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3 Dead From Mysterious Nipah Virus In Kerala, Centre Sends Team: 10 Facts
After three confirmed deaths from the mysterious new "Nipah virus" in Kerala's Kozhikode, the centre has sent a team to the southern state. More deaths with similar symptoms have been reported but officials said medical tests were needed to confirm the cause. Union Health Minister JP Nadda tweeted on Sunday that he had asked the chief of the centra...
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Kerala Families Fear Subsidy Cuts As Centre Presses For Food Security Act
Many in the food deficit Kerala fear that implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) - which will replace the current Public Distribution System - will revoke their right to subsidised food grains.
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Intel Agencies Warn Of ISIS Threat To Kerala Judges, Politicians: Sources
Intelligence agencies in Kerala have alerted the government that ISIS has listed two High Court judges and some politicians as targets.
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Kerala Police Officer Suspended After Run In With Media At Court
A police officer in Kerala's Kozhikode has been suspended pending an enquiry, after he got into a scuffle with media personnel for the second time.
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Oommen Chandy Sues 'Solar Saritha' For Defamation Over Sex Abuse Claim
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has filed a case for criminal defamation against solar scam accused Saritha Nair and journalists who reported an unaddressed letter written by Ms Nair in 2013 alleging sexual exploitation.
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In Questioning About Scam, Kerala Chief Minister Sets New Record
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was today questioned about whether his office or he had any direct role in a scam related to solar energy. Mr Chandy denied any links to the swindle in his testimony to a retired high court judge.
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Kerala Minister K Babu, Accused Of Taking Rs. 10 Crore Bribe, Resigns
In a setback to the United Democratic Front government in Kerala, excise minister K Babu resigned today after the vigilance court in Thrissur ordered for a First Information Report or FIR to be filed against him over bribery charges.
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Italian Marine Given More Time To Return to India After Official Said He Won't
One of the two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen off the coast of Kerala almost four years ago has been given till mid-April by the Supreme Court to return to India and face trial.
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Italian Marine Wont Return To India, Kerala Asks PM To Intervene
One of the two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen off the coast of Kerala almost four years ago will not be returning to India to face trial after being allowed home temporarily for medical treatment, an Italian senator has announced, setting the stage for a likely diplomatic flare-up.
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Kerala Minister KM Mani, Accused of Bribery, Offers to Resign: Sources
Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani, accused of bribery, has offered to resign, sources have told NDTV. Despite pressure from the opposition and within, the Congress led United Democratic Front seemed unwilling to ask him to step down, after a preliminary meeting to discuss the matter earlier today.
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Call From Middle East Warns of Bomb at Kerala's Guruvayur Temple
Security at Kerala's famous Sree Krishna Temple in Guruvayur has been put on high alert after the police received an anonymous bomb threat.
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Caught on Camera: Kerala Woman Legislator Roughs Up District Official
In Kerala's Idukki district, a woman legislator from Communist Party of India (CPI) has been caught on camera publicly roughing up the additional district magistrate while he was doing his job.
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Maggi Noodles Row: Delhi Bans Sale for 15 Days, Army Issues Advisory to Soldiers
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain has announced an immediate "15-day ban" on sale of Maggi noodles and has asked Nestle, which manufactures the snack, to recall current stocks from the capital in that time and make available new stock, which will be allowed on shelves only after proper checks. The Indian Army, too, has issued an advisory asking ...
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Maggi Controversy: Delhi Summons Nestle Officials, Kerala Bans it from State-Run Outlets as Tested Samples Prove Unsafe
Kerala has ordered a pullout of Maggi noodles from government-run outlets and the Delhi government has said samples that it tested were found "unsafe," amid a country-wide scrutiny of the product for high content of lead and mono-sodium glutamate or MSG, a taste enhancer.
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'Not Scared of Narendra Modi and His Friends in Suits', Says Rahul Gandhi
The suit continued to be the leitmotif in Rahul Gandhi's attack on the Narendra Modi government on Day 2 of his visit to Kerala. This time he told fishermen, "We are not scared of Narendra Modi and his five or six friends in suits."
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3 Dead From Mysterious Nipah Virus In Kerala, Centre Sends Team: 10 Facts
After three confirmed deaths from the mysterious new "Nipah virus" in Kerala's Kozhikode, the centre has sent a team to the southern state. More deaths with similar symptoms have been reported but officials said medical tests were needed to confirm the cause. Union Health Minister JP Nadda tweeted on Sunday that he had asked the chief of the centra...
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Kerala Families Fear Subsidy Cuts As Centre Presses For Food Security Act
Many in the food deficit Kerala fear that implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) - which will replace the current Public Distribution System - will revoke their right to subsidised food grains.
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Intel Agencies Warn Of ISIS Threat To Kerala Judges, Politicians: Sources
Intelligence agencies in Kerala have alerted the government that ISIS has listed two High Court judges and some politicians as targets.
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Kerala Police Officer Suspended After Run In With Media At Court
A police officer in Kerala's Kozhikode has been suspended pending an enquiry, after he got into a scuffle with media personnel for the second time.
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Oommen Chandy Sues 'Solar Saritha' For Defamation Over Sex Abuse Claim
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has filed a case for criminal defamation against solar scam accused Saritha Nair and journalists who reported an unaddressed letter written by Ms Nair in 2013 alleging sexual exploitation.
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In Questioning About Scam, Kerala Chief Minister Sets New Record
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was today questioned about whether his office or he had any direct role in a scam related to solar energy. Mr Chandy denied any links to the swindle in his testimony to a retired high court judge.
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Kerala Minister K Babu, Accused Of Taking Rs. 10 Crore Bribe, Resigns
In a setback to the United Democratic Front government in Kerala, excise minister K Babu resigned today after the vigilance court in Thrissur ordered for a First Information Report or FIR to be filed against him over bribery charges.
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Italian Marine Given More Time To Return to India After Official Said He Won't
One of the two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen off the coast of Kerala almost four years ago has been given till mid-April by the Supreme Court to return to India and face trial.
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Italian Marine Wont Return To India, Kerala Asks PM To Intervene
One of the two Italian marines accused of murdering fishermen off the coast of Kerala almost four years ago will not be returning to India to face trial after being allowed home temporarily for medical treatment, an Italian senator has announced, setting the stage for a likely diplomatic flare-up.
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Kerala Minister KM Mani, Accused of Bribery, Offers to Resign: Sources
Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani, accused of bribery, has offered to resign, sources have told NDTV. Despite pressure from the opposition and within, the Congress led United Democratic Front seemed unwilling to ask him to step down, after a preliminary meeting to discuss the matter earlier today.
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Call From Middle East Warns of Bomb at Kerala's Guruvayur Temple
Security at Kerala's famous Sree Krishna Temple in Guruvayur has been put on high alert after the police received an anonymous bomb threat.
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Caught on Camera: Kerala Woman Legislator Roughs Up District Official
In Kerala's Idukki district, a woman legislator from Communist Party of India (CPI) has been caught on camera publicly roughing up the additional district magistrate while he was doing his job.
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Maggi Noodles Row: Delhi Bans Sale for 15 Days, Army Issues Advisory to Soldiers
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain has announced an immediate "15-day ban" on sale of Maggi noodles and has asked Nestle, which manufactures the snack, to recall current stocks from the capital in that time and make available new stock, which will be allowed on shelves only after proper checks. The Indian Army, too, has issued an advisory asking ...
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Maggi Controversy: Delhi Summons Nestle Officials, Kerala Bans it from State-Run Outlets as Tested Samples Prove Unsafe
Kerala has ordered a pullout of Maggi noodles from government-run outlets and the Delhi government has said samples that it tested were found "unsafe," amid a country-wide scrutiny of the product for high content of lead and mono-sodium glutamate or MSG, a taste enhancer.
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'Not Scared of Narendra Modi and His Friends in Suits', Says Rahul Gandhi
The suit continued to be the leitmotif in Rahul Gandhi's attack on the Narendra Modi government on Day 2 of his visit to Kerala. This time he told fishermen, "We are not scared of Narendra Modi and his five or six friends in suits."
