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Kottayam (Kerala), April 11 The Kottayam District Collector on Saturday dismissed media reports that CAPF personnel pointed guns at election officials at the strong room located in the Baselius College here.District Collector Chetan Kumar Meena, who is also the District Election Officer, in a...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 Civil Supplies officials seized around 500 commercial gas cylinders allegedly stored illegally at the premises of a private gas agency in Attingal on Saturday.The officials told a TV channel that the cylinders, of various sizes, were found at the agency following...

Kochi, April 11 The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to consider and decide on a representation seeking the implementation of a 1982 circular permitting the use of the Kannada language in official correspondence in the Kasaragod taluk of the state, within two months.A bench...

Alappuzha (Kerala), April 10 Police have registered a case against Congress leader Shanimol Usman and over 50 party workers for allegedly gathering unlawfully in front of a polling booth at Perumbalam here, officials said on Friday.Usman is the Congress candidate for the Aroor constituency in...

Thrissur (Kerala), April 9 A young mother in this central district claimed on Thursday that she was being denied the right to vote by the presiding officer of a polling booth at Kurkancheri due to a serious injury on her left index finger, which was bandaged.The woman, Akshaya, told reporters...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 An Election Commission team visited Palakkad on Wednesday to investigate a complaint that BJP candidate Sobha Surendran allegedly gave money to influence voters ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections, Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar said.The Congress alleged that a...

Palakkad (Kerala), April 8 – Just hours before the polling, the Palakkad Assembly constituency in Kerala has been rocked by a series of allegations involving cash and material inducements, leading to swift intervention from election authorities and sharp political exchanges between rival...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 6 – In a refreshing and unconventional move to boost voter turnout ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections, Kerala’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Rathan U Kelkar, has successfully engaged the youth, quite literally.A lively dance video featuring the senior IAS...

Kannur (Kerala), April 4 KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday alleged that the ballot boxes being used in the northern Kerala district to collect votes from voters ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections have wide openings through which ballots can be taken out, and sought the intervention of the...

Ahmedabad, April 4 – Asaduddin Owaisi, Chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and MP, on Saturday, dismissed allegations that his party acts as a proxy for the BJP and criticised the Congress for failing to effectively counter the ruling party during his visit to Gujarat...

Kannur (Kerala), April 4 KPCC chief Sunny Joseph alleged on Saturday that the ballot boxes being used in the northern Kerala district for collecting votes from local voters have wide openings through which ballots can be easily removed, and he has sought the intervention of the CEC and CEO to...

Mumbai, April 2 In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Maharashtra Government on Thursday transferred 25 IAS officers, including several municipal commissioners and district collectors.The Municipal Commissioner of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, G Sreekanth, was appointed as the Chief Executive...

Mumbai, April 2 – In an effort to manage the increasing workload of the state's revenue administration and ensure faster services for citizens, the MahaYuti government has approved a revised staffing structure for the Revenue Department.This decision marks a major shift in the department's...

Mumbai, March 27 – The Maharashtra government on Friday released a government resolution (GR) to regularize residential encroachments that existed as of January 1, 2011, and are currently used solely for residential purposes.The government hopes to resolve the housing issues of lakhs of poor...

Gandhinagar, March 25 – The Gujarat government announced on Wednesday a fresh round of transfers in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), appointing new district collectors in Jamnagar, Surendranagar, and Gandhinagar as part of an administrative reshuffle.According to an official...

Malkangiri (Odisha), March 25 Normal life was disrupted in Malkangiri district of Odisha on Wednesday due to a 12-hour bandh called by the Congress over various issues, including those related to paddy procurement and shortages in LPG supply.Commercial establishments, educational institutions...

Mumbai, March 24 – The Maharashtra Assembly passed the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Second Amendment) Bill 2026 on Tuesday, unanimously. This bill delegates powers to district collectors and divisional commissioners to regularize minor breaches of conditions, ensuring that 90 per cent of cases...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed authorities to expedite the issuance of a legal heirship certificate to enable the disbursement of the remaining compensation to the family of a mahout who was killed in an elephant attack in Kottoor recently...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 22 Senior BJP leader and the party candidate in Guruvayur, B Gopalakrishnan, was booked on Sunday for his alleged communal remarks in a campaign video related to the upcoming Assembly polls, police said.The case was registered based on a complaint from the Returning...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 22 A controversy has erupted in Kerala, which is heading for elections, over alleged communal remarks made by BJP candidate B Gopalakrishnan in the Guruvayur constituency during his campaign video. The ruling CPI(M) and the opposition Congress have approached the...