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Death toll  in the Wayanad landslides touches to  174

Kalpatta, July 31  (IVC)  One  hundred and seventy-four bodies were recovered   from  under the debris  of  the  landslides  at  Mundakkai and Chooralmal in the  Wayand  district yesterday, the   Official sources said here  today.                 Of  which  only  89  bodies  have  been identified till 1330 hours  today, the  sources  said. Two hundred and twenty-five  persons  are found Read More…

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Prime Minister condoles loss of lives due to landslides in parts of Wayanad, Kerala

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over loss of lives due to landslides in parts of Wayanad, Kerala. He has also spoken to Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan and assured all possible help from the Central Government in the wake of the prevailing situation there. The Prime Minister also announced Read More…

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Forty-Four bodies recover as victims of land slides

Wayanad, July 30(IVC)  Following heavy landslides in  Munduki  and Choormala  in the Wayand district of Kerala  at least 44   bodies were recovered  from Wayanad alone .  The eyewitnesses said that  they found three bodies were flowing in the  following the land slides.                 Five ministers have rushed to    Wayanad   for speeding up the rescue operations Read More…

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No  proposal  for Wetlands in Ponnani for Ramsar tag

By  our  Special Correspondent Thrissur, July  27 (BDN)  Although the  wetlands   in the Thrissur District  had been granted Ramsar tag  as part of Vembanad  Ramsar site, no  proposal  for wetlands (Kole  lands)  in the  Ponnani  taluk of Malappuram for   granting  Ramsar tag, according to  the  reply  to RTI application.                 Out  of  a  total  of Read More…

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High  Court of Kerala  asks Centre to clarify on AIIMS in Kerala

By Our Legal Correspondent Kochi, July  25 (IVC)   A Division Bench of Honorable  High  Court  of Kerala has asked the Central Government here  on July  24 to inform it  whether  any  decision has  been taken on establishment  of an AIIMS (All India  Institute of Medical  Sciences)  in the State.                 The Bench  made the  comments when  Read More…

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Union Government tightens its hold over Co-operatives service banks.  

By Our Financial  Correspondent New  Delhi, July  25 (IVC)   The  Union Government is contemplating of   tightening  its   hold over the co-operative sector as a whole  especially  co-operative  service banks  with a view to  protecting its depositors and customers as well as its shareholders.                 It  is proposed to merge   the week and mismanaged and financially Read More…

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CPI(M)  holds the tiger by tail  with the  dismissal  Kottooli from the party

By our Special Political  Correspondent Kozhikode,  July  19  (IVC)    With  the    dismissal  of K V Pramod  Kottooli , a local  leader  of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI(M),   from the party’s primary  membership,  it  seems that  the  party  held the tiger by tail. Kottooli’s  dismissal  from the party  on July 13  has proved beyond doubt  Read More…

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Three of a family stabs to   death by spurned lover

Chhapra , July 18 (IVC)  A  19-year-old  youth  stabbed  a  man  to  death and  his  two  minor  daughters  and injured  his wife, in Bihar’s Saran district after  his   one-sided love for  one  of  the girls was  rejected, police  said here yesterday.                 Police  gave  the  name  of the deceased  as Tarkeshwar  Singh  (55),  and exorcist Read More…

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Living-in partners  neither wife nor husband

By  our Correspondent Kochi, July 17 (IVC)   The  Honorable   High Court of  Kerala  has  ruled that  the  male  partner in a  live-in relationship cannot  be  prosecuted  for  the  offence of ‘cruelty  to  wife’ under  the  Indian Penal  Code, as  they  were not  legally  married.                 The bench of Justice  A Badharudeen made  this  decision while Read More…

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Wild Elephant  population in Kerala shrinks by 127  in 2024

By  Our  Special  Correspondent Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IVC)    The wild elephant population in the State  declined  to  1793 in 2024  as against    1920   in 2023 , according to  the  Elephant  Population  Estimation in Kerala -2024  report  released   here  on  July 16, recording  a decline  of  127  elephants.                 The Forest  Minister  A K Saseendran  released Read More…