Kochi: Aluva East CI Sudheer who faced allegations in connection with the suicide of a law student Mofiya Parveen has been suspended from service

Kasaragod: A Plus One student was subjected to severe ragging by senior students at Government Higher Secondary School here in Uppala.

Thiruvananthapuram : If parents die due to Covid-19 infection, the compensation amount can be equally distributed among their children. If the deceased is unmarried, then the amount could be given to his or her parents, suggested the Disaster Management Authority.

Palakkad: The trial in the Attappadi Madhu murder case has been extended again to January 25. The case was extended by the Special Court for SC/ST Atrocities Act Cases in Mannarkkad that reviewed the case. This is the third time the trial is being postponed.

Kochi: With the 10 days given by it for voluntary removal of illegal flag masts erected across the state coming to an end, the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the government to invoke provisions of Land Conservancy Act against all flag poles – which number 42,337 – in Kerala.

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 4,677 new COVID-19 cases on Friday after testing 56,558 samples, taking its Test Positivity Rate (TPR) to 8.26 per cent.

After 6,632 more recover from the infection, the number active patients in the state reached 49,459 . Among them, only 7.2 per cent are admitted to hospitals currentl

Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to cut trees located downstream of the Baby Dam at Mullaperiyar, Manorama News reported on Friday.

Earlier, an order permitting Tamil Nadu to cut trees was revoked by the Kerala government after a controversy erupted.

New Delhi: Kerala has emerged as the state with the lowest rate of poverty in India while Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have ended up at the bottom of the Niti Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

United Nations/Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 first detected in South Africa and will hold a “special meeting” on Friday to discuss if the heavily mutated strain will become a variant of interest or a variant of concern, a top official said.