Kerala government sanctions ₹225 crore for market intervention during upcoming Onam season
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-government-sanctions-225-crore-for-market-intervention-during-upcoming-onam-season/article68531620.ece
Allocation to Supplyco is for preventing steep rise in prices of essential commodities during Onam, says Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal
Man feared abducted by gang after waylaying autorickshaw
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/man-feared-abducted-by-gang-after-waylaying-autorickshaw/article68526155.ece
Police find vehicle allegedly used for abduction from Vallakadavu on Wednesday, zero in on a few suspects.
Sabari Venu’s portrait project for Wayanad evokes an enthusiastic response
https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/sabari-venus-portrait-project-for-wayanad-evokes-an-enthusiastic-response/article68515627.ece
Sabari draws portraits for donors who contribute a certain amount to the CMDRF
Vacancies in BTech evening course at CET
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/vacancies-in-btech-evening-course-at-cet/article68513503.ece
Clarify on electricity tariff for shopping malls, multiplexes, KSEB tells regulatory commission
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/clarify-on-electricity-tariff-for-shopping-malls-multiplexes-kseb-tells-regulatory-commission/article68512691.ece
In its tariff proposals filed last week, KSEB has recommended re-categorisation of tariff categories in 11 instances
In Frames | Through the channel of fear
https://www.thehindu.com/photos/in-frames-through-the-channel-of-fear/article68512238.ece
The breakwater zone of Muthalappozhi harbour in Thiruvananthapuram has seen many fishing boat accidents over a decade, claiming 46 lives between 2016 and 2024.
Restoration work underway on Fort wall in Thiruvananthapuram in spite of several challenges
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/restoration-work-underway-on-fort-wall-in-thiruvananthapuram-in-spite-of-several-challenges/article68391849.ece
The stretch of the wall from Attakulangara Junction to Azhikotta is being conserved using age-old techniques of lime plastering
Recast State School Arts Festival as cultural exchange platform, moots panel
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/recast-state-school-arts-festival-as-cultural-exchange-platform-moots-panel/article68509370.ece
Taking note of unhealthy competition, M.A. Khader committee recommends that competitions should end completely by district level
Wayanad landslide: Helicopter-borne Army team airlifts four bodies from Soochipara waterfalls
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wayanad-landslide-helicopter-borne-army-team-airlifts-four-bodies-from-soochipara-waterfalls/article68508698.ece
A team had discovered the bodies washed up on the rocks near Kanthanpara; officials suspect, more bodies of the victims could remain trapped
Thiruvananthapuram Corporation conducts trial run of RDF plant
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/thiruvananthapuram-corporation-conducts-trial-run-of-rdf-plant/article68506291.ece
The plant can process as much as one tonne of waste materials per day. The generated material can be used as fuel in cement factories.
Prabir Purkayastha cautions against digital media regulation threat
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/prabir-purkayastha-cautions-against-digital-media-regulation-threat/article68502117.ece
NewsClick founder-editor warned that curbing the digital media would not only stifle dissent, but also threaten the broader media landscape.
Gig workers’ Bill will be introduced in next Assembly session: Minister
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/gig-workers-bill-will-be-introduced-in-next-assembly-session-minister/article68498350.ece
Model centre where gig workers can relax to be opened in city in association with Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
Irrigation canals yet to be desilted, tail-end farmers in Kangayam-Vellakovil belt have fingers crossed
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/irrigation-canals-yet-to-be-desilted-tail-end-farmers-in-kangayam-vellakovil-belt-have-fingers-crossed/article68497835.ece
Kerala government to shoulder ₹1,629 crore for outer ring road project in capital
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-government-to-shoulder-1629-crore-for-outer-ring-road-project-in-capital/article68496242.ece
Delay in reaching a consensus on cost-sharing for land acquisition for the project between Kerala government and the Centre was impeding its progress
Kochuveli, Nemom stations renamed Thiruvananthapuram North, South
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kochuveli-nemom-stations-renamed-thiruvananthapuram-north-south/article68493230.ece
The name change is expected to aid in an increase in passenger traffic at Kochuveli and the development of Nemom terminal project
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan highlights challenges in disaster prediction during Independence Day address
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-chief-minister-pinarayi-vijayan-highlights-challenges-in-disaster-prediction-and-scientific-awareness-during-independence-day-address/article68527962.ece
Pinarayi Vijayan noted that the country lacks a robust mechanism for providing definitive warnings about natural calamities, even in the 21st century
Performance piece, ‘Do Naina Ek Kahani’, merges art, music and story-telling to tell Yashodhara’s story
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/artists-musicians-and-storytellers-join-hands-to-tell-the-story-of-yashodhara-in-a-recital/article68523647.ece
Directed by Latha Kurien Rajeev and conceptualised by Sandhya Syama, the show involves artists, musicians and a story-teller
Yellow alert for eight districts in Kerala on Monday
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/yellow-alert-for-eight-districts-in-kerala-on-monday/article68513394.ece
SLBC to discuss loan repayment of landslide survivors
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/slbc-to-discuss-loan-repayment-of-landslide-survivors/article68513358.ece
State government has instructed private finance firms and money-lenders not to hound survivors for EMI payments and loan repayment at this time
Financial situation of Kerala worsening again, says V.D. Satheesan
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/financial-situation-of-kerala-worsening-again-says-vd-satheesan/article68512941.ece
He says Congress will start agitation against anti-people policies of LDF government and adds that there is no clarity regarding Plan B mentioned by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal in State Budget
Former Minister Kutty Ahammed Kutty passes away
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/former-minister-kutty-ahammed-kutty-passes-away/article68512241.ece
A well-read and much-respected leader within the IUML, Kutty handled the Local Administration portfolio in the 2004 Oommen Chandy-led Cabinet
New ground-dwelling spider species discovered in Western Ghats
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/new-ground-dwelling-spider-species-discovered-in-western-ghats/article68509566.ece
Researchers discover Asceua tertia in the verdant terrain of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary
Researchers spot new species of annual herb in coastal Kollam
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/researchers-spot-new-species-of-annual-herb-in-coastal-kollam/article68506154.ece
New species, named Allmania janakiae after renowned botanist E. K. Janaki Ammal, is the third species of the genus Allmania found
Murder accused hacked in Thiruvananthapuram
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/murder-accused-hacked-in-thiruvananthapuram/article68507131.ece
CM accuses Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw of misleading Parliament about railway development in Kerala
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cm-accuses-union-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-of-misleading-parliament-about-railway-development-in-kerala/article68502055.ece
He says the Centre inordinately delayed the Angamaly-Sabari railway development, precipitating a 36% increase in the implementation cost. The project cost increased from ₹2,815 crore to ₹3,811 crore.
Gap Road: rocky road to ruin in Idukki
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/gap-road-rocky-road-to-ruin-in-idukki/article68501263.ece
The Gap Road stretch of the busy Munnar-Bodimettu Highway has emerged as a death trap for road users due to frequent landslips and rockfalls after road widening works were completed in 2022. There’s now a public outcry to revamp this segment of the road even as the move to levy environmental compensation from the subcontractor remains stuck in litigation, reports Sandeep Vellaram
IMA to offer medical, psychosocial support for survivors of Wayanad landslides
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ima-to-offer-medical-psychosocial-support-for-survivors-of-wayanad-landslides/article68498337.ece
IMA preparing to open temporary poly clinic, with specialist doctors‘ service and telemedicine facility, in the locality
Union Minister’s remarks on funds for Samagra Shiksha Kerala misleading: Sivankutty
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/union-ministers-remarks-on-funds-for-samagra-shiksha-kerala-misleading-sivankutty/article68497630.ece
Kerala Health dept. to search for more cases of amoebic encephalitis in State’s capital; first-ever cluster detected
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-health-dept-to-search-for-more-cases-of-amoebic-encephalitis-in-states-capital-first-ever-cluster-detected/article68493714.ece
Active case finding exercise to detect more cases around locality where one death was confirmed, few others test positive for the brain-eating amoebic infection.
Wayanad disaster brought to the fore Kerala’s unity and resourcefulness of the police force: CM
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wayanad-disaster-brought-to-the-fore-keralas-unity-and-resourcefulness-of-the-police-force-cm/article68493056.ece
State is committed to a pro-people policing policy, says Pinarayi Vijayan at the passing-out parade of 333 police personnel in Thiruvananthapuram, marking the completion of training for recruits in the Special Armed Police and Kerala Armed Police 5th Battalion. He also inducts 117 vehicles into the Kerala police force’s fleet
