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.
Micro-lockdowns in municipal wards with a weekly infection positivity rate (WIPR) higher than 7 would also continue until next week, the CM said.
Both the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-headed UDF opposition were playing a different sort of politics after the militants were back in power in the neighbouring country, he charged.
The single bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran passed the order while hearing a petition filed by the father of a 15-year-old girl who complained of rude behaviour by police while speaking to his daughter during a vehicle inspection as part of Covid-19 protocol management.
The bench also comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar was hearing an appeal by Kerala resident A Rasoolshan against the High Court’s decision refusing to intervene in the decision to conduct the physical exams.
Actor-turned-BJP MP, Suresh Gopi handed over the tree sapling, gifted by Jayalakshmi, a 10th standard student in the southern state, to the Prime Minister during his recent meeting with him in New Delhi.
The court was hearing the petition of a donor and a needy patient, who challenged the decision of the Ernakulam district authorisation committee for transplantation of human organs.
A V Gopinath, a former president of the Palakkad DCC and a member of the KPCC, said he was ending his 50-year-long association with the Congress party.
Kodikkunnil Suresh on Saturday landed in soup by saying that if Pinarayi Vijayan were a renaissance leader, he should have married his daughter off to a Dalit.
Kerala working president Kodikkunnil Suresh said CM Pinarayi Vijayan had earned a name for being progressive after allowing the entry of women into the Sabarimala Temple.
On Saturday, for the fourth consecutive day, Kerala reported more than 30,000 new cases, contributing 70 per cent of the country’s daily addition of cases.
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The court sought the clarification while considering a petition from KITEX garments, which sought relaxation in the 84-day gap for administering the second dose of Covishield to its employees
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a tweet, thanked the Ministry and Modi and said the Keralites requiring assistance can contact Norka roots.
Though high voltage festivities were missing, houses were as usual decorated with beautiful "pookkalam", the floral carpets and sumptuous 'sadhya' was prepared by homemakers on the Thiruvonam day today to mark the homecoming of righteous king Mahabali.
Accusing the neighbouring Pakistan for providing all support to the Taliban, the man said dictatorship would not last for long.
"Everyone is asking one another about updates on evacuation. So far, none from the Indian side has contacted us," said one of the many Indians waiting to be evacuated from the country.
The woman, identified as Rajamma Amma, was a nurse at Delhi’s Holy Family Hospital where Rahul Gandhi was born.
The cases against the six, including Chandy, were registered over the last several years and investigated by the Crime Branch of Kerala Police based on a complaint by a woman - an accused in the multi-crore solar panel scam during the UDF government.
The right of the mother to terminate the pregnancy even after the permissible period under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, has been recognised by the courts, if there was substantial risk that after birth the child could suffer from abnormalities, the court said.
The accident took place near Ayyanthole around 9 in the morning when the peacock flew across the road, crashing into a bike that Pramosh (34) and his wife Veena (26) were riding.
The high court said that the State has to provide appropriate forms for registration of births and deaths of children born through such procedures.
Father Prasant Palakkappillil has been a noted environmentalist in Kerala and has spearheaded numerous programmes and activities on conservation. His solo bike journey also follows the theme designated by the UN for the year 2021: The international year of peace and trust.
Women who suffer mental and physical abuse in connection with dowry can avail free legal aid at the help desk after calling on the designated toll-free number.



