‘Anpu’ campaign to mainstream persons with intellectual disability

‘Anpu’ campaign to mainstream persons with intellectual disability

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 challenged. […]

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‘Anpu’ campaign to mainstream persons with intellectual disability

West Bengal native held for murdering wife, burying body in Kerala’s Kottayam

The police on Sunday (October 19, 2025) took a 31-year-old West Bengal native into custody for allegedly murdering his wife and burying her body near their house at Ayarkunnam here. The accused was identified as Soni S.K., a native of Dharapara in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The police said the accused was working as […]

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‘Anpu’ campaign to mainstream persons with intellectual disability

Proposal for national-level ‘Electricity Council’ in draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, sparks debate

A proposal in the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, for establishing an ‘Electricity Council’ at the national level has sparked debate over its implications for States including Kerala. According to the draft, which has now been circulated among the States for their views, the Centre must establish the Council. Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty has […]

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Crimes against children surge in Assam, Rajasthan, and Kerala: NCRB data

Crimes against children surge in Assam, Rajasthan, and Kerala: NCRB data

A woman cries outside a police station after her husband was arrested by police amid Assam government’s statewide crackdown on child marriages | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR In 2023, cases of crimes against children recorded the sharpest rise in three States — Assam, Rajasthan and Kerala, according to the latest data from the National […]

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‘Anpu’ campaign to mainstream persons with intellectual disability

Kerala govt. urges Centre to consider amendments to caste certificate rules for linguistic minorities

The Kerala government has submitted a detailed proposal to the Union government on the need to consider amendments to the existing rules regarding the issuance of caste certificates to persons who migrated to Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in the Assembly on Tuesday The Chief Minister said this in reply to a calling attention […]

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Include migrants in climate policy

Include migrants in climate policy

Kerala has been experiencing erratic weather patterns, with an early heatwave in February and heavy rainfall later, all emerging signals of climate change. According to the Kerala State Action Plan on Climate Change (KSAPCC), average temperatures could see a 1°C-2°C rise by 2050, under moderate to heavy emissions. The impacts of climate events, however, are […]

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CM Pinarayi Vijayan releases official journal of the Kerala Raj Bhavan, says conflicting views do not upset the State government

CM Pinarayi Vijayan releases official journal of the Kerala Raj Bhavan, says conflicting views do not upset the State government

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. File. | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh Amid the protracted standoff between the CPI(M)-led LDF government and the Raj Bhavan on a range of issues, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday (September 28, 20250 released the inaugural issue of Rajahams – the official Kerala Raj Bhavan quarterly – while observing that […]

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How did Kerala pull off digital literacy feat?

How did Kerala pull off digital literacy feat?

Training programme at a MGNREGS worksite as part of the Digi Kerala project. | Photo Credit: R.K. NITHIN The story so far: On August 21, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kerala as the first fully digitally literate State in India, marking the completion of the first phase of the ‘Digi Kerala’ digital literacy programme, […]

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‘Anpu’ campaign to mainstream persons with intellectual disability

ADGP Ajith Kumar blames political vendetta, police discord and anti-national interests for graft case against him

Former Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), law and order, M.R. Ajith Kumar, who is at the centre of a sprawling anti-corruption enquiry, has testified that the “bogus charges” against him sprang from political vendetta, discord within the State law enforcement and the ire of anti-national elements disgruntled over the crack down on contraband gold […]

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