Month: September 2026

In 2025, Keralam recorded 49,889 accidents and 3,733 deaths, with overspeeding cited as the leading cause of accidents, the Kerala High Court said, while considering a public interest litigation seeking effective measures for the prevention of road accidents. A Division Bench of Justices V. Raja Vijayaraghavan and K.V. Jayakumar issued directions to the Public Works…

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M.A.Baby, general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Part of India (Marxist) general secretary M.A. Baby on Saturday called for an ‘INDIA Bloc-Plus’ — a broader coalition of Opposition parties and civil society organisations — in resisting what he described as the “misuse” of power by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar with…

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The Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and Research is conducting a stray round of counselling for super speciality (DM/MCh) courses for in-service candidates to fill 43 vacant seats. Of the 43 vacant seats, 10 seats are in DM Neurology, MCh Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery and MCh Paediatric Surgery, and seven seats in…

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Two persons were arrested after the police seized 10 litres of illicit arrack on board a bus in Christianpet village on Saturday. The accused S. Babulal Kashyap, 25, and R. Bhumesh Kashyap, 24, hailed from Chhattisgarh and were travelling on a state transport corporation bus from Tirupati to Hosur. The police found the contraband when…

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