Kannur, Feb 27 (IANS) Political tensions escalated sharply after an explosive device was hurled at the residence of a Kerala Students Union (KSU) leader who had protested against Health Minister Veena George, even as questions mounted over the circumstances surrounding the minister’s reported injury and subsequent 500 km road journey to the state capital.The pre-dawn attack targeted the house of KSU district secretary Bithul Balan at Thiruvallur in Kozhikode around 2.30 a.m.Balan is currently in…
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Kozhikode, Feb 23 (IANS) Three loading workers were killed and five others injured on Monday after the concrete slab of an ageing building collapsed in Valiyangadi, one of Kozhikode’s busiest commercial hubs in Kerala.The deceased have been identified as Jabbar, a native of Kinasheri, Ashraf and Basheer.The accident occurred at a decades-old structure near the beach that had earlier functioned as the Passport Office.The building, which belongs to the Kozhikode Corporation and is estimated to b…
New Delhi/Kozhikode, Feb 17 (IANS) Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar has dismissed concerns over the safety of Muslims in India, stating that he did not raise any security issues during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that the community remains secure in the country.He said this while speaking to a media outlet following his visit to New Delhi, the prominent Sunni leader from Kerala clarified that his discussions with the Prime Minister focused on national…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 (IANS) What was intended to be a politically resonant moment during the CPI(M)’s development march in Balussery near Kozhikode has snowballed into controversy, with allegations of staged optics and sharp satire from actor-director Joy Mathew.The episode centres on visuals of an elderly man, Moideen, handing over Rs 2,000 to CPI(M) state secretary M. V. Govindan during the march in Kozhikode district last week.In the widely circulated clip, Moideen is heard saying the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 14 (IANS) Kerala’s transport ambitions have entered a decisive phase, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Saturday, formally seeking the Centre’s support to roll out a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), even as “Metro Man” E. Sreedharan unveiled a rival railway blueprint, setting the stage for a high-stakes infrastructure debate ahead of the state Assembly elections. In a detailed letter to the Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Vijayan requested facilitation of …
Kozhikode, Feb 12 (IANS) The 24-hour nationwide strike called by central trade unions on Thursday has reignited a familiar debate in Kerala, where shutdowns continue to draw criticism for paralysing public life.Interacting with media in Kozhikode as part of the UDF’s ‘Puthuyuga Yathra’, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan questioned why national strikes assume the character of a total bandh only in the state, even as normal life remains largely unaffected elsewhere in the country.Incidenta…
Kozhikode, Feb 11 (IANS) The ‘Puthuyuga Yatra’, led by Kerala’s Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan, continues to not only draw large crowds, but also has brought to the forefront the jostling in the state Congress unit for influence, shown by a scuffle breaking out on the dais on Wednesday at Kuttiady near here during the programme.The Yatra is set to criss-cross the state and is deemed a launch pad for the election campaign to the upcoming Assembly polls to be held in April/May.Yet, the recept…
Kozhikode, Feb 7 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that the establishment of the Kerala Institute of Organ Transplantation represents one of the state’s most exemplary interventions in the healthcare sector.He was laying the foundation stone for the “first dedicated “organ transplant hospital, being set up at Chevayur in Kozhikode under the Health Department.The institute is being established with state-of-the-art facilities to bring all activities related to organ transpla…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) With Assembly elections approaching, the Kerala government is rolling out one of its largest-ever coordinated health infrastructure expansions, unveiling projects worth over Rs 1,800 crore across oncology, organ transplantation, medical education and traditional medicine.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is set to inaugurate the projects over a packed February schedule, reinforcing the Kerala government’s narrative of welfare-led capital expenditure.On Tuesday, S…
Kozhikode, Jan 30 (IANS) V. Srinivasan, husband of Rajya Sabha member and Indian Olympic Association President P.T. Usha, passed away in the early hours of Friday.Srinivasan collapsed at his residence in Payyoli in Kerala’s Kozhikode district and was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital. However, doctors declared him brought dead, family sources said, adding that he felt uneasy around midnight, and despite being taken to the nearby hospital, he breathed his last.The sudden demise has …