From the first Vande Bharat Mission to bring back Indians from abroad amid a pandemic in May last year to the first fully vaccinated international flight flying out of India by Air India Express, it has been a long and uncertain journey for aviation

An FIR (first information report) has been filed against the BJP's Kerala chief - the second in less that 10 days - on the allegation that he had given money to a tribal leader to return to the BJP-led alliance as a candidate for the assembly polls.

Kerala High Court has directed Lakshadweep police to grant interim bail of one week to filmmaker Aisha Sultana if they decide to arrest her after questioning her in a sedition case. The court has reserved final order in her anticipatory bail plea.

Sister Lucy Kalappura - the nun dismissed by a Catholic congregation and served an order to vacate her convent in Kerala's Wayanad - has refused to do so as her case is pending before a civil court

Lakshadweep's new Administrator Praful Khoda Patel arrived today in the Union Territory on a day a Black Flag protest was held across the island group by the locals against what they claim to be "anti-people" regulatory changes initiated by him.

Sister Lucy Kalappura - one of a group of nuns expelled on "disciplinary grounds" after she joined protests against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal - has been ordered to vacate her convent

After Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana was named in a case of sedition and hate speech for her comments criticising Administrator Praful Khoda Patel's Covid handling, 15 leaders and party workers of the BJP have submitted their resignations to mar

A woman died of burns at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College after being set on fire allegedly by her live-in partner amid discord over a social media post, said the police. Athira was 28.

Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana has been named in a case of sedition and hate speech for her comments criticizing Administrator Praful Khoda Patel's Covid handling and alleging that the Centre had used a "bio-weapon".

Anandavalli, 80, is partially paralysed and under the state's palliative care for the last four years. Her only source of income is Rs 1,600, a pension she gets every month, and her daughter is a daily wager.

The appointment of K Sudhakaran and VD Satheesan to top posts heralds a new consultative era in Kerala Congress. The practice of naming office bearers after talking to a chosen few has been abandoned for now.

An FIR (first information report) has been filed against K Surendran - the BJP's Kerala chief for allegedly bribing a rival candidate - K Sundara - into withdrawing his nomination ahead of the April 6 Assembly election

From June 17, government offices, public sector units and local body offices will be allowed to function with 50 per cent staff.

Residents of Lakshadweep held placards outside their homes, lying on charpoys and even underwater as part of a 12-hour hunger strike today to protest against controversial new rules planned for the islands in the Arabian Sea.

93 retired top civil servants from across the country have signed a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against a series of controversial decisions of Lakshadweep's administrator Praful Patel.

A Rs 20,000 crore Covid package, liquid oxygen plant of 150 metric tonnes capacity, Rs 1,000 crore towards Covid vaccines and no new taxes were some of the big announcements in the revised budget presented by Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal.

An office-bearer of a BJP ally has alleged that Kerala BJP president K Surendran paid Rs 10 lakh to a key tribal leader to return to NDA, ahead of the Assembly elections.

Another BJP leader was questioned today by the special Kerala police team investigating the hawala money allegedly stolen from a car ahead of the April 6 Assembly polls.

While the daily Covid count in Kerala has been declining after crossing the 40,000-mark during the second wave of infections in May, the high death numbers reported by the state continue to remain a concern.

The Kerala Assembly today debated, among other things, if Covid as a cause of death ought to be certified by the attending doctor or a separate panel. The opposition sought the former while the government said the latter was what the WHO recommended.

The Kerala Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution urging the central government to provide Covid vaccines free of cost in a time-bound manner.

The Kerala Assembly on Monday morning unanimously passed a joint resolution demanding the removal of Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel over alleged "anti-people" policies, and reminding the centre of its responsibility to protect the islanders

Kerala has decided to extend the statewide Covid lockdown by 10 more days till June 9. Some of the restrictions, however, have been eased.

Lakshadweep: From protests to party-level delegations preparing to visit the island group, Kerala's political formations are gearing up to intensify the agitation against the Union Territory administration's alleged high-handedness.