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Mutant Covid virus detected in one person in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) A 34-year-old man from Kannur district of Kerala who had reached the state from United Kingdom, was tested positive of the mutant variety of coronavirus after a test at the CSIR institute in New Delhi.
2021-01-22
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Kerala students pursuing medicine in China left in the lurch
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) Around 10,000 students from Kerala, studying medicine and allied courses in China, are facing an uncertain future as the Chinese government is not allowing them back in the country to resume their studies.
2021-01-22
Category: India, Kerala,National,Diaspora,Diplomacy,Education
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Kerala teacher elated with govt order on maternity leave
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) Rakhi PV, a resource teacher at the Kodungallur government high school in Thrissur, Kerala, is elated to win the fight against the government over maternity leave as the state government recently brought out a gazette notification sanctioning maternity leave for six months with full benefits for all contractual government employees.
2021-01-22
Category: India, Kerala,National
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Kerala Assembly moves resolution against CAG's report on KIIFB
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala on Friday passed an unusual resolution in the Assembly against the CAG's financial audit report with adverse remarks against the government's flagship project Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).
2021-01-22
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Gehlot-led AICC team to mull Cong prospects in Kerala polls
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) A three-member committee set up by the AICC will hold discussions on Friday evening and Saturday with state leaders on the prospects of the Congress as well as the United Democratic Front in the 2021 Assembly elections.
2021-01-22
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Conditional bail to mother arrested for sexually abusing minor son
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to the 35-year-old woman who was arrested following a complaint by her minor son that she has been sexually assaulting him.
2021-01-22
Category: India, Kerala,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Immigration/Law/Rights
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NIA makes one more arrest in Pantheerankavu Maoist case
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Vijith Vijayan of Wayand in the infamous Pantheerankavu Maoist case.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Majority of migrant labourers opted to stay back in Kerala during lockdown, says study
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) Kerala is home to around 38.5 lakh migrant workers who have found shelter and home in the state. There are pockets such as Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district, Kottuli in Kozhikode, Cherthala in Alappuzha and in many parts of the industrial district of Ernakulam where migrant workers are found in large numbers.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Human Interest/Society
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6,334 new corona cases in Kerala, 6,229 recoveries
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) Kerala on Thursday reported 6,334 new coronavirus cases and 6,229 recoveries, even as 21 more fatalities took the state's COVID-19 death toll to 3,545, Health Minister KK Shailaja's office said.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Kerala House rejects no-confidence motion against Speaker
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes on Thursday as the no-confidence motion moved by Indian Union Muslim League MLA, M Ummer against Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan was rejected by the House.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala: Court clears arrest of Sivasankar in dollar smuggling case
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) The Special Economic Offences court in Kerala has given sanction to the Customs department to arrest M. Sivasankar in the dollar smuggling case. Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is now in judicial custody in the gold smuggling case and other cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Politics
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CPI set to field new faces in Kerala Assembly polls
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) The CPI, an important constituent of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, plans to field quite a few new faces in the coming Assembly elections, party sources said on Thursday.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Youth Congress takes out protest march, burns Speaker's effigy
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) The streets of the Kerala capital witnessed a confrontation between Youth Congress workers and the police on Thursday after the Youth Congress took out a protest march towards the Kerala Assembly demanding the resignation of Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Cong's KV Thomas may contest Kerala polls as Left candidate
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 21 (IANS) K.V. Thomas, former union minister and senior Congress leader is likely to contest the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections as an LDF candidate from the Ernakulam seat, his traditional bastion.
2021-01-21
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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6,815 more test corona positive in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) As many as 6,815 new coronavirus cases were detected in Kerala on Wednesday after tests on 61,532 samples, with the state's test positivity rate touching 11.08 per cent.
2021-01-20
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Kerala Assembly polls likely in April: CEO
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) Kerala's Chief Electoral Officer Tikkaram Meena has submitted a report to the Election Commission, recommending that the Kerala Assembly election be held by early or middle of April.
2021-01-20
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Will fight CPI-M, Cong not even in race in Kerala: State BJP
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) If the BJP leadership in Kerala is to be believed, the coming Assembly elections will see a battle between the party and the CPI-M whereas the Congress will not even be a contender for power in the southern state.
2021-01-20
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Rahul Gandhi unveils calendar honouring Wayanad heroes
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday unveiled a calendar for the year 2021 depicting local people who have proved their worth in various walks of life. The calendar also features paintings highlighting the natural beauty of Wayanad.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala reports 6,186 new Covid cases, test positivity rate 9.34%
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) As many as 6,186 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Kerala on Tuesday while 4,296 people recovered from the disease, according to a release issued by the office of Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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17 held for rape of minor girl in Kerala (Ld)
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) In a horrifying incident of sexual abuse, a minor girl was raped by several men leading to the arrest of 17 of them and registration of 30 cases under the POCSO Act. The incident happened in Pandikkad, Malappuram district. The Child Welfare Committee and the police have swung into action now.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Kerala: 17 men arrested for rape of minor girl
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) Seventeen men have been arrested and 30 cases registered under the POCSO Act for rape of a minor girl in Kerala's Malappuram district.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Catholic prelates meet PM over various issues, Kerala BJP upbeat
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Syro Malabar Church's Archbishop, Cardinal George Alanchery, the Malankara Syrian Church's Archbishop, Cardinal Baselious Mar Cleemus and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mumbai's Cardinal Archbishop Oswald Gracias met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss various issues.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics,Religion
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Kerala CPM takes out procession, issues death threats to IUML workers
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) The CPM took out a procession in Kannur district while issuing death threats to the Indian Union Muslim League cadres. This happenned on Monday evening when a group of CPM workers, who were arrested for violence during the local body elections, were released from jail.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala: BJP conducts survey to select Assembly poll candidates
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) The BJP national leadership is conducting a survey in all constituencies of Kerala to pick suitable candidates for the forthcoming Assembly election.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala expects Covid cases to fall only by July
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) The Kerala Health Department, headed by Minister K.K. Shailaja, is sceptical as the number of Covid patients has been on the rise everyday and a study conducted by it says that the cases were expected to come down to 1,000 per day only by July.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Kerala MLA Vijayadas dies of Covid-related complications
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) Kongad MLA and CPM leader KV Vijayadas, 61, has died following multiple complications owing to Covid-19.
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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UAE bizman nominated for govt's Centre for Migration
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) M.A. Yusuffali, Chairman and Managing Director of UAE-based Lulu Group International has been nominated as expert member of the Governing Council of India Centre for Migration (ICM) by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
2021-01-19
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala reports 3,346 fresh Covid-19 cases
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) Kerala on Monday reported 3,346 new Covid-19 cases, said state's Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, adding that the test positivity rate now stands at 10.11 per cent.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Kerala entrepreneur converts Rolls Royce into luxury cab
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) Businessman Boby Chemmanur who brought football legend Diego Marodana to Kerala, is again in the news for converting his Rolls Royce Phantom car into a tourist taxi.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Features,Human Interest/Society
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Oommen Chandy to head Cong committee for Kerala Assembly polls
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will head a panel of Congress leaders who would be supervising the upcoming Assembly elections. The Congress Supervisory Committee would comprise ten members which may have a few more inclusions later.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala town to flaunt coir, port and labour movement museums
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) Once a bustling maritime town on the west coast and now a global houseboat tourism hub, Alappuzha in Kerala will launch India's first Labour Movement Museum, showcasing the fascinating history of the world labour movement that also left a deep imprint on the grim struggle of the workers here for their rights.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Art/Culture/Books
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Second ICGE to focus on empowering women, transgenders
Kozhikode, Jan 18 (IANS) Measures to unleash the economic potential of women and transgender persons that would empower them to become sustainable entrepreneurs will be the focus of the upcoming second edition of the International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE), a signature event of the Kerala government's Gender Park.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Human Interest/Society,Politics
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Vijayan slams KSRTC MD not to issue public comments on corporation
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has come down heavily on Managing Director of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Biju Prabhakar, and asked him not to issue public statements against officials and employees arbitrarily.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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CAG report slams Kerala govt over KIIFB 'Masala Bonds'
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report which was tabled in the Kerala Assembly on Monday is highly critical of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and the international funding it received through 'Masala Bonds'.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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AK Antony to lead Cong poll campaign in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram/Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader A.K. Antony, who was the three-term Chief Minister of Kerala, will be leading the party campaign in the forthcoming Assembly elections. The decision was taken at a meeting between the state Congress leaders and the party high command in New Delhi on Monday morning.
2021-01-18
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Sanskrit set to become lingua franca of this Thiruvananthapuram locality
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) If you order 'Mashavadakam' in Mani's tea shop at Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram, you will get a discount of Re 1 from the the actual price of Rs 5 for the popular snack 'Uzhunnuvada'.
2021-01-17
Category: India, Kerala,National,Education
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Kerala: 8,062 healthcare workers vaccinated on Day 1
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (IANS) As many as 8,062 healthcare workers were inoculated on the first day of the Covid-19 vaccination drive across 133 centres in Kerala, Health Minister K.K. Shailaja said on Saturday.
2021-01-16
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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5,960 new Covid cases in Kerala on Saturday
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (IANS) Kerala reported 5,960 new Covid cases with a test positivity rate of 9.18 per cent while 5,011 people recovered from the disease on Saturday.
2021-01-16
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Congress leaders from Kerala to meet Sonia in Delhi
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (IANS) Shocked by the setback in the recent local body elections, the state Congress is in firefighting mode and is planning to plug all the loopholes before the Assembly polls in 2021.
2021-01-16
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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KSRTC MD hints at 'misappropriation' by workers
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (IANS) Biju Prabhakar, Managing Director of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, has lashed out against the employees, alleging 'major misappropriation' in KSRTC.
2021-01-16
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala ministers attend Covid vaccination drive
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (IANS) The Covid vaccination programme commenced in Kerala on Saturday with state Health Minister K.K. Shailaja taking part in the drive at Kannur while state Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran attended a vaccination programme at Thiruvananthapuram.
2021-01-16
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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5,624 new corona cases in Kerala, positivity rate 8.94%
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) As many as 5,624 more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala on Friday while 4,603 patients recovered from the disease, Health Minister KK Shailaja's office said in a statement here.
2021-01-15
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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Kerala FM presents Budget, aims to generate 8 lakh jobs (Ld)
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) Kerala Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac on Friday presented the state's Budget of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in the Assembly, promising to generate eight lakh employment opportunities in the state.
2021-01-15
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala FM creates history for marathon Budget speech
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) Kerala Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac on Friday created history by delivering a marathon speech spanning 3 hours and 17 minutes while presenting the state Budget in the Assembly.
2021-01-15
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala FM presents Budget, focus on education and jobs
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) Kerala Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac on Friday presented the sixth Budget of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in the Assembly, which focuses on education, jobs and technology.
2021-01-15
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala CM, Cong leader spar in Assembly over gold smuggling case
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly on Thursday witnessed heated exchanges between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress legislator P.T. Thomas over the gold smuggling case.
2021-01-14
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Mohammed Azharuddeen, who scored 37-ball ton, to be rewarded by KCA
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) has decided to reward opening batsman Mohammed Azharuddeen after he scored a 37-ball century against Mumbai in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
2021-01-14
Category: India, Kerala,Sports,Cricket
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Kerala begins to send corona vaccine doses to districts
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) Authorities have begun to distribute coronavirus vaccine doses to various districts in Kerala for the first phase of the vaccination drive, health officials said on Thursday.
2021-01-14
Category: India, Kerala,National
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CAG interference in KIIFB was inappropriate: Kerala FM
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (IANS) Kerala Finance Minister and senior Communist Party Of India (Marxist) leader, T.M. Thomas Issac has said the interference of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the affairs of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) was inappropriate. The CPI(M) leader made this statement in the Kerala Assembly on Wednesday.
2021-01-13
Category: India, Kerala,National,Politics
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Kerala cinema halls open after 10 months of Covid shutdown
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (IANS) The movie theaters in Kerala, which were shut for around ten months owing to Covid restrictions opened on Wednesday.
2021-01-13
Category: India, Kerala,National,Health/Medicine
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