresh Gopi

Voter List row: ECI will respond, not me, says Suresh Gopi

Union Minister Suresh Gopi garlands a statue of Sakthan Thampuran in Thirssur on August 17, 2025. Picture: X/@TheSureshGopi Union Minister and Thrissur MP Suresh Gopi on Sunday (August 17, 2025) said that it was the Election Commission of India (ECI), not him, that must respond to allegations of voter list manipulation in the 2024 Lok […]

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Set up parallel bridges on a war footing: islanders

Set up parallel bridges on a war footing: islanders

Traffic snarl along the Goshree bridges continues unabated, with only 12 days left in the 25-day window to complete restoration and open the parallel bridge to the second Goshree bridge for commuters. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT An all-party delegation coordinated by the Federation of Residents Associations Apex Council in Goshree Islands (FRAG) will meet […]

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