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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday announced that the country’s first ever monkeypox patient has fully recovered and will be discharged later in the day. The 35-year-old Kerala native arrived here from the UAE on July 12 and had tested positive for the virus two days later. When he developed the symptoms, he […]

Hyderabad: Both men and women have natural facial hair. However, there’s a lot of stigma attached around women growing facial hair as the society has certain check-boxes for women and expects them to adhere to their perceptions and definitions. Shattering all the norms, a thirty-five-year-old woman, Shyja, from Kerala is breaking gender stereotypes by flaunting […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has written a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking urgent intervention by her in the backdrop of the grave financial crisis that the state government is facing currently. “The financial health of the state has been seriously affected by a reduction in the revenue deficit grant to […]

New Delhi: With 14,830 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, India’s tally of coronavirus infections rose to 4,39,20,451, while the count of active cases has declined to 1,47,512, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,26,110 with 36 new fatalities being […]

Thiruvananthapuram:  A snake wrapped itself around the leg of a Class 4 student after she accidentally stepped on it in her classroom in Palakkad district of Kerala on Monday. The incident took place at the state-run Government Higher Secondary School in Palakkad. As the child screamed in horror and shook her leg desperately, the reptile […]

New Delhi: India has reported four cases of monkeypox so far – three from Kerala and one from Delhi – the latest being that of a 34-year-old man in the national capital with no history of foreign travel testing positive for the disease. The patient, who is presently recovering at an isolation centre at the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A laboratory report from Bhopal, which was received here on Friday, has confirmed the presence of African Swine fever at a pig farm in Mananthavady in Kerala’s Wayanad district. It was early this week that the samples collected from dead pigs were sent to Bhopal. Now that the results have turned positive for African Swine […]

Thiruvananthapuram:  The Kerala Police, probing the NEET innerwear row in the state, on Thursday arrested two more accused taking the total arrests in the case to seven. The arrest was recorded by the police probe team and it included the vice-principal of the Mar Thoma Institute of IT and Center Superintendent of NEET examination – […]

Kollam: Five women, who were on NEET exam duty held in an educational institute in Kerala, were arrested on Tuesday here for allegedly asking girl students to remove their innerwear for appearing for the test held on Sunday, police said. Police told PTI that they were arrested after hours-long interrogation by police probing the case. […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has registered India’s second case of monkeypox, Health Minister Veena George said on Mondayd. A 31-year-old man, who had arrived from Dubai and was under treatment at the Pariyaram Medical College hospital at Kannur, has turned positive for the disease, she said. George said that the patient’s condition is fine and he is […]

India reported its first case of monkeypox in Kerala. The infected person, who returned from abroad, was hospitalised after showing signs of the virus. He tested positive for the same on Thursday, Kerala health minister Veena George said. The person showed symptoms of monkeypox and he was in close contact with a patient abroad. According […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A person who returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing signs of monkeypox tested positive for the same, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the minister told reporters that his samples of the symptomatic person have been collected and sent to the National Institute of […]

Hyderabad: Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala, the well-known Ayurveda brand from Kerala is stepping up its operations in Telangana to promote authentic Kerala Ayurveda treatment through free consultation and launch of ‘Angana’ an exclusive Ayurvedic healthcare clinic for women. On Thursday, Vaidyaratnam launched ‘Angana’ for women at SD Road, near Sangeet theatre cross roads, which would provide treatment […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A person who returned from abroad has been admitted to a hospital in Kerala after he showed symptoms of monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said here on Thursday. The minister said his samples have been collected and sent to the National Institute of Virology for testing. She said the disease could be confirmed […]

Kannur: Bomb hurled at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) office in Payyannur of Kannur district, informed the police on Tuesday. The incident happened in the early morning hours. The glasses of a window were also broken in the attack. “A bomb was hurled at RSS office in Payyannur, Kannur district. The incident happened early this morning […]

Bengaluru: Three labourers from Kerala were killed in a landslip in Dakshina Kannada as heavy rain pummeled most parts of Karnataka leaving behind a trail of destruction. Meanwhile, the search is on for the first standard schoolgirl, who was washed away in the floods while returning from school in Thogarihankal Gram Panchayat limits in Chikkamagalur district […]

New Delhi: A group consisting of 15 retired judges of various high courts, 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired armed forces officers have issued an open statement saying that ‘unfortunate and unprecedented comments’ were made by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Surya Kant and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, while hearing a petition […]

Hyderabad: An Inter-State Declaration of Intent to collaborate in the fight against human trafficking was signed by six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, here on Saturday. The two-day Southern Regional Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking, hosted by the Telangana Government in collaboration with the nonprofits Prajwala and Shakti Vahini, […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Due to financial difficulties, five members of a family in Kerala committed suicide. Manikuttan, his wife, their two children and his aunt were found dead in their home near Attingal area, located on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. Manikuttan was found hanging in his room, while the other four were believed to have consumed poison. Friends […]

Kochi: A fast track court in Kerala on Thursday sentenced a madrassa teacher to cumulative rigorous imprisonment of 67 years for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy who was studying in the madrassa. Perumbavoor Special Court Judge V Sathish Kumar sentenced Aliyar (55), a resident of Nellikuzhy to 60 years under different sections of POCSO and […]