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Centre not in favour of SilverLine, says metroman Sreedharan; proposes alternative rail project

Centre not in favour of SilverLine, says metroman Sreedharan; proposes alternative rail project

Centre not in favour of SilverLine, says metroman Sreedharan; proposes alternative rail project
Published on Mar 22, 2025 07:47 PM IST
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Suspended CPI veteran Ismail says he remains firm in his stance

Suspended CPI veteran Ismail says he remains firm in his stance

Suspended CPI veteran Ismail says he remains firm in his stance
Published on Mar 21, 2025 11:59 AM IST
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Key accused held in Nenmara double murder case: Cops

Sudhakaran’s daughters, family members and locals alleged that the local Nenmara police failed to act on the complaints of the family about facing threats from Chenthamara

Chenthamara, who was out on bail in a 2019 murder case, was accused of killing Lakshmi (68) and her son Sudhakaran (50) out of personal grudge at the latter’s home in Pothundi near Nenmara on Monday (HT photo)
Published on Jan 29, 2025 09:16 AM IST
By, Kochi

Congress slams Vijayan over Palakkad brewery plant

On Wednesday, the LDF government permitted Oasis Commercial Private Limited to set up a ₹600-crore worth grain-based distillation and brewery units at Kanjikode in Palakkad district.

Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Saturday slammed the government for allowing a private firm to establish liquor manufacturing units in Palakkad and also claimed that the company is involved in the Delhi excise case (ANI)
Updated on Jan 19, 2025 06:36 AM IST
By, Kochi

Kerala: 3 ‘VHP members’ held for threatening teachers during Christmas event

The incident happened at the Nallepully Government UP School in Chittur, Palakkad, on Friday, December 20

After allegedly threatening teachers at a school in Palakkad for celebrating Christmas, three members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) have been taken under remand in custody(PTI/representational image)
Published on Dec 22, 2024 07:21 PM IST

4 schoolgirls walking back home crushed to death by truck in Kerala

According to officials familiar with the matter, the incident took place around 4.15pm at Panayampadam on Palakkad-Kozhikode National Highway.

People gather near the accident spot in Palakkad district, Kerala. (PTI PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 13, 2024 04:45 AM IST

Kerala BJP to assess reports on 3 bypolls next month: K Surendran

Surendran also termed as “garbage” the media reports on the alleged conflicts within the party in the backdrop of the bypoll losses

Kerala BJP to assess reports on 3 bypolls next month: Minister
Updated on Nov 27, 2024 07:48 AM IST
By, Kochi

BJP Kerala chief accepts responsibility for party’s loss in Palakkad by-elections

The BJP came third in the bypolls to Wayanad Lok Sabha and Chelakkara assembly seats where the UDF and LDF secured comfortable victorious respectively

BJP Kerala chief K Surendran said on Monday that he “owned up responsible for the party’s defeats” in the recent bypolls, particularly in Palakkad (ANI)
Updated on Nov 26, 2024 07:48 AM IST
By, Kochi

Priyanka slams midnight raids in Palakkad, CPI(M) and BJP demand probe

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday condemned a police search of female Congress leaders’ hotel rooms in assembly bypoll-bound Palakkad.

As the UDF candidate in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, Priyanka was responding to a query regarding the police raid on the hotel, which followed suspicions of black money being brought there. (ANI)
Updated on Nov 08, 2024 07:10 AM IST
By, Kochi

Priyanka Gandhi's candidature in Wayanad could strengthen the Cong's position

Congress banks on Priyanka Gandhi's campaign efforts to reclaim key seats in Kerala's by-elections, amid strong competition from BJP and CPM.

(IMAGE VIA @priyankagandhi**) Rae Bareli: In this Tuesday, June 11, 2024 file image, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addresses a public meeting, in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo)(PTI)
Published on Jul 06, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Liquor policy row in Kerala: UDF demands resignation of excise, tourism ministers

Liquor policy row in Kerala: UDF demands resignation of excise, tourism ministers

Liquor policy row in Kerala: UDF demands resignation of excise, tourism ministers
Published on May 25, 2024 06:50 PM IST
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Two succumb to sunstroke as Kerala swelters in severe heat

Two succumb to sunstroke as Kerala swelters in severe heat

Two succumb to sunstroke as Kerala swelters in severe heat
Updated on Apr 28, 2024 09:33 PM IST
PTI |

Analysing BJP’s focus seats in Kerala for 2024 general elections

The saffron party is setting its sights on Palakkad, Kasargod, Thrissur, Pathanamthitta, and Thiruvananthapuram

**EDS: IMAGE VIA @narendramodi** Palakkad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at supporters during a roadshow ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Palakkad, Kerala, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI03_19_2024_000128B)(PTI)
Published on Mar 21, 2024 12:17 AM IST

South push: PM holds roadshow in Kerala’s Palakkad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in Palakkad town on Tuesday as part of efforts to give a fillip to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the supporters while holding a roadshow in Palakkad on Tuesday. (Narendra Modi-X)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:56 AM IST
By, Kochi

PM Modi's south outreach continues, holds roadshow in Kerala's Palakkad

Ahead of Narendra Modi's roadshow, the Bharatiya Janata Party held a bike rally in Kerala's Palakkad on Monday evening.

PM Modi holds a roadshow in Kerala's Palakkad(ANI)
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 10:56 AM IST

Mission Arikomban: Forest dept fails to trace rogue elephant on Day 1

Four trainer elephants brought from Wayanad have been camping in Idukki for almost two months and more than 150 personnel were deployed for the operation

Seven teams of rapid response personnel, veterinary doctors, darting experts, trainer elephants along with two trucks started their operation — mission Arikomban — at 4 am on Friday but there was no trace of the elephant. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 12:41 AM IST
By, Thiruvananthapuram

Mission Arikomban unsuccessful on day one as jumbo remains elusive: Official

In many areas in Idukki, Section 144 (prohibitory orders) was clamped to avoid crowding and ensure the jumbo’s capture and relocation. The new habitat of the elephant was also not revealed as per the directive of the high court

 (Representative Photo)
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 05:03 PM IST

Posters of Congress MP appear on Kerala's first Vande Bharat Express

The incident took place when the Thiruvananthapuram- Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express reached the Shoranur Junction railway station in its inaugural run.

People can be seen pasting the posters Sreekandan on the windows of the train. (Twitter/ ANI)
Published on Apr 26, 2023 10:23 AM IST

Special radio collar for ‘rogue elephant’

While ordering the translocation of the elephant last month, the Kerala high court had directed the state forest department to appoint a nodal officer to monitor the animal once it is fitted with the collar.

In March, the high court had stayed the forest department’s order to make Arikomban a ‘kumki’ (trainer) elephant after the intervention of animal activists and appointed an expert committee. (HT)
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 02:09 AM IST

Kerala to approach Supreme Court against move to relocate wild elephant

Several farmer outfits and local leaders have insisted the government to move the apex court for a long term solution

Many villages around Parambikulam opposed the move to relocate the animal. (Representative file image)
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 07:28 PM IST

Farmers protest against move to relocate wild elephant

Protests in Palakkad district intensified on Monday over Kerala high court’s decision to relocate rogue elephant Arikomban.

Farmers protest against Kerala HC’s decision to relocate a wild elephant to a tiger reserve, in Palakkad district on Monday. (HT File)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 12:54 AM IST

Kerala: Protests intensify against HC’s order to relocate rogue elephant

The high court last week ordered that the 40-year-old jumbo, which has been wreaking havoc in human settlements in Chinnakanal and Santhampara panchayats in the Idukki district, to be darted, radio-collared and trans-located in Parambikulam tiger reserve based o

Locals staged a sit-in protest in front of wildlife warden’s office in Nemmara (HT Photo/Sourced)
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 04:59 PM IST

NIA to take over Kerala train fire case: Officials

The accused, identified as one Sharukh Saifi, who also suffered burn injuries, was slapped with murder charges on Friday under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code by a district session court in Kozhikode. He was charged with murder in a case filed by the railway police

NIA officials inspect the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train after fire incident (PTI Photo)
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 04:30 PM IST

Kerala lynching case: 13 accused sentenced to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment

Madhu, a man suffering from mental illness, who led a solitary life in caves and forests, was lynched by a mob alleging theft in Attapadi in Palakkad district on February 2018

They were also ordered to pay <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 lakh fine each and half of the fine collected will be given to Madhu’s mother. (Representative file image)
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 02:26 PM IST

Upset that 2 were acquitted, says Malli, mother of tribal man killed in 2018

Madhu was mercilessly thrashed by a group of people on February 22, 2018, who accused him of stealing food items in Kerala’s Attapadi

 (File Photo)
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 05:39 PM IST

14 held guilty of thrashing Kerala man to death in 2018

Madhu’s mother Malli, who faced threats and prompted the Kerala high court to supervise the trial in the case, said she was not satisfied with the verdict

Madhu’s mother, Malli, said she was not satisfied with the verdict. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 04:12 PM IST

Cop probing Kerala RSS leader's killing gets threat call: ‘Keep a casket ready’

Probe officer M Anil Kumar was reported to have received the threat call, based on which a complaint was filed at the Palakkad-Town South police station.

Threat call received by investigating officer of RSS leader's murder case in Palakkad, Kerala.(Representative image)
Published on Nov 08, 2022 12:27 PM IST
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RSS leader's murder: Kerala fire force officer arrested

Sreenivasan was killed in an alleged retaliatory attack. He was stabbed to death in his shop in April.

File photo of RSS leader SK Sreeniwasan, who was killed in Palakkad in April. (ANI)
Published on May 10, 2022 11:26 PM IST
Reported by Ramesh Babu | Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by

Kerala BJP calls for NIA probe into RSS worker’s death

A BJP delegation, led by state president K Surendran, called on Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan and sought his intervention for a free and fair probe.

Kerala BJP president K Surendran said that the BJP party workers will be forced to defend themselves if the Kerala police failed to take action against disruptive forces. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 17, 2021 04:15 AM IST
By, Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram

PM Modi spells out BJP's vision for Kerala, praises E Sreedharan in Palakkad

PM Modi is on his campaign trail for the upcoming assembly polls. He is also scheduled to address election rallies in poll-bound Tamil Nadu and Puducherry later in the day.

PM Modi addresses a public rally in Kerala's Palakkad on Tuesday,(ANI Photo)
Updated on Mar 30, 2021 12:06 PM IST
By | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
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