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Good response to films on Day 1 of IDSFFK

Over the course of the six-day festival, 331 films from 52 countries will be screened across 29 categories

22 Aug 2025 9:40 pm
Create awareness of non-communicable diseases in children: rights panel chief

Lifestyle diseases and genetic disorders are posing a huge challenge these days and children with such conditions need special support, says K.V. Manoj Kumar

22 Aug 2025 9:16 pm
Scientist C.G. Ramachandran Nair passes away

As chairman of Science, Technology and Environment Committee, the precursor of Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, he played a crucial role in shaping policies that have had a lasting impact

22 Aug 2025 9:08 pm
UDF health conclave seeks to find an alternative health-care model for Kerala

Over 250 experts, including leading doctors from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Bahrain, and Dubai, join deliberations. Conclaves outcome will be compiled into a document by January, which could serve as a roadmap for Keralas health-care system

22 Aug 2025 8:57 pm
LDF to begin hunger strike from Saturday as NHAI fails to begin road repairs

Local body leaders of LDF in Melur, Kadukutty and Koratty panchayats say NHAI has failed to keep its promise to start work in pothole-filled corridor of NH 544 at Muringoor, the worst-hit stretch. They say they will launch an agitation if the authorities do not start work on Friday night

22 Aug 2025 8:49 pm
Staff union urges Governor to intervene in KTUs financial deadlock

The Confederation of University Employees Organisations submits memorandum seeking disbursal of salaries and pensions for employees and retirees of the university. Chancellor asked to direct V-C to authorise financial expenditures, including salaries and pensions, until the Budget is formally passed

22 Aug 2025 8:44 pm
Kerala University faces scrutiny for including portion on Vedan in curriculum of four-year undergraduate programme

Lesson forms part of a multidisciplinary elective Kerala Studies-Arts and Culture, offered in the third semester of the UG English course

22 Aug 2025 8:20 pm
CM to lay foundation stone for logistics park in Kalamassery

The project was showcased at the State governments Invest Kerala Global Summit in February

22 Aug 2025 7:46 pm
Kerala judiciary jolted by allegations of sexual misbehaviour by Family Court judge

This marks the second time in the last six months that allegations of sexual misconduct have been raised against judicial officers in the State.

22 Aug 2025 7:36 pm
Kerala government invites M.K. Stalin to international convention of Ayyappa devotees

Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan visits Stalin in Chennai to invite him to the event to be held on September 20 at Pampa

22 Aug 2025 7:13 pm
This Onam, Kudumbashree will deliver sadya all over Kerala

It has put in place call centres to take pre-bookings in all districts and blocks. Customers can choose the dishes and the price ranges from 150 to 300 depending on the number of dishes

22 Aug 2025 7:09 pm
Kodikunnil urges PM to announce special package for Kuttanad

He says Kuttanad, recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, sustains a remarkable integration of paddy cultivation, fisheries, duck rearing, and eco-tourism, making it an area of immense economic, ecological, and cultural importance

22 Aug 2025 7:07 pm
BJP will get 25% vote share in Kerala local body elections, claims Amit Shah

Union Home Minister says party has a robust base in the State and it will come up with a good performance in the Assembly elections next year

22 Aug 2025 6:38 pm
71 boats to vie for glory in NTBR

The boats, including 21 chundan vallams, will participate in nine categories in the 71st edition of the Nehru Trophy Boat Race to be held on Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha on August 30.

22 Aug 2025 6:35 pm
IDSFFK 2025: Bedabrata Pains Deja Vu looks at farm protests from a fresh angle

The film looks at the impact of agricultural reforms in India following the historic protest of Indian farmers in 2020-21 and the impact of similar market reforms in the U.S. in the 1980s.

22 Aug 2025 6:13 pm
Chendamangalam handloom industry jolted by steep decline in weavers, keep fingers crossed during this Onam

From a peak of around 5,000 weavers and people in allied services in North Paravur taluk until the 1980s, that number has progressively declined to around 500 now

22 Aug 2025 5:44 pm
GST reforms will have serious impact on State finances: K.N. Balagopal

Kerala Finance Minister says he anticipates a dip of 8,000 crore to 9,000 crore in Keralas GST revenues. The revenue loss will be felt most in the automobile and insurance sectors, he says

22 Aug 2025 5:42 pm
22 Aug 2025 5:08 pm
Protest in Keralas Chalakudy over poor roads, traffic congestion leads to NHAI engineer being locked in room

Protest erupts after NHAI project director, who had earlier promised to attend the meeting, failed to show up

22 Aug 2025 1:32 pm
Tribal man rescued after 6 days in captivity at Muthalamada resort in Kerala

Vellayan, 54, was found locked up in the resort building on Thursday night. Police said the resort owner had confined him to the room

22 Aug 2025 1:09 pm
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee panel to probe allegations against Rahul Mamkootathil

KPCC disciplinary committee chairperson Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan says partys national leadership will announce the composition of the inquiry panel

22 Aug 2025 12:36 pm
Will add voters extensively to win elections, says Kerala BJP vice-president B. Gopalakrishnan

He says the party will bring people from even Jammu and Kashmir to emerge victorious in constituencies in which it has an advantage

22 Aug 2025 12:15 pm
Man dies after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning restaurant waste pit in Keralas Palakkad

Sucheendran was called in by the restaurant owner to inspect a blocked drainage. As he climbed down into the waste pit using a ladder to examine the blockage, he reportedly began to feel discomfort

22 Aug 2025 11:40 am
When Chai Met Toasts new track, Dreamland is an ode to Kerala

Dreamland is the first track from the album Small Town Big Love, Little Homes, and features Job Kurian

22 Aug 2025 11:14 am
CPI(M) puts the onus on the Congress to decide whether Mamkootathil should resign as MLA

Party State Secretary M.V. Govindan says Mamkootathils resignation as Youth Congress State president seems too little. The act of tokenism does not rest the serious charges against Mamkootathil, he says

22 Aug 2025 7:31 am
How Keralas youngsters are stepping up as palliative caregivers

Across the State,students are training to offer support and comfort to the aged and terminally ill, fostering a culture of care

22 Aug 2025 6:05 am
Calicut varsity Senate to meet on August 23 to pick nominee for V-C panel

The committees other members are chosen by the Chancellor and the University Grants Commission

21 Aug 2025 11:53 pm