Tag: Kerala news

Kerala-Landslide kills 5 of family in Kerala’s Idukki, all bodies recovered

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Landslide kills 5 of family in Kerala’s Idukki, all bodies recovered A video circulated online showed personnel conducting a search amid a forceful stream of water gushing in the affected area. A total of five bodies were recovered on Monday from the site of a landslide in Kudayathoor village in Thodupuzha taluka of Idukki district of Kerala. The hilly regions of Kerala have been receiving incessant rainfall for the last two days. High alert has been issued in many areas of the state after incessant rain continued. This is the…

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No plan to stall ongoing port work in Vizhinjam: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

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Conceived three decades ago, the Vizhinjam port with 20-metre natural depth and 12 nautical miles away from the international ship channel is expected to be commissioned by October 2023 No plan to stall ongoing port work in Vizhinjam: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan As protests by fishermen intensified against the upcoming international transshipment project in Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday reiterated that there is no plan to stop the work. The ongoing work, carried out by the Adani group, was disrupted for almost a week after…

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Kerala high court stays Priya Varghese’s appointment in Kannur university

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Last week, Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan, who is also the chancellor of Kannur university, stayed her appointment Kerala high court stays Priya Varghese’s appointment in Kannur university The Kerala high court on Monday stayed the appointment of Priya Varghese as the associate professor in Kannur University and issued notices to the University Grants Commission (UGC) on a petition filed by second rank holder Joseph Scaria. In his petition, Scaria said Varghese was not qualified enough for an interview as she did not have the requisite teaching experience. However, she…

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Kerala govt bill to curtail governor’s power in varsities to be tabled on Aug 24

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in the governor vs chief minister in Kerala, the opposition Congress has supported the governor , saying Arif Mohammad Khan used his power as chancellor to prevent Kannur University’s attempt to make an illegal appointment THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A bill that seeks to give the Kerala government an upper hand in selecting vice chancellors of 13 state universities will be taken up by the state assembly on Wednesday amid a widening rift between Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan and chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, people familiar with the matter said. A senior government official…

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