[ad_1] The mob lynching of Ram Narayan, a Dalit migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh, at Valayar in Palakkad on suspicion of being a “felonious alien from Bangladesh”, has raised the spectre of xenophobic hate politics rearing its head in Kerala. The mobile phone captures of the“mob murder”, starkly reminiscent of the lynchings of marginalised sections of […]
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[ad_1] Kerala continues to emerge as one of India’s most service-driven labour markets. Nearly half of its workforce are employed in the service sector, according to a recent NITI Aayog report. The study, India’s Services Sector: Insights from Employment Trends and State-Level Dynamics based on data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), shows that […]
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[ad_1] Qualifications required for the post of electricity worker in the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) have been overhauled after 27 years, with the primary amendment being that candidates should have passed the secondary school leaving certificate (SSLC) examination or its equivalent. Existing criteria, which came into effect in July 1998, demanded that “candidates should […]
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[ad_1] The Harbour police at Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala, have arrested a sailor attached to the Southern Naval Command (SNC) on charges of sexually assaulting a minor girl. The accused, a 28-year-old native of Rohtak, Haryana, was arrested from his rented house in the city in the early hours of Tuesday (November 18, 2025) […]
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[ad_1] Nedumangad municipality has long been a Left bastion, with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) maintaining an unbroken monopoly over the civic body since 1995. Despite the United Democratic Front (UDF) coming close to victory about 15 years ago, the Congress-led coalition has since seen its electoral fortunes decline steadily in the municipality. In the […]
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[ad_1] As per the final voters list published by the Commission, Kerala has a little over 2.84 crore voters. File. | Photo Credit: K.K. Najeeb The State Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule of the elections to the local bodies in Kerala today (November 10, 2025). State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan has called […]
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[ad_1] The Local Self-Governments department has identified new locations for setting up regional sanitary waste incineration facilities in Kerala after finding the earlier locations unsuitable. Each plant will have a capacity of 20 Tonne per day and will cater to multiple districts. The plants are now proposed to come up in Piravanthur in Kollam district, […]
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[ad_1] Kerala, known for its exemplary record in social and human development, and for healthcare systems comparable to those of developed nations, achieved another milestone on its 69th formation day, on November 1 — the eradication of extreme poverty. This resulted from a four-year, meticulously planned programme involving a gamut of agencies, spearheaded by the […]
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[ad_1] Kerala, known for its exemplary record in social and human development, and for healthcare systems comparable to those of developed nations, achieved another milestone on its 69th formation day, on November 1 — the eradication of extreme poverty. This resulted from a four-year, meticulously planned programme involving a gamut of agencies, spearheaded by the […]
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[ad_1] The Social Justice department is rolling out a special intensive campaign for mainstreaming persons with intellectual disability (ID). The ‘Anpu’ project, which is being implemented as part of efforts to make the State disabled friendly, will create awareness in society about intellectual disability and make interventions to address the difficulties faced by the intellectually […]
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