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Kerala, Nipah virus

Nipah victim’s contact list extends to 188 persons, two health workers symptomaticSubscriber Only

September 5, 2021 16:31 IST

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.

Addressing the press in Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayan said a detailed review meeting would be held on September 7 where a decision on extending restrictions would be taken. (File)

Sunday lockdown, night curfews to continue in Kerala: CM Pinarayi Vijayan

September 4, 2021 22:21 IST

Micro-lockdowns in municipal wards with a weekly infection positivity rate (WIPR) higher than 7 would also continue until next week, the CM said.

BJP state president K Surendran. (File Photo)

Kerala’s mainstream parties vying to support Taliban: State BJP chief

September 4, 2021 19:01 IST

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 court said officers must refrain from using 'eda, edi' terminology, considered impolite in Malayalam, in their official conversations with the public. (Express file/Representational)

No need for ‘eda, edi’ calls: Kerala HC advises cops to use respectable language

September 3, 2021 20:29 IST

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.

Thermal scanning at a school in Palakkad. (PTI/File)

‘Situation alarming’: SC stays Kerala plan to conduct offline exams for Class 11Subscriber Only

September 4, 2021 03:18 IST

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 shared the photo of Modi accepting the gift by the aspiring girl farmer in his Twitter and Facebook handles on Thursday with a brief note. (Twitter/@TheSureshGopi)

Kerala girl’s guava sapling to grow in PM Modi’s courtyard

September 3, 2021 14:24 IST

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.

Nothing like criminal kidney: Kerala HC sets aside authorisation panel’s decisionSubscriber Only

September 2, 2021 03:56 IST

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.

Gopinath had raised a banner of protest for denying him a ticket in the Assembly polls held early this year but was mollified by senior party leaders. (Source: Indian Express Malayalam)

A V Gopinath quits Congress amid rift in party over selection of DCC chiefs

August 30, 2021 13:09 IST

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.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. (File)

CPI(M) condemns remarks of Congress leader against Kerala CM

August 29, 2021 21:28 IST

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.

CM should've married off daughter to dalit person if he was truly progressive: Cong’s Kerala chief

CM should’ve married off daughter to dalit person if he was truly progressive: Cong’s Kerala chiefSubscriber Only

August 29, 2021 08:01 IST

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.

After a meeting, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters that night curfew would be in place across the state from 10 pm to 6 am. (File photo)

Night curfew in Kerala from next week, says Pinarayi VijayanSubscriber Only

August 28, 2021 22:09 IST

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.

Sumesh (left), light and sound shop owner in Kundara, Kollam died by suicide on August 24. Ponnumani, light and sound shop owner, in Vennakara, Palakkad died by suicide on July 17.

As lockdowns freeze economy, a string of suicides across KeralaSubscriber Only

August 28, 2021 09:20 IST

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.

Kitex in its plea has said that it has already vaccinated more than 5,000 of its workers with the first dose and has arranged for the second dose, but was unable to administer the same due to the prevailing restrictions | Representational image/Express photo by Partha Paul

Kerala HC asks Centre basis for 84-day gap between Covishield shotsSubscriber Only

August 25, 2021 06:56 IST

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

A deserted SM Street in the first week of August when TPR-based restrictions forced the market to open only once a week. (Express Photo by Vishnu Varma)

In Kozhikode’s SM Street, traders’ anger against Covid protocols that resonates across KeralaSubscriber Only

August 23, 2021 12:12 IST

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.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal, File)

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan thanks PM Modi and MEA for Afghan evacuation

August 22, 2021 19:27 IST

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a tweet, thanked the Ministry and Modi and said the Keralites requiring assistance can contact Norka roots.

A man lays out flowers for sale by a roadside anticipating customers during the Onam festival in Kochi, Kerala state, India,. (Source: AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Covid-19 robs sheen off Onam, but Keralites celebrate festival with gaiety

August 21, 2021 14:19 IST

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.

Taliban, Afghanistan

Afghan man, who had narrow escape from Taliban, now worries about his family

August 18, 2021 12:33 IST

Accusing the neighbouring Pakistan for providing all support to the Taliban, the man said dictatorship would not last for long.

Another Indian, who is waiting to fly back, said those stranded in Afghanistan have been employed by the US or European firms. (Express Photo Shubhajit Roy)

‘Gun-toting Taliban forces patrolling outside building’, ‘running out of provisions’: Indians stranded in Afghanistan plead for helpSubscriber Only

August 18, 2021 17:10 IST

"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.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Rajamma Amma. (Photo: Twitter screengrab/@INCKerala)

‘He’s my son’, says nurse from Wayanad, hands over sweets to Rahul Gandhi

August 17, 2021 16:59 IST

The woman, identified as Rajamma Amma, was a nurse at Delhi’s Holy Family Hospital where Rahul Gandhi was born.

solar scam, solar case

Solar scam: CBI takes over probe into cases against former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy, others

August 17, 2021 14:18 IST

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.

Observing that the state "has a reputation of militant trade unionism", the court said the situation has to change to make Kerala investor-friendly.

Women’s freedom to decide whether to continue with pregnancy can’t be taken away, says Kerala HC

August 17, 2021 12:40 IST

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 bird was also killed in the accident.

Kerala: Man dead as peacock flies into motorbike

August 16, 2021 20:48 IST

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.

Agreeing with the woman's claims, the high court said rights of a single woman to conceive through ART procedure was recognised and accepted in the country and in such procedures, the identity of the sperm donor cannot be disclosed. (File)

Father’s details for registering birth, death of kids born via IVF to single women affects their dignity: Kerala HC

August 16, 2021 13:49 IST

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, a Catholic priest and former principal of the Sacred Heart College in Thevara in Kochi, Kerala, is off on a solo bike trip across India. (Photo: Facebook)

Kerala: Catholic priest sets out on solo bike tour to spread message of green goalsSubscriber Only

August 14, 2021 16:57 IST

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.

Congress leader V D Satheesan (File photo)

Kerala opposition leader launches anti-dowry help desk

August 14, 2021 14:32 IST

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.

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