Chengannur

The video of a BJP protest rally against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan gave rise to much mirth on Twitter on Sunday, with many wondering if the party was trolling itself. As part of a statewide protest over the prohibitory orders banning large gatherings around the hill shrine of Sabarimala on Sunday, the BJP held a black-flag protest at A...

Two young bureaucrats were at the helm of coordinating the administrative efforts in Kerala's flood-hit Chengannur when the district was cut off and inundated. At the same time 2 lakh people had to be evacuated from Kuttanad almost simultaneously. The bureaucrats' efforts have paid off and lakhs of people are finally set to return to Kuttanad in Ke...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today visited three of the worst flood-hit areas in Kerala, which is struggling to resume normal life after the Century's worst monsoon. Mr Gandhi, who had announced his visit in a tweet yesterday, went to meet the people and their rescuers in the relief camps of Chengannur, Alapuzha and Ernakulam district.

Rahul Gandhi visited relief camps in Chengannur and Alapuzha. He would also visit some camps in Ernakulam district later in the day.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to flood-affected areas of Kerala from tomorrow.

Fifty-year-old Thangamma got a new lease of life after she was rescued and transferred to the hospital, within minutes of suffering a massive heart attack on Thursday at Chengannur, one of the worst-hit districts in Kerala. Quick coordination helped the family get an air ambulance, which took her to the Trivandrum Medical College Hospital within mi...

Major Hemant Raj from the Indian Army's 28 Madras Sapth Shakti Command loves action, even when on leave. His visuals have gone viral where he is shown organising tonnes of relief material in Chengannur, Kerala.

Sinna Durai's crippled legs were no hindrance for him to save the life of a couple stuck due to the flood in Arattupuzha in Kerala's Chengannur.

Efforts to restore essential services are going on parallel with relief and rescue in Kerala, where at least a thousand people are still stranded at five villages around Chengannur - a town in Alappuzha. Phone connectivity has been restored in 90 per cent of the state and there is enough fuel and animal fodder, the authorities said after a meeting....

With 324 dead and more than three lakh people in relief camps in Kerala after floods and landslides due to heavy rain, the worse is not yet over for the state. Chengannur, about 120 kilometres north of state capital Thiruvanthapuram, has been cut off for days, and there are fears that many have died there.

Veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy hailed CPI(M)-led LDF's victory in Chengannur Assembly bypoll in Kerala but said a "deeper introspection" is needed in West Bengal, where the Left is seen to be yielding political space to the BJP.

Kerala's ruling CPM's Saji Cheriyan has won the Chengannur Assembly by-election by a huge margin that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has projected as a referendum on the Left Democratic Front's two years in power.

The opposition today scored a major pick-me-up ahead of the 2019 national election, besting the BJP and its allies in important by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The BJP won only one of four parliamentary seats and one of 11 assembly seats in by-polls held across 10 states on Monday. After losing two parliament seats, the ruling par...

For an assembly bypoll, Chengannur has generated a lot of anticipation and excitement rather uncommon to Kerala's political landscape that has been predominantly bipolar.

Kandararu Maheswararu, the senior most 'tantri' (head priest) of the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, passed away at his residence in Chengannur, Kerala, on Monday afternoon. He was 91.

The video of a BJP protest rally against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan gave rise to much mirth on Twitter on Sunday, with many wondering if the party was trolling itself. As part of a statewide protest over the prohibitory orders banning large gatherings around the hill shrine of Sabarimala on Sunday, the BJP held a black-flag protest at A...

Two young bureaucrats were at the helm of coordinating the administrative efforts in Kerala's flood-hit Chengannur when the district was cut off and inundated. At the same time 2 lakh people had to be evacuated from Kuttanad almost simultaneously. The bureaucrats' efforts have paid off and lakhs of people are finally set to return to Kuttanad in Ke...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today visited three of the worst flood-hit areas in Kerala, which is struggling to resume normal life after the Century's worst monsoon. Mr Gandhi, who had announced his visit in a tweet yesterday, went to meet the people and their rescuers in the relief camps of Chengannur, Alapuzha and Ernakulam district.

Rahul Gandhi visited relief camps in Chengannur and Alapuzha. He would also visit some camps in Ernakulam district later in the day.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to flood-affected areas of Kerala from tomorrow.

Fifty-year-old Thangamma got a new lease of life after she was rescued and transferred to the hospital, within minutes of suffering a massive heart attack on Thursday at Chengannur, one of the worst-hit districts in Kerala. Quick coordination helped the family get an air ambulance, which took her to the Trivandrum Medical College Hospital within mi...

Major Hemant Raj from the Indian Army's 28 Madras Sapth Shakti Command loves action, even when on leave. His visuals have gone viral where he is shown organising tonnes of relief material in Chengannur, Kerala.

Sinna Durai's crippled legs were no hindrance for him to save the life of a couple stuck due to the flood in Arattupuzha in Kerala's Chengannur.

Efforts to restore essential services are going on parallel with relief and rescue in Kerala, where at least a thousand people are still stranded at five villages around Chengannur - a town in Alappuzha. Phone connectivity has been restored in 90 per cent of the state and there is enough fuel and animal fodder, the authorities said after a meeting....

With 324 dead and more than three lakh people in relief camps in Kerala after floods and landslides due to heavy rain, the worse is not yet over for the state. Chengannur, about 120 kilometres north of state capital Thiruvanthapuram, has been cut off for days, and there are fears that many have died there.

Veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy hailed CPI(M)-led LDF's victory in Chengannur Assembly bypoll in Kerala but said a "deeper introspection" is needed in West Bengal, where the Left is seen to be yielding political space to the BJP.

Kerala's ruling CPM's Saji Cheriyan has won the Chengannur Assembly by-election by a huge margin that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has projected as a referendum on the Left Democratic Front's two years in power.

The opposition today scored a major pick-me-up ahead of the 2019 national election, besting the BJP and its allies in important by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The BJP won only one of four parliamentary seats and one of 11 assembly seats in by-polls held across 10 states on Monday. After losing two parliament seats, the ruling par...

For an assembly bypoll, Chengannur has generated a lot of anticipation and excitement rather uncommon to Kerala's political landscape that has been predominantly bipolar.

Kandararu Maheswararu, the senior most 'tantri' (head priest) of the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, passed away at his residence in Chengannur, Kerala, on Monday afternoon. He was 91.