Sabarimala(Kerala): The Lord Ayyappa Temple here has been opened for a two-month-long Mandalam-Makaravilakku annual festival beginning today, the first day of Malayalam month ‘Vrichikam.’ The temple rituals began with the new Thantri performing Ashta Dravya Maha Ganapathi Homam. The Neyyabhishekam began after Ashtabhishekam. The Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) of the hill shrine was opened by the…
After Karnataka cites ecological damage… Kerala to float fresh proposal to link Wayanad and Kadakola
November 10, 2022Alternative to Thalassery-Mysuru, Nilambur-Nanjangud Railway lines that pass through two Tiger Reserves Mysore/Mysuru: After failing to procure mandatory environment clearances to the two controversial Railway projects between Kerala (Wayanad) and Karnataka via Mysuru, the Kerala Government is pushing for a fresh proposal that will link Wayanad and Kadakola in Mysuru. According to the Kerala Government,…
Kerala man posing as industrialist cheats divorced women
November 5, 2022He has cases registered against him at Bengaluru, Kerala and Hyderabad Mysore/Mysuru: A man from Kerala, who was posing as an industrialist and targeting rich divorced women on matrimonial websites, later marrying them and cheating them of cash and gold jewellery has come to light lately. Cases against him have been registered at various Police…
Bommai rejects Kerala CM’s Railway project proposals
September 19, 2022Bengaluru: The bilateral talks held between the Governments of Kerala and Karnataka here on various projects failed to yield results as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai turned down the proposals of his counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan, citing environmental concerns. Bommai rejected all the key infrastructure-related proposals of Kerala, saying it will damage the Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) and…
Missing traditional healer found murdered in Kerala
May 14, 2022He was abducted from Mysuru in 2019 to learn secrets of his medicine Mysore/Mysuru: A traditional piles healing practitioner from Mysuru, who was missing since August 2019, was reportedly killed by a gang at Malappuram district in Kerala in October 2020. The gang had abducted him with the intention of learning his healing techniques with…
Tomato fever: High alert at Bavali check-post
May 13, 2022Taluk Health Officer, Police, Forest staff visit border; screen Kerala visitors, heighten vigil H.D. Kote: With several cases of tomato flu being reported in children in Kerala, a high alert has been issued at borders and the State Government has instructed the health officials to keep a vigil on daily travellers from the State entering…
Kootupole Bridge opens to public
February 3, 2022The newly-constructed bridge connects Kodagu and Kerala; facilitates travel to Kannur Airport Virajpet: The newly constructed Kootupole bridge that links Kodagu district with neighbouring Kerala was formally thrown open for public travel last Monday. Kerala PWD Minister P.A. Mohammad Riaz, Peravoor MLA Sanni Joseph, Kodagu’s Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah, MLC M.P. SujaKushalappa and other dignitaries…
Kerala nun’s rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted
January 14, 2022Thiruvananthapuram: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016, has been acquitted by a Kottayam Court in Kerala. Franco Mulakkal, 57, was the first Catholic Bishop in India to be arrested for assaulting a nun. The Court acquitted him of all charges after a trial that lasted for more…
New highway from Kerala to Kodagu endangers River Cauvery
December 5, 2021Proposed highway to pass through Greater Talacauvery National Park and Reserve Forest Kasaragod MP raises question in Lok Sabha; Minister Nitin Gadkari cold-shoulders move Kushalnagar: A new highway from Kerala to Talacauvery in Kodagu district, the birthplace of River Cauvery, has been proposed by the neighbouring State that will threaten the very existence of the…
Kerala, Thalassery Mysuru Railway Network: Hi-tech Aerial Survey begins in Wayanad
November 25, 2021Karnataka Govt. wake up. Don’t allow Karnataka air-space for survey The proposed Railway line from Thalassery via Wayanad in Kerala to Mysuru via H.D. Kote, Kadakola and Mysuru will destroy pristine forests of Western Ghats causing irreparable and permanent damage to the ecology of the rain-bearing forests and destabilising the earth-crust of the geographical area…
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