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Petition in Kerala High Court seeks ban of WhatsApp

Special Correspondent

In his petition, K.G. Omanakuttan, a software engineer from Idukki, argued that WhatsApp is violating the fundamental rights of the citizens guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and posing a potential threat to the national interest and national security

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The company had stated in its privacy policy that it would collect any type of data from its users, including their phone's battery level. This statement was contrary to the apps' claims that the messages sent on its platform were protected by end-to-end encryption.

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COVID-19 lockdown in Kerala: More relaxations from Thursday as places of worship open to admit devotees in a regulated manner

Special Correspondent

Temples, mosques and churches could let in up to 15 worshippers at a given time as per the new template for the unlock process. However, the management should ensure that they wear double masks and maintain physical distance

A day after the Kerala government decided to open temples in regions with test positivity rate under 16% with strict COVID-19 protocol, devotees began to arrive at temples. A scene in front of the Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple in Tripunithura in Ernakulam district.

Kerala expatriates hope that Gulf Cooperation Council countries will lift travel restrictions soon

Special Correspondent

Except Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman, the other GCC nations have adopted some form of relaxations for residency visa holders. Currently, only Bahrain allows full exemptions. But tourist visas have not been approved yet

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File photo of Indian nationals step out of the Karipur airport after arriving by a special flight in Kozhikode in 2020. For passengers from India, the UAE authorities have put forth several conditions for the entry of residents, which includes two doses of UAE-approved vaccines.

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SFI’s biriyani, payasam challenges become a hit in Kerala’s Malappuram district

Abdul Latheef Naha

The SFI is conducting biriyani and payasam challenges under its area committees in the district to raise funds to help poor students procure mobile phones for online studies

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SFI workers in Malappuram preparing biriyani packets as part of a challenge to help poor students.

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The company had stated in its privacy policy that it would collect any type of data from its users, including their phone's battery level. This statement was contrary to the apps' claims that the messages sent on its platform were protected by end-to-end encryption.

Petition in Kerala High Court seeks ban of WhatsApp

A day after the Kerala government decided to open temples in regions with test positivity rate under 16% with strict COVID-19 protocol, devotees began to arrive at temples. A scene in front of the Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple in Tripunithura in Ernakulam district.

COVID-19 lockdown in Kerala: More relaxations from Thursday as places of worship open to admit devotees in a regulated manner

File photo of Indian nationals step out of the Karipur airport after arriving by a special flight in Kozhikode in 2020. For passengers from India, the UAE authorities have put forth several conditions for the entry of residents, which includes two doses of UAE-approved vaccines.

Kerala expatriates hope that Gulf Cooperation Council countries will lift travel restrictions soon

SFI workers in Malappuram preparing biriyani packets as part of a challenge to help poor students.

SFI’s biriyani, payasam challenges become a hit in Kerala’s Malappuram district

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The Kerala High Court building in Ernakulam. The Bench, led by Chief Justice M. Manikumar, made the observations in its order staying the decisions of the Lakshadweep administration to close down dairy farms and remove meat from the menu of the mid-day meal scheme.

Kerala High Court says dropping meat from Lakshadweep mid-day meal menu is against physical health of children

In Kerala, no replacement of dowry prohibition officers despite three years after the post became defunct

The popular Shanghumugham beach in Thiruvananthapuram was badly damaged due to sea erosion recently.

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NGO Coastal Watch calls for urgent and sustainable measures for coastal conservation in Kerala’s capital district

Special Correspondent Coastal Watch, Thiruvananthapuram, has urged the Kerala government to abandon the Vizhinjam international seaport project as well as the move to construct more harbours and 'hard structures' such as seawalls and groynes

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Arrivals terminal at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi.

Cochin International Airport wins honour in airport service quality

Special Correspondent The Airport Council International, a global body of airport operators, established the Roll of Excellence recognition to airports which, in the opinion of the passengers ascertained through a survey, consistently delivered excellent services, says a CIAL press release

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COVID-19 positive students in PPE kits take the higher secondary exams at a school in Thiruvananthapuram in April.

In Kerala, call for common entrance exam for non-professional programmes evokes mixed response from academic community

G. Krishnakumar The demand for a common entrance test was made by a section of the students and unaided school managements in the CBSE/ICSE streams while stating that many aspirants will not get fair justice in the admission process

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Activists demonstrate demanding to save and recall administrator of Lakshadweep in Hyderabad on June 21, 2021.

The best songs of Poovachal Khader

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The Hindu pays a musical tribute to departed lyricist

Malayalam lyricist Poovachal Khader no more

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In a career that spanned over five decades, Khader wrote over a thousand songs in more than 350 films

Top news of the day: Supreme Court says govt must simplify COVID-19 death certification process; No proposal to shift legal jurisdiction from Kerala High Court, says Lakshadweep administration, and more

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MGU to open International Center for Polar Studies

Nod for reconstruction of water conservation structures in Kasaragod

Guruvayur temple to reopen today

Detection of delta plus variant in Pathanamthitta keeps health authorities on their toes

More youngsters turning to street vending

Kerala HC suspends GO on hospital room rent for a week

Mahatma Gandhi University all set to offer its distance education programmes this year

This comes after efforts by Kerala government to bring all such distance education courses under the Sree Narayana Guru Open University hit a roadblock

SFI’s biriyani, payasam challenges become a hit in Kerala’s Malappuram district

The SFI is conducting biriyani and payasam challenges under its area committees in the district to raise funds to help poor students procure mobile phones for online studies

Petition in Kerala High Court seeks ban of WhatsApp

In his petition, K.G. Omanakuttan, a software engineer from Idukki, argued that WhatsApp is violating the fundamental rights of the citizens guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and posing a potential threat to the national interest and national security

Kerala expatriates hope that Gulf Cooperation Council countries will lift travel restrictions soon

Except Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman, the other GCC nations have adopted some form of relaxations for residency visa holders. Currently, only Bahrain allows full exemptions. But tourist visas have not been approved yet

COVID-19 lockdown in Kerala: More relaxations from Thursday as places of worship open to admit devotees in a regulated manner

Temples, mosques and churches could let in up to 15 worshippers at a given time as per the new template for the unlock process. However, the management should ensure that they wear double masks and maintain physical distance

Kerala High Court says dropping meat from Lakshadweep mid-day meal menu is against physical health of children

The court ordered that the serving of food, including meat, chicken, fish and egg, and other items to the school-going children of Lakshadweep be continued until further orders

In Kerala, call for common entrance exam for non-professional programmes evokes mixed response from academic community

The demand for a common entrance test was made by a section of the students and unaided school managements in the CBSE/ICSE streams while stating that many aspirants will not get fair justice in the admission process

In Kerala, no replacement of dowry prohibition officers despite three years after the post became defunct

The three regional dowry prohibition officers ceased to exist after the Department of Women and Child Development was carved out of the Social Justice Department

Kerala’s only de-addiction centre for women and girls turns operational in Ernakulam district

Established at Karukutty in Ernakulam district in April, the de-addiction centre has a 13-member team and provides treatment for up to 90 days

Madin Academy offers help to tribal children

Hamlet likely to get electricity connection in a week

Crime Branch to probe Vazhakode quarry blast

Special team formed; bomb squad, forensic experts visit site

Wayanad’s daily wage workers struggle to make ends meet

Farming sector crisis has left many of them jobless

KSSP calls for action against illegal mining in Kannur

The Kannur district conference of the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) has demanded that illegal mining in the district should be stopped. The

Perumbatta bridge to be opened today

P.A. Mohammed Riyas, Minister for Public Works and Tourism, will inaugurate the Perumbatta bridge constructed across the Tejaswini river on Wednesday.

Kin of slain men to seek reinvestigation into murders

Issue re-emerges following spat between Pinarayi, Sudhakaran over political violence

Probe team collects more evidence in poll bribery case

A team of the District Crime Branch investigating the election bribery case against BJP State president K. Surendran collected further evidence by

Police seize four crude bombs

During a check conducted by the police bomb squad and the dog squad, four crude bombs were detected hidden in a plastic bucket at Poyiloor Thattil

Five held on drug peddling charge

The police on Tuesday arrested five youths on the charge of peddling of MDMA (Ecstasy) drug in Thrissur Medical College area. The arrested were Jithu

Govt. plans phased reopening of colleges

The government is seriously considering the reopening of colleges in the State in phases, after vaccinating students, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

SSLC results: special counselling for students

The Career Guidance and Adolescent Counselling Cell, under the higher secondary wing of the General Education Department, will conduct special

GST: State to oppose Centre’s move

Balagopal says Kerala will seek extension of shortfall compensation

24-hour helpline to report dowry harassment: CM

‘Do not treat marriage as an occasion to exhibit wealth’

Death of newborn: woman held

The Paripally police on Tuesday arrested Reshma, a 22-year-old resident of Kalluvathukal, after a DNA report confirmed her as the biological mother of

A traditionalist, yet she broke glass ceiling

Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram

More youngsters may be involved in gold smuggling gangs, say police

Eight persons from Cherpulassery were arrested after the road accident at Ramanattukara on Monday morning

Parassala B. Ponnammal passes away

Doyenne of Carnatic music and Padma Shri award-winner

1,525 new cases in Kollam

740 test positive in Alappuzha

1,345 new cases in capital

Test positivity rate at 9.13%

Aisha Sultana cautioned for ‘flouting’ COVID protocol

She calls it ‘vindictive and largely untrue’

Plan to lease out Devaswom lands: Radhakrishnan

Social audit of schemes for Backward Classes on the anvil

Vismaya case | Police slap charges on husband Kiran Kumar on accusations of dowry harrassment

He has been accused of subjecting a woman to cruelty for dowry and dowry death

Timber mafia axed 705 ‘royal trees’ in 4 districts

Forest dept. investigation and compilation in other districts under way

Decision to shut down dairy farms in Lakshadweep stayed

HC also stays administration’s decision to remove meat from midday meal menu

Woman found dead in husband’s house in Alappuzha

Her spouse, an army man, posted in Uttarakhand

Road development, tourism projects to be completed soon: Minister

Tourism projects and road development in the capital district will be completed in a time-bound manner, Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas has

A prolific lyricist who penned many a hit

Poovachal Khader, 72, passes away in Thiruvananthapuram

Ambalappuzha to be turned into an e-taluk

Ambalappuzha taluk will be transformed into an e-taluk.Revenue Minister K. Rajan, who reviewed the functioning of the Revenue Department in the

In Kerala, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned Mattanchery's antique shops into symbols of despair

Many traders are keen to dispose of their shops and the many-centuries-old wares kept for sale due to next-to-nil arrival of tourists and freight issues

Kerala CPI leader Kanam Rajendran hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19

The CPI leader's condition is stable, and his health is being monitored by doctors, said a member of his personal staff

Analysis | An uphill task awaits Kerala’s Congress leader K. Sudhakaran in reconstituting KPCC and DCCs

Though Mr. Sudhakaran says that both former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and former Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala support him, in reality, the ‘A’ and ‘I’ groups still dominate the Congress party at all levels

This Kerala youngster hits crowdfunding platform to pursue her dream course in sports

Aisha Nazia (26) is among 30 candidates from as many countries chosen for prestigious postgraduate sports executive program, FIFA Master, endorsed by FIFA

Black effluents detected from illegal outlet towards canal connecting Periyar river and paddy fields in Ernakulam district in Kerala

The unauthorised pipe with six-inch diameter was revealed when the officials of the Irrigation Department carried out digging work along the banks of the river recently

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