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Red Alert Issued For Kerala’s Landslide Hit Wayanad, Heavy Rain Expected

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Red Alert Issued For Kerala’s Landslide Hit Wayanad, Heavy Rain Expected

A red alert indicates heavy-to-extremely heavy rain of over 20 cm in 24 hours (File) Thiruvananthapuram: The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a red alert for the mountain district of Wayanad — which has been rocked by landslides triggered by incessant rains — and all the northern districts of Kerala, indicating that extremely heavy…

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Rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection | Explained

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Rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection | Explained

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis infections, though rare, are fatal and 97% of the patients don’t survive. Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: A12-year-old boy E.P. Mridul from Feroke in Kozhikode district of Kerala, who had been undergoing treatment for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) at a private hospital,…

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Man Sets Wife, Son On Fire In Kerala, Dies By Suicide Later: Police

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Man Sets Wife, Son On Fire In Kerala, Dies By Suicide Later: Police

Police suspect the man died by suicide the crime due to some family dispute (Representational) Varkala (Kerala): A man set his wife and son on fire before immolating himself over an alleged family dispute here, police said. The man hailing from nearby Chemmaruthi succumbed to burns on Sunday. His wife and son were admitted to…

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Kerala Man Murders Wife, Daughter, Then Tries To Kill Son, Attempts Suicide

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The incident is suspected to have taken place on Monday night, police said (Representational) Kollam (Kerala): A man allegedly murdered his wife and daughter by giving them some poisonous substance first and then slitting their throats before attempting to kill himself in Paravur, in Kerala’s southern district of Kollam, on Tuesday. The accused, Sreeju, a…

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Shashi Tharoor’s Hamas reference at IUML pro-Palestine rally triggers political row in Kerala

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Shashi Tharoor’s Hamas reference at IUML pro-Palestine rally triggers political row in Kerala

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor | Photo Credit: PTI Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Shashi Tharoor, MP, appeared to have put his party in an awkward spot by purportedly referring to Hamas as a terrorist organisation at the mammoth rally organised by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kozhikode on October 26, 2023 to proclaim…

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Keralite racket based in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka suspected to be behind recent major MDMA haul in Kochi

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The investigation team believes that the racket has links with more drug-peddling groups across Kerala. (Picture for representational purposes only) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The special squad of the Ernakulam Assistant Excise Commissioner investigating the case registered in connection with the recent haul of 350 g of MDMA suspects a racket run by Keralites…

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Kerala High Court dismisses K.B. Ganesh Kumar’s plea to quash case for alleged conspiracy against Oommen Chandy

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K.B. Ganesh Kumar | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA The Kerala High Court on October 27, 2023 (Friday) dismissed a petition filed by K.B. Ganesh Kumar, MLA, seeking to quash a criminal case registered against him in connection with the alleged conspiracy to name the late Congress leader and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in a sexual…

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Opposition in Kerala accuses Health department of palming off expired drugs to unsuspecting government hospital patients

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Kerala Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has opened a new battlefront against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government by accusing the Health department of imperilling public health by allegedly distributing medicines past their expiry date to commoners seeking medical care in public-funded hospitals….

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Four-member gang in Kerala ties up 63-year-old woman, robs gold

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The police inspecting the house at Ammanapara. near Pariyaram. in Kannur where a four-member gang robbed 10 sovereigns of gold after tying up a 63-year-old woman on the night of October 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A four-member gang robbed 10 sovereigns of gold after tying up a 63-year-old woman in her house…

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Kerala High Court quashes government’s show-cause notice to Ciza Thomas, former VC in-charge of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

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A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on October 20 quashed the show-cause notice issued by the Kerala government to Ciza Thomas, former Principal, Government Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram, for taking over the additional charge of Vice-Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) without the permission of the government, on the instruction of Chancellor (Governor) Arif Mohammed…

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