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he Pamba riverfront is set for the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, inaugurated by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. While the Travancore Devaswom Board readies massive structures for global delegates, opposition parties criticised the Rs 7-crore event, citing missing gold and political motives

Kerala is set to be declared India’s first fully digitally literate state, with over 21.8 lakh people trained under the “Digi Keralam” programme. Launched in 2022, the initiative bridged the digital divide, empowering even senior citizens to access online services.

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

As the heavy downpour continued in Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) placed five northern districts—Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kasaragod—under a 'red alert' for the day, predicting extremely heavy rainfall

The Kerala High Court dismissed two pleas seeking a probe by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department into the allegations that Veena Vijayan’s IT firm, Exalogic

In the meeting, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the delimitation of LS seats was hanging like the "sword of Damocles," and alleged the BJP government was going ahead on the issue without any consultation.

The actress had accused several male actors, including CPI(M) MLA M Mukesh, of sexual abuse, a few years ago.

The special bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and C. S. Sudha, hearing the matters relating to the Justice Hema Committee report, decided to appoint advocate Mitha Sudhindran to assist the court.

A Kerala Police team probing the case came searching for the actor at his two residences here but failed to find him. The two mobile numbers that the star uses were also found to be switched off.

Presently, those who are in the dock include actor-turned-CPI(M) legislator Mukesh Madhavan, Nivin Pauly, Jayasurya, Edavela Babu, Maniyanpilla Raju, directors Ranjith and Prakash, and production executives Vichu and Noble.

CM Vijayan who has been keeping away from the media for the last one month even though numerous controversial issues have been raging in the state, on Saturday spent a record 100 minutes, the first in his tenure starting 2016, to slam the media.

Veteran actor Maniyanpilla Raju, however, got a major relief as the charges against him are available and hence, his anticipatory bail plea was allowed by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court.

Siddique, the former General Secretary of the AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes) who moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case filed against him by an actress.

It is ironic that the Malayalam film industry, known for experimenting with bold themes, should be embroiled in such controversies

He candidly said that there have been lapses on the part of AMMA and that strong action should have been taken in the past.

The Vijayan government has been facing flak since the long-delayed report came out and the situation was exacerbated when two leading film personalities had to step down from their posts when two different women actors came forward to accuse them of sexual harassment.

Female actor also levelled sexual abuse allegations against three other prominent actors in the Malayalam film industry

I think the Chief Minister on record said that if they come with specific complaints, the process will be set in motion, says Arif Mohammed Khan

Addressing the media at the AMMA office here, General Secretary and popular actor Siddique noted that they have been accused of staying silent and that there has been no response from the AMMA on the report.

After accepting the PIL in their file, the Court directed the government to file a detailed affidavit on their views, to hand over the full report of the Hema Committee in a sealed cover and to implead the Kerala State Women's Commission