[ad_1] The State government on Tuesday handed over ₹17 lakh to the parents of Titto Thomas, a health worker from Mangaluru who has been in coma after contracting Nipah encephalitis. The money allocated from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund was given to T.C. Thomas and Eliyamma, his parents, by Thottathil Raveendran, MLA. Titto, 26, […]
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[ad_1] When reports last week stated that the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund of Maharashtra had been allowed to receive foreign contributions under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), the CPI(M)-led Left government in Kerala was quick to depict this as yet another act of discrimination against the southern State by the Centre. It recalled that […]
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[ad_1] The Kerala government, which is opposed to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, is closely watching the legal proceedings in the Waqf case in the Supreme Court. In 2019, the Waqf Board in Kerala staked claim over more than 400 acres of land in Munambam, a coastal village in Ernakulam district. The inhabitants of Munambam […]
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[ad_1] The State government and the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) are pressing ahead with a proposal to form a joint venture company (JVC) with THDC India Ltd. (THDCIL) for taking up new hydroelectric power projects, but the plan, reportedly, has also sparked concern and scepticism in KSEB circles. The JVC will conceptualise, implement, operate […]
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[ad_1] Fire and Rescue Services personnel dousing the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal on Friday held the Kerala government responsible for the massive fire at the Brahmapuram dump site of the Kochi Corporation on March 2 […]
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[ad_1] Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Taking a leaf out of the Brahmapuram crisis, the government will roll out an action plan for evolving an effective waste management mechanism across the State on a war footing, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the State Assembly. The State will seek international expertise in […]
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[ad_1] Kerala Legislative Assembly Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition unleashed an impassioned attack against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government for “shielding politically influential contractors who heartlessly jeopardised the health of eight lakh Kochi residents by setting fire to the plastic garbage hill at Brahmapuram to cover up their abject failure to dispose of […]
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[ad_1] The govt. was responding to reports that the Travancore House on Kasturba Gandhi Marg was about to be sold to a Chennai-based firm The govt. was responding to reports that the Travancore House on Kasturba Gandhi Marg was about to be sold to a Chennai-based firm The Kerala government has said that the Travancore […]
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[ad_1] The State government has issued orders implementing a common framework on pay/wages structure in State-run public sector units, a decision which will also see retirement age in PSUs enhanced uniformly to 60 and the performance-based classification of the units into ‘diamond,’ ‘gold,’ ‘silver’ and ‘bronze.’ ‘’The retirement age of employees of all State PSUs […]
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[ad_1] The forest department had registered the case against him for possessing two pairs of ivory tusks under the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act following an IT raid at his house The forest department had registered the case against him for possessing two pairs of ivory tusks under the provisions of the Wildlife Protection […]
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