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KOCHI: A convent-run sch-ool’s curbs on wearing the hijab in Kerala’s Kochi have spiralled into a religious and political dispute, with three students seeking transfer certificates and CPI alleging the controversy is being stoked by Sangh Parivar to deepen communal divides.The row began recently when a class 8 student attended St Rita’s Public School in…
NEW DELHI: A Saudia Airlines flight from Jakarta to Medina made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala on Sunday, officials said. According to the airport authorities, the flight was diverted after a passenger fell unconscious and the crew reported the medical situation mid-air. The Indonesian passenger was immediately shifted to Ananthapuri Hospital…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a fresh alert for southern India, predicting widespread heavy rainfall and stormy weather through the coming week. A developing low-pressure system over the southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep region is expected to intensify into a depression within 48 hours, posing a threat of heavy downpours and rough seas…
Medium-pacer Rajneesh Gurbani jolted Kerala with a vintage new-ball burst on Day 2 (Images via X/@BCCIdomestic) Thiruvananthapuram: A rain-curtailed second day in Thiruvananthapuram delivered gripping passages of play, as Maharashtra clawed their way to 239, before medium-pacer Rajneesh Gurbani jolted Kerala with a vintage new-ball burst.The home team staggered to 35/3 after tea, already wobbling…
FILE – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga lifts his hat to thousands of supporters gathered at a rally in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Prominent Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of the African country, died of cardiac arrest in Kerala on…
Prithvi Shaw had a four-ball-duck to show for his Ranji Trophy in Maharashtra vs Kerala. (Screenshot) Maharashtra had a disastrous start to their 2025/26 Ranji Trophy campaign against Kerala at the Green Field Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, collapsing to 5/4 in the fourth over with Prithvi Shaw getting out for zero on his Maharashtra…
A 26-year-old software engineer, Anandu Aji, was found dead in a lodge room in Thampanoor NEW DELHI: RSS has demanded an impartial probe into the death of a 26-year-old man from Kerala’s Kottayam district and dismissed as “baseless” a social media post in which certain RSS functionaries were accused of sexually and physically abusing him…
NEW DELHI: In what could make sparks fly between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, already in an uneasy relationship over the Mullaperiyar dam, Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from both states and the Centre on an NGO’s plea for a comprehensive safety audit of the 130-year-old dam and remedial measures, including its possible decommissioning.A bench…
23 deaths reported in Kerala so far, says state health minister NEW DELHI: Kerala has so far reported 104 cases of amoebic encephalitis (brain fever), resulting in 23 deaths, state health minister Veena George said on Sunday. The state is currently battling the rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleria…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union government is learned to have denied permission to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan for a Gulf tour. Vijayan was scheduled to go on a 15-day Gulf trip from Oct 16. Union ministry of external affairs rejected permission for the CM’s trip without mentioning reasons, it is learned.Vijayan sought clearance for an official visit…
