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Thrissur (Kerala), March 25 Congress general secretary K C Venugopal claimed on Wednesday that the BJP will not be able to gain a foothold in Kerala and asserted that the UDF's proposed welfare guarantees, similar to those made in Karnataka and Telangana, will also be successful in the southern...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 21 The filing of nomination papers at the District Collectorate here on Saturday witnessed a tense situation as BJP and CPI candidates argued over who should be allowed to file their papers first, sources said.While CPI leaders argued that their candidate, Alankode...

In Thrissur, Kerala, the children of prominent political leaders have successfully entered state politics as MPs, MLAs, and ministers, even during their fathers' periods of influence.However, this has been less common among daughters. Padmaja Venugopal, the daughter of late Congress stalwart...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 20 Police have launched an investigation after a woman who gave birth at home in January died, allegedly due to a lack of adequate medical care in Chavakkad, officials said on Friday.The deceased has been identified as Muhseena (37), wife of Ibrahim, a native of...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 – As the campaign for the April 9 Assembly elections enters its decisive phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP is preparing an all-out offensive in Kerala, deploying its top national leadership in a bid to achieve a historic breakthrough.Union Home Minister...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 17 CPI MLA C. C. Mukundan, who has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday.Mukundan, who quit the Communist Party of India (CPI) last week, has now been given the BJP ticket to contest from Nattika in the April 9 Assembly...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 Union Minister George Kurian and former Union ministers Rajeev Chandrasekhar and V Muraleedharan are among the 47 candidates announced by the BJP in its first list for the Kerala Assembly elections.The party is fielding a mix of experienced leaders and...

New Delhi, March 16 The BJP on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, fielding former Union ministers Rajeev Chandrasekhar and V Muraleedharan from the Nemom and Kazhakoottam constituencies, respectively.The party also fielded former...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 16 MLA C C Mukundan, who was expelled from the CPI, joined the BJP here on Monday.Mukundan was expelled from the Left party after he expressed his displeasure with the CPI for not considering him again for the SC-reserved Nattika constituency.He had previously been...

Kochi (Kerala), March 15 Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of defrauding hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali, and...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 14 A man was arrested for allegedly transporting MDMA drug from Coimbatore to Kerala by road, and the narcotics substance along with his luxury vehicle was seized after a daring chase of several kilometers, police said on Saturday.Based on a tip-off received by...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 14 Former Indian football star I M Vijayan said on Saturday that he had been approached by different political parties to contest the upcoming elections as their candidate, but had declined the offers.However, he said he would consider accepting a Rajya Sabha...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 14 BJP leader Padmaja Venugopal invited senior Congress leader and Kannur MP, K Sudhakaran, to join the saffron party, in the wake of reports suggesting that he was unhappy with his party's decision not to allow sitting MPs to contest the Assembly elections.Venugopal...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A 49-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kerala court on Friday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl during her school holidays in 2019, police said.The Chavakkad Fast Track Special Court sentenced Unnimon, also known as Vinod, to life...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A stray dog that allegedly fatally attacked an 84-year-old bedridden woman in Vellarakad here was found to be rabies-infected, which was revealed after the animal's postmortem on Friday, police said.The bedridden Karthiyani and her son Devadasan, who also has health...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A stray dog is alleged to have fatally attacked an 84-year-old woman who was bedridden, and residents at Vellarakad killed the dog on Friday, according to police.The bedridden Karthiyani and her son Devadasan, who also has health problems, were attacked by the dog...

Thrissur, March 12 – A tragic incident involving a stray dog resulted in the death of an 84-year-old woman at Erumapetty, near here, on Thursday evening. Her 60-year-old son, who has a mental disability, also sustained serious injuries in the attack.According to local authorities, the attack...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 12 Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi said on Thursday that the Railway Ministry has granted additional stops to two trains passing through Kerala, providing relief to passengers.The trains are the Visakhapatnam-Kollam Express and the Nagercoil-Mangaluru Junction...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 12 Union Minister Suresh Gopi said on Thursday that those who can be on the dais at the Prime Minister's event are selected according to the Blue Book protocol.He was responding to reporters about the state government, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, not...

Kochi, March 11 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth approximately ₹1.44 crore in connection with the misappropriation of funds of the United Nurses Association (UNA) in Kerala, an official statement said on Wednesday.The action was taken by the ED’s...