Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala reported its first COVID-19 death on Saturday after a 69-year-old man being treated for the virus died at Ernakulam Medical College Hospital. The man, hailing from Chullikkal in Ernakulam, was admitted to the isolation ward on March 22 after his return from Dubai, the government hospital said in a statement. He was admitted with […]
Five more people from Kerala have tested positive for coronavirus, Health minister, K K Shailaja said on Sunday.All the five hail from Pathnamthitta district.While three of them had returned from Italy on February 29, two others were their relatives, the minister said.All the five have been isolated in Pathnamathitta general hospital and are under observation. […]
Officials from the state of Kerala have confirmed that a 3-year-old child of a family who traveled to Kochi from Italy via Dubai has tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total to 41 cases in India. The parents and the child were in Italy arrived in Kochi on March 7. The mother works as a […]
The Kerala government on Friday alleged that some contents of the CAG audit report, which had come down on state police chief Loknath Behara, had been leaked even before it was tabled in the assembly. The report, which came up before the House on February 12, had found 25 INSAS rifles and over 12,000 […]
Kerala will not implement the Centre’s proposal to privatise all district hospitals in the state, said Health Minister KK Shailaja.The the minister as saying, “The government is not ready to privatise the district hospitals in the state. The Centre has not informed that it is a compulsory directive from the Niti Aayog. Anyway, we are not […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has sought a report from the state government for moving the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act without informing him The office of Raj Bhavan has sought the report from the Chief Secretary of the state “The Governors office has sought a report from the Chief Secretary for […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijyan on Friday strongly condemned the detention of journalists from the state in Karnataka, where two people were killed in police firing during anti-CAA protests, and said the onslaught on media freedom was a “fascist mindset.” “I strongly condemn the attempt to portray journalists as troublemakers and their news gathering equipment […]
The special investigation team probing the sensational Koodathayi murder saga have found a new link to uncover prime suspect Jolly’s Joseph’s double life as an ‘NIT lecturer’. Forty seven-year-old Jollly Amma Joseph had faked a job as a lecturer at National Institute of Technology in Mukkom, Kozhikode, for the last 14 years, . After tracking […]
Thiruvananthapuram, As Kerala continues to battle the torrential downpour lashing its shores, death toll has risen to 42 in rain related incidents, including flooding and landslides, with over one lakh people moved to relief camps, officials said on Saturday. Twenty people have been killed in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, and nine have died in Wayanad […]
In a major setback for Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, who has been facing serious allegations in the controversial land deal case, Ernakulam Central Police have registered a case against him as per directions from the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court. According to reports, the court gave direction to arrest Cardinal Alencherry —the supremo of Syro-Malabar Catholic […]