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Abhishek Baiju attacked Nithinamol with a blade and slit her throat when the latter stepped out after a supplementary examination at the college on Friday morning, said the police.

Mavunkal was arrested on charges of committing financial fraud by claiming ownership of centuries-old historical artefacts and relics.

Among the valuable items that he claimed to possess were the rarest of rare items, including the staff of Moses and the throne of Tipu Sultan

This is the second municipality the UDF has lost control of in a week in Kottayam district, considered a stronghold of the Congress in central Kerala.

Kerala Covid-19: An analysis of the death statistics showed that 74 per cent of those who succumbed to the virus were above the age of 60. Twenty-one per cent of the deaths were of people between the ages of 41 and 59.

A Kerala bishop triggered controversy when he raised the twin issues of 'love jihad' and 'narcotic jihad' as grave threats to young men and women of Christian and other non-Muslim faiths. What did he say, and what has been the reaction?

Named 'Digital Hub', the centre, set up in a two lakh sq-ft space with the capacity to support at least 200 startups, is set to be inaugurated virtually by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Though a 12-year-old boy succumbed to the virus, 10 days on, the outbreak currently remains restricted to him as over 140 persons, who came in contact with him including his close family members, have tested negative.

Recently, an entrepreneur in Kerala’s light-and-sound sector ended his life, taking the total suicides in the business since March 2020 to 8. With restrictions on social events still in place, the 50,000 owners, techni-cians linked to the sector are struggling to stay afloat.

The Synod of the Church recently announced that a uniform code be adopted for the conduct of the Mass using a 50-50 formula where the priest faces the congregation in the first half and then the altar in the second.

A writ petition contended that Kitex purchased Covishield doses for its workers. However, they could not be administered as the Centre insisted on the interval of 12-16 weeks and registration for the same on the Co-Win portal.

The high-risk contacts will be kept under observation in a newly-opened isolation ward at the Kozhikode Medical College, which had treated Nipah patients during the outbreak in 2018.

The Alappuzha exhibition that began in April, and has now been extended till November 30, brings together a show of hope, employment and regeneration in a pandemic-ridden world

The tussle with the hard-line rules of the Catholic Church intensified every time she attempted to redraw the boundaries of her rights as a nun

Kerala & Covid-19 -Part 5: The general stagnation in the local economy, decline in wages and people’s purchasing power, soaring unemployment, crippling debt and the continuing restrictions on economic activity at the local level are counted as some of the reasons pushing people to take the extreme step.

Kerala & Covid-19 - Part 4: In the fourth part of the series, a look at the police 'excesses' on the streets of the state that have provoked unprecedented anger among the public.

For the past several weeks, Kerala has been contributing more than half of the daily cases to the national caseload with the seven-day average TPR being at 17.13 percent.

Kerala & Covid - Part 3: In Dalit and tribal settlements like this and across Kerala, the pandemic and its accompanying economic challenges threatens to bog down considerable progress achieved over the years. Most are unable to find work for more than a few days a month.

Kerala & Covid series part 2: The second part of the series, set in the rural-coastal village of Chemanchery in Kozhikode district, explores how villages like this one are in need of more vaccine supplies and where the fear of the virus is gradually wearing off.

Kerala & Covid - An Express Series Part 1: The first part, set in the fabled SM street in Kozhikode, examines the pandemic's effect on small and medium scale traders and their anger at the "duplicity" of the state government's protocols and lockdown restrictions.

The INL is at present divided into two factions led by state general secretary and former journalist Kasim Irikkur and the state president AP Abdul Wahab, respectively. What is behind the feud, and what happens next?

A mystery lover, an abandoned baby and a web of lies — unravelling a bewildering case in Kalluvathukkal village.

The rise in the number of such incidents of late has forced the Maneka Gandhi-founded People for Animals (PFA) to move the Kerala High Court earlier this week. In its petition, the PFA argued that the ban imposed by resident associations and housing societies on keeping pets was ‘illegal, arbitrary and unfair’.

The Kitex Group, founded by late MC Jacob in the 60s, is the second-largest producer of children's apparel in the world. What's the origin of the tussle between Kitex and Kerala government?