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Election Commission of India directed officials in Kerala to avoid opening strong rooms before counting day after reports from Kozhikode and Palakkad, while opposition leaders alleged procedural violations and demanded scrutiny ahead of the May 4 election results

A Congress-led United Democratic Front alleged strongroom tampering at Vellimadukunnu in Kozhikode, but election officials clarified that only a separate materials room was opened during routine inspection, confirming that Electronic Voting Machine strongrooms remained secure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kochi to inaugurate major Kerala infrastructure projects and launch the NDA’s election campaign. Kerala ministers, including P Mohammed Riyas, skipped the event, protesting his exclusion from the ceremony, sparking criticism from the ruling Left Democratic Front

At the Kerala Literature Festival, actor Prakash Raj said mainstream Hindi cinema has lost its roots, becoming fake and money-driven. He praised Malayalam and Tamil films for strong storytelling, social themes and young filmmakers addressing real issues 

A man’s suicide after viral Instagram harassment allegations sparked outrage in Kerala, raising concerns over social media vigilantism, police lapses and due process. Police booked abetment to suicide as probes, human rights inquiry and political criticism intensified

Kerala reported its seventh death from amoebic meningoencephalitis in 2025 after a 45-year-old man from Wayanad succumbed in Kozhikode. With 42 confirmed cases and four deaths in Kozhikode alone, health authorities have stepped up water testing and awareness drives.

DV Shankar Rao, a 73-year-old retired SBI officer from Hyderabad, made history as the first recorded heart bypass survivor to win four gold medals at the National Powerlifting Championships. He has now been invited to represent India at the 2025 World Championships in South Africa.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a red alert for four districts in northern Kerala, including Wayanad, as heavy rains continued to batter various parts of the region

It was around 8 pm on Friday night that the authorities at the Casualty department detected smoke coming out from the UPS room.

Arjun had left the home in the second week of July driving a truck with a load of wooden logs for delivery in Karnataka. On July 16, he went missing after a landslide hit the Shiroor area in Karnataka along the Kochi-Panavel national highway.

This is the second consecutive year that Kerala has received top honours of Tourism Village Awards instituted by the Union Ministry of Tourism after Kanthalloor in the Idukki district bagged the Gold Award last year.

Health and revenue officials are preparing a route map and contact list for the deceased to ensure all Nipah protocols are followed. The 23-year-old student from Bengaluru, originally from Chembaram near Naduvath in Wandoor, passed away at a private hospital in Perinthalmanna last Monday.

A 23-year-old student at Bengaluru, a native of Chembaram near Naduvath in Wandoor died at a private hospital at Perinthalmanna on Monday.

Rescue personnel recover three more bodies and 13 body parts in 169-km river, which has become a haunting symbol of destruction

Say landslide-affected areas has been divided into six zones and separate search teams with cadaver dogs have initiated search operations

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

Medical experts say the infection occurs when free-living, non-parasitic amoebae bacteria enter the body through the nose from contaminated water

The remarks of the Wayanad MP came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the electoral bond scheme was aimed at curbing black money

We have received an email from the ICMR in this regard. They informed us that the antibody was present in the bat samples collected, said Veena George

The virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant, which generally has a high mortality rate, said Veena George