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A 27-year-old mother of two from Kerala allegedly eloped with a 17-year-old boy from Alappuzha and was later arrested in Karnataka. The boy was handed to his parents, while the woman was remanded in judicial custody under POCSO.

A mahout was trampled to death and another seriously injured after a temple elephant turned violent in Haripad, Alappuzha. The elephant, in musth, attacked twice on Sunday. Police have registered a case, while the survivor remains critical in hospital

Veteran Communist leader VS Achuthanandan passed away at 101 in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala has declared state mourning till July 24. His final journey to Alappuzha began Tuesday, with cremation scheduled for Wednesday. Thousands gathered to pay their last respects

The vessel had gone down with 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide. It was also loaded with 84.44 MT of diesel and 367.1 MT of furnace oil

Officials have urged the public to stay away from the containers, warning that the ship had 13 hazardous cargos among its over 640 containers

Incidentally, it was after an intense three-month-long surveillance operation, the excise officials arrested Tasleem Sultana, a key figure in the state’s narcotics trade.

The bus carrying 34 passengers was returning to Mavelikara in Alappuzha district after a trip to Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu

The infection was identified quickly at the hospital and treatment, including medicines from abroad, was given immediately to the 14-year-old boy, say doctors

Police also said the man's wife was working abroad and they were yet to ascertain the reason behind the incident.

According to a spokesperson from the NIA, on Friday, charges were filed against Shahrukh, also known as Sharukh Saifi, 27, under multiple sections of the IPC, UA (P) Act, the Railways Act, and the PDPP Act

A 15-year-old native of nearby Panavalli was infected with the disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, it said.

Passengers who attempted to douse the fire ended up with burn injuries. Those injured included three women. The suspect escaped after passengers pulled the emergency chain.

An unidentified man poured petrol and set on fire one of his co-passengers and escaped after passengers pulled the emergency chain.

The 'Pushpa' actor has extended a helping hand to a bright Kerala student, who was struggling to find a way to pursue her nursing studies, and assured her to sponsor the four-year-long course by meeting all expenses.

Alappuzha: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday kick-started the 13th day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Cherthala here along with thousands of party workers. The yatra began with the planting of a Rambutan sapling at St. Michael’s College. It was organised by Sasthravedi, the environment wing of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. The […]

Thiruvananthapuram: On the 12th day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday appeared to have gone back into history and repeat what his great grandfather did way back in 1952, while on a visit to Alappuzha. Gandhi was discussing the problems faced by the fishing community when he ‘jumped’ into a […]

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He was speaking to IANS over the phone and said that his daughter is not inclined to talk to anyone at present.

The Department of Animal Husbandry on January 4 had notified the detection of Avian Influenza (H5N8) in samples of dead ducks from Alappuzha and Kottayam districts in Kerala.

The operation was launched a day after results of the samples tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal confirmed the outbreak of the bird flu in the two districts.