Tag: Kerala

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a whopping 101 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day spike in the State till date, taking the total positive count to 538. With this, Odisha has pipped Kerala to be at the 16th spot in country’s tally. Of the new cases, Ganjam district reported maximum number of 52 cases today followed […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said the coastal hamlets in the state capital district are precariously placed as two villages have been identified of having a community spread of Covid-19. “Poonthura and Pulluvilla have been identified as having community spread. Situation in a few other villages also is serious. Hence we have […]

Thiruvananthapuram: At least eight persons were killed and around 60 others reported missing after a landslide at Rajamalai in Idukki district due to heavy rain for the past four days in the hilly area, an official said on Friday. The place where the tragedy took place late on Thursday night is about 30 km from […]

Kozhikode: At least 15 persons including the pilot onboard Air India Express aircraft were killed after the flight from Dubai skidded off runway at Calicut International airport in Kerala. The latest casualty number has been confirmed by Kerala DGP, Loknath Behera. Earlier news agency ANI had confirmed the death toll to be 14 by quoting […]

Kozhikode (Kerala)/New Delhi: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja asked all those who were involved in rescue operations at Kozhikode Airport to go into self-quarantine. Besides, the State Government has also decided to conduct COVID-19 tests of all the persons who assisted in the operation after the mishap. Meanwhile, a team of the Directorate General of […]

Chennai: A deadly combination of a slippery runway, strong tailwind, bad weather conditions, and landing ahead of the threshold spot could have resulted in the skidding of the ill-fated Air India Express in Kozhikode that claimed 18 lives, two aviation experts said on Saturday. An Air India Express aircraft flying in from Dubai skidded off […]

Kochi: Dancing to the tunes of 1970s Boney M classic ‘Rasputin’, Janaki and Naveen, two medical students from Kerala’s Thrissur Medical College, have shaken the social media for more reasons…

New Delhi:  Following raids in West Bengal and Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested nine militants linked with the Al Qaeda terror group, who were planning attacks at several key installations in Delhi-NCR, a spokesperson said. The NIA spokesperson said that the anti-terror probe agency carried out the simultaneous raids at several […]

New Delhi: The government on Sunday dismissed as “factually not correct” a United Nations report which suggested presence of “significant numbers” of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy’s reply came in Lok Sabha on whether the government is aware of the United Nations report, titled ‘The […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala bagged a United Nations award on Thursday for its “outstanding contribution” towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals. The UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award this year on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases was announced by World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The award recognises achievements during 2019 on the multisectoral […]

New Delhi: Five states — Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala — cumulatively account for 72.23 per cent of the country’s total active COVID-19 cases which have breached the…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Wednesday and discussed the situation prevailing in parts of the states due to cyclone Burevi while pledging all possible support from the Centre. The cyclone is likely to hit Tamil Nadu on December 4, the Cyclone Warning Division […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said given the present set of indicators, Cyclone Burevi is expected to enter Kerala on Friday. “According to the IMD, Burevi is expected to enter Indian territory at Tuticorin coast either tonight (Thursday) or tomorrow morning (Friday). By tomorrow afternoon, it is expected to touch base in […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Arya Rajendran, a 21-year-old BSc student who successfully contested the recent civic polls, is set to become the next Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, CPI(M), sources said on Friday. She will be the youngest Mayor of the country, and with this the party leadership is expecting to have more educated women into the leadership role. She is […]

Thiruvananthapuram: An alert has been sounded in Kerala after six UK returnees to the state after December 14 tested positive for the new coronavirus strain. While two persons each from Alappuzha and Kozhikode tested positive for the new variant, Kottayam and Kannur districts reported one case each, officials said on Tuesday. Health Minister KK Shailaja called […]