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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…