Vishnu Varma

According to police officers investigating the case, a couple residing in Chembra in Malappuram district's Tirur lost their son, who was 93-days-old, early today morning. The infant's death was confirmed at a private hospital in Tirur.

As per lottery ticket rules, Rajan is expected to receive Rs 7.2 crores as prize money after deducting tax and agency commission.

In his budget speech, the finance minister said nearly 2.5 crore LED bulbs have been produced on a mass scale in the state for public consumption.

Kerala Budget 2020 Highlights: Finance Minister Thomas Isaac presented the state budget in the Legislative Assembly for the year 2020-21.

A beaming Asna told local reporters, "I am very, very happy. I have managed to complete my education and get the job I have always wanted. I can also work close to home."

With three positive cases of coronavirus and 2,155 people under quarantine, Kerala has not seen a virus outbreak of this scale since Nipah in 2018. However, an early start in screening people coming from China and a resolute disease surveillance system has helped Kerala minimise its reach.

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As part of the first line of defence, extensive screening and precautionary measures are being implemented at all four international airports in the state, especially Cochin.

According to police in Nepal, the two families were part of a group of 15 from Kerala who had stopped over at Daman while travelling from Pokhara to Kathmandu.

The 49-year-old writer spoke to indianexpress.com on the sidelines of the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode about his process of writing, his affection for the marginalised and the dwindling importance of the Gulf for Kerala. On anti-CAA protests, he said it was the duty of the writers to speak courageously.

"To be honest, if Jayalalithaa was at the helm of affairs in the party, I'd like to believe that she would not have supported the CAA. Her party has left Tamil Nadu, the country and their own leader down," DMK leader MK Kanimozhi said.

"I think the cardinal mistake the government of India has made is attacking students. That’s what has brought students together. It has woken up a lot of the young, middle-class people of India into the realities of the government we have today."

The theyyam proceedings at Kamballur commence with the Kalanthan mukri offering namaz inside an arched gateway in the compound.

On Monday, locals residing close to the H20 Holy Faith apartment, which was demolished on Saturday morning, gate-crashed into the office of the local municipality chairperson demanding action to counter their woes of dust pollution.

The Jain Coral Cove complex, the biggest of the four, will be demolished on Sunday, January 12 at 11 am, followed by Golden Kayaloram, the smallest, at 2 pm.

The ‘Silver Line’ project is conceived as a solution to easing pressure on the existing network as well as on the state’s major highways which are equally dense. The corridor, 532-km long, will be financed at a cost of Rs 56,443 crore.

On Friday, officials of the district administration, police and contractors conducted a successful mock drill of the demolition exercise, making sure their security apparatus was tight for the much-anticipated event on Saturday.

Four apartments have been ordered to be brought down by the Supreme Court for the violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules.

The SFI and DYFI organised demonstrations across the state. In Kochi, students and civil society members took out a protest march.